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THE SOUTHERN i SRAELITE
Friday, January 23, 1953
The Southern Israelite
Publithtd Wxkly by Southern N»w«pop«r ln*»rprl»M, JfK., oHic*,' Atlon"o!
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Adolph *oi.nb.ro. Editor and Aublm..f
MEMBERS Of ADVISORY BOARD^
Hyman Jacobi
Edward Krick
Sam L»vv
Irving libowtky
Thomat Makovor
B»n Mati«ll
Barney Medintz
Hyman Morrit
Eugene Oberdorfer
Guitav Oppenheimer
PANAROMA by David Schwartz
Washington to Eisenhower
^ _ *tr . . <4nit Umir m 1
Gut lav Oppenheimer
Meyer Balter
Sol Bonamy
Dr, Nathan Blot*
Dr. Jock Bloich
Jo* Cohon
Rguben Cohon
Frank Gar ton
Abo Goldberg
Dr, Irving Goldstein
Horry Horrlton
Borry Rittonbaum
t/oyor Rotonborg
Phil Schwartz
Davo Slann
Harry Spitror
A. D. Srochi
Kalman Sunshine
Arthur Woiii
Sam Weinberg
Paul Wolkin
for it
Never thought of it before, but
the new Presidents of Israel and
the United States are both Ikes.
Itzhak, the first name of Ben Zvi
is of course the Hebrew for Isaac,
Said President Itzhak ben Zvi
To President Eisenhower Ike
“Goodness, gracious,
Our names are alike."
Speaking of the Eisenhower inau
guration recalls the inauguration
of the first American President,
George Washington. The ceremony
was held on Wall St. The day, his
torians say, began clouded but be
fore the inauguration ceremony,
the sun came through the clouds.
Rabbi Gershom Seixas of the
Spanish Portuguese congregation,
now headed by Dr. De Sola Pool,
was one of 14 members of the
clergy invited to attend the cere
mony.
I heard the other day a story
about President Ben Zvi. For the
first time ip his life, he did not
OFF THE DRAWING BOARD INTO REALITY
Atlanta's badly needed Jewish Community Center facilities have
acain come into communal focus and leaders next week launch a
determined campaign to bring the full building program into speedy
3^S=£k£s£:
SHterzfflftiacsss
1 lance no longer could serve the purpose. . T _ .
Yet the community had to hold on valiant y to e J-
was war tlmjj years could lire community 8lv e himself a shoe shine. A valet
Not until the ,j m , s „f s , ri dent emergency named to serve the Israel Presi-
movement get started, but those , , hortaBes dent called him to task when ho
overseas and at home there were building material shortages.
Yet the movement persisted and with the funds raised in a cam-
paign'a new site w- ” ' » ''..ihline on the prenu.es converted
temporarily for use
ious grounds developed into one
recreational purposes in the entire south.
Now both the old J.E.A., which still has been in constant use
particularly because of its gym facilities, and the temporary >ne
building are again overflowing.
So bursting at the seams again, the temporary stop-gap ar-
* Inn trer suffice and the community wisely turns to Jirst official moves. Israel, too, is
rangement can no g among the watchers. The Israel
Government is especially fearful
that President Eisenhower might
comply with the requests of the
Arab countries to supply them
with American heavy arms and
jet planes.
The Israelis are also disturbed
over the fact that Gen. Naguib,
may be in-
As mat-
of the gangling Center program and the spac-
of the most modem grounds for
tried to shine his own shoes and
Ben Zvi had to yield and have his
shoes shined by a servant. It was
the first time in his life, Ben Zvi
said, that he didn’t shine his own
shoes. Being President has its
problems too.
Probably President Washington
didn’t shine his own shoes either.
Washington had a lot of slaves
(though in his will he emancipat
ed them) and maybe one of them
did the shining.
Washington was President of a
much larger country than Presi
dent Ben Zvi. Yes sir, the United
States, when Washington began his
administration, had over three
million people while President Ben
Zvi has only a million and a half
people in his country.
From three million to 150 mil
lion people, the country has grown’
between the days of Washington
and Eisenhower. I wonder if Pres
ident Ben Zvi’s country will grow
anything like that. Of course the
United States, in Washington’s
day, had a much larger area than
Israel. It began with 13 Mogen
Davids on its flag, not one. All
of the territory west of the Mis-
sippi was in foreign hands. The
Indians were the big problem.
