azi Danger v 'ewe

Yeshiva.
New York City's Police Com-
missioner, Stephen P. Kennedy,
issued strict orders to all police
departmental commanders to
see to it that all who attack or
threaten houses of worship in
the city "get the full measure of
justice—or mental treatment if
that is what they need."
Dr. Frank Horne, executive of
the Commission on Intergroup
Relations, told the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency: "We have a
number of people out in the
field now investigating these
matters. We shall report to the
Mayor just as quickly as we are
able to do so."
Jewish Congress Study
Makes Recommendations
British Nazis Warn
to West German Govt.
Jewish Leaders Will Be
The commission on interna-
Taken as 'Hostages'
tional affairs of the American
LONDON, (JTA) — A self-
Jewish Congress this week re-
styled spokesman for the "Brit-
leased a report on "The Ger-
ish Nazi Movement" telephoned
man Dilemma—An Appraisal of
the office of Chief Rabbi Israel
Anti-Semitism, Ultra - National-
Brodie and warned that leading
ism and Democracy in West
British Jews would be taken as
Germany," in which the status
"hostages" against any action
of German neo-Nazism and anti-
by the Adenauer government in
Semitism is analyzed.
West Germany to punish "Ger-
Prepared by Herbert Poster
man nationalists."
and Phil Baum, the pamphlet
A similar call, received by a
discusses the abortive denazifi-
press association, identified
cation programs, the lag of edu-
Sidney Silverman, a Labor M.P.,
cation against- the Nazi ideology
Tan Mikardo, a former member
among German youth, the ad-
of Parliament, and Dr. Barnett
vances toward democracy in
Stress, an M.P., as the first
some German quarters, and re-
three "hostages."
views "the voices from the
The Jewish Chronicle was
past" that are in evidence
warned by telephone that the
among anti-democratic groups
next move would be "a bomb at
and in neoNazi publications in
pour doorstep."
Germany.
Scotland Yard got its first
With a warning against a
lead to the vandals who have
"forgive and forget" policy,
been defacing Jewish-owned and N. Y. Police Head Alerts
the authors state that they
occupied buildings in the British Entire Force; Arrest
"are disturbed by the facile
eapital when a Jewish Tele- Six Juvenile Vandals
tendency to permit the mem-
NEW
YORK,
(JTA)
—
Six
graphic Agency editor recorded
ories of Germany's unspeak-
a telephoned threat from a man boys, ranging in ages from 10 able crimes to fade from the
describing himself as a spokes- to 14, were arraigned in Chil- pages of history."
man for the "British Nazi Move- dren's Court here on charges
In summarized recommenda-
of malicious mischief in the tion
ment."
entitled "Something Must
smashing
of
three
windows
at
a
The JTA editor who took the
Done
" the pamphlet's au-
Be
sera: switched on ;the recording Brooklyn synagogue and He- thors declare:
apparatus as soon as the caller brew school Jan. 1.
"It is imperative that the
According to the Police De-
Identified himself. Criminal In-
German government act to pre-
vestigation Department officers partment, the boys attacked the vent
the infiltration of ex-Naxis
listened to the recording and Yeshiva Mesiftah Be'er Shmuel, into the
administration, armed
in
the
Boro
Park
section
of
took possession of the tape.
The anonymous ealler, de- Brooklyn. Accused of juvenile forces and judiciary .. .
"While no legislation can
scribed by the jTA editor as delinquency, the youngsters
"well-spoken," warned that "if, were released in the custody of provide a complete remedy or
on Jewish pressure, German na- their parents. Police said they totally expunge hatred, the ex-
tionalists are persecuted by the had thrown bottles, garbage traordinary history of anti-
German authorities for their at- cans and stones through the Semitism in Germany makes
titude toward the Jews, the Yeshiva windows "as a New proposed anti-defamation laws
British Nazi movement will con- Year prank." Detectives worked desirable at least at present .. .
"Personnel in indemnification
duct a campaign against Jewish through the week-end to trace
the perpetrators of this syna- offices hostile to the purpose of
property all over Britain."
B. N. Carvalho, president of gogue desecration. According to the law should be removed with-
the Anglo-Jewish Association, the police, one of the boys is out delay .. .
"German political leaders and
warned that the wave of anti- Jewish, but not a student at the
opinion-molders must strive to
*
*
introduce a new democratic
temper in German life .. .
"An informational program
that would aid the German
people to confront the past and
to embrace democratic values
must be fostered and encour-
aged on a wide scale .. .
"No campaign to alter the
patterns of thought and conduct
in West Germany can fully suc-
ceed unless it focuses on the
education of youth. The prepara-
tion of German youth for re-
nunciation of the past and for
the embracing of a new demo-
cratic outlook has been defec-
tive. .Nevertheless it remains
true that the younger genera-
tions of. Germans generally are
psychologically unencumbered
and are freer than their fathers
of the •attitudes that led to the
Nazi persecutions. They are in
the main open to wholesome in-
fluences and instruction."
Adenauer Pledges Action

