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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-12-24

spreading over the continent that
Germany has already lost the war,
the peoples of Europe are more
willing to shield the Jews. This
is also true in Germany itself.
However, whereas the Poles and
the French aid the Jews out of
feeling of solidarity for fellow
sufferers, the Germans do it for
price.
MIR. Epstein explained that in
Poland there is a Jewish commit
tee which functions with the
underground committee. Through
this group we are able to make
contacts for rescue work."
"The Jewish Labor Committee,
said Mr.. Epstein, was one of the
first organizations in the United
States to recognize the potential
value of the underground move
ments as a weapon against Hitler.
Now with the prospect of an early
peace we see it as an instrument
with which to lay the basis of a
future democratic life in Europe"
In its work for the narrowed
Jewish populations of Nazi Eu-
rope, the Jewish Labor Committee
is very close to the Swedish Labor
government. When the Jewish
Labor Committee extended it's
thanks to that government for its
aid to the Danish Jews, a sub
stantial sum of money was also
forwarded with which rescue work
in behalf of the Jews of Denmark
is to be continued.
In speaking Of the underground
rescue work, Mr.. Epstein recalled
the proclamation issued by the
Belgium underground, which call
ed upon all Belgium to offer
shelter to the Jews. It was aIso
stated that any underground M
Der who violated that order VIC
be tried for treason by the unC
ground government.
While in Jacksonville Mr..
stein appeared before the Jew
Community Council. He
brought here under the auspi
of the WOrEmen's Circle. Dur
his tour of the South he visi
26 cities to present the prOgr
which the Jewish Labor Comm
tee is conducting in its rest
work through the undergrOu
channels of occupied Europe.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-12-24
Underground Is Only Hope For Jews
h Europe, Writer Tells Jewish Weekly

In special interview granted The Southern Jewish
Weekly Meech Epstein, noted writer and lecturer gave
apc description of the part which the men and women
the underground movements Of occupied Europe have
playing in the work of their Jewish compatrios
r Epstein, who is travelling through the South behalf
the Jewish Labor Committee has had the opportunity of
terviewng Christian leaders of the Polish underground
Tho visited the United States a special mission From
hem Mr. Epstein obtained vivid picture of conditions in
IL Hitler dominated countries.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-12-24

widespread gratitude the Government
providing refugees
inscriptions of
H. M v, King Sweden the Golden Book of the
possible addition
dams Zone the Gland for Rescue" the
Keren Kayemeth n Palestine
The reproduction of typical inscription which
I'll Gustav appreciation of the noble
humanitarian act extending haven of refuge the Denmark
Jewish Community by grateful who prefers remain
anonymous"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-12-24

'The underground is the chief
|eans left to us through which
can still rescue the Jews of
s,rope," he emphatically declared.
Rv our steady contact with the
Evening star., 1943-06-30
The Lost Phose
rom the London Daily Mail.

from the London Daily Mail
We have come to the last phase of the
War-Which Is not to say that we have
won 1t. A long, hard way still lies be-
lore us with much struggle and MANY
casualties. But at last we can see dav-
hght. Iunlsia Is a real turning point.
1t shows clearly the way to final victory
even though as sign post it marks
neither time nor distance Hitlers war
has fallen into two distinct divisions
Ihere was the irresistible advance which
ne hoped would be the beginning and
END OF conflict. The German tide la pped
at It's highest, around Stalingrad. the
Grozny oil fields and Ell Alamein. But
Chese were the extreme limits For the
forward phase was succeeded by tho
holding phase which killed the blitzkriep
and Hitler's highest hopes. Since last
autumn the United Nations have dealt
smashing blows at the enemy In Russia
and North Africa, but both have been
essentially defensive moves. Now we
stand on the eve of the offensive, The
TASK before us Is the Storming of Hitler,s
Europe. No bolder conception has ever
been planned by men, and no armies
nave ever been reader TO undertake II
Evening star., 1943-06-30
Blood Donor

