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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08
Program To End
Anti-SemitiSn1

New York (JPS)-Castigating
the "Coughlinites, the Ku Kluxers,
Bundists and other tripe," for
their smears against the Jews, DR..
E. George Payne, Dean of the
School of Education of New York
University, asserted at Confer
ence of Jewish Organizations here
that immediate organization of
an educational system" was need
ed Ito guarantee a peace that will
make impossible the discrimina-
ton and persecution of the Jews
that have characterized civiliza-
ton of the past"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08
DR.. Chain Weizmann To
Speak Over n. B. C. May Nth

DR.. Chain Weizmann, the world
renowned Jewish leader, will de-
liver his first radio address. in the
United States on Thursday, May
18th, from $50 to 6:45 P. M.
&c. w. To-, over the National
Broadcasting Company network,
under the auspices of the United
Jewish Appeal for Refugees,
Overseas Needs and Palestine. DR..
Weizmann's talk, entitled, ION the
Road to Victory" is expected to
constitute one of the most sig
nificant utterances on all phases
of the Jewish problem in the pres
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08
JULIUS SELIGSOHN DIES
IN CONCENTRATION CAMP

The death of DR.. julius Selig-
sohn in a German concentration
camp has been announced. He
will be memorialized by the Jew
ish people for the unflinching SER
vice he rendered German Jewry
since the advent of Hitler and for
his outstanding courage in the
fulfillment of his self-imposed
duties to his people.
Born in 1890, he came from a
family which enjoyed the highest
reputation among German Jews.
He visited Holland, Belgium,
France, England and America to
contact the Jewish organizations
in order to save thousands of his
fellow Jews. The news of the
pogrom in November, 1888 came
to him while he was in Holland;
he took the first plane to Berlin.
When the Nazis deported the
whole Jewish population of Baden
and the Palatinate in October of
1910, on behalf of the Reichsver-
tretung he requested German Jew
ry-what was left of ito OBJ
serve a day of fasting and mourn
ing. This act of protest and de-
fiance against tyranny and brutal
ity cost him his life. He was i'm
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08

Scheduled to appear as guest
speakers and representatives of
B'nai Birth are outstanding Jew
ish and political leaders of the
state and country.
Meeting simultaneously with
B'nai Birth will be the Women's
Auxiliary whose second annual
convention this is. Mrs. Jennie
Rotford of Miami is District Pres
ident. Mrs. Irving Levin is tenn
porary Chairman of the Jackson
vile Auxiliary and Mrs. M. H.
Witten is convention chairman.
Jacksonville chairman for the
convention is Nat Shorstein who
is being assisted by a committee
which includes Harold S. Cohn,
Herbert Sander, Harry Jaffee,
DR.. Sam Witten, M. H. Witten,
Harry Katz, and several others.
Among the outstanding speakers
Of the convention will be DR..
Abram L. Sacher, noted educator,
and Tom Watson, Attorney Cen
eral of the State of Florida.
Other nationally known figures
who will attend will be announced
later. The convention will begin
Saturday night, May 3Oth at 8 o.
clock with reception in the
George Washington Hotel for the
general committee of the Fifth
District.
Tom Watson will be the main
speaker at the Sunday afternoon
luncheon which will be followed
by the exhibits of all projects Of
B'nai Birth. In four separate
rooms the work of the Anti
Defamation League, Hillel Found
alton, A. 2. A., and Vocational
Guidance will be shown. The
rooms will be open to visitors,
guests and delegates and there
will be noted authorities on each
activity who will be able to dis
cuss it with the visitors.
Sunday night at 8 o'clock the
Sidney J. Stern class, which will
include newly enrolled members
of Jacksonville, will be initiated
here. At that time DR.. Abram
Sacher will speak. Questions
from the floor will be heard and
will be answered by the national
heads of each activity of B'nai
Birth who will be present.
The convention will close with
a banquet Monday night. Fur
tner plans will be announced at a
later date.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08

