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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1M1
Hope Salk, Sabin Immunization
Can Prevent Atlanta Polio Epidemic
Immunizing discoveries of two noted Jewish doctors are
being utilized in a mass attempt to prevent a polio epidemic in
Atlanta.
Findings of health authorities last week revealed an alarm
ing presence of Type 3 polio virus in the area, which could
lead to an unprecedented number of crippling polio cases.
Moving swiftly, arrangements have been made to admma
ster some 300,000 oral vaccine doses, developed and donated to
the State of Georgia to prevent the epidemic by Dr. Albert
Sabin. Children, including hundreds of Jewish youngsters, and
adults under 40 Thursday were to begin taking the oral doses,
which immunize against Type 3 polio. j
Others were urged to take booster shots of the kind de
veloped by Dr. Jonas Salk, which immunizes against all types
of polio.
Christian, Jewi:
Desegregation tn Ga v S.C. Snd Fla.
Regional ZOA Conference
In Hendersonville July 2-4
Delegates from the 42 districts
of the six-state Southeastern Re
gion will gather at Henderson
ville for the Southeastern Re
gional ZOA annual Conference
during Independence Day week
end, July 2 to 4.
Regional president Michael
Adilman announced the com
bined three day seminar and con
ference which is being held in
Hendersonville so that delegates
will have the opportunity to see
the new Zionist Youth camp,
Camp Judea, in operation. They
will also take advantage of the
social activities of the resort.
Highlights at the three-day
meeting will be the Conference
banquet and installation of new
officers on July 3. A special pro
gram of Israeli singing and danc
ing and an orchestra for dancing
are planned. Several noted Zion
ists and civic leaders will address
the conference on the 3 and 4.
Pool parties and sports activities
have also been arranged.
Topics which will be discussed
at the seminar are immigration
to Israel, education among Jews
outside of Israel, investments and
tourism, and the current political
situation in the middle east. Mal
colm Minsk and Dr. Edward
Reisman are in charge of reserva
tions for the Atlanta district
An interfaith group of eleven
rabbis and ministers last week
end put to test desegregation on
public buses and terminals with
a “freedom ride” into a dozen
Southern cities.
The group tested conditions in
Charleston, Sumter, S.C., Savan
nah, Jacksonville, Tampa, St.
Petersburg and Ocala, Fla., with
generally anticipated results. At
several places they were served
at lunch counters by white wait
resses.
At St. Petersburg, a white
Horror Exhibit
ROME, (JTA)—An exhibit de
picting the horrors of Nazi con
centration camps opened this
week in the Royal Palace in
Milan. Thousands of persons, in
cluding members of Parliament,
civil and military authorities,
viewed the exhibit which fea
tured photographs, models, and
printed materials.
The University of Rome, mean
while, held a series of five lec
tures aimed at informing the
younger generation of the evils
of fascism and nazism. The lec
tures, which were given by lead
ing Italian historians, and attend
ed by thousands of students, dis
cussed political life during the
fascist dictatorship, the partisan
movement, deportations and
forced labor.
truck driver was arrested for
improper remarks to a Negro
minister. The interfaith group,
included three Negro ministers.
One of the rabbis was Dr. Wal
ter Plaut, of a Great Neck, L.I.,
congregation.
At Tallahassee, however, the
entire group of ministers and
rabbis wound up in jail on a
charge of “unlawful assembly”
during a sit-in demonstration at
the new airport terminal in the
Florida capital
Three of the freedom-riders
were arrested and later released
at Ocala, Fla., after a scuffle
with three unidentified men.
Another group of “freedom
riders” touring ended a trip Fri
day under NAACP sponsorship
without incident
Though several Jewish stud
ents had been reported in the
“freedom riders” chain of events
in Alabama and Mississippi, the
local developments in those areas
appear to have been concentrated
on anti-Negro developments, with
little anti-Semitic overtones.
Actually, the NBC cameraman
and reporter beaten up ware re
portedly Jewish, but their raB-
gious affiUafian if any had
or no association wittt the
of the racist mob which
belling against the
attempts.
Closest possibility to aroaSing
anti-Semitism was the excursion
of Rockwell et aL into New Or
leans to picket “Exodus.” Louisi
ana police promptly jailed the
hate-mongers tor their riot-evok
ing signs and the threat at anti-
Jewish feeling was everted. Later
the group received e combina
tion of jail sentences and final
as yet unresolved because of ap
peals.
Early during the "freedom rid
ers” forays, one group stopped in
LaGrange, Ga., where police ar
rested several out-of-city man,
mm with Flan ISwillHfutVm at
tempting to arouse mob action.
