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VOL. XXV
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 4, 1950
Number 30
British Jewry Parley
Gets Reassurance
LONDON, (JTA)—The British
Government “will not hesitate to
intervene" should the federal
authorities in Germany fail to
deal with increasing anti-Semi
tism there. Lord Henderson, par
liamentary Undersecretary of the
British Foreign Office, declared
here. He spoke at a dinner attend
ed by 2,000 prominent persons
marking the conclusion of the
conference of leaders of Jewish
organizations from the British
Commonwealth at which various
problems concerning Jewish life
in Britain and in the Dominions
were discussed.
Lord Henderson added, how
ever, that he believes "a true and
lasting solution of anti-Semitism
in Germany can come only from
the Germans themselves realizing
that racial hatred can have no
place in a civilized state.” He ad
mitted that “it is almost an in
superable problem to repair the
hideous wrongs perpetrated by the
Nazis” but quoted the recent
statement by Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer to show that a majority
of West Germans condemn the
isolated anti-Jewish outbreaks in
Germany. He emphasized that
anti-Semitism has no place in the
British Commonwealth.
The emergence of Israel, he con
tinued, has in no way inpaired the
loyalties of British and Common
wealth Jewries to their countries
of adoption. He pointed out that
the close ties maintained by En
glish Jewry with Israel constitute
a strong link between the Jewish
state and Britain. The British
Government, he said, has display
ed its friendly feelings toward Is
rael by granting the Jewish state
first de facto and later de jure
recognition, which was followed
by a financial agreement and by
the invitation to members of the
Israel Parliament to visit England.
“Israel,” Lord Henderson de
clared, "has chosen the democratic
way of life and many of its insti-
| tutions are derived from British
and Commonwealth sources. Many
leading statesmen were either
born within the British Common
wealth or lived there for many
j years.” He expressed the hope
I that the Israel Government will
(Continued on page eight)
UN Hears Complaint
Made Against Israel
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—The
Egyptian Government complained
to the United Nations that an
armed Israel force, supported by
aircraft, allegedly crossed into
Egyptian territory and killed
three persons.
A protest against Israel was also
lodged earlier by Lebanon in con
nection with the incident when an
Israel fighter plane chased a
Lebanese airliner which appeared
Soviet Writer Explains Russia’s
Ideas on Jewish Suppression
Zionists Chart Adult Institute
Aug. 16-21 at Southern B.C.I.
The Southern Brandeis Camp at
Hendersonville will be the setting
for the first Adult Leadership In
stitute since its opening here, with
top-ranking Jewish educators and
lecturers conducting the pro
grams.
The Institute, covering a five-
day period from Aug. 16 through
21, will be attended by district
and regional Z.O.A. leaders from
all over the South.
Arrangements have been an
nounced by Ben R. Winick, presi
dent of the Southeastern Z.O.A.
Region, and Dr. Shlomo Bardin,
national director of the Brandeis
Youth Foundation, which has been
so successful in recent years in
the field of youth leadership train- j
ing.
“Attendance at the Institute is
a must”, Mr. Winick said, “for all
regional and district leaders who
are eager to evaluate the problems
facing us today and who desire to
• learn the techniques for introduc
ing a positive Jewish and Zionist |
program to their membership.”
In addition to the lectures and
U. S. Training Ship
HAIFA, (JTA)—The training
ship Empire State, of the New
York State Maritime College,
sailed from here for France fol
lowing a six-day visit. Close to
400 trainees and crew members
are aboard the vessel, which is
commanded by Alfred Olivet, of
DP's to United States
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A total of
36,736 Jews arrived in the U, S.
by the end of June, 1950, under
the Displaced Persons Act of 1948,
according to a semi-annual report
released by the HIAS this week.
During the same period the total
number of DP immigrants admit
ted to this country was 163,628.
Canadian Athletes
MONTREAL, (JTA)—Canada
will send 15 to 25 Jewish athletes
to the third Maccabiah games to
be held in Israel in September,
according to an announcement by
Jack Klein, chairman of the
Canadian Maccabiah Committee.
seminars, the visiting Zionists will
be offered a full five days of rich
Jewish living in the scenic gran
deur of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
They will participate in the camp
ers’ Shabbat program and their
cultural activities.
Care has been taken to provide
an atmosphere of rest and com
plete relaxation for the visitors.
They will have the benefit of a
large swimming pool, tennis
courts and a 150-acre lake for
boating and canoeing.
LONDON, (JTA) — Claiming
that he has no information about
the group of internationally-
known Yiddish writers who sud
denly “disappeared” in Moscow,
Ilya Ehrenburg, Soviet novelist
who is himself a Jew, told a press
conference here that Jewish auth
ors are being suppressed in Rus
sia but not as Jews.
“Only Jewish cosmopolitanism
is suppressed,” he declared admit
ting at the same time that some of
the articles in the Soviet press
attacking “cosmopolitanism” were
“stupid and idiotic.” Among the
Yiddish writers who “disappear
ed” in Moscow after the attack on
“Jewish cosmopolitanism” was
started waa- Itzih* Feffer, who dur
ing World War II was sent by the
Soviet Government to the United
States to bring greetings from the
Jews in the U.S.S.R. to American
Jewry.
Mr. Ehrenburg, who “distin
guished” himself by publicly in
sulting the first Israel Ambassador
to Moscow, Golda Myerson, at a
reception given by the Soviet
Commissariat for Foreign Affairs,
told the press conference here that
Israelis are “poor little capitalists,
who live on a few dollars which
the greater capitalist Jews in
America send them so that they
may live in a little comfort."
over Israel territory. Both Egypt
and Lebanon called for action by
the Security Council against Is
rael.
