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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-02-05

strange bedfellows. In the last
century, for example, many Jews
espoused the cause of Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity" only to see
it bog down in the reaction of
Thermidor and then run wild in a
flame of Napoleonic aggression.
AS lovers of freedom and devotees
of progress we have often found
ourselves politically homeless.
With whom, for instance, could a
Jew, or any other anti-Fascist,
join forces to fight the emerging
menace of F1itlerism back in 1888 ?
With the Republican Party, which
today, a decade later, still har-
bors many Fascist and potentially
Fascist elements among its top
leadership? With the Democratic
Party, which, despite its New
Deal leadership, was asking us to
be neutral in word and deed? ?"
At that time it was only among
the Socialists and the Communists
that a militant anti-FaScist could
find himself politically at home.
Is it any wonder then that many
Jews of the middle and lower
classes were communist sympa-
thizers ?" What they sympathized
with, of course, was communism's
anti-Fascism. That this is so is
evidenced by the fact that it was
the fringe" organizations that
chiefly attracted Jews, organiza-
lions like the Committee To Save
The Victims of German Fascism,
rather than the Party itself. Po-
iitically it was q case of any port
in a storm. That it was the anti
Hitlerism of the communist line
that drew many Jews to its side
and not necessarily its political
and economic doctrines was made
plain when the Nazi-Soviet pact
was signed. Despite the commun-
list plea of expediency, Jews
promptly lost their sympathy
with the movement.
This is not to say that Jewish
sympathies tend, politically, To-
ward the Right. On the contrary,
they tend, on the whole, toward
the Left. For all our experience,
in the past as well as in the pres
ent, has taught us that our true
friends are to be found more Of
ten on the Left than on the Right.
But history" as modern poet
has said, has many contrived
corridors, secret passages" You
open one door to the Left only to
find yourself coming out by an
other door to the Right. In
world where the friends of today
may be the foes of tomorrow con-
stancy is no virtue. The friends
of freedom and progress are
wherever you find them, and, as
Jews, our one best hope is to fol-
low them wherever they lead us.
Today the moving finger of his
tory points Enthusiastically to men
like Henry Wallace and George w.
Norris as the types of leadership
that we may follow with conf
dence in the making of better
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-02-05

come classes tradesmen
sales personnel, professional peo
pie, skilled workers and office
workers. AS a group we are pc.
litically and economically un-
balanced unless we make common
cause with the agricultural and
industrial workers. This new
movement offers us an opportuni-
ty to do so, and we should be a.
mong the first to rally to its side.
For it is on the side of the angels.
In the past, wherever men have
writhed under oppression, preju-
dice or injustice, Jews have been
among their first sympathizers
and often among their bravest
and most enduring supporters.
Remembering our own sufferings
at the hands of the Tsar's Black
Hundreds we were among the first
to see in the revolution of the
Russian masses that upward surge
toward economic democracy that
has made them the worlds most
fearless and most uncompromis-
ing foes of Fascist reaction. That
sympathy cost us dearly, but to-
day it is shared by the whole
democratic world.
Southern Jews Guilty
Similarly in this country Jews
have long been prominent among
those who have given and striven
on behalf of the Negro people.
Here, however it must be said in
all humility, we have not always
been blameless. Some of our
Southern Jews, hell bent for
assimilation by imitation, have
been guilty of white chauvinism,
an attitude that is hardly becom-
ing to a people whose own kith
and kin are being lynched by the
tens of thousands by Hitler's
white chauvinist supermen. And
in the north we have not always
done unto the Negro as we would
have the world do unto us. No
Jew need pat himself on the back
because he gave a Negro lathe
operator a job handling a mop
, and bucket. What the Negro asks
of us is exactly what we ask of
the Gentle: that he be accepted
at his full value, for what he is:
neither more nor less. That is
democratic equality. That is
"ethnic democracy" in action.
But our sins in this respect have
been somewhat atoned for by the
many thousands of Jews who have
given, and still are giving, their
active support to the cause of
Negro equality in this country.
In this way we Jews have cham
pioned many causes in our time,
good causes, but causes that it
took courage to support. Some
of them proved to be lost causes,
but what, after all, is lost
cause? It is only a cause that
hasn't won yet. In that sense
Judaism itself is still a lost cause.
So is Christianity.
It is one of the things for
which we Jews can be proud that
our people have always been
found in the forefront and in the
ranks of every movement to i'm
prove the lot of the masses of
mankind We have tried to be on
the side of the angels, but some
times this very effort, admirable
as it is. has thrown us among
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-02-05
A Credo For
Jewish Liberalism
One Mans Program For Democratic Action
BY LAWRENCE Upton