Those whose memories go back to
the First World War will recall
that Marshal FOch just one month
before the armistice, was busy
making plans for his next years
offensive. Certainly Marshal FOcn
was in a position to know some
thing about the status OF the
enemy. But he didn't know too
much.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08

ent war. In the course of his
message, DR.. Weizmann will also
discuss the wartime activities of
the Joint Distribution Committee,
United Palestine Appeal and Nat
ional Refugee Service, which are
represented in the 1912 United
Jewish Appeal.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08
B'nai B rith Diamond Jubilee
Convention to beHeIdHere

Jacksonville will be the hostess city to the Fifth Dis
trc of Bnai Birth at their annual convention which will
be held here in the George Washington Hotel May 80,
3s and June st Over 300 guests expected to attend
the convention which will bring delegates and visitors from
the District of Columbia, Maryland Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-05-08
TT HAPPENED
LAST WEEK
EANnELL DEMANDS APOLOGY
FROM PETAIN
nv MILTON BROWN, JTA

FROM PETAIN
Tn Nice this week, the JTA re-
orted, several hundred Nazified
rrenchmen marched shouting,
nown with the Jews, but their
arade was attacked by other
rrenchmen who refused to stOm-
oh it. Meanwhile, Petain him
elf is not in a very happy posi-
ion. Petain must now be think
no of what he allowed to- be done
\ some of the Jews. There is the
Ease of George Mandcll, the cabi-
et minister, who tor a long time
Vas CIemenceau's right hand man.
Henri Bernstein, the noted play
wright, during the past week de-
ivered a lecture in New York on
Blum and Mandell, the two French
eaders, which should make us
nOre proud of them. Blum and
randell represent two divergent
chOOIs of political thought. Blum
socialist, Mandell a rigid
conservative, but in the matter Of
France as against the Axis, they
|hOwed no deviatiOns. Both of
hem, at the time of the French
collapse, had the opportunity of
Ieeing France, but both refused
% leave their country at so criti-
Bal an hour.
When Mandell was arrested,
laid Bernstein, he insisted on an
audience with Petain and finally
obtained it. Why, he demanded
IF Petain, had he been arrested.
Petain, embarrassed, not knowing
What to say, finally declared that.
had been reported that he had
been reported talking with Brit
sh leaders.
"YOu forget, M. Petain, that
England is our ally" said Man
Hell. Petain said he would write
note for the release of Mandell.
He did that and Mandell reading
t, tore it up.
II want something more than
hat," said Mandell, II want an
epology." Petain revised his note
. include an apology for the ar
Test.
But later apparently, Petain,
hardened by his advisors, had
Aandell rearrested and together
With Blum he is now in prison.
IN THE POLISH GHETTO
From the ghettos in Poland
eame a gruesome story this week.
Fhe Nazis charge that the Jews in
Fhe ghettos are not burying their
forpses in order to retain for
themselves the ration cards Of
nose who have died.
1t may very well be that the
Cnarge is true. People driven
desperate by starvation will Of
course use every recourse to allay
me terrible pangs of hunger. The
NaH brutality has reached the
Apex OF its criminality in the story
u Its dealings with the Jews Of
Poland,
HITLER is GLOOMY
The speech of Hitler this past
week carried a note of gloom. It
was not the old Adolf threatening
% NOW down his enemies. 1t was
ar different, so far different,
mat in between the lines many
read peace overtures.
Hitler, however, has acquired
puch a reputation as a liar and as
uecelver that it is probable that
re wouldn't believe him now if he
we're telling the truth. Those al
.,eu with the Axis are tainted with
NC same suspicion, so that when
~ near, as we did this week, ru-
nOrS Of starvation in Italy, we
suspect 1T is part Of the build-up
tOr peace offensive. And it may
~ ~ SO-but again, it may not be.
sno can tell? The wisest do not
20 ~
Evening star., 1942-08-15
Denies That Slovalks
Are Willing Volunteers.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In an article, published in The Star
August 10, under the headline Euro
pean Riyalries Present Postwar Prob
lem for America" the author, Helen
Lombard, writes about the slovaks
hghting TODAY Is volunteers on the side
OF the Nazis"
How far and how much can one see
the presence of the Slovak soldiers on
the eastern front A voluntary one,
has to be ranked with the voluntary"
help which the Germans are given by
all the enslaved nations whether it is
industrial or military. The Slovsk SOL
dier who Is told to f1ght against his
brothers, the Russians, IL ~ much Of a
volunteer as n Belgian or Dutch ]aborer
who works under the German whip
for Germany
The Slovaks on the eastern front
treated by the Germans as an inferior
sort of cannon fodder where 1T would
be 4 pity to sacrifice German troops"
l would like to say that the Slovaks.
participating IN this fight, are rs much
10 be ptied as the millions in the en-
shaved nations submitted today to the
Mans, l feel sorry for every Slovak
soldier ~ much as do for the French
worker who In = similar way is dying in
French coastal factories-not for the
glory Of France, but the preparation
OF German crimes
BOZENA j LAWYERS.
CBechoslovak LeRation.
Evening star., 1942-08-15
Sliding ScuIe Test


