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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, September 11, 1942
One-half billion dollar* haa been spent by Axle on anti-rellgioue prop
aganda eo religious leaders, under whose auspices Mutual’s “Radio
Chapel” and "Minute of Prayer” are produced, convene to make
MBS religious programs a more effective fighting force for Victory.
L. to r.: Rev. John J. McClafferty of staff of Catholic Charities, who
assists Rt. Rev. Monslgnor Robert F, Keegan; Dr. Samel McCrea
Cavort, General Secretary of Federal Council of Churches; B. Palmer
Lewis, Seo’y, Christian 8clence Com. on Publications of N. Y. State,
and Dr. Israel Goldstein, Pres, of Synagogue Council of America.
FAITH IN VICTORY
(Continued from Page 1)
gauged the sentiment of the Amer
ican people when he declared in
his Rosh Hashanah message this
year, addressed to American Jew
ry that ‘the tragic turn of events
which has temporarily left many
peoples of the world suffering un
der the harsh domination of for
eign dictators hns stirred America
to the depths and hns strengthened
our resolution that there shall be
no compromise in the struggle
NEW * USED
RECLAIMED
FROM */%'• 10"
| against hate, intolerance and big
otry.”
''We Zionists have special cause
to be proud of the part which an
other freedom-loving community
is taking in the world struggle of
civilization versus barbarism. On
the threshold of the new year, the
j Palestine Yishuv, 584,000 strong,
I stands valiantly prepared to de
fend its national Homeland against
the fascist aggressor. With 14,000
men now in the Jewish military
units serving alonside the British
forces—may their numbers soon
be granted the opportunity to
multiply, as they would if per
mitted to do so—with 20,000 men
in the Home Guard, and with tens
of thousands of additional men
and women engaged in essential
I war production industries, the
| Palestine Yishuv may be relied
upon to play a decisive role in
repelling and defeating the enemy.
‘‘The advent of the new year
instills in us renewed faith in the
triumph of the cause of the United
Nations, coupled with the convic
tions that the freedoms we Amer
icans enjoy shall become the in
alienable rights of all men every
where, that with individual liberty
shall also come the liberation of
all opposed peoles, large and
small, and that the Jewish people
shall find permanent redemption
in the re-establishment of Pales
tine as a Jewish Commonwealth.”
They Serve Uncle Sam
(Continued from page five)
a wedding gown of “Australian"
green. Harry stole softly down the
aisle while the cameras ground.
“A year is a long time to wait,”
Rae said afterwards. But it was
quite a year.
* * *
SOLD HIMSELF:
The first soldier to receive a
special citation from Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morgenthau
is Private Lou Goldberg, stationed
at Fort MacArthur, Calif. Private
Goldberg’s distinguished service
did not take the form of a daring
attack on the enemy from an air-
U.J.A. Reports On Three
Years Of War Rescue
Reporting on the wartime rescue sustaining in small business
activities of its constituent agen- enterprises and
cies, the United Jewish Appeal for (5) aranged 5,450 placements in
Refugees, Overseas Needs and behalf of musicians, rabbis
Palestine announced recently that and physicians,
in the three years since the out- Declaring that the United Jgw-
break of World War II on Sep- ish Appeal agencies maintained
tember 1, 1939, American Jew's the lifelines of European Jewry
provided for overseas relief assis- throughout the present war, the
tance to nearly 1,000,000 persons National Chairmen emphasized
each year in allied and neutral that Hitler’s appetite for world
countries through the Joint Distri- ! conquest has not in any way di-
bution Committee, supported the j verted him from seeking the phys-
mobilization of the 584,000 Jews ■ ical annihilation of the Jewish
of Palestine for the defense of people. He cited as example the
democracy in the critical Middle mass arrest of 25,000 alien Jews
Eastern war theatre through the in France who have been destined
for deportation in cattle cars to the
East for forced labor in mines and
the large-scale Nazi massacres of
Jews reported by observers from
the Russian battlefront.
"To assure victory for the demo
cratic cause it is the responsibility
of Americans to sustain the hu
manitarian front in order that the
conquered peoples may survive to
help repair the shattered structure
of free civilization in Europe,”
they said. “In providing aid to the
plane, but he did something almost Jonah B. Wise, National Chairmen j victims of Hitlerism who are now
United Palestine Appeal, and fi
nanced the retraining and adjust
ment of refugees in the United
States to enable them to aid the
nation’s war effort through the
National Refugee Service. The re
port of the relief and reconstruc
tion work of the Joint Distribu
tion Committe, United Palestine
Appeal and National Refugee Ser
vice was made public (Tuesday,
Sept, 1) by William Rosenwald,
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver and Dr.
as important. He contributed a
series of cartoons on behalf of the
War Bonds drive in Fort MacAr-
thur’s official publication, “The
Alert.” The young cartoonist’s ef
forts were so persuasive that after
seeing a couple of his own sketches
in print, he went out and bought
some bonds himself.
