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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-23

vexing controversy split the
Zionist ranks from the very be-
ginning.
Until the realization of a Jew
lsh State, the debate was mere
ly theoretical. The question re-
manned, more or less, an indiv-
ldual problem, for the Yishuv as
a community, had no RESPONSE
bllity or authority to set a pol
icy. But now, with an Israeli
government in existence, the
problem becomes actual, and
sooner or later, a definite and
positive stand will have to be
taken by the government.
Writing and commenting on
this topic has become a favorite
paStime for writer's and period
lcals. Nary an Anglo-JeWish
periodical is printed without a
lengthy discussion on religion in
Israel, and usually, the religious
point of view is severely depre-
ciated as untenable and anach-
ronistic in our twentieth century
life. Doom and destruction is
prophesied for Israel if the Re-
ligionists will prevail, and Jews
will be forced to eat kosher meat
and observe the Sabbath.
How times do change! Isaiah,
of biblical fame, held an opinion
contrary to these modern proph-
cts concerning Kashruth and
Shabbos in Israel. In his divine
ly, masterful language, he cries
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-23

out against those who " eat
ing swine-flesh and the detest-
able things and the mouse, shall
be consumed together, saith the
Lord" Isaiah 66:17). About
Sabbath observances, Isaiah ex-
CLAIMS If you turn away
thy foot because of the Sabbath
from pursuing thy business ON
my holy day, and call the Sab
bath a delight and 1 will
make thee to ride on the high
places of the earth +. :" Isaiah
1913 & 14). In unequivocal
language as only he can COM
pose, Isaiah tells us his ideas of
Sabbath and Kashruth in Is
rael, while prophets of today cry
out in mortal terror that Israel
cannot tolerate the burden of
Kashruth and Shabbos. These
very same prophets will quote
with great pride other passages
IN Isaiah concerning IsraeFS glor-
flied, exalted future, that Israel
will be the shining light of the
world and the hope of humanity
in troubled times, etc, etc, but
they disregard the other admon-
ishments of the true prophet.
Just how they draw the line is
hard to conceive; or perhaps, the
swine has changed its flesh and
become kosher.
Recently, read a new argu-
ment against compulsory relig-
ious observances in Israel in an
article written by DR.. Milton
konvitz printed in the Septem-
Der issue of the Commentary in
titled - "a Plea for Religious
Freedom in Israeli. DR.. Konvitz
himself processes to be an OBJ
servant Jew, but he is adamantly
against making these laws part of
the. civil law of Israel. He writes
= "Now 1 personally do not eat
non-kosher food, but I make my
Continued on Page l46)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-23

are two separate entltlesy
The question is not new. From
the very outset of the polit-
ical Zionist movement, the ques-
ton has been debated very heat
eddy between the opponents of
the pure Zionist theology and
the religious Jews, who cannot
envisage everything Jewish with
out religion as the source of
everything concerning Jewish
life and particularly pertaining
to the Jewish community. This
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-23
JACKSONVILLE RABBI WRITES
ON ISRAEL AND RELIGION


BY Rabbi Mendel Feldman-Conqreoation E+z Havro
the most critical internal problems facino +he ~
Of Israel is the part religion will play life of the
citizen whereas clearly defined set up bv the
utmost to implement that program the religious question is left
hanging in nnd-air handtomouth" procedure is followed
What part should religion play in the public
Israeli Boiled down to its question simply stated
houd the Jewish openly 90 on record and e+a+
that the jewish people are not only people in racial concept but
religious concept that religion and 1eh a1
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Robinson Knows Score On Race Prejudice

