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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08
Christian and Jewish Experts To
Meet AT Dropsie College Conference

PHILADELPHIA PA day Conference Modern Middle
East Studies The Drope College Monday and
Tuesday, newly established Institute for
it announced by Dr. Abraham A.
Participants will include both Christian and
Jewish The Conference will
with luncheon on Monday. April include after
session Monday morning and afternoon sessions
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08

Un-American activities as hav-
ing abused his diplomatic priv
ileges by disseminating Nazi
propaganda and race hatred in
the U. S.
The record includes cores
pondence between Won Strempel
and Manfred Zapp, a Goebbels
agent, in which it was plotted to
propaganda wealthy Ameri-
cans vacationing in Florida on
behalf of the Third Reich. Won
Strempel also procured fraudul-
emily set of Maryland auto Ii
cense plates to facilitate the &C
tivities of Zapp.
The Anti-Nazi League also
pointed to public evidence that
Won Strempel was closely assoc
lated with the propaganda activ-
tiles of Ullrich Won Gienanthh
Gestapo chieftain at the Ger
mans Washington Embassy, and
press attache Ernest Hepp, who
worked in Washington and
Stockholm with Hitler'S friend,
Ambassador Hans Thomson.
Commenting upon General
Clay's assurances that none but
politically clean Germans would
be permitted to come to New
York in connection with the Ger
man industry exposition here,
Prof. James H. Sheldon, Admin
istrative Chairman and Hon.
Herman Hoffman, Chairman,
Board of Directors, of the Non
Sectarian Anti-Nazi League in a
joint statement said:
General Clay's assurances on
this point are meaningless as
long as he takes no steps to bar
companies whose
owners and managers were min
ions of the Hitler regime. In such
cases the imprint Made in Ger
many really means Favored by
the Gestapo.' Until these con-
Germs have been reorganiZed
from top to bottom = which has
not yet been done = good Ameri-
cans will not buy their products.
To clear exhibitors like LAM
and Rosenthal, in the face of
their fragrant Nazi records, is to
invite Americans to send dollars
to Germany for the purpose of
rebuilding the old Nazi machine
that once before dominated Ger
man economy.
"In short, our complaint about
this exposition is based on the
still existing Nazi faint of the
German firms that will benefit,
and concerns individuals like Won
who are climbing back
to power in Germany. General
Clay's assurance are limited to
the hired men who are to come
here as fronts - and do not
touch the real culprits whose
presence in the background
makes the whole idea of this ex-
position repugnant to patriotic
Americans"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08

The individual is DR.. Herbert
Won Strempel, who before the
war was First Secretary to Hit
ler's Embassy in Washington. He
was noted for his persistent eff
forts to make the American press
amenable to the Nazi point of
view.
Won Strempel was named in
1941 white Book" issued by the
House Committee Investigating
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08

The NFTB and the Jewish
Chautauqua Society, meeting
here with it, both are in finan-
cial danger, DR.. Wolsey said. The
Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, seminary of
Liberal Judaism and the Union
Of American Hebrew Congrega-
tons, are similarly pressed, he
said, from philanthropies drained
away overseas.
IF we neglect our cultural and
religious institutions in the I'm
tied States" the rabbi warned,
I'VE will soon no longer have Ju-
daism either here or in Israel"
DR.. WolSey's statement was reit-
Grated by DR.. Maurice N. Eisen-
drath, president of the Union of
American Hebrew Congrega-
tons, and S. Herbert Kaufman
Of Harrisburg, Pa, president of
the National Federation of Tenn
pie Brotherhoods.
DR.. Eisendrath declared that
there can be no European Jew
ry, perhaps even no survival in
Zion, unless American Jewry re-
mains spiritually strong" Mr..
Kaufman said that the syna-
gogue and its allied Brotherhood,
SiSterhood and Youth groups
ARE basic to organized Jewish
communal life"
AS principal speaker, DR.. VOL
sey who recently became rabbi
emeritus of Temple Rodeph Sha-
lom after nearly fifty years in
the pulpit, also took to task the
approach of fighting anti-Semit-
Ism by some Jewish defense or
carnations, particularly those
That emphasize the growing trend
towards treating the Jews as a
minority, he said:
All the books, all the sermons.
all the propaganda in the world
Will not prevail one jot against
aml-Semitism, because that is
moi the way. We have tried it
LOT 5000 years, and we have had
more persecution in recent years
man ever before"
he urged a positive approach
70 the problem, reciting of the
lessons of history, of humanity
'iio OF constitutional government.
Our aim must be to Ameri-
'Canlze Americans" he said, "by
felreshing their memories, on the
philosophy and the lifeblood of
our nation"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08
" ). Guards Replace
lsroelis and Arabs
At Old Govt. House

