Impressive Displays Mark Book Fair This
Purely Commentary Weekend at Davison Jewish Center
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

"Frankfurter — the Big 'Little Jedge' " and the Anti-Semites
John Mason Brown, one of the editors of the Saturday Review,
in a series of three articles, wrote a most interesting biography of
Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter. He speaks of him as "gay of
heart," possessing "a dancing spirit," with "a rare gift—of imme-
diate intimacy, and a flattering memory for the smallest details ..."
"There is" (to quote Mr. Brown) "a lilt to Frankfurter's per-
sonality that has about it something of the quality of the Strauss
waltzes and the Vienna in which he
was born in 1882. Hard-headed real-
ists who are fond of him point out
that it is doubtful if a boy, particu-
larly a Jewish boy. who left Vienna
when he was twelve, was fed on
champagne, brought up• on waltzes,
and exposed to the gaieties of Sach-
er's or the Hofburg." Yet he is gay,
and "when he comes into a room
many agree it is as if all the lights
had sudden17 been switched on and
a match put to the logs on the
hearth."
He did not ascend the Supreme
Mr. Justice Frankfurter Court Bench with ease. There was
opposition to him, as there was to others, due to "a familiar pat-
tern that occurs with disquieting frequency." "It is the same pat-
tern," Mr. Brown writes, "followed only a year ago by those who,
without a shred of evidence, charged Earl Warren, when he was
nominated Chief Justice, with having had 'a 100 per cent record'
of following the 'Marxist line.' " Mr. Brown continues:
"There was, however, a difference between the opposition
to Warren and to Frankfurter • . . The madness dug deeper and
was more wounding in the earlier hearings. Warren was native-
born and a gentile; Frankfurter, foreign-born and a Jew. The
feeling against him on both counts runs through the testimony
like a polluted stream. Needless to say, several of the witnesses
pretended they had no race prejudice, and one showed his
friendship for Jews by advancing the slimy argument that the
appointment of a Jew would increase anti-Semitism in this
country. The final prejudice, or more precisely the ultimate un-
American activity, was indulged in by one citizen who pointed
out that the only previous foreign-born member of the Supreme
Court had been Justice Sutherland, who apparently was all
right because he 'came from the mother country which also gave
birth to our Bill of Rights.' Notwithstanding such nonsense,
Frankfurter's nomination was swiftly confirmed. He had every
cans° to be delighted and for reasons not altogether personal.
He was right in feeling, as Ickes reported, that his appointment
was 'a symbol' which meant 'much to the liberal cause.' as
indeed it did and stil:. does. Yet within two-and-a-half years
of his becoming a Justice the man who had been assailed as a
radical was being described in Harper's as a conservative."
The opposition to Frankfurter was in itself "a pattern." Loins
D. Brandeis before him was bitterly opposed, and not a minor
reason was Jewishness. It took a long time for President Wil-
son tc win his stubbon_ fight in defense of Brandeis.
Frankfurter undoubtedly is more tolerant than his opponents:
he "cannot understand why anyone in his senses would be sur-
prised when the Justices disagree," Mr. Brown writes. With such
an attitude, it is easier to overcome opposition, and even bigotry.-
There is nothing in the John Mason Brown series about
Frankfurter the Zionist, the disciple of Brandeis the Jewish leader. -
He was that, too. In fact, he rendered great services with hii
memoranda and briefs presented-at Versailles after World War 1,

in behalf of the Zionist idea.

The emphasis on one of Mr. Brown's sub-titles, "The Big
'Little Jedge' " is on the BIG.

