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Established 1925 The Southern We VOL. XXI—No. 12 ATLANTA, G on "80 suax^av «8*<* 0 *o Hundreds Join In Rebuilding Ruined Village Palestine Jews Defy British Armored Troops JERUSALEM. — Hundreds of Jews from nearby villages defied British troop and police guards and poured into the tiny settle ment of Birya, in Upper Galilee, to rebuild tents, huts and a stockade demolished by British tanks after the forcible removal of 250 persons who tried to re establish the abandoned village. A field kitchen has been erected to fG^pthe volunteers. Meanwhile, tension still pre vails throughout Jewish Pales- I tine as a result of the British ; action. A brief general strike was called in Haifa and else where in protest against the vir- j tual storming of the settlement j by British armored troops, March i 14. after about 3,000 men and j women, including service men, started to rebuild the village.! Birya was abandoned March 1 1 after the arrest of 25 Jewish set- | tiers, its entire populace, on! charges of having participated! in an attach against a neighbor ing Arab Legion camp. According to latest reports, | most British troops have with drawn from the area. Earlier they had forced 250 settlers into trucks and moved them to near by Tiberias where they were released. A cordon of British troops and police remained around the area for several hours. The Jerusalem radio stated at tempts to rebuild Birya had no relation with the dispute over nearby land which had been awarded to Arabs in a suit against the PICA (Palestine Jewish Colonization Association). Arexafl * New Youth Director Named For Southeastern Region Ralph McGill Will Joint B'nai B'rith Address Meeting Mamie K. Taylor, Woman Of The Year, To Be Honored Dothan Rabbi Named To New Position On West Coast Megilos Sent To DP's Overseas NEW YORK — (Special i — Jewish D. P camps throughout Germany, Austria and Italy have been supplied with ritual Megilos for-the Purim festival by the Refugee-Immigration Division of the Agudath Israel Youth Coun cil of America. DOTHAN, Ala.—Rabbi Alfred Wolf of Congregation Emanu-El here has been appointed region al director for the new West coast office of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and plans to leave his present position about July 1. The Rabbi's new position with the Union will Include supervi sion over California, Oregon and Washington. He will maintain an office in Los Angeles. In addition to being thd’ re ligious leader of the congrega tion in Dothan, Rabbi Wolf also was director of the Union in the Southeastern region. On the West coast he will devote full time to Union affairs. The Rabbi announced the Un ion will continue the regional office in Dothan with the Rabbi of the Congregation Emanu-El serving as director. A new Rabbi will be appointed jointly by the Union and the Congregation. Ralph McGill, executive editor of the Atlanta Constitution, will address a joint meeting of Gate City lodge, B'nai B'rith, and the I B’nai B’rith Women of Atlanta, I 1 Monday evening, April 1, at the ! Progressive club. Mr. McGill recently returned from a six weeks tour of Ger many, Egypt, Palestine, Italy, and Greece, and will speak on “My Observations Of The Near | East.” The trip was undertaken | for the specific purpose of | studying problems of displaced persons in relation to Palestine. It was Mr. McGill’s second trip to Europe in a year. He spent four months during the early part of 1945 touring the friendly capitals of the world for the American Society of Newspatpcr Editors. Mrs. Mamie K. Taylor, super visor of the home service depart ment of the Georgia Power co., (Continued on Page Seven Aid From Exiles NEW YORK (JPS)—The Span ish Government in Exile, in a manifesto issued here, promised that if restored as a recognized Government of Spain, it will sup port the claim of the Jews to a homeland in Palestine, Fellowships Offered In Vocational Work Quotas Alloted In UJA Drive During Five-State Conference Ralph McGill Decries Political Issue In Palestine Power politics between England and Russia was called the crucial problem in Arab-Jewish relations in Palestine rather than any differences of opinion between the two semetic peoples, Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, told a five-state gathering here earlier this week. The meeting had been called to spur the Untied Jewish Appeal for $100,000,000 for refugees, overseas needs and Palestine. More than 200 delegates from Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi at tended. quota was set at $400,000; Savan nah, $200,000 Augusta, $75,000; Columbus, $50,000; Macon, $35,- 000; Rome, $15,000 and Bruns wick, $12,500. McGill said Arab agitators were responsible for disturbances McGill took the place of Sena tor Alben Barkley who wa3 scheduled as the featured speak er. The senator could not attend because of the illness of his wife. Samuel Rothberg of Atlanta pledged the undivided support of the southeast to the campaign. Quotas were assigned to the cities and states. Atlanta’s Gifts WASHINGTON—One of the most heartwarming moments at the recent national Initial Gifts meeting here occurred when Maurice Feder, 13-year- old son of Joseph Feder, of Passaic, N. J., rose to his feet following Mrs. David M. Levy’s moving report of the plight of the Jewish child survivors in Europe, . “Maurice is my name, and on behalf of my brother and sister and in behalf of all the children Mrs. Levy spoke about, I would like to give §2,500.” in Palestine, hut that these agitators rarerly belonged to the community in which they were found. The editor had visited (Continued on Page Six). WASHINGTON, D. C.