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MUHIIN
VOL, X—NO. 11.
E M. KAHN ELECTED
PRES.J’NAI B'RITH
Rittenbaum And Abelson
Lauded For Work In
Membership Drive
Edward M. Kahn, vice-president
of the Gate City Lodge, No 144,
and Executive director of the At
lanta Federation of Jewish Social
Service and the Jewish Educational
Alliance, was elevated to the presi
dency of the local order at a meet
ing of the lodge held Thursday
night at the Jewish Progressive
Club.
Mr. Kahn came to Atlanta eight
years ago from the Chicago Jewish
People’s Institute, considered as
one of the largest in the country,
which position he held as Execu
tive Director, to take up the duties
of supervisor of the Alliance in At
lanta. Actively engaged in social
and culture work, he holds very im
portant positions in most every
Welfare organization in the coun
try. His knowledge along these
lines has made him wanted in
nearly every large city in the
city in the country, and he will
leave thfi week forNewYork -to
take part in some very important
discussions at a national Confer
ence on Jewish Welfare which the
outstanding Jewish leaders of Euro
pe and America will attend. He is
also the author of many papers and
books on activities of the Jewish
people. His record as a B’nai
B’rither has been a remarkable one,
serving on nearly every committee
since becoming a member, and the
recent membership drive which is
under his direction, is voiced as
the most successful in many years.
Other officers elected were Jose
ph M. Brown, secretary of the At
lanta Lodge for the past ten years,
first vice-president, Dr. Joseph
Yampolsky and Dr. I. H. Goldstein,
•econd and third vice-presidents;
Leon Kletzky, secretary, and Harry
Abe Ison, Treasurer. The members
elected to the Board of trustees for
1935 were: David Marx, Jr., Jack
Weinkle, Joseph Goldberg, Jack
Lichenstein, MUton Klein, Edward
Vadja, Joe Wolf, Stephen Schilfer,
and Rabbi Joseph Cohen.
Following the committee reports
for the year it was disclosed that
the team made up of Berry Ritten-
baum and Harry Abelson leads the
*°dge in securing more new mem
bers during the membership drive
and that Mr. Abelson who has been
a me ®ber for 26 years is responsible
or 200 members during that period.
invitation was extended to j
the Gr *nd Lodge No. 3, head
quarters in Charleston, S. C., and
f ^hich the Atlanta chapter is a:
, 1> 10 h°ld their annual meeting
Atlanta in February. If this is
“cepted Atlanta wil be hosts to
, 100 delegates from every j
* ge in this district.
nder the leadership of Dr. Louis '
• Bouglin, the retiring president
j- Phil Tenenbaum, the outgoing i
h^ aSUrer ’ the Gate Clfc y has
v . ° ne the most successful
. hi Its history. One of the
utstanding events of the year was
n Com ing to Atlanta the national
President of the order, Alfred M.'
bi ‘ en ’ W k° addressed one of the
B'rirh 3 ' g atheri ngs of the B’nai
Th- \ held here in many years..!
u, Pn ,h rese nt drive to increase it’s
eve l° ership he successful in
a Ir7 way and much credit for this
°mS ment 18 817611 to ** 1934 1
For Southern Jewry
ATLANTA, GA„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1935.
AMERICANS VOTING IN SAAR
MAY JEOPARDIZE CITIZENSHIP
25 Per Cent of Naturalized American Citizens Among
600-Odd Persons Who Have Sailed From Country
EDWARD H. KAHN
New York (WN8)—That thee 25
per cent of naturalized American
citizens among the 600-odd persons
who have sailed from this country
to participate in the Saar plebiscite
may lose their American citizenship,
and should be warned to this ef
fect by American consular repre
sentatives in the Saar district, is
the burden of a letter addressed to
Secretary of State Hull by Maurice
B. Gladstone, local attorney. These
persons, who are entitled to vote
in the Saar plebiscite by reason
of having been residents of the
Saar Basin Territory in 1919, are
planning to cast their ballots on
the question of whether the Saar
is to be reunited with Germany. It
is admitted that part of their ex
penses are being covered by a fund
raised in the United States for the
purpose of transporting such po
tential voters, and the various
groups that are leaving are being es
corted to their steamers by large
crowds including many men wear
ing the uniform of a Nazi organi
zation.