At 4:15 p.m., awards will be
The entire Hyman C. Broder ners will complete the evening.
On Sunday afternoon, young- made for the poster and literary
auditorium of the Davison. Jew-
ish Center will be devoted to sters and their parents will en- contests.
Participants in the programs
book booths and displays at this joy the special children's pro-
year's Jewish Book Fair. The gram at the third annual Jewish will include a number of local
leaders. Some of the programs
display area has been especially Book Fair.
Children will be entertained will be held in the Jewish War
designed to provide visitors with
a comprehensive view of the in two shifts. At 1:45 and 3 p.m. Veterans Building, adjoining the
a program will be presented to Davison Jewish Center.
total collection.
Many local organizations and
Many innovations, such as a children from the United He-
uni-directional flow of traffic; brew schools, Sunday and Yid- congregations are cooperating
in sponsoring the Book Fair.
increased accessibility of bOoks dish schools.
by means of peg-board disp1947s;
and the presence of trained re-
viewers at all booths will estab-
lish an intimate relationship be-
tween individuals and books.
t theMrs. George Blumenstock, Cyril Milts, as follows:
rcnas es may u 1110. .d.
Louis LaMed and Jay Rosen- Juniors: First and second
booths where trained personnel
shine announced on Monday prizes, Nance Lui and Joel Sil-
will expedite sales and wrapping
that the following won prizes vers, JPI; third prizes, Paul
procedures.
The displays will include a in the Milford Stern Literary Dawes and Marsha Beckerman,
children's section where books Contest conducted on the an- JPI; Sharon Stepak, United
nual of the annual Book Fair: Jewish Folk S c h o o 1 s ; Karen
will be exhibited according to
First prizes: Carolyn Fisher Hertz and Dale Lurie, JPI.
the following age groups: 3-6 and Judy Oppenheim, of Sholem Intermediates: First prize:
years, 7-9 years, 10-13 years. A Aleichem School; Ellen Sydney Kovach, JPI; second
teen-age booth will attract teens Schwartz, Temple Beth El; prize, Louis W e i n g a r de n,
by virtue of both the selection Paula Siegel, Jewish Parents In - Shaarey Zedek; third prizes,
of books and its decor.
stitute. Leslie Kovach, Phyllis Lui,
Of special interest will be
Second prizes: Susan Levitt Wynne Goldstein, JPI; Roger
the Tercentenary displays. and Harvey Robb, Sholem Al- Kasle, Hope Ellen Friedland,
The book booth will contain eichem; Royna Meckler, Sharon Temple Beth El; Barbara Greis-
books relating to the American Rose and Margaret Ozer, Tern- man, Laena Benjamin, Marilyn
Jewish scene. In addition. an ple Beth El. Grossman, Adas Shalom; David
historical panel display, de-
Third prizes: Linda Blach, Mandiberg, Lois M a n d i b u r g,
veloped in cooperation with Phyllis Liu, JPI; Marion For- Sholem Aleichem; Sybil Ashen-
the American Jewish Histori- man, Bnai David; Jo Ann Hel- sky, Temple Israel; Helen Alt-
cal society and was designed man, Adas Shalom; Natalie Pei- man, Sharrey Zedek; Iris Hal-
by Iry Noon, will be exhibited ken, David Schneider and Shelly berstam, United Jewish Folk
on the auditorium stage. The Stern, Ttmple Beth El. Schools.
display, composed of six pan-
Seniors, first, second and third
Poster Contest Winner
els, gives a brief but complete
Winners of the Della Immer- prizes, Vickie Marston, Israel
history of the Jews in America. man Meyers Memorial Fund Ettes Bnai Brith Girls; Al En-
The Detroit Public Library Poster Contest are announced by cols, JPI; Sharon Mondshine,
booth consists of books selected the judges, Ben Glicker and Mrs. Bnai David.
by public library experts for the
purpose of enriching their chil-
dren's and adult Judaica col-
lections.
Other booths will be devoted
to record collections; Culture
By BORIS SMOLAR
of Our People; Jews Around
(Copyright, '1954, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
the World; Adult Fiction with
Charles Angoff and Louis Gold- The Paris Parley
At a conference of JDC directors in Paris last month I
ing on hand to autograph their
works; Yiddish-Hebrew Litera- heard reports • from JDC representatives in 21 countries which
ture with Dr. E. Shmueli and would have done honor to any organization working on a world-
Sr. Niger; Making a. Jewish wide scope . . . In fact, at no conference of any world Jewish
Home, which includes .a well- organization did I get such a concrete picture of the situation of
rounded collection for the Jewish the Jews in many countries, and of their needs, as I obtained at
woman; the Arts; boOks author- the gathering of JDC country directors . . Here were the men
all
ed by Dr. A. M. Hershman; He.- who are actually directing the JDC day-to-day activities in
breW pocket books and a gift parts of the world . . . Their reports were no mere oratory, as is
often heard at Jewish conventions ... They were factual, to the
shop, which will feature -Hanu- point, and without melodramatics . . . The three dozen top UJA
kah gifts, pictures, paintings leaders who came all the way from the United States to attend
and Israeli. art works.
the three-day session, were deeply moved by what they heard .
Teen-Agers' Progam
They were also deeply impressed by what the JDC is doing in the
'Teen-Agers will find an excit- 21 countries . . . With the lands behind the Iron Curtain now
ing program at the third annual closed to the JDC, there is still plenty of territory in which the
Jewish Book Fair on youth night, JDC can operate and plenty of Jewish needs to meet . . . Whether
Dec. 6.
it is in Morocco or in Iran, in South America or Spain, in Germany
A coketail party will open the or in Yugoslavia, in Sweden or in Switzerland—the JDC has
festivities. Herm Gould of the everywhere some important task to perform . . . It was for the
BBYM will emcee the party and first time that Moses A. Leavitt, executive vice-chairman of the
Paul Kadish of the BBYM Mac- JDC, visited the Latin American countries to establish how Jewish
cabees will be featured vocalist. refugees from Europe could be settled -there in larger numbers .
A period of browsing through And it was for the first time that a Jewish community leader in
Broder auditorium will follow, Yugoslavia was permitted to come to Paris for a JDC parley .
The exchange of opinions at the conference, and the reports
7:30 to 8 p.m.
. A presentation of awards to submitted there, left no doubt of the fact' that the JDC is, like
poster and literary contest win- a fire department, always on the spot in an einergency .
However, they have also shown that the JDC is doing an excellent
job in planned economic and social reconstruction and in
increasingly emphasizing the primacy of self-help both Dm
Miss Herlitz to Become
individuals and for communities of which they are a part.
Israel Consul in N. Y.
* * *

