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Communist Members Expelled from
Histadrut Executive for Inciting
Arabs to Riots Against the State

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Justice Frankfurter Fortifies His Spirit at
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to organize forcible resistance
Israel Anniversary . .. Recalls Palestine Desolation
to The Jewish News
with the State" against the au-
in Mark Twain's Days to indicate Israel's Progress
TEL AVIV. — A decision to thority of the government. He
"I came here to fortify my spirit," Mr. Justice Felix Frank-
expel all Communist members added that the expulsion of the
furter of the United States Supreme Court told the distinguished
of the Executive Committee four Communist members from
gathering of America's outstanding leaders, at the Israel tenth
Bureau of the Histadrut, Israel's the 95-member executive com-
anniversary dinner, at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York on May 19.
Labor Federation, for having mittee was as far as the Execu-
A pioneer Zionist, Mr. Justice Frankfurter was - able to touch
"incited Israel's Arab minority tive Committee Bureau could
upon the basic points in Israel's achievements. He spoke of "the
to organized resistance against go "w i t h out constitutional
ingathering" as "a partial relief to the conscience of mankind."
the authority of the State of changes."
This is a factor that has been too-readily forgotten in the con-
Israel," was approved Monday.
Mapai members voted for the
sideration of Israel's existence.
The expulsion was in reply to expulsion. Mapam, Achdut Av-
The eminent jurist, who was closely associated with the late
the Communist-led rioting in odah and the Progressive Party's
Justice Louis D. Brandeis in Zionist as well as judicial affairs,
all-Arab Nazareth and other Oved Zioni faction voted against
quoted his late colleague as having foreseen "the devilish,
Arab cities on May Day against the expulsion, although all
SIDNEY J. ALLEN
systematic endeavor to extirpate and exterminate Jews altogether,
efforts of Israel police to pre- members condemned the ac-
even as to the limited attempt to restrict and confine the coming
vent unauthorized demonstra- tivities of the Communists.
in of Jews into what is now Israel," when, on May 17, 1939,
The Executive Bureau's deci-
tions.
repudiating the British White Paper, he said with reference to
Reuven Barkatt, head of the sion required approval by the
Jewish efforts in Palestine:
Histadrut's International and full executive committee, but
"Unless civilization has so reverted to primitivism as to
Arab departments, said the this was considered certain.
wish the destruction Of homeless Jews, it must encourage the
The Executive Bureau de-
Sidney J. Allen was elected Communists "themselves are
proved medium to solve in great measure the problem of
against the State. They incited cided against formally outlaw-
to
succeed
Abraham
Srere
as
Jewish homelessness."
president of the Jewish Welfare the Israel Arab population ing the Communist Party within
Zionists in our time who have become incapable of defending
against the State and encour- the Histadrut so that workers
their great movement have a strong instrument at their command Federation's property - holding aged hostile Arab nationalism." should not suffer for their po-
in the powerful Brandeisian phrase revived by Mr. Justice Frank- unit, the United Jewish Chari-
He emphasized that the Israel litical views and to prevent put-
furter: "the proved medium to solve the problem of Jewish ties of Detroit.
Communists "made the first at- ting the Communists in the
Irwin
S.
Simon
was
named
homelessness."
tempt since Israel was founded position of "martyrs."
Of major interest in Mr. Justice Frankfurter's speech was vice-president of the UJC.
.
Allen
is
twelfth
in
a
distin-
his quotation of a lengthy report by Mark Twain "in one of his
eloquent non-ironically-humorous pieces" in which he described guished list of presidents of the
58-year-old UJC. Formerly com-
his impressions of Palestine in 1869. Mark Twain then wrote:
"Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. Over it, broods the bining budgeting, fund-raising
spell of a curse that has withered the fields and fettered its and social planning with prop-
energies. Where Sodom and Gomorrah reared their domes and erty management, UJC was re-
towers that solemn sea now floods the plain in whose bitter tained in existence for the lat-
waters no living thing exists, over whose waveless surface the ter function alone after it
In his two other statements,
The Congressional Record on
blistering air hangs motionless and dead, about whose borders helped form the Jewish Welfare May 19 carried a series of Rep. Dingell incorporated The
Federation
in
1926.
nothing grows but weeds and scattering tufts of cane, and that