survive in a Fascist world, whether of Ger
American origin? brilliant author answers in
vigorous negative. Commenting the organization
liberalism in American life, he asserts
hope American lies in that direction
The Editor
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-02-05
AMERICAN JEWRY TO
OBSERVE NATIONAL
RED CROSS SABBATH
FEBRUARY 1921

Washington, D. c., Jan. 28.-
The historic loyalty of American
Jewry to the American Red Cross
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Perry
Continued From Page ELI

Theater, I gravely doubt that it will
enjoy similar appreciation here.
Reason relates not so much to the
fact that it is rather a mediocre play
but to the viewpoint and emotional
reaction.
The English are very close to their
flyers, while our air fighters are far
flung over distances ranging from
5000 to 10000 miles. Any Londoner
can stick his head out of the window
and hear the Royal Air Force heroes
droning to and from France. or
Germany, or even view them upon
occasion in dogfghts right over the
city. So, presumably, it would re-
quire no more than a fairly COM
petent play about the Raj, granted
it were acceptably produced and
acted-which Flare Path" certainly
is-to survive enduringly in London
1t is not matter of art; it is one
of sentiment. This being so. even a
better play of its sort than the
Rattigan piece would demand more
of an American audience than it
could by any possibility give.
Sweet Charity"
Sweet Charity" a comedy by
Irving Brecher and Manuel Self,
presented by Alfred Bloomingdale at
the Mansfield Theater, has to do
with d woman's club whose treasure
chest of $4,000 has been lost as
result of lawsuit by an old bachelor
curmudgeon, who broke his leg in
their clubhouse This sum was to
be paid to famous swing orchestra
for a gala concert
Efforts of various amusing women
to recoup this sum, in order that
the contract with the band may not
be Cancelled, make up the action Of
the play, which, while it is not too
good, is, on the other hand, often
very funny. The saving grace of
occasional merriment may carry this
play along for little while on
Broadway.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

sonally, considered the essence of
gentle femininity.
Il couldn't understand it. I wor-
ried AS I became more and more
established as the glorif1ed Mrs
of Metro Goldwyn- Mayer the more
I wanted to prove that I wasn't
ready-not at the moment, anyway
to take up my knitting and retire
to a rocking chair in front OF the
fireplace"
Felt Complimented.
1t wasn't emancipation from Mrs.
Chips and Mrs. Miniver" Miss
Carson wanted SO much-merely a
chance to prove that she was YER
satile and agile enough to do other
things well. She made her own op-
portunity in Random Harvest" py
talking Director Mervyn LIE Roy into
letting her do a song and dance
number in abbreviated skirts, with
plenty of leg display. She figured
this would help her prove a point.
1t succeeded, too She thinks one
Of the greatest compliments ever
paid her came from a workman on
the set during production of that
number. The workman failed to
recognize her. He whistled and
yelled, Pipe the dame with the
gams!"
1T wasn't easy getting them to let
me do that leg scene" she went on.
"At first they threw up their hands
in horror. But talked and argued.
At length I convinced them. And
the day we ran the rushes of that
dance they were as enthusiastic as
had been. While it was brief on
the screen, I consider it my best
entering wedge to date for more
lively parts in the future.
Il haven't dared mention to my
bosses as yet that some day I'd like
to do musical. But 1 will. Not a
musical that demands professional
dancing, but maybe something along
the lines that Gertrude Lawrence
did in Lady in the Dark. Just to
prove l could"
At the moment Miss Carson is in
VOWED in becoming Nine. Curie and
finds it exciting.
Not only is this romance of Pierre
and Marie Curie the most beautiful |
story of devoted love ever written,
but it is the most beautiful ever
lived" she enthused mo one could
have been luckier in their roles
than l have been. But just wait!
I'm a Woman-human red-headed |
and stubborn. Ill still get that |
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Hays Office
Allows Candor
In a Movie
So We May Know
Our Enemies, Censor
Barriers Go DOwn
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
The Hays Office has finally found
something more important than
protecting the Nations moral-edu-
cation. The very necessary educa-
ton of the American people to the
truth about their enemies.
In RKO's "Hitler's Children" :"
there are two scenes at which the
censors would have howled in horror
a few years ago. Yet, now, they are
used, and no punches are pulled.
"Hitler's Children" as you may
know, is based on Won Ziemer's book,
Education for Death and deals
with the teaching Of young Nazi
men and women. the imprinting Of
the Hitler philosophy on the childish
minds of Germany. 1t also deals
with phases Of life which are taken
for granted by those under the
swastika. yet which to us are hor-
rible to the extreme.
RKO has mirrored those elements.
It has shown, for instance, a scene
in which young women are being
steriized. They are not criminals,
they are not even too stupid to
bear children. They have merely
been declared unfit" to carry on
the Aryan race.
In another scene, Tim Holt pro-
poses that Bonita Granville have a
child by him without the benefit of
the marriage ceremony. This, to
Americans, is blasphemous, not only
to civil but to holy law. To Ger
mans, it is so commonplace as not
to be discussed. It Is smiled upon
by the State.
Yes, the war has changed Holly
wood. Three years ago, for instance
no studio would have dreamed of
making such picture. Yet, for a
Nation at war, a Nation which has
not yet begun to hate as much as 1t
can, the barriers of censorship are
down. The truth Is being told
forcibly and frankly.
| ASSOCIATED Press)
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Paxinou Advances

