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VOL. XXX
The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspa per for Southern Jewry — Establish#*' 1 '5
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UNIVERSITY OF GEOi.t
SEP 10 1955
LIBRARIES
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1955
NO. 30
Jewish Press Service
Egypt, Israel ; 'Cease"
News Round-Up 0rder buf Qui • Sfi || Doubtfu |
UNITED STATES
In an editorial that could well
have been written by an official
Israeli spokesman the conserva
tive N. Y. Herald Tribune had
this to say on the latest Egyptian
outrages “Along the Gaza Strip.’*
The Israelis have objected to the
suggestion of a ‘plague on both
your houses’ implicit in a cease
fire in the present circumstances.
There has been a cease-fire in
operations since the armistice of
1949. It has been broken again
and again. Egypt has been un
willing to recognize or accept the
fact of Israel’s existence, has been
under the delusion that somehow,
sometime, this fact of the modern
world could be erased and blotted
out. The long series of incidents
on this Gaza border has served
Egypt’s purpose of keeping the
very existence of Israel in dis
pute. A cease-fire is a necessary
step,” the Trib continues, “but
something deeper is necessary,
too. That is a willingness on the
part of the Egyptian Arabs to
live and let live — a belated but
wholehearted acceptance of Is
rael’s right to a place in the sun.
This achieved, the other prob
lems become soluble ...”
Meanwhile, while Secretary of
State Dulles has indicated Soviet
intermission in the Arab-Israel
conflict by supplying arms to the
Egyptians, N. Y. Times corres
pondent Kenneth Love reports
from Tel Aviv that Israel’s forces
far outweigh those of the Arabs
and that her arms and men are
found to be in finer shape while
the foes lack unity and strength.
Kenneth Love should know. He
has recently transferred from his
assignment in Cairo to Israel.
Many Washington officials feel
that Secretary of State Dulles,
with his new Middle East plan,
has set in motion a process of ac
tion and counter-action that, if
vigorously pressed, might stimu
late Middle Eastern statesmen
(Arab) to a reconsideration of
their problems.
Expressing approval of the
Dulles move, the Jewish Expon
ent of Philadelphia had this to
say editorially last week. Israeli
officialdom may react with some
distaste to Mr. Dulles’ three-point
proposal to impose peace on the
Middle East, but American rec
ognition of the need to seek to
work out some sort of peace
there, and our Government’s will
ingness to take the lead in doing
so, constitute news of top-ranking
significance. Now that such a de
velopment has actually been ini
tiated, we voice our approval of
the move the spirit in which it
has been launched, and even the
timing.” White House and State
Department officials now realize
that “Geneva” was not an open
sesame” to the Iron Curtain. The
over-optimistic had expected the
“Curtain” to tumble like the walls
of Jericho. In the light of Presi
dent Eisenhower’s recent pro
nouncements, the U. S. has now
placed a “hold for October” label
on all major official proposals for
further liberalizing relations with
the Soviet Union. The Big Four
Foreign Ministers are scheduled
to meet in October.
The Jewish Labor Committee has
urged the Soviet Union to reveal
the fate of 68 Jewish writers who
have disappeared since the end
of World War II. Adolph Held
made the demand in a letter to
Soviet Ambassador Zarubin.
The Committee for Russian
Jewry, organized recently to press
for the release of the two and a
half million Jews in the Soviet
Union, met Wednesday evening,
Sept. 7, at the Garment Center
Synagogue, New York. Founded
by Reuben Arfa, Congressman
Cellar, Senator Neuberger and
Eleanor Roosevelt are among
those in the Committee.
“The fact that many Russian
youngsters are returning to God
and church — after years of an
ti-religious propaganda — seems
to have come as a shock to So
viet leaders.” So states the Sep-
The on - again off - again on -
again political spotlight veered
momentarily in the Middle East
thsi week to a new squabble be
tween Greece and Turkey.
The off-again on-again politi
cal spotlight veered momentarily
off Israel and her boundary trou-
bes this week to a new squabble
Report New Trouble
In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Dif
ficulties in the Kosher poultry
trade in Los Angeles which led to
Federal Grand Jury action last
year and the signing of consent
decrees by the kosher butchers
and wholesale poultry dealers,
have arisen again and Federal
investigators are back on the
scene, the newspaper Heritage re
ported last week.
