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15hQ Southern Israelite VOL. X—NO. 10. For Southern Jewry ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934. Price: Five Centa COMMITTEE RESUMES PROBE OF NAZI AND FASCIST ACTIVITIES Washington, D. C. (WNS)— The bulk of the $1,500,000 paid to Dr. F. H. Vollbehr, German bibliophile, for his rare collection of incunabula and a valuable copy of the Gutenberg Bible several years ago by the Library of Con gress has been spent in the pro DECREES EXPLODE RUMORS OF NAZI CHANGE TOWARD JEWS Berlin (WNS)—The recurrent rumors of purported changes for the better in the Nazi regime’s anti-Semitic policy are now ex ploded as wishful thinking or sheer propaganda by three inci dents here which further em phasize the government’s determ ination to pursue its anti-Jewish policy relentlessly. The first of these incidents was the first call to an anti-Jewish boycott issued i with the official approval of the motion and circulation in this country of anti-Semitic and Nazi Nazi party. This call was issued propaganda by Dr. Vollbehr, ac cording to his testimony before in Speyer, which is the home of the oldest Jewish community in the Congressional Committee on Germany. The Speyer proclama- Un-American Activities, it was re vealed in abstracts of testimony he gave in an executive session of the committee on November 30, in New York. Representative John W. McCormack, chairman of the committee, made public the abstracts just before the commit tee resumed its public sessions to hear evidence regarding Com munistic and Fascist activity in America. Dr. Vollbehr’s testimony revealed that Dr. Hans Luther, German ambassador had warn ed him to discontinue his ac tivities designed “to create bet ter feeling for Germany in the United States,** and had caution ed him to “be careful and never mix in American affairs in Ameri can politics.” Dr. Vollbehr admit ted mailing out thousands of cop ies of anti-Jewish literature as well as copies of Der Stuermer to schools, colleges and indivi duals. In his testimony be fore the committee, Vollbehr said that he intended to follow Dr. Luther’s advice. Representative McCormack indicated that Dr. Luther would not be called before the committee. tion warns all Germans not to buy from Jews because “they are the greatest enemies of Germany and have caused the worst Ger man tragedies.” The second in cident was the issuance of a de cree by the press bureau of the Nazi party warning all newspa pers and publishing houses to dis miss immediately the remaining few Jews still in their employ. This decree will cost several hun dred Jewish circulation directors, packers, printers, and lesser ed itors their jobs. The third, and most signifi cant, incident was a violent anti- Semitic speech made by Julius Streicher, Nazi overlord of Fran conia, before a conference of the German Jurists Association. After declaring that “if here and there a Jew has had a bad time we can have no pity for them, be cause our people are closer to us than the Jewish people,” Streicher announced a new “biological dis covery” which “proves” that “the blood corpuscles of Jews are quite different in form from those of Nordics. Hitherto the establish ment of this fact by microscopic investigation has been deliberately prevented.” On the basis of this “discovery” he demanded that “sexual intercourse between a Jew and a non-Jewish woman must be punished by death.” Af ter hearing Streicher, the confer ence decided that in the future all German lawyers having bus iness abroad must employ only non-Jews as legal correspondents. Saar Commissioner Geoffrey Knox, League High Commissioner for the Saar Re gion, last week discussed the Jewish question in the Soar with League High Commissioner foi German Refugees, James G. McDonald. Blood Ritual Libel Alarms Dutch Jews Amsterdam (WNS) — Dutch Jewry is greatly alarmed at the sudden spread of a blood ritual libel which is being fostered by Nazi publications and agitators. The blood libel has spread so fast that Senator Poliak, Jewish lead er, has called upon the minister of the interior to take immediate steps to prevent its further cir culation. Anti-Semitism Grows In Jugoslavia As Nazi Refugees Quit Country Belgrade (WNS) — Jugoslavian Jewry breathed a sigh of relief as four hundred Austrian Nazis, refugees from their homeland