BY BRADFORD V. CARTER, LPA Columnist
WHEN Negro ballplayer Jackie Robinson,
w agreed to comment before the House Com
mittee on Un-American Affairs on Paul Robe
sons insstence in a Paris speech that the
American Negroes would not fight in any war
with Russia, neither the committee members
nor the public anticipated anything startling.
Ballplayers just don't get mixed up in political
questions, certainly not during the season.
But Jackie Robinson came into the hearing
as If it were a ball game in ST. Louis during
the September drive. To use baseball lingo
for moment, he surprised the committee by
hitting to the opposite field and dashing
around the bases to score run almost before
the game began. OF course before he was
through he took care of Paul Robson without
any difficulty. BY pulling the unexpected play,
much as he does repeatedly in National Lea
que competition Robinson turned a routine
hearing into what may turn out to be some
kind of minor milestone in the history of
race relations. AT the very least Robinson
served notice that he himself is going to be a
leader on all fronts in the war against dis
elimination
No comment on Robinson's statement to the
Un-American Activities Commtte could be so
eloquent as that statement itself. Accordingly,
we take the liberty of reprinting several tell
ing excerpts which follow
g. don't pretend to be any expert on
Communism or any other kind of political ism
But you can put me down as an expert on
being a colored American, with 80 years of
experience at it. And just like any other color
ed person with sense enough 10 look around
him and understand what he sees, l know
what life in these United States can be for
people who are little different from the ma
jority in their skin, color or the way they wor-
ship their God or the way they spell their
names. I'm not fooled because I've had a
chance open to very few Negro Americans -.
We're going to make progress in other
American fields besides baseball if we can get
rid of some of the misunderstanding and con-
fusion that the public still suffers from. /
know l have great desire and l think that
have some responsibility for helping to clear
up that confusion. AS see it there has been
terrific lot of misunderstanding on this subject
of Communism among Negroes in this country,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

even the person to whom we are talking.
And of course, we never tell the whole story
even if we know it.
But there is such thing as simple addi-
ton. And a sentence here and sentence there
added together to tell pretty clear story to
anyone who is looking for information.
Here is an example. At the height of the
very patriotic citizen-tell without knowing
he was doing so--when convoy was leaving
from the west coast, where it was going and
what its objective was. Oh yes, he was only
complaining about not spending the weekend
at home, and how good the telephone service
was to his plant and how the Navy got him
plane accommodations because he had to get
a rush order through-and he wound up by
passing out his card which told what he made,
You can see the seriousness of that because
also important If your job is worth the doing
it is worth while treating it with respect Don't
feel you have to impress the person to whom
you are talking with the fact that you know
the inside" story. If it is an inside" story,
let it stay inside. There is plenty to talk about
that isn't confidential information.
Another thing-don't tell the other mans
tale for him. You prefer to explain yourself,
don't you? Then accord him the same cour-
tesy. Be as trustworthy as you know you are,
by setting guard upon your speech.
And remember that simple addition may
make what you say into something you never
meant to tell.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

Geo Adjective mentions date in his article May 22 1916
Any date early in 946 always bell 1t
in the spring of 1916 during April May be
that Georges idol Fulton Lewis working OPA
Asking first that people write Congress clean OPA and
secondly stating that the high resulting the
of OPA only temporary From April 1916 July 1949
is pretty long temporary period of time know what
mean incidentally, this is the Fulton Lewis who
called the Coops uperbg business monopoly legal
lied tax evaders words to that effect When pointed
out that Lewis shareholder had been cashng
coop dividend checks for three four years Immediately
said they had right to publish that without his
wonder If he gets the permission of people before he
broadcasts his baloney about them
Now the editor of the Times has the right anyone
else to be against anything he wants it
able to be expected to give for being against it.
Elsewhere in this edition read that Rep Smith @
Oho Is against people having enough good food eat
sonable prices You read where Rep Wechel Oho)
with all of the major problems that face America today
worried whether not there enough ducks
around Sandusky Ohio to insure him hunting this fall
Alvin worried because the brakes servcng Ducks
properly
So there have it, folks. Geo A. against wage in
creases Rep Smith is against enough
more ducks This is the type of mind that gloats
ton OF southern and northern reaconare
y hook or crook to defeat the the President
United States This is the type of mind that followed Taft
lsoauonlst bndly when Taft positive that
ing to fear from Hitler This is the type of that
lows Taft while he rants about talking Stain
people that not too long said there
that Stain understood
Afterhought Wonder they will the Whitaker Chambers
pumpkin resurrected in time for Halloween.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

