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By DAVID SCHWARTZ
I don't suppose any Congressman
will ever propose to make Tisha
B’Ab a national holiday. I sus- 1
pect if you queried the whole lot j
of American historians, if there j
is any reason why it should be de
clared an American holiday, not
one would volunteer any reason
for such a commemoration. Nev
ertheless, there is a very good rea
son why it should take its place
among the primary holidays of
America. It was on Tish B'Ab in
1492 that Columbus set sail from
Spain on the voyage in which j project were Jews and I cannot get
America was discovered.
Both orders were issued on April
30. 1492.
The last thing the 30.000 Jews
did before they left Spain was to
arrange for Columbus to undertake
this voyage of discovery. It is clear
that all the main backers of the
On October 12, America was dis
covered, but the voyage of Colum
bus began on Tish B'Ab, the same
day on which the Jews were ex
pelled from Spain.
Coliimbus makes mention of the
fact in the first paragraph of the
journal of his trip. On the same
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day in which the Jews w'ere forced
to quit the soil of Spain, he says,
he set out to discover a new world.
Columbus might have mentioned
the fact that the coincidence went
further, that the order for the ex
pulsion of the Jews from Spam was
also issued on the same day on
which the order came from the
Spanish court to Columbus to get
ready to undertake his voyage.
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ever the feeling that Columbus
himself was a Jew*. There are many
reasons to suspect this, but it
seems to me the one bit of clinch
ing evidence is the petition for the
removal of Columbus, from his
post as governor of the Indies
which resulted in his deportation
in chains back to Spain. There
it is plainly implied that the Span
iards object to being governed by a
"converso.”
Tisha B'Ab is a terribly sad day
in the Jewish calendar, yet Jewish
legend held that the Messiah
would make his appearance on
Tisha B'Ab. Perhaps the fact that
on this same day the expedition
to discover America set not. may be
construed as confirmation of this
prophecy.
What a terribly sad day Tisha
B Ab has been otherwise' It is
a three times sad day—the day
of the destruction of Jerusalem by
Titus, the day also of the final de
feat of the Jews in the Bar Koch-
ba uprising and the day of the
expulsion of the Jews from Spain.
Mostly we remember it for the
destruction of Jerusalem. We Jews
are not the only ones who remem
ber it. If you visit Pome today
you can see the Arch of Titus
erected by the Romans to memo
rialize the victory over the Jew’s.
It seems strange that the great
Reman Empire should glory over '
the defeat of such a small power j
as the Jews. It is a tribute to the |
terrific fight which the Jews put
up. It seems hard to believe that
the Jews could even think of bat
tling the mighty Romans, yet
Graetz remarks that the Jews al
most won, that but for conflicts
among themselves, added to the
treachery cf some Jews, they might
have defeated the Romans.
It is difficult if not impossible to
Jews were forced to fight with wild
beasts until they were killed and
thousands more sold into slavery.
Today a similar fight is taking
place in Palestine against another
Empire. We need not have any
doubts of Jewish heroism if we
remember the deeds of the Jews
at Masada. . Already the Jews of
the Lishuv have shown that they
are made of the same stem stuff. 1
There is danger that we may be
too heroic. We are a people who !
go in for David who slew giants.
Mostly, alas, it is the giants who
win.
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CHAS. N. WALK
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Vein ef Business integrity**
THE BLACK DAY
match the heroism of the Jews in
this resistance. No wonder that
the Roman historian, Tacitus,
speaks of the Jews as being “con
temptuous of life.” I think he is
all wrong there. The Jews are the
people who are perhaps the least
contemptuous of life. It was be
cause they esteemed it so, they
could not bear the galling yoke of
Rome.
Titus had special coins struck
to commemorate the victory, erect-
WAIUNG WALL
ed the great Arch of Triumph and
brought hundreds of . the captives
to Rome to exhibit. Thousands of
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Bv BORIS SMOLAR
COMMUNAL AFFAIRS
I have been asked for details
concerning the Training Bureau
for Jewish Communal Service,
which opened this week in New
York. ... It is an outgrowth of
inter-agency studies and planning
covering a period of the past six
years . . . About 1.000 professional
workers from 234 agencies in 83
cities were involved in the process
I of a comprehensive survey con
ducted in 1942-43, as the first step
in exploring the possibilities of a
new training program for Jewish
social work . . .
It was established, through the
survey, that existing non-sectarian
schools of social work, supplement
ed by Intraining programs within
the Jewish field itself, were pro
viding preparation for practition
ers in case work, -asoup work and
other traditional social services.
