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1 NuV 1? 1052 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1952
NO. 44
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Twelve Win Seats in New
House of Representatives
WASHINGTON (JTA) — All
ten Jewish members of the
House of Representatives who
sought re-election emerged suc
cessful in the national campaign
and will be joined by two more
Jewish members in the 83rd
Congress.
The death of Adolph J. Sa-
bath, dean of Congress, 48 hours
after his election to his 23rd
term, reduced the Jewish delega
tion to eleven — the same num
ber as set in the 82nd Congress.
The eleventh member of this lat
ter group. Rep. Abraham A. Ri-
bieoff of Connecticut!, was not a
candidate for the House this
year. He sought election to the
Senate on the Democratic ticket
and went down to defeat by a
margin of 31,000 votes although
he ran 81,000 votes ahead of
Gov. Adlai Stevenson in the
state.
The two new Congressmen are
Samuel N. Friedel, of Baltimore,
a Democrat and Lester Holtman,
New York attorney, who is be
lieved to be the first Jew elected
to Congress from Queens Coun
ty. Holtzman’s election is being
challenged by his Republican op
ponent and is subject to a re
count.
Rep. Jacob K. Javits, of New
York, will be the only Jewish
member of the majority party in
the new congress. He holds an
assignment on the Foreign Af
fairs Committee of the House.
Rep. Emanuel Celler, of New
York will lose his chairmanship
of the House Judiciary Commit
tee, key spot in the anticipated
fight against the McCarran-
Walter Immigration and Natur
alization Act.
(The New York Times report-
Reservations for the I. M.
Weinstein Award dinner to be
held at the Progressive Club on
Monday, November 24, are com
ing in rapidly according to Ben
J. Massed, chairman of the af
fair.
“The dinner in honor of I. M.
promises to be one of the most
memorable in the history of At
lanta’’, Mr. Massed stated. “I
know that ad of Mr. Weinstein’s
friends will want to be present
when he receives the.distinguish
ed service award from the State
of Israel—the first citizen of the
South to receive such an honor.”
The Hon. James G. MacDon
ald, first U. S. Ambassador to
Israel will present the award.
Mr. MacDonald is an eloquent
and figted speaker. He is no
stranger to Atlanta audiences,
and those w r ho have heard him
apeak before will be anxious to
listen to him again.
Mr. MacDonald is appearing
on behalf of Israeli Ambassador
Abba S. Eban, who personally
recommended Mr. Weinstein for
the Distinguished Service
Award. Mr. Weinstein is being
honored for the significent con
tribution he has made to the de
velopment and expansion of the
Israeli industrial and economic
system.
ed this post would probably go
to Chauncey W. Reed, Illinois
Republican. It predicted that the
committee, under Mr. Reed’s
chairmanship, would defend the
McCarran - Walter Immigration
law “against attempts to amend
it, at least materially,” when the
anticipated fight against the
measure opens in January.)
Sen. Herbert H. Lehman, as a
result of Rep. Ribicoff’s defeat
in Connecticut^, will remain as
the only Jew in the Senate. His
term runs until 1956 and he has
indicated in campaign speeches
that he will not then seek reel
ection.
The Jewish delegation in the
lower House will be composed of
Arthur G. Klein, Emanuel Celler,
Abraham Multer, Sidney A.
Fine, Louis B. Heller, Isadore
Dollinger, and Lester Holtizman,
Democrats, and Jacob K. Javits,
Republican, all of New York;
Sidney R. Yates, Democrat of
Illinois; Earl Chudoff, Demo
crat of Pennsylvania, and Sam
uel N. Friedel, Democrat of
Maryland.
Gen. Eisenhower’s landslide
victory caused political upsets in
many states and was a decisive
factor in at least ten other con
gressional contests in which Jew'-
ish candidates were unsuccess
fully involved.
Jewish candidates also won of
fice in a number of local elec
tions as governors and state ad
ministrations were elected in 29
states. Among these was Ben
Fingold, Boston attorney, who
was elected Attorney-General of
Massachusetts.
In Connecticutt, where Gen.