Katina Paxinou, who plays the
part OF Pillar in For Whom the Bell
Tolls" is expected to make her Sec
ond film appearance in an important
role IN Paramounts perturbation of
Daphne Du Maurier's best selling
novel, "Frenchman's Creek" in
which Joan Fontaine and Arturo de
Cordova, handsome Mexican star,
will co-Star.
Nine. Paxinou, the most famous
actress In Greece and often starred
on the London stage, recently re-
ceived a new contract from Para
mount after executives viewed a
rough cut Of For Whom the Bell
Tolls"
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Alexis Can Face
Any Situation
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLY WOOD.
Alexis Smith has no idea where
Moses might have been when the
light went out, but she knows very
well where she was.
She was feet in the air, poised
like flying eagle on the sturdy
right arm Of Igor, her dark and
handsome dancing partner.
They were rehearsing their num-
ber for Warner Bros 48-star mus
ical, Thank Your Lucky Stars" and
had just started the spectacular
and hazardous high swing when it
happened. The lights on the re-
hearsal stage blinked off.
There was complete and startled
silence for a moment.
Then from out of the darkness
came the Smith voice plaintively
caroling Il need a pair OF silver
wings"
Evening star., 1943-01-03

the 1912 Academy Award. With an
additional splendid performance in
Random Harvest" to fall back
upon, the redhead from England
looks like runaway victor.
Miss Carson is an interesting
study of baff1ed actress. She is
completely aghast at her rather
sudden rise to fame on the screen.
Doesn't know how it ever could hap
pen. because, she has never been
wholly in sympathy with the big
roles that have been handed her.
She admits today that she was all
wrong. On every occasion when she
raised the slightest protest she has
ended up by eating humble pie.
Plays Adult Roles.
Humility is good for an actress,
who doesn't always know what is
best for her" she said. 1T was GER
tainly true in my case My only
defense is the fact that it has taken
me long time to get over my sur
prise at being cast here in Holly
wood In so many matronly roles.
The contrast was too much for me
after three years on the London
stage, where my casting was Just
the opposite. Most of my parts
over there were light and gay. Over
here it has been just the reverse.
I'm always married and have chill
dren and responsibilities"
Titles of the Carson plays. con-
trasted with her films, speak for
themselves. Her favorites in the
theater were "Madamoiselle," di-
rected by Noel Coward; odd Mu-
sic" Accent on Youth" and
Vintage Wine" They were in
quite a different category from
Goodbye, Mr. Chips" Blossoms in
the Dust Mrs. Miniver," Random
Harvest" and Madame Curie,"
which she is getting ready to do now.
Il was even fooled by Mrs. Chips"
she said. From the very Begin
ming 1 thought the picture would
flop. And 1 was certain no one
would pay the slightest attention to
me in so small part. And then
after my work had been praised, I
was amazed to find myself, per-
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Rival for Ratof

