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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-09-01
A New Years
Message
BY RABBI STEPHEN S. WISE

1t might have been thought that
the climax of sorrow had been
reached sand passed during the war
years. 1t is barely dispmtable that
the year which followed the war
years has in some respects been
even more dismal than fhe Mnutter-'
able years that went before. After
the triumph of the Allied nations
and their war forces, there seemed
reason to expect that there would
come to pass an almost immediate
ame4iuration of the unbearGSle Jew
ish lot
For one thing it had been justi-
fiably assumed that when the civil
lied nations began to understand
how terrible had been the hurt, how
vast was the losses, suffered by
the Jewish people, they, the Great
Powers, would without delay act
perhaps together in order to bring
some measure of healing If not re-
dress to the terribly depleted ranks
of the Jewish people in European
lands.
And this is the story of an un-
utterably lamentable year. One re-
views the year that is past with
sorrow; one wonders whether one
must face 57O7 without hope. If
there is to be a just and rightful
solution of the profound and null
titudinous problems of the Jewish
people such solution will be made |
possible solely by the will of the
Jewish people and by the support
which ought to come to the Jewish
people from the United States. 1t
is not material restitution nor yet
financial reimbursement which are
most imperatively and urgently
needed. What is needed is the
recognition by those civilized peo-
pies, which together constitute the
United Nations, that the reparation
of Justice is owing to the Jewish
people and that the sign of such
reparation must be the will ire
spective of mandatory stratagem to
support the Jewish people in their
unwithstandable resolve once again
to become a nation in the ancient
homeland which Jews alone can
restore to its ancient creativeness
and moral dignity and spiritual
glory-perhaps even surprising the
splendor that was-and making of
the Jewish land the excellency of
the earth.
May God give that 5707 become
a year of healing for Israel, and of
lust and enduring peace for all
i
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-09-01
B'nai Births
STATE FEDERATION
EXTENDS NEW YEARS GREETINGS

The Florida Bna Lodges greet
ings all the Jewish the
Hashonah.
The Federation lodges located Daona Beach, Fit Lauderdal
Gainesville Lakeland Miami Beach, Miami Orlando West Palm Beach,
Sarasota St Petersburg Tallahassee Tampa and at Jacksonville
Jack Kapner West Palm Beach, president of the Federation and
Irving Hoffman, Fit Lauderdae, is secretary.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-09-01
Happy New Year
57O7 - ''L'Shonah Tovah Tikasavu" = 1916
A1Q2p 77i3 7>w7

AS we enter the year 57O7 we are thankful for
many blessings, while at the same time being cOgnr
zant of the terrible tragedies which have befaIlen
our people Israel. On THIS Rosh HashOnah we
celebrate the conclusion of the first full year of
peace" following years of war and destruction.
But for the JeWash people there has been no
peace. We have escaped total destruction by the
Germans. who killed more than one-tEird of the
worlds total Jewish population, only to have our So
called liberators. the British Government continue
Evening star., 1946-12-08

I Governments emergency powers to
stimulate production Of materials
for home building. TO channel these
materials to veterans housing, and
to protect the builders OF homes
from the competition Of less es-
sential projects.
Full utilization OF these powers
will not meet the need unless there
is bold financing to encourage the
building Of rental housing and mod
crate priced mass-produced homes.
Bold financing will not meet the
need unless the Government utilizes
its full powers to stimulate produc-
ton of building materials and chan
nels the necessary materials to con-
yentional home builders, to- the
builders of rental housing and TO the
manufacturers of nass-produced
homes.
Every part of the program is
mutually supporting. Every part Is
essential.
It will require your leadership to
see that the people OF this country
are kept aware of the urgency OF
the veterans need for homes, to see
that the problem is met by a ma
tional unity Of purpose and action,
| to see that every necessary branch
of the Federal Government puts its
full energies and resources into the
emergency housing program.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

