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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-25

anti-war sentiment in the country.
Disregarding the anti-JewiSh eff
forts which some interested groups
in the country are making, the
Jewish leaders in Canada are de-
termined to lend their full sup
port to the British war efforts un-
til Hitler is crushed. At the same
time they are busy organizing as
sistance for Jewish refugees from
the Reich who have been admit
ten to Canada and for interned
German Jews shipped from Eng
land to Canada for the duration.
There are in Canada today ten
such camps with about 1000 in
ternees. It is estimated that more
than 1000 of them are Jews, the
majority of whom are officially
classified as mon dangerous"
Most of the Jewish internees are
people from Germany who in Eng
land had been expecting visas to
oversee countries. Many are hold
ers of numbers for quota visas to
the United States. About 300 are
Chaluztim who had been taken
from Germany and were continu-
ing their training in England prior
to proceeding to Palestine. There
Continued on Page Seven)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-25
Canadian Jews and War
By BORIS SINCLAIR
By BORIS SINCLAIR

es, and many of whom are already
serving on the other side.
There is no CONSUMPTION in Can
ada. Enlistment is conducted on
a voluntary basis. Yet there is
not a single military unit in Cana
da today which has no Jews in its
ranks. Enlistment of Jews in the
air force is especially noticeable.
A typical example of Jewish en-
1istment is the Hurwitz family of
Montreal. Four sons of this fam
lily, Archie, Max, Moe and Harry,
have all enlisted. Their father, Hy-
man Hurwitz, when speaking of
his sons, emphasizes with pride
that they enlisted on condition
that they be sent as soon as poss-
ible to England.
Another example of Jewish en-
listment is David CrOll, Mayor of
Windsor, Ontario. Mayor CrOll, a
prominent figure in Canadian pO-
litical life, lost no time in enlist
ing in the Canadian forces. DeS-
pite his position, he insisted that
he serve as a simple soldier and
tn It he be shipped to England
with the first overseas units. He
is now somewhere in England"
as an ordinary soldier of the Can
adam forces.
The patriotic action displayed
by Croll is especially appreciated
by the British military forces as
compared with the action of the
non-Jewish Mayor of Montreal, a
Canadian Frenchman, who issued
a proclamation to the French-Can-
adams urging them not to enlist.
Inis unpatriotic act reflects the
general sentiment prevailing
among the French population in
Canada against active participa-
ton in the Canadian war effort.
While the mayor of Montreal,
and other Canadian Frenchmen,
have been isolated in special
camps in order to paralyze their
anti-War activities, the bulk of
the Canadian French population
which constitutes more than 40
per cent of the entire population
of Canada-iS still anti-War mind
ed. In fact, the French population
in Canada is now strongly in IA
vOr of the Petain Government in
France and is far from inclined to
participate actively in the efforts
Canada is making to help Eng
land defeat Hitler. This attitude
of the French Canadians is nat
uarIly source of irritation to the
English in Canada, but it is being
tolerated in view of the large per-
centage which the French cOnsti-
tute in Canada and especially in
the province of Quebec.
Contrary to the anti-war atti-
tude which the French Canadians
have adopted, the Jews in Canada
are fully supporting every pro-
British effort in the country and
are in complete cooperation with
the military authorities. Coopera-
ton has also been established be-
tween the Jewish community and
the Canadian authorities interest
ed in promoting the war industry,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
WPA Workers Send
I'D. Roosevelt Cash
Greenville. S. c.. Workers
Send $ll3 To Be Used
For Defense

Washington, D. C. 0LNS).-Thirty
WPA project workers in Greenville,
S. c., have sent President Roosevelt
$113 to be used for national defense.
The contributors to the fund were
employed at WPA wages in WPA
warehouse. McDuffie Irwin, superin-
tendent of the WPA warehouse and
spokesman for the donors, said:
"The country must prepare now to
defend tself from aggression and
from enemies without and within this
country; if in small way we, can
help, we contribute hole-heartedly
for this purpose.
"The thought of contributing for
national defense gradually developed
in the minds of all when Russia in
vaded Finland and Germany conquered
one defenseless country after another" "
w. C. Powell, another worker, said:
81 believe that if every individual
working for salary would contribute
one days salary, we would have a
very small defense debt, if any"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
Southern Hospitality Is
The Real Thing. Ask Brady