and it's bound to hurt my peoples cause unless
it's cleared up
The white public should start toward real
understanding by appreciatng that every
single Negro who is worth his salt is going to
resent any kind of slurs and discrimination
because of his race This has got absolutely
nothing to do with what Communists may or
may not be trying to do,
And white people must realize that the
more Negro hates Communism because it
opposes democracy, the more he is going to
hate any other influence that kills off democ-
racy in this country-and that goes for racial
discrimination in the Army, and segregation
on trains and buses, and job discrimination
because of religious beliefs or color or place
of birth .
"Just because Communists kick up fuss
over racial discrimination when it suits their
purposes, lot of people try to pretend that
the whole issue is creation of Communist
imagination Negroes were stirred UP long
before there was Communist party and they
will stay stirred up long after the party has
disappeared-unless Jim Grow has disappear
ed by then as well
I've been asked to express my views on
Paul Robesons statement in Paris to the effect
that American Negroes would refuse to fight
in any war against Russia because we love
Russia so much. l haven't any comment to
make, except that the statement, If Mr.. Robe
son actually made it, sounds very silly to me.
But he has right to his personal views, and
If he wants to sound silly when he expresses
them in public, that's his business and not
mine.
I understand that there are some few Ne
groes who are members of the Communist
party, and in event of war with Russia they
would probably act just as any other Com
munistS would. So would members of other
minority and majority groups.
There are some colored pacifists, and
they'd act just like pacifists of any color And
most Negroes-and Italians, and Irish and
Jews and Swedes and Slavs and other Ameri-
cans-would act just as all these groups did in
the last war. They'd do their best to help their
country stay out of war; if unsuccessful they'd
do their best to help their country win the
war-against Russia or any other enemy that
threatened us :"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser, Vice President
international UAW-CIO

There times when people hear things that amazes them
Well recently remarks that amazed One in
particular question asking what arrangements must
be made to visit the Local IL Summer Camp.
did not hesitate give him arrangements
necessary and that he welcome Saturday Sunda
the camp has the privilege to tour the grounds
In addition answered his other question that boy or girl
desiring to attend the camp does not have to be or
daughter of CIO member The camp told him. to all
American boys and girls.
writing this in the column for want to ask
every member and friend the to convey the
to all friends negbors and relatives that the camp is
not restricted to the immediate family of CO members That
misunderstanding that should be clarified Also point
any family having girls nce their period begins Sun
day. having financial difficulties thus making unable to send
their daughter the should contact office 425 Win
hrop ST. by phoning Adams 4611 application will be
mailed to the home
will do best to have that child for
camping period To have made possible for many
the otherwise they would not be able
to attend being made and will continue So
every girl who wants to- spend period at Sand Lake
would also appreciate for members and friends TO
help along this gesture by asking friend who possibly
can to sponsor needy child for camping period
closing this column, don't forget donation IN
the voluntary collection in shop helps toward spo
sorshp.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Simple Additions
bY Ruth TAYLOR

uAVE you noticed the one common denomi-
H nator in all of the Congressional investiga-
tions that are taking place today 1t is simply
this someone talked too much.
Now / am not going TO 90 into the question
OF the rights and wrongs of the investigations,
or even into the problem OF how many con-
scious traitors that we have in our midst I've
read books, and know that there are indivi-
duals who think that we'd Cor they would be-
better off as serfs of other nations and I'm
realistic 10 know there are certain people who
would do anything for money but can't
understand how any mature minded decent
principled man or woman can knowingly and
Intentionally sell out this country of ours
Sou notice how have emphasized "con-
scious traitors and intentional action.
Because we have one great fault as in
dividuals and as a people U have it my
self). We talk too much. We aren't content TO
let people take II for granted we know our
business. We have to tell it. We have 10 show
Of how much we know
OF course most of what we tell is thorough
ly unimportant. And of no interest TO anyone
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29


