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The Southern Israelite
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VOL. XXXI
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewrv
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President of France to Unveil Z. O. A. Delet . nsk U. S. Arms
Memorial (or Jewish Martyrs p 0| . | $rae | Urg ~ e Mutua | Security Pact
PARIS, (JTA) — President
Rene Coty of France has inform
ed the Committee for the erec
tion of a Memorial for the Un
known Jewish Martyrs that he
will preside over a ceremony un
veiling the memorial on October
30 and in which Jewish delega
tions from many countries—in
cluding countries behind the Iron
Curtain - will participate.
The ceremonies marking the un
veiling of the memorial will last
four days, and will include a din
ner in honor of Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann who, as president of the
Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany, helped
to secure funds for the erection
of the memorial building. A sec
tion will be a museum devoted
to material dealing with the an
nihilation of 6,000,000 Jews by
NEW YORK — A Catholic
chaplain at a military post in
Idaho was the key factor in mak
ing possible Rosh Hashona ser
vices for a littte group of Jewish
airmen at Mountain Home Air
Force Base who were flown to
San Francisco for the Holy Days.
Partners in the small New Year
“miracle” were Harry Altschule,
USO-National Jewish Welfare
Board (JWB) worker in San
Francisco, and Rabbi Solomon U.
Schwartzman, of Spokane, who
serve as part-time chaplain for
the JWB in eastern Washington
and all of Idaho.
Twice a year Rabbi Schwartz
man makes the 1,000 mile trip
from Spokane to Mountain Home
AFB to visit with the Jewish
airmen stationed there. During
these trips, he had informed the
Wing Chaplain that JWB would
serve the religious needs • of the
airmen whenever the occasion
arose.
The New Year story in Idaho
came to light in a belated New
Year report sent to the JWB by
Dr. Arthur L. Joselson, of Perth
Amboy, N. J., former dental of
ficer at Mountain Home AFB.
It all began when Chaplain
James K. Conling of Mountain
Home AFB first inquired about
the Rosh Hashona plans of his
Jewish airmen. He learned they
were planning to spend the Holy
Days with the little Jewish con-
Develops Oral
Polio Vaccine
CINCINNATI, (JTA) — Dr.
Albert B. Sabin, a Jewish re
search scientist, announced this
week that Re is prepared to mass
test a live-virus polio vaccine
to be taken orally. The Sabin
vaccine has already been tested
on animals and human volunteers.
Dr. Sabin said that one dose
of the oral vaccine would pro
duce immunity against all three
major forms of polio. He believes
that the vaccine will provide in
dividual immunity and at the
same time be a safeguard against
epidemics.
Tests of the vaccine will begin
next year in the United States
and four foreign countries. Dr.
Sabine, 50, was born in Poland
and came to this country in 1921.
He served in the U. S. Army in
World War II as a lieutenant
colonel. A recognized authority
on virus diseases including the
common cold, Dr. Sabin is as
sociated with the Children’s Hos
pital Research Foundation of
Cincinnati.
the Nazis. The Israel Embassy
in Paris will tender a reception
in honor of the delegates.
Isaac Schneersohn, president of
the World Committee for the
erection of a Memorial for the
Unknown Jewish Martyrs, an
nounced that among other coun
tries where the Jewish communi
ties will send delegates to par
ticipate in the ceremonies here,
will be a four-man delegation
from Poland, a four-man delega
tion from Rumania and a three-
man group from Czechoslovakia.
There will also be delegates
from Bulgaria, Hungary and
Yugoslavia, Delegates have al
ready been designated by the
Jewish communities in these
countries behind the Iron Curtain
are all sending delegatiorts to an
international Jewish ceremony
abroad.
gregation in Boise, 50 miles away,
but would prefer to spend the
New Year in a larger metropoli
tan center.
The chaplain, recalling what
Rabbi Schwartzman had told him
of JWB, hopped a plane the next
day to the offices of the JWB
in San Francisco, where he con
ferred with Mr. Altschule. Plans
were mapped with the USO-JWB
man for a program of religious
services and extensive home hos
pitality. Two days before the New
Year, the airmen were flown to
San Francisco for a four-day trip
that included religious services,
home hospitality, arranged by the
JWB Armed Services Committee,
a party and a trip to the theatre.
