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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15

courageous words of the President
of the United States, bespeaking
the sympathy of our country for
the victims of the Nazi terror and
calling it's perpetrators to strict
accountability in a day of reckon
ing that will surely come; and be
it further
Resolved, That we express to
the President of our country our
firm hope and faith that the
American people and those of the
United Nations will follow his
great example, and give to the
desperate and agonized Jews of
Europe assurance that their suf-
fering shall find surcease and re-
dress in a free and just world.
The Duval County Federation of
Women's Clubs calls upon Ameri-
can womanhood to join in express
ing to the President, whole-heart-
ed support of his stand and, fur
thermore, urges upon our govern
ment and the United States the
pursuit of a vigorous policy of ac-
ton to achieve the rescue of the
Jews who have survived the Nazi
flrV
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
REPORT TUNISIAN JEWS
TREATED BRUTALLY

Tangier (JPS)-The prisons OF
Tunis, Bizerte and Sfax are
crowded with thousands of Tunis-
ian Jews who are suffering brutal
treatment, according to a report
from Tunisia. Jewish businesses
and homes are being systematic
ally looted. All synagogues, ke-
hillah offices, Jewish schools and
institutions are closed, it is re-
vealed.
A report from Casablanca states
that the French Quisling paper,
Intransigeant MarOquin, continues
to incite the population against
the Jews. The sheet informs the
American soldiers that "all beggar
children" running after them are
Jewish.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15

program Committee as follows:
Co-chairmen Isaac Heller and Da-
vid Fichman, New Orleans; Day
Apte, Tampa; Rabbi Stanley Brav,
Vicksburg; S. M. Brooks, Little
Rock; Clarence Elsas, Atlanta;
Fred Goldner, Nashville; Rabbi
Emil Leipziger, New Orleans;
Mrs. G.. Lichtenfels, Asheville;
Bernard Lobman, Montgomery;
F. Strauss, Monroe.
The Southeastern States Region
of the Council includes the states
of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Tennessee.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
Duva| County Federation
ofWomen' s C|ubDep|ore
MassacreofJ ewsinEurope
Urge Government To Take Vigorous
Action To Rescue Survivors

resolution deplOring the of Jews in Europe
and urging the President to form "a vigorous policy of
ton to achieve the of the Jews who have survived
the Nazi fury" passed at the regular meeting of the
Duval County Federation of WOmens Clubs held recently
in the Seminole Hotel The resolution presented by
Mrs. VIM Wilson, international relations chairman and
unanimously passed by the assembled representatives of 66
wOmens clubs in Duval County.
The resolution passed upon reads
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
HITLER REITERATES
PLEDGE TO EXTER-
INMATE JEWS

New York (JPS)-Having the
blood of 100000 Jews on his
hands, Hitler used the occasion OF
his New Year message to the Ger
manpeople to pledge again his de-
termination to exterminate all the
Jews even as he again Illuminated
against the Jewish people as the
initiators of the war which the
Nazis launched upon the world.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
Resolution

heSOluC1Om
Whereas, Narrowing reports
from many sources, now authenti-
Gated by our State Department,
reveal the unbelievable tortures
and mass murders inflicted by
Nazi barbarism on innocent men,
women and children; and,
Whereas, These inhuman perse-
cutions are pursued with the a.
vowed purpose of utter anniliation
of the millions of Jews living in
Nazi-dominated Europe; and,
Whereas, the moral pressure of
an aroused public opinion, togeth-
er with Americas determination
to seek justice for all mankind,
can stay the hand of these execu-
toners and bring to suffering
Israel the light of hope and faith
in their supreme agony;
Be It Resolved, That we, the
Duval County Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs, representing organized
womanhood, acknowledge tn e
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
IT HAPPENED
THIS WEEK
BY MILTON BROWN, JTA