since the abortive putsch of last July, boarded a steamer on their way to Germany. During the stay in Jugloslavia, the Nazi refugees did everything possible to spread anti-Semitism is this country. That their efforts were not in vain is evidenced by the sudden anti-Semitic flare-ups which have occured in Croatia. As a result of the propaganda spread by the Nazi refugees, anti-Semitism, never a problem in Jugoslavia, is beginning to give the Jewish com munity cause for worry. King George Helps Jew To Remain In Palestine Warsaw (WNS)—A Polish Jew by the name of Shedletzki, who entered Palestine ps an illegal -^migrant, and who was about to be deported, has been permit ted to remain in Palestine because King George of England person ally intervened at the request of Shedletzki’s wife. Informed of her husband’s plight, Mrs. Shedletzki ^ote a letter to King George asking that in honor of the mar- f age of the Duke of Kent he ex- ^nd royal clemency to her hus- nd. Word has now been re ceived here that Shedletzki is to be allowed to remain in Pales tine. Reich Cancels Citizen ship of 16,000 Jewish Refugees In Palestine Jerusalem (WNS)—The long arm of the Nazi regime struck at 16,000 German Jews whom it had exiled, when the German consul ate-general here officially inform ed all the German-Jewish refu gees that their German citizen ship had been cancelled. This ac tion means that until they become Palestinian citizens all of the German-Jewish refugees resident in Palestine are men and women without a country. It is expected that the Htiler government will shortly take similar action with regard to refugees in other coun tries. Agency Administrative Committee Meets In New York Dec. 31st London (WNS) — For the first time since the creation of the Jew ish Agency for Palestine its admin istrative committee will meet in the United States. An announcement by the Agency Executive here re vealed that the Committee will hold its next session in New York on December 31st. The chief business of the meeting will be to devise means of strengthening the Ameri can section of the Agency. A com plete report of the work of the Ex ecutive will be made. Among the European members of the Commit tee sailing for America shortly are Sir Osmond d’Avigdor Goldsmid, Prof. Selig Brodetsky, Dr. Bernard Kahn, Neville Laski. Palestine Jewry Sends $125,000 Monthly To East European Jews Jerusalem (WNS—Palcor Agen cy)—Striking testimony to the prosperous condition of the Jews who have already settled in Pal estine is given by the Jewish Agency which reveals that Pal estine Jewry sends a minimum of $125,000 a month for the sup port of Jews in Eastern Europe. This figure was derived by an exhaustive inquiry among banks and various institutions repre senting national groups in Pal estine. The funds sent out of the country are for relief purposes to aid needy relatives and friends in such countries as Poland, Ru mania and surrounding lands. Spain Will Have Official Celebration Madrid (WN8)—The 800th an niversary of the birth of Rabbi Moses Maimonides, noted medi eval Jewish scholar and philos opher, who was bora in Cordova, Spain, in March 1135, will be cel ebrated throughout Spain, ac cording to an announcement by the Spanish government. The ob servance of Maimonides octocen- tennial will be world-wide, special committees having already been formed in New York, Jerusalem, Cairo, Warsaw, Vienna, Buenos Aires and Berlin. Shortly after the Moslems captured Cordova, Mai monides went to Cairo, where he became the spirtiual leader of the Jewish community and adviser to the Sultan’s prime minister. Atlanta Ballyhoo Plans Balls For Holidays At Standard Club Augusta Y. M. H. A. To Have New Building Augusta is proud of their new Y. M. H. A. building to be completed on or about March 1, 1935. This building will house the various or ganizations actively engaged in Jewish affairs in the city. It will consist of a gymnasium, stage, small individaul meeting rooms, showers, pool, auditorium, recreation halls and club rooms, centrally located downtown in the 1200 block on Greene Street. (Continued on page three) The annual ballyhoo sponsor ed by a group of prominent At lantans at the Standard Club during the holiday season is planned for next week, the pro gram to include three brilliant balls and a tea dance. Novel and original invitations in