Erwin, Tenn.-We people of the
north are sometimes led to believe
that Southern Hospitality" is only a
saying, but l will tell you of my ex-
perience since l have been working at
the Southern Potteries.
Brother Ed "Gouty" Thompson,
former jiggerman at the Homer
Laughlin China Company was fortu-
nate enough to catch 40 pound cat
fish last week Of course everyone con-
graduated Brother Ed on his good
luck, little dreaming that we would
be invited to share the fish with him.
When supper hour arrived and with
it Eds son-in-law Fred Upton with a
cordial invitation to help eat the large
fish, needless to say, we lost no time
in accepting the invitation. Not only
did we eat fish baked to crisp brown,
but the most delicious turtle soup for
which Mrs. Thompson is a noted ex-
pert. 1t is almost impossible to try to
express our appreciation Of such an
occasion.
Speaking of Erwin, in general we
have found it very clean and order
ly place, with countless beauties and
plenty of natural scenery, as we'll as
number of civic developments. Fine
schools, churches, modern bank and
post office buildings and last but not
least, football stadium that is out
standing considering a population of
5000 people. With due consideration
l have found the citizens of Erwin
grand people to know. In our short
stay here we have made many new
friends, both among the citizens and
the employees of the plant.
We were very sorry to hear of the
death Of Brother Leese and our deep
est sympathy is extended to the wife
and son.-Brady Bowersock.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
Labor Triumphant" Radio Subject

Washington, D. C. GLNS).-"Labor
Triumphant" will be the subject Of an
address by the Rev. John F. Cronin,
S. S., Ph. D., on the nationwide "Ca-
tholic Hour" on September 1, Labor
Day, Sunday. The talk will be heard
at 600, Eastern Daylight Saving
Time, over the National Broadcasting
Company Red Network. The talk is
the first in series to be entitled "The
Social Crisis and Christian Patriot
ISM" The titles and dates of the bal
ance of the series are: September 8:
Leaders of the Blind" September 49,.
"a Nation United"
buttons and sneered at talk Of fight
ing Hitler by throwing around the
slogan "Let God Save the King"-all
this followed by much snickering.
When the Chicago Guild was put on
record as anti-conscription there was
only a handful of members present.
This resolution was adopted after the
commissars had talked the Guild men,
bers into boredom at the end of long
membership session.
If Mrs. Roosevelt wants to know
what Newspaper Guild meetings are
like she ought to ask the Chicago
crowd. New York hasn't had one
in months. !.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
Wage Act "Hot Goods"
Clause Used In N. Y.

New York-The Wage and Hour
Division invoked the so-called "hot
goods" clause of the Fair Labor
Standards Act prohibiting the ship
ment or sale in interstate commerce
of goods produced in violation of the
act in a complaint filed in the Fed
eral District Court here against a
company manufacturing ladies under
wear, pajamas and handkerchiefs,
with Offices in New York and plant
in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
The complaint asks a permanent
injunction restraining the shipment
and sale in interstate commerce of
thousands Of dozens of these articles
alleged to have been manufactured in
Puerto Rico in violation of the act,
many of the home workers having
been paid wages of less than five
cents an hour and no overtime for
hours worked in excess of IA and az
hours per week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
Continuous Show SUNDAY
Printers Union Convention
Asks Bodies To Make Peace

