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Number 34
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Revival of , .aired Brings Clash in Germany
JDC Rushing Aid
to Ecuador Jewry
BUENOS AIRES. (JTA)—Jews j whom suffered “tremendous dam-
in various small communities in j age.” Reports in the Argentine
Ecuador have suffered seriously press estimate that damages suf-
from the earthquakes that ruined fered by the population in the af-
fifty towns and villages last Fri- fected areas exceed $20,000,000 and
day, it was reported here this week J may go much higher.
in a message received from the
Quito office of the Joint Distribu
tion Committee.
The message said that the J.DC.
office in Quito is rushing emergen
cy aid to the needy Jews, most of
Jacob Lightman, director of the
Joinnt Distribution Committee for
Latin American countries, offered
to send from Buenos Aires medical
aid and food for the Jewish victims
to be distributed through J. D. C.
Dedication for
Asheville Temple
ASHEVILLE—Beth Ha-Tephila
Congregation is to dedicate its new
Temple this weekend, Aug- 19-21-
A galaxy of local, state and na
tional figures will participate in
the festivities, according to the
spiritual leader, Rabbi Sidney E.
Unger.
Dr. Jacob Marcus, Professor of
History at Hebrew Union College
and president of the Central Con
ference of American Rabbis, will
deliver the sermon at Friday eve
ning services. Also participating
will be Dr- Julian Morgenstern,
president-emeritus of the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, and Rabbi Fred Rypins
of Greensboro, N. C.
Greetings will be brought from
the city by Asheville’s Mayor
Clarence Morgan, Chaplain Earl
Weed, president of the Ministerial
Association, and Charles Webb,
representing the newspaper, and
Rabbi Kessler, representing the
sister congregation, Bikur Cholim
Representatives of the
ice between Bikur Cholim and Beth
Ha Tephila Congregations will be
held, with Rabbi Kessler delivering
the sermon.
Sunday afternoon will see open
house for inspecting the new struc
ture and Sunday night, the pulpit
desk will be presented under aus
pices of the local chapter of the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews- Senator Hoey will give
the principal address-
representatives in Quito and Guay
aquil- He emphasized that in ad
dition to the emergency relief now
supplied by the J-D.C. office in Qui
to, more aid may be needed from
Buenos Aires.
No details on the extent of the
damage suffered by the Jews are
as yet available and no informa
tion has been received as to the
number of Jewish dead- The press
here reports that an emergency
airlift is hauling supplies into the
quake-stricken areas and bringing
out injured survivors to towns
where hospital facilities are avail
able. Bodies dug out of the rubble
are placed in isolated spots in or
der to prevent epidemics, the re
ports from Quito state.
Arabs Want
Kibbutz Area
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A dele
gation of 30 Arabs from the vil
lage of Abu Gosh, located north of
Jerusalem, have asked Israeli au
thorities to grant them a land area
for the establishment of a collec
tive settlement, it was reported
this week.
The villagers, most of whom are
sympathetic to the Sternist Party,
offered to pay for the land with
heir own propery in Abu Gosh, in
cluding their homes and other im
movable property.
MUNICH, (JTA)—Several hun
dred displaced Jews clashed here
last week in hand-to-hand fighting
with about 60 German policemen
when the latter tried to break up
a protest demonstration against a
German newspaper which pub
lished a letter expressing regret
that the Nazis had not gassed all
the Jews.
Several Jews were reported in
jured when a German policeman
used his revolver, as the demon
strators hurled stones at the police
in their attempts to continue the
demonstration. In retaliation, the
demonstrators set a police car on
fire and damaged three others.
American military police were
cheered by the demonstrators when
they arrived on the scene. When
the German police were withdrawn,
an American officer addressed the
demonstrators in Yiddish, the Ger
man news agency D.P.D. reported-
Declaring that he was not speak
ing as an American officer, but as
a Jew, he said the demonstration
had shown once again that the
Jews were not willing to allow
themselves to be insulted. He then
asked them to disperse quietly.
A statement issued by the Jew
ish Central Committee said that
the German police acted “ruthless
ly and according to Gestapo meth
ods.” The statement reported that
three foreign Jews are among those
shot, and seriously wounded, by the
Herzenberg, Balser, Medintz Head
Center’s First Drive for New Members
Corps of Colonels Launch Membership
Campaign at Meeting Set for Monday
Meyer L. Balser has announced
the appointment of Sidney Herzen
berg as Campaign Chairman to
lead the first membership enroll
ment campaign of the Atlanta Jew
ish Community Center and the Jew-
leading 1 ish Educational Alliance.
churches have also been invited.
On Saturday morning. Rabbi
Fred Rypine will deliver the ser
mon, with Dr Marcus and Dr-
Morgenstern participating in the
services.
A banquet will be held Saturday
evening U. S Senator Frank P
Graham, Congressman Redden and
Dr. Morgenstern will bring greet
ings from colleges they represent.
The Governor of North Carolina
has been invited.
On Sunday morning a joint serv
i Trial
Is Resumed
TEL AVIV. (JTA)—The trial
of former Lt. Col- Isar Beeri, ac
cused of responsibility for ordering
the summary execution of Meir To-
biansky on charges he supplied
military information to the enemy
in Jerusalem last year and who
was later exonerated, resumed in a
Rehovot magistrate’s court this
week. The accused entered a plea
of not guilty.
