By MILTON FRIEDMAN

(Copyright, 1960, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

JWB-Affiliated Centers Spent • $22.4 Million in '59

ST. LOUIS (JTA) — Local
community expenditures by the
334 Jewish centers affiliated
with the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board totaled $22,407,000
during 1959, it was reported by
the JWB on the eve of the
opening of its biennial conven-
tion.

The aggregate membership of
the 334 centers was 621,000, the
figures including men, women
and children. Cost of new cen-
ter construction underway dur-
ing- the year was $8,700,000, and
costs of new Center buildings
completed in 1959 was $5,500,-
000.

WASHINGTON -- The public
has rebuffed attempts to single
out "Jewish-sounding" names in
connection with the "payola"
scandals.
The House subcommittee
which exposed the fixing of TV
quiz shows produced such a
test. • Arthur Franklin, of New
York, who handled publicity
for the "21" show, appeared as
a witness. Rep. Walter Rogers,
• MATZO FROM ISRAEL
Texas Democrat, apparently
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had no question about the sub-
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stance of Franklin's testimony.
What fascinated Rep. Rogers
A Tasty Delicacy
was the name of the witness.
• A Large Selection of
In a varied barrage of ques-
tions, Rep. Rogers tried to get
ISRAELI CHOCOLATE & CANDY
Franklin to state whether his
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name had been changed. Frank-
Patina,
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lin refused to answer. A long
debate ensued between the
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Congressman and the witness.
Franklin finally acknowl-
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edged that an older brother had
•
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changed the family name to
This new oil purification station at the FertiliZers and
Franklin.
in Silver or Crystal
Chemicals plant near Haifa Bay is one of the many economic
Rep. Rogers then asked, projects built with the aid of Israel Bond dollars. Many of
•
Haggadahs
—
10c
and up
"What was your name prior to
Israel's domestic raw materials are processed at Fertilizers
that time?"
• Famous Szyk Haggadahs, $7.50
and Chemicals. Israel's natural resources include the potash
Franklin snapped back: "I
and bromine of the Dead Sea, phosphates, manganese, copper,
• Haggadahs for the American Family
think it's none of your busi-
oil, glass sand, gypsum and clay, many of which are exported
ness." The‘ audience burst
as well as used for domestic needs.
(Transliterated)
into applause.
• Famous Solomon Weiss Macaroons
The Congressman was en-
British Council to Take
gaged in the popular cause of
• All Kinds of Cosmetics, Aspirin,
exposing the quiz show frauds.
Action Against Club
and Saccharin Tablets
The witness was certainly no
LONDON, (JTA)—The Mid-
hero to, the typical audience of
dlesex County Council had un-
•
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West German authorities whether to order a local council
audience applauded twice as have sought the cooperation of to terminate the lease of a golf
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Franklin challenged Rep. the World Jewish Congress in club accused of barring Jews
ALL PASSOVER SONGS
Rogers' right to probe the on New York in an attempt to from membership.
of family names.
The issue was brought to the
track down 599 Nazis charged
The subcommittee chairman, with massacring Auschwitz con- county council's attention by
Rep. Oren Harris, Arkansas centration camp inmates.
Mrs. - Joyce Clyne, a non-Jewish
Democrat, sustained the wit-
The investigation into the member of the club who said
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Rep. Rogers did not announce personnel, former S S members she was bringing up the matter
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His purpose could have been Public Prosecutor at Frankfurt.
innocent and legitimate. But the The list of 599 includes men
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the Congressman directed ques- with manslaughter. While a
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Hersch Kahn of
at witnesses who seemed to be whereabouts of many is still
New York
Jewish.
unknown.
Anyone who was an inmate
Members of the press and
audience, Christians and Jews of Auschwitz and has first-hand
alike, said they thought knowledge of crimes committed
SYMBOL
Rogers was trying to show in that camp is urged to get in
Franklin's Jewish origin. I touch with the World Jewish
OF KASHRUTH
They resented such a tactic. Congress, 15 E. 84th Street,
The audience displayed re- New York 28, which is in pos-
. sentment by its vigorous ap- session of a copy of the list of
plause of the witness' provoc- wanted Nazis.
The list does not include 50
ative reply.
Washington considers it bad Auschwitz Nazis who have in
form to publicly drag in the the meantime been executed or
irrelevant fact that an unpopu- died natural deaths. But it does
lar witness or person is Jewish. include a number of inmates
SYMBOL
It is regarded as mean-spirited, (capes), some of them criminal
or political prisoners suspected
OF PURITY
if not bigoted.
During World War II, a news- of committing capital crimes,
such as mistreatment leading to
paperman of Jewish faith per-
death, selection for the gas
sisted in pursuing questions on
chambers, outright murder and
an issue of Jewish interest at
betraying other inmates who
a Secretary of State's press con- later perished.
ference. The Secretary was
Cordell Hull. Mr. Hull finally
became angry and demanded Goodman's to Award
that the correspondent state
his original name. The issue Free Trio to Israel
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15 — THE DETROIT" JEWISH NEWS — Friday, April 8, 1960

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Jews and Names Natural
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