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Friday, July 11, 1947
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Pace Five
ZIONIST ECHOES
Now that the convention of the
Zionist Organization of America
is over, intensive Zionist activities
•will start in preparation for the
UN General Assembly in Septem
ber . . . Between now and the
meeting of the Assembly, where
the recommendations of the UN
inquiry committee on Palestine
will be acted upon, much \tfill have
to be done in Washington. . . . And
it is for this task that the new ad-
minis ration of the ZOA will be
mobilizing all its forces. ... As
had been expected, the “Silver-
Neumarih line” emerged victorious
at the convention. . . . American
Zionists have long been tired of
the nickname ‘‘Dollar Zionism"
sarcastically given to the world
Zionist movement to Zionist ac
tivities in the United States. . ..
The “Silver-Neumann line” for
the first time introduced a policy
of active political work, relegating
fund-raising activities to the back
ground. . . . And it is because of
this line that Zionist movement in
this country gained more prestige
in the Yishuv in recent months
than it had from the dollars Amer
ican Jewry has been sending to
Pales'ine. . . . One no longer hears
remarks concerning "Dollar Zion
ism," and the Zionist movement
in this country is taken very, very
ser ously as a political power
Th’« despite the fact that the ZOA
ccmeniion received no message
from President Truman.
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INSIDE INFORMATION
o the last minute there_was
no - ni-nity among the major
Jev - or anizations on the plan
go have Herbert Lehman testify
on their behalf before the House
Sub-Committee on Immigration
and Naturalization, which is Con
or ir - henrings on the Stratton
3111 *• --''a'ing the admission of
DP's to I s country. . . . Some of
the or'rni c lions were in doubt
as to whether such concentrated
Jewish testimony was necessary.
. . . However, it turned out that
Lehman's testimony created quite
an impression, primarily because
of the fact that he was in a posi
tion to state that he spoke virtual
ly lor all the Jews in the United
Us
By Boris Smolar
States. . . . The new organization,
“Americans for Hagan ah," which
formed in New York to secure
backing for the Haganah, is en
countering some difficulties. . . .
The Zionist Organization of Amer
ica wants to know about the fund
raising plans of the new group,
and whether it will affect the Unit
ed Jewish Appeal collections in
which the Zionists are partners.
. . . Here is some good news for
Jewis communities seeking trained
social workers, as wel las for
young Jewish men and women who
want to specialize in Jewish so
cial work. . . . The Training Bu
reau for Jewish Communal Serv
ice in New York will commence its
first course on July 14th. . . . The
students are all professionally en-
engaged in community service. , . .
The aim of the Bureau is to deepen
(heir understanding of Jewish af
fairs and to perfect their tech
niques.
OVER THERE
Believe it or not. but the surviv
ing Jews in Poland are living more
normally than those in any other
East European country. . . . This
is the good news brought to the
United States by Moses A. Leavitt,
executive vice-chairman of the
JDC, upon his return to a visit to
about a dozen European countries.
Leavitt found quite a change
in the Jewish position in Poland
s compared with that of a year
go. . . . There is no more fear of
pogroms, and a real revival of
| Jewish economic, cultural and
communal activities. ... No won
der the Polish Jews are no longer
fleeing to the American zone in
Germany. Those Jews who re
mained in Poland are far better
off today than those who fled to
the DP camps in Germany and
Austria. . . . Incidentally, here is
a note I received from Germany.
. . . Fifty-nine visas were issued
by the U. S. Consulate in Munich
to displaced Jews during May. . . .
350 visas were issued during the
same month to German women to
enable them to enter the U. S.
and marry former members of the
American occupation forces. . . ,
A very interesting bit'of informa
tion for those who talk big about
"humanity” and "denazification.”
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From where I sit... ly Joe Marsh
No "Smog" in Our Town
A lot of folks in our town had
been writing letters to the Clarion,
complaining about the “smog,” or
smoky fog, that sometimew blank
eted the neighborhood, and made
their eyes smart.