You, ,rho trent so brouely forth to
die,
That / might liue; that / might stin
behold
My ualley's throbbine green; that I
might fold
My children to my heart, to lau0h-
to cry;
You, ,Oho trusted me to keep in my
Frail charge, pahant match on
1rhat you hold
Most dear: phose blood on tOreion
sands runs bold,
I knor you not, yet hear your lobored
sigh
And eagerly I reach across mad seas
To fH your feeble peins rtth blood,
as much
Your o1Dn as mine, ,Uhich wrought
out Bunker Hill,
The Alamo, and Valley Foroel My
pleas
For you, o lad, find ans,per, il the
touch
OF my less ncorthv blood, sustain you
still!
MARIAN sHEFFER BUEHLER.
Evening star., 1943-06-30

justments. This contract, the board
stipulated, was to run for two years
and was to contain a no-strike clause
for the duration. Mr.. Lewis, having
ignored the board throughout the
entirety of the proceedings, likewise
ignored this order, and the board
then unanimously appealed to the
President to enforce it's directive.
This is not being done. Mr.. Lewis,
under another so-called truce, has
ordered the miners to work until
October 81. He has neither signed
nor shown any intention of signing
4 new contract, with or without the
no-strike clause. Plainly, on every
issue except that Of wage demand,
which the Labor Board said was not
justified, the Government has capit-
ulated to Mr.. Lewis. Discussing the
case on behalf Of the board, Dean
Wayne L. Morse said that the "one
issue which cannot be compromised
II we are to retain Government by
law" is whether the mine workers will
abide by the same rules and the same
laws which are applicable to all
other groups. In this case the in
escapable conclusion is that the issue
is being compromised as result of
the decision by the President and
Mr.. Ickes to permit the mines to be
worked on the terms laid down by
Mr.. Lewis. If this is justified by the
Nations need for coal, the fact re-
mains that the price is high.
Evening star., 1943-06-30
Rudur

The principle of radar is not new.
Shakespeare was familiar with it,
Even the ancient Greeks appear to
have realized that vibrations travel
through the air. What is modern is
the capacity Of an instrument to de-
tect the distance and the direction
of the approach or retreat of
transportation machine in motion.
1t was in July 1941, that the British
government revealed that by the use
of an apparatus then called "radiolo-
Gator" German air raids could be an
ticipated. That announcement sig
nifed the Nazis' loss of the element
of surprise 1t meant that the Royal
Air Force was being provided with
warning about where and when to
counterattack. According to the New
York Times, the ceaSeleSS patrol of
the sky by means of radio waves
made it possible to keep the COM
paratively small force of British
fighters on the ground" until they
had received information to send
them up for accurate interception Of
the Luftwaffe SquadronS.'
OF course, the Germans eventually
caught on" to radio detection and
the japanese also use it. But the
earliest advantage has been with the
United Nations. Radar, IAN invisible
Searchlight," scans the sky and the
sea with a sharply focused beam of
ultra -high-frequency radio waves
which are reflected" by any target
they may encounter. A plane or a
ship moving in the clouds or over the
waves is seen" by means of "a radio
receiver properly tuned to pick up
the reflected signal, just as our own
eyes could see the object in the illu-
mination of a searchlight"
The operation of radar, however, is
not so simple as 1t may seem.
Only when at last the war is over
Evening star., 1943-06-30
President and Press