DIR. j. L. MAGNES WRITES
DIR. j. L. MagneS, of the Hebrew
University, in an article in For
bign Affairs, just published, urges
hat the United States join Brit
lin Gin helping find, and if neces-
AIRY, impose a reasonable cOmprO-
Mise" between Jewish and Arab
aspirations in Palestine.
DR.. Magnes says that "the or
Binary Jews and the ordinary
Arabs have no hatred for one an
pther."
DIR. MagneS will have to admit
that the ZiOniSts have at least
baved the 10000 Jewst who are in
Palestine. Without Zionism, most
pf those by now would have per-
shed in Europe. And as a result
Pf their coming to Palestine, there
IS better plumbing for the Arabs
|n Palestine as well as for the
Jews, there is less malaria for
he Arabs in Palestine, less of the
dreaded trachOma and a higher
Ptandard of living for the Arabs.
Of course, DR.. Magnes will ad-
|nit this and indeed in some meas
Pre- he 1has contributed to it, but
Re sees trouble ahead if the Jews
insist on a Jewish State. The
tauncher zionists on the other
land, see trouble ahead, unless
|hey obtain a majority in Pales-
ine which amounts to saying, I'M
ess they obtain a Jewish State.I
DIES AGAIN
The Dies Committee i'm it's an
hual report omitted the publica-
Jon of facts concerning the anti
Semitic propaganda conducted in
america by the prO-Axis Organiza-
Ions. "The character of the
testimony given" the report says,
was, by and large, Of such ex-
reme and fanatical tenor that in
ne opinion Of this committee no
OOd purpose would have been
erved by taking it in public"
A number Of notorious anti
ewish propagandists are listed in
ne indictments returned the past
geek by the District of Columbia
rand jury. The notorious Nazi
publisher, Ulrich Fleischouer, was
lso named by the grand jury as a
o-conspirator, though not a de-
endant. Among those indicted
re George e. Deatherage, organ
ger of the Knights of the White
;amelia and Mrs. Luis De Wash
lurn, organizer of the National
fentile League.
FROM JERUSALEM
The death in Jerusalem this
Teek Of DIR. Arthur Ruppin re-
moves a figure of unique import
nee and one who has contributed
POth to Jewish scholarship and
PRACTICAL Jewish life. DR.. Ruppin
vas the author of the most
fundamental work dealing with
ewlsh sociology that is available.
1e was an outstanding authority
ND a practical leader of the col
PnlzatiOn endeavOrs that have
aiken place in Palestine.
from Jerusalem comes word
ms week that Captain. j. B.
Pesai' son Of one of the faculty
p the Hebrew University, was
awarded the Military Cross for be-
'ie one of the two British officers
Ilrst enter Dernia, Libya, cap
uring the city. from. RommePs
hrmy.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Soyre Calls Trade Pocts
Foundation for Peace
By ]. A. O'LEARY.

NEW YORK, May II (P.-Fran-
els B. Sayre, assistant to the Secre-
tary of State, said today that the
action Of Congress on the extension
Of the Presidents authority to nego-
tiate reciprocal trade agreements
will be regarded by other nations
rs the acid test of Americas future
intentions"
In an address before a luncheon
inaugurating foreign trade week,
Mr.. Sayre asserted that no great
nation is or can be economically
independent, and said that expert
ence has shown that attempts at
economic isolation lead to poverty
and unemployment.
The State Department ofncial de-
clared the foundation for peace
must be laid now and the bill be-
fore Congress Is in very truth one
Of the foundation stones-and a
vastly important one-for the COM
ing peace"
He said the method and the pur-
pose and the whole objective" of the
Trade Agreements Act was an in
tesral part of the peace program
In that it sought to increase the in
ternational exchange of useful
goods ''by strengthening the demo-
cratic method of individual enter
prise on which our American
economy Is based"
Mr.. Sayre warned that "if we
allow short-sighted local and sec
tional demands for monopolistic
privilege to dominate our thinking
and our action. then no matter how
ardently we may desire peace, we
shall not obtain it."
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Prince Georges K. Of {.
Plans Initiation Rite

State Senator Harold F. Sothoron
of Prince Georges County will be the
guest speaker at social meeting
of Rosensteel Council, Knights Of
Columbus, at pm. tomorrow }at
Rosensteel Hall, Forest Glen, Md.
Grand knights John Hester Of
Rock Creek Council and John Buck
ley Of Prince Georges Council also
will be guests. The first degree will
be exemplifled.
Nominations for officers have been
announced as follows; Leo G..
Koepfle, grand knight; J. Milton
Haugh, deputy grand knight; John
D. Powers, chancellor; Edgar Lynch
and Austin Welch, secretary; Albert
Reising, treasurer; Louis Beall, ad-
vocate; Michael Schooner. warden:
Wilton Schrider, inside guard; John
De Bald, outside guard, and w.
Douglas Wade, trustee.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
High School Cadets
Compete for Medal
Al Griffith Stadium
Annual Competitive
Drill Is Opened on
Slippery Ground