United Nations officials indi
cated that the protests may be cir
culated among member states of
the U. N. As to the request by
Lebanon to have its charge against
Israel played before the Security
Council, the same official said that
it was up to a member of the
Council to place it officially on
the agenda.
The Egyptian complaint, which
came in the form of a letter to
the U. N. Secretary-General from
the Egyptian Foreign Minister,
alleged that on June 30 an armed
Israel force “of about 60 men”
crossed the armistice line east of
Refah and entered Egyptian terri
tory to a depth of 700 meters. The
The Egyptian communication said
that the Israelis “attacked the
local civilian population” and
burned their crops. “This act of
aggression was supported by
machinegun fire from at least one
(Continued on page five)
World Baptists Blast Bias;
Religious Discrimination
. CLEVELAND, (JTA)—A mani
festo calling for the abolition of
religious discrimination through
out the world was issued here by
the World Baptist Congress. The
CAPITOL SPOTLIGHT by Milton Friedmon
Double Jeopardy for Jewry
Washington.
While democracy throughout the world is
threatened ,the security of Jewry is considered
here by some to be in double jeopardy. Danger
signals are already flashing in Washington as
neo-fascist elements, wrapped in American
flags, are seeking to destroy the very liberties
our troops are dying to preserve. There are those
within our borders, not only Russian agents but
also ultra right-wingers, who would destroy the
American heritage. The Reds are being exposed
and brought to justice. The fascist-minded re
actionaries, in no way tainted by liberal associa
tions, are gaining greater power through long
and respectable opposition to Communism.
These reactionaries must be given due credit
for pointing out Stalin’s treachery and warning
us of what to expect from Moscow. However,
there is also a debit side on their ledger. While
they opposed Communism, they also opposed
Jews, Negroes, and labor. They apologized for
Hitler and favored Franco. They prevented the
passage of civil rights and FEPC while advocat
ing totalitarian controls. As anti-Communists
they have a clean bill of health. But they feel
the same way about such American ideals as re
ligious freedom and the dignity of the individual
as Joe Stalin.
Westbrook Pegler, whose neo-fascist ideas are
gaining, now advocates concentration camps.
His fellow travelers, crowing about their “spot
less" records and unimpeachable “loyalty,” are
trying to capitalize on these assets to gain im
portant positions. Although the Federal Govern
ment condemns such lunatic fringe groups as the
Silver Shirts or Ku Klux Klan, the higher eche
lons of neo-fascism sometimes escape detention.
They infiltrate—not unlike the Reds—and bore
from within. Such subversives constitute a
threat to democracy lacking the immediacy of
the Red peril but which is in the long run just
as dangerous.
A German delegation visited Washington re
cently under State Department sponsorship to
study the loyalty program. During their exam
ination of the Loyalty Review Board They be
came confused over the word “pinko.” They in
quired, with typical German efficiency, into the
exact meaning of the term.“A pinko is anybody
who is apposed to racial segregation and who
wants to fight for civil liberties,” they were told
by an official connected with the board. The
delegation carefully entered the answer in note
books, so that it could introduce a similar pro
gram in Western Germany.
Americanism is under attack by Communists
in Korea and also by Communists and neo-fas
cist reactionaries at home. This is the time, it
would seem, to become more liberal and not less
liberal. The fight for democracy is a fight against
those who would implement the ideals of de
mocracy.
In the House of Representatives only 15 votes
could be mustered against the Hobbs Bill which
would give the Attorney General the power to
establish concentration camps. The camps would
hold deportable aliens, criminal or subversive,
whose native lands refuse to take them back.
While it is no doubt a good idea to lock up such
subversives and criminals, this bill provides a
second punishment, without a second trial,
merely because deportation cannot be carried
out This is not only un-American but may prove
unconstitutional. The experience of other coun
tries has shown that, once established, the con
centration camp idea grows and soon all citizens
“dangerous to national security” are throg^ in
without trial.
Although liberal organizations opposed the
Hobbs Bill not even all the Jewish congressmen
voted against it.
Some organizations have rallied against the
Mundt Bill although many individuals are afraid
to oppose it. This bill, called the Subversive Ac
tivities Control Act, is so vaguely worded that
it would be virtually impossible for anyone,
however innocent, to escape conviction. It would
inflict serious penalties through guilt by associa
tion. The bill would undermine the structure of
American society—the society it is ostensibly
menat to buttress.
manifesto was adopted unani
mously by 20,000 delegates repre
senting 18,000,000 Baptists in 52
countries.
The manifesto gave support to
to the United Nations Declaration
of Human Rights and urged all
nations to ratify the covenant de
signed to legalize this document.
It appealed to the United Nations
to bring before the bar of world
opinion any nation or territory
now under the domination of any
one particular .religious force—
whether Islam, Roman Catholic
ism or Protestantism—which re
fuses to abide by the Declaration
of Human Rights both in spirit
and in practice.
We believe every person has
the right to express his religious
beliefs in worship, teaching and
practice without moral, social, or
political penalities,” the manifesto
says. Urging Baptist churches
throughout the world to lead in
the the proclamation and practice
of religious liberty, the manifesto
says:
“We appeal to Protestant state-
churches and other churches
which hold a dominant position,
to cherish and promote the prin
ciples of religious liberty, grant
ing to Roman Catholics, Jews and
members of other religious groups,
and to those who acknowledge no
religious faith, the same rights
and privileges which they de
mand for themselves without dis
criminations or disabilities.” The
manifesto also appeals to Com
munist countries to “cease their
policy of discrimination against
religion.”
U. S. Students in Israel
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Three
hundred and eleven American stu
dents flew to Israel during the
last two weeks via El Al, the Is
rael national airline.
The Young Americans, who
regularly attend 49 different uni
versity in the United States, Mex
ico, and Canada, will remain in
Israel till the end of August.