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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry
Established 19'/ 5
VOL. XXIV
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1949
Number 35
Editors of Paper Provoking Riot Exonerated
By Deniazification Ministry of Bavaria
Arctic-not-lsrael for
MUNICH, (JTA)—The Bavar- j
ian Denazification Ministry has!
exonerated the editors of the Sued
Deutsche Zeitung which published
a violently anti-Semitic letter last
week resulting in a riot involving
Jewish displaced persons, it was
reported here during the week
end. The Ministry said the editors
had no intention of reviving anti-
Semitism and would not be pros
ecuted.
(In a message to John McCloy,
U. S. High Commissioner-desig
nate for Germany, Frank Gold
man, president of B'nai B’rith,
urged that an investigation of the
incident be undertaken and that
the paper and the author of the
letter be prosecuted. The cable
gram to Mr. McCloy pointed out
that publication of the letter
violated A.M.G. law which makes
it a criminal offense to “print any
material which propagates for
mer Nazi ideas such as racism and
race hatred.”)
Murray Van Wagoner, described
anti-Semites in Germany as “de
praved” and “carrion-like.” He
said that the anti-Semitic letter
published this week in the Sued-
Deutsche Zeitung here, which ex
pressed regret that all Jews had
not been gassed by the Nazis,
libeled the whole German people.
Leaders of the Central Jewish
Committee conferred with Maj.
Abraham Hyman, deputy adviser
on Jewish affairs to the American
Military Government, on the clash
which took place between German
police and displaced Jews who
demonstrated against the newspa
per in which the virulent anti-
Jewish letter was published. The
Jewish representatives proposed
that American military police
should in the future deal with dis
turbance involving displaced
Jews.
Many Soviet Jews
McCloy Says U. S.
Will Investigate
Son of Jewish Minister
Named to Defend Nazi General
LONDON, (JTA)—Samuel Silk-
in, a 30-year-old Jewish lawyer,
son of Britain’s Minister for Town
and Country Planning, was select
ed this week as chief defense
counsel for Nazi Field Marshal
Fritz Erich von Mannstein who is
to face a British military trial at
Hamburg next week.
The main indictments against
the Nazi Field Marshall are con
nected with his activities during
the German occupation of the
Ukraine during which huge mas
sacres of Jews occurred in prac
tically all Ukrainian cities and
towns. Silkin was selected as his
defender by contributors to a de
fense fund for von Mannstein set
up in Britain. Winston Churchill
has contributed one hundred dol
lars to this defense fund.
BY A. SCHWARTZ
Jewish Telegraphic Agency Correspondent
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Reports that Jews in Bessarabia and Soviet
Bukovina were deported en masse to Murmansky last month after
they registered for emigration to Israel were made known this week
on the basis of private letters reaching here.
According to the letters, Soviet authorities in Kishinev and Czerno-
witz announced on July 1 that Jews wishing to emigrate to Israel could
register with local authorities. The majority of the Jewish population
cf the two cities, as well as Jews in all towns of Bessarabia and Soviet
Bukovina, immediately registered for migration to the Jewish state.
The letters report that between July 10-20, all Jews who had regis
tered their desire to proceed to Israel were packed in specially-prepared
railway coaches and dispatched to the Murmansk area, in the Arctic,
which allegedly had been earmarked as a new concentration area for
all Jews ejected from town located on the Russian-Rumanian border.
The letters add that panic is spreading in Bessarabia and in the
Rumanian part of Bukovina among Jews who had been preparing to
emigrate to Israel and who remained “paralyzed” following the pro
hibition on emigration. Many months have elapsed since relatives in
Israel of Jews in Bessarabia and Bukovina have received any mail
from these areas, it was noted here.
Reports Fantastic, Say Soviet Embassy in U.S.
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—John
J. McCloy, American High Com
missioner—designate for Ger
many, indicated that he would in
vestigate the riot in Munich caused
by an article in a local German
newspaper expressing regret that
the Nazis did not gas all the Jews.
He termed the affair “deplorable”
and said that Murray Van Wagon
er, director of the U. S. Military
Government in Bavaria, was al
ready looking into the incident.
Mr. McCloy was asked at a
State Department press confer
ence about the rebirth of German
nationalism and replied that signs
of such nationalism were “not al
together unhealthy”. He admitted
that former Nazis are permitted to
take active parts in the political
and industrial life of Germany.
“We have arrived" at the stage
where the less virulent Nazis are
allowed to come back,” he admit
ted. He explained that he felt
that this was better than keeping
“a corps of people totally and
completely ostracized from the
community.”’ He said it is too
early to tell if German national
ism is “natural or sinister.” How
ever, he added that the attitude
has not changed towards actual
war criminals.
MUNICH, (JTA)—The Ameri
can Military Governor in Bavaria,
Anti-Semitism Is Declining in Canada
Survey Shows; No Longer a Concern
MONTREAL, (JTA) — Anti-
Semitism does not present an im
mediate menace to the Jewish
community of Canada today, ac
cording to a survey made public
here by Saul Hayes, executive di
rector of the Canadian Jewish
Congress.
Mr. Hayes pointed out that overt
acts of prejudice are rarer now
than at any time since Hitler
came to power, and, although
there is no immediate cause for
undue concern, the resources of
the Canadian Jewish Community
are mobilized currently in the
defense of the Jewish position.
Among the highlights of the sur
vey are the following:
1. The assumption that anti-
Semitism is more prevalent among
French Canadians than among the
English-speaking population is
not valid; perhaps French-Cana-
dians are more frank and inclined
to admit projudice than the Pro
testant Anglo-Saxon element.