-The B’nai B’rith Vocational Service bureau will again offer two fel lowships of $500 each for gradu ate work in vocational guidance, Leon J. Obermayer, shairman of the B’nai B’rith Vocational Serv ice commission announced. The fellowships will be given to col lege seniors or graduates inter ested in and fualified for ulti mate service in Jewish economic adjustment agencies. Preference will be given to ap plicants who have undertaken undergraduate study in sociol ogy, economics, psychology or education. Consideration will be given to scholastic achievement, extra classroom and other avocational activities (particularly group ac tivities), industrial or other work experience, maturity, character, personality, and interest in vo cational guidance as a career. Applications must be submit ted on or before May 31, to the B’nai B’rith Vocational Service bureau, 1746 M street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Nathan Named To High Court ALBANY, N. Y. — Edgar J. Nathan Jr., former Borough President of Manhattan, has been appointed by Governor Dewey to an interim term in the State Supreme Court to fill a vacancy caused by* the resigna tion of Justice William T. Collins. Mr. Nathan is a cousin of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Car- dozo. $ A« ‘ A B'nai B'rith Calls Rabbi Tzvi Porath, Former Chaplain Rabbi Tzvi Porath, of Cleve land, has been appointed direc tor of B’nai B’rith youth activi ties for Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Just released from the army after three-and-a-half years of service as chaplain, Rabbi Porath served overseas on a special tour of duty, ministering to all religious faiths, and was stationed for two years at the A. A. F. redistribution center in Atlantic City. Born in Jerusalem, Rabbi Porath came to this country when he was eight years old. He received his bachelor’s de gree at Western Reserve Univer sity in Cleveland and his master’s in social administration at the University of Pittsburgh. A graduate of the Jewish Theo- (Continued on Page Six) Dr. Wise Acts MRS. TAYLOR To Cut Tax Aid Savannah Women Sponsor Rubinoff ...And His Violin SAVANNAH, Ga. — Rubinoff and his violin will be the fea tured attraction during a con cert of popular and light classi cal music here when the wom en’s club of the the Alliance will sponsor two performances Wed nesday in the municipal audi torium. The first performances will be held for children at 3:30 p. m. The adult program is scheduled for 8:30 p. m. Rubinoff, who rose to fame and fortune as a violinist and butt of Commedlan Eddie Can ton’s radio jokes, also will play at the Savannah High school and at several junior high schools on the preceding day. Plans are being considered for an appearance at the Marine hospital. From University NEW YORK.—An application to cancel the tax exemption of Columbia University as a non- sectarian educational institution was filed with the New York City Tax Commission by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, President of the Amer- ican-Jewish Congress, on ground that the university, which claims to be non-sectarian, selects stu dents “for the avowed pur pose of serving racial and reli gious prejudice.” That Columbia University practices discrimination has been proven by a thorough sta tistical study of its admission practices over a 20-year period made by the American-Jewish Congress, Dr. Wise stated. Meanwhile, two bills calling for an end ofj^x exemption for non -sec ta rian .colleges* practicing discrimination were shelved by the State Senate after a motion for action on- one of the bills was voted doym 28 to 17. Shelved bills'were submitted by Senator Friedman (D., Bklyn.) and Senator Mahoney (R., Buf falo), Commission Makes Progress In Restoration Of Treasures NEW YORK—The world-wide movement to restore treasures looted from the Jewish people by the Nazis has reached its first important objective. More than three and one- tyalf million books and 5,000 rare manuscripts and old prints looted by the Nazis from 430 libraries, art collections and ar chives have been listed in a “tentative list of Jewish cul tural treasures In Axis-occu pied countries,” it was revealed this week by Dr. Salo W. Baron, professor of Jewish history and literature at Columbia univer sity. The catalog, covering 20 Eu ropean countries, was compiled as the result of 10 months’ work by a staff unde the auspices pf the commission on European Jewish cultural reconstruction of which Dr. Baron is chair man. more important collections of Jewish books and art pieces in non-Jewish institutions, some of which were robbed of their collections to enrich the “re search Institutes” which the Nazis established all over Eu rope to “document” their theo ries of racial supremacy. Armed with the catalog, the next step toward eventual res toration will be to locate the cultural treasures listed and Identify their rightful owners. Dr. Baron announced. The owners, however, are difficult to identify, and in many cases private owners are no longer alive, whole communities hav ing been annihilated, he added.