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The Southern Israelii
CtKEftAL LIBRARY
APR IT 1947
A Weekly Newspaper for Southerit
Established 1 9 2 5
VOL. XXII
Campaign Headquarters News
Atlanta s Million-$ Drive
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11,
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MVERSHY Of GEORGIA
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With Selection Of Leaders Complete, Welfare
Fund's '47 Campaign Organization Quickens
Its Pace For Community's 'Sacrificial Giving'
Pierce Designated
Canadian Minister
With completion of the slate of leaders, Atlanta’s million-
dollar 1947 Welfare Fund Drive is striding rapidly through
organizational stages towards its humanitarian goal of “sac
rificial giving.” Highlights of recent new activities at cam
paign headquarters were:
Creation of a new post in the
set-np, that of coordinator of
advanced gifts, with David
Slann accepting appointment.
Promotion of solicitation
along the lines of trade and in
dustry.
Formation of a Speakers*
Bureau under chairmanship of
Sam Eplan.
Perfection of a training pro
gram for campaign workers.
The complete list of leaders
follows:
General Co-Chairmen, Meyer
Balser, Abe Goldstein and Law
rence Pox.
Heading the Men's Advance
Gifts Committee, in addition to
Co-Chairman Pox are Frank Gar-
son, J. B. Jacobs and Donald
Oberdorfer.
Serving with them, in addition
to the general co-chairmen, are
I. M. Weinstein. A. B. Weinberg,
Clarence Elsas. Harold E. Montag,
Thomas Makover. Ben J Massell,
Samuel Rothberg, David Slann,
Herbert Elsas, Oscar Strauss, Jr.,
Joe Asher, Joe Guzy, Leo Tanan-
baum, Louis Montag. Jack Stein,
Mandle Zaban and Armand May-
In his post as coordinator, Mr.
Slann will see that every card is
filled out properly, signed and
returned either to workers or to
campaign headquarters. Mr., Slann
stated he accepted this additional
assignment because of the im-
porance of getting persons in this
group of advanced givers to make
their contributions on a “sacri
ficial basis” so that the goal of
$1,000,000 which the community
has accepted can be realized.
Men's Division
Isadore Heiman, L. A. Rosen
berg. Abe Schwartz and Philip
Shulhafer are sharing the co-
chairmanship of the Men's Di
vision.
A second Advanced Group has
been organized by the general
co-chairmen of the Men’s Divis
ion. It. this group, besides the co-
chairmen, are Julius Goldstein,
Sam Eplan, Thomas Makover, I.
M. Weinstein, Bernard Martin,
Sol P. Benamy, Barney Medintz,
Dave Slann, Joe Pintchuck, Pin-
cus Koplin and Mandle Zaban.
Women's Division
Mrs. J. Abelson and Mrs. Don
ald Oberdorfer are general co-
chaimen of the Women's Divis
ion. with Mrs. J. M. Rosenfeld
and Mrs. Simon Selig, Jr., as gen
eral vice-chairman
The vice-chairman will mobi
lize the women for general cam
paign solicitation.
The Woman’s Advanced Gifts
Group has been formed under the
able campaign leadership of Mrs.
Clarence Elsas, Mrs. Leon Froh-
sin, Mrs. Frank Garson. Mrs. Har
old Montag, Mrs. S. J. Steinbaeh
and Mrs. I. M Weinstein.
Addition of this group has al
ready set in motion machinery
which has already produced re
sults in increases as well as in
holding to a minimum of 1945
giving.
The Women’s Special Gifts
Group has accepted the respon
sibility of mobilizing women’s giv
ing so as to raise the level of
giving and bring them into
higher brackets. On this group
are Mrs. Joe Benamy, Mrs. George
Chait. Mrs. J. V, Freltag, Mrs.
Abe Goldstein, Mrs Herman Hey-
man and Mrs. Philip Shulhafer.
Youth Division
A number of recent meetings
have been held to perfect the or-
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OTTAWA.— (JTA) — Sydney
Pierce of Montreal who was ap
pointed Canadian Ambassador to
Mexico last week is the first Jew
to hold an important diplomatic
post in the dominion’s history.
