Aim

to Win Allied Campaign Trophy

Allied Campaigners Acclaim Israel's Anniversary

Honor Lurie at Luncheon Meeting Today;
Local Agency Day at Report Rally May 11

In the Women's Division, 2,000
enters its seventh year of
freedom."
j volunteers of General Solicita-
Today, workers and leaders tion solicited 15,000 homes Sun-
will gather in the Fred M. But-
zel Memorial Building for their
third report rally. The meeting
will be a testimonial luncheon
for John E. Lurie, chairman of
pre-campaign, whose devoted ef-
forts helped bring forth a record
total of pledges. Rabbi Morris
Adler will address the meeting.
Tuesday, May 11, will be Local
Agency Day at the report rally
to be held at the same time and
place, as will the report rally on
Friday, May 14, which will honor
fathers and sons, and mothers
and daughters who are working
in the campaign.
The past week saw much other
activity on the part of all divi-
sions in the campaign.
JOHN E. LURIE

As Israel celebrates its sixth
anniversary, workers and leaders
in the Allied Jewish Campaign
double their efforts to insure aid
to the people there and in all
the other areas of the world
where help is needed by our fel-
low Jews. .
In a joint statement, Samuel
H. Rubiner, president of the
Jewish Welfare Federation, and
' -- 0; W. Blumberg and Harvey
H. .Goldman, chairmen of the
eti. ive, stated:
"Our help through the United
Jewish Appeal and the deter-
mination of the people - of Is-
rael to remain free has helped
sustain the people of Israel at
every critical moment. Our ef-
forts for them must not di-
minish as 'this new democracy

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SAMUEL J. GREENBERG, co-chairman of the service division
tells the real estate co-chairman, . MANDELL L. BERMAN, and
mechanical trades chairman, JACK 0. LEFTON, that the services
division is out to recapture the trophy awarded to them last year
as the leading division in the Allied Jewish Ca_ mpaign. Lefton and
Berman tell him their divisions plan to win the award this year.
But other division chairmen said they, too, had plans.

Pureiy Com- mentary

Israel's Anniversary—Amidst Multiplicity of Problems
Israel's sixth anniversary is a remarkable event. In spite of
01 her troubles, Israel is a functioning state, constantly making
progress against serious odds. Even her economic difficulties are
being conquered.
At the moment, the dangers to Israel are grave. Our own
Government, unfortunately, is providing arms to her neighbors,
who haven't stopped threatening war upon the young nation. Ene-
mies in our own midst are conspiring to harm the fledgling nation.
But Israel carries on—and undoubtedly will continue to make
progress in spite of all handicaps.
We retain hope that our Government will recognize the wis-
dom of refusing arms to those who encircle Israel in warlike fash-
ion. And we have confidence that there will be sufficient restraint
within Israel to make a war impossible.
On Israel's Yom Atzmaut, as we greet the young state, we pray
that the Israelis' hopes for peace will materialize. Then we shall
have greater faith in peace for all mankind.

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The Value of a:Vishinsky Veto •
After the Jordan Parliament had Voted a vote of thanks to
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, for his .veto of a Security Council resolution
and his support of the Arab cause, Jordanian Foreign Minister
Dr. Hussein Fakhry el Khalidy said: "A veto by Vishinsky is
worth all the aid of America and Britain."
Judging a vote, as a temporary weapon. Khalidy is right.
After all, Vishinsky's veto negated the nearly unanimous action
of a major United Nations body. But from the viewpoint of time
and the value of a principle involved in UN action, Khalidy is as
wrong as Vishinsky and a veto will merely chalk up as another
passing historical incident. It would be well for the new partner-
ship—the Moslem-USSR alliance in the UN—to keep in view the
admonition of Shakespeare:
"The time of life is short,
To spend that _shortness basely 'twere too long."

