Evening star., 1946-05-06
Patterson 10 Address
Closing Session Of
Jewish Welfare Board

Secretary of War Patterson will
address the final meeting of the
National Jewish Welfare Boards
29th convention at the Willard Ho-
tel at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The
convention, which began Saturday
had Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Vet
Grams administrator, as the lunch
con speaker today.
Tt was announced by the board
of directors that the District has
been selected as the site of a per-
manent national shrine commem-
Grating the part Jewish servicemen
have played in wars fought by the
United States.
The action was taken yesterday
at a, board meeting at the Willard
Hotel. The board voted to establish
g museum in it's Washington head
quarters at 1887 Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV, depicting the participa.
ton of the Jewish community in
the wars of the United States
Frank L. We'll, president of the
National Jewish Welfare Board, was
empowered to name a committee
to make plans for equipping the
museum.
Truman Message Read.
A message from President Truman
lauding the role Jewish men and
women played in the recent war was
read by Mr.. We'll yesterday at a
memorial service in Arlington Gem
etery honoring the Jewish war dead
of World War II. Mr.. Truman
pointed out that "in common with
all who fought and died for victory
these Jewish men and women were
motivated by unity of purpose and
animated by faith in the American
way of life. The best monument tc
their memory would be the kind OF
world to justify their faith and their
sacrifice"
Noting that the memorial service
came on the first anniversary OF
We day, Mr.. Truman said the
From War to Peace" keynote of the
convention serves to emphasize
what too many have forgotten
that the laying down of arms ano
the signing of an armiStice do moi
of themselves bring peace, and thai
the effective transition from war tc
peace requires the same kind o1
national unity and conservation tt
duty as did the building of the ar.
senal of democracy and the win
ming of the war"
The memorial service was opened
by Mr.. We'll, who placed a wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
der. I'VE must resolve to preserve
the way of life for which he anC
so many others since him have died,
Mr.. We'll said, adding, IF man will
but remember why these men died
others will not have to die in the
future"
Peace is Best Tribute.
The establishment of peace
without end, brotherhood among
men and Nations and a world in
which none shall hurt, none
destroy" is the most fitting wreath
we can lay on the graves of those
who gave their lives in the cause of
democracy, DR.. David de Sola Pool
rabbi of Congregation Shearith
Israel, New York, declared in his
memorial address in the amphi-
theater.
The opening prayer was said by
Chaplain Ralph Blumenthal. of the
office of the Army Chief of Chap.
lains. and the traditional Ell Mole
Rahamin was chanted by Cantor
Louis Novick of Congregation Adas
Isreal of Washington. Chaplain
Samuel Volkman of cambridge
Md, recited the Kaddish, Hebrew
prayer for the dead. The benedic-
ton was said by Rabbi Philip S
Bernstein, former executive director
of the Committee on Army and Navy
Religious Activities of the organi-
zation.
Among those participating in the
memorial services were Chaplain
Luther D. Millter, Army chief Of
chaplains; Chaplain William N
Thomas, director of the Chaplains
Division, Bureau of Navy Personnel;
Chaplain Charles I. Carpenter. AAF
chief of chaplains, and Chaplain
Crawford w. Brown. chief of the
Chaplaincy Service of the Veterans
Administration.
The peacetime role of the Jewish
community center in helping the in
dividual make his contribution to
his community and to democratic
living" was the theme of the Jewish
Center Division session yesterday
In furthering this theme, Mrs. Sam
uel R. Glogower of Detroit declared
the challenge of reconversion fol
peacetime living is one the Jewish
community centers cannot afford
the luxury of slow progress"