program. According to recent CEN
sus figures, most veterans report
that they can pay no more than $50
monthly for rental.
The Wagner -Ellender-Taft Bill
provides a valuable stimulation to
construction of moderate cost rental
housing through the use of yield in
surance which guarantees floor
under annual earnings and return
of capital in so years. It will at
tract insurance companies and other
large investors into the rental field.
The bill will also cut housing costs
by sizeable reductions in financing
charges and in monthly home pay
ments. These and other provisions
of the bill will push the costs Of
privately built housing down toward
the price the average veteran can
afford.
Equally important, the bill pro-
vides federal assistance for public
housing for low income groups to
meet the needs of homeless veterans
who cannot afford to buy or rent
decent. safe and sanitary housing
from private sources.
Without this added Governmental
assistance--required to reduce fur
ther the cost of sales and rental
housing and to assemble land neces-
sary for building sites-the exten-
siye housing needs Of minority
groups and other lower income vet
Grams can not be met in any degree
comparable to their needs or even
their population ratios.
These provisions to serve moder-
ate and low income families meet
housing needs which are not COW
cred by the new rental program
previously outlined. Not only are
they essential to the Veterans Emer-
gency Housing Program, but they
pave the way for solution of the Ma
TONS long range housing problem
The steps I am listing here are
only those which must be taken i'm
mediately to keep the Veterans
Emergency Housing Program NOV
ing forward. I shall submit my
complete recommendations on legis-
llation prior to the conyening OF
Congress.
Conclusion.
This revised program calls for bold
use of Government assistance in
financing to stimulate the building
of permanent rental dwellings by
private enterprise. 1t calls for bold
use Of Government financing to de-
velop promising and essential new
MISREPRESENTATION OF fac
| tory-built homes by assembly linz
methods.
/ It calls for full utilization of ths
Evening star., 1946-12-08
BuiIding-ConfroI Removal
Called Aid TO Veterans

President Trliman's action in re-
moving many detailed governmental
controls of home building will result
in speedier construction Of more
houses for veterans, the National
Association of Home Builders stated
yesterday.
1.-The energy of the housing ex-
pediters office in recent months has
/ been seriously dissipated in admin
istering an ever-growing mass OF
regulations and controls and has not
been devoted to seeing that finish
ing materials are supplied for the
several hundred thousand houses
started" Joseph Meyerhoff of Balti-
more, association president, declared.
Veterans, he said, should be re-
IIieved rather than alarmed by the
clearing out of the complex system
of Federal controls that developed
under the Wyatt program"
Mr.. Meyerhoff called attention to
the proposal of the American Le-
gion's special housing committee that
the housing expediters office be
eliminated.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

tending the period Of first mortgage
loans on FHA insured rental pro-
Ijects. These have generally rnatured
in 27 years and 7 months with an
initial amortization rate of 2 per
cent. The FILA will now issue COM
mitments to insure loans for five
years longer with an initial anort-
ization rate of / " per cent. The
maximum interest rate will be 4 per
/ cent.
To obtain better balance In the
planning of large apartment projects
so that there will be variety of
units of one, two and three bed
rooms, an adjustment will be made
lin the present rent ceiling regula-
ton in high cost areas. The present
rent ceilings will be retained, but in
these high cost areas the regula-
tions will be amended to permit FHA
to allow an average shelter rent of
not to exceed $50 on the project.
This means, of course, that on any
project where units are built to rent
| at above $50 they must be counter
balanced by units in the same prof.
ect renting below the $50 ceiling.
In order to protect sponsors
against rises in necessary costs dur
ing the period Of construction OF
rental units built under the favor
able provisions OF the Veterans
Emergency Housing Act, the FILA
will make adjustments in mortgage
insurance commitments during con-
Struction when the mortgager sub
mits evidence OF cost increases salts
factory to the Commissioner.
I-believe, on the basis Of confer.
ences with financial institutions
builders, labor organizations, Gov.
ernment agencies and veterans
groups, that this proposal will re.
suit in an unprecedented volume
of rental housing.
Some will say this is not gooe
business practice. Failure to gel
rental units for veterans will be 9
worse business practice.
/ Some will say that equity money
is bountiful and easy to obtain
But the plain truth is that, in thu
present economic climate equity
money is unwilling to venture fortI
into rental housing in a volume
sufficient to meet the present emerg.
ency.. Under this proposal the Gov.
ernment will carry the risk on tn.
equity position.
Some will say this is an extreme
proposal. 1t is. But the condition
is extreme.
Price and Rent Ceilings.
II price ceilings and rent ceiling
were taken of new construction
substantially all of the housing &C
commodations that would be bull
would be outside of the range o
the average veteran. This would b,
intolerable.
The present $4,000 ceiling pric
on new houses will be continued
except that sope flexibility will b
permitted in the largest metropoli
tan areas. The FILA will continu
to set individual prices, taking int
account actual necessary costs plu
fair profit.
AS has already been pointed oui
some fexibility in the present So
maximum rental ceiling will be al
lowed.
These provisions protect the vet
eran on new dwelling units. Gen
eral rent controls, including evic
ton restrictions, must be retained t
protect the veteran on existin
dwellings.
The Wagner -Ellender- Taft Genera
Housing Bill.
i The Wagner -Ellender-Taft Gen
eral Housing Bill remains an essen
tial part of the emergency housin
Evening star., 1946-12-08