When things are going well at
home the President may not love
the press, but he refrainS from kick
ing 1t around. When he is displeaSed
whipping boy. This is fact SO well
established by the President and so
generally accepted by the press that
1t may be contemplated with COM
pletely diSpaSSionate interest, as one
might gaze, for instance, at the
Leaning Tower OF Pisa or any other
natural phenomenon. But 1t still
prompts curiosity as TO why the
President finds such evident personal
satisfaction in his uncomplimentarv
generaliZations about newspapers
and newspapermen, and what he
hopes to accomplish by it.
II this repeated criticism is part OF
considered effort to implant In the
minds OF the people distrust OF the
press as reliable medium Of COM
munica ton, the consequences, If the
effort Is successful, would be far more
serious than the unSpecitled sins
attributed tU the newspapers. For
even the most violent critic Of the
press does not underestimate the
Importance of its role in a free
democracy.
II 1t is to reform the press. the
Presidents criticism is manifeStly
futile, for even the least errant of
sinners Is slow to contrition under
the lash OF whip, welded indis-
criminately nnd without naming the
offense beyond vague reference "
"rOcks" Uf them.
II the criticism merely reflects the
Presidents annoyance at the un-
pleasant things he reads or hears,
this reaction on his part is disap-
pointment TO his friends and the
source Of malicious qualification to
his enemies. For the dignity Of his
high office denies to him the luxury,
which most Of us are free to enjoy,
OF blowing off steam in public as
relief from expanding internal pres
sure.
Abraham Lincoln, Of all our war
Presidents, was the victim of the most
cruel attacks by the press. While he
ignored most Of what was written
about him and failures on the home
front, he was quick " suspend
publication OF the old New York
World and Journal of Commerce, and
lock up their editors, for publication
OF spurious document which came
very close to treason. But while there
are some vicious attacks on President
Roosevelt and the manifest bungling
Of his administration, and while
there are instances In which some
newspapers have Skated pretty near
to treason in what they have printed,
the basis OF most Of the Presidents
generaliZed criticism seems to be the
publication OF the facts. And despite
his own opinions these facts receive
little colorful adOrnment by the re-
porters who gather them. That is
the weakness OF the Presidents posi-
ton, and, fundamentally, the most
disturbing.
Evening star., 1943-06-30
Another Family Row

The attack which Vice President
Wallace has made on Secretary OF
Commerce Jones is merely the most
recent of long series Of family rows
within the Roosevelt administration.
In tone and implication, Mr.. Wallace'S
statement is more disturbing than
the run of mine Of these outburStS,
but it Is not marked by any essential
difference. They all stem from the
same basic LauSe-a struggle for
power among subordinate officials
who are not subject to the restraints
that would accompany definite
delineation Of powers and duties In
the executive agencies by the Presi-
dent
This Is not to suggest that Mr..
Wallace, in champloning the cause
of the Board of Economic Warfare,
is seeking power for the sake OF
power. On the contrary, 1t may be
assumed that he is perfectly sincere
in charging Mr.. Jones with obstruct-
Ing the war effort and haraSSing the
BEW. But it is also to be supposed
that Mr.. Jones is equally sincere In
denying these complaints, and in
accusing the Vice President Of
malice and misStatements."
1t is not for the layman to attempt
to say where the truth lies between
these extremes. But certain things
are clear. In the first place, yester-
days charges and countercharges
were not made on the spur Of the
moment. The quarrel between the
BEW and Mr.. Jones is of long stand
ing, and is well known to the PreSi-
dent. Mr.. Wallace himself said that
he deliberated long time before
releasing yesterdays statement, an
admission which suggests that he
balanced the desirability Of appealing
to the President against the advan-
tages Of an appeal to public opinion,
and decided in favor Of the latter.
But why did he take this course?
In view Of the Presidents standing
order that controversies Of this sort
were to be referred to the White
House, it Is fair inference that
Mr.. Wallace felt he could not get
satisfactory action from Mr..
Roosevelt
There is no reason to suppose, how
ever, that this still is the case. II
Mr.. Roosevelt heretofore has been
reluctant to settle the feud between
the Vice President and the Secretary
of Commerce, it is not likely that he
continues unwilling to do SO. This
matter has reached a Toint where it
Is imperative that 4 decision be made
between the two, and Mr.. Roosevelt
is the man to make that decision.
To permit this squabble to run its
course, in view Of the gravity Of the
charges which have been made
would be evidence Of the weakest
sort Of administration On the part of
the President. And that, in turn,
would work an injury to national
morale which could not possibly be
cured by reSorting to lectures which
seem designed to discourage the
newspapers from printing the fact
that these destructive rows are
going on
Evening star., 1943-06-30

