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I Page 11 The Southern Israelite National News :ise Hears Attack on Russia for Jewish Persecution :n gton, D. C.—An attack upon Russia for its mistreatment of ! citizens and persecution of h culture and Zionist followers nade before the House of Rep- itives by Congressman Samuel Pirkstein. 't'u'ish Girls Unemployed Because of Race 1.4 Angeles—Thousands of Jewish r; New York, Philadelphia, Chi- rag and other large cities are unable tain employment because of an- ti-Jewish prejudice among employers, invention of the National Council f Jewish Women was told here by its Secretary, Mrs. Estelle Stern- berger. Calls United States Christian Nation Washington, D. C.—That the United States is a Christian nation was a comment made by Dr. Charles F. Mar vin, chief of the Weather Bureau and vice-chairman of the National Commit- n Calendar Simplification, in the course of a debate on the calendar re- n plan now before Congress with i Louis Schwefel at the Com- y Centre here. Rabbi Schwefel replied that Jewish history in the 1 nit id States extends back as far as tian history. Dr. Marvin declared calendar reform inevitable because of the support of business men. In re- , Rabbi Schwefel said that all i'»us leaders, regardless of creed, wt re opposed to the plan. National Fund To Raise $500,000 In U. S. 1’hiladelphia—Renew’ed and intensi ties efforts for the raising of funds 'he purchase of land in Palestine urged at the conference of the "'can Jewish National Fund here. Messages to this effect were sent to ' 'inference by M. M. Ussishkin, of the Jewish National Fund headquar- ’*' r ' at Jerusalem, and by Professor 'it Einstein. Samuel Dayan, a nber of the Palestine labor dele- n now in the United States, told conference that land must be it quickly as long as it is avail- Emanuel Neumann, president of American Jewish National Fund, une d that Israel Rokeach, of K 'yn, N. Y., had established a fund of $50,000 to be used to a.' prospective settlers on the soil of >tine. The conference decided a campaign to raise $500,000 for National Fund during 1930. ' ei 9n Affairs Leaders Hear About Palestine 'hington, D. C.—Prominent gov- vnt leaders attended a luncheon, lr st of its type ever held, tend- y Representative Hamilton ^ r -, in honor of Major Daniel n * British M. P., who is in this y under the auspices of the Organization. Major Hopkin of the Palestine situation and are< * that it was unthinkable for Britain to withdraw from the Man date. Among those who attended the luncheon were Senate majority leader Watson. House majority leader Til- son, Senators Moses, King, Wheeler and Capper and Mesdames Kahn and Owen. Smuts Demands Free Jewish Immigration Into Palestine New York—That the British gov ernment is pledged, through the Bal four Declaration, to maintain law and order in Palestine and to permit free Jewish immigration there were the statements made by General Jan Christian Smuts at a luncheon ten dered to him here by the Zionist Or ganization of America. Other speak ers included Louis Lipsky, Felix M. Warburg, Dr. Stephen Wise and Mrs. Robert Szold. Declaring that there shall be “no pogroms under the Brit ish flag,” General Smuts stated that the Balfour Declaration did not mili tate against Arab interests. He point ed out that the Arabs had emerged with many gains from the war. Einstein Theory Gets Practical Application New York—What is believed to be the first practical application of Ein stein’s theory of relativity forms the substance of a paper delivered by O. Ackermann, electrical engineer, be fore the winter convention of the American Institute of Electrical En gineers. By using the Einstein theory Mr. Ackermann developed a new formula to indicate the voltage of a lightning surge on an electric power line. Jews Ask That Immigration Laws Be Liberalized Washington, D. C.—During the past week the House Immigration Commit tee heard the testimony of representa tives of various Jewish organizations who pleaded that Congress remedy some of the injustices which are in flicted by the present immigration laws. Among those who appeared as witnesses were Dr. Stephen S. Wise, representing the American Jewish Congress; former Representative Na than D. Perlman, representing the In dependent Order Brith Abraham, and Max J. Kohler, representing the American Jewish Committee. Dr. Wise urged that aliens entering this country before July, 1924, be allowed to register for permanent residence, asking that the proposed law requir ing entrance before July, 1921, be dis carded. Palestine Riots Seen Part of World Uprising New York—That the August dis turbances in Palestine were but part of a worldwide revolutionary move ment whose other manifestations have been the recent uprisings in Haiti, India, Egypt and other countries was declared by M. Olgin, editor of the Communist Yiddish daily Die Freiheit, at an anti-Zionist conference of the Communist Party here. Foreign News by World Wide S’ewe Service All Highways Lead to— the largest ««oni|ilel€* €le|iartmeiit More on oim‘ floor in the Sou ill! Peachtree Bellwood Section ] Decatur Grant Park Section West End South Side Follow these Seven Roads to Economy — You'll Save Time and Money! ~ BELLWOOD SECTION: Start from Marietta Street at Bank- | head Highway. Distance, 2.5 miles to Sears, Roebuck. Driving time, 8 minutes. Follow Marietta Street to North Avenue then to Ponce de Leon Avenue—and Sears, Roebuck! WEST END: Starting from Lee and Gordon Streets. Distance 2 4.9 miles to Sears, Roebuck. 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