If you think that Israel has a
lot of political problems, think
back to the days of America in
BETWEEN US by Boris Smolar
Eyes on Washington
The eyes of the world are now
directed toward the White House
watching President Eisenhower’s
completing the program.
HE'S VERY MUCH OUR LEADER
In our “Letters to the Editor” column, we reproduce a com
munication received from Eisenhower's headquarters when it was
in New York. Were we inclined to accept credit without earning
it, we would simply acqiiesce in
silence and bask in the warmth
,„d sincerity of Mr. Vaodcnl,erg's acknowledgement. His gracious ™n.»mi
words certainly rub up the right way. Fact is, we never sent a vitcd to visil Wash i n gton.
1 ... rl..verve inv commendation. Of course there tors are now developing in Egypt,
message and so dont deserve any comm ,♦ roa .rm n hip m heiieve that
is the possibility that the message was dispatched by someone e lse
acting in our name—either seriously or in jest.
The letter calls to our attention a grevious error of omission
tin <j>ur part. For truly this man is now our leader and our destinies
definitely intertwined with his aecumen and ability. Though we not dare leave the Soviet Union,
al 1 -JminidrflKnn md fearing the outbreak of a revolu-
belong to a different party than >e cumn . ■ ‘ tion j n ^is absence, so is Egypt’s
hive 1 trepidations over how certain policies will he fulfilled, we "strong man” today. However,
- eye to eye on the major principle, of Americanism and Do- %£££*£!£% £
mocracy. There is sufficient and ample common grouiic o i \pu ss ministration the request he made
our confidence in the new president. Those fundamentals are lastly of the Truman administration for
. ' A nAnrinon ormnmonfc and mllifQ1*V
more important than cleavages of party line.
These are very trying times indeed and the men at the helm
of our government deserve and need the utmost of our support
and cooperation. If we failed to send congratulations before, it was
one of negligence and not intent. We advance them now and also
our pledges of cobperation-without reservation.
it seems reasonable to believe that
Naguib may be afraid to leave
Egypt for a brief visit to the Unit
ed States, since he is faced with
a growing opposition. Just as Sta
lin is his own prisoner and does
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Mr. Rosenberg:
Immediately after the results of
the election became known, Gen
eral Eisenhower went to Georgia
for a rest and a brief respite from
all duties and contact with the of
fice. Consequently, he has not yet
seen your message of congratula
tions.
This note is to assure you, how
ever. that your message will be
placed before him at the earliest
opportunity.
Permit me to say that I know he
will deeply appreciate your
thoughtfulness in communicating
wit hhim.
ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG, Jr.
See Our Editorial
—THE EDITOR
January 17, 1953
The Editor
The Southern Israelite
Atlanta, Ga.
Reference is made to the article:
Should Jews celebrate Christmas?
inserted in your editorial columns
by Rabbi Feldman.
Without doubt the rabbi is sin
cere. Such articles express his con
victions, and they are also part of
his duties.
History, however, teaches us that
at all times, in all places, those
who have tried to divide men by
setting up artificial barriers be
tween them have been far more
successful personally than those
who tried to unite man. The large
majority of the clergy of all faiths,
from the high priests of pre-Jew-
ish Babylon to our streamlined
1953 model “church-builders,"
have forged prestige, power and
sometimes even wealth by inflam
ing superiority feeling in their fol
lowers at the expense of those
who were different . . .
In my humble opinion, the true
spirit of Christmas and the sin-
(Continued on page 7)
American armaments and military
planes. And the big question is:
“How will President Eisenhower
react to this request? American
Zionist leaders are more concerned
about this question than about any
other issue affecting Israel. It is
understood that Jacob Blaustein,
who was close to President Tru
man, discussed the matter with
President Eisenhower a few days
before Eisenhower moved into the
White House. Although a non-Zi
onist, he was the first American
Jewish leader to approach the
President with this problem.
U.I.A. Revision
The by-laws of the United Israel
Appeal are currently being revis
ed. Up to January 1952 the United
Israel Appeal was comprised of the
Keren Hayesod and the Jewish
National Fund.
Now, by decision of the last
World Zionist Congress, the U.I.A.
functions as the fund-raising agen
cy of the Keren Hayesod alone.
The by-laws of the United Israel
Appeal provide, in general that
representation in the U.I.A. shall
consist of 72 persons appointed by
the Keren Hayesod and its exe
cutive committee and 48 persons
chosen from local American Jew
ish communities. Officers of the
U.I.A, are named by the board of
the directors whicli meets monthly
... A smaller executive commit
tee, composed on the same propor
tion of basis as the board, func
tions for the board on day to day
business.