Until his appointment, Pierce
was chief of the Economic Divis
ion of the Department of Exter
nal Affairs. He held a number
of important governmental po
sitions during the war and wv
lecturer at Dalhousie University.
His father, Asher Pierce, was a
prominent Zionist leader during
the early part of the century.
B'nai B'rith Planning
Convention Program
WASHINGTON. D. C. — Attor
ney General Tom Clark will be one
of the pricipal speakers at the
forthcoming triennial convention
of the B'nai B'rith here May 11-
14 at the Hotel Statler, Henry
Monsky, national president of the
nation's oldest and largest Jewish
service organization, announced
today.
The Supreme Lodge convention
will bring more than 400 delegates
to Washington—the largest num
ber in the 103 year history of the
B’nai B'rith. At the last triennial
convention, in 1944,| there were
slightly less than 200 delegates in
attendance
Attorney General Clark will ad
dress one of the major sessions of
the convention.
Passover Highlights
140 Public Seders In Poland
The sur-; Seders Was provided by the Join!
WARSAW. (JTA).
viving Jews in Poland
marked Distribution Committee. The last
Passover at about 150 public se
ders arranged in nearly 100 cities
and towns by the Jewish commun
ities and the Zionist organiza
tion. Since most Polish Jews are
without their families, who were
killed by the Nazis, public Sjedars
represented the only mearis of
obsemng Passover in the tra
ditional manner.
The food consumed at all the
transports of matzohs, which had
been frozen in Scandinavian har
bors, arrived in Gdynia harbor
jus before the Passover. The Polish
food ministry released white flour
to bakers in Lorz and cities in
lower Silesia, where supplies of
matzohs were low. Normally, bak
ers are forbidden to use whito
flour, the milling of which in
volves a loss of grain.
200,000 Pounds Of Passover Food In Italy
ROME, (JTA). — More than
200,oot) pounds of Passover food
was distributed by the JDC, pro
viding every Jew in Italy with
five pounds of Matzoh, 500 grams
of matzoh flour and 700 grams of
wine. Public services were held in
Rome, Milan, Sari and Florence,
and even Jews in jail were able to
celebrate the holiday through the
efforts of the voluntary agencies.
5,000 Attend Mass Seder In Cyprus Camp
EVADES NAZIS; LOSES
LIFE IN POLICE CLASH
ROME, (JTA)—A 22-year old
Italian Jew was killed here dur
ing a clash between Italian po
licemen and American soldiers.
The youth, Anselmo Efrati, was
fatally shot while trying to protect
a fellow Italian from an Ajnei'ican
soldier, identified as Manual Alon
so. who was threatening a group
of Italians with a pistol. Efrati,
who escaped from the Germans
three times, lost his entire family
when the Germans deported them.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Five-
thousand interned refugees ob
served Passover at a communal
Seder held in the open air on a
huge playing field, according to a
report reaching hex - e from Cyprus.
The Seder was opened by the
singing of Hatikvah, as the glar
ing light from huge reflectors il
luminated the dark field, which
was surrounded by barbed wire.
Speakers included Isaac en Zvi,
president of the Jewish National
Council and Mrs. Tamar de Sola
Pool, representing Hadassah. Mrs.
Pool announced that a children’s
village would be established in
Cyprus to educate and give agri
cultural training to the young
sters interned there.
The festivities, which were
heightened by the entertainment
provided by actors and actresses
who came here from Palestine for
the occasion, lased until 3 a.m.
Two special Seders were held
in the city’s Central Prison, one
for the seven Jews under death
sentences, the second for the
other Jewish prisoners.
Special Seders for Military Personnel Overseas
VIENNA, (JTA).—Special Se
ders were held here for American
and other Allied military person
nel A special kitchen and mess
hall were set aside for American
soldiers who preferred kosher food
for the services.
Ia all, about 200 American sol-
Formerly JTA, PM Correspondent
Bernstein To Talk To Joint B. B. Meeting ;■
the New York Times^tflgazin^,
A full schedule has been ar
ranged for Victor Bernstein,
famed foreign correspondent, dur
ing his visit to Atlanta next week.
Bernstein is the featured speaker
at the joint meeting of the Gate
City Lodge and B'nai B’rith
Women’s Atlanta Chapter to be
held at the Mayfair Club at 7
p.m. Monday, April 14.