Cadets from five high schools
fought slippery ground at Griffith
Stadium today in bid for the dia-
mond-studded Allison Nailor Medal
| as the tWo-day annual competitive
drill got under way. The medal will
be presented the winning company
at 3 pm. tomorrow by 1t. Col. Wal
lace M. Craigie, commandant of the
corps and professor of military tao
tics.
Mckinley High School cadets led
on IN the contest, followed by cadets
from Central. Coolidge, Wilson and
Western High Schools. Eastern.
Roosevelt and Anacostia will drill
tomorrow morning. One selected
company from each of the eight
schools will appear in a program ar
ranged especially for spectators, be-
ginning at noon tomorrow
It's sort of damp" Ralph Hill,
second lieutenant OF McKinley's
Company B, said today as he gazed
at members Of Company D sliding
hopelessly on the grass In extended
order drill.
judges Uniforms Soaked.
The grass soaked the uniforms Of
Maj w. H. Dorm and other judges
almost to the knees when they
crouched to observe drill technique.
No students were officially dis
missed for the start Of the drill, but
the stands were we'll sprinkled at
8:45 O'Clock, nevertheless.
Long before Westerns turn to
drill, Its cadet instructor, Don P.
McAdoo, came to the stadium to see
what the other brothers have on
the ball"
I'VE will knock Western silly"
flashed back Mckinley cadet
ofncer.
These two schools are fighting for
supremacy in the cadet field, with
Western emphasizing its 20 years of
cadet victories and Mckinley stress
ing the clean sweep it has made OF
all cadet competitions so far this
year.
Mothers in Stands.
There were mothers in the stands
too. Mrs. Gunnar Lila came to
take pictures Of her son, Corpl. Dom
aid Lila, Is, Of Company D, Nc
kinley. From Central a delegation
OF school newspaper writer's and
photographers worked on a layout
for next weeks issue Of the Central
Bulletin.
Each school will be dismissed to-
morrow in time to see its repre-
sentative" company drill. 1t. Col.
Wallace M. Craigie, commandant of
the cadet corps, will present awards
to the winning and to the two
placing companies at about 3 pm.
Earlier in the day Col. Craigie will
reward the cadet chosen as the best
non-commissioned officer.
Evening star., 1943-05-17

alton, expressed opinion that Mr..
Lewis Should comply with the
directive of the board" for resump-
ton OF attempts to reach an agree
ment in the dispute. He added:
Il don't know if there is any
advantage to resuming If one of the
parties declines to be present.
However, that is up to the board.
If the board says to resume,
assume it will say what limitations
in the discussion should be OBJ
served"
He reiterated that the operators
would be present for the meeting
with the WLB today.
Asked about possibilities of an
other work stoppage in the coal
fields, Mr.. Burke declared that "the
mines now are in the custody of the
United States. Every mine flies the
United States flag. I don't believe
miners would refuse to work under
those conditions"
Anthracite Farley to Reopen.
Anthracite coal operators and the
United Mine Workers were to re-
sumo wage contract negotiations in
New York at 2:30 pm. today in an
effort to reach an agreement before
expiration of the 15-day truce.
Anthracite miners-like the BIZ
luminous workers-left their pits
May l when their contract expired
and returned three days later when
President Lewis announced the
truce.
Mr.. Lewis has been attending the
hard coal parleys as Z member Of
q three-man miners committee, ne
gotiating with three operators rep
resentatives.
The anthracite controversy has
been certified to the War Labor
Board, but the board has not yet be-
gun study Of it.
Major demands of the UNIV are
similar to those In the soft coal
dispute - daily wage increase
and portal to portal pay.
Evening star., 1943-05-17

not adequately protect Italy from
Allied air attack"
The bulk Of the Axis air strength
in Africa. the ministry statement
said, was the German Air Force, and
even with that trained personnel
and with planes superior to those
OF the Italians the Axis lost at least
four times as many aircraft as did
the Allies.
The statement pointed out that
Italy was vulnerable to air attack
from both North Africa and from
the Middle East.
Evening star., 1943-05-17

crease. s2,828.s85. Commission OF
Fire Arts, s7,720; decrease, salts
Bonneville Power Administration al
lowed $3,200,000 Of unobligated bal
ances. Solid Fuels Administration
$3.50 900; decrease. $4,000. General
Land Once, s2,1l9,35o: decrease,
S201,110 Bureau of Indian Affairs
6,926.421 decrease, 81 ,845 ,42O Bu-
reau of Reclamation, Sic, 5,118,5 500; de-
crease, $74,554.770. Geological Sur
vey, $4,474,600; decrease. s216,49o.
Bureau Of Mines, s8,640225; de-
crease, $l5,3l2,915. National Park
Service. $3,957,810; decrease, ST, 1,529,-
555. Fish and Wildlfe Service, S4,-
$50; decrease, s1.O14,220. Terri
tories, $1,745, $50; decrease, $3.50, ,155.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Critical Areas
Continued From First Page