The Restrictions on Travel from Israet to Arab Lands
The assurances given by Egypt of permission to Jewish tour-
ists to travel freely between Egypt and Israel is a heartening an-
nouncement, in view of the refusal of other Arab states to recog-
nize Israel-stamped visas. True, Israel, too, on occasions refuses
to admit certain tourists. This was the case at Easter-time when
Father Eugene, who had taken up arms against Israel in 1948,
was denied admittance by the Jewish state. As a rule, however,
Israel welcomes tourists of all religious beliefs and all nationality
backgrounds.
Judge Justine Wise Polier of New York, upon her return from
Israel where she participated in the erection of a building in
memory of her mother. Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, explained the travel
conditions and Israel's attitude in the following letter to the New
York Times:
Having just returned from Israel, I feel impelled to report
certain facts that Americans should know. As an. American citi-
zen who traveled to Europe and Israel I could not secure per-
mission from Jordan to enter the Old City or visit the holy
places, including the Wailing Wall, that are so much a part of
Jewish history and religious life. The Arab lands will not give
a visa to an American citizen whose passport bears a visa to
Israel. In striking contrast, Americans who plan t\o visit Arab
lands, including the Old City of Jerusalem, are permitted to
enter Israel. I returned by plane with a group of Christian
American citizens who had done just this. In fact, because of
Arab hostility and the refusal to give a visa to American citizens
whose passports show an Israeli vita. Israel issues a separate
visa so that all Americans are free to visit Israeli as well as
Arab lands.
During my visit to Israel I was deeply moved by the respect
shown for the religious life and observance of Christians and
Arabs who chose to remain and live in Israel, On Mount Tabor,
which I visited, there are two churches, one Roman Catholic
and the other Greek Catholic. One of the monks commented:
"Mount Tabor has been here for about two thousand nears to
commemorate the ascension of Christ, but it took the State of
Israel to build a road so that the Pilgrims could come to us."
I hope that the time is not too far distant when the Arab
lands will respect the religious beliefs of all groups and cease
to deny American citizens of all faiths the privilege of travel to
its Wnds.
All peace-loving people undoubtedly will share Judge Polier's
hopes. But freedom of travel between the countries of the Middle
East undoubtedly must await the establishment of peace between
Arabs and Israelis.
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Intermarriages—and 'Returnees' and 'Recurrences'
In an explanatory note about the author of its newly-publish-
ed "Hillel Little Book" under the title "What Is This Jewish Heri-
tage," by Dr. Ludwig Lewisohn, the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations
refer to Dr. Lewisohn as "himself an example of that phenomenon
of 'recurrence' in Jewish history of which this essay speaks ,..•He

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

belongs in the line of gifted 'returnees' who, having been placed
by the experiences of childhood and youth outside the orbit of
their people, came back to lead, to edify and to inspire . . ."
This reference came to mind upon reading the announcement
of the marriage in New York, recently, of Miss Susan Pulitzer,
granddaughter of the late Joseph Pulitzer, daughter of Mrs. Ralph
Pulitzer and the late Ralph Pulitzer, to Sydney J. Freedberg, asso-
ciate professor of art history at Wellesley College, Cambridge,
Mass. Joseph Pulitzer was the creator of the New York World.
His son Ralph followed in his footsteps and established fame as
the builder of another great newspaper, in St. Louis. The Pulitzers
had left the Jewish fold. Now that a Pulitzer is married to a Jew
again, does that make her a "returnee?"
It is doubtful whether there are many gains, similar to those
represented by the "recurrence" of Ludwig Lewisohn. We seldom
gain from intermarriage. We are probably the losers in the in-
stance of the third marriage—this time to a non-Jewess—of the
son of a man who was in his time American Jewry's most dis-
tinguished leader. We take our losses through intermarriage, al-
though we often gain through "returnees."