Eisenhower swept all posts into
Serving with Mr. Massed as
co-chairman of the dinner are:
Max M. Cuba, Louis Aronstam,
Frank Garson, Abe Goldstein
and David L. Slann. The dinner
is being held under auspice of
the Atlanta Boards of Israel
Committee. Reservations may be
made by phoning Morris Mitz-
ner, Georgia executive of the
Bond Drive at La. 7924, or by
writing him at 11 Pryor St. SW.,
Atlanta, Ga.
TEL AVIV — Dr. Chaim
Weizmann, first President of
the reborn State of Israel, died
at his home at Rehovoth Sunday,
November 9, several weeks be
fore he would have celebrated his
78th birthday.
The funeral was delayed until
Tuesday to permit his son, who
was in Britain, to be present.
The body lay in state and thous
ands of persons filed silently
past his open, flag draped cof-
F. Simmons, U. S. State Depart
ment Chief of Protocol, called on
A.malbassador Abba Eban Sun
day at the Embassy of Israel to
express the condolences of Presi
dent Truman on the death of
President Weizmann of Israel.
Other officials who called on Mr.
Bean simultaneously with Sim
mons were Henry A. Byroade,
Assistant Secretary of State, and
Parker T. Hart, Director of the
Office of Near Eastern Affairs
Byroade and Hart conveyed the
condolences of Secretary of State
Dean Acheson.
The White House Sunday is
sued the following statement by
President Truman on the death
of Dr. Weizmann: “Mankind has
lost an able leader in the death
of Chaim Weizman, Israel’s first
President. His devotion to the
establishment of a homeland for
•the Jewish people, both before its
realization and as the head of
the new government, has brought
him the respect and gratitude
of millions. He was a .man of
wisdom and 1 was honored to
know him.”
Ambassador Eban today is
sued the following statement:
“Deep mourning descends upon
the land of Israel and spreads
through all the communities of
the Jewish dispersion at the
news that Chaim Weizmann is
no longer at our head. He led
Israel for 40 years through a
wilderness of martyrdom and
anguish, of savage oppression
and frustered hope, across the
sharpest agony which has ever
beset the life of any people and
at the end of h’S days he entered
in splendor and triumph upon his
due inheritance of honor as the
first President of Israel, the em
bodiment in modern time of the
kingly and prophetic tradition
which once flourished in Israel
and became the most abiding
fin. Special trains brought thou
sands from Tel Aviv and Haifa
to pay their last respects.
Only members of the diploma
tic corps, the government and in
vited leaders of all phases of life
in Israel and Jewish communi
ties abroad joined the family at
the funeral.
The minister of the Interior
proclaimed a week of national
mourning during which all flags
are to fly at half-mast.
source of light and redemption
for succeeding generations of
men.
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“In the vigor of his youth
Chaim Weizmann, the rational
scientist seized upon an ideal re
mote from any realistic possii-
ity of fulfillment and pursued it
with implacable patience and
faith until he saw phantasy
transfer, imed into fact by the
sheer power of an unyielding
will. No life lived in our gene
ration offers greater testimony
to the victory of fate in all the
issues of humanity.
“His Presidency symbolized
the swift journey of the Jewish
people, in this its most awesome
decade, from the horrors and de
gradations of the European
slaughterhouse and Oriental
ghettos to unexpected heights of
dignify and freedom in a sov
ereign State, securely establish
ed in the international family.”
NEW YORK (JTA)—Ameri
can Jewry this week paid trib
ute to President Chaim Weiz
mann by holding memorial serv
ices, cancelling scheduled public
dinners and cabling messages of
condolence to the Government of
Israel and to the family of the
CHARLESTON — This com
munity is in the midst of its an
nual Welfare Fund Campaign.
The pace was set in mid Octo
ber when the largest group ever
to assemble for an annual Wel
fare Fund meeting was present
at the Jewish Community Center
to see Milton Kronsberg unani
mously reelected for the coming
year.
Chosen with him were Edwin
Pearlstine, Max Krawcheck, Irv
ing Levkoff and Davis S. Gold
berg, vice president; Hyman
Rephan, treasurer; Louis M. To-
porek, secretary, and Nat Shul-
man, executive secretary.
The 1952 campaign itself open
ed on November 2 when the prin
cipal speaker was Mrs. Jacob
Kesselman of Jersey City, who
had the privilege of examining
intensely many phases of Israel
which are not usually open to
tourists.
