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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-02-12

break of the war was Hadassab,.
Mrs. Rose Jacobs, the only wonoa
member of the executive of tho
Jewish Agency =
MEN AND DEEDS: We WON
der why the American Emergencv
Committee for Zionist Affairs bos
failed to announce Emanuel Men
mans resignation from his most
with the committee : Zionists
throughout the country consider
Neuman's resignation a great loss
to the Zionist cause since he was
the person who won so MANY
Congressman and Senators to the
idea of a Jewish Palestine
We hear from Zionist sources
that several people will be need
ed to replace Neuman in the
many-sided activities which he
has conducted for the Emergency
Committee With the Jew.
ish situation in North Africa be-
ing what it is, it is interesting to
learn that the State Department
refused q passport to Col. Charles
Sweeny who was scheduled to 20
to North Africa to spread a little
propaganda among the Arabs
there : Col. Sweeny is the
American Lawrence of Arabia"
Roman Vishniac, Internal
iOnally known photographer who
Travelled for the Joint Distribu-
ton Committee throughout Eu-
rope, is now graphically showing
the people in New York what it
means to be q Jew in Europe :
His excellent photos pOrtraying
the life of Jews in Poland, Ger
many, Austria, CZechOslOvaAia,
France and other countries now
under Nazi occupation are max
ing his New York exhibition the
talk of the town Philip M.
KIutznick, of Omaha, president Of
the Supreme Advisory Council Of
the AZA, B'nai Birth youth Or
ganizatiOn, has been appointed
assistant administrator of the
National Housing Agency with
headquarters in Washington 80
Carl Alpert, editor of the New
Palestine, now adds to the date
line of his letters another line
reading: zone Day Closer to
Victory"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-02-12

In the case of Abraham Lincoln
of course, they wouldn't have tc
go to his mothers name for proof
They would just point to Lincoln's
own first name. Abraham. w hat
better proof that he was a Jew
than that? If he were an Aryan
it would be Adolph, that ought to
be plain enough. So the Nazis
would say.
His name is Abraham, they
would say, and look at his COM
plexion. A good Aryan-a
Nordic, is a blond. Look at Pres
ident Lincoln. Is he a blond !?
No, a swarthy complexioned man
like that can only be Jew or a
member of some inferior race.
The master peoples are always
blond.
When it came to referring to
Lincoln's democracy, the Nazis
would be a little stumped. Today
they can say the Jewish pluto
democracy or the Jewish Bolshe-
vik democracy, but in Lincoln's
DAYS, there were not enough Jews
in America to count and there
were no BolshevikS at all. But
the Nazis are very clever in their
dumb way and they would I'M
doubtedly have found some means
of showing that this democracy
which Lincoln preached-those
ideas about this government be
ing dedicated to the principle that
all men are created equal" were
really Jewish-inspired and part of
a Jewish world plot to make the
entire Christian world eat Matzo
balls on Passover.
This may seem a bit amusing,
but let us not laugh at it. In the
deeper sense, the Nazis would be
right. Abraham Lincoln, tn e
American and Abraham, the Jew
ish patriarch are very much akin.
Four or five thousand years ago,
there was man named Abraham
who saw men worshipping false
gods. People would st up an
animal or the image OF some an
imal and they would worship it.
There were many gods and every
one had his special god. This
good man, Abraham, saw that we
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tend to become what we worship
If we PROSTATE ourselves before
a tiger or hyena, the chances are
that in time we will growl anc
tear the flesh of one another. He
saw that there can be no common
humanity. no brotherhood of man
till we all conceive ourselves tc
be fashioned by the same Creator
So Abraham became an icono-
clast, a destroyer of images anC
a preacher of Monotheism. He
preached this but he was not
man who satisfied himself with
theory. Biblical history empha-
sized his practical righteousness
and his all embracing hospitali-
ty and humanity.
In 1860 there appeared a man in
America. His name was abraham
also, and he was dark skinned as
though he had lived in some warm
cline for long time and he
preached much the same doctrine
of the oneness of all humanity
and all being equal as did the
old Abraham and like the ole
Abraham he was much the same
warm-hearted, kindly friend of all
humanity. I think there is q
pretty good case, therefore, for
believing that really the two
Abrahams are the same men.
What is more, Lincoln never de-
MED it.
The only reason to question the
hypothesis is because it presup-
poses that Abraham Lincoln had
been alive five thousand years or
so, which is a little long for one
man.
But the fact is that Abraham
Lincoln has been alive more than
five thousand years. He is i'm
mortal. Ten thousand years from
today he will still be living This
is what the Adolfs do not under
stand. If Abraham Lincoln weren't
alive today, Adolf Hitler would
not be so near to collapse. It is
because Abraham Lincoln is alive
today that Hitler and Goering are
worrying so much. When Abra-
ham Lincoln delivered his Gettys-
burg speech, few of the news
papers printed it. Today. there
is not a newspaper in all America
that at one time another has not
printed it. Every American school
child knows it and understands it.
Only Hitler and the Nazis cannot
understand it. It is above them.
But there is perhaps one sentence
by Abraham Lincoln that the
Nazis are in a position to under
stand now. It is this-Listen
Adolf:
You can fool some of the peo-
pie all of the time, all of the peo-
pie some of the time, but you can't
fool all of the people all of the
time"
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YOU
AN D M E
nv PAUL A. PETERS