lrental units is made necessary by
1.-THE fact that, with decontrol, the
uncertainty of prices serious even
during the period Of price controls
will frighten prospective investors
and builders away from widespread
rental construction.
| To date the incentives for private
rental construction have not been
great enough to obtain more than a
fraction of the volume that is re-
lquired.
The rent formula on new con-
struction was liberalized July
26, 1916. Depreciation charge e-offs
against income taxes were hberalized
August 80, 1946. The inducements
are still wholly insufficient.
Sponsors Of rental projects are
reluctant to make long range in
vestment now with the possibility Of
lower and more stable costs at some
time in the future. Under these con-
ditions- land even when prices start
downward-they will be inclined to
adopt "wait-and- policy. That
is understandable from the stand
| point of investment. But it means
that greater risk must be taken by
Government - for rental housing
must be obtained.
There is an urgent, critical, imme-
diate need for a large volume of
rental housing for veterans. Ali
surveys OF veterans housing needs
show that a huge proportion want
and need to rent rather than buy
To fill this need now, strong Gov
ernment incentives are required to
overcome the "wait-and-see" at
titude.
The Government must assume the
risk of financing. This will put the
skill and "know-how" of experienced
lprivate enterprise builders to work
at filling the rental need on Ma
tion-wide scale. 1t will also enable
nonprofit associations, veterans CO.
operative and mutual ownership
groups, and local veterans organiza-
tions to undertake housing projects
they would otherwise be unable to
finance.
To stimulate the construction OF
vast numbers of permanent apart
ment house projects of all sizes the
following steps must be taken:
The Reconstruction Finance Corp,
Mortgage Co. will issue second
mortgages, which along with FLA
insurance on the first mortgage, will
provide the builder of rental projects
with 100 per cent financing. This
will place rental housing for veterans
on an equal footing with sales hous-
ing which now is eligible for what
amounts to 100 per cent financing
for the veteran-purchaser through
FILA and VA insurance and guar
Fantees.
On rental projects for which the
FILA has issued a commitment to
insure approximately 80 per cent OF
the cost of the project, the RFC will
issue a commitment to make
second mortgage loan at per cent
on the remainder Of the cost, run
ming the same period as the first
mortgage.
/ This program will provide the
financing needed to enable many
small builders not previously en-
gagged in rental construction to enter
that field. It will also bring large
contractors who normally are oc.
Icupied with industrial and CONNER.
lcial projects into the rental field, anc
will utilize the construction capacity
and the labor and materials ordin.
arily engaged in nonresidential CON
struction.
| AS additional steps to encourage
rental housing, annual or monthly
debt charges will be reduced by ex-
Evening star., 1946-12-08

| bor-as-usual or by Government-as-
usual.
The homeless veterans-hundreds
Of thousands of them-feel the cry
| ing need for urgent action. But
unless the millions of other citizens
who already have a comfortable
home feel equally this need fol
urgent action and do something
about 1t, there can be no Veterans
Emergency Housing Program.
This report proposes no false
front to hide a building g-as-usua
program. It is a list Of the ninims
of emergency actions that we must
take to meet the admitted emer.
gency. 1t covers only those parts o1
the program affected by price de-
control. The other parts of the
program not mentioned in this re-
port must continue to be pushed
energetically.
What Can Be Done Now.
Despite price decontrol, it is my
belief that during the year 1947 we
can place under construction
record volume of moderate-priceo
homes and apartments if-but only
If:
Nonresidential construction, pub
lie. and private, is held at approxi-
mately present levels until increased
supplies of building materials lessen
their impact on veterans housing
Raw materials and equipment art
channeled to the producers o1
building materials through priori-
ties and ALLEGATIONS.
Through priorities and set-asides
building materials are channelec
into homes for veterans.
Building materials output is in.
creased further through premium
payments and other financial aid
Government agencies concerned
with surplus building materials anc
war plants suitable for manufac-
turing houses and materials chan.
mel these into the housing program
with energy and initiative.
Strict export controls. are main
tanned.
The industralized housing pro-
gram Is implemented aggressively
by the use of emergency wartime
governmental loans, guaranteed
markets and materials alloeations
Sale and rent ceilings on new
dwellings are maintained.
Emergency financial assistance is
made available for rental housing.
The aids to rental and low-cost
housing provided in the Wagner
Ellender- Taft General Housing Bill
are passed early in 1947.
Emergency Action for Housing Is
Necessary.
We met the emergency production
needs of the war by giving all-out
Government assistance to manu-
facturers of war materials.
Now we need homes and apart
ments for veterans. The way to get
them quickly is to continue to follow
the emergency pattern we set up
during the war. Then we put the
tank manufacturer ahead of less
essential competitors. Now we are
putting the manufacturer of homes
ahead Of the manufacturer of less
needed products.
This we do in variety of ways.
Housing in the veterans price
range cannot compete in the free
market with commercial, industrial
and luxury home construction. The
builder of a night club can pay
more for building materials than
the builder of o veterans home,
That is why construction competing
with veterans housing for materials
has to be held down to its present
limits until increased production OF
materials permits it to expand
without harming the home builder
Producers OF many building ma
terials use the same scarce raw
materials as manufacturers Of other
products. In order to see that the
home building industry gets the ma
terials IL r,eads ~ is ,,ecesSarv tn
Evening star., 1946-12-08

