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A Weekly Newspaper tor Southern 4
Established I 925
VOL. XXII
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 19
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GENERAL LIBRARY
JUL 2 1947
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NO. 26
UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT
UN Inquirers Plea for Three Lives
'Largest ond Most Comple
By GEROLD FRANK
Special JTA Correspondent
JERUSALEM. <JTA> — The
United Nations Special Commit
tee on Palestine this week re
solved to cable UN Secretary-Gen
eral Trygve Lie to call to the Brit
ish Government’s attention a plea
for commutation of the death sen
tences imposed by a Efritish mili
tary court on three Jewish youths
last week.
The members of the committee
devoted several sessions in a
lengthy discussion of a letter from
the youths’ relatives pleading for
their intervention with the Pales
tine Government. Obviously realiz
ing the delicacy of their position,
both in relation to the people of
Palestine and the member states
of the UN, the members of UNS
COP adop.ed the following reso
lution:
"In view of the fact that the
majority of the committee has ex
pressed concern as to the possible
unfavorable repercussions that
execution of three death sentences
pronounced by a military court
in Jerusalem on June 16. the day
the committee held its first meet
ing in Jerusalem, might have upon
fulfillment of the ask of the Gen
eral Assembly entrusted to the
committee, and considering the
opinion of such members as to the
scope of the resolifclon on the
Palestine question adopted May
16, 1947, by the General Assem
bly. the committee rebolves that
chairman communicate to the Sec
retary-General a copy of this res
olution and of the letter received
from relatives of the condemned
persons for transmission to the
Mandatory Power.”
Earlier the committee visited a
number of Arab communities in-»
eluding Gaza, Beersheba and He
bron where Arab officials refused
to welcome them officially. Arab
mayors in the three towns met the
committee members in their pri
vate capacities and conducted
them on sight-seeing tours of
schools and mosques. The com
mittee also visited the Palestine
Potash Company plant and Jew
ish communities on the Dead Sea.
PALESTINE GOVERNMENT
REBUKES UNSCOP
JERUSALEM (JTA). — Chief
Secretary Sir Henry L. Gurney
of the Palestine Government de
livered a public rebuke to the
United Nations Special Commit
tee on Palestine, without waiting
for receipt of the resolution
adopted by UNSCOP.
In a letter to the commission’s
secretary. Gurney said that since
the death sentences of the three
Jewish youths have not yet been
confirmed, and since without
confirmation they have no legal
effect, “the matter is therefore
sub judice and In these circum
stances it is necessary to avoid
public comment.”
AGENCY TO SEEK
ALL OF PALESTINE
.JERUSALEM (JTA > .— The Jew
ish Agency, at its next appearance
before the United Nations Special
Committee on Palestine, will de
mand the whole of Palestine as a
Jewish state, but at the same time
will inform the committee that it
is still prepared to compromise on
a proposal for the establishment
of a "viable state in an adequate
part of Palestine.” The decision
was arrived at late last week at a
full meeting of the executive.
District 5 Alephs To Gather in Atlanta
The largest and most complete
convention ever held by AZA in
District 5 will take place in At
lanta, June 30, July 1, 2. and 3.
Members of B’nai B’rith youth
organizations will travel from the
states of Virginia. North Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, South Carolina,
Maryland and the District of Co
lumbia, to enjoy the festivities be
ing planned in Atlanta.
An expected attendance of over
400 includes 150 out-of-town AZA
boys and about 50 out-of-town
BBG girls are coming mostly from
cities in Georgia and South Caro
lina.
During the convention the most
important activities will be the
official tournament contests of
oratory, basketball and debate for
the winners of the regional con
ventions. In addition there has
been planned an elimination tour-
What Is A. Z. A.?
By LEON SALZMAN
Convention Publicity Chairman
Aleph Zadik Alepli is an international junior order of ll’nai
B’rith. Among the junior organizations sponsored by B’nai B’rith,
A.Z.A. is a fraternal association for boys of high school age.
A.Z.A. was founded by Sam Beber in 1924. The first chapter
was organized in Omaha, Nebraska, and it still retains the name
"Mother Chapter No. I.” A.Z.A. has expanded from the original 24
boys until today over 500 chapters are active with 5000 alephs
carrying forth Sam Beber’s program.
A.Z.A. is not merely a social or athletic club, however it is a
fraternity with a “five fold and full" program. The five types of
activities over which A.Z.A. boys divide their time are: Community
Service, Athletic, Cultural, Religious and Social.
