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The Southern Israeli
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VOL. XXXI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1956
Eddie Jacobson Recorded Full
Story of Truman Meetings
entered the President’s office
arrogantly banging his fist on
Truman’s desk demanding this
and that. This act, he said, en
raged Truman more than any
thing else.
AJP ROUND-UP
The News Picture
NEW YORK. (AJP) — Al
though Harry S. Truman states
in his memoirs currently appear
ing in Life Magazine that “Eddie,
who had been with me through
the hard days of World War I,
had never been a Zionist,” the
fact is that the late Kansas city
Truman buddy recorded' the de
tails of his visits with his dis
tinguished friend and made it his
business that a copy of the in
timate Report be sent to the
Government of Israel.
This fact was revealed to the
writer by Eddie himself during
a visit with him a year before
Truman left the White House.
Eddie kept the original copy
along with scores of Truman
gifts in his safe, all of which he
proudly displayed.
The Jacobson report goes into
some details in describing that
particular visit which Mr. Tru
man cites in his memoirs as fol
lows:
“My old friend, Eddie Jacob
son, called on me at the White
House and urged me to receive
Dr. Weizmann. I was always glad
to see him. It would be hard
to find a truer friend. Eddie said
that he wanted to talk about
Palestine. I told him that I would
rather he did not, and that I
wanted to let the matter run its
course in the UN. I did not be
lieve that in all our 30 years of
friendship a sharp word had ever
passed between Eddie and me,
and I was sorry that Eddie had
brought up the subject.”
Here Truman infers that he
had used sharp words against
Eddie for bringing up Palestine
and Weizmann. He does not say
what they were. Eddie, however,
told this writer that at the time
Truman started to swear and
curse at the Jews in such a
bitter way that for a moment
he thought that his old buddy
was the worst type of anti-Se
mite. Eddie, almost heartbroken,
gave up hope that Truman would
see Weizmann. He began to
mumble (Truman writes: “Eddie
was becoming self-conscious, but
he kept on talking.”) Finally, in
desperation, Jacobson pointed to
a statue of Andrew Jackson
(Truman says that “Eddie waved
toward a small replica of an
Andrew Jackson statue that was
in my office”) and resumed his
sad* rather retired talk: “I have
never met the man who has been
my hero all my life. But I have
studied his past like you have
studied Jackson’s. He is the
greatest Jew alive, perhaps the
greatest Jew’ who ever lived. You
yourself have told me that he is
a great statesman and a fine
gentleman. I am talking about
Dr. Chaim Weizmann. He is an
old man and a very sick man. He
has traveled thousands of miles
to see you, and now you are
putting off seeing him. That isn’t
like you.”
At this very juncture, Eddie
told the writer, he recognized a
certain look in Truman’s face
and he knew that his wish would
be granted. But Truman didn’t
give in so eas$ to his war-time
buddy. He had to indulge in a
soldier’s oath — “You so and so,
you win!”
Eddie Jacobson also revealed
during the pleasant interview
that Abba Hillel Silver was the
“extreme Zionist” who had an
noyed Truman to the point of
exasperation. Silver, Eddie said,
once came to the White House,
Emory Students
Tell Plans for
B'hood Week
“Judaea-Christian Brotherhood
vs. Communistic Brotherhood”
will be one of six subjects dis
cussed at fraternity and social
club forums during Brotherhood
Week at Emory University Feb.
6-10.
The forums, scneduled for
each evening, will be led by uni
versity professors and guest
speakers including Morris Ab
rams, Rabbi Jacob Rothschild and
Father McShane.
Two of the other subjects are
“Why Segregate?” and “What Are
the Major Ways in Which Cath
olics, Jews and Protestants
Agree?”
At a special chapel service for
Friday, Feb. 10, Art Levin of the
ADL headquarters will introduce
the film, “Boundary Lines.”
Another film, “Gentlemen’s
Agreement” will be shown Friday
evening at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. in the
hospital auditorium.
Beaufort Sets Per Capita
Record for Buying Bonds
Special to Southern Israelite
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Beaufort
—the smallest organized Jewish
community in South Carolina—
has achieved the highest per cap
ita purchase of Israel Bonds. This
was announced by Dr. Sol Nei-
dich, who has just been elected
Chairman of the Israel Bond
Committee for Beaufort.
