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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1949
Number 33
An Opportunity for Unadilla
The little city of Unadilla has many fine persons in it,
members of the excellent churches of that city. They
have a fine opportunity to rally around and show the Ku
Klux Klan they don’t approve of mobs and mob spirit.
A highly respected Jewish family has lived in the town
for 30 years, participating in the civic and social life of
the city. This family adopted two orphan children. The
eldest, a boy now 17, needed disciplining as do many
boys at that age. Seeking to give him a better chance the
boy was sent to Little Rock with relatives of his foster
parents where he will go to a military school. The Ku
Klux Klan. always trying to meddle, burned a cross and
warned the parents to leave town. Neighbors arc indig
nant. But some are afraid.
Those Kluxers are yellow cowards and will fade away
if the decent people will stand up and be counted. It is a
fine opportunity for the people to display some real
American spirit of the Klan. We trust they will do so.
(Reprinted from The Atlanta Constitution, (8-11-49)
Suspects Held in Damascus
Synagogue Bombing Disaster
LONDON, JTA)—A number of
suspects have been arrested in an
all-out hunt ordered by the Syrian
Government for perpetrators of
the bombing of a synagogue in
Damascus this week which took
the lives of seven Jews and in
jured twenty-seven others, Reu
ters reported here. Syrian Presi
dent Husni Zaim, the Reuters dis
patch added, has ordered an in
tensive police search. Hospitals to
which the injured were rushed
were commanded to give the vic
tims the best attention and diet
available.
Premier Mohsen el Barazi, who
visited the scene of the explosion,
which took place in the courtyard
of the synagogue, visited the hos
pitalized victims to see that they
were properly cared for. He stated
to a representative of the United
States Legation at Damacus that
the bombing was an attack on the
authority of the government and
an affront to its prestige. He as
serted that every means was be-
j ing employed to discover the
• criminals responsible and bring
them to trial.
The explosion occurred when a
bomb, apparently homemade, was
thrown into the entrance of the
synagogue just as preparations
were being made for the Sabbath
services. Eye-witnesses to the ex
plosion said that the bombing had
been the work of three men who
were seen fleeing immediately
after the bomb went off. The wit
nesses asserted that they would be
able to recognize one or more of
the men.
In the explosion the building
was considerably damaged and
i windows of other buildings in the
i vicinity were shattered. After the
explosion, bereaved women
! searched the debris for members
of their families, while police and
ambulances blocked tbe streets
around the scene.
New Atlanta Community Center
Opens Membership Campaign
Leaders Seek to Enroll Every Member
of Atlanta Jewry for *49-*50 Season
Arab-lsraeli Delegates Agree
On End to UN Supervision
BY ALEXANDER GABRIEL
JTA Correqwndtfll
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—Arab
and Jewish representatives agreed
this week at the U. N. Security
Council on the earliest possible
withdrawal of the United Nations
truce supervisory machinery from
Palestine.
The Israeli, Egyptian and Syrian
delegations expressed this senti
ment after being invited to com
ment on formal Soviet proposals
calling for the immediate with
drawal ol all United Nations per
sonnel from Palestine including
the Conciliation Commission it
self. The Russian proposals were
put forth in the form of amend
ments to a joint Canadian-French
draft resolution drawn up in con
sultation with Palestine mediator
Dr. Ralph Bunche during the week
end.
Under this resolution, the Arab-
lsraeli armistice agreements sup
ersede the truce, but leave the U.
N. Security Council in full charge
of the cease-fire through the U. N.
chief of truce staff. The acting
mediator is relieved of his respon
sibility and the U. N. Conciliation
Commission depried of any re
sponsibility for implementing the '
armistice agreements.
The effects of the Canadian-
Frencb resolution, if adopted,
would be to lift the arms em
bargo on the Middle East and, at
the same time, remove all military
responsibility from the Concilia
tion Commission. The resolution
makes no reference to the freeing
of Mt. Scopus or the lifting of the
Egyptian blockade, two points
raised by Israeli representative
Aubrey Eban.
U. N. Truce Arms
Being Withdrawn
From Palestine
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)— U.
