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A Weekly Newspaper tor Southern Jt
Established I 925
VOL. XXII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17.
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■* No. 41
REELECT PAGLIN; NAME MEDtNTZ
Southern JWB Defines
Community Center*
SAVANNAH, Oct. 13. — More than 10 delegates to the
third annual meeting of the Southern Section of the National
Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) held at the DeSoto Hotel
here on October 11, 12 and 13 today concluded an agenda
which took them through discussion of a proposed statement
of principles defining the purpose i
of the Jewish Community Center,
panels on particular problems fac
ing Jewish centers in the South,
and the election of officers for the
next year. Representing more
than 40.000 members of 17 Jewish
Centers in nine Southern states,
the delegates heard nationally
known speakers present various as
pects of Jewish Center-community
relationships.
Study and discussion on the
statement of principles was the
chief business of the conference.
The statement was formulated by
the Jewish Center Division Com
mittee of JWB in accordance with
tlie major recommendation arising
from the findings of a year-long
survey of JWB]s operations and
programs. The ^survey was spon
sored by a commission of 35 Jew
ish communal leaders, one of
whom. Dr. H. J. Ettlinger, profes
sor of mathematics at the Univers
ity of Texas, lead the discussion
on the statement at this meeting.
One of a series of 21 recommen
dations made by the commission at
last year’s annual JWB meeting,
this stated that after almost a
century of Jewish Center life ia
the United States a clearly de
fined statement of purpose w as ne
cessary, and that JWB. as national
association of 309 Jewish Com
munity Centers and YM-VWHAs
has the logical responsibility for
formulating it.
The proposed statement of prin
ciples defines the functions of the
local Jewish Center as:
Service as an agency of Jew
ish idendification, Jewish inte-
gartion and personality develop
ment: assistance in the integra
tion of the individual Jew. as
well as the Jewish group, into
the total American community:
furtherance of the democratic
way of life: and providing a dyn
amic and flexible program of
service in the fields of recreation
and informal education for the
entire Jewish community.
The proposed statement, after
study by the eight regional sec-
Election of Officers
SAVANNAH.—In the election of
Southern JWB officers. Jules Pag-
lin was named to continue in office
as president. Barney Medintz. co-
chairman of the Atlanta Jewish
Educational Alliance, was elected
chairman of the Board. James,L.
Permutt, of Birmingham, and I(.
Williams Apte, of Miami, were re
elected vice-presidents: Wolfe Lef-
koff, of Chattanooga, Daniel
Schlanger, president of the Hous
ton Jewish Center, and Dr. Wil
liam A. Wexler. president of the
Savannah Jewish Educational Al
liance, were named to that office
for a first term. Harry Kerr, of
New Orleans, and Mrs. I eon Kap
lan, of Miami, were reelected sec
retary and treasurer respectively.
Say Britain Wants
Farewell to Mandate
But Not Palestine
LAKE SUCCESS. (JTA)—Brit
ain is still maneuvering to secure
a decision by the Ad Hoc Com
mittee on Palestine, which would
relieve the British of the obliga
tions of the Mandate, at the same
time that it would allow them to
remain in the country, it Is learn
ed here.
Members of the British delega
tion have been suggesting to the
other delegates that since there
are sharp differences of opinion
and much confusion among the 57
delegations op the UNSCOP re
port, it would be advisable to adopt
those sections of the report which
were recommended unanimously
and defer action on the disputed
portions.
This w’ould leave Britain in un
limited control of Palestine until
the UN is in a position to enforce
any decision it may ultimately
make with regard to the final sta
tus of Palestine, since the 11
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Umiea Mates and Russia
Back UN SCOP Partition
Second B'nai B'rith
Appeal Supporting
UNSCOP Findings
NEW YORK, Oct. 6. (Palcort —
For the second time in two weeks,
B’nai B'rith, Jewish fraternal or
der. called on President Trman
and the United Nations General to
support the majority recommen
dations of UNSCOP to establish a
sovereign Jewish State in Pales
tine.
In a speech before_2.000 dele
gates at the third annual confer
ence of the B’nai B'rith Metro
politan Council, Frank Goldman,
international president of the or
der. declared that nothing had
been gained for the peace of the
world by the “nebulous attitude’’
Palestine of the United States
government.
“It only lends support,” he said,
"to something I rankly do not be
lieve to be true—to the belief some
times expressed that America may
trade off Jewish hopes in the in
terests of American oil barons and
Arab feudal leaders.”
Mr. Goldman told the President:
"We are not unappreciative of the
many burdens which rest upon
you. at the same time you must
appreciate that Jewish DPs have
been very patient despite horrible
suffering. They and we lock to
you for an answer ” Mr. Goldman
said he had sent a similar appeal
to the President last week but as
yet received no reply.
tlons of JWB. will be considered
by the boards of individual Cen
ters. and will be voted upon at the
annual JWB meeting next Spring.