THE AMERICAN SCENE:
The new executive of the Amerl-
can Jewish Committee may soon
reopen negotiations with Zionist
leaders for complete understand
ing on Palestine - we un-
derstand that Judge Proskauer,
new president of the Committee
saw DR.. WeiZmann with WhOm
he discussed the text of the state
ment by the American jewish
Committee on Palestine several
davs prior to its adoption by the
annual meeting of the Committee
The statement, we hear, was
prepared by three prominent
Jewish judges who have a nation
wide reputation 49, Zionist cir
Giles on the whole are satisfied
with the statement They
consider it a rebuke to the Ameri-
can Council for Judaism which is
Outspokenly against political Zion
ism . : 1t was quite a pleasant
surprise for many to learn that
Judge Levinthal, the president OF
the Zionist Organization of Amer
lea is also a member of the Amer
lean Jewish Committee
Needless to say he was not one
Of the three judges who drafted
the statement of the Committee.
At the Committees annual
meeting he opened the discussion
regarding the statement
The HadaSSah too was repre-
scented at the meeting 1t is
officially affiliated with the
American Jewish Committee and
has its president on the executive
board -
AMONG ZIONISTS: Something
very serious is now brewing in
London, bearing out recent re-
mark of DR.. Weizmann that with
regard to the question of Pales-
tine, Zionists will soon find Lon
don more important than Wash
ington Moshe Shertok,
head of the political department
of the Jewish Agency, who has
been in London for several weeks.
will soon come to New York in
stead of returning to Palestine as
he originally planned = We
hear that Robert Sold saw for
mer Governor Lehman in Wash
ington and suggested to him that
Lehman's relief office in North
Africa buy foodstuffs in Pales-
tine .. The question is whether
Palestine has any food to xport.
AS far as we know, the
Joint Distribution Committee
would only be too glad to buy
food in Palestine to send to Pol
iSh Jews in Russia There is
a shortage of food in Palestine,
however, rather than an abund-
ance . 1t seems that the
American Zionist plan to send
delegation to Palestine has hit a
snag No priority for pass
age by plane can be secured for
the two delegates, Robert Sold
and DR.. James Heller u. S.
authorities have so far refused to
recognize the mission of the two
Zionist delegates as warranting
such priority Incidentally,
the 2. o. A. made a slight error
in its release announcing that
the two delegates are the first
American Zionist leaders to pro-
coed to Palestine since the out
break of the war in 1889
The first American Zionist leader
to reach Palestine after the out
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His Name Was Abraham
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ

Copyright, 1913, Jewish Teegraphic Agency, Inc.
Suppose Abraham Lincoln President of the Unit
ed States today? Do know what the NaZis would be
saying? They would be saying what they have said about
President Roosevelt except The Nazis said that
Roosevelt of Jewish descent and they proved to their
satisfaction by pointing to the fact that ROOseve moth
fircfno Sara
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03

ant in the head with a %. Look
out fellas. Better be on your good
behavior
Why is it that in Dept. L the
detail men think they are bosses?
(Rofkar please notice.
Anyone who is hurt in the shop
and comes under the jurisdiction OF
state compensation should consult
tLeir steward Immediately Often
a helping hand from the union
brings these cases to a satisfactory
conclusion.
The Union in itself does not
sanction collections in the shop for
the simple reason that the War
Chest donations should take care Of
the worthy people who because of
lines or some other hard luck need
help. Names of those who are in
need Of help should be turned in %
the committee office. These cases
will be investigated and every ef-
fort will be made to help them.
Evelyn, quit smashing your fin
gers. Let Curly smash his instead
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
vinson Urged To
Rescind Decision