New Orleans 0LNS).-Reiteratin
it's stand on isolation and selecting
Vancouver as it's next meeting place,
the International Typographical Union
closed successful convention--its
84th-in New Orleans. The non-uflol
newspapers here devoted little space
to the gathering Of 1900 members or
visitors of one of the oldest and most
powerful unions in existence and the
publicity committee retaliated by not
releasing much of it's proceedings. In
fiuential members of the American
Federation of Labor pleaded with the
convention to came back home and
make one more happy family with
united front. George L. Berry and
Matthew Woll being the principal
speakers. All sessions were execu-
tive.
The convention killed the British
aid proposition and declared it was
not in the unions province to meddle
in affairs Of state or in those of for
eign nations. However it went on
the books that should member of
the union be employed in any defense
work, or volunteered in either the U.
S., Canadian or British armies, he
should not lose his priority. A resolu-
tion which would indorse the foreign
policies of President Roosevelt and the
New Deal was tabled; however, the
convention endorsed the labor policies
of the President.
New York (Big g. had a proposal
that after Jan. I, 1943, five days Of
80 hours constitute weeks work; the
resolution was voted down by the res
olution committee but finally reached
the floor where it met similar fate,
the smaller unions being against it.
The convention went on record as
asking both the CIO and A. F.. of l..
to make peace. Matthew Woll prom
ised the convention that if ''they come
home" the war chest would be abolish
ed and the A. F. of L. convention
would see that no unions were sus-
pended between conventions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
RADIO SHOWS CITY SERVICES

Chicago.-Citizens are presented a
more complete picture Of municipal
services and enterprise through use
Of the radio by at least 46 cities of
$4,000 or more population, a study
made by the International City Man
ayers Association shows. The cities
are using radio programs-interviews,
round table discussions, concerts,
dramas and reviews. Five of the
cities-New York, Camden, N. j., St.
Petersburgh and Jacksonville, Fla,
and Dallas, Tex, use their own NUM-
cipally owned stations in broadcast
ing programs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
TRUE AIM

The true aim of democracy, one
might say, is to get citizens to listen
to the right people. Demagogues,
FOR example, are not the right people
Often they are listened to. But on
the whole and in the last analysis the
American people have done pretty
well. Demagogues do not seem to last
long, and no man who has made a
bid for dictatorial power in this coun-
try has stood up long enough to
achieve his aim. In time the Ameri-
cans may even learn to listen to their
prophets.-Electrical Workers Jour
nal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
NO RETREAT

In building national morale, in pro-
tecting family income and in match
ing men and jobs, the social security
system has given America a sound
er foundation upon which to build it's
defense efforts than has been possi-
BILE in any previous crisis. From such
social gains there can be no retreat.
These forward strides are significant
not only in their accomplishments but
in the method of their accomplish
ment. They were taken strictly in line
with the American tradition. And they
have been accomplished by a democ-
racy in five short years.-John G. Win
ant, director, international Labor Of
flee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
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!. THE TROJAN :
|. HORSE CORRAL :
. An ILNS Feature
BY VICTOR RIESEL
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Daily Worker came at the tail end of
this process. Now all party members
with jobs in Federal, state and NUM-
cipal posts have been instructed to de-
stroy all party literature now in their
homes. Some are peddling their stuff
around town, some are just dumping
it.
On the West coast the former swim
ming pool periphery-ites who gave
their all-less deductions for cars,
villas, cocktails, and those terrible gov
ernment income taxes-to the Spanish
proletariat, via Earl Browder and
Ernest Hemingway, are in stew
over the probes which have broken
loose in Los Angeles. Besides the
Grand Jury, District Attorney Buron
Fits is pushing Grand Jury quiz of
Communist Activities, Martin Dies re-
wives his interest, Yorty reopens his
probe, and ]. Edgar Hooves flies to
California. .
1t all started when the Los Angeles
County Grand Jury indicted men for
the 1885 murder of John Reilly in San
Pedro. The four indicted are Britain
Webster, arrested August l by the
Los Angeles d. A.; Claude Smallman,
picked up in Honolulu when he ar
rived on the S. S. Lurline; Pegleg
Taylor and Edward Jefferies, the last
two, are still at large.
These men are party members or
sympathizers and according to Grand
Jury testimony allegedly killed Reilly
because he and Robert North Ca wit
ness) were trying to locate mime
ograph room which they believed the
Communist faction of the Sailors
Union of the Pacific was using in
traditional Commintern manner to
grab control of the union. Immedi-
ately Webster was arrested the Com
munist Peoples World set up howl.
Webster retained Gallagher, Johnson,
and Wirin, who have long held briefs
for Communist causes and fronts.
Council to one of the important men
in the Presidents advisory committee
on defense is more devoted to the
philosophy Of one of Europe's dictators
than to the protection of American de-
mocracy. His attractive wife has been
turned into quite an asset for the
group. Unfortunately the Importance
Of the defense board members pre-
vents the use of names at this time.
There will be a shake-up in the
Chicago Newspaper Guild, second
largest unit in the country. Some of
the non-Stalinite members have evil
dence that Guild officials, one of natl
onal Importance, recruited strikers in
to the Communist Party during the
Chicago strike. This columnist knows
that those sent out by the Chicago
strikers to raise funds by showing a
union film of the cooperative anti
Hearst efforts, knocked British I'M
perialism" while the Guild headquar-
ters, wore "Yanks Aren't Coming
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
New South Motor Lines
Signs With Tedrnsters