The paper said that the Bureau
of Kashruth Administration, an
agency sponsored by the Los An
geles Jewish Community Council,
had removed its Kashruth signs
from 56 of the 86 butcher shops
that had accepted the Bureau’s
supervision earlier this year. The
bureau’s director was quoted as
saying that the signs had been
removed because the shops sold
poultry from five wholesale deal
ers who refused to accept the Bu
reau’s supervision. The bureau
had insisted on employment by
these firms of full-time perman
ent supervisors.
The 56 shops which were de
prived of the Bureau’s Kashruth
deal have announced they are
now under supervision of a rab
binical organization.
tember issue of The American
Protest .official publication of the
American Protestant Defense
League. To prove its case, the
publication reprinted a story from
the Communist Youth newspaper,
Komsomolskaya Pravda.
By ADOLPH ROSENBERG
Centers and Camps, Spared Major Flood
Damage, Throw Resource Into Rescue Work
NEW YORK — Hurricane-
borne floods which swept over
sections of five eastern seaboard
states found Jewish Community
Centers and Jewish communally-
sponsored camps ready to put
their traditional service to the
community on an emergency ba
sis according to a survey by the
National Jewish Welfare Board
(JWB). Coming after Hurricane
Diane itself had been written off
as a comparatively harmless blow,
the high waters caught cities and
towns unprepared, causing mil
lions of dollars of damage with a
toll of more than 150 lives. The
Centers and camps themselves
suffered slight damage and no
casualties, but shared general
community hardships as they
were integrated in the pattern of
welfare services.
On the Monday following the
floods, while radio and newspa
per reports were still coming in,
S. D. Gershovitz, executive vice-
president of JWB, dispatched a
communique and questionnaire to
the 30 Jewish Community Centers
and 9 Center-sponsored camps in
the stricken area offering assis
tance to the agencies. JWB is the
national association of Jewish
Community Centers and conducts
a camping consultation and pro-
grayn aid service.
With many agencies still to be
heard from, this is the general
picture as constructed from re
ports to JWB. Hartford, Conn.,
was not badly hit but the day
camp site of the Hartford Jewish
Community Center was flooded.
Twenty-seven over-night camp
ers there were marooned without
communications until a ham ra
dio operator made contact. State
troopers finally reached the camp
and the youngsters, who were
gathered on high ground, were
evacuated by helicopter to Brad
ley Field, where their parents
picked them up. In New Haven,
Conn., the Jewish Community
Center, which was undamaged,
was offered to the Red Cross for
emergency housing. In Ansonia,
Conn., the Jewish Community
Center of the Associated Towns
had its basement flooded out.
Waterbury, Conn., was very bad
ly damaged but the Center was
not hit.
In Easton, Pa., the business dis
trict and other parts of the city
were under water. The Center
was undamaged, but Jack Sher,
executive director, stated that
heavy financial losses suffered by
people in town would likely af
fect the Center’s membership
campaign, now in progress. Mean
while, the Center is serving as a
Red Cross clothing distribution
point, and Center members have
given personal service and contri
butions to welfare work.
The new building of the Jew
ish Community Center, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., now under construc
tion, is situated directly on the
banks of the Susquehanna River.
Plans for the structure called for
special waterproofing techniques
in the foundation ajid walls and
the test imposed by the hurricane
proved the value of the extra
care. Twenty miles away, in
Scranton, the Center program
was disrupted for four days be
cause of emergency conditions in
town, although the building was
unharmed. The Scranton staff
and membership were' active in
digging out those who were not
so fortunate.
In Massachusetts, the day camp
of the Worcester Jewish Commu
nity Center, ten miles from town
was menaced by rising waters.
Volunteers from the community
near the camp, working in the
pouring rain and knee-deep in
water, managed to divert the
flood from the site.
The Trenton, N. J., JCC, suffer
ed extensive damage to its day
camp site where a dam burst.
