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Dej/yf? Claims Jake Bressler, 69,
Long-Ttme Popular Salesman
1 Jyfe Chamberlains Among Us
No great wisdom is required to locate comparisons on the
« world scene today to what took place virtually two
® generations ago when for "peace in our time” first one coun
try in Europe after another was written off to the Nazis.
The sell-outs did qot work then, no more than they do to
day. Within recent weeks Angola was tossed to the lions — or
more specifically the Soviet bear — because no country in
cluding ours was willing to come to the aid of the oppressed,
in this case the vast majority of the population.
Instead in line with the wishes of the Chamberlains in
Washington and in the general public, the way was cleared
for Soviet take-over, with the trifling prodding of a mere 15,-
000 troops from Cuba. Thus the MPLA, representing around
20 percent of the Angolian population, was virtually
plummeted into power and the nation is now moribundly in
the death-throes of Marxist tyranny.
The same kind of cavil over Rhodesia seems in the offing.
But it is more than that. Unsophisticated Zaire and Zambia
currently not in danger of immediate Marxist take-over are
nevertheless in a position of being economically squeezed for
outlets for the essential minerals they produce for the
American market through the closings of outlets through
Angola. The ultimate loss potential to those countries and to
ours is obvious.
Chamberlain-type reactions are surfacing in Washington
where the Administration’s recognition of the dangers im
plied through the Rhodesian crisis are meeting with the piece-
by-piece giveaways reaction implicit in what distressingly is
widespread in the attitude of the general public.
The American public wants the ideals of peace, its harvests
and tranquilities. But these realities do not occur because of
rhetorical declarations. They come through the trying nitty-
gritty of being willing to augment the dreams into everyday
existence.
It can be pointed out easily that the sound ideals of the
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution would and more in a Sphere of distance
never have materialized except for the willingness of people to virtually limitless by the
shed blood and sweat during the trying times of the late
Seventeen Seventies and through the intervening decades
when the occasions arose.
Jake Bressler of Atlanta, hail
ed by his colleagues as a
"salesman's salesman,” died
Thursday, March 18.
Rabbi Harry H. Epstein and
Cantor Isaac Goodfriend con
ducted the funeral March 19,
with interment in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Mr. Bressler leaves his widpw,
the former Frances Bizinsky;
daughter, Mrs. Donald Field;
sons, Hirsch Bressler and
Richard R. Bressler, all of Atlan
ta and six grandchildren.
His parents were the late Ida
and Hirsch Bressler, pioneer
members of the Jewish com
munity and of Ahavath Achim
Congregation.
He was one of thirteen
children,eleven of whom sur
vived to adulthood and largely
into prominent roles in various
aspects of communal life.
Six of his sisters and brothers
survive, Mrs. Charney Abeison,
Mrs. Molly Bergman, Miss
Miriam Bressler, Mrs. Celia
Richheimer, Simon Bressler and
Dave Bressler, all of Atlanta.
In an earlier generation, Mr.
Bressler might have become one
of those ubiquitous traveling
salesmen known as a “Jewish
peddlers.” These were usually
dedicated, often religiously
observant, persons who got
around in an astonishingly
broad amount of territory con
sidering the geographic
limitations of horse and buggy
transportation. The Jewish
peddler was more than a
purveyor of merchandise. He
was an emissary of good will, a
bearer of tidings'from the out
side, indeed he was a cultural
motivator.
As the Bressler brothers
developed and expanded their
manufactoring horizons, Mr.
Bressler began to travel more
Check the hat of nations dropped into the Soviet maw
yourself. And add the probabilities of the Middle East states
undergoing crisis today, Lebanon, Israel . . .
Appeasement never paid off.
GUEST EDITORIAL ----- i
Toothless Policies
The recent investigation by the Anti-Defamation League of
the B’nai B’rith into American compliance with the Arab
boycott offers incontrovertible evidence US corporation and
financial institutions have not been swayed from par
ticipating in the boycott by presidential proclamations and
Federal Reserve Board warnings.
One can only conclude from the ADL report that the Ford
Administration has failed miserably in thwarting the
boycott, despite the president’s high-sounding condemnation
of the boycott and admonition to American businesses that
compliance with it is contrary to United States policies.
The problem with the Ford approach is simply this; Actions
contrary to United States policies are not necessarily against
the law. President Ford has, in essence, told American
businessmen, "ft’s not nice to collaborate with the Arab
boycott, bat we’re not going to penalize you if you do."
modern mode of car and airlines.
He became a legendary part of
the merchandise shows where
contemporaries especially flock
ed around him to hear the
stories he narrated so
dramatically and relevantly over
coffee or at snack breaks
between customers.
