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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1938
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Four Southern Leaders Meet
(Atlanta Journal Photo)
jour of the 520 prominent leaders of Souths Jewry who met in Atlanta last Sunday to for
the tir-t southern regional organization of the Am riran Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Left
to ritht: Colonel Robert L. Seitner, of Jaoksonvil o, Fla., Harold Hirseh of Atlanta (new rerional
chairman), I. M. Weinstein. o f Atlanta J. Fdn. of West Palm Reach. Fla.
J. D. C. Meet Unifies South
na: led to serve with Mr. Hirseh,
iiKiUde: Morton H. Levy, of Sa
vannah, Ga., William P. Engel, of
Bit ham, Ala., Baron de Hirseh
Meyer, of Miami, Fla., Alex Brest,
of Jacksonville, Fla., Professor
Josiah Morse, of Columbia, S. C.,
Harry Latter, of New Orleans, La.,
L«e*' J Lowenthal, of Nashville,
Tenn, I uiore Lehman, of Jack-
Edgar B. Stern, of New
was elected regional
Regional Officers Elected To Carry
“De centralization Plan”—Harold Hirseh
Heac's New PeTonal Organization
Responding gallantly to the call for increased aid to dis
tressed Jewish communities in Europe, more than 520 Jewish
leaders from seven Southern states last Sunday formed the
first, permanant southern regional organization of the Ameri
can Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The seven states
include Alabama, Florida, eastern i
Louisian , South Carolina, Miss- i i TIIADhlA IIDTCC
issipt. lennessee and Georgia. , LA uUAKUlA (JuVjLj
AJanli. own Harold Hirseh re- I . . .. _
non sectarian temple
yet Regional vice-chairmen, in PAn XI \ U/ADIIYQ C AID
cht go of their respective districts, rUlY li. I. YTUlvLU J L r\I l\
New York, N. Y.—A proclama
tion issued by Mayor La Guardia
urges public support of the projec
ted non-sectarian Temple of Re
ligion at the World’s Fair, which
would provide the spiritual back
ground for the World of Tomor
row which the fair will Interpret.
The whole ideal, the proclamation
said, would be “incomplete with
out the recognition of the living
God and without tolerance and
brotherly love.” “In this temple,”
the mayor said, ‘'could gather
people of all the world where
prayers murmured in various lan
guages would blanket out the noise
and turmoil and roar of cannons
too often hoard in the world of
the world today.” "The temple,
the mayor further aserted, “will
be the symbol of the happy spiri
tual life of our country at a time
when religious beliefs are so seri
ously menaced and when changing
conditions throughout the world
make this idea of vital importance,
and will signify to the world the
liberty that is the cornerstone of
our nation in which freedom of
worship is vital and fundamental.
Among the officers and directors
of the temple, which is soon to
start its campaign for $250,000. are
William Church Osborn, president;
George J. Gillespie, Cyrus Adler,
and Cleveland E. Didge, vice-
presidents; Joseph T. Lilly, tre »f~
urer; and Samuel Thome and -
bert Wald, assistant treasurers.
Cancel Jewish
Africa Passports
Windhoek, Southwest Afri-
■ ca—Passports issued to a
party of Jews to immigrate
from Germany to Southwest
; Africa, now a mandate to the
Union of South Africa, a Brit
ish dominion, have been can
celed by German officials af
ter a last moment decision to
deter Jewish settlement in
the former German colonies
until seftlemenl of the colon
ial question. The canceled
passports had been authorized
by both Berlin and Southwest
African authorities.
Jerusalem, Palestine—In spite
of the fact that Palestine High
j Commissioner Sir Harold Alfred
MacMichael has notified the Co
lonial office that he is discontinu
ing the periodic reports on cur
rent developments, terrorism of
every horrible description still
reigns throughout the country.
Although British troops have
control of the Mosque area
which brigands had invaded in
u*v nope oi being shielded by the
sacredness attached to it, the guer
rilla warfare conducted by about
4.000 armed Arabs roaming the
country in small groups and har
assing the authorities and the pop
ulation continues to leave death
and misfortune in its wake.
The Palestine Government has
announced that starting Nov. 1,
traffic and communications in this
country, particularly in the rural
sections, will be taken over by
British military authorities in an
effort to keep civilians, fleeing to
urban areas, oat of the way of
troops moving about to fight the
Arab revolt. Starting that day,
the law provides that no person
travel without a special military
pass containing the owner’s pho
tograph.
Meanwhile, in Haifa, arson and
sniping were prevalent as Arab
terrorists continued their insane
drive, setting fire to four Jewish
buildings and killing an Arab not
able and an Arab constable.
Orleans,
treasun i
The d
all-day s
more He
address
of New '
man of
Commit’,
session J
man of
1 >ons, national campaign
id Joseph C. Hyman ex-
< legates, meeting in an
ion at the Atlanta Bilt-
4el, listened to a stirring
by Rabbi Jonah B. Wise,
Tork City, national chair-
thc Joint Distribution
During the afternoon
nes G. McDonald, chair-
i resident Roosevelt’s ad-
mittee on political refu
ssed the assembly in a
telephone broadcast from New
York.
Isido
direct.
ector of the JDC ex-
'• campaign and quota
o the delegates declar-
r 5 million dollars will
oe neeo. for the work of the JDC
- ” r ' regional organization,
L Mr. Hirseh, will not
Vrt V- , n any way w Rh existing
Ww ; unds or organizations,
or, Vs- \ Uc h institutions exist,
■ ; ur Me is contemplated. Only
.. . ’ mities without welfare
urV‘" n 3 regional chairman
appointed.