:. jerusalem, (Palcor)-A spec
:" united Nations guard has re-
T4'ceo the mixed Israeli-Arab
Lyon attachments which have
s zen guarding the former Gov
unent House here, now head
=. Saafters of the U. N. Concilia-
"On Commission.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08
Germans Use Former Washington
Embassy Nazi To Boost
Trade Exposition Here

Charges that notorious official of the Nazi Embassy Wash
public relations
Bona Administration connection with activities
promotion of the exposition of German industry
York April today
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08
Southeastern Jewry Told Jewish
Foreign Relief Drains
Needed j. S. Funds

RICHMOND. VaOveEemphass of financial Jews
starving OUT the institutions Jewrv Rabbi
Louis WoseY of Philadelphia told Southeastern Regional
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08
Years Scholarship In Israel Offered
To American Youths

NEW YORK PacorNearlY $50 scholarships for years
Israel will be offered this American Zionist youth between
the of 10 U.s. today Youth
the Jewish Agency York City
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-04-08

A two-year search by Polish DIP
Ava Miller (left) for her only living
relative ended happily in the New
York Offices of United Service for
New Americans when she was re-
united with her sister-in-law, DIR.
Anna Remler. After the reunion,
which was brought about by pubIica-
ton of news story concerning the
vain hunt, it was discovered that the
two women lived only block apart
in Brooklyn. The work of United
Service is financed through the
United Jewish Appeal, which re.
Gently opened its l949 campaign for
$25O.OOO.OOO.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Egyptians Planning
Rough-and-TumbIe
Election Campaign
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CAIRO, Oct. 2s.-Egypt soon
will have what most observers
expect to be the stormiest general
election in its brief parliamentary
life.
The date is still uncertain. The
elections, for members Of Parlia-
ment. are scheduled tentatively
for November. There is some rea-
son to believe they may be post
poned. perhaps to January at the
latest.
Present signs indicate that the
coming election will be the freest
in Egyptian history. A neutral
cabinet, containing elements of
all major parties. will supervise it
unless Egypt's mercurial politics
result in a major turnover first.
Premier Hussein Sirry Pasha,
an independent, has reserved the
Ministry of Interior post for him
self and pledged neutrality and
freedom for all" in the elections.
5 Million Cards Printed.
Five million cards have been
printed for distribution to the
qualified electorate of this coun-
try Of 100000, the first, con-
crete evidence the election Is not
far distant. Women have no vote.
Factors which may have a de-
cisive bearing in the results are
who the candidates will be and
how the constituencies will be dis
tributed. Politics in Egypt is bas-
ically dependent on personalities
and not platforms.
The Wafd party is commonly
believed to hold a predominant
position. but it's strongest oppo-
nents. the Saadists and Liberal
Constitutionalists, contest this.
However, they have asked that so
parliamentary seats be reserved"
for each. indicating neither is too
confident of their electoral future.
The Wafd has said that I'm
compliance with King Farouk's s
wish. 1t will preserve IS seats for
the two parties.
Public opinion generally seems
to favor preservation Of a coali-
ton government. The Egyptian
people apparently believe this is
one way of settling once and for
all the difficulties with Britain
over the maintenance of British
troops in the Suez Canal Zone and
the future Of the nglo-Egyptian
Sudan.
British Still Disliked.
Egyptians almost universally
want British troops out Of the
country. and oppose what they
consider the British controlled
Sudan administration.
Efforts still are being made to
reconcile the three parties to con-
tinue> the coalition. All evidence
indicates the Wafd will fight Bit
terly for a dominant majority.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
New-Type Detective
In Czech Film Thriller
Knows Marxist Line
BY the Assoeioted Press.

