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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01
UNITED Motions Men,
bership Furthers Scon-
dinovion Collaboration"

Sweden will probably in due
course be called to become a mem
Der of the United Nations" Pro-
fessor Osten linden said in an adj
dress in Koppom, Vermland, a few
days before it became generally
known that he would be appointed
Foreign Minister in the new gov
eminent. This means that Sweden
must discard its neutrality in cases
involving military action where
the permanent members of the Sc
curity Council are unanimous.
Sweden will thus enter on the same
political path that Norway and
Denmark already have taken"
linden emphasized that the Swedes
should not hesitate to take this
step. Nor should we,' he added,
"be so suspicious or pessimistic
that we take more or less for
granted that the international Sc
curity organization will sooner or
later fall to pieces" Membership
in the United Nations" he pointed
out, docs not prevent the Sean
dinavian countries from collaborat-
ing closely with each other. On the
contrary, it will further such col
liberation"
osten linden, then professor of
civil law at the University of Upp-
sala, received his first appoint
ment to a cabinet post in 1917,
when he was 81 years old. From
1924 to 1926 he was Minister for
Foreign Affairs. He has repre-
sented Sweden at many League of
Nations Assemblies and at the
Permanent Court of Arbitration in
The Hague, and he has also for
many years served as an expert OF
international law to the Swedish
Foreign Office. Both before ano
during the war he consistently
took a firm stand against the MAJ
theology and the claims of the Axis
powers to establish New Order.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01
London Times on the
Outlook for Northern
Collaboration

NEW YORK, July 31-An edi-
torial in the London Times, July
81, contained the following:
What Norwegians, Danes and
Swedes are now thinking about is
mainly cultural and economic CO.
operation. 1t is suggested that
there should be a common Scandi-
navian citizenship to the extent
that citizen of one country
should enjoy the same rights in
the other countries. Another sug-
gestion is for common university
degrees and for the exchange of
teachers and students. Even more
interesting is a prospect being dis
cussed for unifying social legisla-
ton, so that a worker may seek
employment in any of the Scandi-
navian countries without sacrifice
ing statutory benefits or safe
guards. These are the immediate
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PAGE ELEVEN

totals are the exports of ball and
roller bearings, the figures for
1940-1943 being 100000 kronor
($800,000) and 16,5O0,00O kronor
(about $4,ooo,OOo) respectively.
In an interview in London on
July IA, reported by A. P, Sir
George Binney, commander of
British blockade runners in the
North Sea, said that his men had
brought out $4,000 tons of precious
materials from Sweden during the
war years. These cargoes, he add
ed, could not be obtained anywhere
else in the world.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01

In an address on Dec. II, 1910,
for instance, he said: ITO suppress
and strangle a formerly free ma
ton can never, according to our
notion, be defended by invoking
the interest of a Great Power. The
permanent peace can never be
built on such a division of the
worlds living quarters that the
smaller nations will be forced to
become charity dodgers in the liv-
ing space of some Great Power
The manner in which the problems
of national defense have been met
by the Swedish government and
Riksdag proves that the short
sighted wisdom of defeatism is not
ours"
A few copies of an English trans
lation of the above address by Pro-
fessor linden, reprinted from the
American Scandinavian Review,
are still available on request to
The American Swedish News Ex-
change, Inc, $50 Fifth Avenue,
New York 20, N. Y.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01
Swedish Press Comments
On British Elections

