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Morris Rothenberg, president of the Zior
ist Organization of America; Judge Wi*jj
liam M. Lewis, a national chairman oij
the campaign; Rabbi Samuel Schulmao,
of Temple Emanuel, New York; Felii!
M. Warburg, honorary chairman of tht
campaign. Seated, left to right: Rev. Z.j
H. Masliansky, Dr. Cyrus Adler, chair
man of the American Council of the Jew
ish Agency for Palestine; and Louis Lip-
sky, chairman of the Board of Director* j
of campaign.
New York
New York, N. Y.—Leon Feuchtwantffr.
famous in the United States for his boob
“Power’* and "Josephus,” arrived here 1
on the Europa for a lecture tour that iij
to take him from coast to coast, and dur-
ing which he will also lecture on Jewi*l
problems. The famous German-Jewbl
novelist declined to comment on the pret
ent political situation when he met ship
news reporters, but he did say of Adoli
Hitler: “I think he is through.”
New York, N. Y.—Prof. Felix Frank
furter of Harvard Law School has b«*
appointed the George Eastman visitint
Professor at Oxford University for the
academic year, 1932-34, it has been a*
nounced by the Association of America
Rhodes Scholars, which established tbt
chair. Frankfurter, the third person
fill the post, who is a Viennese by birtk
is a graduate of the College of the Ci?
of New York and Harvard Law School
Buffalo, N. Y.—Rabbi Wolf Gold, of
Brooklyn, was re-elected President of tb
American Mizrachi, orthodox wing of th<
Zionist movement, at the concluding »*»'
sion of the annual convention here. Rabh
Meyer Btrlin was named Honorary Pre^
ident. Other officers include: Rabbi M
M. Ashinsky, Pittsburgh; Leon Gellina*
St. Louis; A. M. Kowalsky, Brooklyn.
Vice-Presidents. Max Nadler, No*
York, Treasurer; Harry Harp, New Yort
Honorary Secretary.
RABBI ABRAHAM MEIER, FRAN
KEL, dean of orthodox rabbis in Bufi*^
and Vice-President of the Union of
thodox Rabbis, died there at the ag?
70. He came to the United States thi
years ago.
OREIGN AND NATIONAL
NEWS
Austria
Vienna.—The Austrian Chancellor has
assured American Minister Stockton at
Vienna that the Austrian Government
would take every possible step to avert
further anti-Semitic clashes such as oc
curred at the University of Vienna, Sec
retary of State Henry L. Stimson wired to
the editor of the Day, in response to an
inquiry from that paper as to what action
the United States had taken in the case.
The American Government will do ev
erything in its power to protect American
citizens abroad, without regard to their
faith, Secretary Stimson said, adding that
the Chancellor had expressed the keenest
regret to Mr. Stockton over the University
episode, assuring the American Minister
that it would never occur again.
Vienna.—The Park in front of the
Technical High School, frequently the
scene of anti-Semitic disturbances, is
now the repository for a beautiful statue
of Siegfried Marcus, inventor of the au
tomobile, credited with having been the
first person to construct a carriage driven
by a gasoline engine. The Austrian Min
ister of Commerce, officers of the Vienna
automobile club and various prominent
city officials were present at the unveil
ing ceremonies where laudatory speeches
were delivered about the man who con
structed a car way back in 1864.
England
London.—Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister,
British Colonial Minister, promised the
House of Commons, on inquiry from
Barnett Janner, M. P., that he would in
vestigate the conduct of Palestine Gov
ernment Prosecutor L. Eliot who recent
ly remarked during a court trial that
Jews were naturally prone to arson, and
withdrew the statement with an apology
a week later. The question of Eliot’s
action was first raised in the House by
Josiah Wedgwood, but the Colonial Min
ister professed ignorance of the entire
matter.
France
Paris.—Joseph Caillaux, former Pre
mier of France, and noted liberal, spoke
haishly and frankly about French Jews
in general in an interview given to the
Paris Morgenblatt, a Yiddish daily. Ex
pressing surprise at the failure of French
Jews to support Zionism adequately,
Caillaux asserted that Zionism is the
most potent weapon against anti-Semit
ism. He charged that some French Jews
are so selfish that they not only refrain
from aiding Palestine, but are resentful
at the immigration into France of Jews
from Eastern Europe. This, the former
Premier pointed out, is in odd contrast
to the attitude adopted by outstanding
French Christians who sympathize with
the Jewish immigrants who must flee
from barbaric anti-Semitism in Central
and Eastern Europe. .