PRAGUE, Oct. 28.-In a
peoples democracy "whodunit" /.
the old time, hardboiled. plodding,
ouestion-asking detective Is as OBJ
solete as q millionaire behind the
iron curtain.
Now, it's the social conscious
detective armed to the teeth with
Marx and Lenin who gets his
man.
A murderer doesn't stand a
chance against this combination.
The new type detective is
brought to his peak in the latest
Czech murder movie called, "To-
night at Half Past Ten," produced
by the Czechoslovak State Film
Corp.
Picture Described.
This is how the Czech equiva-
lent of the Hollywood press agent
describes the picture:
This feature is a new type OF
crime film. A murder has been
committed. but in sharp contrast
to the general run Of murder films
in which crime has always SEN
sational aspect - being commit
ted for reasons Of love or hate -
this film is about a murder COM
mitted for economic reasons. The
film shows that crimes result
from given social and economic
conditions.
'The action takes place in
Brno, and the time is placed a
few years ago. Beranek, an archi-
tect's assistant. comes across evil
dence Of fraudulent dealings con-
cerned with a municipal housing
scheme. Inferior material is being
supplied and unnecessary bottle
necks are being created"
Well, in a little while Baranek is
. corpse.
Two detectives, Zouplna. the old
fashioned one, and Simak. the
new product. are called in to
solve the killing.
Romance Aids Plot.
There are the usual number OF
suspects - and bit Of romance
to enliven the plot.
It seems this Is a tough murder
to crack. As the movie blurb puts
1t:
"Zouplna insists on following
the traditional lines Of explora-
ton: unrequited love, jealousy,
madness, etc. The Young Simak,
who has specialized in investigat-
ing black market crimes, concen-
trates on the social and economic
background to the crime.
Detective Zouplna find that his
old methods and ideas fail him.
Simak gets on to the right track,
and eventually finds and arrests
the murderer"
There is a happy ending, too.
"Other people involved in the
housing deal are put under ar
rest - and the municipal build
ing plan goes ahead"
Evening star., 1949-10-28

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price that you buy both In all the coos
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Evening star., 1949-10-28

Just like erownup's rocking chair!
SturdiIy made to toke a lot Of use las it's
bound to-. High spoked back, well-broced
legs and arms. A wonderful gift that looks
far more expensive than $3.50. Toke your
choice Of two finshes-mopIe or woxed
birch finish on hardwood
LANSBURGEs- -chldrens Farniture-Toarth Floor
Evening star., 1949-09-23

my fellow passengers on the Kingston, q
small but loud minority Of whom were dis
orderly during the entire cruise. In contrast
to the courtesy and strict discipline of the
Canadian officials and passengers the be-
havior OF some tourists from the States was
IN bad taste and downright disgraceful
subsequent reports SEEM to confirm nv
views. The jewellers were so loud that when
cries OF fire were shouted, the matter was
taken as joke. according to q Detroit
passenger. A Canadian employe Of the
steamship line said that some Of the passen-
gers were partying and that they were too
stupif1ed to smell smoke or hear shouts.
Warnings Of danger Of fire due to the
carelessness Of passengers were constantly
brought to our attention. But those who
think Of nothing but indulging their own
pleasure have little regard for the rights
OF others, and they pay no heed to instruc-
tions or regulations. Innocent people often
are the victims Of the selfshness Of pleasure
seeking maniacs.
Tourists from the States are treated with
much more consideration by the Canadians
than they deserve. would suggest that
our cousins across the border deal with us
with the stern justice which they mete out
to their own subjects who willfully violate
the law. HOOSIER.
Evening star., 1949-09-23

unfortunate that the whole record could
not be spread before the people OF the
United States, so that they might Judge for
themselves as to our alleged helplessness,
or the actual harm that results to national
security from the presence in this country
OF aliens who, If it were not for the United
Nations, would be automatically excluded.
Senator O'Conor of Maryland attempted
to defend the McCarran bill in the Senate
on Tuesday. But he was not convincing in
his challenge Of the Secretary's statement
that under the McCarran bill many foreign
diplomats, consular agents, delegates to
the STATS of international organizations
and journalists would be denied entry or
deported, and to an extent that would i'm
pair the conduct of our foreign relations.
Certainly, such wholesale denials of entry
would produce reprisals from abroad that
would bar our own diplomatic represent
atives, newspapermen and commercial
agents from access to many countries
where their presence is desirable, thus
cutting of our noses to spite our faces
The McCarran bill is bad legislation and
II it ever reaches the Senate floor 1t should
be defeated
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Rosh Hushonuh