Atlanta, GA. T. Odum, business
agent for Local Union No. 72S, Team
sters and Chauffeurs, announced the
signing of union agreement between
the Local and the New South Motor
Express Lines. Twenty-Five weeks ago
members of this Local Union and the
management of the New South failed
to reach an agreement on vital issues,
and a strike was called. Signing of
the union contract last week ended
these hostilities and the men have re-
turned to work.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
+. b. Roosevelt and
w. WiIIkie 'Debufe'
Issue Of Federal Labor Pol
icy In Current Magazine
Topic

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Weldell Willkie
meet in debate in the columns of the
September issue of the American Fed
erationist, official organ of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. They were
invited by the Federationist to state
their positions.
Federal labor policy is the chief
point at issue, with the presidential
candidates stating their views on this
subject, as we'll as criticizing each
others records and aims.
Roosevelt pledges adherence to the
present labor policy of his admins
tration, saying:
eff any one asks the question as
to the future policy Of the admins
tration toward labor, the answer is
that we shall hold steadfastly to every
advance gained and not permit pres
ent safeguards to be whitfield away
by yielding to the specious argument
Of those whose lip service to labor is
loud and eloquent before election, but
whose ears are deaf to all appeals to
justice the rest OF the Time.
Social Legislation Stressed
Social Security, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, the Walsh-Healey
Public Contracts Act, the Federal
Employment Service are stressed by
the President in summarizing New
Deal legislation designed to benefit
the workers.
"This administration" he says,
"has been unremitting in it's efforts
to foster, promote and develop the
interests of labor, to improve work
ing conditions and to advance oppor-
tunities for profitable employment.
"By that record we are willing to
be judged and we offer it to the
country as a basis of judgment and
as witness and a pledge of faith to
American wage earners."
washington Attitude" Hit
Willkie attacks the attitude in
Washington" toward labor, warning:
"If the New Deal is continued l
believe it will only be matter of
time before the American labor move
ment becomes completely dominated
by Government and that in place of
the old discredited company union we
shall have Government unions as in
Nazi Germany. For my part l pledge
myself to help the principle of free
unions"
Americas prosperity, the Republican
nominee continues, cannot be restored
Through strife and bloodshed. 1t can,
and it must be accomplished through
collective bargaining and the intelli-
gent discussion, Of, mutual problems
around table.
Wagner Act Changes Backed
81 sympathize with the criticism
advanced by the American Fedora
ton of Labor against the National La
Dor Relations Board and with the fed
eration's emphasis upon the necessity
for better administration Of the La
Dor Act.
"To achieve the desired end some
changes in the Wagner Act are nee
essary.
Every person owes a debt to or
ganized labor, Willkie says in his ar
ticle. He declares that organized la
Dor has been a principal factor in
bringing about improved working con-
ditions, higher wages and shorter
hours for all. He advocates "a con-
tinued rise in American wage levels"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
ConscriP+ Blood.
Why Not Dollars
Senator Clark Is Opponent
Of Conscription OF
Mdnpower