Chairman of the Federation articles which appeared in re- Jewish News editorial "Our Sal-
treacherous fruit that promises refreshment to parching lips but
capital needs committee for cent issues of The Jewish News. ute to Israel: May She Grow
turns to ashes at the touch.
Congressman John D. Dingell, from Strength to Strength," and
"Nazareth is forlorn. About that fjord of Jordan where the three years, Allen serves on the in three different statements, the Purely Commentary column
hosts of Israel entered the Promised Land with songs of rejoicing, board of governors and execu- incorporated into his remarks "The Proudest Happy Birthday
one finds only a squalid camp of fantastic Bedouins of the desert. tive committee of Federation. The Jewish News articles deal- Greeting on R e c or d: Hearty
"Jericho, the accursed, lies a mouldering ruin today even as, He is first vice-president and ing with the Israel tenth anni- Shalom."
Joshua's miracle left it more than 3,000 years ago. Bethlehem and executive committee chairman versary and the seventieth an-
Bethany in their poverty and their humiliation have nothing of the Jewish Home for Aged, niversary of the Jewish Publi-
Anti-Semitic Groups
about them now to remind one that they once knew the high honor and first vice-president of Sinai cation Society of America.
Suppressed in France
of the Saviour's presence. The hallowed spot where the shepherds Hospital.
With reference to the latter,
PARIS, (JTA) — Jewish cir-
watched their flocks by night and where the angels sang Peace
Srere, a Fred M. Butzel Me- he paid tribute to the editor
on Earth, Good Will to Men, is untenanted by any living creature morial Award recipient, is pres- of The Jewish News and to cle-s expressed satisfaction with
and unblessed by any feature that is pleasant to the eye.
ident of Sinai Hospital and a the two other Detroit officers of the recent suppression by the
"Renowned Jerusalem itself, the stateliest name in history, former president of Federation. the Jewish Publication Society Pflimlin government of four ul-
has lost all its ancient grandeur and has become a pauper village;
The UJC administers build- —Judge Theodore Levin and tra-nationalist parties.
the riches of Solomon are no longer there to compel the admira- ings and other holdings of Fed- Leonard N. Simons. He inserted
It was pointed out that the
tion of visiting oriental queens. The wonderful Temple which eration and its agencies.
in his remarks the Purely Com- parties—Jeune Nation, Falange,
was the pride and glory of Israel is gone, and the Ottoman
Past presidents of the UJA mentary article "Seventieth National Action Front and Rev-
crescent is lifted above the spot where on that most memorable were David W. Simons, Bernard Anniversary of Jewish Publica- olutionaire Patriotique — had
day in the annals of the world, they reared the Holy Cross.
Ginsburg, Justice Henry M. But- tion Society of America: A Call expressed anti - Semitic senti-
"The noted Sea of Galilee, where once Roman fleets rode zel, Fred M. Butzel, Joseph L. for 100,000 Members," and the ments and were responsible for
at anchor and the disciples of the Saviour sailed in their ships Selling, Julian H. Krolik, Judge editorial "Jewish Publication anti-Jewish activities in many
was long ago deserted by the devotees of war and commerce William Friedman, Henry Wine- Society's 70th Anniversary."
parts of France.
and its borders are a silent wilderness. Capernaum is a ruin. man, Walter M. Fuchs and
"Palestine is desolate and unlovely. Palestine is no more of Judge Theodore Levin.
this workaday world. It is sacred to poetry and tradition—it is
dreamland.'
Indeed, no other comment is necessary than to point to what
has happened since — thanks to the "miracle" of Israel — a
\
"miracle" which Mr. Justice Frankfurter described by pointing
to Dr. Theodor Herzl's admonition "wenn ihr wollt ist es kein
Lawrence W. Crohn, Zionist
maerchen"—"if you will it, it is no dream"; to Brandeis' assertion
that a people that has been capable of accomplishments already leader, former president of the
(Copyright, 1958,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
registered in Palestine—and he said it long before Israel became Zionist Council and the Zion-
i
s
t
Organiza-tion
here,
was
a State—could do it again even if Jewry's creations were to be
elected presi- Recession Notes
destroyed; to Justice Holmes' declaration that the mode by which
The economic recession is beginning to affect Jewish em-
dent of the
the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
in many of the larger cities of the United Sttaes . . . And
ployes
Jewish C o
It was a great speech—Mr. Justice Frankfurter's—and it
munity Coun- —what is worse—experts fear that unemployment among Jews
was typical of the man not to limit himself to theories but