The results of $6,500 in sales
was achieved at a meeting held
on Sunday, January 22, at the
home of Dr. Sol Neidich. The
meeting heard a dramatic inter
national telephone hook-up with
personal reports by Abba Eban,
Senator Herbert Lehman, and
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, now
Chairman of the Board of Gov
ernors of'the Bond Organization,
and Dr. Joseph Schwartz, Presi
dent of the Bond Organization.
Ambassador Eban in his remarks
stressed that the purchase of
bonds was a direct contribution
to Israel’s security. The assembl
ed group reacted with enthusiasm
to the reports with Dr. Neidich
and his father, Morris Neidich,
taking the lead in becoming
Guardians of Israel for 1956.
Half the families in Beaufort
were represented at the meeting
and a bond purchase was made
by every family present. Payment
to the extent of $6,300 for the
bonds was completed within two
days after the meeting. In calling
attention to the results, Dr. Nei
dich stated that while he feels
that “the community can do even
better, he calls upon other South
Carolina communities to follow
their example.” He further stated
that, “this is a moment in Israel’s
history when Jews should close
ranks and consolidate Israel’s
economy through purchase of Is
rael Bonds.”
Following the meeting, Mrs.
Neidich served a delicious brunch.
’Nooga Bennies
Air Dime March
CHATTANOOGA — Mem
bers of Stanley Lachman
Lodge of B’nai B’rith here
have been busy manning a
“March of Dimes” booth at
the Hamilton National Bank.
Among those who took part
in the polio campaign were
Alex Alper, president, Dr.
Howard Gaut, chairman, Wil
liam Springer, co-chairman,
and Philip Lampert.
All-Day Institute
On Leadership
Set for Feb. 19
An all-day Institute on Organ
ization Leadership, sponsored by
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Council will take place in At
lanta on Sunday, February 19th
at the Mayfair Club.
Announcement of plans for the
Institute, beginning at 10:30 a.m.,
were made jointly by Barney
Medintz, president of the Com
munity Council, and Henry Birn-
brey, chairman of the special
committee for the Institute on
Organization Leadership.
Last year the Community Coun
cil sponsored a most successful
all-day institute on publicity and
this year’s all-day session will
follow the same general pattern,
Mr. Birnbrey pointed out in ex
plaining that the February 19 In
stitute will be devoted to the fol
lowing subject matter:
Goals and objectives of Jewish
communal life, responsibilities of
Jewish leadership, and good lead
ership techniques.
All affiliated and constituent
organizations of the Community
Council have been invited to send
as many as five representatives,
including the president, to at
tend the Institute. “Our suggest
ion,” Mr. Birnbrey stated in ex
tending the invitation to the lo
cal organizational leaders, “is
that the presidents ask the of
ficers of 'their organizations and
such committee chairmen and
most active members to attend
the Institute with particular in-
trest in prospective leaders.”
Names of all Institute partci-
pants, moderators, presiding
chairmen, and speakers will be
announced shortly.
Camp Rutledge Seeks
Summer Staff
Camp Rutledge, the co-educa-
tional country camp of the At
lanta Jewish Community Center,
is in the process of engaging its
staff for the 1956 season.
At present, there are openings
for general counselors, specialists
in music, dance, dramatics, arts
and crafts, nature and water
front. Salaries will depend on
the background and experience
of the applicant. The period of
employment is from June 17 to
August 15 inclusive.
Campers range in age from 8
through 14.
Camp Rutledge, located at Rut
ledge, Georgia which is about 55
miles from Atlanta, is a progres
sive camp with excellent facili-
MORRIS MACEY
Phi Epsilon Pi
The Middle East Crisis
Ambassador Abba Eban, who
appears to have been given the
“run-around” by Secretary of
State Dulles and other Washing
ton officials, had nothing basical
ly new to report at a weekend
press conference held at the Is
rael Consulate in New York.
