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Committee Proposes Program
To End Social Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (JTA)—Develiip-
ment of a program to remove
barriers to the entry of Jews into
the upper echelons of American
industry and finance—particular-
ly to the top managerial cate-
gories—is urged by Dr. John
Slawson, executive vice-presi-
dent of the American Jewish
Committee, in a report to the
AJC executive board.
Dr. Slawson is of the opinion
that industrial and business lead-
ers constitute a group on the
American scene that is pivotal
in the effort to eliminate dis-
crimination.
Dr. Slawson asserted that
social discrimination against
Jews is "the last barricade of
anti-Semitism" and must be
surmounted. "Today the public
frame of mind is receptive to
a constructive effort for its
elimination," he reported.
"As the American corporation
continues to expand in size and
scope, the opportunity for the in-
dividual entrepreneur may grad-
ually contract," Dr. Slawson de-
clared. "Should this occur, top
managerial posts would become
increasingly important for Jews
of ability, because of their rela-
tively rapid upward economic
mobility."
Pointing out that three-quar-
ters of the Jews in the U. S. are
native-born, Dr. Slawson said
that as JewS become more inte-
grated into American life, their
resentment against _social anti-
Semitism increases. Not until
recently, however, said Dr. Slaw-
son, has there been opportunity
to undertake extensive action
against social anti - Semitism.
During the Hitler era, the ener-
gies of American Jews were ab-
sorbed with the problems of se-
curity at home and vast relief
operations abroad. It was diffi-
cult to cope with the more subtle
forms of bigotry, such as social
discrimination. Hence, in partial
response to continuing social dis-
crimination, "g i 1 d e d" ghettos
came into being.
Jews created for themselves
separate but equal—perhaps in
some cases, even superior—fa-
cilities," he reported. "Wit-
ness Jewish social clubs, golf
and other recreational clubs,
and certain residential neigh-
borhoods. A certain amount of
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self-segregation became a Pat-
tern that has perpetuated it-
self. `J e wish nationalism,'
whose overt expressions take
the form of both self-segrega-
tion and chauvinism, developed
largely to the extent that bar-
riers to the full participation .
of Jews in the life of American
society were erected by the
majority.
_ Dr. Slawson disclosed that a
survey conducted by the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee estab-
lished that 40 percent of adult
Jews prefer to live in predomi-
nantly Jewish neighborhoods
while only 21 percent of the chil"-
dren prefer such environments.
The survey—known as the River-
ton Study—also established that
in seven of ten Jewish homes,
anti-Semitism was a repeated
topic of family discussion. One
of three Jews interviewed ex-
pressed the feeling that he lived
in • an unfriendly environment.
"Jews may attribute to non-
Jews attitudes that the latter do
not have, at least not to the de-
gree imagined," Dr. Slawson
stated. He quoted from studies
conducted by Cornell University,
financed by a Rockefeller Foun-
dation grant, the following:
"Among majority-group mem-
bers who belonged to an organ-
ization that had Jewish mem-
bers, only 9 per cent said they
ever found themselves feeling
different- toward the Jews than
toward other members. But
among the Jews belonging to
mixed organizations, 39 per cent
said they felt the Gentiles felt
different toward them.
"Assuming that the replies of
majority group members are in-
dicative of their actual attitudes
toward their Jewish colleagues
then we might infer that there
is an indication of over-sensi-
tivity among a substantial pro-
portion of the Jewish members
of these groups."
Urge Emigration For
6 500 North Africans
,
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The.
synagogues in the new portion
of the city of Casablanca,
Morocco, are crowded with hun-
dreds of Jewish families who
have fled their homes in the
old native section under fear of
further Moslem attacks, it was
reported here from Orocco.
A number of Jews were hurt
and many shops destroyed by
Moslem nationalist bands who
have attacked the Jews on the
pretext that they were pro-
French.
The North African Zionist Fed-
eration, holding a conference in
Marseilles, has appealed to the
Jewish Agency to provide for
immediate immigration to Israel
of at least 5,000 Jews from Mo-
rocco and 1,500 from Tunisia.
("Why does the Jewish world
keep silent when innocent Jews
are being murdered in Morocco,
Jewish property plundered and
Jewish livelihoods ruined?" Dr.
S. Levenberg, representative of
the Jewish Agency in England,
asked at a Zionist meeting in
Brussels.
("Both the MorOccan national-
ist movement and the French. au-
tharitieS must be made aware of
the fact that the Jewish people
will not stand idly by watching
the physical attacks on their co-
religionists," he told the audi-
ence.)
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Greenbush Inn Vacation
Offers Hay Fever Relief
With the hay fever season fast
,approaching, Greenbush Inn, lo-
cated on the shores of Lake
Huron, only four hours from De-
troit, is rolling out the welcome
mat to hay fever sufferers.
