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COIiUMBUS. OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 13. 1945
O«vof«d to Amarlcsn «nd Jawlih   Idaali
Eretz Israel Is In Danger
The Second of the Articles by
PIBRBB VAN PAASSEN
(In the absence abroad of Phineas J. Biron)
Sec'y. J- F. Byrnes Stresses Tolerance Of Religion. Opinion
The situation In Palestine is rapidly nearlng the point of ex¬ plosion. If the White Paper is not abrogated, or, at least, if the government of Great Brit¬ ain does not in the very near future malie the gesture of sen¬ sibility attenuating the harsher implications of that Infamous instrument of policy, the Land of Israel will be plunged into a seething cauldron of unrest, riots, destruction of property and bloodshed before the year is over The Ylshuv Is near the end of its patience. The for- el^ Arab princes are encourag¬ ed to become more presiunpt- uous and arrogant every day on the subject of Palestine. The British government, with the passive connivance and the pus¬ illanimity of the Zionist leader¬ ship, is allowing things to come to a pass where a settlement of the Palestine question will oc¬ cur automatically — that is to say, by the force ot artificially created circumstances. That settlement, conceived in terror and upheaval, will be so detri¬ mental to the Jewish people as to blast their hopes for a genera¬ tion to come."
What Britain's intentions are with and in Palestine may be gauged with sorrowful accuracy by what occurred recently In Syria anc] Lebanon. There, in those two Levantine States, a great European Power, France, was ignominiously booted out by Arab mobs armed, equipped and brought to a point of anti- French frenzy by British agents. Behind the Syrian mobs are the new Arab I-ieague, which is a British-sponsored and British- controlled organization. That Arab League is next turning its attention to Palestine. For that purpose, and no other, it was set up and created by the Colon¬ ial Office to eliminate the French rival from the Near East and to settle the Jewish question in such a manner that Britain can aftenvards stand before the world and shrug of responsibil¬ ity.
If Mr. Churchill is still the friend of the Jewish people that he is said to be and If he is sincere in his condemnation of the White Paper, the time has come to show it by deeds. His antediluvian rhetorical p r o- nouncements on the subject, to Which the Zionist leadership still clings with pathetic insistence, are absolutely worthless In the present circumstances. They are void of substance. Church¬ ill's deeds of commission and omission for five years have to all Intents and purposes re¬ pudiated his condemnation of the White Paper. It is not to¬ morrow or next year that dang¬ er to Jewish Palestine may arise. Jewish Palestine la be¬ ing destroyed now by the policy of the White Paper which has been in .force for five years— Churchill being Prime Minister for most of that time — and which is now being Implement¬ ed by a carefully managed and systematic transfer of authority to the foreign potentates of the Arab League, which is Mr. Churchill's own oreatloa
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By Marrny Frank WASHINGTON, D. C. (JPS) — —Taking the oath of office as Secretary of State by kissing an old. worn Bible. James F. Byrnes stated during the course of the ceremony that "the only way to protect our religious beliefs is to respedt and recognize tlie the rights of others to their re¬ ligious beliefs".
"The making of enduring peace will depend on more than just skilled diplomacy, paper treaties or charters", he said. "Important as is diplomacy", the new Secretary of State said, important as are the peace set¬ tlements and the basic charter of world peace, these cannot suc¬ ceed unless backed by the will of the peoples of different lands, not only to have peace but to live together as good neighbors. The supreme task of statesman¬ ship the world over is to help them (i. e., the peoples) under¬ stand that they can have peace and freedom only if they tol¬ erate and respect the rights of others to opinions, feelings and ways of life which they do not and can not share". Byrnes Appoints Benjamin V. Cohen Special AsHlljtnt Shortly after assuming his new office, of Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes announced the appointment of Benjamin V. Co¬ hen as his special assistant. The appointment is temporary. \Vhen Secretary Byrnes re-or¬ ganizes the State Department. Mr. Cohen will probably be named as Assistant Secretary ot State. Mr. Cohen was associat¬ ed wiiih Mr. Byrnes as chief counsel when the latter was di¬ rector ot the Office of War Mob¬ ilization and Reconversion. Oc¬ casionally referred to as "the Young Brandels", Cohen has been associated with the Gov¬ ernment in various high posi¬ tions for more than • 12 years. He was an active participant in the Dumbarton Oaks Conference last winter.