plays and recommendations which
local and regional author
tiles have formulated for the pur-
pose Of meeting problems
have been ignored and put aside,
without even an attempt on the part
OF Washington to provide a substi-
tute," it said.
THE longer the subcommittee
spent in interviewing Government
workers in the field, the more con-
vinced we became that there is q
definite and dangerous lack Of quail
if1ed, experienced and capable ad-
ministrative personnel in Washing
ton to deal with the problems.
THE war effort is bound to be i'm
paired until red tape and confusion
is eliminated"
Recommending for the San Fran
cisco area appointment by the Presi-
dent Of an overall director to CO.
ordinate Federal activities there, the
subcommittee said greater demands
on West Coast centers must be antic-
ipated as the war in the Pacific be-
| comes more acute.
The subcommittee also recon-
mended for San Francisco a 10
o'clock curfew for children under 16;
freezing by the War Manpower Com
mission of persons employed in pro
tective municipal facilities" and no
} further induction Of such personnel
until survey OF minimum man
power requirements for essential
public services has been made; use
OF policeWomen for police and
probation enforcement and traffic
regulation; and issuance OF instruc-
tions to draft boards to cease induc-
ton of medical and dental personnel.
THE Federal establishment must
demonstrate that it is alive and
sensitive to the pressing need OF the
people in this area" the report
stated, "and not a cumbersome and
slow-moving bureaucracy"
The subcommittee, appointed to
investigate conditions in war-con-
gested areas, has stated in previous
reports on Hampton Roads, Va, and
San Diego. Calf, that Government
red tape and confusion were re-
sponsible for many Of the problems
in these centers.
Members of the subcommittee are
Representatives Izac, Democrat, of
California, chairman; Anderson
Republican, Of California; Fogarty
Democrat, OF Rhode Island; Harris,
Democrat, OF Virginia; Moss, Re-
publican, Of Oregon; Smith, Repub-
lican. OF Maine; Bates, Republican,
Of Massachusetts,, and Mas, Repub-
lican, Of Minnesota, ex of1icio men,
ber,
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Ickes Would Build
Elevated Railroad to
Alaska After War
BY the Associated Press

6S tue ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Interior Secretary Ickes IA
vors construction Of an ele-
waited railroad to Alaska.
During testimony before a
House Appropriations subcom-
mittee on the Interior Depart
ment's new appropriation bill,
the Secretary said he had only
approved enactment of authori-
zation for a second road to
Alaska with the understanding
work on it be deferred until
after the war.
"As a matter of fact" Mr..
1ckes said, Il would be inclined
to suggest to the Army en-
gineers that, instead of another
highway, they build an elevated
railroad all the way across so
that they would not have all
this trouble with snow and ice,
bogs and all that sort of thing.
Originally they would have to
use wooden piles"
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Italy Hammers Home
To People Danger
OF Allied Invasion
Defense Preparations
Rushed; No Aid Reported
Expected From Nuzis
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERN, May 17.-Italy's grave
position in an Allied-controlled
Mediterranean was being ham,
mered home to her people today
as a part of Premier Mussolini's
redoubled efforts to tighten his
defenses, reports reaching neu-
trail Switzerland said.
At the same time, the situation
confronting Mussolini gave rise to q
flood Of rumors concerning the in
ternal situation in Italy, the most
sensational OF which was a report
by the Morocco radio that King
Victor Emmanuel would abdicate in
favor OF Crown Prince Umberto.
These reports were without any
confirmation, however, and tele-
phone calls later by neutral jour-
nalists gave no indication of any
unusual situation.
(The Rome radio, in a domes-
tic broadcast recorded by the
Federal Communications Com
mission, discounted the rumor.
1t said the King was present to-
day at the opening OF the fourth
annual art exhibition in Rome
and was "the object Of manifes-
tations OF devoted affection Of
the part Of the crowd which
gathered in front of the exhibi-
ton building"
London Skeptical of Rumor.
CThe rumor was received
skeptically in London, where it
was pointed out that King Victor's
prestige was now higher than at
any time since the Fascist march
on Rome in 1922 It was re-
called that the Rome radios ac-
counts of the final fighting in
Tunisia had closed with Long
live the king-long live Italy,
conspicuously omitting Musso-
linis name.
tOther unconfirmed reports in
clude an assertion by the Dakar
radio that the Italian cabinet
had resigned, and a Moscow
broadcast that more than 300.-
900 persons had fed from South
ern Italy to Rome within the last
two weeks in hopes that Rome
would not be bombed.)
The Swiss newspaper Die Nation,
commenting on Italy's defense prep
arations, said Italy does not expect
further help from Germany in case
OF an invasion, since Germany's own
preparations to beat of an invasion
attempt are demanding her full at
tention, and because Swiss neutral
ity would bar the use OF railways
through Switzerland for military
preparations.
1.-TWO London dailies went fur
ther, declaring Hitler is preparing
to withdraw his troops through
Brenner Pass and leave Italy to
the mercy Of the Allies. The Ger
man Gestapo and army officers
Evening star., 1943-05-17