WASHINGTON (FP) = Senator
Robert F. Wagner Cd. n. " urged
Director Of Economic Stabilization
Fred NJ. Vinson TO rescind his re-
fusal of an eight cent hourly wage
increase for 100000 railway
workers, before congress acts on
Truman resolution 81. approving
the award. Joining Wagner in MS
appeal for prompt settlement ofi
the wage dispute was Sen. Walter
George ID. Ga.), who said the
eight cent increase granted UNDER
the Railway Labor Act was justi-
fled.
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Auto-Lite News
SHOPPING AROUND

Hear ye, hear ye-Department 2
has new mascot, one beautiful
white cat with yellow spots, well
fed, which loves to be petted. If
intuition hadn't told Nicola Begroye
that her dog would object, the fe-
line creature would have found
new home by adoption. Second shift
girls on the Harding line recall how
Lucy screamed so Justify at the
sight of an unlimited mouse and
suggest that she become friendly
with "Spotty".
Nine efficient girls transferred
from second to first shift; Turkey
day, and were welcomed cordially
by their day sisters. Lunch time
brings out the needle weaving ax-
perts on this shift. Someone ought
to promote a knitting contest in
this department.
Dolly Hill, Department 2 stew
ardess, attended the state CIO con-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
COP Goneing Up
On Soldiers Vote

WASHINGTON. Dec. l (FP)-
Republicans were fighting hard to
keep men and women in the armed
forces from voting in the 1914 cleo
tons as debate on the Lucas-Green
bill, HR3436 streamlining absentee
voting procedures, got under way.
Most damaging amendment and
one being pushed hardest is Sen.
John Danaher's (R. Comm pro-
posal to have soldiers vote by
proxy. Another, by Robert Adolf
phug Taft (R. o., would forbid
any government agency from dis
tributing election material to sol
dierS, while c. Wayland Brooks (R.
Ill., is ready to offer an amend
ment excluding members of the
merchant marine from the priv
leges Of the measure.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03

but is taking Pappy homemade
cake. All that luggas, and ham
per of food?
The girls are saying that Helen
Michalak could be accused of hoard
ing rubber, referring of course to
Helen's garters, the subject of
bit of joshing.
There seems to be quite a mys-
terry in Department 4. A survey has
been made in an attempt to dis
cover the reason for the weeping
and wailing, but to date the data
has not proved anything. Your
Stickney Ave. reporter has been
wondering what constitutes the big
attraction out there. Perhaps Eliza
beth Nickel can supply the answer.
She's the girl who has an aversion
to split pea soup. In the future she
would do well to wipe the shoes of
her innocent victims, rather than
clean the floor.
Dorothy Murphy, assembly, is
requested to make a speedy recov-
cry. If she reads the TOLEDO
UNION JOURNAL she will know
that the girls miss her, not only at
work, but on the bowling team as
well Let's hurry back!
You certainly get your dollars
worth in fun when you draw names
for the Christmas exchange. What
surprises you sometimes get!
Martha King reports a plentiful
amount of muskrats out Reno way.
1t wouldn't be bad idea for Marty
to sponsor a potluck, eh what?
The girls are continually being
given prizes, so how about giving
the boys a handout, too, beginning
with the first prize being awarded
to the blond young man with the
ever ready smile, B. c.? Four
Roses to the setup men, too, who
are always there on the drill line
to help make the job run smoother.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
TheStOLen
SiLUerlUNre
BY Robert Burkart.