will the whole story Of this most re-
cent development in the science of
communication be told. The public,
meanwhile, understands that 1t now
is feasible to shoot down planes that
are invisible to ordinary optical
glasses and to aim naval guns at
invisible ships with high degree Of
accuracy. 1t likewise has begun to
appreciate the fact that "radar has
given impetus to advances
which will have great part in trans
forming the life Of every citizen in
the future world"
Specifically, "radar will play a life
saving role for the overnight traveller
to Lisbon or Nome. Its directional
waves will provide X-ray eyes at
night and in fog, not only laying bare
the menace Of an unseen mountain
peak, but guiding aircraft to safe
blind landings in the thickeSt fog at
an invisible airport Ships at sea will
be safe against collision with icebergs
and with other ships"
That Is another way Of saying that
the Titanic, If furnished with radar
equipment, need not have been lost,
April IS, 1912. Logically, it follows
that mankind has achieved another
OF those victories over circumstance
by which world peace and a general
prosperity can be assured. The no
ton that science serves but to add to
knowledge truly is power, and
through Its acceleration comes prog
reSs toward civilization worthy of the
name
Evening star., 1943-06-30
On the Food Front

From the London Daily telegraph and Mornn.
Post.
Inc dangers to the food front were
only averted by world strategy. Com
bined action of our own agriculture with
that OF the dominions and the United
States has been brilliantly effective. So
great is the territory controlled bv the
Allies. SO vast its resources. that the
Ministry of Food countered Japan's
seizure Of countries producing rice and
tea by arranging FOR crops of those
exotics elsewhere. To make peace secure
world food strategy will be no less
necessary than 1t is now to bring the
enemy down in unconditional surrender.
The United Nations have their plans for
the future wen in hand.
Evening star., 1943-06-30
New Mine Director

In selecting Carl Elbridge Newton
president of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad, to be Federal director of
mines, Secretary Ickes evidently was
Influenced by desire to pick a man
who had some familiarity with the
industry, without being identified in
any way with either the United Mine
Workers or the mine operators. II
the mines are to be held indefinitely
under governmental control as
seems probable, this is a sensible
basis for such selection.
Much of the c. & O. business con-
Sists Of hauling coal, but Mr.. Newton,
who became president of the road
only few months ago, has been most
active In recent years as member
ot New York law firm dealing in
railroad matters. Hence, 1t Is a
reasonable assumption that he will
approach his duties as director Of
the mines without any feeling Of
partiality, but rather with the single
purpose Of achieving what he terms
maximum production" of coal.
The fact that Mr.. Ickes appears to
have made good appointment, how
ever, should not serve to obscure the
fact that the mines are being taken
away from their owners, probably
for a long period of time, because
John L. Lewis and his coal miners
not the owners-have refused to obey
an order of the War Labor Board.
On June 18 the board directed the
miners to sign a new contract, which
embodied the terms of the old con-
tract except for some minor pay ad-
Evening star., 1943-06-30
@ STREET.

Dear Sir:
Before I reluctantly. depart (after
two wears stay from my home in WASH
ington to 60 back to New York City,
must write thank you" for your This
and That.
II could tell you pages Of what it has
meant to me during the earlier months
OF sadness, loneliness, and then the later,
longer period of peace and acquaintance
with my new friends, the birds. But III
skip that to give you my story Of my
own cardinals.
They were easily coaxed TO be friendly
when first put up my feeder. 1t wasn't
q good feeder, for 1t had back turned to
the open f1eld behind the house fence,
and at first they suspected danger from
that direction. But they soon learned to
feel at home, and that I kept it well
supplied the year round with wildbird
seed.
II doubt whether you have written
of one bird who visits this region which
hasn't stopped at least for one meal!
But the pair of cardinals who really
owned it are really funny. They didn't
mind the birds of other varieties eating
there-but other cardinals no! q thou
sand times no!
I've seen the silly Mister Cardinal
spend SO long just chasing away other
cardinals, that the snowbirds and SPAR
rows had eaten nearly all the fresh
seed for the day, before he got around
TO calming himself enough to eat. He
has called-chirp, chirp, chirp-for his
breakfast SO long and so loudly that now
the mocker initiates his demand so we'll
I can hardly tell the difference Only
the mocker has a harsher note, and pre-
fers raisins to sunf1ower seed.
During the bad, long cold spell last
winter propped open the screen door to
the porch, and put the seed there, the
snow fell and froze so fast. That was
one occasion when Mr.. Cardinal let his
relatives join the banquet And there was
continuous banquet that week, too.
Even yet a bird occasionally flies up
to the door, looking hopefully inside. I
counted eight cardinals there one day.
We had regular pest of box elder
beetles the first summer here The
ground was red with them. the lovely
big trees literally alive I lay their dis
appearance to my friends the birds-for
gone they have. Not a beetle have seen
this summer.
Il thank you and wish you we'll.
Very sincerely, NJ A. B."
~P. ST grew suntiowers last sum-
mer more coming on now, for my birds
1t Is good idea. think"
The birds have helped a great many
people in new homes.
In the first place. they are pleasant
interesting and beautiful.
More than that. they are old friends.
and help tie one community 10 another.
A cardinal in Washington is Just the
same as cardinal in New York.
The birds are everywhere. and are the
same everywhere. The black-poll warbler
which one sees occasionally in Washing
Evening star., 1943-06-30
THIS AND THAT
Bv Charles Z. Tracetpell.