'Chamber of Relatives': Expose of an Arabic Farce
The London Jewish Observer and Middle East Review recently
published this expose ("Nuti—`Chamber of Relatives' "):
On Sept. 21 the Lebanese independent daily Al Hayat, an
old and faithful friend of the Iraqis, was banned by the Iraq
government. Its sale was forbidden. It was not to be quoted.
It had dared to comment on the Iraqi elections. It had
spoken frankly as a friend; it had said this:
A farce: "Nuri es Said's policy, his contempt for his
country's government, and hiS • 'fallacies have brought
discontent in Iraq to a new peak. "The last elections were a
farce which made not only Iraq, but all the countries of the
world, laugh at this travesty.
"Nuri es Said assembled a Parliament composed of rela-
tives and servants of his policy. For the first time in history
a Premier appoints all his relatives to sit in the Chamber of
Deputies; he has not got a single relative left outside the
Chamber, unless they be those whom Nuri appointed to the
Senate!
"The people of Iraq boycotted the elections, and the with-
drawal of the two Istiqlal Deputies from the Chamber makes
this a total boycott."
Mock parliament: "It cannot be said today that Iraq has
a Parliament, when 80 per cent of Deputies have been thrust
on the constituencies by a Government order and without
due election procedures, or worst still, despite them.
"We fail to see how the Premier proposes to set about such
important matters as the talks with Britain with that kind
of Parliament. For if Nuri ignores the people and its repre-
sentation in the Chamber of Deputies, the result will be that
the people will disassociate themselves from Nuri's decisions
and will not recognize .them.
"With this mock Parliament, which we shall call 'The
Chamber of Relatives' despite the fact that it includes many
men whom we respect, Nuri ,es Said seeks to cover up the
shame of its deputies."
Al Hayat concludes bitterly:
"It would have been better to have an openly nominated
Parliament than this parody created by the Nuri government."
A prominent Baghdad diplomat who arrived in London
commented on affairs in Iraq. "Only one heart-beat of the
ageing Nuri stands between Iraq and grave disorder," he
said. "Nuri has taken complete control of the country. Below
the surface conditions are explosive," he added.
This is additional evidence of the chaos that exists in the
Middle East. It is a problem that affects the entire world—in
view of the concern of the western powers over the security
problem in that area. It is a problem that can be solved for the
Arabs and the west, and therefore also for Israel—provided there
is an Arab-Israel peace. It can be attained, if the powers will it.
Then even the unwilling Arabs will learn what a boon it will
be for all their people.