Bernstein has had a distinguish
ed and colorful career as a news-
OTHER LECTURES
In addition to his address
before B'nai B’rith, Mr. Bern
stein is scheduled to lecture
at Emory and Atlanta Uni
versities and. to address a
meeting of group leaders of
the current Atlanta United
Jewish Appeal campaign.
paperman. Following a period of
some years as feature writer for
Leaders At The Georgia UJA Conference In Atlanta March 30
he covered Germany'and Austria
for the Jewish Telegraphic Agen
cy during 1938 and 1939, a deli-,
cate assignment that 'involved a
good measure of personal danger.
He was responsible for the first
stories of maltreatment of Jews
in Austria at the time of the
Nazi invasion of that country. He
has been associated with PM as
a feature writer from the very
first issue of that publication and
has also served in that capacity
with the Chicago Sun. Both pa
pers sent him to Europe as a
foreign news correspondent about
a year ago. In that capacity he
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Austria To Have
New Yiddish Paper
VIENNA.—(JTA) — The first
Yiddish newspaper to be publish
ed in Austria in nine years will
appear shortly .
The newspaper, a weekly, will
be'entitled “Die Yiddische Welt.”
Its publication follows the open
ing 1 ' of the first Jewish print shop,
equipped with Yiddish and He
brew type, 3ince 1938, when the
Nazis entered Austria. -
Rokach Petition For
Grurter Rejected
JERUSALEM— (JTA) —The
Palestine Supreme Court this
week rejected Tel Aviv Mayor Is
rael Rokach’s petition for an or
der to set t^slde the sentence con
demning Bov Gruner to death,
and refused to grant permission
for an appeal to the Privy Coun
cil in London. Rokach’s attorney,
however, announced that he plans
to appeal to the Councih
ON WAR-TIME QUOTAS
Congress Asked To Admit 400,000 DP's
Participating on the state
wide program in behalf of Geor
gia’s UJA activities were (left
to right) Mrs. I. M. Weinstein,
Atlanta, regional chairman of
the women’s division; Miss So
phie Spanjaard, survivor of the
Bergen - Belsen concentration
camp; William Rosenwald, New
York, national chairman and
honorary president, United Ser
vice for New Americans, and
Armand May, Atlanta, state
chairman.
WASHINGTON , (JTA) — Rep.
W. G. Stratton, Ill. Republican,
this week introduced into the
House a bill calling for the ad
mission into the United States of
a maximum of 400,000 displaced
persons over a period of four years,
from UNRRA camps in Germany,
Austria and Italy.
The bill “authorizes the United
States during an emergency period
j to undertake its fair share in the
-I resettlment of displaced persons
! in Germany, Austria and Italy, in-
i eluding relatives of citizens or
members of our armed forces by
permitting their admission into
the United States in a number
equivalent to a part of the total
quota numbers unused during the
war years.”
Titled the "Emergency Tempor
ary Displaced Persons Act,” the bill
provides that those applying for
permanent residence in the United
States must qualify under all U. S.
immigration laws. The rate of ad
mission under the proposed bill
would be limited to 100,000 an
nually for a four-year period.
Authority to prescribe the neces
sary regulations for administering
the bill would go to the Secretary
of State and the Attorney General.
The bill defines a displaced per
son as anyone in Germany, Italy,
and Austria who was forced from
his homeland by war and unable
or unwilling to return because of
persecution or his fear of persecu
tion on account of race, religion or
political opinions,”
Earl Harrison, chairman if the
Citizens Committee on Displaced
Persons, and Dean of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania Law School,
commenting on the bill, said that
when it “became law it will not
upset America’s immigration pol-
i icy. It is an emergency measure
I for an emergency condition. In ad
dition, he “decladed, “our nation
would be enriched by thousands
of willing workers and skilled in
many crafts and trades and in the
sciences.”
The bill was referred to the
House Judiciary Committee, which
is scheduled to call hearings in sev
eral weeks.
diers, 100 American civilians, and
another 100 British, French and
Russian Jewish personnel attended
the services. Many American sol
diers attended Seders in homes
of Austrian Jews.