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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 13, 1952

Bond Drive Include's Brick-Making

4.0 Teachers Receive
Detroit Round Table
Scholarship Awards

For the third successive year, members of the Laundry and
Linen Drivers Union 285 held a joint solicitation dinner in behalf
of the Allied Jewish Campaign and the Detroit Histadrut Cam-
paign. Arrangements for the dinner were made by Isaac Litwak,
president of the local and chairman of the linen suppliers and
laundry employees section.
Totaling up the pledges are (left to right) seated, ARTHUR
GRAFF, Local vice-president, LITWAK, JACK GRANT, secretary-
treasurer; standing, JULIUS GERSHON, GEORGE GALLAGHER,
steward, and SAMUEL J. GREENBERG, services division chair-
man.

Naimark to Head Labor Zionists

At an open meeting of the
Council of the Labor Zionist Or-
ganization, Norman Naimark
was elected to succeed Sidney
Shevitz as chairman. Vice-
chairmen are David Sislin and
Bernard Schiff; and Betty Rath
is recording secretary.
Dr. Berl Frymer, executive di-
rector of LZOA, greeted the new
officers and gave a report on the
actions committee of the World
Zionist Congress, held in Israel.
He stressed the need for strong
coordination of all Zionist forces
in the U.S.
Dr. Frymer also announced the
national convention of LZOA,
which is scheduled for July 3 to
6, at the Park Sheraton Hotel,

New York. Zalman Shazar, for-
mer Minister of Education in
Israel, will be guest speaker.
All members are invited to at-
tend a farewell gathering on
June 21 in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hordes who are leaving
to make their home in Israel.
The party will be at the LZOA
Institute.

Israel to Support Aleman
For Nobel Peace Prize

MEXICO CITY, (JTA)—IsraPI
will support the candidacy of
President Miguel Aleman of
Mexico for the 1951 Nobel Peace
Prize, it was announced by Dr.
Moshe Toff, Israel's diplomatic
representative.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Historical Facts and Ludicrous Legislation

One of the most stirring addresses in the United States Senate
in opposition to the McCarran measure, in the course of the debate
over the revision of laws relating to immigration, naturalization,
and nationally, was delivered by Senator Blair Moody of Michigan.
Mr. Moody, who, in the short time of his service in the Senate,
has emerged as a wise legislator, quoted this statement made more
than 150 years ago by President James Madison, the great states-
man of the constitutional convention:
"That part of America which had encouraged them (the
foreigners) most, has advanced most rapidly in population,
agriculture, and the arts."
Senator Moody called this statement "prophetic," explaining
that "it is a fact that the 10 States with the highest percentage of
foreign-born have a per capita income almost twice as high as
that of the 10 States with the lowest percentage of foreign-born."
During Senator Moody's address, Senator Douglas of Illinois
interjected this query:
"Is it not a fact, as the history books of the United States
indicate for the period of the adnzinistration of John Adams,
that when the alien and sedition laws were passed, one of the
purposes of the alien laws was to enable the Government to
deport the Du Pont family, who had come to this country fol-
lowing the French Revolution, and at that time were regarded as
dangerous Jacobins, friends of Jefferson?"
do not believe that today
To which Senator Moody replied:
anyone would seriously contemplate deporting the Du Pont fam-
ily." And he added a list of prominent Americans, who would
likewise have been subject to deportation under the recently
adopted McCarran act.
If it were not so grim, the situation that has been made so
complicated by the McCarran law would appear ludicrous. In-
stead, it is tragic. Perhaps the President, by a veto, and the
minority, by gathering enough votes to uphold the veto, can avert
tragedy.

'Ignorance of Hatikvah' and Importance of the Menu

An article in the London Jewish Chronicle, deploring the lack
of knowledge of Hatikvah by the masses of Jews in England,
aroused a heated debate by correspondents to our esteemed con-
temporary. One writer pointed out that she has attended many
functions at which the words of Hatikvah were printed on the
reverse side of the menu, and she I gave this opinion: "I regret to
say that this serves no purpose, for it is the menu that is given
all the attention." Which serves to recall the ,bitter remark made
by Dr. Max Nordau at a World Zionist Congress, with reference
to Jews who were mostly concerned with holiday dishes: "Sie
zind auch Juden? Sie zind bauch Juden!" ("Are such people also
Jews? They are stomach Jews.").