After ratification, each Center
now affiliated with JWB will nave
to adopt the principles as a con
dition of continued membership,
and for all new’ centers, acceptance
of the principles will be a condi
tion for membership in JWB.
Louis Kraft, general secretary
of the JWB National Council, pre
sented the JWB survey to the
meeting on the opening day of the
conference. He outlined the pur
pose of survey, and explained that
JWB. rather than rest on laurels
gained by past achievements, took
the road which lead to greater la
bors and greater service. He add
ed that the survey showed a need
for fuller interpretation of Jew
ish Center objectives, and at the
same time indicated that the op
portunities for community service
were unlimited.
At its Sunday night session, the
conference heard Dr. Horace Kal-
len, professor at the New School
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50 POLICE ARRESTED
Vienna, (JTA)—Fifty Vienna
policemen, including 30 who were
on duty until recently, have been
arrested on charges of participat
ing in the massacre of Jews In
Poland during the war, it was re
ported in the newspaper Welt Am
Abend, sponsored by the French oc
cupation authorities.
A spokesman for the Ministry of
the Interior termed the report
“exaggerated” but admitted that
15 former policemen who had been
dismissed after the liberation are
under arrest.
Vets Plan Exodus
London Protest
LONDON, I JTA) — A group of
Jewish veterans this week an
nounced that preparations are
being made for a mass demontsra-
tion in London against the return
of the Fxodus refugees to Germ
any. Jewish war veterans from
England. Palestine, the United
Stales, South Africa and Australia,
France and Belgium will partici
pate in the demonstration, the an
nouncement said. No date has
been set, but it was indicated that
“at least 4,000 people" are expect
ed to parade.
BY BORIS SMOLAR
JTA Edttor-tn -Chief
LAKE SUCCESS. (JTA) —The
United States this week-end es
poused the cause of partition In
Palestine in a speech by Herschel
Johnson before the United Nations
Ad Hoc Committee on Palestine.
The statement, which had been
lawaited for the longest time by
Jews and non-Jews. Zionists and
non-Zionists, placed the United
States government in support of
the UNSCOP majority recommen
dations and the group’s unanimous
decisions. However, he asked for
some geographic modifications and
for guaranteed access to ports and
water and power facilities for
Jews and Arabs equally in the
whole of Palestine.
Arab states contemplating an
invasion of Palestine in defiance
of a possible decision by the Unit
ed Nations approving partition
were warned that the American
government expects them to ob
serve the UN Charter to which
they subscribed and to avoid vio
lations by refraining from threats
to use force in Palestine.
The attitude of the American
government with regard to Imple
mentation of the UN decision on
Palestine was outlined so as to
leave no doubt that the United
States is not only willing to par
ticipate in a UN program to meet
economic and financial problems
during the transition period, but
also to assist in the formation of
any international force which the
UN may recruit on a volunteer
basis to maintain order in Pales
tine until the Jewish and the Arab
states are established.
Finally, he emphasized that the
American delegation feels that the
General Assembly must recom
mend a final solution of the Pal
estine problem at thi» session.
The Chinese delegation opposed
partition and favored Arab claims
to Palestine on the grounds of
"history, lav, and equity.” It ex
pressed doubt as to the validity
of the Jewish title to Palestine,
and urged UN action for a speedy
solution of the problem of the dis
placed Jews.
LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 13, (JTA
—The Soviet government today (in
dorsed the partition of Palestini
into Jewish and Arab states, ano
thus virtually guaranteed that th«
UNSCOP partition plan will gel
the necessary two-thirds majoritj
in the General Assembly.
The Soviet statement, delivered
before the Ad Hoc Committee on
Palestine by S. K. Tsarapkin, was
welcomed by the American and
other delegations and by Jewish
leaders. Herschel Johnson, acting
for the U. S. delegation, issued •
statement praising the Soviet po
sition and stressing that on basic
principles it was “very similar” to
the American stand.
Pointing out that “if the General
Assembly will at this session decide
on the question of the creation ol
on Arab and a Jewish state, it will
be a great step forward in the so
lution of the Palestine question,’'
the Soviet delegate emphasized
that while supporting in principle
the UNSCOP mapority recommen
dations, the USSR believes that
there are a number of points which
require “evaluation” and revision.
“Such serious questions as the
question of the frontier between
the two states or of the measures
during the transition period after
the termination of the British
Mandate, as well as of the status of
the city of Jerusalem, and a num
ber of other more or less Import
ant questions, on which I do not
consider it necessary to dwell at
present call for further and thor
ough consideration,” the Soviet
representative said.
On the question of frontiers, Mr.