All funds received by the United
Israel Appeal are made available
to the Keren Hayesod, which is the
fiscal arm of the Jewish Agency,
Figures on U.I.A. income now
made public reveal the interest
ing fact that in 1951 the United
Israel Appeal received from the
United Jewish Appeal about $46,-
000,000 which is $1,650,000 more
than in the preceding year. This
increase, in the face of a smaller
total of funds raised by the United
Jewish Appeal, is due to the smal
ler allocation of U.I.A. funds to
the Joint Distribution Committee
and United Service for New Amer
icans.
On the other hand, the United
Israel Appeal paid out in 1951
about $3,750,000 for transportation
of immigrants from Europe and the
Middle East to Israel. In 1950, this
financial responsibility was borne
by the Joint Distribution Commit
tee. The United Israel Appeal al
to the Mizrachi Fund, more than
$1,200,000 to the World Confedera
tion of General Zionists, about
$260,000 to the Agudtah Israel and
approximately the same sum to
the Agudah laborite organization.
In subsidies, the U.I.A. gave
$147,000 to the Hechalutz Organi
zation; $65,000 for emigration from
the U. S. to Israel; about $68,000
to schlichim; $50,000 to the Pal
estine Gallery for Arts and Crafts
in New York, and $46,000 to the
Washington’s day. How much
trouble there was, even under
Washington leadership, to get the
Constitution adopted. Every trick
in the book had to be used be
fore the Union and the new Con
stitution could be ratified.
To win Massachusetts’ favor,
Alexander Hamilton dangled the
bait of the Presidency before the
eyes of John Hanoock. In New
York, where the upstate farmers
were opposed to the Constitution,
the city of New York threatened
to secede and form a state of its
own, if the upstate region didn’t
ratify. Rhode Island, which fought
very strenuously against the Un
ion, was threatened with tariff
barriers that would exclude its
commodities from the other states.
And the financial troubles after
America had fought its war of lib
eration were just as acute as those
of Israel today. If you think the
Israeli pound has fallen, consider
what happened to paper money
during the Revolution. The Con
tinental currency became so utter
ly worthless, that the phrase “not
worth a Continental” bfecame a
synonym for anything whose value
was nil.
The real financial salvation of
the country came when Hamilton
induced the government to con
vert state securities into national
bonds.
If I were the director of the Is
rael bond campaign, I thing I
would publicize that story. It
ought to help sell a couple of mil
lions worth of bonds at least.
Calendar
*PURIM
March 1
*PASSOVER
March 31
(First Day)
April 7
(Last Dav)
•SHEVUOTH
May 20. 21
•HOLIDAYS BEGIN
Previous Evening
Editorial NEWS
and VIEWS
In defending the new Immigra
tion Act which he authored, Sen
ator Pat McCarren denied that
there are any racial prejudices in
the law. He may be right in as
serting that in fathering the bill he
personally was not motivated by
racial prejudices, asserts the
American Jewish World, Minneap
olis. “He cannot deny the fact that
the Act contains the old-quota
principle which was definitely
based on racial and ethnic prac
tices. Neither can the Senator be
blind to the fact that theAct opens
the door to this country much wi
der for Nazis while it practically
closes the door completely against
the victims of the Nazis.
“What Senator McCarran par
ticularly fails to realize is that this
Act will defeat the main objective
which he seeks. ‘The security of
the United States,’ he argues,
means more to me than any of the
things I have heard against this
bill.’ Granted! But the security of
the United States is dependent on
the devotion of its inhabitants to
the American principle of democ
racy. Such devotion will hardly be
generated by the immigrant Nazis
for whom the McCarran Act
spreads a welcome mat.
“The security of the United
States greatly depends upon our
ability to retain the good-will and
the friendship of our allies in re
sisting Communist aggression.
Such good-will and friendship is
greatly threatened by the McCar
ran Act. Only a few days have
passed since this new law went
into effect and it has already
brought forth official protests from
the British Government, from It
aly, from France and from the
Pope. Obviously those who oppose
this Act are not all Communist
sympathizers or people just ignor
ant of the implication of this law.
Zionist Archives in New York.
General office, administrative and
executive costs declined in 1951 to
$124,000, but publicity costs rose to
$42,000, a small increase compared
with the year before.