Want ”’ Mr - Hl rs«h said,
h. V.w line to decentralize
uj.' ' That means, that
WorLi N,ew York supervision
UTS!?* zones > subdivided in-
mnn jf, onal .districts and com-
» vie s he created with
main „ i t0 * rea,ize the three
These P ' ,lnts °f our program.
fun ds are: first ’ *° ffain
explain r the JDC; seeo*^' to
to infr ° ur needs ^ third,
worm everyone what has
done with the funds,
add. ..JHah* objective,” he
° Wever ts to redace
ible thr Ures M mu ch as poss-
uid n^? U?h more street and
Personal efforts.”
e< >ntinued on Page 8)
Palestine Workers
Theatre Group to A. * •
Jerusalem (WNS-Palcor Agen
cy)—After consulting with Dr.
Solomon Goldman,
the Zionist Organization of ^eri
ca, regarding Palestine s partici-
paton at the World’s Far in
York and ascertaining that the
Fair would be held for two years,
the Jewish Agency Executive de
cided it was learned, that boui
Habimah and Ohel,
Theatre Group, would be *ntjo
the United States. The Jewisn
Agency plans to arrange tor the
Habimah to visit dur ^f
1939, the first year of the raff,
and to provide for a tourof Ohel
In the United States m lMfi.
4,000 CHILDREN
REGISTER FOR
PALESTINE
New York, N. Y.—Continued re
strictions in Austria have caused
nearly 4000 Jewish children to
register for transfer to Palestine
within the last two months Ha-
dassah. the Women’s Zionist or
ganization of America has learned.
A cable from Berlin stated that
113 children from Germany, Po
land and Austria are now en
route to Palestine in six groups
under the auspices of the Youth
Aliyah (immigration) movement.
More than 31000 boys and girls
between, the ages of 15 and 17
have been brought, so far, from
Central Europe and sent to 35
agricultural settlements and three
trade centers in the Holy Land.
The children are given a two year
course in agriculture and other vo
cations and placed in their own
or already existing groups in Pal
estine. More than 1400 young
people have already been gradu
ated, and of these 75% have chos
en to remain on the soil as farmers
in Palestine.
At the 24th annual convention
of Hadassah in St. Louis, at the
Hotel Jefferson from Oct. 31 to
Nov. 3. The naming and planting
of a new forest in Palestine in
honor of Eddie Cantor, the actor
will be announced. Cantor raised
$39 275 this year in the United
States for the Youth Aliyah move-
men tand $500,000 during a recent
trip to Great Britain. A settlement
of young refugees, near Hedera,
Palestine has been named Kvut-
zat (cooperative) Aryeh, for Mr.
Cantor. The name is a Hebrew
equivalent of the actor s.
Sew York, N. Y.—A two-year
ban on new students at Hebrew
teachers training schools was de
manded in resolutions adopted at
the first convention of Hebrew
teachers’ union, at which a per
manent National Federation of
Hebrew Teachers Unions wae or
ganized.
during the past two months tiiant
has boon provided by the rest of
the world Jewry combined.
Distressing Conditions
In Concentration Catnp
Jerusalem, Palestine—.Tews are
greatly distressed over conditions
existing in the Acre concentration
camp where between 60 and 70
Jews in a camp predominantly oc
cupied and attended by Arabs, are
constantly threatened by prisoners
and warders—only 6 among the
50 warders being Jewish—and in
constant fear for their lives since
the town of Acre is terrorized by
Arab bands.
Jerusalem, Palestine—Palestine
Jewry has contributed during the
past two months the sum of $250,-
000 to the Kofer Hayishuv, the
campaign for self-defense funds,
It has been reported. The direc
tors of the drive emphasized that
five times as much would be re
quired during the coming six
months. The Jewish community
of Palestine has contributed more
for emergency and defense needs
1,000 Men To Work
On Palestinian Border
Jerusalem, Palestine—A con
tract involving the expenditure of
over $400,000 and employment of
1,000 Jews for at least five months
was secured by the Solel Boneh,
contracting Bureau of the Hista-
druth (Jewish Federation of La
bor), from the Palestine Govern
ment for the construction of army
huts and stables In 26 places from
the northern frontier of Palestine
to Hebron. One Arab contractor
had tendered a bid; and when he
saw the list of places at which his
men would have to work, he with
drew his offer.
Wealthy Danzig Family
Leaves European Threat
New York, N. Y.—Taking no
chances on the confiscation of
their property in the event that
Hitler takes over Danzig, the fam
ily of Henrich Anker, wealthy
Danzig Jew, has arrived in New
York with a $100,000 letter of
credit, bound for California where
they hope to buy a farm near Los
i Atlanta journal pnoto)
. . . Three Wise Men
What looks almost like a family gathering took place at last
Sunday’s meeting of the southern delegates to the American
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee meeting, when Harry Wise,
Jr. and Harry Wise, Sr., both of Chattanooga, Tenn., met Rabbi
Jonah B. Wise, of New York, a brother of Harry Wise, Sr. Rabbi
Jonah B. Wise’s stirring speech was one of the highlights of the
session which was the first of its kind to be held in the South. Aid
to oppresed Jewry abroad was the main topic of the deliberations.
Terrorism In Palestine
Keeps British Fighting
ts!obtlotted
1915
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