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JDC Aided Nearly 1,000,000 Jews
In 1946; Spent Over $58,000,000
NEW YORK, (JTA) - In a
year-end review, Edward M. M.
Warburg, chairman of the Joint
Distribution Committee, announced
that J. D. C. relief, reconstruction
and resettlement programs during
1946 had brought aid to nearly one
million Jewish survivors overseas in
the most extensive assistance act¬
ivities ever undertaken by a wholly
voluntary relief and rehabilitative
agency.
Appropriations of the J. D. C.
amounted to $58,516,200 during the
year, he disclosed. This figure, which
more than doubled 1945 grants, is
the greatest ever allocated in the
thirty-two year history of the Com¬
mittee.
Chief responsibility of the J. D.
C. during 1946 was in Europe, where
1.500.000 Jewish survivors of Naa
terror and oppression still live.
There, a major undertaking of the
organization was the providing oi
all or part of their food to more
than half a million destitute Jew¬
ish men, women and children through
relief allotments, supplies distribu¬
tions and 403 J. D. C. supported
canteens and feeding stations.
J. D. C. activities in behalf of
,
Jewish children-including thousands
orphaned during the Nazi rule oi
Europe - brought direct aid tt
85.000 boys and girls including 20
000 orphans living in 243 J. D. C.
supported homes, aoattiered from
Brussels to Bucharest, it was
revealed.
Among the most important
forms of J. D. C. air this year, Mr.
Warburg said, were those in the field
of public health. The relief agency
opened and maintained 138 tuber¬
culosis sanatoria, hospitals, dispen¬
saries, clinics and convalescent
homes with a total of over 5,000 beds.
J. D C. shipments of medicines and
(The Eaueadnolplpan
It’s wonderful having GOLDIE SCHMAL
HEJSER back with us - even if it’s only for a
short visit. Never saw her when she looked
any better. Seeing her and Fannie Mir sky to¬
gether seemed just like in the good ole days.
GOLDIE accompanied her father-in-law,
PHILIP SCHMALHEISER, back from Califor¬
nia where he visited with his children for two
months. Maybe there’s nothing so remarkoble
about that - but when you stop and think that
Mr. S. is 82 years young - then you’ll see what
I mean.
Add the following to the Rock-a-Bye de¬
partment:- The JACK (Mitzie) BRYANS
(surprise!), and the HERMAN (Helen)
CRANMANS. And to those so newly arrived,
we extend best wishes on their new parent¬
hood, to the HYMIE ROTHS, the HYMIE
SUTKERS of Walterboro, S. C., the GER¬
ALD MEDDINS, the BONNIE AARONS of
Birmingham, Ala.; the DAVE DINERMANS,
and the ALBERT SLOTINS
“LITTLE ABRO” ROBINSON, on his re¬
cent visit, also divulged the news that belongs
in the first sentence of the above paragraph.
Invitations have been received to the
RADETSKY-COOPER wedding to take place
on Jan. 26th, the ceremony to be held at
the B. B. Jacob Synagogue and the recep¬
tion out at Bernier’s.
For a Grandmother MATHILDA MEDD1N
Is inexhautible. Between her club work, her
gardening, and her gin games - that gal found
the time and the talent to play-act with the
mental-telepathist upon a recent Sunday night.
And to Standing Room Only!
THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
The Joint Distribution Com¬
mittee receives its funds in Sav¬
annah from your contributions
to the campaign of the United
Jewish Appeal and Federations.
hospital equipment, including $500,
000 for medical aid in the Soviet
Union, were supplemented by free
care in J. D. C. aided medical in¬
stitutions and systematic health
checks and examinations by physi¬
cians and nurses who are members
of the J. D. C. public health staff.
'In the Committee’s resettle¬
ment programs, passage was pro¬
vided for approximately 10,500 Jew¬
ish men, women and children to
Palestine. Four thousand Jewish sur¬
vivors were helped to leave Germany
for new lands while 2,500 Jews were
assisted to find new homes in South
and Central America and the Brit¬
ish Dominions. J. D. C. immigra¬
tion workers processed for resettle¬
ment over 25,000 refugees in the U.
S. zone of Germany and in Shang¬
hai.
CASUALTIES
Nearly 11,000 Jews are already
known to have died in service—
7,000 in combat. The total number
of all casualties, thus far definitely
authenticated, is 38,338.
SACRIFICES
There are known to be at least
49 Jewish families in the country
in which two members have given
their lives for the United States . .
One family lost three sons in ser¬
vice.