Eichmann Takes Stand,
Puts Blame On Hitler
enc
New Goal by Revised Services
The 85-year-old agency con
cerned with child care in the
Southeast is undergoing the sec
ond major overhaul in its lengthy
history.
Originally, it functioned as the
Hebrew Orphans Home, winning
widespread approval and finan
cial support for fulfilling this
need. Sociological progress de
creed abandonment of the home
and broadening of the agency’s
sphere of service as almost simul
taneously the number of orphans
began to diminish.
Now operating as the Jewish
Children’s Service, the agency is
undergoing a second major re
novation to bring its function up-
to-date to needs.
The new dimension was blue
printed by a survey whose re
sults have now been adopted by
the Jewish Children’s Service di
rectors and discussed at the an
nual meeting held in Atlanta on
June 11.
Dr. Richard S. Ward, child psy
chiatrist and psychologist at Em
ory University, noted the reasons
for changes in the Service pro
gram.
He said that the problem of
orphaned children has been
greatly alleviated by the increase
in life span of parents, improve
ments in medical service for
such diseases as tuberculosis,
which has kept families from
separating, as well as the gen
eral economic level which en
ables children to stay with fami
ly and creates the wide demand
for adoptable youngsters.
He cited the need for trained
personnel in the new direction
of the agency. He added, while it
is not essential that everyone
dealing with psychological prob
lems of children be trained psy
chologists, it is important that
they have some scientific back
ground in the field of personality,
development and environments
and their effects upon children.
Discussing the survey through
which the agency has redefined
needs in the field of child care,
Joseph F. Haas, attorney and
president, said the agency will
concentrate its efforts toward
helping communities to improve
child care organs, to establish
these where none exist and to
educate people to the needs of
such services.
He stated that the organization
“will be glad to offer service ad
vice and council, but we will in
sist on direct action on the part
of the community to establish
and improve child welfare serv
ices. ’
The new program will see the
establishment of “pilot” units in
communities which have no serv
ices, the administering of scho
larships which will be given by
the agency for both vocational
schools and colleges on the basis
of ability and need, and the in
vestigation of the operation of a
group treatment home for chil
dren.
Mr. Haas added “This new pro
gram is tremendously construc
tive in the modern context Most
importantly, we need the sup
port of the lay personnel in
understanding what we are doing
and why. We need their inter
est and enthusiasm.”
Haas, May Reelected
Another phase of the annual
meeting was the election of offi
cers of the agency for the coming
year. Joseph Haas was reelected
president and Armand May,
chairman of the board.
Also elected to executive of
fices were:
Albert E. Mayer, vice chair
man of the board; Dr. Irving
Goldstein, Alfred E. Garber, and
Max M. Cuba, vice presidents;
A. J. Weinberg, treasurer, and
Abe Goldstein, secretary.
Regional vice presidents are:
Mrs. Leo Ackerman, Florida;
Bernard I. Nordinger, Washing
ton, D. C.; Norris Speizman,
North Carolina; Maier Triest,
South Carolina; Mrs. Saul Vien-
er, Virginia.
Members of the board of di
rectors are:
OIOROIA—
Atlanta: Mr* Sam P. Alterman.
Lout* Aronatam, Meyar L. Balaar, Saul
M Blumenthal. Harold Elman. Harry
Elaon, Sidney Feldman, Bernard How
ard, Hyman S. Jacob*. Edward M.
Kahn, Max H. Keaaler, Max L. Kunlan-
*ky, I mil* J. Levi tat. sit L. B. UMen-
tha(, Mrs. Harold Marcus, Beniamin J.
Maasell, Hvman Meltx, Dr. Joeeph
Patterson, Milton H. Rauiln, Mra. L.
Regenateln, Leo C. Richard, Herbert
Ringel, Mendel Romm. Jr.. Sam Roth-
berg. Dr. William A Rotterman, Nat
Sandler, William SchwarU, Jr., Harry
Lane Siegel, Mra. L F. Sterne, Mm.
Almee Waxelbaum. Dr. Alfred A.
Weinateln, Dr. Joeeph Yempoleky.
Lee Blum, Moeee Slushy, Hill Silver,
Augusta; Sol Singer, Columbus; Mrs.
Sadie Davit, Albany; Sam MUlender,
Dalton; Werner Wldman. Griffin; 1- I.
Waxelman, Macon; Mrs. Barney Kahn,
Pelham; Mr* Herbert Buchsbaum, Sa
vannah.
