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Ga. Lt. Gov. Will Address
Columbus Parley of J.W.V.
COLUMBUS— Lt. Gov. Peter
Zack Geer will address the Geor
gia and South Carolina conven
tion of Jewish War Veterans in
Columbus July 4.
Geer will be featured speaker
at the annual Commanders Ban
quet at the Martinique at 8:00
p. m., convention chairman Les
ter Robbins announced.
The Jewish War Veterans will
convene here July 3, 4 and 5.
Robbins, commander of local
JWV Post 455, said the Lieuten
ant Governor spoke at Esquiline
Cemetery Memorial Services
here in 1963.
Geer has filled a busy speak
ing schedule across the state
since the General Assembly ad
journed.
He also was lead speaker on
a panel discussion conducted
during the National Conference
of Lieutenant Governors in
Charleston May 13-15.
Geer was elected Lieutenant
Governor in 1962 in a runoff
vote after leading a field of nine
candidates in the primary.
He was executive secretary to
former Gov. Ernest Vandiver
during Vandiver’s administration
and in 1963 Geer was named one
of Five Outstanding Young Men,
in Georgia by the State Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925
Vol. XL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1965
NO. 26
Threats Continue
Bamberg Police Arrange
Protection of Jews
Pilot Program for “Golden
Age 99 Employment Launched
U. S. Grant of $125,000 to Atlanta
Section, National Council of Jewish
Women, for Carrying on “Project HIRE’*
By Adolph Rosenberg
“Project: HIRE”—Help Initiate Renewed Employment—is under
way in Atlanta in a significant pilot plan for placing "golden age”
nen and women in jobs.
BAMBERG, W. Ger many
(JTA) — Bamberg police took
special steps to insure the safety
of the few remaining Jews of
Bamberg after one of the most
vicious outbreaks of anti-Semitic
vandalism in postwar German
history.
Some 4,000 Bamberg residents
met in a heavy rainstorm to pro
test the desecration Of 43 tomb
stones in Bamberg’s Jewish ceme
tery and the defacing of a mon
ument to the synagogue the Nazis
razed in 1938. Flags throughout
Bamberg flew at half-mast dur
ing the meeting. Lord Mayor
Theodor Mathieu told the protest
meeting that “we want to state
that we feel deep pain and real
sorrow” about the desecrations.
The Mayor also said that he
wanted the whole world to know
that the citizens of Bamberg re
jected "these crimes.” He de
clared that the German people
know the conflict created be
tween “Jews and Germans” dur
ing the Nazi holocaust and that
NEW YORK —(JTA) — Moses
A. Leavitt, executive vice-chair
man of the Joint Distribution
Committee, died Monday at the
University Hospital in Geneva,
Switzerland, after suffering from
a stroke last month while at
tending a meeting of the Confer
ence on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany, of which he
was treasurer. He was 70 years
old.
Funeral services will be held
in New York Friday at 12:30 at
Riverside Chapel. Mrs. James
Zuckerman of Great Neck, the
only daughter of Mr. Leavitt, was
at his bedside in Geneva. In
addition, he is survived by four
grandchildren. His wife died in
1956 in New York.
Mr. Leavitt had been with the
JDC since 1940. Earlier he served
as JDC secretary during the
years 1929-30. A chemical en
gineer, he worked for the Du
pont Chemical Co. and other
chemical firms till 1922 when he
decided to change to Jewish
social work. For seven years he
was vice-president and secretary
of the Palestine Economic Corpo
ration.
Mr. Leavitt was generally
recognized as one of the country’s
outstanding authorities in the
field of overseas relief and emi
gration problems. As a leading
figure in the development of
JDC’s programs, Mr. Leavitt has
helped guide the organization’s
relief, reconstruction and re
settlement operations in behalf
of needy Jews abroad over a
period of more than 20 years.
His work in the field of over
seas assistance has earned the
respect of both governmental
and non-governmental officials.
One indication is the fact that
in December 1956, he was ap-
such things should never happen
again.
The Mayor called on the peo
ple of Bamberg not to be indif
ferent to the anti-Jewish acts.
He also appealed to the 100 Jews
of Bamberg not to blame the
non-Jewish citizens of the city
for the outrages because they had
"proved” they had the greatest
interest to bring the guilty ones
to trial.
Detectives from Munich joined
local police in the search for the
vandals, who painted violently
anti-Semitic inscript ions and
swastikas on the tombstones and
similarly defaced the synagogue
monument. Citizens raised a $3,-
250 reward for the arrest of the
desecrators and the Frankischer
Tag, the Bamberg newspaper, of
fered a reward of 3,000 marks
($750) for the purpose. The
vandals however, made anonymous
telephone calls to clergymen and
to the newspaper, with the mes
sage “Kill the Jews — we will
continue to fight and to smear.”
pointed by President Eisenhower
to the "President’s Committee
for Hungarian Refugee Relief.”
Another is that since the begin
ning of 1958 he has been serving
as honorary chairman of the
American Council of Voluntary
Agencies. Previously he served as
chairman of the ACVA since
1954.
One of Mr. Leavitt’s outstand-
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NEW YORK (JTA)— Reports
that Pope Paul VI has ordered
the removal from the agenda of
the forthcoming session of the
Ecumenical Council, the Vatican
declaration repudiating the dei-
cide charge against Jews, were
circulating in Rome, according to
a dispatch in the New York
Times today.
The dispatch said that a
spokesman for Amleto Cardinal
Oicognani, Vatican Secretary of
State and head of the Coordinat
ing Commission which controls
the Council agenda, declined to
comment on the report that the
Pope had sent the Commission
a letter instructing it to with
draw the declaration on Jews
and other non-Christian religions
from Council debate.