Among the wedding anniversaries cele¬
brated recently: the party held at the MOR¬
RIS HOMANSKYS on Jan.7th; the NOR¬
MAN MIRSKYS held.on Dec. 28th. Belt
wishes for many more. Then there also was
DAVE SIEGEL’S Surprise Birthday party
given by his family on Jan. 4th. The “child
ren” had a charming time of it pinning the
tail on the donkey and all that sorta thing.
ETHEL ITSKOVITZ edged out and won
over HENRY SHONFIELD by the skin of
her teeth.
MRS. BEN ARKIN has been the happy
hostess to her good old friend MRS. RAY WIL
ENSKY, of Miami.
SYLVIA COHEN tells us that she has
been losing sleep trying to figure out what
it is that her MORRIS likes so much about
his new hobby, Hunting. Confidentially, she
seems to feel sure it is his craving for the
nice box lunches he carries along. But “a
hunting he must go.”
Hard to think of anyone we envy any more
than ELEANOR COHEN right at this season of
the year. With her folks running a hotel in Mi¬
ami - small wonder she and BILLY and SALLY
can spend weeks and weeks enjoying such a mar¬
velous vacation.
Quite a large contingent from Savannah
Sr. and B & P Hadassah is planning to at¬
tend the Southeastern Regional Convention
to be held in Atlanta on Feb. 16th, 17th,
and 18th.
Best of luck to EMMA, BUSTER and
BILL FRIEDMAN in their new home at Mad¬
ison, Ga.
Didja know that MR. and MRS LOUIS
MIRSKY have bought that darling garage
apartment Cr Paulsen and 54th for their
new home? Lotza good wishes.
Form Natl. Body
on D. P. Entry
to U. S.
On Friday, December 20, a Na>
ional Citizens Committee on Dis¬
placed Persons, with Earl Harrison
as chairman, was organized in New
York City by a group of prominent
Americans. Attending the organizing
meeting were such individuals as:
Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan: Da¬
vid Dubinsky, President X. L. G. W.
U. (AFL); Marshall Field; Rabbi
Louis Finklestein, President, Jewish
Theological Seminary of America;
Mrs. Charles E. Heming, National
League of Women Voters; Dr. Alvin
Johnson; Very Revd. Mons. Edward
E. Swanstrom, National Catholic
Conference; Henry Monsky, B’nai
B’rith; Martin Kyne, Exec. Vice
Pres. United Retail, Wholesale and
Dept. Store Employees of America,
(CIO); Clarence Pickett, American
Friends Service; Jacob Potofsky,
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, (CIO); Philip Randolph,
President of Brotherhood of Sleep¬
ing Car Porters, (AFL); Walter
White, NAACP; Most Revd. J. Fran¬
cis A. McIntyre representing his Em¬
inence Francis Cardinal Spellman;
Edward M. Warburg, J. D. C.; James
Kerey, Jr., Editor and Publisher,
Trenton Times; Rev. Emil N. Ko¬
mar a; Rev. Almon R. Pepper repre¬
senting Bishop Henry St. George
Tucker, Presiding Bishop of the
Protestant-Episcopal Church in the
United States; Dr. Samuel McCrea
Cavert, Federal Council of Chur¬
ches; Maurice Bisgyer, A. D. L.;
Mrs. Grenville D. Montgomery; Les¬
sing Rosenwald, American Council
for Judiasm; Abram Orlow; D.
Wayne Orton; Thomas K. Finlettor;
and Leon Henderson.
The Committee is to be a posi¬
tive educational organization dedi¬
cated to obtaining modification of
U. S. immigration laws, to admit,
during the next three years, some
400,000 displaced persons—Catholics,
Protestants and Jews.
THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
Published bi-weekly by the Jewish
Educational Alliance, Inc., 328 Barnard
Street, Savannah, Ga.
Affiliated with the Jewish Welfare
Board and the Savannah Jewish Council
OFFICERS
Benjamin Silverman, president; Jack
M. Levy, Isadore Movsovitz, and Dr.
William A. Wexler, vice-presidents;
Mrs. Raymond Rosen, secretary; A. L.
Karp, treasurer
Paul A. Kulick, Executive Director
Jack Chilnick, Director of Activities
Editorial Staff: Michael Forstadt, Edi
tor-in-Chief; Abram Bernstein, Assist¬
ant Editor; Mrs. Abe Alpert, Jack
Cooper, Sam D. Hirsch, Sol Mirsky.
Chairman of Publications: Judge Eman¬
uel Lewis.
Would it occur to most of you that the nice
young man named LOU FEINSTEIN enrolled
out at U. of Ga., Hunter Field happens to be
the son of that oldtimer still so dear to our
hearts - SADIE LEWIS? Well - he is and a
credit to his family. But def!
