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Pag* Six 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! WAIo«, 079, ^ *«SJ! *5&. Th. Wh.cn Ccoruiu, undar Ih. All of Morch 3, '* 79 - * -j. nt# but not to b. con»id»r.d o» ^>3:30 P. M., TUESDAY bu, ntot.cio. 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.