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VOL. XXIV
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1949
Number 41
F. C. C. Asked to Constrain Radio Evangelist
Eban Tells U.N. Israel’s
Idea for Jerusalem
FLUSHING MEADOW, (JTA)
—Aubrey S. Eban, Israel’s perma
nent delegate to the United Na
tions, in his first speech to the
General Assembly this session,
last week revealed that his gov
ernment will propose that the As
sembly limit the United Nations
commitment in relation to Jeru
salem to safeguarding the Holy
Places and initiating such formal
agreements with the state of Is
rael as may be necessary for the
implementation of these safe
guards. '‘My government aspires
to fill international recognition for
the political status of the Govern
ment of Israel in Jerusalem,” he
added.
Explaining Israel’s reasons for
its position he declared: “A solu- ;
tion along these lines would have j
the following advantages over
that proposed by the U. N. Con- |
ciliation Commission: it would j
rest on consent and therefore
present no problem of implemen
tation or enforcement; it would j
Omaha U. Now
Trains Jewish
Teacher Group
OMAHA, (JTA) — Establish-*
lishment of a training program for
teachers of Jewish schools at the
University of Omaha was an
nounced this week by Dr. Milo
Bail, University president. The
program—which will be conduct
ed under the supervision of the
institution’s department of educa
tion and the Omaha Bureau of
Jewish Education—will prepare
qualified young men and women
for teaching positions in all types
of Jewish schools.
The curriculum will include
courses in the Hebrew language
and literature history of Jewish
civilization, Jewish school peda
gogy and methodology of religious
education. Participating in the
teaching program at the Univer
sity will be Dr. Gershon Gelbart,
director of the Omaha Bureau of
Jewish Education.
terminate the period of doubt and
potential conflict that has already
lasted too long; it would be finan
cially and administratively feasi
ble; and it would simultaneously
give complete satisfaction to the
interests of the great world re
ligions and of the people of Jeru
salem. In these conditions, an era
of peace and development would
descend upon the Holy City while
the United Nations would stand
forth as the ultimate and accepted
guarantor of its religious immu
nity.”
Mr. Eban also criticized the
progress report submitted by the
U. N. Palestine Conciliation Com
mission. He quoted from the
Commission’s early statements to
the effect that' it would attempt
to achieve a result in conformity
with its instructions from the As
sembly and one which would at
the same time be acceptable to
both parties. But, he stressed, the
Commission has never been dis
cussed with the Government of
Israel. “Nor was it at any time the
subject of negotiation with repre
sentatives of the population of
Jerusalem,” he continued.
Moscow Jews
Crowd Shules
MOSCOW, (JTA)—Dr. Shmuel
Eliyashev, head of the Israel For
eign Ministry’s East European
Department who is visiting here
now, and* Mordecai Namir, Israel
Minister to Moscow, last week
attended Rosh Hashanah services
in Moscow’s Great Synagogue.
They were accompanied by mem
bers of the legation and heard the
services rendered by Chief Rabbi
M. Schliefer of Moscow who also
asked for blessings for Premier
Joseph Stalin.
The Great Synagogue was
crowded to the overflow point,
with many worshippers standing
in the porticos and entry way. All
male worshippers wore hats or
caps and many wore prayer
shawls over their shoulders. The
A. D. L. Files Petition Through Judge Lewis
of Savannah and Attorney Morris B. Abram
SAVANNAH—Charging radio evangelist Mordecai F. Ham
of Louisville, Ky., with violating the public interest by dissem
inating anti-Semitism over 32 radio stations now broadcasting
his sermons, Judge Emanuel Lewis of Savannah, Ga., this
week petitioned the Federal Communications Commission in
Washington to take immediate
remedial action by warning radio
stations carrying Ham’s broad
casts not to allow him to continue
abusing radio facilities.
In his petition, Judge Lewis in
dicated his reluctance to protest
against the abuse and misuse even, ,, , „ „ . T . ,
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pointed out that Rev. Ham’s anti-
Semitism has been apparent since
autumn of 1924 when during the
course of a sermon at Elizabeth
City, N. C. Ham charged that the
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago had
established a vice quarter in that
deep attachment to freedom of
speech. Judge Lewis stated, how
ever, that he is convinced that it
plot to undermine Gentile civili-
dation.”
Among other samples of anti-
is impossible to have “a free con- Semitism cited were the follow-
test of speech and ideas with pro- 1 in 8’
fessional hate mongers over the On November (5, 1935, speaking
limited channel^ of radio com- over radio station WLAT in Lex-
munication. In the first place, one ington, Ky. Ham stated that the
attempting to combat bigotry, hat- j persecution of the Jews in Ger-
red and falsehood over the air is j many was justified,
faced with the necessity of pro- | On May 28, 1949, speaking in
curing money to pay for the need
ed radio time. Secondly, there is
the problem of procuring equiva
lent time." Judge Lewis also in
dicated that he had no objection
to Ham’s appearance on the radio
so long as he does not abuse the
facilities created in the public in
terest by stirring up religious hat
red of citizens and residents of
the United States.
In his petition, Judge Lewis
men recited their prayers in the
main hall downstairs while the
women sat in the balcony over
head. The worshippers appeared
to be mostly working people with
middle-aged men and women
making up the largest part of the
group. There was a sprinkling of
children and aged men and
women.