Law - Making Through Stbning and Burning

We are told that the ban on the operation of taxis on the
Sabbath, imposed by municipal action in Tel Aviv, whose council
members also have ordered an end to concerts, movies and theatri-
cal performances on the day of rest, came as a result of the
stoning and burning of taxis and privately owned automobiles by
"Sabbath zealots."
It is difficult to take pride in such pressure action. Laws
hardly gain glory from stoning. Citizens must respect legislation.
Even the Sabbath glory must not be obtained through bloodshed.
Thus: Israel's birthpangs retain their pains.

This year the Detroit Round
Table has extended scholarships
to 40 Michigan teachers and
community • leaders to enable
them to attend Workshops in In-
tergroup Education. It is the
largest number of scholarships
ever granted by the Detroit of-
fice. Twenty-nine scholarships
were given to persons in Metro-
politan D e t r o i t. Scholarships
were presented at a tea on
Tuesday. in the International
Institute.
All persons who attended
Workshops in Intergroup Educa-
tion are eligible for membership
in the Workshopper Club.
Following is a list of scholar-
ship recipients and the Work-
shops they have chosen to at-
tend:

Fisk University: Albert Barach. Angell
School; Edith R. Johnson. Dred Scott
Neusom and Agnes Pellissier of River
Rouge; University of Michigan: Mrs.
Clara Blumenstock, Board of Education:
Rose Estrin, Pershing High School: Elsie
Freitag, Fordson High: Mrs. Gwen P.
Myles. Owen School: Prudence Perry.
Campbell School; Collins J. Reynolds.
Barbour School; Emilie Ann Stern. Mac-
kenzie High; Mrs. Dorothy Tao. exchange
teacher from Hawaii, Sylvia Roseman of
Grand Rapids: Hortense Rosenbaum of
Kalamazoo; Dorothy Schaeffer, Ethel
Praeger, Helen Johnson and Mrs. J. K.
Beatty of Mount Pleasant; Wilson
Hughes, Harold Jackson and Margaret
Ranscin of River Rouge: Lee Robb and
Ruatunah Hutchins of Lansing; Queens
College: Jessie Carter. Northeastern High
School; Northwestern University: Roslyn
Clayman. Clippert School; Beulah Chavis
and Virginia Gogota of Columbian
School: and Jack Vaughn of 11;11sdale
College: Columbia University: Sylvia
Cohen of Durfee Intermediate School;
St. Louis University: Sister M. Leila.
Mercy College; Rutgers University: T. R.
Hood of Lake Orion: University of Den-
ver: Alyce Ludwig of Lansing: Chicago
University: Ralph Phillips, Chief of
Police. River Rouge.

Five patrolmen from the De-
troit Police Department and the
Chief of Police of River Rouge
also received scholarship aid.
Mrs. Stern is being sponsored
by the Rotary Club of Detroit,
Mrs. Tao by the Detroit Teach-
ers' Association, and Miss Gogota
and Miss Cohen by the Business
and Professional Group affiliat-
ed with the Detroit Round Table.

Seven Junior Division
Campaigners Honored

Certificates of merit were pre-
sented at the Junior Division
victory celebration Sunday to
seven outstanding Allied Jewish
Campaigners by Michal Harrel,
Miss Israel of 1952, who was
guest of honor.
Recipients are Rita Schaeffer,
Phyllis Sloan, Avery Davis, Ros-
alind Must, Rayetta Harris,
Samuel Ross and Herbert Arons-
son.
Next scheduled event will be
the annual meeting on June 29,
at Fresh Air Camp. The outing
will include a business meeting.
On the agenda will be election
of 36 members to the board of
directors of the Junior Division
and the acceptance of a new
constitution for the group, which
will no longer function as the
Community Service Committee
of the Jewish Young Adult
Council.
Additional nominations—other
than the 36 proposed by the
nominating committee—may be
made by submitting a petition
signed by 15 members of the
Junior Division.
A member of the Junior Divi-
sion constitutes a young adult
who has made a contribution in
his own name to the 1952 Cam-
paign through the Junior Divi-
sion, and has paid at least a
portion of his 1951 pledge. Peti-
tions can be submitted up to the
day of the annual meeting.

Indian Jews Awaiting
To Immigrate to New State

From New Delhi, India, comes
a report by Simon Shmit, Jewish
Agency Immigration Director
there, who states that more than
3,000 Indian Jews have migrated
to Israel since the State was es-
tablished; an additional 4,700 of
the 21,000 Jews in India are now
awaiting passage; 117 Jews, in-
cluding 15 children born in
Israel, had , been returned to
India. A week after their ar-
rival a number of the latter
approached the immigrat i o n
office requesting transportation
back to Israel.