Birmingham Readies
New Center Plans
BIRMINGHAM — Plans for the
new Jewish Community Center
have been completed by Archi
tect Lawrence Whitten and as
soon as they are approved by the
directors and Leon Spector of
the Building Department of the
Jewish Welfare Board, bids will
be sought from contractors.
Meanwhile President Nathan
Goldstein announced the appoint
ment of Mrs. M. P. Botnick as
program director. Mrs. Botnick,
who will serve on a volunteer
basis, is formerly from Canton
and Cleveland in Ohio where she
had wide experience with Jewish
and civic groups.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Zionist Organization of America
last weekend concluded its four-
day annual convention here with
a resolution calling on the United
States not only to provide arms
to Israel, but to give rather than
sell such arms. The resolution
also called for a mutual security
treaty between the United States
and Israel.
“As a firm ally of the West,
Israel should not be called upon
to impose a further strain on her
economy in order to acquire these
arms, but should receive such
military aid and expanded eco
nomical assistance as a part of
our program for mutual defense,”
the resolution stated.
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, member
of the Jewish Agency executive,
was elected president of the Zi
onist Organization of America at
the closing session of the con
vention. In an address delivered
last night prior to his election,
Dr. Neumann reaffirmed the non
partisan political character of the
ZOA. “We do not seek the tri
umph or defeat of any party,” he
declared.
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on, addressing the ZOA conven
tion, said with reference to Is
rael: “I know you will agree with
me that for this issue to become
a partisan one in the heat of a
political campaign will serve nei
ther the interests of Israel nor
the United States.” He expressed
America’s interest in Arab-Israel
peace, said America had worked
to achieve it, and assured the
delegates that “this Administra
tion will continue.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes
see, Democratic nominee for the
Vice Presidency, told the ZOA
convention that the United States
should accept no Suez accord at
the United Nations which does
not * “include provision for safe
passage (through the Suez Canal)
for the commerce of Israel on
an equal basis with all other na
tions of the world.” He reiterated
his position favoring the provis
ions of arms by the United States
to Israel. He said he was glad he
belongs to a political party “which
is in full agreement with my
stand.”
Israel Ambassador Abba Eban
said that “nothing could be less
accurate or less useful than to
proclaim our alleged ‘weakness’
or ‘isolation’ to the ears of the
world.” He indicated that Israel
has grown in military strength.
“While a task such as this is
never completed with finality, we
owe appreciation to the friendly
governments whose decisions, au
thorizations, or influences have
contributed to the reinforcement
of our strength and spirit,” he
said.
Other speakers at the conven
tion included Mortimer May, out
going ZOA president; Irving Mil
ler, chairman of the American
by ADOLPH ROSENBERG
Two dynamic men in the major
political parties will pit their wits
on the subject of the forthcoming
presidential election at the meet
ing of B’nai B’rith units of At
lanta at 8:15 p.m. Monday, Oct.
15.
Maxwell Rabb, who occupies
the post of secretary to the Eisen
hower Cabinet, will present the
Republican viewpoint on nation
al issues. Mr. Rabb who is out
standing in Washington Jewish
circles has often served as a lia
ison in carrying out the Presi-
Pittsburgh Expands
Home for Aged
PITTSBURGH, Pa., (JTA) —
The celebration of the 50th an
niversary of the Jewish Home for
the Aged here has been opened
with the laying of the corner
stone for a new wing. The new
wing, expected to be open before
the end of the year, will add
162 beds to the Home’s present
facilities.
The new facilities, expected to
cost $1,125,000 will enable the
home to expand its services to
the chronically ill and aged, as
well as to ambulatory patients.
The anniversary celebration will
continue with a series of special
events ending December 3.
MIAMI, Oct. 7, (JTA) — The
Board of Education of Dade
County, Florida, this weekend
voted 4 to 1 to ban a school memo
and date book published and
made available by the Anti-De
famation League of B’nai B’rith
to teachers throughout the coun
try. The date book is designed
to help schools and teachers who
Zionist Council, Leon Dultzin,
member of the Jewish Agency
executive, Dr. Harris J. Levine,
president of the Jewish National
Fund of America; Jacques Torc-
zyner, Mendel Fischer, Rabbi
Leon Feuer, Rabbi Max Nuss-
baum, Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum,
and others.
dent’s policies.
His opponent at the debate
scheduled at the new Jewish
Community Center will be Ed
Edmondson, a relative newcomer
to national Democratic politics.