Being sick at home does have
some advantages. / have now
had that long-awaited opportun-
ity to- delve into some good nom
fiction reading to stimulate
those not overactive brain cells.
The brain cells, not used TO this
sort Of thing, finally rebelled
and for relaxation Chats my
story / turned to some light
fiction. 1t was here that | en-
countered a literary morsel that
sent me off into protracted
day dream.
1t was a story by G. X. Ches-
terton setting forth one Of the
adventures Of that remarkable
and democratic priest, Father
Brown.
He had been called, in the line
of duty. to a small but exclusive
hotel which had no other guests
that day excepting the members
of an aristocratic organization
having, at the moment, its an
nual formal dinner. This dinner
was featured by the use Of the
clubs precious jewel-studded
silyerWare,
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Champion SparkIets

Joe Parker the detail man in
Dept. L nights was proud papa
again which makes a grand
total Of six girls. Nice goin' Joe.
You've got Eddie Cantor beat.
We wonder what that certain
somebody has which made Bonnie
give him three dates where he
other guys only rated one.
Let's all 90 hunting out to Chuck
Buehrer's farm. We hear the game
is plentiful out there. Even Chuck
gets his limit.
Fellow workers who eat at the
.canteen on the second shift and who
leave dirty dishes lying around
should put them in their proper
places. Of course if you throw
things around at home why 90
ahead and keep on doing it here.
We want you to feel at home.
Beulah McGarvey Of Dept. D will
be in the hospital for a short time.
We wish you speedy recovery
Good luck from all the Union mem
bers in Dept. D.
Congratulations to Jadwiga Wa
trass Hattie to the people OF
Dept. L. She has become an Air
corps WAC.
We hear that Vera Rechtine Of
the tampers in L is looking for a
two-way stretch. Any Of you rigrls
have spare?
Mortimer makes the headlines
again. He ran into a revolving
door, or at least he looked that
way week ago Friday.
Laura Of the facers in Dept. y
is a crack shot. She shot a phea i
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bearers of such unpleasant pros
poets"
And they don't need to when they
can get congressional committees
to do it for thems
Interest at Depression Levels
Declaring the interest rate is
remaining at depression levels but
wages have risen to an all-time
high" and ignoring profits, the c
of C says: "If the wage cost is 50
high that it cannot be sold at a
reasonable margin, the product
simply will not be produced"
"To promise full employment
after the war, without giving sober
and careful thought to the wage
at which employment is pos
sible," it says, "is to raise hopes
that simply cannot be fulfilled" F"
Always mindful of labor, it makes
the point:
"The high wage doctrines of the
1930's did not solve our problem,
and labor has a right to under
stand the conditions necessary for
full employment" 1t offers an A
and B choice high wages and un-
employment, with "the balance Of
labor supply to be absorbed by
government subsidy" apparently
meaning work relief, or wage rates
which will encourage absorption
of the entire labor supply into pro-
ductiye emplovment."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
Christmos Seal Proclamation

Governor Brker today through formal proclamation urged
all residents of Ohio their the Christmas Seal Sale
which opened Monday November 22 will continue until
Christmas
The Governors proclamation read
WHEREAS tuberculosis has increased during all past
WHEREAS the tuberculosis associations Ohos
ties facing crucial year the soar victorious
paign against tuberculosis due to wartime conditions
WHEREAS tuberculosis is the first death among per-
between 10 and 45 years of age,
WHEREAS the Christmas Seal and
far-reaching traditons-a tradition that lives,
WHEREAS Governor Ohio hereby upon our people
to contribute to the antubercuo campaign through the
purchase of Christmas Seals during the annual
sae which Monday, November 22 the that
wartime rise in tuberculosis be prevented this state
as well as in the country whole.
(Sgned) JOHN W. BRICKER,
Governor of Ohio.
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shall they restore the man to
power whise claim to it is based
on the accident of birth rather
than any actual worth?
1t behooves us to watch care
fully that this motley assort-
ment of royal parasites and op-
portunists do not steal the
worlds jewel-studded silver,
which consists Of the welfare Of
the common people of the over
run countries. There is no "Fa-
ther Brown" to apprehend these
mobile" criminals unless it be
the aroused righteousness of a
democratic people who will not
allow their sons to die in vain
while new wars hove into view
on the horizon.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
Wool Restrictions Lifted

WASHINGTON (FP)-WPB has
completed the lifting of restrictions
on wool for clothing, relaxation of
which commenced recently. Ban on
wool for draperies and upholstery
fabrics also was released. There
are few exceptions, such as finer
grades Of alpaca. At the most civil
ian fabric production has been cut
so per cent, and then only in some
instances
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
In MenOrian,

Hubert Cutcher, Department
223, ketcham Avenue Division,
passed away Thanksgiving
Day of pneumonia, and was
buried Tuesday, November
30th. "Cutch," as he was
known to a host of his friends,
will be sadly missed by his
fellow workers. Hubert work
ed in the Champlain streets
new building for a number of
years, on the motor line, De-
partment III, and was liked
by everyone.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
AcLU for More
Democracy