Since 1885 when it was made. the
Public Utilities Commissions sliding
scale arrangement with the gas com
pany has produced annual gas rates
reductions-with the exception OF
last year, when they remained un-
changed. This year, according to the
company, the same formula under
which these rates reductions have
been brought about would entitle the
company to an increase in rates. 1t
is going to be interesting to see how
the shoe wears on the other foot.
1t would seem that two questions
are before the commission. One is
the gas company's contention that
company earnings have fallen below
the 5 u per cent of the rate base and
that the company is therefore en-
titled under the formula to an in
crease this year, the other Is whether
the commission intends to stick by
the sliding scale, in foul weather as
in fair, or whether it will attempt a
modification of it's basic principles or
perhaps do away with them alto
gether.
In connection with the first point,
the burden OF proof is, of course, on
the com pany. 1t must demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the commits
sion that, the formula itself remain
ing unchanged, the return on the
rate valuation has been cut below the
517 per cent dividing line.
In connection with the second
point. the commission will consider
whether a sliding scale Arrangement,
which thus far has brought rates re-
duction, Is best for the public when
the wind begins to blow the other
way. From the nature of the ques-
tions asked by Chairman Hankin at
yesterdays preliminary hearing -
which the company contends will re-
quire two months to answer - the
whole structure of the sliding rate
arrangement seems TO be in for an
overhaul
Evening star., 1942-08-15

Lilly Belle, the Young robin, was get
ting avfully tired Of the Toulouse.
Being brought up by hand" rather
than by the bill OF father and mother
robin. was not all that a healthy month
old robin could demand.
The natural touch, evidently, was lack
ing
Lilly had done finely. since her last
expedition into the trees
She was getting liver for her dinner.
Now liver has been recommended high
ly As a human food but no ornithologist
has ever said anything about 1t for birds.
Yet 1t is full OF iron, vitsnins and
minerals, and ought to be as good for
birds as for other two-legeed creatures
Lilly shortly proved that liver Is 4
great pepper upper, As the venacular
puts it
Inside of dav she looked more like a
robin than she had to date.
month had passed, OF course The
spots on her breast were very distinct
She had a good robin color
that she no longer regarded the tool
house as n Mt place for a robin.
When carried out on a finger, she
would stay put, but would look longingly
up at the trees
month had gone by for her one week
in the nest, and three in the tool house
During the two-day rain. she spent
her time on the wood pile, comfortably
perched against the weather.
The ftful rain came down all that
Saturday. and all that Saturday night
Lilly didn't mind it at all She was
dry. and had plenty to eat. including
the liver Enough liver to feed = young
bird does not cost much even in such
times as these.
II will be 4 good thing for persons in
terested in birds TO keep in mind, Liver
seems to increase their vitality at
startling rate.
Bread and milk. ground beef. lamb,
raisns and yolk of egg-these are some
Of the everyday foods which may be used
Not all birds react alike Every one
will have its individual likes and dishkes
1t is impossible to force down 4 food
which young robin Or jay does not like
Jays and robins are the most likely
birds to be found out of the nest. Then
it is necessary to And the nest. or put
the baby up In a shrub and trust to
chance, or to bring 1t up by hand
Lily Belle came out on a shoulder dur
ing the brief sunny spell Sunday after
noon.
| She looked around
! II was perfectly easy. after her recent
! episode Of taking to the trees for the
night, 10 understand what Lilly Belle
| was thinking about
Evening star., 1942-08-15
Anonymous Reinsurance