Hart Resigns From House Un-American Committee Representlative Edward J. Hart, Democrat of New Jersey, resigned as Chairman of the House Committee Investigating lin-Amerlcan Activities. There were rumors that one of the reasons which led to Representa tive Hart's resignation was his inability to get along with Rep¬ resentative John Rankin of Mis¬ sissippi, who Is a member o( the Committee, but this was de¬ nied on the floor of the House by Representative Karl E. Mundt, Republican of South Da¬ kota, also a member of the Committee, who stated that Mr. Hart's physical condition was the sole reason.
Meanwhile, Congressional lead¬ ers are searching for a suitable chairman to fill the vacancy. Representative Rankin, who is next in line for the chairman¬ ship, refused to take It because h^ would have to relinquish his chairmanship pf the Veterans' Affairs Committee. Represen¬ tative Henry M. Jackson, Demo¬ crat of Washington, has been proposed tor the job. Jackson, who is only 33 years old, is a member of Congress since 1941. He is considered a New Deal liberal, and was opposed to the old Dies Committee. Ranjdn has proposed Representative John a Gibson (D. Georgia) for the post.
United Jewish Fund Suppoitr Important Defense Agencies
Germans Still In Charge Of 11,000 Jews In Bergen
Inmates Appeal To Lehmnn To Rmcuc  Them   From   "Hell''
PARIS (JPS)—Germans are still in charge ot eleven thous;- and Jewish inmates of the Ber¬ gen-Beisen camp in Germany, including eleven thousand Jew¬ ish women from Poland, Hun¬ gary and Romania, and fifteen hundred children, it was reveal¬ ed in an SOS message address¬ ed by the inmates to UNRRA Director General Herbert H. Lehman. The message asked Governor Lehman to "rescue us trom this hell before we per¬ ish", and pointed out that deaths at the camp are at the rate of 25 per day due to the lack of food and medicines.
"We are starving the same as under the Nazis", the message reads. The blame for this is placetl on the municipal admin¬ istration of Bergen-Beisen, com¬ prised ot German personnel and in charge of food for the in¬ mates..
The .Jewish inmates, the mes- .^age reveals, are barefooted, rag-covered, and sleep on bare floors in vermin-ridden bar- i-ack-H, to which they are almost constantly confined. They are treated with unbearable rough¬ ness by the military guards, the message alleges.
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OONTniBUTES TO UNITED JEWISH   FUND
Realizing the great urg¬ ency (>f the present sitnatlon In which the United Jewish Fund Is now engaged to bring succor and relief lo over a million of our people in En- rope, Lt. Arthur R. Llever¬ man, now stationed at Coron- ado, San Diego, Calif., has sent a check lo nid this wor¬ thy effort. .In accepting tfie contribution, Mr. Simon Laz- aniH, president, commended Lt. Lleverman, who whife in service of his connlry, still thinks of the United Jewish Fund back home.
Lt. Lleverman Is the son of Mr. and IVIrs. Herman Lleverman, 751 S. Reming¬ ton Road.
"Nazi Disease" in USA Hit by Supreme Court Justice Murphv
Columbus Zionist District Exceeds War Bond Quota
—Boy War BpnOs—
Leonard Manekim, president of the Columbus Zionist Dis¬ trict, announced this week that his organization sold $680,275.00 worth of war bonds in the Seventh War Loan Drive, thus exceeding the quota allotted to it by the Z. 0. A. by $160,000 The Zionist District had also ex¬ ceeded the bond sales of any other organization in Columbus that participated in the drive.
The/2. O. A. nationally sold $105,(»0,000 worth ot bonds Svixlefi was $10,000,000 more than the $05,000,000 promised for the purchase of an aircraft carrier.
Mr, Manekin is taking this op¬ portunity to express his appre¬ ciation to Jack Schiff and Her¬ man Luckoff, chairman and co- chairman of the Bond Sales Com¬ mittee, and to the following members of the Committee for their cooperation: Jack Sher David Galser, Robert L. Mell¬ man, M- Block, D. L. Van Baal¬ en, Fred Yenkin, E. Sculler, S. Immerman and B. Grossman.
President Manekin also ex¬ tends his thanks to all those who I cooperated with the District in buying War Bonds. Among the members of the Clommittee who sold bonds Jack Sher topped the sales with $146,800 and David Galser followed suit with $128,- 325 m sales of bonds. About 50 percent ot the bond sales were of the 'E' 'F° and 'G' type of savings bonds. The total num¬ ber of Individual sales totaled around 500./
HOLLYWOOD (WNS) — As- .soclate Ju.stlce Frank Murphy ot the Supreme Court told an In- (ielx?ndeince Day throng here Ihat "ours Is now the spiritual battle, the battle against all the manifestations ot the Nazi dls- easa we may find among our own petrplc".