During his visit with Dulles earl
ier, Mr. Eban renewed Israel’s
four-month-old request for arms
purchases amounting to 50 mil
lion dollars to offset Soviet bloc
sales to Egypt. He received the
usual “yes and no” answer. In
the meantime, scores of Iron
Curtain vessels are being loaded
with arms at Bratislava, Czech
port on the Danube River. Their
destination Egypt! Israel officials
fear “time is running out” un
less the Western Powers act
quickly to counteract the Soviet
moves. The Arab leaders in
America, however, aided by the
American Council of Judaism
and Dorothy Thompson’s
“Friends” of the Middle East,
have started a national campaign
warning Americans that arms to
Israel will of a cert^ntv ignite
the fuse to World War III. One
of the master-minds behind this
campaign is the former chairman
of the Israel-Jordan MAAC, Com
mander Elmo H. Hutchison, who
has been put on the payroll of
Thompson’s “Friends” as Middle
East expert. On Wednesday, Jan
uary 25, this anti-Israel group
placed large ads in U. S. papers
urging “Every American Citi
zen” to “Take the Middle East
out of Domestic Politics.” On Fri
day, January 27, two days later
and following the two-day con
vention of the anti-Israel
“Friends,” New Yorkers got a
truer look into the Israel-Arab
picture. The Times and other
dailies carried full-page ads con
taining the signatures of leading
Americans, Christians and Jews.
The message called for aid to ♦
Israel “before it is too late!” They
were placed by the American
Christian Palestine Committee.
With the anti-Eden full-page ads
on Monday, the “War of the Ads”
gained momentum. “We cannot
accept the view held by some of
our British friends that war can
be forestalled or prevented by
applying pressures to Israel to
yield territory to the Arab
states,” ran part of the Ameri-
ties, modern bunks, hot and cold
running water, showers, large
lake, boating, fine cuisine and a
modern program under profes
sional direction.
Consideration is given to all
applicants and officials promise
prompt reply is made to all
queries concerning positions.
There is also an opening for a
registered nurse.
ARNOLD HOFFMAN
Alpha Epsilon Phi
By David Horowitz
can Christian Palestine Com
mittee message.
Five hundred members of
Brit Trumpeldor of America, the
Jabotinsky-inspired Zionist youth
organization, greeted Sir. An
thony Eden upon his arrival on
Monday at pier 90 Hudson River
with a procession of coffins con
taining a protruding umbrella,
symbolizing the resurgence of
the Munich pact. The Betarim,
protesting Eden’s plan requiring
Israel to give up part of the Ne
gev, distributed leaflets which
read: “Sir Anthony Chamberlain,
Go Home!”
A mass meeting at which ac
tion was taken to cope with the
growing peril facing Israel took
place at New York’s Hotel Astor
Wednesday evening, February 1
under the auspices of the Ameri
can Zionist Council. The meet
ing highlighted reports on the
Middle East crisis by the leaders
who attended the emergency con-
ference of the 17 major Jewish
organizations in Washington
January 17-18. .. . „
Saudi Arabia, which is stirring
up an anti-West rebellion in
Arab countries with American
dollars, has expanded and in
tensified the blacklisting of com
panies dealing with Israel. 25
firms are involved.
In a message of greeting to
the American Jewish Committee,
which opened its 49th Annual
Meeting at the Hotel Commo
dore on Friday, January 27,
President Eisenhower declared
that “considerable success” has
already been achieved in the
Administration’s program of civil
rights and civil liberties." The
President especially congratulat
ed the Committee’s championship
of civil rights and political
liberties. Other messages receiv
ed at the three-day convention
came from Adlai E. Stevenson
and Governor Averell Harriman.
Arkady A. Sobolev of the
USSR succeeds Dr. Victor A.
Belaunde of Peru as President of
the Security Council for Febru
ary. Maximo Yagupsky, director
of the American Jewish Com
mittee Latin division has called
upon the American rabbinate to
assist the Jews of South America
“recover their religious life”
which has been on the down
grade. The fifth annual Israel
Dance Festival, in which groups
from 11 youth organizations will
take part, will be held at Hunter
College in New York on Sunday
evening, February 12. Eugene
Weill, Secretary General of the
Alliance Israelite Universelle —
here on a short visit from Paris
— revealed this week that the
present governments of Tunisia
and Morocco are sincerely trying
to install modem democratic re
gimes. Not the slightest hostility
towards the Jews has been
shown, he said, by North African
nationalist governments.
ISADORE HUMAN
Tau Epsilon Phi
These three national Jewish fraternity presidents—all from Atlanta—will be honored by Ahavath Aehlm
Congregation at its College Youth Service at 8:15 pan. at the Synagogue, according to Joe Cuba, Con
gregation president.