FLORIDA—
Sidney C. Gluckman, Orlando; Sam
A. Gniduteln, Miami; Ialdor Hammer,
Palm Beach; Dr. David Mendelblatt.
St. Peter*burg; Louis Osalnsky, Day
tona Beach; Herbert Panken, Jackson
ville: Mrs. Daniel Roeenbaum, Louis
Wellhouse, Tampa; Henry Slakman,
Lakeland; Sam Wahnlah, Tallahassee.
NORTH CAROLINA—
Mrs. Robert Kail man. Wilmington;
Max Ueberman. Durham; Donald Ml
rhaJov, Hendersonville; Harold Orrlnx-
er. New Bern; Marshall A. Ranch,
Gastonia; Harry Shor, Raleigh.
SOUTH CAROLINA—
Julian Hennlg, Columbia; Cedi W.
Schneider, Georgetown; Henry Yaechlk,
Charleston.
Virginia—Mrs. Nathaniel Krumbeln,
Richmond; Mrs. Alvin Maigolius. Nor
folk; Mrs. Harry Oaer, Newport Newt;
Mis* Fannie Strauss, Staunton.
WASHINGTON. IVC.—
Mrs. Irving Cantor.
■MR R ITU 4—
Gustav Uchtenfela, Asheville; Dr.
David Man, Atlanta; Joseph N. Rate-
man, Mrs. Big Samuels, Dr. L. C.
RougUn. Dr. Herbert J. Rosenberg,
Atlanta; Miss Gertrude Well, Golds
boro.
Adolf Eichmann took the stand
this week as the first and only
witness for the defense to state
that he was merely an obscure
official who could do nothing
about the senseless and tragic
m»m fram. Ad* HWer to ex
terminate the Jgsn.
The gray-faced ex-Nazi offi
cial, standing at attention as Jus
tice Moshe Landau administred
the oath, brushed aside the copy
of the New Testament and said
he would simply “swear by God”
as he claimed he had no religious
affiliations.
Eichmann and his counsel, Dr.
Robert Servatius, made it quite
clear that the cornerstone of their
defense argument would be that
the responsibility for the program
of Genocide rested solely with
the Nazi high command. Eich
mann claimed he had played no
part in the so-called “final so
lution to the Jewish problem,”
which led to the murder of
8,000,000 European Jews.
Dr. Servatius said, in refer
ence to the Nuremberg war, trials
decision that held that acting on
orders was no excuse, that the
defense intended to show that
Eichmann “had no possibility of
disobeying orders.”
Under questioning, Eichmann
stated that, because of his low
rank, he was unable to interfere
with the Hitler program. He said
that he had wanted to settle all
Jews abroad in a state of their
own and that he had supported
the creation of such a state in
Madagascar. He acknowledged
that he was the head of the Nazi
Security Office 4-B-4 section for
“general Jewish affahnff
Eichmann charged Bat Israeli
agents who captured him in
Argentina had chain* him to a
bed and forced hjjg to sign a
statement that he WR* going to
Israel voluntarily to stand trial.
“This cannot be called volun
tary.” he said.
The trial resumed after a weeks
recess in which the defense had
time for final consultations and
for preparation of the prisoner
for his ordeal of direct and cross
examination. In accordance with
an agreed schedule, the court will
hold only one session each day.
That session, however, is expect
ed to last five hours. Dr. fferva-
tius will have free time after
each session to confer with
Eichmann.
During the recess, Eichmann
was reported to have undergone a
completes physic*)'checkup. Sams
of the foreign -correspondents
who have returned to Israel to
cover the defense portion of tit
trial ^expressed their ^belisfjtoat
The defense portion of the case
is certain to last at least a weak.
After presentation at the dsfonsiii
and cross examination by tm
prosecution, interrogations con
ducted tor courts in West Ger
many and Austria of fonamr
Nazis whom Israel has denied
immunity will be introftudNt
These witnesses have been ques
tioned by the courts and were
cross examined by representa
tives of both the prosecution end
the defense. L*
The last phase of the trial is
expected to come some time in
July, when both sides will de
liver their summations to the
court. Then the case will be in
the hands of the three Israeli
judges . . presiding Justice Moshe
Landau and Justices Binyamin
Halevi and Yitzhak Raveh. With
a court record including testi
mony by 112 prosecution wit
nesses end more then 1400 docu
ments to study, comprising about
2,000,000 words, it is anybody's
guess as to how long it will las
before the court is ready tor. a
verdict.
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Off Again
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