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Evening star., 1945-12-23

Georges Poppadukopolis - me Greek. I"
Dan looks at his watch again. One minute
left. Please, kids!' he roars. who wants to
60 on the great big choo-choo train?"
They all do - every kid in the room. There's
another rush at Dan, and it takes him three
minutes to brush the last kid off, I'm licked,
he groans II can't make the train now. Those
danes don't get to spend Christmas with the
CTS they married. They'll think I'm heel and
maybe I am. Stats. phone the Inspectors wife
at the hotel. The mothers will have to come
and pick out their own"
HE six British wives and the Inspectors
wife and even the Inspector himself arrive in
half an hour. The women gather up their kids.
and Dan and Stats stand facing the Inspector,
waiting for him to open up.
care you responsible for this?" the Inspector
barks at Dan.
Even if he knows what to say. Dan doesn't
get chance to say it. Kitty steps forward.
mo, Inspector" she says. He's not respon-
sible. Christmas is
81 beg your pardon?" says the Inspector
'Oh, Dan McGarry brought the kids here,
if that's what you mean. But the reason he
couldn't sort them out later is because it's
Christmas. All kids are alike at Christmas
English, American, Scotch, or whatever.
That's what makes Christmas Christmas. Kids
are just kids to Santa Claus. Dan wanted to
make them happy, that's all. He's that kind
of a guy. And don't care -" Kitty's voice
now begins to break - if you fine him or sus-
pend him or throw him off the force, I'll still
love the big mugr'
McGarry made twenty women miss their
train!" the Inspector snaps. Suddenly he grins.
Thank heaven he did! There's been the worst
blizzard in years out west. No train will get
through the mountains tonight. I've phofRd
the commanding officers of these women's hus-
bands. The Army will fly the men here even
the hospital cases - the first thing in the morn
ing. They'll be on time for Christmas dinner .
He turns to Kitty and chuckles. as he really
a good Santa CLAUSE"
The best" says Kitty.
Il have couple of grandchildren home"
says the Inspector 81 was going to tackle the
job myself. But if McGarry isn't too busy
For job like that, Dan is never too busy"
says Kitty.."I1l pack his costume" The End
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Evening star., 1945-12-23

She puts up good argument, and pretty
soon she sells the idea to the six mothers. She
doesn't sell it to Dan or Slattery, but then she
doesn't have to, being the wife of their boss
In another five minutes they are standing in
the middle of Central Station with six kids
climbing on them, kicking them in the shins
and running around in circles between times
Let's get going before crowd collects, says
Slattery. He picks up one of the smallest and
the kid pokes him in the eye and laughs hap
PLY. (Which way to the Shelter?" growls
Slattery
81 got better idea what to do with them,'
says Dan.
Stats sings second kid over his shoulder
and the kid kicks him in the stomach. so have
l." says Stats. But they hang you for it in this
State
We'll take them to the kiddies' Christmas
party my Kitty's club is throwing" says Dan
Can you imagine their smiling little faces
when hand out the presents?"
''You imagine it," says Stats. Il amt riding
all over town in police car looking like the
father of quintuplets.'
MY mouse Kitty is counting on me to be
Dan, which is neat piece of buck passing,
because Dan is the kind of guy who likes moth
ing better than putting on red suit and false
whiskers and bouncing kids on his knee. "You
can drive the car - I'll ride in back
STATS still doesn't like it, but they go off,
carrying two kids each, letting the other two
n *bo
wide concourse. with people turning to stare
and grin, and three sailors cheering loudly
The two walking kids get lost every half min
ute, and the four that are being carried try to
shadow box and make punching bags out of
Dams and Stats heads. When they finally
reach the car, Stats throws his two into the
back seat and climbs behind the wheel. I'd
rather raid gambling den singlehanded any
day." he complains. Keep the brats from
crawling around my neck"
"I1l do my best" says Dan. "But you amt
got much of the old Christmas spirit"
Dan keeps the kids from crawling, but he
can't stop one of them from grabbing Stats
hat and throwing it under passing truck,
which doesn't help put Stats in the proper
Yuletide mood. Whenever they stop for a
traffic light. people gather round, because two
plain-clothes cops and police car full of leap
ing babies is like something out of Walt Disney,
especially now that Stats is so mad he sounds
like Donald Duck
When they draw up to the building where
Kitty's club is throwing the party, Dan leads
the kids inside. Kitty comes running to meet
them Dan says, II brought you some guests"
Stats says he only wishes they were
Kitty leads them off down the hall, and there
is loud squealing from room at the end of it.
She throws omen the doors There are about
Evening star., 1945-12-23