So we made an investigation and
published a list of the contributory
factors! The dump at the end of
Maple Street; the canning fac
tory; trash burned outside of home
incinerators; and others.
Right away folks started taking
action, voluntarily. Closed up the
dump, cleaned out their own incin
erators, got the factory to put in
new combustion units—till there’s
not a trace of “smog” now.
From where I sit, there’s an
other example of self-regulation.
In a way, it’s similar to the Brew
ers’ Self-Regulation program.
When they hear of a tavern that’s
causing dissatisfaction to the town,
in any way, they see it gets dis
ciplined or closed up. There's noth
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themselves—if you want action.
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ADVANCE TO DISTRICT FINALS
Levitas and Rosenfeld Win Debate
British Reject Plea
For Doomed Irgunisfs
LAKE SUCCESS (JTA) — The
British government has advised
UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie
that it could take no action on
the plea of UN inquiry committee
on behalf of the three Irgunists
sentenced to death for participa
tion in the Acre jail delivery.
In a note submitted to Mr. Lie
by Sir Alexander Cadogan, per
manent British representative at
the UN, the government pointed
out that if they are confirmed the
high commissioner may grant a
pardon. It stressed, however, that
“it is the invariable practice of
the. United Kingdom Government
not to interfere with the High
Commissioner’s discretion.”
The British communication add
ed that "His Majesty’s Govern
ment interprets this resolution
(tile General Assembly plea for a
truce! as applying to action calcu
lated to disturb the peace of Pal
estine. They -cannot admit its
relevance to the normal process of
the administration o f justice
there.”
B'nai B'rith Sends
Aid to Mid-West
Flood Victims
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Follow
ing in the wake of the second de
vastating flood in two weeks, the
National Headquarters of B'nai
B’rith here today rushed financial
aid to victims of the Otumwa.
Iowa region and prepared to fur
nish relief to other areas in the
mkl-west flood regions.
Aid came to the townspeople
of Otumwa as the Des Mbines riv
er inched toward their homes and
entire families were forced to
move to higher ground. The first
request for National B’nai B’rith
action came from the Otumwa,
Iowa Lodge, whose members had
been alerted for local assistance.
Together with aid from the Na
tional B’nai B’rith, units in Iowa
and neighboring states .also did
yeoman service when the flood
emergency struck.
Elliot H. Levitas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis J. Levitas, and Bobby
Rosenfeld, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Rosenfeld, this past week
talked their way into the District
5 AZA Debating championship.
The district finals were held in
Atlanta with representatives from
six southern states and the Dis
trict of Columbia participating.
Bobby and Elliott, representing
the Morris Lichtenstein Chapter
No. 518, defeated teams from At
lanta and Augusta in the Region
al tournament and then topped
debaters from Charleston, S. C.,
and Orlando, Fla., at the District
meet.
The two young debaters—Bob
by is only 15 and this was his first
attempt at debating and Elliott,
though a "veteran’’ in the speak
ing field, is but 16—will represent
this district in the National Tour
nament. At that time they will
compete against the outstanding
at a three day camp meeting in
Ulster County, N. Y. later this
summer. Elliott and Bobby are
the youngest debators ever to rep
resent District 5 in a National
Tournament, and probably the
youngest ever to represent any
district.
Both boys were students las*
year at Boys High School. Elliott
was Sports Editor of the Tatler,
and Bobby was a contributing re
porter. At present, Bobby is vice-
president of his chapter and El
liott, who was recently chosen the
best-all-round member is secre
tary.
This year's debate subject is,
Resolved: That there be estab
lished in America a Central Jew
ish Agency in which shall be rep
resented every Jewish organiza
tion and every Jew and which
shall democratically lead, coordi
nate and represent the Jewish
AZA debators from all over the Community on all matters of pub-
country. 'Hie finals will be held lie Jewish interest.
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