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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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,jon.—Nahum Sokolow, the new
,.nt. Prof. Selig Brodetsky and
d Neumann, members of the
: Executive elected at the last
tss, will spend their time in
while the political activities
isalem will be carried on by Dr.
Arlosoroff, Berl Locker, and
shcl Farbstein, the other members
hr Kxecutive, according 1 to a divi-
authority decided upon by the
involved.
I.nmion.—In allotting the proposed
’..'iito.dOO loan for development in
inc, the British Government has
no intention of making any expendi
tures in Transjordan, according to
atement made in the House of
unions by Dr. Drummond Shiels,
Undersecretary of State for the Col-
nies. This was in reply to a sug-
estion that it might be advisable to
settle Arabs in Transjordan.
London.—No Zionist could have
been as successful as Dr. Chaim Weiz-
niann in combating forces hostile to
Zionism in the British Cabinet, ac-
rding to a statement made by Mal-
1 in MacDonald, son of the Prime
Minister, in an interview in the Yid-
dish daily, Die Zeit. Malcolm regret
ted that Weizmann had been elim-
nated as President, inasmuch as he
imanded wide respect in Parlia-
mentary circles. He asserted that his
at her was fully determined that the
romises made in the now famous
.MacDonald letter to Dr. Weizmann
should be carried out, and that the
mists should receive satisfaction
i the Mandatory Power.
llerlin.—Because Jewish students
'"hied with their Socialist colleagues
distributing literature criticizing
the Hitlerites, they were the victims
"t a concerted attack by anti-Semitic
M udents, who created such a riot at
Pm University of Hamburg that the
nolice reserves had to be called out.
’"lice squads were then stationed
around the university buildings to
prevent further disorder.
in order to furnish an example of
economy to other government offi
cials and to the country at large, Sir
Isaac Isaacs, Governor General of
Australia has voluntarily reduced his
salary of $50,000 to $37,500. Unani
mously favorable press comment fol
lowed his action.
Paris.—A protest against the new
ademic restrictions, which work
!av e hardships on Jewish medical
udents from Rumania, has been sent
the trench Minister of Public In
duction by the International League
combat Anti-Semitism. The Dean
the University of Paris, to whom
C0 Py of the protest was dispatched,
plied that it was no concern of
ance’s that persecution drove Jews
*t of Rumania into France, but that
could not permit native medical
udents to suffer on account of for
mers. He added that in choosing
•umanian students for the quota in
reneh universities, no discrimination
uld be practiced against Jews,
i or the first time since 1492, Jews
Madrid, Spain, have placed an or-
r f° r prayer books for Rosh Has-
anah and Yom Kippur with a local
ewish bookseller.
Moscow.—Although Russia frowns
upon anything so frivolous as gam
bling, it has now begun to encourage
the use of playing cards. For the deck
has been converted to the uses of
atheistic propaganda. The diamond
card shows the King as a rabbi, ap
parently absorbed in his prayer book,
but with his eyes cocked toward coins
that are falling into his outstretched
hand. The queen is a Jewess shown
in the act of blessing the Sabbath can
dles. The knave is a caricature of a
Talmudic student. The most colorful
card is the joker which shows God
as a tubby capitalist, with silk topper
and dinner suit. In His hands He
holds a set of strings which connect
with puppets at the bottom, including
rabbis and priests. The new deck is
the invention of the League for the
Godless.
eases. A number of Jewish organiza
tions have placed relief funds at the
disposal of the Jewish community, but
the situation will remain as it is until
housing conditions improve.
Ijondon.—In an interview with a
delegation from the British Board of
Jewish Deputies during his recent
visit to London, Premier Venizelos of
Greece has assured his audience that
the anti-Semitic programs which
swept Saloniki several weeks ago will
never be repeated. He laid the blame
for the excesses on a group of irre
sponsible nationalists, and added that
the Government had taken measures
to prevent further outbreaks. He ex
pressed deep sympathy for the
victims.
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Melbourne, Australia.—Because of
e state of government finances and
Washington, I). C.—Following up
on the organization by Matthew Woll
of a Committee of One Hundred to
combat Red activities in the United
States, John Dewey, head of the Peo
ple’s U>bby, has appointed a Com
mittee of One Hundred to “fight the
conditions which create ‘Reds’.” The
committee, which is to fight economic-
injustice includes the following rab
bis: Barnett R. Brickner, Cleveland;
Sidney E. Goldstein, New York; Mil-
ton Greenwald, Knoxville, Tenn.; Ja
cob H. Kaplan, Miami, Fla.; David
Lefkowitz, Dallas, Tex.; Max Schenck,
Cedar Rapids, la.; Jacob Weinstein,
San Francisco, and Rabbi Louis Wol-
sey, Philadelphia. Other Jews on the
committee are Arthur Garfield Hays,
New York; Dr. Isador Lubin, Wash
ington and Philip L. Seman,
London.—Aristide Briand, French
Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs,
denies categorically that the Jews are
in any way responsible for the eco
nomic crisis of Germany, as charged
by the Hitlerites. His statement is
made in an interview with the Zeit,
local Yiddish daily. Briand says the
Hitlerites are tring to place the re
sponsibility for their own chauvinism
on France and on the Jews. He ex
presses the belief, however, that the
Hitlerites will never achieve power in
Germany.
Saloniki.—With the rebuilding of
the Jewish section proceeding very
slow’ly, because of the failure of the
Government to cut red tape in start
ing building operations, scores of
Jew-s, who were left homeless as a
result of the recent riots, have suc
cumbed to such diseases as typhus
and dysentery. Most of the refugees
live in schools and synagogues, but
they are so crowded in their quar
ters and the food is so insufficient
that they fear an epidemic of dis
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