Organized labor's bitter denuncia-
tion of the proposal to conscript man.
power without conscripting wealth is
echoed by members of the Senate who
this week attacked munition makers
demands for profits in connection with
national defense orders.
"It is very significant" said Sen
ator Bennett Champ Clark, Democrat
of Missouri, staunch opponent of con-
scription manpower, "that the measure
for conscripting the youth of the
country, to be made cannon fodder if
needed be, Immediately precedes the
bill which is designed to repeal every
limitation which Congress has imposed
on excessive war profits"
Senator Clark was referring to the
excess profits tax bill reported out by
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee which, as Charles M. Kelly, Wash
ington correspondent for Labor points
out, twill mean Roman holiday for
profteers if it gets through Congress" "
The bill has been drawn up to answer
the industrialists' demand that all
limitations on profits be repealed, that
they be permitted to amortize in five
years the cost of plants and equip
ment constructed for defense, and that
new tax levies be materially lighter
than during the last World War, when
10000 new millionaires were created.
Senator Clark added: owe first pass
the bill to conscript the young boys of
the country and send them off to the
army, and then the next week we
bring in bill to remove every limita-
tion on profits which may be made by
shipbuilders and munitions makers
and suspending the tax laws in their
behalf, so as to permit them to amor
tiZe these excessive earnings over a
period of five years"
Senator Bone, Democrat of Wash
ington, added his protest to the "fan-
tastic whirlwind of finance" which he
said characterized the present arm
ament program. If tax legislation on
which the Ways and Means Committee
is now working becomes law, Senator
Bone said, "it will constitute one of
the beautiful ironies of the period"
Organized labor and the American
people in general had better be wary
of this whole scheme that is being put
over SO skillfully-that of conscripting
manpower with the promise that ex-
cess profits will not be allowed For
if things are allowed to go on in the
direction in which they are headed, it
will turn out to be a very empty
promise.
If, as we are being told over and
over again, conscription of manpower
is necessary for defense" let's sug-
gest that the procedure be reversed.
Let us not tolerate conscription of
manpower until bill conscripting the
wealth of the nation for the national
effort" has become law, affixed with
the Presidents signature and seal.
Then and only then should so drastic
a measure as the pending conscription
bill be seriously considered
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05

Look for the Union Label when you
purchase clothing.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
IN THE VERNACULAR

The teacher was trying to impress
upon her young pupils in the tenement
district the importance Of being orig
inal. She illustrated by saying:
mickey, repeat these sentences in
your own words: Il see a COW. The
cow is pretty. The cow can run"
Mickey said: "Boy, lamp de cow.
Amt she honey? An ask you kin
she take in on the LAM"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
SLIGHTLY LUMPY EFFECT

Lady Of the House interviewing a
new maid)-And now, Nora, are you
efficient?
Nora-Indade am that, mum. In
me last place every mornin' l got up
at four, made me fires, put me kettle
on to bile, prepared the breakfast, an
made up all the beds before inyone
was up in the house.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05
Defense Program Boosts
Work Hours and Pay Rolls

San Francisco (ILNS).-Employ-
ment and the average work hours
have been increased in California
manufacturing industries by the ma
tional defense program, George C.
Kidwell, state director of industrial
relations, reports. Employment gained
ID per cent in the number of wage
earners on pay rolls in July over July,
1889.
Because of longer hours and higher
pay, the workers received 25 per cent
more in wages than year ago.
Look for the Union Label when you
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-05

THE smarest girls returning to classes with the
ctngy Pageboy Underroll and Pompadour sides.
Materials highest grade in the hands Of experienced op
ad
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-04
Past Guardians Make Plans
For Evening Meeting

The annual Past Guardians
night for Tacoma circle. Neigh
bors Of Woodcraft. will be held
Monday evening in Eagles hall.
Mrs. Frank Budil presiding. All
officers taking part win be past
guardians. Regular officers are
to wear white formAls Mrs A c.
Hill, past guardian. viii introduce
the officers for the evening.
The following are the remain
ing officers: Aesdames Robert
Brassey. Godfrey Beeler, Sidney
Conquest, Harry Ritter. James
Oman. Charles Wilson. Cyrus
Smiley, William DE Spain, William
Let, Minnie Ohiser. Charles
Elfers. Matte Erickson and Mabel
Hill.
Guards for the evening are Mes
danes D. o. Cingrich. Walter
Crawford. Oliver Bingham. Chris
tine Underwood, Jess Young. Ger
trIde Layton. Mason Jones and
A. J. Snyder. Refreshments viii
be served AZ a late hour with the
regular officers assisting.