have returned already, and there
are ,lnmistakable signs that the
army will follow shortly, the
newspapers said.)
More Party Purges.
Mussolini's realistic attitude to-
ward the Tunisian defeat-appar-
entity designed to bolster Italian
morale for a last-ditch invasion
stand-has been accompanied by
further party purges and a tighten
ing Of his control.
Describing Italy's defense prepa-
rations, 1t was pointed out here that
Italy's geography prohibits the de-
fense-in-space strategy. The high
command has constructed long,
staggered defenses in the north and
south protecting the Pc Valley plain
and the passes beyond. A natural
defense line exists between Genoa
and Venice, along the lower course
Of the Po, and much recent atten-
ton has been given the Po Line.
In the past, Italian defense plans
have been centered on fleet and
airforce to meet an invasion before
1t could reach Italian beaches.
Italy's fleet still is potent, with
six or eight battleships, heavy and
light cruisers and so to 60 destroy
ers. But 1t would be highly vul-
nerable to air attack by superior
Allied forces based on North Africa
or on Sicily and Sardinia should
those island outposts be overrun.
Following Its strong showing In
the Ethiopian and Spanish wars
the weakness OF the Italian air force
Is described in the Swiss press as
one Of the surprises of this war.
The most serious threat to Ital-
ian land forces, Die Nation said, con
sists of air attacks on the trans
portation network in Upper and
Central Italy, already feeling the
blows OF Allied bombers ranging
nskS S@S S,.l~
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Coal
Continued From First Page,)

NSOAlbA1lOSu Olll IL 81 dSC,y
time Of war and gives aid and COM
fort to our enemies"
Mr.. Lewis. again denouncing the
board. said In New York yesterday
he felt the case was now outside
its jurisdiction inasmuch as the
Government is In charge of the
mines. and that committees of the
UNIV ARE here in New York await
ing the arrival OF some one with
whom they can negotiate new
agreements for the mining indus
try" He withheld comment on
the prospect Of continued production
after tomorrow midnight, saying Il
cannot answer" when asked II the
mines would stay open.
Dean Wayne L. Morris, a public
member OF the WLB, commented
after hearing Mr.. Lewis decision to
continue his defiance:
II expect all parties to all labor
disputes to comply with the judicial
processes Of the War Labor Board.
The mine dispute, like all other dis
putes, falls within the jurisdiction Of
the War Labor Board under ex-
ecutive order> 9017, which created the
board, in accordance with labor's
and inddstry's agreements with the
President Of the United States. I
am confident that the American
people will expect that the same
rules shall be applied to this dispute
as to any other"
Secs Conference fruitful"
The boards interim directive order,
issued last Friday. provided for a
resumption Of collective bargaining
while three-man fact-finding panel
completed its report. Even if the
miners and the operators should
reach an agreement including wages
it would have to be submitted to
the WLB under the Presidents
wage-stabilization orders.
I'VE are still ready to negotiate
at any hour when the bituminous
operators show up for a conference, i"
Mr.. Lewis told, newsmen in New
York yesterday. I'm the light of all
facts we think that such a confer
ence would be fruitful"
Declaring that the miners had
no confidence in the WLB, Mr.. Lewis
added:
The War Labor Board has DEM
onstrated the malienity of its pur-
pose to block the making of a wage
agreement, to harass the mine
workers and to deprive them of the
opportunity Of securing a wage in
crease imperatively indicated by
every economic and social consid-
Grafton.
Hits Colossal Farce"
The whole question of a wage
agreement in the mining industry
has been trasically mismanaged In
q manner foreign to the public in
terest. The colossal farce of the
mine workers being tried in absentia
before a mock court in Washington
Is q ghastly example of the inepti-
tudes and political maneuverings
which has characterized this entire
controversy since the conferences
began March 10.
THE negotiating committees for
the United Mine Workers for the
Appalachian areas, north and south,
are here in New York awaiting the
arrival Of some one with whom they
can negotiate new agreements for
the mining industry.
I'VE hold ourselves in readiness
to 60 into session on an hours
notice.
Asked to elaborate on his use Of
the term "malignity" in reference
to the WLB, Mr.. Lewis declared:
I am referring to the whole
record of the board and the persons
who compose it and their attitudes
OF malignant persecution toward the
United Mine Workers"
Edward r. Burke, president Of the
Southern Coal Producers' Associ-