Minneapolis, Minn., Ham stated
“Germany is not to blame . . . the
Hebrews started it . . . the He
brews started all this misery.”
According to an article in the
Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N.
C., October 14, 1943, Ham spoke
in Charlotte and made the state
ment that he wanted “the streets
of North Carolina to run with
‘Jewish blood.’ ”
As recently as April 17, 1949,
Ham made the following statement
in the course of a radio broadcast,
“Not all Jews are Israelites, many
are still Jacobs. Jacob was the
name of the ‘trickster, bargain-
driver, the trafficker.’ ”
As an indication of the objec
tivity of his petition, Judge Lewis
indicated that in June of 1949, in
a Southern city, religious leaders
representing the Protestant, Cath
olic and Hebrew faiths listened to
the transcription of Mordecai
Ham’s broadcast scheduled for
Sunday, June 12. The three
churchmen unanimously agreed
that in their opinion the broadcast
is not in the public interest and
they concurred that Ham's mater
ial is not such as to help to create
understanding among peoples, but
is bigotry and the preachment of
hatred and as such is undesirable.
Judge Lewis contended that the
Federal Communications Commis
sion, in view of its recent decision
to ban radio stations from broad
casting give-away programs also
has the power to order radio sta
tions in the United States to re
frain from allowing their facilities
to be used by preachers of racial
or religious hatred, and requested
the Commission, if technically
necessary, to make the radio sta
tions themselves respondents to
the action.
Judge Emanuel Lewis is
chairman of the Southern Reg
ional Board of the Anti-Defama
tion League of B’nai B’rith. Morris
B. Abram of Atlanta appears
counsel for Judge Lewis on the
petition.
Savannah Student Describes
Recent Visit to Israel
“The state of Israel is the light
,of the Middle East which, in the
•future, will shine throughout
President Truman’s Newspaper Week Message
Seek Ban on ‘Twist,’ ‘Merchant’ in NY Schools
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Teachers in New York City schools are taking
special care to explain to their students that the anti-Jewish charac
ters in Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” and in Shakespeare’s “Mer
chant oi Venice” are not “typical” of the Jewish people.
Doubts Noah’s Ark Is Still on Mt. Ararat
NEW YORK, Sept. 30. (JTA)—Doubt that Noah’s Ark remains on
Mount Ararat, in Turkey, was expressed here yesterday by William
Wood, a member of the expedition which attempted last summer to
find the Biblical vessel which was reportedly resting somewhere on
the mountain.
Mr. Wood said that conditions extant on the mountain—including :
the fact that the area is frequently subjected to earthquakes—make it |
highly improbable that the Ark has survived after all these centuries, i
He said that if the Ark rested on the cone of the mountain—which the 1
expedition was unable to reach—“it would be encased in 100 feet of!
ice in a region where ice and snow never melt. If it were below the
ice field, it would no longer be recognizable," he added.
Nazi Brutality Film Ruled Out
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Military authorities have definitely de- j
cided against releasing the anti-Nazi film “Nuerenberg—Its Lesson for
Today” for exhibition in American theatres, an Army spokesman de- j
ciared here. The movie, produced by the U. S. Army to tell the public !
the incriminating story of the crimes committed by the Nazis against
humanity, is considered a powerful indictment against anti-Semitism, j
The film was irrefutably documeted by captured Nazi film of the j
organized mass murder of Jews. The official explanation offered by ;
the Army for suppression of the documentary is that it is outdated,
technically imperfect and contains too much horror.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
it is my pleasure to 3end my greetings
bent wishes to the press of America on tbe occasion
C National Newspaper Week. I like your slogan very
icix^^reedon does indeed go where tbe newspaper goes.
^ AlLof t uo should be eternally grateful that we live in
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a country whoro freedom of the press i3 guaranteed as
a fimdaacn
Reproduction of President Truman’s letter in connecAon with the
current observance of Newspaper Week, co-sponsored by the major
press associations of the country including the English-Jewish Press
Association of which The Southern Israelite is a member.
Europe."
This was the impression gained
by Ramon Rosendweig, Savannah
student, who has just returned
from an extensive tour of Euro
pean countries.
As a student at New York Uni
versity, he spent two and a half
months in Israel with members of
the Inter-Collegiate Zionist Fed
eration of America, which char
tered a plane for the trip. He vis
ited England, Italy, France and
Switzerland on his own.
But above all, he said, he was
most favorably impressed by the
new state of Israel. Despite its
newness and its growing pains, he
declared, Israel has in one short
year set up a complete and intri
cate government which has be
come the “stabilizer of the Middle
East."
Mr. Rosenzweig visited Israel’s
Kenesset (parliament) and says
he is convinced the state is “fast
heading toward a pure democratic
life.”
Jerusalem he described as the
cultural center of the state and
related that Christians, Moham
medans and Jews all live together
in the city in complete harmony.
“Every effort is being made to
insure that Jerusalem will be an
international city,” he asserted,
“and the rights of all religious
groups are zealously guarded by
the Israeli.”
As for the othei European coun
tries, Switzerland was the only
one which appeared to be “effi
cient and alive,” he declared. All
the others were in “terrible con
dition.”