During the filming of "Casablan-
ca" his latest action picture for
Warner Bros, Director Michael
Curtiz had one sequence set in a
native cafe run by Sydney Green
street.
Mike, noted for his ability to
garble English, as we'll as for his
top direction, was explaining to his
assistants just what he wanted.
In front" he said, I'VE will have
Mr.. Greenstreet, Humphrey Bogart
and 1ngrio Bergman. They will talk
We will also hear mutters from the
natives and visitors in the cafe
And in the background. I will have
the low, throbbing music of the
native tom-thumbS!"
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Greer Carson in Lead as
Hollywood's First Lady
Actress Seems Certain
OF Academy Award
For Mrs. Minniver"
By Harold Hefernan,
North American Newspaper Alliance.

HOLLYWOOD-Personaity
Each year seems to develop Hollywood
instance it Bette Leigh with her scaret
the towns discussed
comes the end OF l942 andyou guessed ireer Carson
Mlnlver fame, heads the parade
You can't find in Hollywood wager against
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02
City to ok
Trailer Space in
Garden Tracts
Permit up to 5 on a tract
for duration; must
comply with sanitation

Trailers will be permitted in
the Garden Tracts soon, according
to an ordinance given its first and
second readings last night at a
special meeting of the city coun-
Gil. Residents in that area re-
Gently petitioned for permission
to suspend the, trailer ordinance
for the emergency, hence the Of
ficial action.
Under the new ordinance, which
has a time limit of six months,
residents in that section may rent
trailer space for not more than
five trailers providing the SAM
tary requirements as set forth by
the health department are met, by
paying a $25 a year license fee
plus five dollar inspection fee
Written permission must be OBJ
tanned from the chief of police
and trailers cannot be closer than
Is feet from each other or any
dwelling.
The new ordinance also sus-
ponds the zoning regulations fol
the six-month period. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02
Federal HOUSING
Unit TO be Located
South of School
Local authority official
ly appointed; to start
construction in 80 days

Official sanction Of the new
Kennewick Housing Authority
was granted last night at the spe-
cial meeting Of the city council,
when c. T. Furman, attorney for
the government was present for
that special purpose.
Necessary also was the sanction
of the council for the location Of
the unit as selected by the gov
eminent representatives a week or
SO ago. These men were shown
every available location in the
community and selected the area
Just south Of the old grade school
on Washington street as their
number one location. The second
choice was the area just south
of the high school on the old rodeo
grounds.
The council, however, switched
the numbers, choosing the latter
location as the number one site
and the one on Washington street
as their second choice. This action
was taken primarily because Of
the objection of Roger Records
who has his housing project just
across the street. In Difference
to his objections, the council also
specified that in case that loca-
ton was chosen over protest, that
at least a 300-foot buffer area be
provided. In other words that the
project be placed on Auburn street
instead of Washington street.
The unit will consist Of multiple
unit dwellings Of a temporary
construction, with provision. that
they be removed after the emer-
gency has passed. A community
house will be included in the unit,
with suitable play and. recreation
areas provided.
Either of the areas under con-
sideration is Of especial interest
to the government planners for in
either location an additional ex-
pansion can easily be provided.
Indications are that as soon as
the first unit is completed ar
rangements will be made for in.
creasing the area. Construction
will be begun within 80 days il is
anticipated. 49,.
Following the adoption Of the
resolution authorizing the forma-
ton of the committee authority
Mayor A. c. Anon appointed the
following to serve five, four, three
two and one years in this order;
Les Babcock, chairman; p, O.
Richmond, r. E. Reed, II. E. Oliver
and H. A. Linn. This COMMITTEES
will act as advisory board for the
local project, but will employ 9
project manager who will let the
contracts and handle the rentals
etc. ta "
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02
Women Needed TO
Help in Local =.
Processing Plants
Operators appeal for
even part time work
from local residents