Saarbruecken, Sarr Basin Terri
tory (WNS)—To exclude agitators
and prevent trouble, the League of
Nations Plebiscite Commission has
closed the borders of this territory
until January 26, 13 days after the
plebiscite, to all except transient
tourists and persons with urgent
business here.
Polish Jewry Seeks
Fund For German
Coreligionists
EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO
RAISE FUNDS FOR TRANS
PORTATION OF 200 GER-
MAN-JEWISH FAMILIES
Jewish Mayor For
Jerusalem Demanded
By United Front
ALL FORCES IN THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY PRESENTED
A UNITED FRONT
Warsaw (WNS)—Efforts are be
ing made here to raise funds for
the transportation to two hundred
German-Jewish families to Pales
tine. These families have .already
been assigned Immigration certif
icates.
It is reported that the foundation
sponsored by the Joint Distribution
Committee and the Jewish Coloni
zation Association has designated a
$100,000 fund for the Jewish co
operative banks of Poland.
The local Kehilla has been called
upon by a delegation of Yeshiva
students to supply a fund of about
$600 for the support of such stu
dents, many of whom are said to
be starving. When the request was
refused the delegation threatened a
hunger march on the Kehilla head
quarters.
THIRTY TWO SHIPS
CROWD HAIFA HARBOR
The largest number of ships to
which Haifa has played host is
crowded into the Harbor to dis
charge thousands of passengers,
most of whom are new settlers com
ing to assume places in the colon
ies and to supply the needs for
augmented labor in the orange har
vest.
Declares U.S.Will Gain
By Refusing German-
American Deal
Washington, D. C. (WNS)—
The United States, and par
ticularly the cotton growers of
the South, will emerge as the
gainers because of the State
Department’s decision against
a German-American barter
deal by which American cot
ton was to have been export
ed to Germany and paid for,
to a large extent, with Ger
man-made goods, according to
Samuel C. Lamport, prominent
cotton exporter of New York.
While the Nazis might use cot
ton exported to them under
such an arrangement in the
manufacture of war materials,
Mr. Lamport said, it could bet
ter be utilized to increase em
ployment among American
weavers, spinners and finishers.
Jerusalem (WNS—Pal cor Agency)
—As part of a determined effort
to obtain a Jewish Mayor for the
city of Jerusalem, all forces in the
Jewish community have presented
a united front in presenting a pe
tition to District Commissioner J
E. F. Campbell of Jerusalem.
The deputation called upon Com
missioner Campbell with a mem
orandum, to be transmitted to High
Commissioner Wauchope, citing rea
sons why a Jew is entitled to and
should receive the appointment as
Jerusalem’s Chief Executive.
The deputation consisted of Isaac
ben Zwi on behalf of the Vaad Le-
umi, Schmeterling on behalf of the
Jerusalem Kehillah, and Books
baum as representative of the Agu-
dath Israel. A little later a dele
gation of the Vaad Leumi also met
with High Commissioner Wauchope
and made a fervent plea to end
the chaos in Jerusalem’s municipal
administration and to recognize
that Jerusalem has a majority of
Jewish residents by appointing a
Jew as Mayor.
That the government is not in
clined to act promptly in settling
Jerusalem’s affairs was indicated
when District Commissioner Camp
bell authorized the * prepartion of
the 1935 budget by the old mem
bers of the Municipal Council. The
five remaining Arab members, to
gether with Ragheb Bey Nasha-
shibi, met with Campbell to discuss
details of next year’s civic pro
gram, despite the fact that a new
council was elected in September.
Campbell’s action served to in
crease public complaints against the
continuance in office of the rem
nants of the old Council. The ag
itation for the installation of the
nine unchallenged and newly-elect
ed members is increasing daily.
Arabs To Sue Government
Before Hague Tribunal
Jerusalem (WNS—Jalcor Agency)
—A suit against the Palestine Gov
ernment is being entered before the
World Court Tribunal at the Hague,
it has been announced by the Arab
Youths Organizations. The suit will
be based on the charge that the
government violated the Palestine
mandate by permitting the trans
fer of the Huleh land to Jewish
concessionaires.
