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Tn e Southern Israelite
National News
Synagogue Council Sets Day
of Prayer For Russian Jewry
New York, N. Y — Saturday, March
7th, was decided upon as a day of spe
cial prayer for the Jews of Russia,
and a protest against the anti-relig-
ious campaign of the Soviets voiced in
a resolution adopted by the Syna
gogue Council of America, which rep
resents all the important Orthodox
and Reform rabbinical and congre
gational bodies of this country.
Dr. Moses, Noted Educator,
Dies
Berkeley, Calif.—Professor Bernard
Moses, for many years on the staff
of the University of California, died
here at the age of 83. He was at one
time minister plenipotentiary to Chile,
and later served on the Philippine
Commission appointed after the Span
ish-American War.
Palestine Economic Condi
tions Improve
New York, N. Y.—That economic
conditions in Palestine have improved
during the past year is the statement
made by the American Jewish Com
mittee in its twenty-third annual re
port, which has just been published.
Referring to orange culture as the
most hopeful branch of Palestine ag
riculture, the committee states that
15,000 acres have been purchased for
orange groves and that the total in
vestment in oranges by Jews is $10,-
000,000. 2,000 Jewish workers are
employed in these plantations, which
exported 2,500,000 boxes of oranges
in 1021). The committee also states
that anti-Semitism persists in Ger
many and Austria as a by-product
of political strife, and that the most
hopeful European country as regards
Jews is Czechoslovakia.
Rabbis Join Christians In
Deploring Anti-Soviet
Campaign
New York, N. Y.—Deploring the re
cent attacks upon the Soviet Govern
ment for its anti-religious campaign,
a statement issued by a group called
the Conference of Younger Church
men of this city declares that the pro
tests have been lacking in “humility
and a recognition of the historical
facts.” Denouncing the intolerance of
the Soviets, these clergymen, Jews
| and Christians, say, however, that
j the protests have interfered with
j bringing about a closer mutual under
standing between the Russian people
I and the outside world. Among the
j rabbis who signed the statement are
I Maurice Harris, Samuel Sehulman,
Sidney S. Tedesche, J. Max Weis and
I Jonah B. Wise, all of them of the Re-
| form pulpit.
Goldberg Gets Harvard
Prize
Cambridge, Mass.—George C. Gold
berg, President of Weber and Heil-
bronner, New Atork clothiers, was
awarded the $1,000 prize in the an
nual Harvard advertising awards for
the most effective advertisement ap
pearing in the United States during
the year.
Fox Wins First Step In
$300,000,000 Battle
New York, N. Y. — William Fox
whose fight for control of his $300’
000,000 movie empire has excited
world-wide interest, won the first step
to save the companies that he had
built up from receivership when the
holders of Class A stock voted 564,.
777 shares in favor of the plan backed
by Fox to refinance his companies
while 32,050 voted against it. In Class
B, 93,745 voted for and 1,060 apains-
the plan. The Lehman Brothers and
Bernard M. Baruch are the main fig.
ures behind the refinancing plan.
Rabbi Wise Prophesies New
World War
New York, N. Y.—That failure .» n
the part of the London Naval Arms
Conference to reach an agreement on
the question of naval armament re
duction might result in a now war was
the statement made by Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise at the Free Synagogue here.
Rabbi Wise added that such failure
would reduce the Paris pact to "a
scrap of paper,” and that “there will
be no future world war with America
on the side-lines. In one way or an
other we will be forced into it." Dis
cussing a remedy for the situation.
Rabbi Wise said: “If this conference
fails the next step should be public
expression of opinion against war
Men should say as 1 am now saying
‘I will nevermore in any way whatso
ever contribute to the maintenance of
war in my country’.”
Allied Campaign For
$6,000,000 Launched
Washington, D. C.—The Allied Jew
ish campaign for $(5,000,000 was
launched here at a national confer
ence attended by over 400 delegates
from all parts of the country. $3,500.-
000 of the total is to be used for re
lief work in Eastern Europe, the bal
ance for the work of the Jewish
Agency in Palestine. A letter address
ed to the conference by President
Hoover praised the purposes of the
forthcoming campaign, saying tha.
“apart from its evident humanitarian
aspects it is a large contribution tc
the cause of good will between peo
ples.’
David A. Brown was named chair
man of the quota committee and
James Marshall, treasurer of the A-
lied Jewish Campaign, to supplement
the other officers.
Jewish Grocers Combine To
Fight Chain Stores
New York, N. Y.—A half billion
dollar organization comprising P raC 1
cally all the Jewish grocers in Greater
New York has been formed to c0 ™
the inroads of the chain stores- w ^
have been established by nations
tailing organizations. More t an * •
000 Jewdsh grocers have joine
Jewish Grocers’ Association > re ,
er New York, which, at its- ann .
convention just held here, has
to establish buying units in ‘ ,
parts of the city. The ente:; r - e
be on a co-operative basis.