nope my SIX VIII NIX WdyDe tney got tndt
British reserve you hear about. hope -"
He stops and looks down. A minute ago the
six kids are jumping on his feet and pulling at
his trousers, and now they're not. They're gone.
Stats points into the room. "Out there - he
says. They mix, all right. Cheerio!'
Kitty takes Dan by the arm. Time to get
dressed Santa" she tells him.
Dan goes off behind the curtain on the plat
form, straps two pillows around his middle and
puts on his red suit and whiskers The squeal-
ing outside is now so loud it hurts the ears, and
Dan knows the party is sellout Kitty comes
to see if he's ready, and he mods and sings a
pack over his back. He hears Kitty making an
announcement and the squealing dies down to
a mere shrek. Dan steps out from behind the
curtain.
Five minutes later, ice cream from the kids
cones is dripping off his false whiskers. and he
has had so many lollipops poked in his eye it
is practically closed. But he's still chuckling
and having himself time. He takes the kids
on his knee one after another. If they're scared
he gets them feeling good. if they're crying he
quiets them down. When the presents are gone,
Dan does little dance that sends the kids into
gales of laughter - and Stats around the cor
ner for short beer.
It's all over at last, and Dan comes out in
his street clothes, still laughing. Kids are sure
fun" he says to Kitty Il wish could stay
But better get my gang back to the train.
He looks over the party. There're now about
seventy kids running and rolling around on the
floor. Dan frowns and asks Slattery, where
are our six"
place."
But which ones are they?"
Stats stares long time, then shakes his
head. They all look alike to me-
Il sort of forget myself, = admits Dan. I'D
better speak to them"
They're too young to understand" :" says
Kitty Most of them can hardly talk
Dan is now little GRIM ''I'n try anyway"
he says. He claps his hands, "All you kids
whose daddy is a soldier, step forwardp' he
yells.
1HIs does it - too well. First dozen kids
run at him, then another dozen; finally the
whole gang is swarming over him. Maybe they
don't understand, or maybe they think it's
some kind of a game. Dan manages to push
them away. Its getting late" he growls to
Kitty Il can't let them miss that train. You
pick out the neighborhood kids and I'll take
the six that are left"
But, Dan," says Kitty sadly, II don't know
which are the neighborhood kids never saw
most of these children before
'Oh, holy Hannah cries Dan. do have
to take the whole mob back to the station to
get them sorted out?'
II got itr' cries Stats. 1--WE sing God Save
the King The ones that stand up are ours"
Evening star., 1945-12-23

she hears tneSe bTltlSn Games are STRANDED IN
town for four hours, she wants to do something
for them, because she knows how lonely they
must feel, having felt that way herself back in
1918 So she plans this swell luncheon for them
at one of the big hotels downtown. She makes
the Mayor promise to be there, and therel be
Christmas caroling after the mutton chops and
plum pudding are slowed away. All Dan and
Slattery have to do is stand by at the station,
see that their English cousins don't walk out
on the speech of welcome the Inspectors wife
ahas planned, and then escort them to the wait
Ting cars.
1t sounds easy, and it looks like there's no
. reason why Dan can't be on time for his Santa
CLAUS act at Kitty's party But first of all the
: train is an hour late. And when it comes in and
empties, the Inspectors wife starts making her
speech to the first group of danes she sees She
says how the sight of their dear faces brings
back memories of her own arrival in America,
and just as she is warming up for the finale one
Of the danes says, Lady, are you nuts?"
Dan frowns; this is no way for British
cousin to speak to his Inspectors wife. He is
about to take corrective action when everyone
starts explaining at once; it seems the danes
are the chorus of the burlesque show. at the
Gaiety. and have just hit town.
So the Inspectors wife looks around, and
sees several scared-looking danes huddled to-
gether. She tries them out, and at the first
sound of the accent she knows she's right
But aren't there more of you?" she asks.
They'll be along soon, ma am. - says a dame
with. Cockney twang. 'Tykes 'em time,
y'know, to pull themselves together"
Here the COON noo," says pretty little
dame from Glasgow.
The Inspectors wife turns. So does Dan,
and what he sees turns him pale. There are
six more danes pushing through the gate, all
right. TodAng alongside and tugging at their
skirts, are six little kids all about two or three
years old. Dear me" means the Inspectors
wife, as they all mill around. 81 forgot there
might be childrenp'
1t does appen, ma am" says one of the
DANES "And it'll 'appen again, like as not"
Me and me husband what's corporal in
the engineers" says a dame with Belfast
brogue, as she pulls off a three-year old who is
trying to climb up Dams leg. been married
four years last Whitsuntide."
Time does fly, doesn't it?' says the In
spectors wife. with a sick smile She throws
her hands around helplessly. But the children
can't come to the luncheon! Everything's ar
ranged" She tightens her lips and looks around.
you two!' she calls to Dan and Slattery.
Come over herep'
DAN and Slattery step front and center.
Yes, ma'ama" Dan says.
Take these children to the nearest Red
Cross" says the Inspectors wife. "Or to the
Travellers Aid. Or to the Childrens Shelter.
Evening star., 1945-12-23