His popularity was just as
great among the customers
throughout the area he traveled,
selling the women’s uniforms
and accessory items his firm
manufactured.
Somewhere, perhaps at one of
the shows, after World War II,
he met a young Japanese
salesman engaged in selling for
the zipper industry. With his
typical friendship, he took the
inexperienced Nippon represen
tative under his wing and
assisted in introducing the
fellow into the American way of
the traveling salesman. The
Japanese salesman and his wife
were frequent visitors in the
Bressler home in Atlanta.
Years later, Mr. Bressler
received an official invitation
from the Japanese government
to be a guest during one of the
annual visits of American
businessmen. Though the Atlan
ta demurred that there was no
likelihood for future business,
the Japanese representative in
sisted on the groundrit was not
for services in the future but in
appreciation for friendship
already demonstrated. Of course
the trip was a treasured moment
in his life.
As a young man, Mr. Bresslep
had attended Price Webb School
at Bell Buckle, Tenn., where he
distinguished himself as an
athlete on the gridiron and
basketball court.
Besides his affiliation with
Ahavath Achim Congregation
and Men’s Club, he was a
member of Fulton Masonic
Lodge, Shrivers Atlanta Zionist
District, Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Center and Men’s ORT.
Last year he was honored by
ORT, along with his wife, one of
the founders of this organization
which has become the second
largest women’s groupon Atlan
ta. .
He held membership in
several areas identified with
selling, particularly with
NAWCAS, an association of per
sons identified with merchan
dise sales and showing.
Max Forstot
Max Forstot, 84, of Miami died
March 12. He was the father of
William L. Forstot of Savannah
Funeral was held March 15 in
Miami.
Other survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Rose Forstot; two
other sons, George Forstot of
New Milford, N J., and Marshall
Forstot of Boston; six
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Edith Nathan
Mrs. Edith Lease Nathan, 79,
of Seattle died Sunday, Mar. 14.
She formerly lived in Savannah
and Fort Valley.
Funeral was held in Savannah
with Rabbi Abraham Rosenberg
officiating. Interment was in
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Mrs. Nathan was a native of
Russia. She had lived in Seattle
for the past two years.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Nedavia Bethlahmy of
Seattle; son. Dr. Daniel E.
Nathan of Fort Valley; four
grandchildren, nieces and
nephews, r
National Asthma Center
Assists Atlanta Children
Special To Southern Israelite
Atlanta children have learned
to breathe in Denver — and
returned home to lead normal
and active lives.
This is the gift of the National
Asthma Center, which has
provided 4,872 days of patient
care to Georgia residents since
1940, at a cost of $126,650. Of
that, $38,725 and 2,549 days of
treatment were given to Atlanta
residents.
This facility, based in Denver,
takes children into its residen
tial program and teaches them
to push asthma to the sidelines
of life — so they can participate
in sports, make friends, pursue
careers. They return home,
usually in a year, having learned
to live with asthma.
Asthma strangles nearly 5,000
people a year in the United
States — most of them children.
The asthma center in Denver
aims to loosen that death-grip.
In addition to its residential
program, the center operates an
out-patient program and con
ducts extensive research into
this as-yet incurable disease.
Doctors at the center believe
that asthma does not have to
dominate the life of an afflicted
child — so shows the child how
to subdue the strangler. The
secret is a mixture of common-
sense and expert medical treat
ment.
The National Asthma Center
is a non-profit organization that
operates only through donated
dollars. Auxiliaries in cities such
as Atlanta keep this life-giving
operation alive.
George M. Goldman, vice
president of Atlanta’s Haas and
Dodd Realty, is forming a fund
raising auxiliary. Persons in
terested should contact him at
P.0. Box 2090, Atlanta, Ga.
30301 or phone him at either 522-
3111 or 634-2798.
Senators Henry Jackson and Abraham Ribicoff.
Their proposal would deny certain tax benefits to American
firms that collaborate with the boycott. Companies that par
ticipate in the boycott would lose foreign tax credit and tax
deferral on foreign-source income, according to the bill.
Jackson says it is high time congress put some teeth into
the stated policy of the United States to oppose economic
boycotts against states with which America has friendly
... . . relations. The premise of his bill is simple: Firms that profit
What is needed to break the boycott is stiff legislation that 'by violating established US policy should not have the same
will hurt the boycott-minded businessmen or financial in- benefits as other companies that stand up to economic
sfjtrrtion where it hurts most — in the pocketbook. Such blackmail. We agree.
legislation was introduced into the Senate last week by The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
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