"We nui.st become alert to the symptoms of moral decay", he said in an address in the Holly¬ wood bowl. Fortunately, our military victories have crushed the power to do harm, if not the inflated and insane egotism, ot the Fascists.
"We still have to mount guard however, against those in our midst who have been nurtured on tlie myths of the superior and inferior races and who practice discrimination against fellow Americans because ot the color of their skins or some other arbitrary racial sign.
"There are still among us, call¬ ing themselves Christians, those who follow the Nazi line of anti- Semitism and fhli to see that in attacking the Jews they under¬ mine the basic tenants ot Chris¬ tianity.
"We must remove the econo¬ mic insecurity and social fric¬ tions which tempt the weak to seek scapegoats on whom to blame their troubles or on whom to pour their blind hatred born ot frustration and defeat-   .
"This war has driven home the bitter lesson of the 1929 de¬ pression. The welfare of all classes of Americans, from the lowliest to the highest, as well as that of all nations, forms ope in¬ divisible unity.
Campaign Chairman Robert W. Schiff stated this week that the 1945 Unite<l Jewish Fund drive has not been closed. There still remain many cards which have nnt l?een solicited, esi>oc- lally in the Junior Division. Mr. Schiff announced th.it no mem¬ ber of the Campaign Committee will rest until as much money as is possible to raise at this time has h>een realized.
From the excellent results al¬ ready achieve, in this year's campaign, th' r is no doubt in the minds o the fund ieadei-s that the me.nbers of the com¬ munity are aware of the im¬ portance of ."going over the top" in this drive. They real¬ ize that each and every dollar saves lives, gives someone somewhere a chance to live. To delay giving, or to delay remit¬ ting the money so urgently neetled to carry on the work of rescue, relief, rehabilitation and re-settement, is to commit a crime, a crime for which we are all accountable and which will accrue to the discredit of our community.
In evaluating the work of over .^5 agencies supported by the United Jewish Puml ot Colum¬ bus Mt. Schiff pointed out that unless we use our means to maintain life and hope aniong those less fortunate, we our¬ selves would be the losers. To illustrate his point he mention¬ ed the Fund's contribution to those agencies engaged in com¬ bating anti-Semitism, discrimin¬ ation and maliciou.s propaganda.
The .Joint Defense Appeal, made up of the American Jew¬ ish Committee and the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League receives substantial support from the United Jewish Fund, The F^ind also supports the work ot the American Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee, which carry on ex¬ tensive activities in defending the American way ot life.
These important organizations protect the civil and religious rights ot Jews throughout the world, expose falsehoods, and unfair practices, and endeavor to promote tolerance and good¬ will. The work of these vital agencies must be expanded in the post-war era! They will need greatly Increased sums.
Dr. Kanter Reelected President Of Local Hebrew School
At a special meeting held last Tuesday evening the following officers and members of the board of directors were elected to serve the Columbus Hebrew School   for   the   ensuing   year:
Dr. M P. Kanter. president; Abe A. Wolman and Geo. Good¬ man, vice presidents; Jacob Yenkin, treasurer; Bernard Sol¬
omon. Financial and recording secretaiy Board of Directors include Dr. B, W, Abramson, Harry Beckman, Leonard Ber¬ man, Benjamin Borowltz, Wm. Broner. Dave Galser, Harry Gil¬ bert. Wm. Glvets, Arthur Gold¬ berg, Dr. E. J. Gordon, Benja¬ min Greenberg, Dr, A- H. Kan. ter, Leonard Manekin, A. Mel¬ man, Robert Mellman, Sam Melzllsh Sam Moss, Robert Paine, Albert Schiff, Edward Schlezinger, Sam Schlansky, Harry Schwartz, Leon J. Seff, Dr. Harry Topolosky, Fred Yen¬ kin, Jerome Solove, A. W. RoB- ins, M. Weinstock, A. Luper, Rabbl L. Greenwald, Rabbi Jacob Baker, Wm. Goodman, Joe Swartz, M. Jonas, Rabbl Julius Baker, Cantor P. H. Gellman, and Mr. Wm. Cohen.
Sbow yonr appreciation to the Chronicle's 24 years of loyal and devoted aer- vice to Colnmbns Jewish Commniilty by paying your Bobsoriptlon now--93.00 tor the year.
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