The five activities outlined above arc carried out the year
’round in programs outlined for each chapter by oommittecs set
up by the chapter. Each year the athletic, social and other pro
grams are brought to a climax at the various cities selected for
regional conventions. Winners from the various regional conven
tions participate in district conventions and go on to compete
against winners from other sections of the cqpntry until national
winners of the official contests of basketball, oratory and debate
have been determined. This plan instills a feeling of friendly
competition and spirit into the various chapters.
A.Z A. seems to have benefltted from the plans outlined for it
by Its founder and some of its succeeding leaders for today it is
one of the most active organizations of its kind in the country
educating its members, developing a competitive spirit and en
abling members to avail themselves of the advantages it offers.
JTA DSPATCHES
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From the Crossroads of the World
INFILTREES
VIENNA. — American military
authorities have released the 1,000
person capacity Rothschild Hospi
tal and four other buildings for
the use of 2,000 Rumanian-Jewish
refugees who have infiltrated into
Austria.
RESISTING MOVE
FRANKFURT.—The 3,500 occu
pants ol the large Zeilsheim camp
for displaced Jews have refused to
authorize their camp committee
to inspect several alternative sites
suggested to them by the U. S.
BLAMES DP'S
MUNICH.—Bavarian Minister of
Economics Dr. Rudolph Zorn has
blamed displaced persons for all of
Bavaria’s food problems, and de
scribed them as "insects in the
populace,” and the chief cause of
the black markets.
He threw in a few charges of
murder for good measure.
Retorted an official of the food
branch of the Military Govern
ment: "Zorn just doesn’t know
what he's talking about.”
RETU*
RELATIVE
BRL^^.. Brussels Civil
Tribunal, in a precedent-making
case, has ordered the return to her
relatives of a Jewish child who was
hidden by non-Jews during the
war.
ARGENTINE PROMISE
BUENOS AIRES.—Arthuro Ber-
tollo, new chief of federal police,
told a delegation of the DAIA, cen- i
tral Jewish body, that perpetra
tors of anti-Jewish acts would be!
dealt with severely in the future.
SWEDEN VS. PROPAGANDA
NEW YORK. — The Swedish |
Government has assured the
American Jewish Committee it will
make every attempt to halt the
flow of anti-Semitic propaganda
originating from that country.
This development following the
complaint of the Committee rep
resentative David Bernstein over
activities of Einar Aberg, Swedish
— —..... na.-i oeen mail
ing anti-Semitic literature to all
parts of the world.
On aid asked on
JEWISH WAR ORPHANS
NEW YORK.—The United Na
tions Commission on Human
Rights will be asked to legislate
the return to the Jewish commun
ity of an estimated 40.000 Jewish
children still in Christian foster
homes throughout Europe. In
France and Belgium such children
have been made wards of the state.
In Pole, ad and Hungary there are
no legal obstacles to the return of
the children but the foster parents
to a great extent refuse to surren
der them.
The worst situation prevails in
Holland where an interdenomina
tional committee asserts the chil
dren would be permitted to decide
for themselves whether they
wished to return to Judaism after
consultation with Jewish advisors.
CANADIAN RELATIVES
-hoin xi.i^riL.—’ine Senate Im
migration Committee has asked
t’ e Canadian Government to re
lax immigration laws to admit
relatives of Canadian citizens.
GENOr;
■'f'cVTFPPED
L.iiv.. outvtoo.—me U. N.
Committee on International Law
adjourned its first session last
week after refusing to act on a
convention outlawing genocide.
Replying to a query by the JTA,
most of the delegates expressed
confusion as to the fate of the
genocide.
THOSE RUSSIANS
LONDON.—Russian authorities
in Hungaxy stripped valuables
j from Jewish "infiltrees” entering
or leaving the country, it was
charged here at a meeting of the
Bachad Fellowship by Erica Lun-
zer who recently returned from
Hungary. She described the Ru-
man situation as chaotic as a re
sult of the third year of drought.
Medicaments particularly are lack
ing.
Punishment
. . . FOR CARTOONIST
MUNICH, (JTAi—The German
press reports that Philip Rup-
prechf? cartoonist for Julius
Stretcher's anti-Semitic news
paper Stuermer, has been sen
tenced to ten years at hard labor
by a denazification court in the
Bavarian town of Ebehsberg.