Labor Shortage-particularly OF
women-is again reaching the
acute stage locally, with the three
processing plants advertising for
additional help. Church's the Cas-
cade and the Walla Walla cannery
are all pleading for workers-even
for part time shifts.
Upwards of 200 women are
needed in the packing houses and
the plea has again reached the
stage where even part time shifts
is again being made.
Canneries are running on to-
matoes now, which are at the peak
of the season, with the bulk of
the tonnage coming from the up
per valley, around Wapato. A
large percentage of the stuff is
being requisitioned for the armed
forces. In about 10 days the local
plants will start on lima beans
along with the tomatoes. The
bulk of this tonnage will also come
from the upper valley.
In the meantime, the plants are
urging everyone who can pos
sibly arrange their affairs to help
out with the work as a patriotic
duty. The need is great and ev-
eryone wants to save every bit
of food possible. YOU have a
responsibility! ,. $3.50
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02
Memorial Service for
Rev. Ray Partee

All friends of the former pastor
of the Pasco Methodist Church
Rev. Ray Partee who died by
heart attack recently while on
duty as Chaplain in the armed
forces are invited to attend the
memorial service planned in his
honor at 8 o'clock Sunday evening
in the First Methodist Church of
Pasco.
Bishop Bruce r. Baxter Of Port
land will be the chief speaker.
Several other ministers Of the
region will participate including
DR.. Friedrich L. Peterson of Walla
walla and ministers of other de-
nominations. Mrs. Partee is max
ing her home in Kennewick and
will be a member Of the teach
ing staff of the local schools.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02
Ration Calendar for
September
Book sugar

Book sugar
Stamp No. Ia for five pounds
valid through Nov. /. Stamp
No. ISIS for five pounds each
valid through October 81.
Shoes-Stamp No. Ii valid thru
October 81.
Book No. II
Canned Goods-Blue stamps r.
S. T valid thru Sept. 20: U. v. w
Sept. l to October 20. =
Meats and Fats-red stamps x
valid thru October z.
Oils and Cheeses-Y valid thru
Oct. q. z Sept. S thru Oct. z.
Book No. III
Brown stamps t16 points)-A.
September IL to October 2.
B. September IS TO October 2.
C. September rs to October 80.
Take All Three Ration Books
With You When You Shop!
A gasoline coupons No. 2 good
for a gallons thru September FL.
Tire inspection for holder of A
coupons is every 6 months.
B and c gasoline coupons goo
three months from date of is
suance. B tire inspection every
four months. G tire inspection
every three months. T tire in
spection every 6 months or 5000
miles of driving.
Fuel oil coupons No. S expire
September 80.
Office hours-9:30-4:30 Monday
through Friday. s:30-l2:30 Sat
urdaY. 100000 Wednesday
evening.
Application for heating oil will
not be accepted until after the
18th of September.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02
|Kennewick Has
Serious Problem
OF Child Welfare
Special worker warns
community concerning
conditions existing -

Kennewick has a real, vital
child welfare problem dumped in
to its lap, Miss Phyllis Mclean
told members of the Kiwanis club
Tuesday noon. The problem is
one that must be solved, she said,
and there should be no delay in
getting into action upon it.
With the. large numbers of vir-
tually homeless youngsters now
in our community, the situation
is much worse than it has ever
been here before and it promises
to become increasingly worse, she
said. Within the past week five
cases of juvenile delinquency were
brought to her attention, she said.
Many other cases undoubtedly
took place of which she never
heard. These cases happen, she
said, because there is absolutely
no provision here for supervised
leisure activities.
While her department was called
where developments were serious
enough to be brought to the at
tention of the authorities, many
other cases escape detection but
are nevertheless just as serious.
Prevention is the only solution
and this could only be accomp-
lished by the use of adequate
facilities and trained workers.
Herein was the community's prob
lem and one that must be met If
greater calamities were to be pre-
vented. +
Miss Mclean earnestly urged
the clubs, churches, schools and
other civic bodies to really devote
some time and effort upon this
serious problem suddenly aggra-
waited by the influx of residents in
cabin camps, trailer houses and
temporary living quarters. j
Swimming pools, Fairgrounds,
supervised programs and such
things as workshops for the teen
age children of both sexes were
the solution, she said, and these
it was up to the. community to
provide. =
Following her talk, the Rev
John Coan told the clubmen OF
the efforts the local Methodist
church was making toward solv-
ing the problem, but indicated
( that his one organization was en-
tirely inadequate to take on the
whole program. Miss Mclean was
assured that the Kiwanis club
| would participate in any effort
along the line suggested.