Kitty's club is throwing the party, Dan leads
the kids inside. Kitty comes running to meet
them. Dan says, Il brought you some guests"
and Kitty says the kids are little angels and
Stats says he only wishes they were.
Kitty leads them off down the hall, and there
is loud squealing from room at the end of it.
She throws open the doors. There are about
forty kids running around, crawling and wrest-
ling one another all over the place. In the
corner there is big Christmas tree, and next
to it platform with big chair that is to be
Santa Claus throne. Five of Kitty's girl friends
are moving about, making the kids break in
the clinches, drying tears, picking up broken
pieces of ornaments from the tree, and telling
the kids to be good because Santa is on his way.
Dan wears a broad grin. Cute as all heck
amt they? Where did you get them?"
''It's open house for kids under fve," says
Kitty proudly. Everyone in the neighborhood
was invited. The mothers are calling for them
at five o'clock" &"
Evening star., 1945-12-23

II got it!' cries Stats. 1--WE sing God Save
the King The ones that stand up are ours"
II have better idea, :" says Kitty. She steps
forward and yells out, 'Who wants a tuppence?
Who wants tuppence?
Well, it seems no one wants tuppence
The kids 60 right on playing. Those British
kiddies must have been brought up on shillings.
Dan is pale as he looks at his wrist watch. 1--WE
got to get them out of here quick, he moans,
"The mothers will be here at five o'clock,
says Kitty
'By five o'clock I'll be in the doghouse good
and proper" says Dan.
This looks like one of ours!' cries Stats,
grabbing kid that is running past. What's
your name, bub?"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Wagner Brands Britain's Palestine
Policies AS "Appeasement"

Jasper Oval, he declared: 81 say
to our British friends and Allies,
you have not fulfilled your obi
CATION to Palestine. You are in
default. The American people
believe it is high time that you
redeem your pledge"
Mayor LaGuardia, DR.. Stephen
S. Wise, DR.. Abba Hillel Silver,
Louis Lipsky and other Zionist
leaders also addressed the great
crowd which heard a telegram
read from Governor Dewey, as
sorting that he believed action
should no longer wait for the OPP
ening of Palestine to unlimited
immigration and land ownership
of the millions of distressed
Jews"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Jewish Congress
Proposes Human
Rights Agency

New York (JPS) = Plans for
an International Human Rights
Agency, functioning independent
of any international bill of rights,
to Safeguard the human rights
and fundamental freedoms guar
anteed by the internal laws of the
various nations and to safe
guard the rights and freedoms
guaranteed in an international
bill of rights when adopted" have
been formulated by the commits
sion on law and legislation of the
American Jewish Congress, Judge
Nathan D. Perlman, chairman OF
the commission, announced here
He said that the united Jewish
representation at San Francisco
have been urged to bring the pro-
posal before the United Nations
delegates at the conference.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Late General Rose
EuIogised In
Congress

In a speech in the House of
Representatives eulogizing the
late Maj. General Maurice B.
Rose, Congressman Dean NJ. Gill
lespie of Colorado said: Gen
eral Roses military record was
a credit to the flag he served
and to the country which de-
plores what appears to be his
cold-blooded murder" In sup
porting the movement for the
construction of a hospital in Den
yer honoring the name of Gen.
Rose, Rep. Gillespie stated: "This
nonsectarian hospital will be a
fitting memorial to General
Rose"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01