He recalls how, two or
three days after the Chicago
police had killed IL steel
workers in the Memorial Day
massacre, three cops visited
his office. A secretary report
ed their presence to Bittner.
Bring 'em in," he said, ex-
pecting to head for the local
Jail.
The cops came in-trying
to sell Bittner tickets to the
policemen's benefit ball. He
didn't buy any.
Few Washington reporters
will forget the day in the
spring of 1947 when Van Bitt-
ner appeared before the Re-
publican controlled L a bor
Committee of the 80th Con-
gress to argue against passage
of the Taft Hartley Act. There
weren't many friends of labor
on the committee - and the
majority of them were set to
do a job" on Bittner.
He was on the stand all
morning, all afternoon, all
evening. He stood off their
attacks, he beat down their
anti-labor charges, n d he
wound up telling the commit
tee he frankly didn't think
they had enough knowledge
or common sense to write a
decent labor bill.
1t was a day that exhausted
Congressman, reporters a n d
spectators. Yet Van Bittner
walked off the witness stand,
after hours of bitter dialogue,
as fresh as a daisy.
Back in the 1905, Franklin
Roosevelt's New Deal stopped
the heavy profiteering of the
big public utility companies.
IVA, the Rural Electrification
program, the Holding Com
panies Act - all combined to
put the utilities in their place,
put a halt to grabbing off of
our natural resources for
private, heavy profits.
Now the utilities are trying
a comeback - and CIO has
called for quick defeat of this
new profiteering attempt.
Hitting the proposed steal
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

of public power" CIO Legis-
lative Director Nate CoWan
has called for defeat of some
obscure amendments to the
Interior Departments Appro-
priation bill. Effect of the
amendments would be to turn
over to private companies all
the power generated at num-
ber of public power projects
giving the private utilities
complete control over the out
put of these electrical generat-
ing plants.
Amendments to the Interior
Bill would kill funds for
publicly owned transmission
lines, moving pow from
dams to consumers. Benefici-
aries would be such rich
corporation as Pacific Gas and
Electric, Idaho Power, Mon
tana Power, Texas Power and
Light.
This grab operation by the
private utility firms ought to
be defeated.
NEWS THAT'S FIT TO
PRINT: w h e n the CLOS
N t h n report was issued,
with its recommendation for
wage increases as way to beat
recession, New York Times
gave the story a one-column
head on page 18.
When Chamber of Com
merce answered with claim
that labor shouldn't ask for
pay boosts, NY Times editor
gave 1t a tWo-oclumn head
line, on page one.
One of great economic de-
bates of 1949 gets under way
at Foley Square Courthouse in
New York, as CIO steel union
and steel industry argue merit
of wage increase for steel
workers b fore three-man
fact-finding board.
Hearings will see USA-CIO
President Phil Murray, with
lawyers and economists, spell
ing out workers belief in
equity and justice of substan-
tial wage improvements.
Fact-finding board is order
ed to give its report to Presi-
dent Truman about September
I.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

CIO and all American la
Dor have sustained a heavy
loss in the untimely death of
Van A. Bittner, one of the
greatest union organizers of
all time.
Bittner, a vice-president of
the United Steelworkers and
director of the CIO Organiz-
ing Committee, died of heart
attack on July 10 at a Pitts
burgh hospital. All but IL of
his 64 years had been devoted
to the cause of advancing the
living standards of American
workers.
] A president of his mine un-
ion local at the age of 16,
Van Bittner was a district
president at the age of 26. He
relished taking on some of the
toughest organizing drives the
country had to offer.
In West Virginia he fought
the armed detectives and the
company thugs and made the
miners union a strong and eff
fective organization in that
troubled state.
In 1896 he went to Chicago
to lead the organization drive
in the steel industry for the
CIO. While doing so, he also
helped organize the packing
house work ers, the farm
equipment workers, and doz-
ems of other local groups in
the midwest area. Right after
the war, Van Bittner went
south to undertake the union
ization of the region.
When operation Dixie
started, m neWSpapermen
magazine writers went down
to the southern states waiting
for the south to be organized
during their brief visits. But
Van Bittner knew the south
would not be unionized over
night. He laid the ground
work for a steady, continuous
organizing drive - and in
three years it has brought
several dre d thousand
southern workers into the
ranks of the CIO.
Van Bittner was a man who
worked hard and got a big
kick out of his work.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
P A c. PIPELINE
| WASHINGTON newspa-