. . . FOR MURDERER
PARIS, (JTA)—Mjix Knipping,
Gestapo man who shot George
Mandel, former French Miniter
of the Interior, while he was be
ing transferred from one Nazi
prison Co another, was executed
last week. Mandel, the only Jew
ish member of the war-time
French Cabinet prior to the fall
of Paris, was considered by the
In the News
Nazis to be their "Enemy No. 1”
in Fiance.
. . . FOR "BLACK PANTHER"
ROME, (JTA)—Celeste de Por
to, 22-year-old Jewish girl
charged with betraying Jews to
the Gestapo In Italy, was this
week sentenced to twelve years
imprisonment. She is known here
as the “Black Panther.” *
The mild sentence has aroused
public opinion.
nament for softball with all Dis
trict 5 chapters eligible to parti
cipate. In addition to the regular
tournament awards, the conven
tion committee has provided spe
cial awards for the winners of
the various events.
June 29 will be concerned with
registration of alephs, housing
and procuring dates for the social
affairs.
All four days of the convention
will be occupied with basketball,
debate oratory, softball, swimming,
luncheons and business sessions.
The nights are devoted to socials.
On the evening of June 30 there
will be a sport dance at the May-
fair Club with Wannie Heston
playing for the occasion. The fol
lowing night there is a nite-club
affair planned. Witli the night
club atmosphere prevailing, food
will be served with music and
a floor show. The third night (July
2) boys and girls will attend a
swimming meet at the Progressive
Club. On the final night, as is
customary, a banquet and dance
will be held at which all awards
are given and recognition ten
dered to deserving individuals.
The last business meeting Is held
on July 3. The impqrtant part of
this meeting is the election of Dis
trict officers which Is actually an
honorary position but neverthe
less considered very highly.
Committees of the convention
will provide housing and dates for
any out-of-town delegates desir
ing them. Transportation will be
provided to the social and ath
letic affairs. The co-chairmen of
the convention and their commit
tees are:
Convention co-chairmen, Leon
Bernstein and Leon Eplan.
Athletic: Berney Kahn.
Cultural: Leon Spialter.
Dating: Alan Salzman.
Social: Leon Shulmeister.
Housing: Bobby Rosenfeld, El
liott Levitas and Sara Belle Edel-
stein.
Program Booklet: Richard Scld-
man.
Registration: Alvin Hurwitz’.
Publicity: Alan Salzman.
Transportation: Malcolm Minsk.
"TO AID RECONSTRUCTION, COMBAT COMMUNISM"
Jewish Speaker in Savannah Appeals for
More Christian Missionaries to China
SAVANNAH.—An appeal for
more Christian missionaries to
China was made recently by Jew
ish David Zysman, speaking be
fore the local Lions Club.
Mr.' Zysman established the
B’nai B’rith junior order of AZA
in China where he was a teacher.
His plea for more and more
America nmissionaries to China
he said he based on a need of
helping China overcome the seri
ous problem of rebuilding her
HEADS BB DISTRICT 5—
Louis Ileiman, Miami, was eect-
ed president of B’nai B’rith Dis
trict 5 at the group’s recent
four-day convention. Heiman
succeds Isaac Gradman, Ashe
ville, N. C., to the high B’nai
Brith oast.
NAMED ADVISOR on Jewish
Affairs in Europe—Judge Louis
E. Leviuthal, prominent Jewish
leader, from Philadelphia, has
been named Special War De
partment Advisor on Jewish Af
fairs to Lt. Gen. Lucuis D. Clay,
Commander-in-Chief European
CommajtuL.
kingdom in the face of grave ob
stacles. He named Communism as
one of the strongest forces facing
democratic China and the rest of
the democracies of the world.
"Poverty is the main reason for
the unrest in China, 80 per cent
of whose peculation is virtually
at the point of starvation during
both war and peace,” he asserted.
He pointed out the serious con
dition which exists in China to
day an# said, however, that Chris
tian missionaries have contributed
greatly toward the reconstruction
of that country which suffered
so terribly from the last war.
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS
PARLEY OPENS IN BUENOS
AIRES ON JUNE 28
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Tile
Latin-American conference of the
World Jewish Congress will open
in Buenos Aires on June 28, lt
was announced here. It was orig-
inaly scheduled to be held in Mon
tevideo.
The delegates wilj discuss vari
ous aspects of Jewish life in Latin
American countries, including
community problems, relief, im
migration and political revelop-
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