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Friday, July 25, 1947
age Six
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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Credo of an American
A Statement by David E. Lilicnthal Before the Congressional
Committee on Atomic Energy
This I do carry in my head. I will do my best to make
it clear. My convictions are not so much concerned with
what I am against as what I am for; and that excludes a lot
of things automatically.
Traditionally, democracy has been an affirmative doc
trine rather than merely a negative one. I believe—and I
do so conceive the Constitution of the United States to rest
upon, as does religion—the fundamental proposition of the
integrity of the individual; and that all Government and all
private institutions must be designed to promote and to
protect and defend the integrity and the dignity of the
individual; and that is the essential meaning of the Consti
tution and the Bill of Rights, as it is essentially the meaning
of religion.
Importance of Men Supreme
Any form of government, therefore, and any other in
stitutions which make means rather than ends; which exalt
the State or any other institutions above the importance of
men, which place arbitrary power over men as a funda
mental tenet of government or any other institutions, are
contrary to that conception, and therefore I am deeply
opposed to them.
The communistic philosophy, as well as the communis
tic form of government, falls within this category, for their
fundamental tenet of communism is that the State is an end
in itself, and that therefore the powers which the State
exercises over the individual are without any ethical stan
dard teflimit them. That I deeply disbelieve.
It is very easy simply to say one is not a Communist.
And of course, if my record requires me to state that very
affirmatively, then it is a great disappointment to me. It
is very easy to talk about being against communism. It is
equally important to believe those things which provide a
satisfying and effective alternative. Democracy is that
satisfying affirmative alternative.
Its hope in the world is that it is an affirmative belief,
rather than being simply a belief against something else
and nothing more.
One of the tenets of democracy that grow out of this
central core of a belief that the individual comes first, that
all men are the children of God and their personalities are '
therefore sacred, carries with it a great belief in civil liber
ties and their protection, and a repugnance to anyone who
would steal from a human being that which is most precious
to him—his good name; either by impugning things to him
by innuendo or by insinuations.
And it is especially an unhappy circumstance that occa
sionally that is done in the name of democracy. This, I
think, can tear our country apart and destroy it if we carry
it further.
Democracy a Daily Need
I deeply believe in the capacity of democracy to sur
mount any trials that may lie ahead, provided only we
practice it in our daily lives. And among the things we
must practice is that, while we seek reverently to ferret
out the subversive and anti-democratic forces in the coun
try, we do not at the same time, by hysteria, by resort to
innuendo and smears, and other unfortunate tactics, be
smirch the very cause that we believe in, and cause a sep
aration among our people, cause one group and one in
dividual to hate another based on mere attacks, mere un
substantiated attacks upon their loyalty.
I want also to add that part of my conviction is based
on my training as an Anglo-American common lawyer.
It is the very basis and the great heritage of the English
people to this country, which we have maintained, that the
strictest rules of creditability of witnesses be maintained
and hearsay and gossip shall be excluded in courts of jus
tice. And that, too, is an essential of our democracy.
And, whether by administrative agencies acting arbi
trarily against business organizations, or whether by in
vestigating activities of the legislative branches, whenever
- those principles of the protection of an individual and his
good name against besmirchment by gossip, hearsay and
the statements of witnesses who are not subject to cross-
examination are not maintained, then, too, we have failed
in carrying forward our ideals in respect to democracy.
That I deeply believe.
HUMANITARIAN TASK
Times ui needs ahance. Have you checked over your Hie
Insurance program lately to see if all your needs are adequately
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THE UNION CENTRAL
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Atlanta Christian
UJA Group Scans
Drive Until Fall
A determination to continue its
share in the U. J. A. campaign
until fall "if necessary,” has been
expressed by the Atlanta Christian
Committee for the U. J. A.
Under the co-chairmanship of
William H. Schroder and the Rev.
Edward G. Mackay, the Atlanta
group is making plans to continue
the committee's activities as long
as necessary to accomplish what
they consider their "humanitarian
task.”
They feel that Atlanta citizens
of all denominations should come
to the aid of the U. J. A. agency ac
tivities overseas which are taking
an important part in helping sta
bilize European conditions and
building towards world peace.
Tiie group of Christians has
launched a mall campaign to so
licit contributions for the 1947 At
lanta Welfare Fund, through
which the U. J. A. receives support
locally.
Announcement of the new spur
to the Christian group in Atlanta
came simultaneously with appoint
ment of Preston Arkwright, Jr.,
of the Georgia Power Company
board and Harrison Jones of the
Coca-Cola Board to the national
Qhrlstion Committee for the U. J.
A. Thomas Watson, president of
International Business Machine-
Company, is chairman of the na
tional group.
Faced with the aocute needs
overseas at this time, the national
chairman has urged every local
committee to continue efforts to
raise the largest sum for immedi
ate relief to enable the U. J. A.
agencies to carry on.