Bridges were destroyed, trees up-
continued on page 8)
between Greece and Turkey.
piimaxing several weeks of
near-War encounters and tension,
Israel and Egypt both accepted
an unconditional cease fire ulti
matum of the U. N. Truce Chief,
but before the peace could actu
ally descend upon the area, a ser
ies of new border incidents threat
ened to disrupt the progress al-
. legedly made so far.
This progress seemed largely
to be Egypt’s quasi recognition of
the existence of a Jewish State
which they had officially refused
to admit diplomatically actually
existed.
Many observers felt Egypt in a
showdown would again have come
come off a poor fourth best face
to face with Israeli soldiers.
The series of events which en
sued of late in the border epi
sode was reminescent of a “he-
said - she - said - I - said —
and - then _ she - said - and —
he - said” argument, with the in
volvement so intricate the prin
cipal involved seemed lost alto
gether.
Many observers still felt en
couraged by the big power atten
tion to the problem but as we
went to press, the best thing that
could be said was that the eyes of
the world were momentarily
turned to another spot, giving the
principals in the Israel,Egypt dra
ma a chance to dust off their
shoulder-chips and calm down so
that the real picture could be
seen.
Center Going Up Fast—Balser;
List Committee Appointments
Meyer Balser, president -of
the AJCC, has announced that
“great progress is being made in
the building of the new Center.”
The brick walls for the build
ing are already on its way up.
Mr. Balser said, “it will not be
too long before the entire build
ing will be bricked-in so that
workmen can concentrate on the
inside of the building.”
Mr. Balser has also indicated
that the fund-raising effort of
the 100 campaigners is making
fine strides.
He has announced that the first
report meeting will take place
this Monday, September 12, at
12:30 p. m., at the Progressive
Club. Together with cochairmen
of the campaign, Erwin Zaban
and Dan Garson, he anticipates
an outstanding successful report
meeting.
Parallel with the progress of
“brick and mortar” and fund rais
ing comes the announcement from
Mr. Balser that various planning
committees — those planning for
the new building program, are
readying themselves for Intensive
(Continued on page 4)
National B'nai B'rith Treasurer
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To Speak in Atlanta Monday
Atlanta B’nai B’rith will put
out the welcome mat Monday for
the order’s national treasurer —
Sidney G. Kusworm.
He will be the guest of honor
at a dinner meeting of Gate City
Lodge at the Mayfair Club on
Monday, Sept. 12.
Reservations for the dinner to
start at 7 p. m. can be made with
Sidney Parks at CYpress 2965.
The meeting itself will get un
derway at 8:15 p. m. Dr. Nathan
Attorneys General
Group Condemns
Klan Rebirth
COLUMBIA, S. C. (JTA) Re
birth of the Ku Klux Klan in any
form was condemned here by the
Southern Association of Attor
neys General, following a Klan
meeting in Horry County, S. C.,
which had been the scene of flog
gings by night raiders until a
number of Klansmen were sent
to jail three years ago.
The Klan meeting heard E. L.
Edwards, of Atlanta, say that the
Klan had to become stronger in
order to fight various "evils”
threatening white supremacy —
among them the activities of the
B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation
League.
The anti-Klan statement was
endorsed by ten of the fourteen
members of the attorneys gener
al’s group, according to T. C. Cal-
lison, Attorney General of South
Carolina and chairman of the or
ganization. He said replies were
expected from the other four
members. The resolution origin
ated with John Ben Butler, At
torney General of Texas.
SIDNEY KUSWORM
... to visit Atlanta
Blass, Gate City president, said
“Mr. Kusworm is a noted story
teller and his talk is expected to
be a special after-dinner treat.”
A lawyer at Dayton, Ohio, since
1908, Mr. Kusworm has served
on the B’nai B’rith executive
committee since 1921. He has
paced numerous B’nai B’rith de
velopments, including develop
ments of Bellefaire, a Jewish or
phan home in Cleveland, the Na
tional Jewish Hospital for Con
sumptives in Denver and the Leo
N. Levi Memorial Hospital at
Hot Springs, Ark., the B. B. Y. O.
and other activities of the lodge.
He has been a leader too with
the Boy Scouts, the American
Jewish Confemece, the American
Bar Association and other com
munal fields.