STOCKHOLM, July 81 (By wire-
less) All political commentators
in the Swedish press today stress
the world historical Importance of
the British elections. The chief
labor organ, -Tidningen,
states that the British electorate
wanted socialism without commu-
nism, and Enthusiastically cast it's
vote for democracy. The result of
the elections will give strength to
the small nations, who with never
failing admiration look toward
Great Britain as the true mother
of democracy
Tidningen considers
the heavy defeat suffered by the
liberals surprising, seeing that this
was an election not for the con-
tinuation of the war, but for the
organization of peace. The sorely
tried British people wanted COM
pensation for their toll. Like many
other Swedish newspapers. Stock
holms-Tidningen expects an even
closer rapprochement with Russia;
it also emphasizes the Importance
of the fact that all the western
European countries have or will
have socialist governments. Sven
ska Dagbladet observes that the
conservatives numerical loss is
made worse by their qualitative
losses. This paper also praises
Churchilrs m a re as reflect
ing &c la ST c highmindedness."
Churchill is beaten" writes the
Liberal Dagens Nyheter, but in
what has been the kernel of his
work, he remains the victor"
Prime Minister Per Albin Hans
son, leader of the Swedish Social
Democratic Party, telegraphed his
congratulations to Major Clement
Attlee.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01
Sweden's Wartime Exports
Of Steel and Machinery
To the u. S. and Britoin

STOCKHOLM, July 81 (By wire
less) The following figures for
Swedens exports to the United
States and Great Britain during
1940-1944 have been made public:
to the United States, iron and steel
goods valued at 27,1OO,OOO kronor
(about $6,S00,OOO. and machinery,
100000 kronor ($1.5OO,OOO); to
Britain, iron and steel, 56.20O,OOO
kronor (S14,OO0, OOO), and machin-
cry, 14,6OO0,OOO kronor (S3,6O5,-
OOOO.
Included in the iron and steel
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01

spread popular opposition, it was
gradually becoming evident that
the collaboration Of the four par
ties in the government could not
be continued. The cabinet appoint
ed today consists exclusively of
members of the Social Democratic
Labor Party, which still has a ma
jority in the Riksdag, although it
lost some ground in the elections
last fall
Prime Minister is the leader of
the party, Per Albin Hanson, who
has held the post since 1882 except
for a brief interval in 1886. He
is accompanied by two colleagues
who have also come to be regarded
as almost permanent" in their
present functions, namely, Ernst
WigfOrss, M ster of Finance,
and Gustav MILLER, Minister for
Social Affairs. Osten linden, Chan
cellor of the Swedish Universities,
succeeds Christian Gunther, a ca
reer diplomat, as Foreign Minister
Alex Gj0res remains as Minister
of Civilian Supply, while Per Ed
vim Sk0ld, Minister of Defense
during the war, takes over the
Department of Agriculture, and
Tage Erlander, hitherto Minister
Without Portfolio, the Department
of Cults and Education.
New members of the cabinet,
besides the Foreign Minister, are
Herman Zetterberg, member of the
Svea Court of Appeal, Minister of
Justice; Allan VOugt, member of
the board of the Riksbank, Minis
ter OF Defense; forster Nilsson,
secretary of the Social Democratic
Party. Minister of Communica-
tons; Professor Gunnar Myrdal,
the internationally known econo-
mist, Minister of Commerce; and
Ministers Without Portfolio: Ellie
MOssberg, secretary of the Social
Aft IRIS Department.; John A.
Ericsson, director in the. Labor
Market Commission, and Gunnar
String, chairman of the Farm
Workers Federation. Nils QuenseI
and Gunnar DanielssOn, both legal
experts, remain from the coalition
government as Ministers Without
Portfolio.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01
Honsson Stresses New
Governments Desire
To Cooperate As Far
As Possible

1.-THE new government does not
regard itself as a fighting instru-
ment, but will do it's utmost to
attain it's detectives in an atmos-
phere of cooperation, Prime Min
lister Per Albin Hanson declared
in a speech at Karlstad July 20.
"The Swedish Social Democrats
have never shown any desire to
lead the country into foolhardy ad-
ventures" Mr.. Hanson added that
the unity of the national coalition
government had never been in
jeopardy. Il was often surprised
that We could work together so
smoothly"
Speaking the same day in the
northern city of Skelleftea, Pro-
fessor Gunnar Myrdal, the new
Minister of Commerce, who is we'll
known in the United States, said
that radical reshaping of Swe-
dish economic life has been pre-
pared by the labor movement. The
aim is, he continued, to increase
the efficiency of industry, agricul-
ture, and trade. In every sphere
of economic life, we are ready to
introduce that form of enterprise
which seems most suitable"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01