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Finished bricks are transported by a conveyor belt at th
Naaman brick and porcelain factory on Haifa Bay. A new kilt
the construction of which is being financed by Israel Bond dol
tars, will greatly increase brick production in the near future
Funds provided by American investment in the $500,000,000 Israe
bond drive must make possible large-scale expansion of Israel'
industry and agriculture to meet the needs of a growing countr3,

On the Record

By NATHAN ZIPRIN

(copyright 1952, Savor% Arts Feature Syndicate)

Sitting on a Powderkeg

The dangerous deterioration of the Jewish situation in Cost
Rica is a source of profound concern to the estimated 300 Jewisl)
families in that country. Private reports from San Jose disclos
that the Jews there are living on a powderkeg which is likely
explode at any moment. Unless there is firm action by Presiden
Otilio Ulate Blanco—an unlikely development in view of his Jew
ish record—the anti-Semites may resort to terrorism of a typ
which could well culminate in a wave of pogroms.
Costa Rican officials to whom representations had been mad;
about this possibility replied they could not anticipate develop' ;
ments. This was a diplomatic but brutal way of extricating themk
selves from commitments which conceivably could deter the tell
rorists from going through with their evil designs.
There is a silent partnership between the anti-Semites an
the Costa Rican press which thrives on anti-Jewish ads. One Sal,
Jose newspaper recently carried two viciously anti-Semitic letter
on its front page. One of tte letter writers called Hitler
'idiot' for not having exterminated all Jews once he realized self
immolation would be his only choice on defeat. The other scriv
ener warned the government that if it failed to take action t.
expel the Jews from the country the "people" would be forced
take matters into its own hands. The prominence given those let
tern indicates they emanated from sources with influence ove
the press. By way of placating the hatemongers, the newspape
made editorial notice of the fact it was being well remunerate*
for running anti-Jewish advertisements.
The Costa Rican President plays the coy role of a defende
of the constitution whenever the anti-Jewish elements apply th.
pressure. To a demand that he drive out the Jews, the Presiden.
replied he had "no power to expel the Jews from the country. a. .
some people are demanding." This was a subtle innuendo tha
he would be delighted to accommodate the anti-Semites if he hac"
legal power to do so. President Blanco has never concealed hi.
anti-Jewish sentiments nor has he ever denied the anti-Jewisk
statements attributed to him by the anti-Semites themselves.
There is a specific economic underlining to the anti-Jewis
campaign in Costa Rica. Its advocates are not only the crackpots
the bigots and the hatemongers, but also shrewd merchants whe
would like to rid themselves of Jewish competitors. The Jewisl,
immigrants who settled in Costa Rica some quarter of a centurs
ago have made vast economic contributions to the country. The_
became mechants and manufacturers and builders who brough,
employment and prosperity to a backward area. The current an
ti-Semitic campaign is motivated by a cynical and brutal desigi
to divest the Jews of their economic status through governmen
nationalization (read, confiscation) of their property. In a wor
the anti-Semites in Costa Rica, like the Germans under Hitler ar
aspiring to inherit Jewish wealth, Jewish industries and Jewis
factories. Their primary aim is to achieve that objective throug
expulsion.
The black hand behind the anti-Jewish campaign is the Jun
Patriotica which seems to have the blessings of a wide segmen
of the church as well as of the government. The Junta has re.1
cently intensified its anti-Jewish drive to the extent of carryin
its poison to the remotest corners of the country and to are
where the populace has never known a Jew. It has also been a
plying terrific pressure on government and church officials sus
pected either of being friendly to Jews or opposed to their bar
treatment.
Within the past seven or eight weeks, there have been a num,

ber of attempts to bomb Jewish homes and organizations. One
bomb was dropped at the door of a prominent San Jose Jew •

leader and another at the Jewish Center. This .occurred during
the week of Passover. The police was not only reluctant to act or
the complaints but it showed open hostility toward the complai
ants. In some instances the intended victims preferred the shelt- 4
er of silence. To meet the threat of pogroms, a number of Jewis •
organizations issued a joint call for the formation of a self-defe •••

body. Since the Jewish community is too small in numbers
defend itself, It is quite apparent that the move was really de

signed as an alert signal for action by American Jewry.
Let there be no mistake—the small Jewish community is fa
ing a grave crisis. A threatened anti-Semitic rally under the aus
pices of Junta Patriotica was recently stopped following Jewi
representations in Washington. The Jewish community in
Rica feels that broader action in Washington by American Je
leaders may thwart the vicious designs of the anti-Semites to u
root them physically and economically. There is need for p
cautionary measures now, before the situation gets out of hand.