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 8th-This is the
month of rest for the sports spectator.
BasebalI's long gone, footballs over, bas-
ketbaIl hasn't begun. It's a little chilly for
golf, horse racing has gone South, and
hockey is barely getting under way. I'm
less you happen to be fight fan, you
might as well pick out good hot game
Evening star., 1946-12-08
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Evening star., 1946-12-08

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Evening star., 1946-12-08
BREAK THOSE CHEST COLD PAINS

!. W. by rushing for BEN-GAY! Frankly, was
amazed to discover how quickly this gently
~ ing "rub-n" brought relief to the tight painful
~ chest discomforts that from colds for
though I'd used BEN-GAY before to relieve pain
due to muscle ache and strains, I'd never realized
- what miracle pain reliever" it is when rubbed
ongesed chest Reason is that BENGAY contains up to
more methyl salicylate and mentho two painreeving
to all doctors than five other widely known rubns
rally it brings comfort FAST Try it yourself! Remember
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Evening star., 1946-04-24
Stassen Idea Creates
120 Forum Groups
BY the Asxoeiotsd Prssx

Harold E. Stassen's idea of giving
rank -and-f1le Republicans an op-
portunity to influence party policy
through neighborhood open forums
has led to establishment of 120 such
discussion groups, Henry T. Nc
Knight, organization director, re-
ported today.
Sixty-four additional forums are
in the process of organization.
Mr.. Mcknight said forum discus
sions so far held indicated the
people are doing lot of thinking
about Russia" The forums of 25
persons or less are given a question
to debate and ballot on each month.
AprlfS question was What should
our policy be toward Russia" The
May forums will take up the ques-
ton OF labor policy.
A preliminary tabulation of the
Russian policy ballots will be made
public shortly.
MIR. Stassen, former Minnesota
Governor and naval officer in the
recent war, announced the forum
setup March 20. 1T began with q
$4,000 fund, but in less than 6
month Mr.. Mcknight said ther,
have been so small contribution!
and several large ones. Mr.. Stasser
said individual donations would b,
limited to $1,000.
Mr.. Stassen announced the projec
as method by which young voter
and others could increase thei
knowledge of the vital issues of tn,
day" and by expressing their indi
vidual viewpoints through a ballo
influence the policy making of tn
Republican party and of the Ma
( ton
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Mrs. Roosevelt, La Guardia
To Speak on Work Of j. n.
BY the Associoted Pre.s

LOUISVILLE, April 24.-The third
annual national convention of the
Women's Action Committee for Vic
tory and Lasting Peace opened here
today with Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt and Fiorello H. La Guardia
heading the list of speakers for the
tWo-day meeting.
President Truman as a delegate to
the Genera Assembly of the United
Nations in London, and Mr.. La
Guardia, director general of UNRRA
are scheduled to speak at a mass
meeting tonight at Memorial Audi
torium. Both will discuss the United
Nations in keeping with the conven-
ton theme, United Nations at
Work"
Others scheduled to speak include
Wilbur S. Forrest. first vice president
of the American Society of News
paper Editors: Frank Lidgett Nc
Dougall, special adviser of the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations; Ruth Bryan Rohde
former member of Congress and
Minister to Denmark: Ben Gehrig
chief of the State Department Divi-
sion OF Dependent Area Polices; DR.
R. G. Gustavson, vice president Of
the University of Chicago: Dean
Acheson, Undersecretary of State
and Senator Morse. Republican,, OF
Oregon
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Sleeping Woman Is Struck
With FIatiron by Thief

Evidently disappointed because he
found nothing OF value after ran
sacking her rooms in the $500 block
Eads street NE a thief early today
struck Fay Amyle Johnson, "a, col
Fored, on the head with a heavy fiat
iron as she slept and possibly frac-
tured her skull.
Police said the woman told them
the assailant was a colored mar
who entered the apartment through
an unlocked bedroom window. The
victim was. admitted to Casualty
Hospital in undetermined condition
Two colored men last night hello
up Roy Fowler, manager of Rocky's
Service Station, 1901 Benning roac
NE, and took $40. he told police
Shortly before. Nathan Gutwerk
proprietor of the Belmont Liquor
Store, 2402 Fourteenth street NV.
was held up at the store and robbed
of s275 by colored man with g
pistol.
At about the same time. two mer
walked into Highs Ice Cream Store
1000 Fourth street NE. and askec
Miss Beatrice Childs, 20. the clerk
for a quart of ice cream After she
turned her back they produced 6
gun, demanded money, and left
with $50.