The MOsa ic congregation in
Stockholm is printing a periodical
in three languages for the Jewish
refugees in Sweden.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-08-01
THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
News from Sweden
Issued by the American Swedish News Exchange,
New York, NJ Y
National Coalition Ends--A Government of
Social Democrats Takes Over

STOCKHOLM July 81 (By wreless)-After more than
five and half years of national coalition Sweden now re-
turns to party government In December 1885, govern
men of political union comprising all four leading parties
Social Democrats, Conservatives Farmers and Liberals
formed based the that the only practicable
Swedish policy to avoid becoming involved in the clash
of the great powers and to maintain the counry ndepen
dence While this government has met with anv wide
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-02-01

It is with considerable trepida-
ton (some may call it effront-
ery) that the writer undertakes
to make some observations of a
critical nature with regard to the
Joint Distribution Committee, be-
ing of the opinion that measure
of frank criticism, honestly ap-
piled, may be helpful even to an
institution so respected and cred
table as the Joint Distribution
Committee.
First, let us recall the history
of the JDC. It was established
during the last war as a co-ordi-
mating committee charged with
the distribution of funds gathered
by three relief committees then
in operation. These were the
Central Relief Committee repre-
senting the mass organization of
labor, Zionist and communal
groupings, and the American Jew
ish Relief Committee which
roughly paralleled the compost
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-02-01

JDC and the members of its ad.
ministrative bodies. Nevertheless
we cannot ignore the fact that
the JDC must change its structure
and its methods of administration
It must become in fact the GEN.
trail body of the Jewish commun-
ity in America in the field Of
relief work. It must become what
it pretends to be - but is not.
Copyright 1945 by Independent
Jewish Press Service, Inc.)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-02-01

whereby this can be accomplished
The reasonable proposal has been
made that these orphans snoulo
he transported to Palestine where
the Yishuv will undertake their
upbringing and care. The JDC
NAV have a contrary opinion. 1t
may desire to erect orphanages IN
other countries. Who will partlcl-
pate in the deliberations and de-
cisions concerning such a vital
Jewish matter? Again those IN
dividuals who compose the Board
of Directors of the JDC; the Jew
ish community as such will be
totally excluded from these dele
brationS.
These perplexities and problems
are raised not in order to mini
mize the importance of the JDC
as the central relief organization
of the American Jewish COM
munity. We are ready to give
the JDC the fullest recognition
for everything it has accomplish
ed during the thirty years OF its
existence. We are also ready to
give fullest recognition to every
individual, every official of the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-02-01
Louis SegGI
To Speak Here

Louis Segal will be the guest
speaker at the Farband ban
quent which is being held here
Sunday night at 1880 in the
Seminole Hotel. The banquet
was previously scheduled to be
held Feb. 16, but was post
poned due to Mr.. Segal's diff
Guilty in obtaining transporta-
ton from Miami where he has
also appeared as speaker. MIR.
Segal will install the newly
elected officers of the local
Farband Sunday night. Nathan
Dwoskin and Sam Bryan are
in charge of arrangements.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-02-01
RELIEF IS NOT A CLOSED
CORPORATION
By LOUIS SECAL

MIR. Louis Segal, General Sec
rotary of the Jewish National
Workers Alliance, states
views which have long been
whispered, but have rarely
been presented SO bluntly
and directly. The views eX-
pressed by Mr.. Segal on this
highly controversial subject
will dOubtleSSly stimulate
wide and wholesome discus
sion. - The Editor.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-02-01