N. this week reported large-scale
withdrawals of military equip
ment from Palestine following
conclusion of all armistice agree
ments.
On July 31 forty-three Ions of
equipment loaned to the U. N.
mediator by the United States was
port Marquette from the port of
removed by the U. S. naval trans-
Haifa where it was assembled
from many parts of the Middle
East where U. N. truce teams op
erated. Additional material loaned
by the United Kingdom will be
returned later. t
This withdrawal of supplies is
the first step in the reduction of
the U. N. supervisory organization
in Palestine to a skelton staff of
observers who will implement the
armistice accords.
Palestine was well on its way
to a peace settlement, according
With i general chairmen Meyer
Balser and Barney Medintz hold
ing the reins, the Jewish Educa
tional Alliance and the new At
lanta Jewish Community Center
will kick off its first membership
campaign for- the 1949-50 season,
Wednesday, Aug. 17, Assisting
them will be Campaign Chairman
Sidney Hertzenberg. This drive,
the first of its kind—both for the
Alliance and its new “arm” on
1745 Peachtree Road, N. W.—will
seek to include all persons in the
Jewish community. The member
ship dues will be $10.00 for the
year.
Messrs. Balser and Medintz have
been meeting with their Planning
Committee, consisting of Sidney
Hertzenberg, Louis Rosenberg,
Mandel Zaban, David Slann,
Frank Garson, Ben R. Gordon,
Philip Shulhafer, Charles Rinzler,
Ben Massell, Charles W. Bergman,
Abe Goldstein, and Thomas Mak-
over and Jack Chilnick, ex-officio.
This steering committee has set as
its goal the enrollment of every
Jewish person in the community.
A special publicity committee,
consisting of Mendel Siegel, Louis
Rosenberg, Lou Ik Siegel and Bar
ney Medintz has been working on
a brochure illustrating activities
of the Alliance, as well as the pro
gramming plan at the new site.
This will be mailed to every Jew
ish family urging them to further
development of the new Center
by enrolling as members. Mr. Bal
ser, who is also President of the
Board of Directors of the Atlanta
Jewish Community Center, has
pointed out that the old Alliance
on Capitol Avenue, for the time
being, will continue its time hon
ored tradition of carrying on ac
tivities as in the past. In addition,
the site of the new Center is being
completed with two softball fields,
four tennis courts, an outdoor
handball court, an outdoor basket
ball court, picnicing areas, nursery
school and day camp^ facilities—
all about to be utilized.
A modernized, renovated build
ing now on the grounds, will be
used for a great many activities.
This temporary structure, to be
opened within the next month,
will include a nursery school, arts
and craft workshops, ping pong
and game rooms, a library and
lounge, board and council rooms,
meeting rooms for organizations,
as well as shower and locker
room' facilities. The program of
activities carried on here will def
initely be enhanced by the enroll-
unteer workers will personally
begin implementing the campaign
by contacting as many persons es
possible.
ment of all members of the Jew
ish community.
Simultaneously with the solici
tation by mail a large team of vol-
The Old
Below is the facade of the Jewish EducSf-
tional Alliance building on Capitol Avenue
whose brick steps have been worn uneven
by two generations of citizenry.
The New
I'ere is the layout of the proposed new
Jewish Community Center already emerg
ing on the Peachtree Road site. The current
membership drive is a preliminary step to
the broader construction which will maJte
it an outstanding addition to the commun
ity.
Two Silesian Co-ops
Get Polish Grants
WARSAW, (JTA)—Two Jew
ish cooperatives in Lower Silesia
—operating in the metal and
chemical industries—have receiv
ed a government subsidy of 23,-
000,000 zlotys, it was reported I
here. The grant—approximately
$115,000 at the official exchange
rate—will be used for improve
ment of services and the purchase
of new machinery.
to a statement made by U. N. Sec
retary-General Byron Price this
week. In his weekly press confer
ence, Mr. Price designated Pales
tine along with Indonesia and
Kashmir as areas in which peace
ful negotiations were definitely
moving “toward settlement.”