NEW YORK (FP)-Twelve rec
concentrations for extending de-
mocracy" in labor unions-ranging
all the way from banning discrimi-
nation in union membership to pro-
tecting the right of nonunion work.
ers to enter struck plants-were
made by the American Civil Liber-
ties Union in 40,000-word report
indorsed by 26 authorities on in
dustrial relations, none of whom
were employers or uuion officials.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03

vention in Columbus last week MS
an Auto-Lite delegate.
The "cage" will have to be en-
larged if many more inspectors are
placed on the second shift, but that
is a problem we'll leave with Ledra
Vernier.
Gertrude Laney is anticipating
glorious reunion with her husband
at Newport News. Trudy says she
is not only going to carry her lunch
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
ORGANIZER FREED

LINCOLN, Neb. (FP)-Pvt. AL
ton Levy, former organizer for Intl.
Ladies Garment Workers Union
(AFL) court martialed for oppos-
ing Army discrimination against
Negroes, has been freed
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
R. R. WORKERS RAISED

WASHINGTON (FP)-The SEN
ate interstate commerce subcom-
mittee approved an &c hourly "a
crease for 100000 incorporating
railway workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-12-03
OPPOSE SUBSIDY

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (FP)-
The 77th annual convention Of the
Natl. Grange declared its opposi-
ton to the Roosevelt adninistrs-
ton subsidy program.
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Cameo CD
Opener
By Ted Modrowski
WHAT NEXT?

W AI@h ~ 'A~%A
Without relating any of the in
cidents which occurred prior to the
decree forbidding the interruption
of our cook" during the day, we
will enumerate the latest "dandies"
which we believe should have been
presented to the Committee before
definite action was taken by man
agement.
Number one will be the importa-
tation of somebody's discarded su-
pervisors. If the manpower short
age is as bad as the managements
are crying it is, why not put these
softhand boys on machine where
they can learn by doing. A letter
was circulated by management to
the boys and in part it said, "the
supervisor should know everything
about his department" but how in
the world can these castaways
know it all in the short time they've
been here. In our book they are
still on probation and have long,
long way to go before they are
qualified. The letter also went on
to say that the people must have
confidence in their supervisor. In
this case the confidence must he
about the same as the L. s.
Marines have in General TOTO Of
it could be that much).
The second incident pertains to
that list of male jobs given to the
female workers asking the fair sex
to check the male jobs they would
be willing to perform. The plan and
the idea behind it may be swell, but
when the people ask the Commit
tee "Who?" "Why?" or "When?"
all the boys can do is shrug their
shoulders. They don't know. If
we are representing and serving
our people, we should be able to
answer any question regarding con-
ditions at the plant. That is one
of the prime functions of the Com
mittee.
In our last contract negotiations
representative of the Company
made this statement 1--WE still have
the note), "If the American Can
is to get any place it will be the
people that will get it there" All
we can add to that is that we sure
ly could find better ways of show
ing our appreciation than they do.
ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Mona Polcyn and Spud Witkow-
ski are getting their furs ready for
a season of ice fishing-Helen ASH
ley continues to complain about
Hattie Nowak always picking on
her-Mary 10 Motter, Pete Franz
and Don Roesler are assisting this
writer with the Educational Pro-
gfam-Ihere is race for the most
valuable player between Elmer
Seegert and Elmer Seegert. How
do"you do it Elmer? People are
W arning Frances KowalkowsLi
about initiation and we wonder why
Don't forget the unit party Sat-
urrday at the Union Hall, 425 Win
throp Street-John Afford prom
ises to sing for us-Ralph Ullrich |
says it is colder out his way than
he didn't finish but he assured us
it was-Ever hear of the Crissey
girls-Woo Woo-Just as a re-
minder kind people, we can't have
with an absent 7. And
reminder DON'T FORGET
THE BOYS IN SERVICE.
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Senate Group, { ofC
'dn Drive For LOW
Postwar Wages

WASHINGTON-FP)-A generally ignored by omin-
Gus chapter labor in the Truman committee report
problems conversion from production recently issued
follows the Herbert Hoover scarcity line of boosting produc
tion by low wages, echoed in U. S. Chamber Of