Situation Of Jewish
Refugees In France
Grows More Difficult
THOUSANDS OF JEWISH REFUG
EES EXPECTED FROM THE
SAAR BASIN TERRITORY
AMERICAN JEWISH
CONGRESS REPUES
TO LABOR COMMITTEE
Jewish Labor Committee
Refuses to Join National
Board cf Elections
Paris (WNS)—With thousands of
Jewish refugees expected from the
Saar Basin Territory, and official
France unwilling, for the most, to
guarantee aid, the Jewish communi
ty here Is deeply concerned over
the fate of the expatriates. The
situation Is aggravated by the fact
that French employers are now re
quired by law to pay a special tax
for each alien employe, the tax
amounting to about ten per cent of
the wages paid the alien.
In addition, legislation projected
by the Chamber of Deputies will
stringently regulate the number of
alien workers to be employed in
certain trades in which Jews are
particularly numerous, and will re
quire special official permission be
fore such aliens can be employed
or admitted to French citizenship.
Registration of alien workers also
is planned.
$20,000 LEGACY FOR NATIONAL
FUND
The Jewish National Fund has
received an anonymous donation of
$20,000 as a living legacy, it has
been announced by the head
quarters here of the national land-
redemption agency. It was not in
dicated from what country the gift
was received.
Four Jews On “Nation”
Honor Roll
New York (WNS)—The Hon
or Roll compiles for 1934 by
The Nation, liberal weekly, in
cludes two Jews and two dra
matic achievements for which
Jews are responsible. The In
dividuals listed are ‘John L.
Spivak, for his expose of anti-
Semitic Nazi propaganda in
the New Masses, and John
Wechsler, editor of the Colum
bia Spectator, for his attack
on the reactionary elements in
his university. The Group The
atre is mentioned for its cur
rent production of “Gold Eagle
Guy,” by Melvin P. Levy, and
the Theatre Union for its pre
sentations of “Stevedore,” of
which George Sklar is co
author, and of “Sailors of Cat-
taro” by Friedrich Wolf, Ger
man-Jewish expatriate.
New York (WNS)—The refusal Of
the Jewish Labor Committee to j«A"
the National Board of Election* of
the American Jewish Congress, and
the charges upon which that re
fusal is based, are answered In a
lengthy statement authorized by the
Administrative Committee of the
Congress, which reiterates its In
vitation for a conference to create
a basis for cooperation “in the or
ganized defense of Jewish lights
against the attacks of anti-Semit
ism.” B. O. Vladeok, chairman of
the Labor Committee, had charged
that the Congress had failed to
justify its existence, had given no
assurance that the elections sched
uled for next April would not be
manipulated and that the Congress'
fight against Hitlerism has confin
ed Itself to the Jewish question.
The statement, which is signed
by Bernard S. Dcutsch, president of
the American Jewish Congress, de
clares that the Jewish problem will
never be solved without the cooper
ation of all Jews through demo
cratic forms of organization,
the record of the American Jewish
Congress since 1918, with partisnlar
reference to its Influence on the
Peace Conference In connection
with Jewish rights and its champ
ioning of Jewish interests In coun
tries where Jews have been oppress
ed and emphasizes that in its fight
against Nazism the Congress gained
the support of Christian religious
bodies and the American Federation
of Labor.
It is because of the opposition of
influential Jews who object to pub
lic action that the Congress has
not done more, the statement con
tinues. It then points out that In
an election in which 460 delegates
are to be chosen in over 180 dis
tricts “the possibility of any group
manipulating and controlling votes
for the purpose of having themsel
ves elected as leaders is quite re
mote.”
Agudath Israel World
Conference Opens Basle
®teps to be taken in con-.
NECTION WITH PALESTINE
COLONIZATION AND LAND
PURCHASE BY THIS
GROUP
Basle, Switzerland (WNB)-
The world conference of the Agu
dath Israel, Orthodox Jewish body
has opened here. On the agendi
| is the question of whether thi
association’s headquarters ahoul<
be transferred from Frankfurt
Germany, to Poland, and of whai
steps are to be taken In connec
tion with Palestine colonizatioi
and land purchase by the group
The Agudath Executive at War
saw has announced the granting
of 180 special Palestine immigra
tion certificates to Polish rabbis
cantors, and shochtim. These wil
be admitted to Palestine beyonc
the regular immigration quota, &i
their presence in the country L
needed to minister to the rehgioui
needs of the growing Jewish pop
ulation.