A WASHINGTON newspa-
"A per recently ran the fol-
lowing query in its household
hints column:
Can you tell me how to
remove what appears to be oil
mixed with sand from my
green leather shoes and my
baby's red leather moccasins?
We got it at the beach. Dewey
Beach to be exact. I'm not at
all sure If it is OIL"
PAC's household expert ad-
vises that If it was Dewey
Beach 1t was oil.
During House debate on the
Brannan plan for stabilizing
agricultural prices. Rep. Pace
Cd, Ga) told the House that
he personally had asked Sec
retary of Agriculture Bran
nan whether it was his inten-
ton to obtain production
ample for all the people, on
a good diet, at reasonable
prices" Brannan told Pace,
THAT is right"
rs there anyone who wants
to rise up and object to that?"
Pace asked.
Up leaped Rep. Smith (R,-
o.. Yes" he shouted. 'I'll
object to that"
Good food, at reasonable
prices, for all the people is
apparently unRepublican.
Another Ohio statesman
broke into print this week.
Rep. Weichel (R) denounced
Albert M. Day, director of the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

Federal Wildlife Service, be-
cause he has mot properly
answered charges that the
Wildlife Service is fundament-
ally incapable of producing
enough ducks to provide good
hunting"
Isn't that crowding the pri-
vate life of the duck pretty
far?
Newsweek, a magazine that
bills itself as the magazine of
news significance, in its story
on the backdown of the big
steel companies, reports,
Legally and logically Big
Steers position was unassail-
able"
Newsweek should have let
Big Steel in on the secret.
The day President Truman
signed the housing bill Sena-
tor Taft (R, o. sent him a
letter expressing approval of
the bill. He declined to at
tend the signing because of an
engagement in Columbus. His
Columbus engagement con-
sisted of a speech-making date
during which he charged the
Presidents program is leading
the United States Into a to-
talitarian state"
Can't make up his mind,
huh?
YOU DON'T COUNT UN-
LESS YOU CAN BE COUNT
ED-REGISTER AND VOTE
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

three years. 1t is reasonable to believe that
only mind that is associated with gutter
sniping and muck-racking could give birth
to such thoughts
Anyone who works for a living knows
that labor needed every wage increase 1t
has received to date Millions of workers
signed up for U. S. Bonds only to cash them
as soon as they were received BY far the
large majority of workers today are family
men and women they need now, and needed
then, money to pay for the necessities of
life. Can anyone in their right mind be
against giving the workers of the nation
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
AS | See 1t
BY HOWARD SEREN,
President, Local IL, UAW-CIO

TN THE TOLEDO TIMES of July George Adjective)
again nuges the favorte pasme of the protes
sona labor haers He would have you believe that there was
connvery between the President of the United
setting patterns the past
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-06-22
THIS IS IT CHARM
by Lou sWARZ

You are now most concerned
about your personal appearance
and surely take care Of all those
feminine necessities which go to
make you the most charming
personality in your community.
And in thinking about your pers-
onal appearance give careful
thought to those accessories which
go we'll with the summer colors
you are wearing.
BY accessories think of the hat,
shoes, bag, gloves either match
ing your background in your dress
or being of lovely contrasting
color. In case you want some help
on choosing colors let 1t be known
to your favorite saleslady in the
exclusive store in your town. or
better still make a little study of
the color patterns in those sum-
mer fabrics and know that the
background color is just the shade
for those accessories.
Also know that you must
choose your colors giving some
thought to your size. One who is