New York (JPS) = Charging
that the power which is pre-
venting the development of a
Jewish Commonwealth in Pales-
tine is British power" and that
Great Britain's policies in Pales-
tine "are a tragic revival of the
disease of appeasement," Senator
Robert F. Wagner (Dem., N W
yesterday urged that the nations
of the world "put their hands to
their neglected task of constitut-
ing a Jewish Commonwealth in
Palestine"
Speaking before a Rally for
Jewish Rights demonstration of
more than $4,000 persons who
TANNED Lewiston Stadium and
into the adjoining
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Pressure May
Force Palestine
Issue on Agenda

San Francisco (JPS) = Bri-
tain is taking into consideration
the possibility that Jewish public
pressure may force the Palestine
problem to be placed on the San
Francisco agenda although they
intend to eight like hell to pre-
vent such an eventuality." Bri-
tain contends that the sole pur-
pose of the Conference is to set
up a World Organization and not
to deal with specific issues, your
reporter was told by the most re-
liable British officials, who de-
clared that it is not likely, but
not impossible, that a surprise an
nouncement from London in re-
gard to a Jewish immigration
concession will be forthcoming,
should Jewish agitation in this
country become embarrassing.
The British conception of an
international trusteeship as sum-
married. to me by British circles
is as follows: A modification of
the mandate system under which
single mandatory powers still re-
tain full administrative authority
but consult with other powers in
regard to their interest in Civ
en- region, after the fashion of
a Caribbean council. Such inter-
probation, your reporter was told
by the British, has the support
of Australia and New Zealand.
Britain is definitely opposed to
partnership-mandates as "unfeas-
able and unavoidable and sees
nothing wrong with the present
system" Partnership with A
merica for administration with
the present system" partner
ship with America for admin
istration of Palestine is unthink-
able from this viewpoint" your
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Stassen Gives
Report

SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA) -
Assistant Secretary of State Ar
chibald MacLeish addressed a
meeting of the consultants and
associates consultants to the
American delegation here, at
which the Jewish representatives
present were Jacob Blaustein, of
the American Jewish Committee
and Henry Monsky and DR.. Israel
Goldstein, representing the
American Jewish Conference.
Mr.. MacLeish said that SINH
lar meetings will be held several
times week as long as the Sc
curity conference lasts. Each
meeting, he said, would be adj
dressed by prominent govern
ment officials and members of
the American delegation, who
will furnish background and off
the-record information on the
issues before the conference. At
the same time, MacLeish added,
the opinions and advice of the
consultants will be sought.
The first off-the-record re-
port was made at the meeting
by Commander Harold Stassen, a
member of the u. S. delegation,
who discussed the international
trusteeship plan for inundated
territories and other major ques-
tons under consideration here.
Special services for the success
of the conference were held last
Friday in most of San Francisco's
synagogues. At Temple Sheriff.
Israel, old Jewish congregation
on the west coast, a crowd of g.
600 persons attended the services,
which also marked the 95th an
niversary of the congregation.
The. guest speaker was DR.. Gold
stein, who spoke on 'The Stake
of Religion in the San Francisco
Conference
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Robert Nathan
Appointed Deputy
To Vi7lSO7l

Fred M. Vinson, Director OF
War Mobilization and Recover
sion, appointed Robert r. Nathan
as deputy director for reconver-
sion. Mr.. Nathan, well-known
economist and production expert,
has been connected with the de-
tense effort almost from the be-
ginning. He recently returned
from Palestine where he conduct
ed an economic survey of the
country, which will soon be re-
leased to the public.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Arabs Demand Seat On Regional
Mandates Council; Campaign "Under
Cover" to Undermine Jewish Claims
By j. l.. TELLER
UPS Correspondent at the San
Francisco Conference

