The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-01-16
Heard In The
LObbieS
ALL FOR UNITY
BY DAVID DEUTSCH

be in the United States before the
end of January. Strange that it
should be the nOn-ZiOnistS and not
so much certain ZiOnistS who are
anxious for the brilliant chemist
leader to visit these shores 4.
KudOs for the remarriage of the
partners in the United Jewish APP
peal is being given to shy-spoken
David Matchmaker of Boston,
who's been making a name for
himself for diplomacy and mod
esty, rare virtues these days .
The remarriage is said to be
streamlined, for as soon as the
knot was tied the spOuSes-all
three of them, JDC, UPA and
NRS-went in separate directions,
each to tell of his-Or is it herr
virtues to separate audiences g.
The Council of FederatiOnS, hav-
ing enjoyed pretty good success
with the United Jewish Appeal, is
reported to be trying the shadchan
role for another betrOthal, this
time to get the American Jewish
Congress and the General Jewish
Council people to kiss and make
up There's quite a Other a
bout full-page ad on a Jewish
Army which appeared in the New
York Times last week.. Jews got
frightened until their Christian
friends began cOngratuIating them
on their courage ard then they be-
gan to smirk and look mighty
proud. But the official ZiOnists
looked pretty peeved, all because
the RevisiOnists got up this Jew
iSh Army Committee whose enter
prise is knocking the spots off the
stOdgy Old-timers. Funny thing is
the ZiOnists are getting the credit
for what the Outside-bOys-lOOking-
in did.
IN THE NATIONS DEFENSE
Those front-rank playwrights,
George S. Kaufman, Ben Hecht,
Lillian Hellman and Clifford Odets
all of whom have smash hits
running around the country-have
given their services to the govern
ment and are rushing out scripts
to tell citizens how to conduct
civilian defense and to tell the
doughboys what they're fighting
for. Their films will soon be in
your neighborhood theatre . It's
no easy job that Maxwell Rabb of
Boston has taken as secretary to
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who's
all wrapped up in the defense eff
fort. Rabb, Harvard Law '35, has
been with the youthful Massachu-
sets legislator since 1886 :.
That was very nice gift of $500
to the Red Cross from Mrs. Elinor
Morgenthau. Did you notice, by
the way, how the Rockefellers
gave 100000? While some Jews
complained miserably about CIV
ing money abroad, no less an
American than John D. wrote to
Red Cross Chairman Davis: I'm
making this contribution we are
happy to be taking part in the
support of an organization which
is doing. so much for humanity,
not only in our own country but
in other outlaying areas as we'll"
Orchestra leader Fredric
Fradkin is proud of his son, Rus
sell. Fred tried to volunteer for
the Spanish-American War, but
enlistment officers ruled him in
eligible. Now Russell is at Mitch
ell Field as a member of Uncle
Sans air force. A Papa's am
bition. realized Sure, Walter
Winchell is keeping up his col
umn, broadcasts, etc. He may be
working for the Navy but the
Navy knows best and says Walter
has to do everything he did be-
fore plus a four-day-a-week office
stint in uniform it's all
propaganda for the same cause.
ON THE AIR WAVES
That fellow Henry (HOt Lips)
Levine. hot frIImnefAr for the