Publishers Plan National Journalism Seminar; Will Offer Editorial Awards - WALTHAM, Mass—Meeting at Brandeis University for its 13th annual convention, the Ameri- can Association of English- :Jewish Newspapers last Friday elected Jacques Back, Nashville, Tenn., as president. The election took place at a luncheon at which Dr. Abram L. Sachar, president of Brandeis University, was host to the edi- tors and publishers. Others elected include: Vice-presidents, Leo H. Frisch, Minneapolis-St. Paul; Arthur Weyne, Philadelphia; -Joseph Weisberg. Boston; secretary, Adolph Rosenberg, Atlanta; treasurer, Abe Slabot, New Orleans; members of the executive board, Elias Jacobs, Buffalo; Morris Janoff, Jersey City: Meyer Kele- man, Los Angeles; Sam Neusner, Hart- ford; Sam Schmidt, Cincinnati: Fred Shochet, Miami; Philip Slomovitz, Detroit; Albert Golomb, Pittsburgh; Jack Fish- bein, Chicago; Sarah Singer, Atlantic City. The delegates adopted a warm resolution commending the Jewish Telegraphic Agency for its progressive efforts to advance the standards of Jew- ish journalism. Victor Bien- stock, general manager, and Boris Smolar, editor, of JTA, were applauded for their ef- forts to extend news coverage of the agency and to improve its feature service. The delegates "pledged' anew their sympathetic support to Israel, to the end that the young state should win the peace and grow from strength to strength," and protes ed against the arm- ing, of the Arab states to Israel's detriment. Important convention deci- sions provided for the following innovations in the English- Jewish publishing field: 1. Institution of annual awards to English - Jewish newspapers adjudged (a) pub- lishing the best-written non- syndicated news story of the year: (b) the paper publish- ing the editorial adjudged the best-written of the year and (c) the papers adjudged the best of the year typographi- cally in the tabloid, full- sized and magazine formats. 2. Establishment of a Sem- inar on Jewish Journalism, presidents and publicity direc- tors of alt national Jewish or- ganizations to be invited to participate in discussions of the place of the English- Jewish press in American Jew- ish life and the relation to them of the national Jewish organizations. In his address to the conven- tion delegates, Dr. Sachar re- vealed that Brandeis University is the only school of higher learning in the country whose student body is on record as having selected Hebrew as a major subject of study—second only to French. He announced that the coming year's freshman class of 300 has been selected out of 2,600 applicants. Dr. Sachar also announced that Brandeis University has purchased a large tract of land to assure "development for the next 100 or 200 years." Several of the major conven- tion sessions were held at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Boston. A dinner in honor of the delegates was given at the Belmont Coun- try Club, Boston, Saturday night. Dr. Ludwig Lewisohn was the speaker. International Body to Have Control Of Documents of Claims on Germany LONDON, (JTA)—The Inter- national Tracing Service at Arolsen, Germany, which is a complete catalogue of all those imprisoned and done to death in Nazi concentration camps lib- erated by the troops of the Western Powers, as well as a catalogue of instructions from Hitler, Himmler and other top Nazis for the extermination of European Jewry, will be admin- istered by the International Red Cross under an international committee, Hanan Cidor, an Is- rael official, revealed Mr. Cidor, director of the Di- vision for International Organi- zations of the Israel Foreign Ministry and head of the com- mittee in Israel on the Arolsen archives, said that the interna- tional committee which will be responsible for the archives will consist of representatives on the ambassadorial level of the Unit- ed. States, France, Britain, Bel- gium, the Netherlands, Luxem- burg, Italy, Israel and Ger- many. For the first five years, the Bonn government will bear the administrative costs of approxi- mately 1.5 million deutschmarks annually. After that time. the U.S. Resumes Surplus Shipments to Israel international committee will de- cide what to do about the fu- ture of the archives. The pact setting up the administration of the files was initialled at Bonn last week two days before Ger- many became a sovereign state, Mr. Cidor revealed. It will be signed in June. Mr. Cidor disclosed that non- governmental organizations with a special interest in the ar- chives will be allowed to par- ticipate in