policy of refusing to ''break the
blockade" or Of helping the I'M
derground. Who made the deci-
sion?
It is equally well known that
in recent years the JDC has con-
tributed hundreds of thousands OF
dollars to support of colony in
Bolivia. About one hundred refu-
gees, installed there by the JDC,
have up to the present time cost
matter of half a million dol
lars, and the entire propect has
been a failure. Who made the
decision?
For the last several years the
JDC has been carrying on strug-
gle within the United Jewish APP
peal to bring a halt to the indie
pendent and well established fund
raising activities of the Jewish
National Fund. It is not only
struggle concerning funds; it is an
attempt to weaken an institution
which has existed for forty years
and which is close to the hearts
of hundreds of thousands of Jews
who see in it the key to the
development of an independent
Jewish life in Palestine.
The press frequently carries re-
ports of large sums of money Civ
en- by the JDC for various relief
purposes. This money comes from
it? It has been reported that the
JDC has refused funds offered by
governments-in-exile for the sup
port of orphaned Jewish children
in various countries. What were
the reasons for the refusal? There
is every reason to assume that
such refusal resulted in discrimi-
nation against Jewish children on
the part of governments-in-exile.
And it can also be assumed that
this policy has led to substantial
additional expenses which could
have been applied to other pur-
poses.
Relief Without Craftsmanship?
When the Rescue Committee of
the American Jewish Conference
invited the JDC to participate in
its work, the JDC rejected the
invitation on the ground that it
would not work with any "poli-
teal" body. What group instruct
ed the JDC to refuse the offer?
When and where was a decision
of such vital consequence adopt
ed? The entire approach is false
one, because it is altogether i'm
possible to carry on any relief
activities without political con-
siderations. Sending a represen-
port refuses is a political act;
helping to secure boats that trans
port refuees is a political act;
establishing contacts with gov
ernments, concerning relief activ-
tiles is political act, negotiations
with the Red Cross and with the
UNRRA is a political act. Every
activity that has to do with help
ing Europe's Jews is integrated
with political action. The JDC
actually goes in for political acts,
but it does it on its own terms
without any appropriate COM
munity control.
Criticism Is Not Attack
The Jewish people is confront
ed with the problem of restoring
the physical and spiritual health
of the tens of thousands of Jew
ish orphans who remain alive in
the European countries. Plans
must be made at once concerning
the methods and techniques
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-02-01

the JOC assumed Tic 1U1ACCAO4AS
of Embarrassing as well as diStribu-
ton, and its constituent parts
ceased to exist.
The People, Yes?
The representatives of the Cen
trail Relief Committee in the JDC
had the possibilities to protect the
religious and cultural needs of
the orthodox Jews in Europe. The
representatives of the Peoples
Relief Committee safe-guarded
the popular and the democratic
character of the relief work. They
were particularly Jealous to serve
the cultural needs of the broad
masses of the Jews in Europe.
Both the Peoples Relief and the
Central Relief always insisted
that European Jews themselves
shall have a measure of local con-
troll in the administering of relief
funds sent from America, so that
the recipients of relief might not
be reduced to the level of help
less beggars.
The two committees have been
out of existence for the last
fifteen years. Only the Joint Dis
tribution Committee = the origi-
nal co-ordinating committee -
remained, and with the disappear
ance of it's constituent bodies, its
democratic and truly representa-
tive character likewise disappear
ed. No longer does the JDC in
clude duly authorized represen-
tatives of the constituent organ
izations for the purpose of safe
guarding and furthering the par
ticular orientation and interests
of the bodies they represented.
Instead, the directors of the JDC
themselves decide the personnel
of the Board; although, to give
the appearance of democratic
choice, the recommendations of
the nominating committee are
submitted to a general confer
ence which is summoned for a
short session to confirm the nomi-
nees. That this is a pure formal
ity that such a general conference
has never - during all these
years - rejected the nominating
committees report or made sub
stitute nominations.
The Board of Directors of the
JDC numbers about 210 men,
bers. A careful study of its COM
position reveals that the orthodox
Jewish element is completely
unrepresented; the same is true
of the Zionist labor movement,
and to a considerable extent also
of the general Zionists. A similar
study of the composition of the
Executive Committee by the JDC,
consisting of Is members, reveals
even more markedly its one-sid-
ed composition. This committee,
in reality conducts the day-by-
day activities of the organization,
since the Board of Directors meets
only semi-annually. The Execu-
tive Committee does not include
single member representing ortho-
doxy or Zionism or anyone identi-
fled with Zionist activities.
Decisions Of Life And
The JDC is frequently called
upon to make decisions of life
and death importance for the
Jewish people.
For several years American
Jewry discussed the question of
sending food to the European
ghettoes. Food could have been
purchased in Spain, Portugal,
Switzerland and other neutral
countries, and such shipments, to-
gether with financial contribu-
tons to the underground move
Evening star., 1945-01-12
A Continuing Effort