The annual observance of the Jewish
new year again prompts consideration of
one OF the great discoveries of the inquiring
human spirit. Back of it lies uncounted
ages Of introspection. Nobody knows when
man first began to wonder about himself,
but the antiquity of his realization of his
reality is self-evident in his religions and
his PHILOSOPHERS. Further, it is plain that
humanity already was old when it de-
veloped its basic conception of a new start
subject to the will of the individual person.
Such an idea would not occur to people
until they had accumulated experience,
generated thoughtful maturity.
Rosh Hashonah may be only one of many
social recognitions Of the need and the
utility OF Judgment and correction Other
1olk than the children of Abraham well
may have appreciated the same moral COM
pulsion for reappraisal and a reorienta-
tion OF the purposes and objectives of life.
But none has excelled the Jews in its
ethical reaf1rmation of elemental prin-
ciple. The relation between the judging
OF all the inhabitants Of the earth by the
Creator and the sealing" of the righteous
to the privilege of living is as logical as
that between day and night or primitive
cause and effect. 1t is just that the good
should not perish utterly and that the
wicked should be "blotted out" if they
stubbornly refuse to change their evil ways.
This is the law Of nature as thinking
men have seen 1t all down the ages from
the commencement of human history.
That 1t likewise is the rule Of religion
everywhere and in every modern time Is
IN a sense consequence Of mans capacity
to search for the truth, to visualize it
properly and to be guided by it. Such is
the spiritual power implicit in the rites
and the ceremonies observed by the Jews
today and tomorrow. Rosh Hashonah is
not celebrated without meaning or signifi-
canoe. It marks the renewal of the divine
covenant between Man and his Maker. As
such it-has the respect 81 all people and
all faiths.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Area Bridge Authority Needed

Major General U. s. Grant III outlined
to the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission a community problem that
will have to be met before long in a
decisive way. The problem is how the
separate governmental authorities in the
Washington Metropolitan Area are to
handle effectively large public construc-
ton projects involving not only joint
planning but joint financing, construction
and control.
The proposed bridge across the Potomac
River between Marbury Point, near Blue
Plains, and Alexandria, is a good example
of such a project. The benefits which
Washington would derive from this costly
structure would be largely Of an indirect
nature. Traffic congestion in the business
district would be relieved. 1t would be of
direct benefit, however, to Virginia's
truckers wishing to bypass downtown
Washington en- route to Southern Mary
land, to Baltimore or to points beyond
And much through traffic between North
and South undoubtedly would use this
connection with U. S. Route No. /.
1t would be unreasonable to expect the
District or the Federal Government to
bear all Of the expense of this proposed
span. Virginia will have a vital interest
in the planning of this bridge and it should
share in its construction. To undertake
such joint enterprise with a minimum
OF conflict and confusion among the
interested parties, joint agency like the
Port of New York Authority is advocated
by General Grant and others who have
given thought to the problem. The
Port Authority handles bridge and other
interstate transportation projects on be-
half of New York and New Jersey. 1t is
becoming more and more apparent that
q District-Maryland- Virginia authority"
eventually must be created by compact,
to handle joint bridge, highway and per-
haps other public works affecting the
Metropolitan Area This is a subject that
should be thoroughly explored not only
by. Federal, District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia planning agencies but by appro-
pirate congressional committees. 1t is
not too early to start the studies.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Early Retirement and Generous Pensions
Urged in Place Of Flag Waving