meetings of the in- ternational committee, but with- out voting rights. Negotiations have been con- cluded with a British microfilm- ing organization to copy the en- tire Arolsen collection of about 20,000,000 documents for the Yad Veshem, Israel memorial library for the 6,000,000 Jewish martyrs of Nazism. The microfilming op- eration will take a year to com- plete. Mr. Cidor pointed out that duplicating the Arolsen docu- ments was essential because the whole International Tracing Service was "an organization of paper and wood" whose records and filing cases needed only a match to send it up in flames. Thus through the initiative of the Israel government, Mr. Cidor stressed, the documents on which former concentration camp inmates rely for support of their compensation claims will not pass to t h e German government, although they will remain in Germany. Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News WASHINGTON—Plans are be- ing advanced here for an early resumption of the flow of free United States Government sur- plus food supplies for Israel's needy; through Hadassah, it was learned Tuesday from Depart- m e n t of Agriculture sources. This program was suspended for Israel on March 28, 1954. Included in the gift food will be butter, cheese, cottonseed oil shortening and other staples. The program to help the world's underprivileged by giving sur- plus American food through American voluntary agencies was authorized' by Section 416 of the Agriculture Act of 1953. 24— DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday., May 20, 1955 Community- Groups Planning Institute For High School Grads A Jewish High School Gradu- ates' Institute will take place at 7:30 p.m., May 31, at Temple Israel, it was announced by Hoke Levin, Institute chairman. Sponsored by the Jewish Com- munity Council, in cooperation with Bnai Brith Hillel Founda- tion, Jewish Community Center, Jewish Vocational Service and Jewish War Veterans, these agencies will share their special- ized knowledge and experience with the graduates. The Institute is organized in response to a widely-felt com- munity need to acquaint 1955 graduates with the various Jew- ish communal resources and services available to them. It is hoped that a closer relationship will be developed between the graduates and the total Jewish community. Trained persons who have long been active in handling the various problems of youth will participate. They will answer questions on jobs, job opportun- ities, scholarships, armed serv- ices, leisure time programs, Jew- ish activities on the college campus and discrimination in employment, education and the armed forces. No fee will be charged the Institute's participants, and re- freshments will be served. Confer Life Membership On Mrs. H. L. Jackson In recognition of outstanding contributions to the work and success of the League of Jewish Women's Organizations, Mrs. Harry L. Jack-a`'" son was recent- ly honored by being named a life member of the group's board of direc-. tors. Mrs. Jackson,1, who has served:. the League as vice president and in many' other capacities also is past executive direc- Mrs. Jackson for of the Women's Division, Jewish Welfare Federation, JWF board member, board member of the Jewish Community Center, past president of Hadassah and a member of the National Council of Jewish Women. A graduate of Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Jackson served for some time as a personnel worker in St.' ',Calls. Levin's Honduran Post Now Consulate General Under commission of the Gov- ernment of the Republic of Hon- duras, the office of Saul R. Levin has been raised to Con- sulate General and Mr. Levin has accordingly been promoted to Honorary Consul General here for that country. The corresponding exequatur signed by the President of the United States and the Secretary of State has been issued to Mr. Levin. History of American Zionism Copyright, 1955, by American Jewish Press IN FEBRUARY 1896, THEODOR HERZL'S MAN- IFESTO "DER JUDENSTAAT" IS PUBLISHED IN VIENNA. THE HISTORIC DOCUMENT SOON STIRRED THE JEWISH WORLD. Isaacs Retires After 36 Years As Superintendent of Hebrelv Schools After serving as superintend- superintendent since then. Many ent of the United Hebrew thousands of Detroiters were Schools for 36 years, Bernard guided in their Jewish studies by Mr. Isaacs, and major Jewish community efforts were inspired by him. An ardent Zionist, active in the Zionist movement since his arrival here, Mr. Isaacs, accom- panied by Mrs. Isaacs, visited Israel two years ago and