* * *
INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
PRAYERS:
Not long ago, three sailors from
the San Juan, Porto, Rico, Naval
Air Station found themselves on a
ship which was bound on an im
portant and dangerous mission.
Each of the three, it developed,
was of a different faith. Right then
and there the Catholic, Protestant
and Jew (No names,” they were
promised), made a solemn vow
that if fate permitted them to
survive, they would offer up
prayers of gratitude in each man’s
respective place of worship.
Their mission, as it turned out,
was successful.
The Catholic and Protestant
of the United Jewish Appeal, the in allied and neutral countries the
nation-wide fund-raising agency Joint Distribution Committee is
for these three leading American contributing to the strengthening
rescue agencies. of the democratic forces. The work
The far-flung programs of the j of the United Palestine Appeal in
United Jewish Appeal agencies j the promotion of the defense and
extending to all corners of the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland
earth include the following: in Palestine has developed that
The Joint Distribution Commit- country into a strong bulwark for
toe made provision for: j the Allied forces in the Middle
(1) the emigration of 93,000 refu- East. In our own country the Na-
gees from Europe to havens tional Refugee Service has guided
in North and South America j loyal aliens into channels of in-
and Palestine. Transportation dustrial and scientific endeavor of
was financed by J. D. C. un
der licenses issued by U. S.
Treasury Dept-
(2) medical aid to 600,000 Polish-
Jewish refugees in desperate
circumstances in Asiatic Rus
sia;
service to the American war effort.
In this way the agencies of the
United Jewish Appeal are serving
humanity on three vital fronts of
democratic survival.
‘‘In the words of President
Roosevelt, ‘through the support
(3) relief for 60.000 refugee Jews [.which is extended to organizations
in unoccupied France under j such as the United Jewish Appeal,
increasingly difficult condit- can reinforce the humanitarian
ions; ■ ; front as a vital sector in our war
(4) assistance for the integration effort,
of refugees in 18 Latin Amer
ica countries where 123.000
are now settled;
boys returned to their posts and (5) and aid to persons in need in |
attended their church on the fol- | Switzerland, Sweden, Portu-
lowing Sunday. The Jewish boy,
however, found that there was no
Jewish place of worship in San
Juan for him to attend.
gal, Spain, North Africa and
other neutral countries.
The United Palestine Appeal
made possible:
The Jewish Welfare Board hadi(l) the immigration of more than
been aware of this need for some j 30.000 homeless Jews to Pal-
months and it just happened that, estine;
for the first time in the history of! (2) the establishment of 20 new
San Juan, regular weekly sendees I agricultural colonies in the
were instituted in the local Red Jewish homeland to provide
Cross recreational building that J f°r the newcomers;
very week. The first sen’iceman (3) the founding of 400 new fac
to show up at these services was j tories to promote Palestine’s
a young Jewish sailor who said ! war production program;
that he had some sort of tri-parti I (4) the purchase of 165.000 dun-
pack to keep, and wished to offer! ams of land (4 dunams to the
a prayer of gratitude on being j acre) to increase production
spared from shipwreck. The re- ! of food for the armies in the
quest was granted. j Middle East:
. * * * (5) the recruiting of Jewish sol-
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SOMETHING MEW HAS BEEN ADDED
Corporal Harry Newman, Army i
Air Corps, of the Bronx, N. Y.,
who was awarded the Order of |
the Purple Heart for meritorious
action when wounded at Pearl
Harbor, is in this country now, re-
diers for the British Army.
16,000 of whom are already
serving in the army and some
31,000 in the Home Guard and
similar auxiliary services.
The National Refugee Service:
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cuperating fibm his wounds at the i (1) extended financial assistance
i station hospital in Fort Bliss. Tex. to 31,800 who were in dire
|Corporal Newman was scheduled] need;
to appear on a nation-wide radio j (2) arranged for 17,000 job place-
Eyes Eumtned Scientifically
Oculist, Prescriptions Pilled
program over Station KROD last
week, at which time Brig. Gen.
James B. Crawford was going to
decorate him with the medal. Un
fortunately, the Corporal was
confined to his bed by the same
wounds he received in action last
December 7th.
ments;
(3) resettled 10,200 newcomers in
inland communities away
from ports of entry or war-
restricted areas;
(4) provided retraining for 1,900
persons and loans to 4,000 to
enable them to beaome self-
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