Early Retirement and Generous Pensions
Urged in Place of Flag g-Waving
To the Editor Of The Star:
It is a simple matter to overcome the diff
Guilty about the mine strike due to non-pay-
ment Of pensions. BY increasing social Sc
curity contribution from per cent to per
cent. paid by the workers, and dropping age
limit to SIS or at least so years and paying
at least 500 monthly, the problem would be
solved.
The present balance in the fund is over
$4,000, 100000, and there is no reason or
justice in waiting until death takes the ma
jority to pay the annuity. which is not q
pension. --.-
Soviet Russia pays three -fourths of the
workers wages to them beginning at 60.
America can do as well. The above plaA
would be a good substitute for the present
lip-loyalty and f1ag-waving hysteria which
has been drummed up. 1t would be well to
remember the system which best divides the
payroll tmass purchasing power) among the
total population, will be the system that
finally survives. H. H. w.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. Did President Coolidge ever explain
why he used the word choose" In his
statement II do not choose to run"?-F c.
A. He said in this connection I'm making
my public statement I was careful in the
use of words. Although I did not know it
at the time, months later I found that
Washington said practically the same thing.
Certainly he said no more in his Farewell
Address, where he announced that choice
and prudence invited him to retire."
@. How large in area was the United States
recognized by Great Britain In 17sS?-D.
I. N.
A. The territory recognized in the Treaty
OF 1888 included 869.735 square miles This
area has since increased more than threefold.
Q. What was Plato's full name?-R.E.S.
A. Plato's own name was Aristocles, the
surname Plato, broad" being applied to
him as indicative Of his broad shoulders.
@. Is it possible to boil water at the tor
OF high mountain?-J. K.
A. Water will boil anywhere provided one
has means for heating it.. On a high noun
tain water boils at lower temperature
than at sea level. This is because the boil
ing point Of liquid depends upon the pres
sNAS SASASSo uPO1 ~ dIlO pressure decreases
the higher one goes above sea level, there
Tor. II the pressure upon a liquid be in
creased, the boiling point be raised and If
the pressure be decreased, the boiling point
Is lowered.
g. How many statues are there of Abraham
Lincoln?-J. s. s.
A. It Is difficult to give an exact figure.
however, there are 81 widely recognized
statues OF Lincoln. Of which - are replicas.
@. What areas of the ocean contain the
most iodine?-W. c.. N.
A. The photographic Office says that
there is relatively little variation in the
amount OF iodine in the ocean except that
due to dilution by rivers. The waters of the
open ocean contain approximately ..05 mil
Hgrams Of iodine per kilogram Of sea water.
Certain marine plants are able to concen.
trate these small amounts and seaweed was.
Tor many years. the primary source Of iodine.
Inc iodine In sea water is present as the
dissolved iodide ior1
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Dangerous LEGISLATION

Senator McCarran gives a very reason
able and desirable objective for his bill:
ITO plug the loopholes of the present law
30 that any alien-and I emphasize the
word 'any'-who engages in espionage or
other subversive activity must be excluded
or deported" from this country.
There are few who can readily disagree
with the desirability Of such objectives.
But question OF fact, aside from opinion,
divides the proponents of this measure
from those who, like Secretary Of State
Acheson, see in it dangerous threat to
the conduct of our foreign relations
The question of fact is whether the
United States Government, under existing
law, can do now what the McCarran bill
hopes to do-exclude or deport aliens who
engage in espionage or other subversive
activities.
Senator McCarran seems to think exist
ing law is inadequate. Secretary Acheson,
citing chapter and verse, has written q
letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee
contending that our authority to exclude
undesirable aliens and deport those found
in violation of existing law is ample.
But the reconciliation OF this contradic-
tory Interpretation of the statutes does not
depend on fact, but on opinion. Behind
the McCarran bill is the sentiment that
every Communist who comes to the United
States, as diplomat, delegate to the
United Nations or one Of its afaliated in
ternational organizations, or as journal
ist, is a potential threat to our security.
Therefore, they should be excluded.
Secretary Acheson, and those who believe
as he does, think that when we invited the
United Nations to sit in the United States,
we took calculated risk. And the risk of
admitting Communist, whose real pur-
pose may be espionage, is offset by the
hope of the security that is promised by
international peace, Of which the United
Nations and other international organiza-
tions are established agencies.
lot OF claptrap has emanated from the
long-continued hearings before the Judi
ciary Subcommittee that has the McCar-
ran bill under consideration. Some of the
testimony would indicate that the United
Nations is overrun with spies, saboteurs,
Communist propagandists and others Of
that ilk and that we are helpless to do
anything about it. We are not helpless.
Nor are we doing nothing about 1t. It is