The prosecution’s indictment
maintains that the court martial of
Tobiansky was not competent since
the necessary legislaion for order
ing the execution of alleged trai
tors was not in existence at the
time. Among the first witnesses to
be called to testify are the brother
and niece of the late Tobiansky.
This was announced at a meet
ing of “Colonels” held on Thurs
day August 18. Mr. Balser ex
pressed his confidence in Mr. Her
zenberg’s ability to set the pace for
all workers in this campaign.
In accepting this responsibility,
Mr. Herzenberg explained that he
has been looking forward to this
drive for the last six months, and
he felt that “our goal of enrolling
every Jewish adult in our commu
nity will certainly be achieved if
the enthusiasm of the ‘Colonels’
gathered at the aforementioned
meeting was exemplary of the com
munity spirit.”
Mr. Herzenberg, together with
General Chairman Meyer L. Balser
and Barney Medintz, appointed the
following “Colonels”:
Joe Gerson, Sidney Feldman, Sol
Greenberg, Berry Rittenbaum, Lou
is Rosenberg, Bernard Smith, Joe
Cuba, Morris Newman, Max Feld
man, Irwin Zaban, Milton Wein
stein, Elliott Rubin, Charles Rinz-
ler, Heyman Morris, Joe Zimmer
man, Sam Friedman, Isadore Hy
man, Harry Klotz.
Herbert Saul, Abe Goldberg, Ar
nold Hoffman, Harry Classman,
Jack Berchanko, Nathan Lipton,
A. D. G. Cohen, Jack Zimmerman,
Joe Zoss, Max Kuniansky, Max
Rittenbaum, Hyman Meltz, Men
del Romm, Dr. Irving Goldstein,
Joe Benanjy, Sol Benamy, Dave
Levin, George Smiley, Max Alter
man, Sidney Cavelier, Morris Han
kin, Milton Rauzin-
Robert Travis, Jake Hirsch, Max
Korman, Sam Levy, Paul Ginsberg,
Sam Eplan, Morton Weiss, Abner
Lichtenstein, A- L- Feldman, Dr.
Marvin Goldstein, Joseph Haas,
Edwin Haus, Herbert Elsas, Louis
Regenstein, Herman Lemmer, Billy
Schwartz, Alvin Gross, Elliott
Goldstein.
Herbert Ringel, Abe Schwartz,
Robert Haber, Irving Libowsky,
Harry Harrison, Arthur Weiss,
Sam Bredow, Dr. Nathan Blass,
Dr. Marvin Sugarman, Dr. Irving
Greenberg, Dr. Nathan Gershon,
Dr. A. Weinstein, M. J- Merlin, D.
Davis, H- Lewis, Nathan Stoler-
Joseph Pintchuck, Pincus Koplin,
Thomas Makover, Charles Berg
man, P. S. Clein, Edward Krick,
Louis Horowitz, Jack Maziar, Phil
Shulhafer, Herman Heyman, A1
(Continued on page eight)
Meyer Balser
Sidney Herzenberg
Barney Medintz
German policemen-
The anti-Jewish letter which pro
voked the demonstration, appeared
in the Sude-Deutsche Zeitung, a
daily newspaper called by the dis
placed Jews the “Stuermer of
1949” — referring to the violently
anti-Semitic paper Der Stuermer
published by Julius Streicher, top
Nazi Jew-baiter, under the Hitler
regime. The letter waa published
under the title, “The Jewish Ques
tion—a Test Case,” and was signed
“Adolf Bleibtrue” which means
“remain true to Adolf.”
The letter urged Jews to go to
the United States, hut added hat
they were not wanted there eiher.
“They already have enough of hese
bloodsuckers in America,” the
writer said. Declaring that he
works in an American Military
Government office in Germany, the
author of the letter stated r
“I work for the Americans, and
they say they can forgive us ev
erything except that we did not
gas all the Jews who axe now
bringing their ‘blessings’ to- Amer
ica. I am doing all that I can to
clear the American minds for
them. I belong to these known as
the ‘silent ones’ and our rumor
propaganda is worth more than a
hundred newspapers. At the right
time you will hear mace from me.'*
The Jewish Central Committee
here started legal proceedings
against the “Sude-Deutsche Zei
tung." The proceedings are being
taken by Jewish community lead
ers under the law barring incite
ment to race hatred.
McCloy Says
Germans Now
Are Assertive
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Germans are “getting more assert
ive” although it is healthier they
give vent to their opinions through
publication, U. S. High Commis
sioner designate John J. McCloy
said this week commenting on the
battle in Munich between German
police and Jewish displaced per
sons.
Mr. McCloy waa interviewed at
the White House as he emerged
from a meeting with President
Truman on general problems in
Germany. Asked about the Munich
riot, he called the incident “unfor
tunate.” He said that soon the li
censing system for the German
press would be terminated, but,
nevertheless, occupation forces
would reserve the right to shut up
any publication which became too
virulent. He cited as an example
that it would be objectionable for
any German paper to attempt to
undermine the prestige of the U. S.
occupation forces.
Speaking of the letter to the
“Sued Deutsche Zeitung,” Mr. Mc
Cloy stated that he felt there is in
Germany enough “right-minded
sentiment to counteract it.” He
left this week on his return to Ger
many.
Only Three Now
In Somaliland
NEW YORK, (JTA)—All but
three Jews of the Jewish commu
nity in French Somaliland have
emigrated to Israel, and there are
no Jews left in Italian and British
Somaliland, according to informa
tion received here by the organiza
tion department of the World Jew
ish Congress.