2. So far as the bulk of French
Canadians is concerned, the Jews
are judged by the extent to which
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WASHINGTON, (JTA)—A spokesman for the Soviet Embassy here
said that a report that Jews from Bukovina and Bessarabia were sent
to Arctic concentration camps was “as fantastic as many stories of
that kind.”
Asked about the report, a spokesman for the Rumanian Embassy
here attempted to shift the inquiry to the Soviet Government, pointing
out that the province of North Bukovina was administered not by Ru-
manit but by the USSR. He suggested that if the report was true,
the Jews involved were probably from North Bukovina, hence Ru
mania could not be expected to account for tbelr fate. The spokesman
added, however, that he thought the whole story was untrue.
Regional JFWF
At Birmingham
to Map Action
Sept. 10-11
Domestic and overseas responsibilities of South
eastern States’ Jewry will be stressed at the 14th
Annual Regional Conference of the Southeastern
States’ Region of the Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel,
Birmingham, on Sept. 10 and 11, Marx J. Borod of
Memphis, Regional President, has announced.
Major speakers at the conference will be Julian
Freeman of Indianapolis, Chairman of the National
Committee on Stable and Unified National Fund-
Raising, who will speak on the work of his Commit
tee, and Arnold Gurin, Director of CJFWF’s Na
tional Budget Research Department, who will give
an objective picture of Overseas Needs in 1950. Mr.
Gurin will have the benefit of firsthand observa
tions of Harry L. Lurie, Executive Director of the
CJPFWF, who is now in Israel, as a consultant to
the Jewish Agency, and Harold Glassner, Director
of CJFWF’s Overseas Institute of Study, who has
been in Israel for sometime, studying the new
State’s philanthropic and economic needs. James L.
Permutt of Birmingham, a vice president of the
region, is serving as chairman of the conference
program committee which includes representatives
from fifteen communities in seven Soueheastem
States. This committee is also planning a session
devoted to a consideration of local and regional
social service program.
Community and agency executives in the South
eastern region will meet during the conference to
consider problems they will be facing in 1949-50.
Mr. Gurin and Mr. Robert Morris of the CJFWF
National Social Planning Department staff will act
as consultants at these sessions. Special attention
will be directed toward the problems of resettle
ment of newcomers in the local communities.
Volunteer Workers Find Warm Welcome
In Community Center Membership Drive
W ife of an Alliance Founder Pays
For Ten-Year Membership
To Air Town Hail
Meeting Aug. 27
From Tel Aviv
The “America’s Town Hall
Meeting of the Air” will be
broadcast from Tel Aviv Sat
urday, Aug. 27, and Atlantans
can hear the program over sta
tion WCON at 9:30 p. m.
Subject will be “Should Im
migration to Israel Be Restrict
ed?” Speakers will include
Moderator George Dennie, Tel
Aviv Mayor Rokeach, Carl Voss,
chairman of the American
Christian Palestine Commit
tee; Israeli Minister David
Horowitz and Herald Tribune
Correspondent David Kenneth
Belby.
Volunteer workers present at
the kick-off of the first Jewish
Educational Alliance and Atlanta
Jewish Community Center mem
bership campaign held on Mon
day, Aug. 22, heard talks by
Meyer Balser, President of the
Board; Barney Mcdintz, President
of the Federation; Sidney Hert-
zenberg, Campaign Chairman;
Sam Eplan; A. L. Feldman; and
M. J. Merlin. All these prominent
members of the Atlanta Jewish
Community pointed out the im
portance of this campaign. The
workers participating in the drive
were given a comprehensive pic
ture of the development to date
of the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center, and the reasons for this
membership campaign.
Mr. Hertzenberg urged that
of
there be complete coverage
every card given to the teams.
The surprise of the evening
came when Abe Goldberg inter
rupted one of the speakers to read
a letter sent by Mrs. Mollie S.
Waldauer, a prominent Atlantian,
in which she wrote as follows:
“My dear Abe: I well remember
my Ben’s efforts in helping build
the Educational Alliance on Cap
itol Avenue; hence, it is my desire
to give a 10 year membership to
your new location.” Mr. Goldberg
then presented to Mr. Hertzen
berg the $100 check for a ten year
membership.
With all the forementioned
speakers spurring the volunteers
on, the members of the steering
committee expressed the belief
that the total Jewish Community
would give its wholehearted sup
port to the community project by
enrolling as members.
Those volunteers taking part in
the campaign in the campaign in
clude: Sidney Feldman, Aaron
Feldman, Raymond Fishel, Sidney
Silverman, Leonard Seligman,
Ken Edelstein, Sam Friedman,
Morris Katz, Nathan Lipton, Irvin
Weinstein, Julius Chasin, Bernard
Lewis, Joe Gerson.
Gerald H. Ghertner, Harleigh
Rose, Leonard Rodbell, Sol H.
Greenberg, Dr. Gilbert Cohen,
Ely Freedman, Irving Orenstein,
Harry Mislow, Arnold Hoffman,
Merton Levin, Sidney Goldberg,
Donald Reisman, Perry Morris,
Hyman Morris, Ben I. Freedman,
Sol Schnactor, Harry Siegel,
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U.S. ORT Chief Says
Germany “Renazifying”
NEW YORK, (JTA)—“There are virtual pogroms in Germany with
Jews being beaten and persecuted and what is happening there is re-
nazification—not denazification,” stated Edward L. Sard, executive
director of the American ORT Federation, this week upon his return
on the lie de France from the Congress of the World ORT Union held
in Paris, and an extensive tour of Europe.
Refuting exaggerated claims about the immediate solution of the
DP problem in Europe, Mr. Sard declared that the DP problem will not
be liquidated by June, 1950, when the IRO plans to stop its activities.
“To force the DP’s to remain in Germany would be a crime against
humanity because of the rampant anti-Semitism in both Germany and
Austria," he said.