Interesting Sidelights in Dr. Oppenheimer Case
The stir created by the tragic case of Dr. J. Robert Oppen-
heimer, about whom David Lilienthal, former head of the Atomic
Energy Commission, said, "He is the only authentic: genius I
know," has some very interesting sidelights.
Dr. Edward U. Condon, former head of the National Bureau
of Standards, who m 1949 attacked Dr. Oppenheimer, while him-
self under suspicion as a security risk, made a rather intriguing
reference to the eminent Jewish scientist. Said Condon about
Oppenheimer: "Some think that Fulton J. Sheen may soon an-
nounce another distinguished convert."
That's how the . religious background of an antagonist can
easily be drawn into the squabble over the great atomic energy
expert who is the victim of the latest witch-hunt. In truth, Dr.
Oppenheimer has never been close to Jewish ranks. As he ex-
plained in his now famous letter of March 4 to Maj. Gen. K. D.
Nichols, general manager of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commis-
sion, he was never interested much in anything other than science.
However , there are these telling paragraphs in his letter:
"Beginning in late 1936, my interests began to change .. .
I can discern in retrospect more than one reason for these
changes.
"I had had a continuing, smoldering fury about the treat-
ment of Jews in Germany. I had relatives there, and was later
to help in extricating them and bringing them to this country."
This was his one and perhaps only reference to his Jewishness
and his concern over the Nazi exterminations of his kinsmen.
Nothing that has been said or written makes the Oppen-
heimer issue a "Jewish" case—except insofar as so many inno-
cent Jewish names have been dragged into the recent investiga-
tions—notably that of Abraham Chasanow (and Senator Mc-
Carthy might include in the unfortunate inclusion of Jewish
names that of David Schine—just as his antagonists might re-
sent the prominence of Roy Cohen). But in anti-Semitic quar-
ters they seem to be finding new reasons, in the Oppenheimer
case, for attacks on the Jews. The World Jewish AffairS news
service reports from London that a Madrid broadcast for the
Americas, quoting the Washington correspondent of the daily
newspaper "Madrid," published in the Spanish capital, has de-
clared that the majority of U. S. papers has concentrated on
"making a martyr out of Oppenheimer and an irresponsible per-
son out of McCarthy." According to the broadcast, from Spain,
the correspondent cabled the followingto his paper:
"Oppenheimer is a Jew, McCarthy a Catholic. Judaism, ex-
erting pressure in all its spheres, which include a very large part
of the newspaper world, has raised a barricade to defend Oppen-
heimer to the last inch. McCarthy, on the contrary, has been
careful not to mix himself up in any strange business. Spaniards
should never forget the Jewish member of the House of Repre-
sentatives with a great amount of self-expressed prejudice
against Spain, who, after a visit to Madrid and Barcelona, made
a most agreeable speech. to Spain and its government in an ex-
plosion of spontaneous sincerity. The only conclusion to be
drawn is that a great majority of the Press organs of the Eastern
part of the U.S.A. is in Jewish hands, and the editorial policy of
these organs is not to renounce racial and religious prejudices.
This could be the reason why Oppenheimer has found a defend-
ing majority in the press and McCarthy a majority of accusers.
Nevertheless, although it may seem paradoxical, this press ma-
jority does not exactly represent opinion in the country."
Thus, the diabolical tricks of bigots are being circulated, in
spite of the rising resentment against the witch-hunts in this
country.
In a sense, public opinion is being tested again by the new
outbursts of prejudice. We must trust that truth will emerge
triumphant, with the spreaders of hate defeating, as they usual-
ly do, their own purposes.

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day, G-Day. The Junior Division
held report meeting for its
workers and all trade and pro-
fessional divisions maintained
activity in high gear.

J DC, West Germany
To Aid Foehrenwald DPs

Nahum Goldmann, president
of the Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Ger-
many (CJMCAG), welcomed the
announcement by the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee, of a com-
bined resettlement and integra-
tion program, at a cost of more
than $1,360,000, on behalf of
Jews in the last remaining Jew-
ish DP camp in Germany, Camp
Foehrenwald.
The plan, under which JDC
will spend $650,000 granted to it
by the CJMCAG, and the West
German government will give an
additional $714,000, provides
cash grants, including sizeable
sums for basic subsistence for
one year, to families emigrating
to South America and other
areas and funds to provide fur-
niture and other household
items for those remaining in
Germany.
The German government has
also agreed to find employment
opportunities a n d apartments
for those who do not emigrate
and to aid them in integration
in the local economy.
Additional funds will also be
provided • for institutional care
for the so-called "hard core"
cases among the Foehrenwald
group — aged, chronically ill or
physically handicapped indivi-
duals. — by the JDC, Dr. Gold-
mann noted.

UJA Raised $569,000,000
Since Israel's Founding

The United Jewish Appeal in
the six year period since Israel's
establishment in 1948 has raised
more than $569,000,000 for the
conduct of refugee aid programs
throughout the world and es-
pecially for the financing of
long-range settlement, welfare
and agricultural development
programs in behalf of Israel's
newcomers, Edward . M. M. War-
burg, general chairman of the
UJA, reported in connection with
Observances of the • new state's
sixth anniversary.
Mr: Warburg pointed out that,
of the total raised, $392,000,000
was allocated fOr immigrant aid
programs in Israel alone and
termed this outlay "a remark-
able American contributiop, to
the cause of freedom."

Belgian King Unveils
Memorial to Nazi Victims

BRUSSELS, (JTA)—King Ba-
douin unveiled a monument to
the "Unknown Political Prison-
er" at the Breendock Fortress
where many Belgian patriots,
including Jews, were murdered
by the Nazis.
The fortress was also the as-
sembly point for Jews being de-
ported to the Auschwitz death

camp.

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