According to the report, high
church sources said that the dec
laration, which was overwhelm
ingly approved in a preliminary
vote at the last session of the
Council last year, was now “un
der study.” Under normal Coun
cil procedure, the declaration,
with some allegedly minor
changes already dealt with by
The program began June 1
under the auspices of the At
lanta Section, National Council
of Jewish Women.
A grant of some $125,000 has
been made by the United States
Government for the program, it
was announced by Mrs. Walter
Bunzl, Section president.
She revealed that the Atlanta
group is the only Council Sec
tion in the nation to have such
a contract with the government
NEW YORK—(JTA)—Simple
funeral services at the Shaaray
Tefila, a Reform Temple here,
will mark the funeral of Bernard
M. Baruch, prominent figure in
American life and advisor to
seven Presidents of the United
States, who died at his home here
Sunday night at the age of 94.
Ill for several months, he suffer
ed a heart attack.
the Secretariat for Christian
Unity, should come up for a
final vote at the next Council
session later this year without
any further “study.”
The fact that the matter was
under further "study,” the Times
dispatch declared, seemed to con
firm reports that doctrinal con
servatives in the church and anti-
Israel pressures from the Arab
states were combining to block
the declaration.
Sources in the Secretariat for
Christian Unity headed by Au
gustin Cardinal Bea said that
they had no knowledge of any
departures from the normal
Council procedures and that they
were confidently preparing to
present the declaration for pas
sage by the Council in the fall.
They conceded, however, the
Times dispatch said, that their
lack of knowledge of any new
moves to withdraw the declara
tion could not be construed as a
denial of such reports. They
characterized the report of Papal
intervention as “weird,” but they
would not say flatly that it was
not true.
"without a co-sponsoring organ
ization.”
This national organization of
Jewish women has long been a
pioneer in social action in the
United States. It was one of the
first Jewish groups to initiate
classes and acclimatization pro
gram aimed at helping immigrant
men and women become citi
zens.
Recognition for the Atlanta
Section is an outgrowth of the
Wednesday.
President Johnson today led a
flood of tributes to the memory
of Mr. Baruch whose career was
a striking American success
story. Son of a German immi
grant, Simon Baruch, a disting
uished Confederate Army sur
geon, he was born in Camden,
S. C. His father decided to move
his family to New York to assure
his sons a good Jewish education
and the future financier attended
a typical Cheder. He was gradu
ated from City College of New
York where the Bernard Baruch
School of Business and Finance
was later established in his
honor.
After graduation, he went to
work in Wall Street where he
demonstrated a mastery of the
stock market that made him a
millionaire several times over by
the age of 30. He promptly lost
his fortune but soon made a new
one. Bored with the market, he
looked around for more interest
ing activities and was made
chairman of the War Industries
Board during World War I by
President Wilson. The President
took the financier wifh him as
an economic adviser at the Ver
sailles Peace Conference. He was
consulted by every President
after Wilson.
A Jew of Portuguese-Spanish
and German extraction, he told
a Camden audience in 1949 that
"I have had intolerance practiced
against me and mine all my life
but I have never permitted it
to rouse in me envy, jealousy or
hatred or to weaken my faith in
our form of government, its con
stitution and its institutions.”
He never took an active in
terest in Jewish affairs, but dur
ing the last world war he came
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group’s program to assist persons
over 50 find employment, begun
through the “Golden Age Club”
in 1958.
By contract with the U. S. Of
fice of Manpower Automation
and Training, the Golden Age
Employment Service has added
professional personnel to test,
counsel and place in training sit
uations people who would bene
fit by retraining or by further
education.
Under this contract, “Project
HIRE guarantees to interview
800 applicants, place at least 100
in on-the-job training and anoth
er 75 in classroom situations
geared to the needs of older peo
ple. Funds from the government
are provided to reimburse the
employees for training expenses
Probably the most effective
employment service in the South-
geared solrfy to the needs od
workers over 50, the Golden Age
Employment Service as an arm
of the Golden Age Club functions
in a relaxed and unhurried at
mosphere.
Volunteers have interviewed
and made placements and an
Employer Contact Committee
composed of civic-minded vol
unteer business and professional
men has created a large field of
employment potential by per
sonal contacts and speeches. Over
275 placements were made in
1964, a proof that the business
community is becoming increas
ingly aware of the experienced
and reliable worker.
Any man or woman over 50
is eligible to apply to the Golden
Age Employment Service. Appli
cants for Project HIRE will be
referred from the Golden Age
center as well as from the Geor
gia State Employment Service
and many community and social
agencies. Types of employment
range from the most unskilled to
highly professional. Whether full
or part-time, whether to supple
ment Social Security or to main
tain a livelihood, the program
promises to bring fullness and
confidence for the participants,
health and vitality to the lives
of countless people, the sponsors
point out.
They noted that under existing
circumstances, “such factors as
retirement age, automation and
the population explosion all pen
alize the older worker. The
Golden Age Employment Service
has contributed to the commun
ity in proving the merits of the
mature, stable, experienced older
worker. Project HIRE intends
to demonstrate that this same
man or woman’s skills may be
upgraded to meet present-day
demands.”
Mrs. Bunzl said the program is
under the supervision of a well-
chosen professional staff, headed
by Mrs. Hal Drake, project di
rector, and a large corps of its
interested volunteers cooperating
in this new venture.”
JDC’s Moses A. Leavitt Revered Elder Statesman
Dies In Switzerland Bernard Baruch Dies; 94
The funeral services took place
Reports Pope Wants Deicide
Declaration Withdrawn