FRANCISCO conference
San Francisco (JPS) = The
Arab delegations have already be-
gun a subtle "unofficial'' cam
paign among pressmen to under
mine Jewish claims despite as
surances from certain circles who
commended that the Arabs will
keep their silence provided the
Jews do not raise the Palestine
issue. This contention, coming
from high, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
circles, had COMPOUNDED the Zion
lists for while as to the line to
be taken. Now the bars are off.
1t has been definitely establish
ed by this reporter that the Arabs,
while officially stunning the
press and avoiding interviews,
have, themselves, approached
some very influential press cir
cles and unofficially presented
their case regarding Palestine.
Another contention by high
friends" of the Zionist cause,
namely that the Palestine issue
will not be placed on the agenda,
has also seemingly been explod-
ed. The San Francisco Confer
ence will set up a Trusteeships
Commission not unlike the Man
dates Commission in the League
of Nations days. You may al
ready know that the Arabs are
now angling for seats on this COM
mission and are willing to sacri-
flee seats on other commissions
for substantial minority on this
one. This naturally means that
they would have a say regarding
Palestine. But your reporter
learns of an additional develop
ment in this connection, namely
that the Arabs will also demand
representation on the Regional
Council probably to be set up in
the Near or Middle East by pow
ers having economic or other in
terests in that area for the pur-
pose of consulting with the man.
datory powers there.
Labor Party Delegates Says
"WOrld Owes A Debt To The
Jewish People,
In an exclusive interview for
the Independent Jewish Press
Service Ellen Wilkinson, British
Labor Deputy and member of
the British Delegation to San
Francisco, declared that there are
only two alternatives to the Jew
ish problem-either total assimila-
ton whose chances for success
have been discreted by Hitler
ism, or statehood. The world
owes debt to these people, and
shall never absolve itself of the
guilt for Europe's Jew
ish dead unless it does something
very thorough and definite for a
complete solution of the Jewish
problem" she told me.
While not committing herself
definitely on Palestine or the
White Paper because of protocol !,
forbidding members of ,delega-i
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
JEWISH CLAIMS PRESENTED DELEGATES
AT THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

The Southern Jewish Month
ly presents in this issue a
complete cOverage of the San
Francisco Conference by the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency and
the Independent Jewish Press
Service, Inc.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS SUBMIT
FIRST PUBLIC BRIEFS

The first public action by Jew
ish organizations in connection
with the San Francisco Confer
ence began today in a not I'M
anticipated spirit of disunity. The
press has received a brief of
joint statement to be submitted
to the Conference by the Ameri-
can Jewish Conference and the
World Jewish Congrss, so-operat-
ing with the Board of Deputies
of British Jews whose represen-
tatives are expected here next
week.
The American Jewish Committee
issued a separate brief of it's case
and Peter H. Bergson is planning
something dramatic if peace ov-
ertures fail" The American Jew
iSh Conference statement is pre-
faced by the remark that al
though the San Francisco Con-
ference ''agenda is limited" new
ertheless. they SHOULD consider
the present tragic plight and fut-
ure position of the Jewish peo-
pie"
In a statement to the press,
Joseph M. Proskauer, President
of the American Jewish Com
mittee, and his associates Jacob
Blaustein and Simon Segal sum-
Marie their brief party, as fol-
lows: eve have laid special
stress on the establishment of a
commission on human rights and
fundamental freedoms and ulti-
mate formulation of an Interna-
tional Bill of Rights. While the
details of such a charter may not
be within the agenda of the Sc
curity Conference, we have earn
eStly urged that to comply with
Dumbarton Oaks Proposal TO
promote respect for human rights
and fundamental freedoms
obviously details of a migra-
ton policy will not come within
the agenda of the Security Con-
ference, but we urge that the or
ganization to be created here
should include a commission on
migration under the Economic
and Social Council of the Cen
eral International Organization"
Adolph Held OF the Jewish La
Dor Committee told your CORES
pendent he has no intention of
entering into minority blocs, but
that he will seek to achieve uni
fled presentation on points of
agreement among all Jewish or
CARNATIONS. If he does not sue
coed to bring about a real uni
lied presentation, the Labor Com
mittee will submit to the Con-
ference, without fanfare" its
own program stressing that it
takes no position on a Jewish
commonwealth because of differ
ences of opinion in Jewish Labor
Committee ranks. He assured me
tnat he definitely will not enter
the United Front with the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee for the
purpose of a bloc, should unified
representation in its fullest sense,
including all groups, not material
lie. David Dubinsky, Joseph
Baskin, and 1. H. Goldberg are
soon to join Held here. |
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01
Churchill Lauds
Jewish Brigade

London (JPS) = Prime Min
lister Churchill signalled out the
Jewish Brigade in a message to
Field Marshall Alexander prals-
ing British troops on the occasion
of their victory on the Italian
Front.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-05-01

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