There is measure of reinsurance
In the anonymous statement that the
President, in directing the Navy to
take over the Bayonne, New Jersey,
plant Of the General Gable Company,
did not intend that action to be
construed either as imposing
penalty on the employer or as a
concession to the strikers.
According to an unnamed Wash
ington Official with first hand
knowledge" of what was in the Pres
ident's mind, the order to the Navy
was intended only to insure uninter-
rupted operation of the plant, which
Is heavily engaged in war work. The
civilian management is not to be
nusted and the President, according
to this report, was prepared to take
drastic action against the strikers
had they persisted in their refusal
to work.
This Interpretation of the signifi-
canoe of the Presidents order is not
In harmony with the attitude of the
strikers themselves. Through their
spokesman, Michael P Petrakian, the
strikers have hailed the action as a
victory for themselves. Once the
decision to take over the plant had
been announced, they received it
with enthusiasm, asserting that their
real objective had been to get rid of
the management and that they
would be happy to work for Uncle
Sam" In the light of the record in
the case, however, there is reason to
be skeptical OF this belated outburst
Of patriotism. The men struck in
protest against the refusal OF the
War Labor Board to grant their de-
mands for wage increases. When
they closed the plant down they
knew they were rendering a dis
service to Uncle Sam" and they
knew they were striking against the
Government. not against their en-
ployer. In these circumstances, there
Is good reason to suppose that their
suhilant reception Of the failure to
enforce their wage demand is more
OF "face-saving" maneuver than
anything else.
But the fact remains that an inno-
cent employer has lost control of his
plant as result of the strategy
adopted by the administration in
dealing with group of irresponsible
strikers. The apprehension which
has been aroused by the establish
nent Of this precedent will not be
allayed until the President sees At
to give public expression on his own
responsibility to the views which
have been announced through the
device Of an anonymous spokesman.
Evening star., 1942-08-15
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles +. TracstrsH.

She "telegrsphed" her moves ~ the
pugilistic fraternity says.
sh. looked At the trees then she
looked At the shrubbery.
Down she new to the ground, how
ever Grsciously she accepted few
bits OF bread and milk
She few back to hand
Suddenly. without warming she SCARED
into the air. and was gone.
High over the Toulouse she Sew, up
into a tall tree
The leaves were still dripping with
water
Lilly Belle chirped her sweetest
This she seemed to be saving. Is
the life for a robin Three weeks In tn.
Toulouse is enough
Away she went on eager wings, From
time to time she would call but she
would not come down,
1t is interesting how different The
notes OF a bird with which one becomes
familiar, sound from the chirps OF
other birds
The natural inclination is TO think
that they are sweeter, softer. but the
chances are that they simply seem that
way to the interested person.
Then Lilly Belle disappeared
No longer did her call resound in
the trees
She was gone
Occasionally one would think her notes
were heard, but there was no way OF
being sure
just before dark, an answering call
came from the maple tree
1t was impossible to be sure. how
ever, that Lilly Belle had returned for
the night
Ths next morning, there was Lilly. ~
staggering as could be
She would not come down for long
time, but nnally came to hand to sc-
eept bit Of breakfast
Probably the greatest handicap 10 4
young bird brought up by humans lies in
the feeling that some one will feed IT
1t will only be few days, now, before
Lilly ptHe LSkcS 10 tle trees Tor ROOC.
A month, in the life Of robin, Is q
long time
II she is TO go South. with the other
birds. she will have to be on her own
Probably within day or two, she will
refuse to come down st all
She will join up with 4 band of young
robins in October and travel with them
far to the South Where one finds food
they will eat. II hawk gets after one
1t will find safety in numbers
Out in the world goes Lilly Belle
ready for the great adventure There !,
certain sadness in it, for the human
element concerned, but not for her. sh'
still can sing rs man cannot. Gods ir
/ His heaven, all's right with the world
Evening star., 1942-08-15