cil at the an- will mount, unless there is a marked improvement in the labor
also to ask a pertinent question of his audience:
nual meeting market . . . Applications for jobs are high in the job --finding
"What are you and I going to do about it? What report
offices of the Jewish communities everywhere . . . Not to count
last week.
will we make on May 19, 1968, Senator Lehman and I, who
Rabbi Mor- those who apply through regular employment bureaus and who
hope to be present then, to celebrate with you the beginning of
ris Adler, Wil- seek employment through want-ads in the newspapers . . .
the third decade of Israel—what will we bring as our report of
liam Cohen According to reports from local Jewish communities, applicants
our contribution in this country towards Israel's further ful-
Crohn a n d Charles tend to be less demanding salary-wise and employers are much
fillment?"
Goldstein were chosen vice-pres- more selective in their hiring practices . . . In some cities, small
"In the first place," he gave the answer, "it is important ident; Benjamin Laikin, secre- Jewish businessmen are also inquiring about employment possi-
to rid ourselves of that American failing of being interested . in tary, and Stanley J. Winkleman, bilities . . ..They anticipate that they will be compelled to close
subjects without knowing about them," and he urged that knowl- treasurer.
their businesses if the recession continues.
edge about what is going on in Israel "must be communicated
A resolution adopted at the Canadian Trends
to others."
meeting called upon the FBI to
In Canada, which is in the throes of an economic recession
And his second bit of advice was:
investigate the bombings of much like the United States, Jews are feeling the impact of the
"And finally, each in his or her different way may make
Jewish Centers in the South.
changing economic climate . . More Jews are seeking jobs in
their contribution towards something, towards an enterprise,
Toronto than last year . . . A Job-Finding Campaign *has been
towards achievements which I have so sketchily indicated
belong to us, not merely as Jews, but belong to us as part of Center 10 Mile Branch instituted by Jewish leaders in Toronto along the same lines as
Jewish fund-raising campaigns . . . An extensive canvass of
a world that seeks to forge ahead despite all the retardations, Sets Second Art Show
employers is being conducted by lay leaders in most trade groups
The
work
of
painting
and
the
limitations,
all
the
setbacks,
all
the
disappointments.
all
sculpture students at the Jewish . . . This campaign helped to place in February of this year more
"For ultimately, what is the meaning of Israel? May I
Community Center's Ten Mile unemployed Jews than in any previous February .. . The cam-
say, for myself, what it means is that—during the long check-
branch, 15110 W. Ten Mile Road, paign has penetrated into sectors of the business community least
ered history of man, Jews have not been the least contributors
Oak Park, will be shown at the affected by the current downturn . . . Zn Montreal the situation
towards a worthy civilization—the contributions which Jews
second annual art exhibit, 2 to is somewhat different ... There, Jews avoid seeking employment
have made in their scattered, non-communal, non-rooted way,
assistance from community organizations while receiving unem-
5 p.m., June 8.
one has every right to hope, will be more effectively, more
Awards for the best con- ployment insurance compensation . Little or no change in
worthily manifested in that magic atmosphere of Israel; and
temporary work, best traditional job specifications and salaries being offered have been detected
what she will do in the future will lead the other nations of
effort and for the student show- there . . . However, during the last months there has been a
the world to call her blessed."
In this admirable fashion he concluded a most effective ing the most advancement will sharp decline in the number of job orders . . . This was initially
speech. A great pioneer showed once again—on one of the rare be made. Instructor-artists, Ben true particularly in orders for unskilled workers . . . Of late,
occasions of his appearance at a public gathering, that he knows Glicker and Sam Pucci, and however, this condition ha's worsened to the extent that it is
how to value the merits of Jewish pioneering in the Holy Land. sculpture instructor, Jay Hol- difficult to find jobs for draftsmen, bookkeepers and certain
other occupations.
land, will discuss the exhibit.
Let this knowledge be communicated to others.

Allen Elected
K President

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Jewish Publication Society Placed
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Crohn Elected
to Head Council

Boris Smolar's
Between You
and Me'

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