. . . On the other hand, a definite
gap was found in training oppor
tunities for administrative work in
functional agencies and for newly
developing fields of Jewis commu
nal work. ... It was on the basis
of these findings that national
Jewish organizations met and
agreed on the necessity of estab
lishing the Training Bureau for
Jewish Communal Service. . . .
The Bureau is governed by an in
terim committee in which eight
major Jewish national agencies
are represented. . . .
A permanent board will be or
ganized at the end of the year. . . .
The bureau will not grant degrees,
but expects that arrangements
will be made for transfer oT credit
to Jewish theological seminaries,
teachers’ institutions and profes
sional schools. . . . Hie Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds assumed the responsibility
for planning and initiating the
bureau. ... It has also helped to
work out a division of financial
responsibility among various agen
cies and local communities for the
carrying out of the bureau's pro
gram. . . . The program provides
for a course of 14 months of full
time work for each student. .
These are to include 3 months of
classroom and seminar work in
New York City for orientation pur
poses 8 months of supervised field
work in Jewish local and national
agencies; and 3 months of class
room and seminar work represent
ing an integration of the orien
tation and field work experiences.
. . . Eleven national organizations
and a number of local communi
ties have been negotiating on the
possibility of offering field work
opoo-tunities. . . .
FROZEN!
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and no lender will
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on the title.
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State *4 tfanqta
' Statement (Zuvtent (fatcUtiAK
JUNE 30, 1947
Cash in Slot* Treosury . . $44,555,555.91
C«h in bond* of State Department* 27,225,134.70
Cash do* from U. S. Government on Reimbursement* 3,150,500.41
Total Cosh A .sets >74,931,191.03
^ia&dUUe
CURRENT
Accounts Payable J 3,105,534.32
RESERVES v
For Commitments Outstanding I... $ 2,762,541.50
For Board of Regents Bond Funds for Construction . . . * 4,140,500.00
For Sinking Fund to retire State Bonds and County Certificates ....... 1,340,801.98
(See opposite page)
*For Highway Contracts to Mature 10,614,292.60
For Matching Federal Road Funds accrued to June 30, 1947 14,731,909.59
For Land Title Guarantee Fund 5,709.52
For Federal Funds on hand 1,518,526.19
For Agency Funds on hand 4,619,847.40
For Teacher Retirement Trust Fund 6,921,341.87
For Unearned Income 16,246.00
For Revolving Fund of Agencies payable 10th July ........... 6,201,676.98 ,
For Maintaining Aid to Common Schools 3,843,318.35
For Memorandum Operating Allotments 9,057,013.13
For Income Equalization Reserve 902,566.55
Total Reserves $66,676.291.65*’
Totol Accounts Payable and Reserves .....'
SwtfduA
SURPLUS: (Cosh over Accounts Payobl# and Reserves Applied on fixed debt, page 3) ....
$69,781,825.98
$ 5,149,365.05
(*) Highway Department Contracts to Mature
Totol Contracts • • • •
less:
Regulor Federal Fund Participation
Net State Obligation for Contracts to Mature
Acthro
Suspended
Total
$19,398,386.57 $ 481,380.79 $19,879,767.36
9,241,955.74 23,519.02 9,265,47476
$10,156,430.83 $ 457,861.77 $10,614,292.60
0 ?utu%e TKatuxinq *Dtit 'PaacUah erf State and /tyeneiee
OBLIGATIONS—State Authorixed
Highway Obligations to Mature
General State Bonds of 1838
Highway Refunding Bonds of 1939
County Refunding Certif. ef 1931 .....
W A A Ren to! Discount ef 1981 end 1918 . .
Hospital Authortty Bonds ef 1939 .....
Tattnall Prison Dabt ...........
Total .............
le» Cosh:
Accumuloted Operating Deficit
Accumulated Operating Surplus v . . . .
Highwoy Contract Reserve
Sinking Fund Reserves
Totol
Net Obligations—State of Georgia
Net General State Surplus
(*Net cash deficit.)
OBLIGATIONS—Regents Authorized
Georgia School of Technology Dormitory
Revenue Bonds issued May 1, 1946 ....
Total Regents authorixed Obligations
Less Cash:
Sinking Fund Reserves
Net Obligations—Regents Authorixed . . . . ,
Net Obligations—State and Agencies
Net General Surplus—State and Agencies . . .