FOR THE HOUSE OF LIVING JUDAISM
Atlanta Temple Sisterhood's Campaign
Members of Atlanta’s Temple
Sisterhoods have embarked quietly
on a new project—in support of
"The House of Living Judaism.”
Mrs. Sam Mohr, chairman, ex
plains that local membeis are
seeking to do their share towards
the erection of a new headquarters
structure to house the various or
ganizations affiliated with the
Reform Jewish movement.
The new home, to be erected for
the Union of Hebrew ongregation
and its affiliates in New York
City, will cost approximately $650,-
000. Mrs. Mohr explained.
In Atlanta a quota of $4,640 has
bee nset, or an average of $10 per
sisterhood member, she said.
"Purpose of the drive.” Mrs.
Mohr declared, "s to provide ade
quate quarters for the Union and
its affiliates in New York City,
thus enabling the fountainhead of
Liberal Judaism to further serve
Judaism in America and the world
over. Minimum gifts of $10 from
individual members of National
Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
and their friends are being sought.
Names of all contributors and per
sons honored or memorialized will
be preserved in the archives of the
House of Living Judaism through
honor rolls prepared for each sis
terhood unit affiliated with the
NFTS.
Besides the National Federation
of Temple Sisterhoods, the new
structure will house headquarters
for the National Federation of
Temple Brotherhoods, the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega
tions, the National Federation of
Temple Youth and the Jewish
Chautauqua Society.
Atlanta's Temple Sisterhood is
the largest in the Southeast Fed
eration, and should therefore take
the lea in doing their part. Among
the Southern Sisterhoods which
have already passed the half-way
mark in their goal are Conway,
S. C., Dothan, Huntsville. Jackson,
Miss., PJasper, Ala., Atchley and
Saleigh.
Welfare Fund Drive Co-chairmen Seek Public
Opinion Support in Raising Maximum Amount
Backing of public opinion statement:
among members of the Atlanta j "The cards still outstanding
Jewish Community has been urged !
to complete the 1947 Welfare Fund
Drive.
This development came from
the three co-chairmen Abe Gold
stein. Meyer Balser and Lawrence
Fox.
Discussing plans to continue the
1947 campaign which fell consid
erably short of its million dollar
quota, the trio issued this joint
A Piano Saved Her Life
negotia-
j lions, Mrs. Hajos received her
| passport on January 14 of this
year and proceeded to Paris, where
Lewis Neikrug, director-general of
HIAS Overseas Activities, arranged
her air transportation to Mexico
via New York. While in the
United States, awaiting transpor
tation. she lived at the HI AS shel
ter, 425 Lafayette street, New York
City.
BRILLER-RICHMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Miller of
New York announce the marriage
of their daughter. Irene, to Joseph
I. Richman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Max Richman. of Savannah. The
ceremony took place Thursday,
July 3, in New- York
NEW YORK.—The story of how j Fernando de Croix 125
a piano saved her life in Buda- City,
pest during the war, was told 1 following months of
when, Mrs. Janka Hajos, 54, a
Hungarian Jewess, arrived in
transit to Mexico City, where the
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society (HIAS) is reuniting
the refugee with her only kin, a
daughter and son-in-law.
Forced to live in the Ghetto of
Budapest, Mrs. Hajos, a widow,
wandered away from her restrict
ed area in quest of food one day
in April, 1944. As she was return
ing. Luftwaffe bombers swept
down on the area. Mrs. Hajos ran
for shelter into the home of a
physician whom she had known.
She found the doctor hiding un
der a piano. She joined him, and
a few minutes later a near-hit
caused the roof of the house to
collapse, filling the room with
debris. The pair miraculously es
caped unscratched.
Mrs. Hajos, widow of the late
Dr. Julius Hajos, a widely-known
Budapest chemist who died in
1934. told of her plight in Hun
gary, after the Germans entered
in March of 1944. She was forced
to paint a yellow Star of Israel
on the door of her house and was
under constant surveillance, living
under the ever-present fear of
deportation. One day she gath
ered courage, left her Ghetto
abode, and wandered into the
forest where she found refuge
with a Gentile family.
After liberation by Allied troops,
she appealed to HIAS represent
atives to help her immigrate to
Mexico, where her daughter had
married a bank official in 1941.
He is Dr. L. Nagy Leishman of
Mexico
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small group of committee-men or
of any one particular segment of
the population, but of the total
Jewish community. Every Jewish
citizen in Atlanta should be in
cluded among the contributors of
the Welfare Fund.
“Campaign workers are making
every effort to finish the job but
there is still much to do and many
who have not yet been seen, as
well as some who have not heard
the message of the needs.
“Every person who reads this
notice should unite and cooperate
to see that every person of his
acquaintance knows why the drive
is so important this year. We are
confident Atlanta will come
through with the usual record of
success by raising the largest sum
posible for 1947 needs.”
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