The introduction in the new Con-
gresS OF the Summers Capper joint
resolution marks the renewal of what
has been and must be continuing
effort to confer upon the more than
100000 residents of Washington the
privilege and duty of participating
in the Nations political processes.
The joint resolution contemplates
adoption of a constitutional amend
ment which reads as follows: 'The
Congress shall have power to provide
that there shall be in the Congress
and among the electors of President
and Vice President members elected
by the people of the District consti-
tuting the seat of Government of
the United States, in such numbers
and with such powers as the Con-
gress shall determine. All legislation
hereunder shall be subject to amend
ment and repeal"
AS Senator Capper told his COL
leagues Wednesday, the enactment
of this amendment would not detract
in the slightest degree from the
power of Congress over the Federal
District. 1t would merely empower
Congress to provide national repre-
sentation for the permanent resi-
dents of the District, thereby ena-
bling that legislative body to correct
a grievous injustice that is as self
evident as it is repugnant to our
democratic traditions.
The residents of the Nations
Capital have been striving for half
a century to free themselves of this
political disability. During that
period they have borne and welcomed
all of the obligations of citizenship.
With other Americans, they have
sent their sons to war to fight and
die for those great principles in
which we all believe, including the
right of the governed to a voice in
the selection of their government.
In this greatest of all wars, the
United States, under the Atlantic
Charter, has joined with the other
Allies in asserting its respect for the
right of all peoples to choose the
form of government under which
they will live. If that language
means anything, it means that we
would not deny any competent citi-
zen of any foreign land the right to
voice in the selection of his govern
ment. If that is worthy war aim,
which it surely is, the Congress
should not hesitate to do as much
for the competent citizens of the
District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1945-01-12

Atlantic Charter, not to reject, but to
reaf1rm 1t, but in reafirmatio to warn
that 1t does not provide rules of easy
application to each and every one of
this war-torn worlds tangled situa-
tlons. Yet" he promised, I'VE shall not
hesitate to use our infuence-and to
use 1t now-to secure SO far as is
humanity possible the fulhllment of the
principles Of the Atlantic Charter"
No European state can misread that
statement. 1t was a pledge to the Ameri-
can people that the President, as the
representative of this people will fight
In the counsels Of the nations for the
principles which America wishes to see
prevail.
The President sees that divergent
obligations contend for our fidelity
obligations, legal or moral, to exiled
governments, underground movements
and the leading Allies. Yet again he
incorporates this recognition in the re-
statement of a principle. 1--WE and our
Allies have declared that it is our pur-
pose to respect the right of all peoples
to choose the form of government
under which they will live. :. ;" Allies,
exiled governments and underground
~~~o SAAAS~@eo hAAoS eilCo bC Ju0kCo AZ
cording to their fidelity to this idea.
The President recognizes that govern
ments set up before the war is over,
before prisoners are released, or while
masses are deported for forced labor,
can only obviously be adjudged as the
kind of government the people really
want. And on this issue he makes a
solemn declaration:
During the interim period, until con-
dltlons permit genuine expression of
the peoples will. we and our Allies have
a duty which we cannot ignore, to use
our influence to the end that no tenn
porary or provisional authorities in the
liberated countries block the eventual
exercise OF the peoples right freely to
choose the institutions under which,
as free men, they are to live"
Those who are saying that the Presi-
dent has no foreign policy should reread
those words. There is no other inference
to be drawn from them than that the
institutions of Europe shall be formed
by the people of Europe, without pres
sures from their nberators.
(Reeased by the Bell Syndicate, 1nc)