He is currently serving his sec
ond term in the U. S. Congress,
having been elected from his
home state of Oklahoma.
Presidents Irving Kaler of Gate
City Lodge, Ben Rabinowitz of
Atlanta Lodge and Mrs. Bernard
Facher of the B’nai B’rith Women
have been in charge of arrang
ing the political debate which
will be moderated by Glenn
Rainey, political science professor
at Georgia Tech and a popular
figure on the public forum plat
forms for many years.
Judge Medina Speaks
At Athens Campus
ATHENS — Harold R. Medina,
circuit judge of the U. S. Court
of Appeals, Second Circuit, was
scheduled to deliver the Ferdi
nand Phinlzy Lectures at the Uni
versity of Georgia here on Oc
tober 17 and 18.
Judge Medina’s subject was
“The Liberal Arts and the Pro
fessions.” Judge Medina is an
outstanding jurist in New York.
He and his wife were honored
with the faculty of the University
of Georgia at the home of the
president on Wednesday evening.
desire to include human rela
tions subject matter in their cur
ricula.
The date book contains listings
of the important holidays of the
major faiths; of national, legal
holidays and other historic dates;
and quotations from proverbs of
many nations, great philosophers
and great historical figures. More
than 150,000 date books have
been distributed annually during
the past four years to school sys
tems throughout the country. The
action of the Dade County school
board came under pressure from
White Citizens Council groups,
the ADL said.
(In New York, Henry Edward
Schultz, national chairman of the
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai
B’rith, declared: “Until this mo
ment, the Miami schools gladly
accepted the date book as an aid
to teachers in programing for ed
ucation in the democratic way of
life. The school superinendent
was evidently willing to make it
available to his teachers this year,
too, if the League would agree
to tear from the back a listing of
books, pamphlets, films, record
ings and teaching guides. This
listing of universally accepted
materials to help teach better hu
man relations is also aimed at
fighting blind prejudice — pre
cisely the attitude which result
ed in the Dade County school
board action. We will, of course,
under no circumstances become a
party to such an attempt at cen
sorship.’’)
Israel Marks “National Baseball Week”
Coinciding With U.S.
TEL AVIV (Special)—America’s national sport,
baseball, was scheduled for widespread introduction
into the Israeli sports scene in a week-long pro
gram being under auspices of ZOA'Daniel Frisch
House, the country’s largest single cultural-civic
center. The program, “Israel National Baseball
Week,” coincided in dates with the World Series
Games in the United States.
Composed of clinics, films, tips on playing and
actual playing instruction, the ZOA House “Israel
National Baseball Week” brought together for the
first time on the Israeli sports scene representatives
of the various youth sports groups, public school
physical training instructors and sports representa
tives of a wide cross-section of agricultural settle
ments. From the clinic instruction, the various rep
resentatives returned to instruct Israelis of all ages
in their respective localities on rules and regula
tions of baseball while at the same time organi
zing teams.
The clinic’s operation is one phase of an all-en
compassing baseball program being formulated by
ZOA House to f06ter the introduction of baseball
on the Israeli scene. A panel of sports experts in
cluding Bill Ripley, a former trainer with the
World Series Games
Brooklyn Dodgers farm club net work, was planned
to instruct participants in the clinic sessions.
Baseball’s chances of catching on in Israel are
good. While soccer is the country’s national sport,
having been introduced during the British Mandate,
the game is considered too vigorous for Israel’s
scorching summer months. Baseball, in the eyes of
sportsmen here, would seem a natural.
Other phases of “Israel National Baseball Week”
include a banquet at which U. S. Ambassador Ed
ward B. Lawson presented a trophy to the winning
team in Israel’s only presently existing baseball
league. One of several outcomes looked for in the
ZOA House program is the emergence of a national
• baseball commission which in coming months will
organize a half dozen leagues throughout Israel
which will encompass Israelis in their early teens
as well as adults, both male and female.
As a means of acquainting the general public here
with the All-American sport, “Israel National Base
ball Week” included the screening of introductory
films to baseball, clips from several of the past
World Series Games and an exhibition covering the
game’s progress over the years.
How Catholic Chaplain Helped
Gfs Celebrate Rosh Hashona
B’nai B’rith Units Will Co-Sponsor
Rabb-Edmondson Debate Oct. 15
Citizens Councils Pressure
ADL Book out at Miami