In addition to feeling good'
again, says owner Dr. Max Ros-
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Huron or the Greenbush pool, ex-
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Pop Wilson's band and- a live
floor show.
For reservations or information,
write -Greenbush Inn, Greenbush,
Mich., or phone Greenbush 9-779.
And it shall come to pass,
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Friday, August 19, 1955
seen in the cloud.—Gen. 9:14.
Jewish Claims Con ference Allocated
$1,000,000 for Aged Victims of Nazis
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany issued
a report revealing that during
the years 1954 and 1955 it has
allocated over $1,000,000 for the
care of aged victims of Nazi
persecution. The grants during
1955 for this purpose will
amount to $702,284 and will aid
in the construction, equipment,
repair and maintenance of homes
for the aged in 17 countries
throughaut the Jewish world. It
is estimated that 1,800 aged
victims of Nazi persecution will
benefit from these grants. Dur-
ing 1954, $367,810 was expended
for the care of the aged.
•
A portrait of Maimonides, the
immortal Jewish philosopher
and physician, was presented to
the third World Medical As-
sembly in Israel on behalf of
the American Physicians Fel-
lowship Committee. Shown
holding the portrait is DR.
MANUEL GLAZIER, of Boston,
national secretary of the Fel-
lowship and leader of a delega-
tion of 31 American physicians
and their families now attend-
ing the international medical
gathering, which has been dedi-
cated to the '750th anniversary
of the death of Maimondes. The
portrait was a gift to the Fel-
lowship fro mIsrael Tourist
Service Corp. of Tel Aviv and
New York, of which MEYERS
PASSOW (right) is general
manager.
Stevensville Lake Sets
2nd Annual Mardi Gras
Excitement is in the air, as
members of the staff of Stevens-
ville Lake Hotel,, Swan Lake, N.
Y., prepare for its second annual
Mardi Gras, which begins Sun-
day and lasts for a week.
Helping to put over the week-
long celebration will be such well
known comedians as Jan Murray,
Sam Levenson, Jackie Miles and
Joey Adams. These personalities
will act as judges in selecting the
Mardi Gras queen.
Harry and Dave Dinnerstein
hope to make the event as excit-
ing as the original Mardi Gras
in New Orleans. Judging by the
guest list, many of the same peo-
ple who came last year for the
first Mardi Gras are returning
again this year, they said.
5,600 Learn ORT Trades
With recent graduations the
number of persons who have re-
ceived training in industrial skills
at the 34 ORT schools in Israel
amount to over 5,600, according
to a report by Jacob Oleiski, di-
rector of ORT in Israel.
`Haggadah on Warsaw
Uprising' Proposed
By Jewish Congress
The publication of a new Hag-
gadah telling the heroic story of
the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has
been proposed by Dr. Isaac I.
Schwarzbart, director of the
World Jewish Congress' organi-
zation department, as a method
of immortalizing the epic event
and of making the observance of
its anniversary and of the World
War II Churban (catastrophe) in
general a perpetual Memorial
Day for world Jewry. The pro-
jected Haggadah would be read
in Jewish homes, schools and at
commemorative ceremonies
throughout the globe on the an-
niversary of the uprising — the
27th day of Nisan — in the same
manner that the Passover Hag-
gadah -is read each year by Jews
everywhere to signalize the Exo-
dus from Egypt.
In announcing the proposal,
Dr. Schwarzbart disclosed that
he has approached four central
institutions—Israel's Ministry for
Culture and Education, Israel's
Grand Rabbinate, the Hebrew
University at Jerusalem, and the
Synagogue Council of America—
with the suggestion that a joint
committee be organized to pre-
pare such a Haggadah. He is cur-
rently preparing the first draft of
a "Haggadah of Warsaw" that
might serve as a basis for the
committee's work.
"These grants are in addition
to funds which the Conference
makes available for general cash
relief- programs in many coun-
tries which to a considerable ex-
tent are employed for the sup-
port of aged Nazi victims resid-
ing outside of institutions," the
report stated.
The greater portion of the
Conference funds will provide
aid in the lands of Europe which
had fallen under the Nazi oc-
cupation, including Austria, Bel-
gium, France, Germany, Hol-
land, Italy and Yugoslavia. Allo-
cations - were also granted for
the use of aged refugees in Bri-
tain, Sweden and Switzerland
as well as in Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia and
Ecuador and in Australia.
Among the major Conference
allocations which will result in
the expansion of institutional
facilities–are: 1. $100,000 during
1954 and 1955 for the repair of
homes for the aged in West Ger-
many; 2. $90,000 for the con-
struction of a home to accom-
modate 50 persons in Antwerp,
Belgium; 3. $180,000 for the
establishment of two homes in
London, expected to accommo-
date 100 Nazi victims; 4. $20,000
for the equipment of a home
for the aged in Zagreb, Yugo-
slavia, which is expected to ac-
commodate 120 persons.
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