Tsarapkin said that the UN SCOP
proposals “for the partition of Pal
estine inlQ a number Of separate
regions connected at certain points
by narrow corridors cannot be con
sidered a satisfactory solution of
the question. The Soviet delega
tion,” he continued, “considers
that further work on a concrete
plan for the elimination of fron
tiers and on national separation of
Palestine could be undertaken by
the Special Committee so as to
eliminate as far as possible the
existing defects.”
Lotin Americans Plead for Partition
BY BORIS SMOLAR
(Editor in Chief, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
LAKE SUCCESS. (JTA) — The voice of the American continent
was heard for the first time this week at the UN Ad Hoc Committee
! on Palestine, when spokesmen for Panama gmd Uruguay made im
passioned appeals for adoption of the partition recommendations of
the UNSCOP majority. They spoke after two Iraqi delegates had bit
terly assailed Zionism, likening it to Nazism.
If their statements can be taken as an indication of the attitude
of the United States to the UNSCOP report—which many do on the
assumption that Panama, especially, woul dnot express any opinion in
international affairs contradictory to that of the United States—
then it can be expected that when the American delegation finally
defines its attitude to the UNSCOP recommendations this week, it will
also favor partition as a basis for a United Nations decision on the
ultimate status of Palestine.
Extensive Medical Pregrain Heeded to Return
European Jewry to Health, Dr. Golub Reports
NEW YORK, (JTA)—An exten- | a cost of at least $20,000 000 over
sive and long-range program of
medical, dental and psychothera
peutic care will be required to re
turn Europe's Jews to normal
health, it was reported by Dr.
Jacob J. Golub, chairman of tlj£
Health Committee of the J. D. G.
following a six-weeks survey which
he conducted in eight European
countries this summer.
Dr. Golub estimated that the
fight for health among Europe’s
Jewish survivors would require ex
pansion of the already widespread
health activities of the J. D. C. at
New Orleans Draws Southern Delegates
For Council of Jewish Women Meet
Mesdames Siegfried GUtham. I.
F. Steme, Harold Marcus. Joseph
Heyman and Nathan Popkin of the
Atlanta Section National Council
of Jewi^. Women, leave this week
to attend the 1947 convention o!
the national organization's/South-
ern Regional Conference, at the
Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans
from Oct 19 through 22.
The Atlanta Section's delegates
will be among the representatives
of 23 other Council Sections in the
Southern Conference who will at
tend the convention. The theme
of the convention Is “Council
Unity, not Unanimity.”
Implementation on tlie 'com
munity level of the Council’s na
tional programs of education and
service will be the primary object
of the three-day deliberations
which wil be presided over by Mrs.
Moise Cahn of New Orleans, presi
dent of the conference.
Through comprehensive exhibits
and addresses by national officers,
the conference will promote great
er understanding of the Council’s
total program. In addition, the
conferenc
the delegs
the natior
tribute to th?
cation and soct
local communities
demonstrate to
ques by which
m will con-
ment of ed(i-
ees in their
Among Council’s National Offi
cers participating in the conven
tion will be Mrs. Clarence Berolz-
heimer of Chicago, Ill., vice-presi
dent, who will deliver the keynote
address on the opening night.
Isaac Heler and C. Ellis Heni-
can, prominent New Orleans at
torneys, will discuss “Anti-Semi
tism: A Candid Consideration” at
a banquet meeting the night of
Oct. 21st. Delegates will be wel
comed by Mrs| Irwin Isaacson,
president of the New Orleans Sec
tion, and Mrs. Joseph Friend,
president of the League erf Jewish
Women’s Organizations of New
Orleans,
the next two years. The J. D. C.
now supports 217 medical insti
tutions In Europe.
The three major health prob
lems which must be faced immedi
ately, Dr. Golub said, are: 1. The
high incidence of tuberculosis
among Jews throughout Europe
and in the DP camps of Germany,
Austria and Italy, and particularly
the recurrence of the infection
after partial or complete cure;
2. The incidence of chronic dis
ease, disaffling disease and physi
cal impairments, which is higher
among displaced Jews than among
the general populations; 3. The
“critical” dental condition which
prevails uniformly among Jew's on
the continent.
As a first step in meeting these
health problems, Dr. Golub recom
mended the immediate establish
ment of five medical teams to con
duct thorough physical and X-ray
examinations of Jewish displaced
persons living in the DP camps
of central Europe. The entire op
eration, he told the committee,
should be of such intensity and
speed as to make possible comple
tion of the project within three
months after its initiation.
Turning to dental care, Dr. Go
lub cited the fact that 5 per cent
of the Jewish population of Poland
requires treatment. A study of
Jewish children of school age re
vealed, he said, that 94 per cent
were suffering from cavities of
various degrees, the result of years
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