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many and elsewhere throughout
:the Western world has caused
; .consternation in Cairo, Arabic
' broadcasts, monitored here, re
vealed-.
The Egyptian leaders are fear-
'In' that the anti-Jewish inci-
'dents will cause panic among
Western Jewries, and result in a
new mass immigration to Israel.
Cairo Radio therefore started a
campaign this • week to assure
Jews in Western Europe that
-there is no real danger of anti-
Semitism. It charged that Zion-
ist agents were responsible for
the swastika daubings, in an
effort to scare Jews into fleeing
to Israel.

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Semitic activity in London and
other parts of the world "re-
veals the pernicious fascination
which Nazism continues to
have." He praised the West
German Government for
"speedy and energetic action"
but' criticized it for continuing
to employ well-known former
Nazis in high office in the gov-
ernment and the judiciary and
in allowing them to play an im-
portant part in the education
of young Germans.
The government's "unwilling-
ness to act in these spheres,"
he said, "has done great harm.
Nor have the Germans as a
whole been led to a full realiza-
tion of the enormities they had
committed against Jews and
others."
Speaking in a building which
earlier in the day had been a
target of anti-Semitic violence,
Chief Rabbi Brodie gravely told
an audience that "tonight I
speak with a certain amount of
bitterness because on the walls
outside this building there have
been evidences of a resurgence
of that bestial movement that
was responsible for the destruc-
tion of so many towns and vil-
lages in Eastern Europe."
The gathering, which met to
celebrate the centenary --of
Sholem Aleichem, took place in
a hall in Woburn House where
curtains were drawn to mask a
broken window. Anti-Jewish
slogans were smeared on the
walls outside. Among other
buildings in Britain daubed with
the swastika was a Catholic
church in Dartford, Kent.