2—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday , December 3, 1954

Announce Winners of Essay, Poster
Competitions for Annual Book Fair

Between You and Me

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Miss Symbol of Unity
Esther Herlitz is leaving the
The JDC has shown, during its forty years of existence, an
post of First Secretary of the exceptional record not only in the _ field of relief activities for
Israel Embassy here to become Jewish communities abroad, but also in the field of maintaining
Consul at the Consulate Gen- unity within the Jewish community in this country . .. The JDC
eral of Israel in New York.
was the first organization in this country around which all
Miss Herlitz and two new elements of American Jewry centered ... And this at a time when
members of the the Jews in the United States were split into all.kinds of com-
Israel Embassy petitive groups . . . Organized Jewish labor was—and still is,
w e re honored represented on the JDC Board of Directors, as were Orthodox
at the home of groups . . . The founders of JDC, Jacob Schiff and Felix Warburg,
the Minister wanted- to see • American Jewry united and they succeeded in
Plen i potentiary achieving it by having at the JDC tables representatives of all
of the Embassy major trends in Jewish life With this they also paved the way
of Israel, • Reu- for Jewish unity between , the Zionists and non-Zionists in the
yen Shiloah. Jewish Agency for Palestine, in the United Jewish Appeal and
Among those in other movements . . , There was a time when the Zionists in
present were America considered the JDC a purely non-Zionist organization
Henry A. By- . . . This feeling is long gone . . Today 'the Jewish Agency and
roade, Assistant the JDC work hand-in-hand, and the Israel, Government has
Miss Herlitz Secretary of nothing but praise for the JDC and its leadership , . In fact it
State; General William Riley, was - the JDC that voluntarily handed to the Jewish Agency
deputy director for .management responsibility for all the immigration to Israel—which until
. financed
by the JDC—a.n
of Foreign Operation Adminis- several years ago was
conducted
and el
tration; Raymond Hare, direc- with it also went the tens of millions of d011ars' which the Jac
tor-general of the Foreign Serv- used to receive annually from the UJA for thiS. work .. ,. Thus, the
ice, and John F. Summons, Chief Jewish Agency, instead of being the minor partner in the UJA,
of Protocol. The newcomers to has with the consent of the JDC become the Major partner .
the Embassy Staff are . Yolaanan Furthermore, the JDC is spending almOst half of its own budget
Meroz who served as First Sec- in Israel on various relief and rehabilitation projects . The
retary in Ankara, and Moshe tie between the JDC and Israel is well cemented, and Zionist
]fir ell, who served with the Divi- leaders are as happy about the JDC work:—wherever this work is
sion for Western Europe of the done—as are the "old-timers" in JDC leadership who, Although

Israel .Foreign Ministry— .

not sworn Zionists, have proven themselves friends of Israel.