Congratulations to MR. and MRS. DAVE
BARNETT. Most of his family from here
attended the lovely wedding in New York.
By sheer coincidence his honeymoon plane
was grounded on its return trip in, of all
places, Savannah. In that way the family
enjoyed another reception for several hours
at the home of his grandmotther MRS. A
LEVY on Gaston Street.
Some Questions and Answers
On The Immigration Picture
At a meeting at the State De¬
Albert L- Harris, HIAS
Administrative Assistant, obtained
from a high government official a
clarification of the over-all immigra¬
tion picture as it affects European
persons. Mr. Harris submit¬
ted a list of seven questions covering
aspects of immigration of especial
pertinence in HIAS’ worldwide work
of resettling refugees. Following are
the questions and answers:
Question: Why are no more
people coming in under President
Truman’s directive?
Answer: Of the 39,000 quota
numbers which were estimated as
being applicable to displaced per¬
sons, 29,975 were German quota
numbers. We found comparatively
few people chargeable to the Ger¬
man quota who could qualify to
come into this program. That has
been the major reason why the
number of people coming has been
far 'below expectations.
Question: What is the largest
nationality group among the dis¬
placed persons affected by the dir¬
ective?
Answer: The D. P.’s are chiefly
Boles, and Unfortunately the
Polish quota is only 6,524 per annum.
What you have in Germany is that
the majirpart of the D. P.’s are try¬
ing to come in through this small
quota, while the big German quota
has only a few people who qualify.
We are issuing visas in tight quotas,
like the Polish and Baltic nations,
right up the hilt.
Question: What proportion of
the visas are allotted to D- P.’s out¬
side of Germany and Austria?
Answer: I can answer that by
citing some figures. In August when
JANUARY 20, 1947
The HIAS receives its funds
in Savannah from the campaign
of the United Jewish Appeal and
Federation
we extended the directive’s provis
ions to cover D. P.’s around the
world, we allotted—for the major
example—375 monthly numbers in
the Polish quota to Germany and
about 50 outside of Germany. The
rest of the Polish numbers went to
legal preference cases, as set up un¬
der U. S. immigration law.
Question: What has been the
quota distribution among the diff¬
erent faiths and creeds?
Answer: Under the President’s
directive, we are bound to keep the
distribution fairly well balanced
There was at one time a lack of
sponsorship for D. P.’s among non
Jewish organizations but that was
in the beginning. Because of that,
we were issuing over 50 per cent
of the quota to the D. P.’s in Ger¬
many.
Question: What are the possi¬
bilities of applying the under-issued
quota numbers, like the German,
in the British, French and Russian
zones of Germany and Austria?
Answer: We cannot handle
cases in those zones because the
Army will not take on that work.
We have not the facilities.
Question: What provisions are
being made to help European refu¬
gees in Shanghai enter the U. S.?
Answer: The D. P. program will
apply also now to the D. P ’s in
Shanghai. We are now issuing in¬
structions to our Con sul to go into
that pretty carefully, I hope there
will be 300 or 400 visas a month is¬
sued out there. We have had the
Japs in there and we have to screen
the D. P.’s to weed out ony cases
of collaboration.
Question: What is the transpor
ttion situation right now?
Answer: We have issued 2,500
visas for persons who are waiting for
ship space. By the end of 1946 we
will have another 2,500 waiting for
transport. We also have repatriates
to consider, since American citizens
have the right of way.
JDA Votes Six ,
Million '47 Budget
ST. LOUIS, (JTA) - A $6,000,000
000 budget for 1947 for continuing
the activities of the American Jew¬
ish Committee and the B’nai B'rith
Anti-Defamation League against
anti-Semitism was adopted here at
the first national conference of the
Joint Defense Appeal.
Communities outside of New
York and Chicago will be asked to
raise a minimum of $3,000,000 toward
the new budget, which is 20 per¬
cent higher than the one for last
year.
Donald Oberdorfer of Atlanta
was elected chairman of 'the nat¬
ional council of the J. D. A, Judge
Joseph M. Proskauer, Henry Mon¬
sky, Justice Meir Steinbrink and Ja¬
cob Blaustein were elected honorary
chairmen, while A. C. Horn of New
York was elected honorary treasurer.
Every American who believes in
the American way of life and who is
loyal to American institutions is ^
aligned in the fight against &ti
Semitism, it was emphasized at the
conference of the Joint Defense Ap¬
peal which was called by the Am¬
erican Jewish Committee and the t
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai
B’rith, participating organizations
in the J. D. A.