renew- ed many friendships with schol- ars, educators and writers. He had the distinction of having one of his books published in Is- rael. In addition to many essays and articles in Hadoar and other magazines, Mr. Isaacs is the author of two books, "Bein Shnai Olamot" ("Between Two Worlds") and "Amos Mocher Tapuzim" ("Amos the Fruit Sell- er"). A pioneer in Jewish educa- tional efforts in this country, Mr. Isaacs is consulted in proj- BERNARD ISAACS ects involving school problems Isaacs, nationally prominent ed- by Jewish educators in this ucator, retired from his post to country and in Canada. devote himself to travel and to He turned to Jewish educa- compiling the scores of essays tion, as a labor of love and out and short stories he has written of devotion to his people's most in recent years. sacred interests, after graduat- Announcement of his retire- ing from the Cooper Union en- ment was made at the meeting gineering college in New York. of the board of directors of the Prior to that time he studied in schools on Wednesday evening. yeshivoth in Europe. At this meeting, Mr. Isaacs He was the founder of the was unanimously elected super- Kvutzah Ivrith, Detroit's He- intendent emeritus of the brew-speaking organization, 14 schools. Albert Elazar, associate years ago, and is the editor of superintendent of the schools, the Hebrew publication, "Hed automatically was elevated to Ha-Kvutzah." He helped organ- the superintendentcy. ize the Women's Auxiliary of the Abe Kasle, president of the United Hebrew schools. schools, paid high tribute to A tireless worker in all Allied Mr. Isaacs for his devotion, Jewish Campaigns, Mr. Isaacs, his untiring efforts in behalf in addition to membership in of every Jewish educational the Zionist Organization of activity and for his pioneering America, is affiliated with Hista- work in the establishment of drut Ivrith and the National Detroit's United Hebrew Council of Jewish Education. Schools. Mr. and Mrs. Isaacs have one Organizer of the united school daughter, Annette, and three system in Detroit in 1919, Mr. sons, Irving of Pittsburgh, Ru- Isaacs has served as the school's ben and Emanuel. German Juror Faints When Mass Poisoning of Jews Is Described FRANKFURT, (JTA)—An eld- erly woman juror fainted in court here at the trial of Ger- man chemical manufacturer Dr. Gerhard Peters when she heard him explain calmly how a lethal cyanide product of his own in- vention and manufacture, known as "Zyklon B," was injected into closed rooms at concentration camps through shower-type nozzles. Dr. Peters is being tried in a local court for being "an accessory" to the murder of 300,- 000 Jews in Nazi gas chambers. Dr. Peters is charged with the death of 300,000 Jews because at least that number was killed with the "Zyklon B" gas crys- tals he furnished to Auschwitz after SS Lt. Col. Kurt Gerstein had, by Peters' own admission, revealed the purpose of the shipments to him in the summer of 1943. The indictment makes no mention of the hundreds of thousands of killings of inno- cent people resulting from earl- ier poison gas deliveries made by Dr. Peters. The defendant, who was hand- ed over by the Allies to the Ger- mans seven years ago and whom high-ranking. German personalities are keeping out of jail even though he has been convicted in seven different trials, is presently working as an industrial chemist for a Co- logne subsidiary of the IG-Far- ben chemical empire. During the war, he was manager of the "German Corporation for Ver- min Extermination" (DEGESH),. a firm derived from IG-Farben. Israel Pays 4 1 /2 Million To Foreign Investors Foreign investors in Israel en- terprises received a total of $4,538,000 in dividend payments and other transfers of earnings during the past three fiscal years ending March 31, it was an- nounced in New . York by Meir Sherman, Economic Minister of Israel in the United State s. Nearly $2,000,000 of the total was Paid out during the last fiscal year. I. The Spark and the Fire By DR. JAKOB ROSENTHAL and MAURICE del BOURGO IN 1898, PROFESSOR RICHARD GOTTHEIL, NOTED . ORIENTALIST, AND AN EARLY PIO- NEER OF ZIONISM ; ORGANIZES THE FEDER- ATION OF AMERICAN ZIONISTS ... IN 1918, THE FEDERATION BECAME THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA. AT ITS FIRST CONCLAVE 4,1 NEW YORK, THE FEDERATION OF AMERICAN ZIONISTS ELECTS GOTTHEIL PRESIDENT AND YOUNG RABBI STE- PHEN S. WISE SECRETARY .. IN 1901, THE MST AMERICAN ZIONIST NEWSPAPER, THE MACCABEAN WAS EDITED 3' LOUIS LIPSKY, ONE Of THE GREAT LEAOERS OF AMERICAN ZIONISM.