ton has just flown in from Brazil Think
what that means. And he is on his way
to Alaska. Think of what that means!
A little food will work wonders In at
tracing the birds.
Some observers believe that the song
sters feel that they are stealing food that
belongs to others, and that is the reason
they fly away when the owner goes out
into the yard.
1t makes no difference. The birds are
not humans, and are not motivated as
we are. Whatever they think, or do not
think, they are welcome to the seed and
grain we put out for them.
II they fly away, at our approach, we
cannot blame them for that 1t is a
good thing they cannot read the papers,
and know what human beings are doing
to each other the world around Then
they would have more reason than ever
to be afraid OF US.
The companionship of the birds is a
wholesome one
One may or may not feed them, as he
chooses. Certainly the person who does
his observing at home will want to put
out food and water for them. In this
way he is sure Of having them around.
They pay large dividends, for a small
down payment.
Watching them is restful, in time OF
restlessness.
The bird observer comes, In time to
have calmer disposition, although he or
she may not always show 1t, perhaps.
from the outside.
BlroS are not an escape as some per-
sons may feel but rather an additional
source OF sanity. They are so true to
themselves, and so based on the tide of
time, that the observer feels in watching
| them, that he is in touch with something
very old ana very fine, as old things SO
often are.
one OF the SaddeSt features of our
time Is that so many persons have ADOPT
ed the loea that somehow ANYTHING old
Is bad and that somehow ANYTHING new
Is good.
Ihey do everything just the opposite
to the way it used to be done. If they
put up fence, they put it up with the
wrong SIDE out. If they erect an awning
they put the faded side out and enio,
the bright side themselves. DESPITE the
1act that the material is treated for rain
and sun resistance on the bright side no,
on the rougher inner side, which the,
have put outside
Ihls Is the revolutionary temperament
and the birds would say tush-tush to if
| lhey are not revolutionists. They are
not reactionaries. either. They prove tr
us that the old things and WAYS are still
/ good, if we have as much sense as they
nave to appreciate and use them In the
proper way. The human mind which
wants TO tear down what it has not buil,
! up mas caused much of the trouble ir
the world today. They have a state n
mind unknown to the birds who from
their airy perches, no doubt look dour
WIN WonSer on all the unnecessar,
oeath and destruction and suffering ".
humans are bringing to each other.
Evening star., 1943-06-30
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HnSkin.

reader can get the ansWer to any
question OF tact by Driting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington.
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postage
Q. Which is the largest of the Aleutian
Islands?-G. E. v.
A. Unimak is the largest. with an area
OF ,430 square miles All the islands are
bold and rocky and not a tree grows on
them.
Q. What ruler died as the result OF
mushroom poisoning?-A. D.
A. Gear Alexius of Russia. who died
in 1875, is said to have been victim Of
mushroom poisoning.
@. How many airplanes did Eddie
Rickenbacker shoot down in the last
World War?-D. B. N.
A. Eddie Rickenbacker is officially
credited with bringing down 81 air.
planes and 4 balloons during the First
World War.