Dec. 31. 1940 Dm. 31, 1942 Dec. 31,1946 June 30,1947
$ 8,386,214.61
$10,733,955.34
$14,088,985.60
$10,614,292.60
(1)
3,320,022.17
3,203,202.17
97,500.00
93,500.00
(2)
5,300,000.00
7,950,000.00
5,325.000.00
2,680,000.00
(*>
13,333,954.73
8,000,472.87
0
0
4,860,000.00
3,780,000.00
1,06,000 00
|
i
8
<*
2,390.00000
2,294,000.00
0
0
1,051,088.27
0
0
0
$38,641,279.71
$35,961,630.38
$21,147,485.60
$14,754,792.80
(-j!6,723,906.31
0
0
7,619,494.57
1,002,260.31
5,149,365.05
0
0
14,088,985.60
10,614,292.60
2,195,040.00
2,546,720.00
7,058,500.00
4,140,500.00
(*)$14,528,866.31
$10,166,214.57
$22,149,745.91
$19,904,157.65
$53,170,146.09
$25,795,415.81
$ 1,002,260.31
$ 5,149,365.05
$ 3,750,000.00
$ 3,750,000.00
(1)
$ 3,750,000.00
$ 3,750,000.00
.00
.00
$ 3,750,000.00
$ 3,750,000.00
$53,170,146.09 $25,795,415.81 $ 2,747,739.69
$ 1,399,365.05
(1) —"Highway Obligotions"-The omount of Stote Funds required to complete all contracts outstanding and thore is a cosh reservo
to liquidate this item which is payable as work progresses.
(2) —All "General Stote Bonds" outstanding ore post due, but have not been presented for redemption. Cosh reserve of $93,500.00
is held in Stote Treasury to liquidate this obligation.
(3>7—Of the "Highway Refunding Bonds" outstanding $30,000.00 in bonds are past due but have not been presented for redemp-
tion, and $2,650,000.00 in bonds to mature March 15. 1948. Cash Sinking Fund is held in the State Treasury to liquidate this obli-
gation In fv!l. ^
(4) —Of the W i A Rental Discount" warrants outstanding $17,000.00 in warrants or# past due but have not been presented for
redemption, the remaining $1,350,000.00 mature $45,000.00 on the first doy of month beginning July 1, 1947, and for each
month thereafter through December 1, 1949. Cash Sinking Fund is held in the Stote Treasury to liquidate this obligation in full.
(5) -' Obligations—Regents Authorized." PoyaWe from dormitory rentals, maturing in port on each May I, 1949 through 1978.
Th * Regents by exercising the power* of a corporate entity issued the Dormitory Revenue Bands for the benefit of th# Georgia
. 00 of Technology. There is no specific oct of the Genero! Assembly authorizing the issuance of these bonds, nor was the action sub-
!«ct to the approval of the Governor, Attorney Generol or the Budget Bureau of Georgia. See Auditor's notes in financial report
of Sept. 30, 1946, for opinion of Attorney General as to the legal status of this obligation. Ruling was that this item was not an
obligation of the Stote that it could not be retired from tax or appropriated funds, being an obligation of and payable only from
the earnings of the dormitory. '
1Rtcei^U
Comparison
Current
Year Ended
Year Ended
Year Ended
Year Ended
Year Ended
Year Ending
June 30,1942
June 30, 1943
June 30,1944
June 30,1945
June 30,19 /S
June 30, 1947
Cash Receipts in Slate Treasury
(See page 6 for detail)
. $58,893,568.09 $58,183,496.83 $61,772,210.04
rfUAtmenU
$63,193,875.80
S81,021,500.55
$93,663,506.78
Current Operating Allotments
. $41,017,766.25
$44,039,844.53
$46,421,667.47
$53,374,816.38
$78,971,693.63
$88,946,270.18
Debt Retirement Allotments
. 8,321,890.93
15,784,968.34
10,514,482.61
5,110,000.00
4,223,791.01
525,000.00
Memorandum Allotments for Increased Aid . .
.00
, oo
4,348,000.00
4,549,332.79
(-)2,173,984.09
6,176,982.78
Total Allotments V .
(See page 7 for detail)
. $49,339,657.18
$59,824,812.87
$61,284,150.08
$63,034,149.17
$81,021,500.55
$95,648,252.96
Excess of Receipts Over Allotments
. $ 9,553,910.91
.00
$ 488,059.96
$ 159,726.63
.00
$ 3,015,253.82
Excess of Allotments Over Receipts
.00
$ 1,641,316.04
.00
.00
.00
.00
$58,893,568.09
$58,183,496.83
$61,772,210.04
$63,193,875.80
$81,021,500.55
$98,663,506.7£
Thi* statement of Georgia's financial condition is published and paid for by the Executive Department as a matter of public Informa-
tlon. It shows the balance sheet of our state aa prepared by the State Auditor and released as hie official report on July 12, 1947. This
publication does not Include the portion of the report showing detail ef receipts and allotments to agencies. A copy of the full report Is
public information and available in the office ef the State Auditor.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor