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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-30
ZIONISTS MEET
AT SAVANNAH BEACH

young Zonists Georgia. Florida and South
meeting Beach Sunday May
resolution calling the Government OF
the United support Agency and all Jews
opening the gates of Palestine to displaced
suffering and taking greater Initiative re-
in Jewish National Homeland in
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-30

and expressed special pleasure at
the Gromyko statement.
Urges Worldwide Ban on Finan-
cial Aid to Extremist Groups
On the question of terrorism,
which was one of the chief reasons
for converting of the Assembly,
the representatives called on Jews
here and abroad to deny financial
assistance to the extremist groups
and scored terrorism as placing
obstacles in the path of Jewish
achievements and for creating
Arab-Jewish tension. The Assem-
bly, stressed, however, that the
fight on terrorism can be organ
lied only by the Jewish commun-
ity, without governmental assist
ance. The deportation Of terror
lists to Kenya was protested.
In the debate, which preceded
adoption of the various resOlu-
tiOns, Rabbi Meir Berlin, Mizrachi
leader, vigorously attacked all
proposals for partition or BIZ
national state. GOIdie MeirsOn,
Agency political chief here, chal-
Ienged the contention of the Ali
yah Hadasha New Settlers
Party that the only point of diff
ference between Britain and the
Jews was the question of terror
ism, citing the restrictions on i'm
and land settlement.
Deputies of the Aliyah Chad
asha, also voiced opposition to
what they described as "the shift
ing of the interest of Palestine
Jewry towards the East" They
demanded that the Agency con-
tinue to follow the Western dem
ocracies.
Hashomer Hatzair representa-
tives insisted that bi-natiOnalism
is the best solution of the Pales-
tine problem, since it offers an
for reaching an Arab
Jewish reapproachment, which,
they said, must come sooner or
later.
Leaders of the Mapai, the Jew
ish Labor Party, argued that only
an Independent Jewish state can
secure adequate Jewish immigra-
ton into the country and unre-
stricted development.
In a statement issued here, A.
L. Altman, RevisiOnist leader,
challenged the authority of the
present Assembly to speak for
the Jewish community, since the
the Sephardic COM
and some of the General
ZiOnists were not represented,
having bOycOtted the 1914 cleo
lions. He demanded new cleo
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-30
Capital Spotlight
BY BEATRICE HERMAN
Copyright, 1947, JTA, Inc.)

Months ago the State Depart
ment announced that Leonard
Bernstein, young conductor, COM
poser and pianist would go to Pal
estine to lead the Palestine SYM
phony Orchestra. just now re-
ports are coming in from Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem and Haifa of his smash
ing success.
Neither the orchestra nor Mr..
Bernstein would be classified as
oldsters. The seventy-five man
Philharmonic is celebrating it's
tenth birthday. Mr.. Bernstein
reaches his twenty-ninth in Aug
ust of this year.
One of the functions of the
Office of International InfOrma-
ton and Cultural Affairs of the
State Department is to acquaint
other countries and peoples with
the many aspects Of American
life.
The Departments enthusiasm
paralleled that of the Palestine
critics and audiences. Brilliant
as a conductor and provocative in
program making; triumphant in
writing symphony, ballet and
musical comedy, astounding in his
gift for the piano, so runs the
usually restrained State Depart
ment description. From Tel Aviv
came more plaudits. Audience
enthusiasm abounded. "Not since
the days of Arturo Toscanini, who
launched the Philharmonic Or
chestra ten years ago." ran the
cabled report, "has a conductor
been recalled so many times and
been given similar ovation" The
enthusiastic correspondent re-
minded his readers that the or
cnestra, besides playing under
Ioscanini, has also had the baton
waved at it by such familiars as
"elngartner, Molinari, Sargent,
Steinberg and Muench.
Happily cOmplacent about it all
IS Serge KOussevitsky, conductor
OF the Boston Symphony Orches-
Ta' and musical godfather to
bernstein. 1t was under KOusse-
WHISKY that Bernstein received his
pollSn IN conducting. And it was
'ne great conductor who gave the
immortal advice to the young
Students during sessions at
AangleWOOd, home of the annual
berkshire Music Festival, "Pleez,
.ieln Kind, took it the tempo and
kept it,"
Inc last four years have seen
oernstein's meteoric rise. He was
oOrn in Lewrence, Massachusetts
NJ 1913, showed no special inter-
es' IN music until he was ten,
"nen ne began taking lessons on
piano sent to his family by an
uiit Tor safekeeping. At thirteen
e began the composing which to
10 %'e includes the symphony
~ jeremiah" the ballets "Fancy
Ire, Tree and Fac-Simile" and the
~ Immensely popular musical, ION
e Town." He attended the Bos-
vi sUn Latin School, majored in
at Harvard University.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-30

(Jev7sh Teegraphic Agency Correspondent
JERUSALEM (JTA)Davd Ben GurOn chairman of the Jew
immediate establish
state taking those parts of Pales
settled and
the sections which Jews have
cOonized.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-30
Wants Mandate Continued Else
where In Holy Land
BY BERL CORALNIK

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Correspondent
Evening star., 1947-11-21

tically certain that any cabinet he heads
will be opposed by both the extremist
factions
Blum can therefore count only on his
own party, the Socialists who are a mi
nority group besides being internally per-
turbed with divergent left and right wings.
Both the Radicals and the Popular Re-
publicans are inflltrated with De Gaullism
and are thus uncertain allies. 1t is there
fore unlikely that any cabinet which Blum
may succeed in forming will have de-
pendable parliamentary majority
That would be hardly the sort of gov
ernment to breast a crisis which finds
Frances economic life crippled by strikes,
with attendant violence and open threats
Of civil war The third force" may thus
suffer the proverbial fate Of the earthen
crock when pressed between two pots OF
iron.
Evening star., 1947-11-21
Two-Woy Concessions for Peace

A State Department analysis of the new
Geneva trade pacts shows that the United
States has made concessions reducing its
tariff schedules to the lowest point in
thirty-four years. THIS has drawn criti-
cism from quarters where it is customary
to be wary of such measures or hostile to
them, but there appears to be little reason
to fear that American industry has been
placed in serious jeopardy. The true signifl-
canoe of the agreements is that they are
aimed at promoting sound peace by pro-
noting freer flow Of world commerce
through a mutual modification or removal
of protectionist barriers.
Twenty-three nations, including our
own, are parties to the pacts. These
nations normally account for more than
two-thirds of the worlds trade. What
they have agreed upon Is the most extern
sive and most far-reaching joint effort
ever undertaken to develop multilateral
commerce of kind calculated to benefit
all participants. The concessions have not
been made by us alone; they have been
made on a two-way, quid-pro-quo recip-
rocal basis. In return for what we have
conceded, the British. for example, have
opened up avenues in their imperial pref
erence system-avenues that will enlarge
the overseas markets TO our goods.
At the moment, of course, we need any
thing but an enlargement of those markets.
We are exporting far more than we are i'm
porting, and our friends abroad are criti-
cally in need of dollars to keep on buying
from us. In the short-range view, the
Geneva pacts thus can have only rela-
lively minor effect on the flow of inter-
national commerce. But their long-range
Importance is potentially very great. In
the words of the National Foreign Trade
Council, they constitute "a major advance
toward the lowering of barriers" to Amyi-
can exports and imports. and they serve
substantially to stem the tide of restric-
tive devices in way whose favorable
effect Should be widely felt" as world re-
covery and stabilization take hold. AS
for any of our industries afraid of the con-
cessions made, they should feel reassured
by the fact that the agreements contain
escape clauses" permitting cancellations
of tariff cuts found likely to do serious
injury to our domestic producers.
Everything considered, the results
achieved at Geneva thus seem altogether
sound from the standpoint of our own
economic interests. Beyond that, because
they amount to the most promising step
yet taken to end the kind of tariff frictions
and cutthroat competition that can help
to breed war, they can mean a great deal
as far as the peace is concerned. That is
something that cannot be measured in
dollars and cents, but potentially it is the
most valuable of all the factors involved
in the new trade pacts.
Evening star., 1947-11-21

slave to theirs. Repeatedly we have heard 1t
said, "break down these social barriers and we
promise that the ignorant Negro will not in
trude 1t is the refined, cultured, educated Ne
gro who demands these concessions" Maybe
this isn't snobbery but definitely some leaders
impatiently are far ahead of the exploited
masses for whom they plead.
The ugly truth Is this is a quasi-Southern
community and the taboos of white supremacy
die slow and reluctant death. This means
that the sensible Negro leader will be wise to
distinguish between rights and privileges when
demanding legislative remedies. They properly
are demanding rights when political and eco
nomic survival or security are at stake. But If
its temporary denial is mere inconvenience, en-
harrassment CT cultural disappointment, the
odds are you are dealing with social privileges
1t is an understandable temptation to make
the drawing rooms and saloons of the elite the
cozy battle-ground for underprivileged minori-
ties. This is where the Communists show to
best advantage. But remember these cess
pools of snobbery and sycophancy proverbially
are treacherous. The dizzy social triumph Of
the night before is an easy victim to the hang
over of the morning after. Beware of making
the drawing room the battle-ground for human
rights! THOMAS E. MATT1NGLY, MD.
Evening star., 1947-11-21
Deadlock at London

The utter inability of the deputies OF
the foreign ministers to get anywhere in
their preparatory "spadeWork" for the
approaching London Conference is a de-
pressing portent. 1t means that, when
the diplomatic spokesmen for the Big
Four" meet next Tuesday, nothing will
have been agreed upon in advance by
their understudies. The deputies have ad-
mitted this, after a fortnight of fruitless
wrangling, during which the three western
powers were chronically lined up against
the adamant opposition of the Soviet rep
resentative, who vouchsafed only series
of "niets"-the Russian equivalent Of
nothing doing" AS one American cor
respondent humorously puts. it, "Stonewall
Jackson was paper hoop compared with
Mr. Smirnov. Nothing has got by or
through the Russian deputy"
If it were not so serious, this preView OF
the conference would be sardonically
ludicrous But, in truth, the matter is
deadly serious. 1t is generally agreed that
this is the last chance for a meeting of
minds between the western powers and
the Soviet Union on the questions of Ger
many and Austria, 20 vital to any genuine
Evening star., 1947-11-21
Value of Mercator Maps

To the Editor of The Star:
In recent Sunday Star Pictorial Magazine
there was an illustrated article on Changing
the Map" I disagree with the third paragraph
which said: "Mercator map thinking is all
wrong and Mercator maps are the usual school
and office maps"
To begin with, the selection OF a proJec-
ton is the first step in the compilation OF any
map or chart, as the value OF the product to
the particular purpose it is designed to serve
depends largely on the projection upon which
the chart is constructed.
The Mercator projection was never intended
for geographic studies 1t takes globe only
to accurately represent the earth to show all
geographical relationships true.
The Mercator projection is to be worked upon
as an integral part of Scientific instrument
Of navigation. It has the invaluable property
that course from any point desired can be
laid Off with accuracy and ease. 1t is the only
projection that meets the requirements OF sur
face navigation and is used by approximately
20 countries who produce their own navigation
charts (Which is a lot OF countries in any mans
languageJ
In> two world wars the supplies and troops
sent from this country were delivered over
routes which were laid down on the Mercator
projection. M. S. A. D.
Evening star., 1947-11-21
1t Nav Be Built After All

It is to be hoped that Representative
Howard w. Smith and his Arlington con-
stituents have made up their minds for
good on what to do about the controversial
Nevius tract, sought by the Veterans Ad-
ministration as a hospital site. Mr..
Smiths opposition to the VA plan blocked
use of the ground for hospital purposes at
a time when Arlington officials were sup
porting proposal for hotel development
there. The hotel would have produced tax
revenues which the hospital would not.
Now that 1t has become evident that the
Federal Government intends to retain
possession of the condemned area. how
ever, the County Board realizes that fur
ther plugging for the hotel plan would be
futile. Furthermore. there have been in
dications that If Congress will not author
lie construction of VA hospital on the
site. it will be reserved as a future extern
sion of Arlington National Cemetery. AS
between the two developments, tile county
authorities naturally prefer the hospital.
So, at closed conference between the
County Board and Mr.. Smith decision is
said to have been reached to withdraw all
official objections to General Bradleys
project. AS a result the Virginia Repre-
sentative plans to reverse his earlier stand
against the hospital and to ask Congress
to do the same. That means, apparently,
that eventual construction of the hospital
is assured. 1t is too bad that it has had to
be delayed for year while Arlington was
trying to decide whether to welcome it
Evening star., 1947-11-21

peace settlement A refusal by Moscow to
come to a reasonable understanding
regarding those two countries means
almost certainly that America and
Britain, presumably in close concert with
France, will go ahead with the economic
and political rehabilitation of their respec-
tive zones. That, however. will be, at best,
a poor alternative to quadripartite action.
At worst, 1t may mean that Moscow will
counter by complete severance of even
the few tenuous links which have hitherto
bound Its zones with those of the western
powers, perhaps setting up. puppet regimes
in Its German and Austrian spheres.
This would greatly intensity the existing
cleavages. 1t would likewise raise the
gravest problems regarding the status OF
Berlin and Vienna. Both occupied capt.
tails are now split into miniature zones be-
tween the four powers. But both are joint
islands in the Soviet sea. Whether these
administrative headquarters could con-
tinue to function in face of so sharp a
split between the powers is debatable.
All this underScores the abstract ur-,
gency of four-power understanding at
London. But short of an unexpected
change in Moscows foreign policy, the
likelihood of agreement remains remote.
The immediate alternative is clear But
what the consequences of that may be, no
one can more than surmise.
Evening star., 1947-11-21
This and That
BU Charles E. TrGce2UeH

Homer the blind sparrow
1t is a tale Of a two-legged creature, but
a story that turns out pleasantly, for change.
Homer was found, with horny film over
bov.l eyes, by an Alexandria lady with kind
heart.
There is nothing in this world to take the
place of kindness.
Even the cold implacable fury of the
atom bomb, perhaps, will at last tade away
in the glow of love.
This common sparrow was doomed, If for
no other reason than that it could not find
food, until the woman picked it up.
X
In the world of the creatures, a blind one
Is utterly helpless.
Often it is pecked to pieces. (No, all cruelty
is not confined to human beings)
1t is said that penguins unite to kill the
all-white specimen.
The blind sparrow, Homer, responded at
once to bit of bread and milk poked at his
bill
Water was given with medicine dropper.
Often this is more necessary than food rs
the first step in feeding a starving bird.
Put in a safe place, the sparrow seemed in a
bad state but as long as his appetite was
good something might be hoped for.
The question was, what to do
An expert might have been puzzled.
The first thing tried was boric acid solution
to bathe both eyes.
The best one can do in treating sick bird,
is to use common sense.
The whole weight of the universe is behind
the creature, behind every sick creature, let
no one forget that.
The young living thing, especially, is always
on the health road, no matter how hopeless
things SEEM
The birds and the beasts have reservoir OF
life behind them Their instincts some say,
which is as good phrase as any, perhaps
X
Their minds do not stand in their way.
This means that simple remedies, with them,
have a greater power than with u.s. who know
so much more but whose minds often cause
simple, things to fail.
In a few days. the left eye of this blind
singer opened wide.
In the meantime some of the vitamin con-
tent of high powered capsule was scraped
out and fed to the bird on bread.
Then setback occurred.
A swelling took place over the eye-it went
up to larger than head size-and burst
* X
All this time the bird was on It's side, bad
position, but evidently it was sort of habit of
the specimen. For gradually it got better; and
then sulfathiazole ointment was applied to the
closed right eye.
One morning, the right eye opened!
This was a triumph comparable to the taking
of Stalingrad, in little.
The bird could see. There was no mistake
about it, now.
1t picked up its own food to suit itself.
In few days. Homer was turned loose in
the woods two blocks away. He was on his
own, at last.
The next day, there was Homer, perched on
the front porch, chirping for food.
His kind friend wondered most how he knew
to come back to the right house, but the
wonder is, rather, how nature with her help,
managed to give back its rights making life
again for 1t Q flying. eating, seeing thing.
Evening star., 1947-11-21
Chief Washington Correspc