Mme. Paulette 0 p p e r t, a
French nurse, related her per
sonal observations during the
early years of World War II and
subsequent at a meeting called
for November 3.
The following persons will
comprise the Board of Directors
of the Charleston Jewish Wel
fare Fund for the 1952-53 year:
late Israeli President.
When the news of Dr. Weiz-
mann’s death reached the nation
al conference of the United Is
rael Appeal at the Hotel Com
modore, the 1,200 assembled del
egates converted the session into
a memorial service at which Ar
thur Lourie, Consul General of
Israel, spoke. Eulogies were also
delivered by Louis Lipsky, chair
man of the American Zionist
Council, who worked with Dr.
Weizmann from the early days
of the Zionist movement, Rabbi
Irving-Miller, president of the
Zionist Organization of Ameri
ca, and Rabbi Max Kirshblum,
Mizraehi leader.
Numerous Zionist leaders left
New York by plane Sunday to
participate in the funeral of Dr.
Weizmann. They included Mrs.
Rose Halprin, acting chairman
of the American section of the
Jewish Agency, Dr. Israel Gold
stein, presilent of the American
Jewish Congress, Meyer W.
Weisgal, one of the late Presi
dent’s intimate friends, and
others.
Israel Opens
Flax Factory
BEERTUVIA — At the exact
spot where in ancient days the
Philistine used primitive means
of parting stalks of their pre
cious golden fibers, the ' first
modern flax processing plant in
Israel began operations here last
week.
Known as Pishtan and expect
ed in several years to supply the
bulk of Israel’s fiber require
ments — imports of such fiber
costs the young republic a pres
ent annual expenditure of $3,-
000,000 in foreign currency —
the new flax factory is expected
to reach a full capacity late in
December.
William Ackerman, Sam Addle-
stone, George Birlant, Jack
Brickman, Abe Dumas, Mendel
Dumas, Mrs. Bessie Engel, Abe
Finklestein, Ditto Fox, Max Uar-
finkel, Alec Goldberg, Mrs. Na
than Goldberg, Sol Goldman,
Sam Golembe, Melvin Jacobs,
Sam Jacobs, Dr. Irwin Karesh,
Alex Karesh, Louis Karesh, Karl
Karesh, Edward Kronsberg, Isa
dora Lesser, A1 Levinson, Louis
Meyerson, Bernard J. Olaeov,
Adolph Robinson, Morris Sokol,
^Valter Soloman, Irving Stein
berg, Max Tanenbaum, Maier
Triest, Mrs. A. V. Williams, Mrs.
Jack Wright, Henry Yaschik,
and Rabbis Joseph Rothafein, Al
lan Tarshish, Louis M. Tuchman,
and Lewis A. Weintraub.
Patient Sends
First Donation
First contribution to Char
leston’s 1952 Welfare Fund
campaign came from Miss
Fannie Warshavsky, who mail
ed a $5.00 check from her bed
side at Roper Hospital.
She wrote: "It’s my dona
tion for Yiakor for my folks.
1 made this money by crochet
ing, so give my tithe for the
last year. Hope my mite will
fill a small hole.”
EMBASSY OF ISRAEL
Washington, D. C.
3r,d November,
1952
Dear Mr. Morgenthau,
Israel is keenly aware of the dedicated services in her behalf
of Isidore M. Weinstein, Chairman of the Bond Campaign in Atlan
ta and a selfless leader in his community. Therefore, we note with
satisfaction that the friends of Israel in Atlanta plan to honour Mr.
Weinstein publicly on November 24, 1952.
It gives me great pleaure to inform you that Israel intends,
svmbolicallv, to share in this celebration by conferring upon Mr.
Weinstein the Award for Distinguished Service to the Economy of
Israel as a token of my country's appreciation of Mr. Weinstein's
demonstrated devotion to the people of Israel.
I should be grateful if you would convey this to the Committee
in charge of the Testimonial Dinner in Atlanta.
Sincerely yours,
Abba Eban
Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
120 Broadway,
N°w York City.
Continued on Page Eight
McDonald to Address BIG
Dinner Honoring Weinstein
Truman Sends Condolences;
l I.S. Jewry Pays High Tribute
WASHINGTON (JTA)—John
Charleston Opens 1952
Welfare Fund Campaign