military service three -fourths Of those
upon whom We rely to achieve victory
on the various battlefelds of the world.
Such 4 purge rs was attempted was
unfaie and unwise and not Mt all in
the interest Of national unity and 1t
Is to the glory of the average voter that
the plan has been scuttled thus far.
New Yorks sovernorship is next on
the list-whst will happen therea
Harrisonburg, Va. D. 3. LEWIS, Jr.
Differs With Miss Thompscn'a views
OF Gandhi and Indian 'Disebedienee."
To the Bdtor OF The Star:
I should like to put to Miss Dorothy
Thompson = few questions which her
column on Gandhi In Wednesdays Star
has raised
For one thing, her comments on re-
bellion and revolution are caused by
confused thinking or quibbling. depend
Ing on whether she does or does not
mean what she says. Secondly, she
makes several misstatements of fact, but
I shall mention only one of these, which
brings up the question of statesmanship.
Miss Thompson says: Twenty -four
hours afer he orders civil disobedience
without violence his people riot" The
meetings OF the Congress Committee on
August 7 and 8 empowered Gandhi to
start civil disobedience Gandhi ad-
dressed the committee and said: We
shall make every effort to see the Vice
roy before starting the movement" On
August 8 the Viceroy refused to see
Gandhi and early on August Q. at which
time Gandhi had not started the move
ment, he was arrested. Riots broke out
at once. Can We truthfullv deny that
these riots are the result of 4 SPECIFIC
act of British statesmanship'
Miss Thompson asks: What would
happen TO a free India If, In the event
OF An Allied victory, 1t had lost the SYM
pathy of the United States, China and
Russia" There Is another side 10 it,
free, important TO those countries now
and after the war? And If it Is. does not
the burden OF getting that sympathy
fall on the craftsmanship of those coun-
tries which, collectively, may have more
Of it than the imprisoned nationalist
leaders,
Miss Thompson asks further: What
would happen to free Indis IT, in the
event Of an Axis victory, the British
world system were dismembered as booty
for = world OF eonquerors," Again /
ask, what would happen to all the
United Nations If, through inadequate
craftsmanship, We failed to get Indias
help. to get all the help everywhere that
We need, and did not have snos,rh 10
win?
In the early days after Pearl Harbor
Miss Thompson wrote some stirring
words exhorting our Government to rally
and employ the full energy, the full
creative energy, OF our people, sanes only
thereby could We win the war. This
was \ good and necessary thing 70 call
out to our Government, to call ont TO
the governments OF all our Allies-yss,
to the government Of India She put
the responsibility on craftsmanship and
inspired leadership. and she was right.
for only these can win the inspired
energy Of any people These can win
the inspired energy Of all peoples. Or
does Miss Thompson think that peo-
Piles come IN different grades. and that
the Indians are little less than We aref
JENNY r. POLENAN.
Evening star., 1942-08-15

increases, and they may be granted
even when not justified by advances
in living costs alone. In Canada the
bonuses are tied directly TO the cost
Of living, and, presumably at least,
the increased compensation no longer
will be paid when living costs decline.
1t might be argued. of course, that
such an arrangement would not be
accepted by the workers OF this
country. But it has been accepted
in Canada, and it may very well be
that this is true because the Canadi-
an Government, at the outset, sue
ceeded in divorcing price control
from politics. We have not yet
brought about that separation, and
unless we do 50 the breach in the
price ceiling structure which OPA
has announced for certain food prod
ucts will not be the last upward
revision OF living costs.
Evening star., 1942-08-15
Sheep at Sunset

The lingering summer Aet Ass
brought to ho,psr
This rose OF evening ASht NJ
glory mis-
And overfons the sie.s, ystAstent
hour;
1t blooms ,otth hsrel ysA4Gnss ~
the hiIls.
Sheep sctth ths4, Is,~bs srs Sstst ~
the field,
TIseeed aotth the ss~sst, rtss&>sd
and aursolsd
Win aeslsss Hight s~ttl tAsv sts~l
rspedlsd
4 stortsd foek irons IsSs~Ssry ~.
On that first evening when tAs world
And shepherds gathered he~ss ths
docils sheep,
Earth gave mankind Aer pvos>4ss,
mise and true,
Which through the years shs las
not failed to keep,
Though empires fan, prtmordtal
things abide,
The rnddy flock, the peace st sssx.
tide. .:
MHz BARCLAY KIRBY.