LONDON.-Britishers are hungry but far from
starving. They have to be hungry to get down
breakfasts of potatoes. griled tomatoes, bit
OF fish or rubbery sausage" and porridge damp
ened with white fluid made from dried
skinned milk. Once week. II they are lucky,
they can have one shell egg and one strip of
bacon.
For an American visitor breakfast is the most
depressing time of the day. At one of the
most expensive hotels listened to junketeer-
ing Representative order double orange juice,
bacon and eggs and buttered toast. He had to
take half q grapefruit little larger than a
baseball porridge and an oAaelet made with
dried eggs The grapefruit could not have
been obtained in a less expensive hotel. Un-
fortunately had to leave before could learn
whether the travelling legislator was able to eat
the ineffable omelet. Earlier in my stay I
gave up this delicacy after three valiant tries.
Other meals are not so depressing. Good
lunches and dinners can be had at prices ordi-
nary Britishers think excessive. These prices,
however, are generally lower than in compa-
rable places In Washington and New York.
Hotel Meals Superior.
I am told that hotel and restaurant meals
are infinitely superior to those served in upper
middle class homes. Britishers welcome an in
Wtation to eat out. The choice is varied If not
satisfying Fish and vegetables predominant;
meats, fats fruits and grain products would
cost precious dollars. Housewives are limited
by the famlys ration points, the family income
and what the local dealers have in stock. Their
choice Is not wide.
The British were always vile cooks except for
roasts, joints and few other specialties. 1t is
no joke to claim that English cooking was re-
sponsible for driving out of the country the
men who eventually built the British Empire.
The former bad cooking is worse now from lack
of fats, oils, condiments and other cooking
"uxuries" The best restaurants here are
usually French or Greek. Before the war the
Italians had almost a restaurant monopoly in
Soho, the section around the theatrical district.
Soho Is the place for black-market steaks and
the bottle clubs that serve after hours. The
prices are as high as the peaks of our speak
easy and meat-rationing days.
Once week the laW-abiding householder
Evening star., 1947-11-21
No Time to Lose

The Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee has acted with admirable speed In
unanimously approving bill to meet the
administrations urgent request for emer-
gency stop-gap aid to France, Italy and
Austria. The action sets the right pace for
Congress as a whole. If the House Foreign
Affairs Committee - where some snagS
may develop-now moves with similar
dispatch the measure will stand good
chance of being enacted not much later
than December l, the deadllne advocated
by Secretary of State Marshall. In that
case, the vital interests of Western Europe
and OF our own country will be excellently
served. Contrariwise, any unwarranted
delay must play into the hands OF the
Kremlin
Apart from a number of common-sense
amendments governing administrative
machinery and details - amendments
satisfactory to the State Department.
the Senate bill Is essentially the same
as the one sought by the President in
his message opening the special session.
It calls for an outlay of $597,O00,0O0 to
save the three countries from collapse by
until the broader long-range European
recovery program goes into effect next
yearly early March, as Secretary Mar
shall hopes. There is ample evidence.
certainly that this interim measure Is
addressed to a situation too critical to
allow for legislative foot-dragging. What
the French and italian Communists are
now doing-the suddenly accelerated
tempo of their troublemaking-is proof
enough of that.
From the standpoint of encouraging and
strengthening our friends abroad, nothing
could be more effective than to have Con-
gress as a whole take affirmative action
on the stop-gap aid as promptly and re-
soundingly as possible, in the fine non
partisan spirit displayed by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. There is
no reason why the Presidents proposals
on imitation should prevent that. Certain
of those proposals are politically contro-
versial in both an interparty and intra-
party sense But though they have
highly important bearing on our domestic
economy and on the projected long range
recovery program for Europe. the debate
over then-likely to be protracted and
heated-can be readily divorced from the
issue of emergency relief.
What all this adds up to is simply
matter of putting first things first, and
Congress in general appears to be ready
to follow that principle during the special
session. The imitation problem, though
serious, is not so pressing as the need to
extend interim aid to France, Italy and
Austria at the earliest moment. There is
no time to be lost in legislating for it.
The sooner it is in force, the less chance
the Kremlin will have to force a collapse
on Europe and pave the way for Soviet
dominance over the entire continent.