World Menace

The British press reported
Wednesday that the first
cases of daubing of swastikas
and anti-Jewish slogans in
East Germany were found
near Oranienburg, site of the
former Nazi death camp, and
in other localities.
The Manchester Guardian de-
clared Wednesday that it was
British Defense Groups
likely that "the fascist brutes"
Plan Direct Actions
in various countries maintained
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"some sort of international con-
to 'The Jewish News
LONDON. — The defense or- tact," but expressed doubt that
ganizations of British Jewry, dis- such organizations alone had
turbed by the failure of the organized the current worldwide
police to make any arrests of rash of anti-Semitic incidents.
Commenting that such a theo-
anti-Semitic vandals and by the
continued desecrations of Jew- ry would "credit them with
ish institutions, • mapped plans more efficiency than they in fact
Wednesday for a more direct possess," the Guardian said that
"we assume perhaps too easily
role in ending the outrages.
The Jewish Defense Commis- that anti-Semitism in its most
sion -of the Board of Deputies vicious forms has died with
of British Jews met to examine Hitler. The predisposing virus
reports from all parts of the still exists and new outbreaks
British Isles and to decide on of the disease are likely to oc-
the best means of cooperating cur whenever society lowers its
with the police and Scotland guard."
In a review of the social and
Yard in tracking down and ar-
economic background of the
resting the vandals.
The executive committee of outbreaks, the Guardian assert-
the Association of Jewish ex_ ed that "the furtive hooligans"
Servicemen held a special ses- now receiving so much atten-
sion Tuesday night on the tion were "much less dangerous
problem. Some members have than the unrepentant Nazis who
proposed that the association hold high positions" in West
establish a corps of night watch- Germany. "The removal not of
men to patrol the areas of the small fry but of all those
threatened Jewish communal who were prominently associ-
buildings. Members of Jewish ated with the Nazi regime would
youth organizations have voiced administer the healthy shock
demands for direct action be- needed to drive the hooligans
cause of police failure to arrest back into their holes."
The Guardian said that "such
any of the vandals.
a memorable act of self-purifi-
Jewish leaders are giving se- cation would also help to estab-
rious consideration to a report lish more firmly both German
in the Frankfurt Rundschau democracy and West Germany's
which charged Tuesday that friendship with its new allies."
many leading neo-fascists were
The Daily Herald asserted
active in Britain. The West Ger- in an editorial that "the Nazi
man newspaper listed Roger pestilence remains a real
Pearson, president of the North- menace to democracy, and
ern League Organization in world safety," and that the
Britain; John Bean of Manches- trend should have been
ter, leader of the National Labor stamped out by. West German
Party, and A. Lesse, leader of. authorities "more vigorouslY
the Imperial Fascist League.
and sooner."
Despite increased police vigi-
The Herald editorial warned
lance and posting of plain that in Britain and other coun-
clothes detectives in areas of tries "too many ordinary citi-
expected trouble, new outbreaks zens want to shut their eyes to
of anti-Semitic smearing are re- it as they did in the 1930s.
ported regularly.
The Trade Union and Coope-
Two large swastikas were rative London Daily declared
found on a Jewish cemetery in that the outbursts in Britain
Bushley Park. One was almost were "a symptom too ugly to be
three feet high. They were daub- ignored. If the law is not strong
ed in black paint on the main enough to deal with organized
pillar of the cemetery entrance. incitement to persecution,
Swastikas also were painted on strengthen it. We expect the au-
a Jewish clubhouse in Hertford- thorities to convince the hooli-
shire.
gans that they cannot get away
"Bury the Jews" was among with it. The best example we
the slogans painted on business can set the Germans is to sweep
premises at Axminster Devon. up the rats at home."
At Bristol, four red swastikas
Incident in Sao Paulo
were smeared on a synagogue
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and another was painted on the
to The Jewish News
SAO PAULO. -- The wall of
door of a house. At Kingston,
three red swastikas were paint- the new synagogue of Congre-
ed on the doors and pillar of gation Israelita Paulista was
the Kingston and Surbiton dis- smeared during the night with
trict synagogue. In Manchester, a swastika and the legend "Jews
a swastika was painted on the Go Home."
The vandalism was discovered
door of the home of a local
by the synagogue watchman
Jewish community leader.
A Scotland Yard source told who was awakened by efforts
the Jewish Telegraphic Agency of three youths to enter the in-
that the number of "nuisance ner court of the synagogue. The
incidents" during the last few watchman said the youths ap-
peared about 18 years old.
days was about 40.

who called on him here to con-
gratulate him on his 84th birth-
day.
The German Trade Union
movement called Tuesday for a
special parliamentary commis-
sion to investigate the outbreak
of anti-Semitic manifestations
throughout West Germany.

Local and State Agencies Alerted

Boris Joffe, executive director of the Detroit Jewish
Community Council, stated Wednesday that all local and
state investigatory agencies, including the Council
staff, are on the alert against. the outbreak of incidents
of an anti-Semitic nature that o c cur ed in 'other
communities. A single incident here of a minor nature
has
passed with little notice. Governor Williams and
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Mayor Miriani have pledged assistance in tracking down
BONN.—Dr. Konrad Adenau- crackpot movements.
er promised Tuesday that "ev-
The American Jewish Com- Epstein, its. national director,

New York Patrolman Raymond Bonelli is shown using a
ehe)mical to remove the swastika sign which was smeared on
tit* wail of Temple Emanu-El, on Fifth Avenue, New York..

erything will be done to bring
the anti-Semites to justice. He
emphasized that "we are not
willing to allow this problem to
destroy our reputation abroad."
The Chancellor's pledge was
made to Dr. Hgvan Dam, secre-
tary general of the Central
Council of Jews in Germany

mittee charged the West Ger- will leave for Germany to dis-
man government with responsi- cuss the anti-Semitic incidents
bility for the re-emerging anti- with Bonn government officials.
Semitism because of its failure A. L. Easterman, of the World
to eliminate Nazis from the Jewish Congress, left for Ger-
many on a similar mission.
government.
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