Switzerland
Cieneva—'Hie British government is
planning to establish a legislative as
sembly in Palestine within the near
future, High Commissioner Arthur
Wauchope told the Mandate Commission
of the League of Nations in its session on
Palestine. The first step in that direc
tion will be to set up autonomous munici
pal governments to prepare the people for
national self-government. If Arabs and
Jews cannot agree on a system of co
operation, the British government will in
stitute its own plan, regardless of protests,
Wauchope declared.
Saying that the government has already
made a determined effort to bring Jews
and Arabs together by appointing them
on joint commissions, Wauchope deplored
NATION’S JEWISH LEADERS ^
APPEAL FOR PALESTINE
The foremost figures in American Jew
ish life took part in the National Confer
ence on Palestine held recently in New
York City to launch the 1933 American
Palestine Campaign for the Keren llaye-
sod budget, in cooperation with Hadassah.
The plight of European Jewry was con
trasted with the bright prospecks for
Jews in Palestine. American Jewry was
the fact that a number of Arabs had de
clined to accept appointment or left after
accepting posts. He expressed regret that
one-third of the country’s revenue was
being spent for defense and police forces,
but said that he could not recommend
any reduction, since he wished to provide
the maximum of protection for the popu
lation.
The economic situation of Palestine is
healthy, the high commissioner reported,
pointing out that the government had been
able to give the Jews 4,500 labor migra
tion certificates in contrast to 1,700 for
a similar period last year. He also praised
the attitude of the Jewish colonists and
their determination to overcome all dif
ficulties. Lewis French had recognized
the claims of 365 landless Arabs and
rejected 1,800 other claims, he stated.
Germany
Berlin.—A loss of some two million
votes to the Hitlerites since the last na
tional elections in July was the outstand
ing development of Sunday’s Reichstag
elections. Inasmuch as the National So
cialists did obtain 11,713,000 votes, they
still remain the strongest power in the
Reichstag, having 195 seats, a loss of 35
from the last session. The Center Party
also lost five seats. This is attributed
largely to the wholesale defection of the
Jewish population, which resented the
Center’s eagerness to affiliate with the
anti-Semitic Nazis. It is generally ex
pected that President von Hindenburg
will continue the Von Papen Cabinet in
power, since there is no bloc in the
Reichstag strong enough to force Parlia
mentary government in substitution to the
emergency cabinet. The eve of the elec
tion was marked by violent charges on
the part of the Nazis against von Papen.
urged to provide the funds to make pos
sible a larger immigration from Europe
to Palestine.
Photo shows some of the leaders gath
ered at the Conference: Standing, left to
right: Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Judge
Julian W. Mack, honorory chairmen of
the American Palestine Campaign; Mrs.
Rose Halprin, president of Hadassah;
The Angriff of Berlin and the Voelkischer
Beobachter of Munich declared that Von
Papen was ruled by Jakob Goldschmidt,
the Jewish banker, who had designs on
the economic stability of Germany. Im
mediately the Government issued an or
der demanding the retraction of this
libel. The decree was complied with by
both papers.
Poland
Warsaw.—Warsaw University, hotbed
of anti-Semitic disturbances a year ago,
again became the scene of attacks on
Jewish students as the institution opened
for the semester. The riot started when
the Student Council ejected from a meet
ing Jewish members who were partici
pating in the vote for representatives
on the faculty council. Subsequently the
Polish Minister of Education declared
that the administration of universities
w'ould be revised and that Rectors would
have to be approved by him.
Warsaw.—A demand for the abolition
of autonomy of Polish high schools and
universities was demanded by Minister of
Education Yenciewicz, as he spoke in the
Seim, denouncing the recent anti-Semitic
conduct of nationalist students as barbaric
and disgraceful to the good repute of
Poland.
Turkey
Istanbul—There were Jews in North
America before Christopher Columbus
ever saw the land, Henriques Beckner,
Turkish Jewish scholar, declares in a
new book, which bases itself on archae
ological discoveries alleged to have been
made in American cemeteries. BecknePs
opinion is that Jews immigrated to the
Western hemisphere after the destruction
of the first Temple.
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