the form of presenting the greatest show on earth at a three-ring circus have been issued, the first of the events to be a formal dance on Sunday evening, December 23, from 11 to 2 o’clock. Preceding the dance a formal dinner will be served Ballyhoo members and their dates at 8 o’clock. On Monday evening, December 24, a colorful costume ball will be held, the guests requested to attend the affair wearing cos tumes representing animals, per formers or something depicting circus life. Prizes will be awarded for best cotsumes and during the evening a number of stunts will be offered. As an extra attraction to the ballyhoo program will be the tea- dance on the afternoon of De cember 25, this affair to be pre sented with the compliments of the Standard Club to its mem bers, ballyhooers and their guests. The grand finale to the elaborate three-day program will /be the formal dance on Tuesday even ing, December 25, the invitations stating that following this per formance the show will entrain for winter quarters. An interna tionally famous orchestra has been engaged to furnish music for all the dances and the presence of a number of visitors will be another prominent feature of the occasion. Julian Joselove is president of the Atlanta Ballyboo and other officers are Elliot Haas, vice pres ident; Edwin Leffler, Jr., treas urer; Herbert Rosenberg, secre tary. Marcus Haas is chairman of entertainment and other mem bers of this group are Edgar J. Strauss, vice chairman; Louis C. Long, Ben F. Fineberg and Eddie Melnicker. The membership com mittee includes Henry Bauer, Jr., chairman; Ben Wiseberg, Jr., Mrs. Hariett Hirsch, Misses Sunny Liebman, Natalie Cohen and Joan Brown. The finance committee is (Continued on page three) CONVENTION OF THE JEWISH WOMEN, NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 10 The Triennial * convention of the National Council of Jewish Women will meet in New Orleans, March 10 to 15. 1935. Mrs. I, F. Sterne, president of the local sec tion of the Council, announced that Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, of De troit, has been named chairman of the [program (pommittee tor the convention. The Council, of which Mrs. Ar thur Brin, of Minneapolis, is na tional president, is the largest and oldest organization of Jewish women in the country, with a membership of 40,000 in two hun dred cities. A campaign is now under way to Increase that mem bership before the convention date. Policies of the Council on so- cail service, religious education, social legislation, the peace move ment, and immigration work, es pecially in regard to German ref ugees, will be outlined at the con vention for the coming three years. Special stress will be laid on the program of adult Jewish education and the work for refu gees, Mrs. Sterne said. Dr. Edward C. Llndeman, of the New York School of Social Work, will address the opening session of the triennial. Dr. Llnde man is one of the nation’s out standing authorities on social ser vice and adult education. He is professor of social philosophy at the New York Schol of Social Work, and lectures at the new School for Social Research of New York. He is also associate editor of the New Republic, the journal of adult education, and a contri butor to the Nation and the Sur vey. He is the author of a num ber of authoritative books. Among many prominent positions that Dr. Lindeman holds is that of trustee of the national labor com mittee. Louis Geffen Slated For Board Of Education Louis Geffen will be nominated by the Second Ward delegation in city council to fill the seat on the Board of Education made vacant by the retirement of Thomas Gro gan, elected to that post in De cember. Illness precents Mr. Gro gan from serving on the board. ALPHA KAPPAS ELECT GINSBERG Paul Ginsberg, Atlanta attorney, has been elected grand vice chance llor of the national council of Alpha Kappa Sigma ( national legal fra- 'ternity. An Atlanta delegation to the national convention held in Baltimore consisted of Mr. Ginsberg, A. D. G. Cohn, Dave Block and D. W. Krasner. Stalin Named Delegate To Biro-Bidjan Congress Biro-Bidjan, U. 8. S. R. (WNS) —Joseph Stalin, dictator of So viet Russia, is one of the dele gatee to the first Soviet Congress of Biro-Bidjan, which is new til session here. Although Stalin is not present his name heads the list of delegates.