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, 1950-12-20
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1850
Editorial
TOURIST SEASON IN FULL SWING

. IN OEAOON IN FOLL OW1NI
WITH THE tourist season getting into full swing, natur-
ally thoughts turn to touriSm as a major economic enterprise
for these Islands, and possible way out. For the past two or
three years hotels and guests houses have been accepting
tourists and some effort made to meet the needs of the trade.
Then along came the new Virgin Isle Hotel advertised in the
national press as being one of the most luxurious hotels COM
bining old world charm with every convenience known to
modern science. With this new high spot in local guest &C
commodation the picture is now complete, as the range moves
from the comfortable, coy little guest houses to the expan-
sive Virgin Isle Hotel
BUT THERE is need for more than hotels and guest
houses. The bulk Of the tourist trade will be drawn from the
United States, and those who come, while expecting to enjoy
the charm of the place, will nevertheless look for those con-
venienceS to which they have been accustomed. They will
want valet and laundry services with the same rapidity and
completeness which they left behind. They will want to be
able to purchase anything in the local stores, and OF standard
known brands. transportation must be available at all times,
and at reasonable rates. This calls for an adequate number of
taxicabs, and cars to be rented on an hourly or daily basis, as,
may be found on the mainland.
IN PREPARING to make the most of the tourist trade as
an economic venture these Islands must gear themselves to
meet the demand and make the most of what there is to be
offered. 1t is not an exaggeration to mention that the whole
scope of local business, if it were of a mind to do so, could
give attention and prepare for this type of trade. Local arti-
sans, tailors, cabinet makers, shoe repairmen, and others,
with vision and some work could make their businesses fit the
picture.
CONSIDERABLE attention should be given to the pro-
duction Of local fruits and vegetables. With hotels and guest
houses catering to thousands Of tourists a place could be de-
veloped for local dishes by giving such care to their prepare
ton as will delight the appetites Of these visitors. Too much
cannot be said for the possibilities in this direction, and it IS
up to our food handlers, our schools and Experiment Station
Evening star., 1950-11-09
By O. M. Moroshion
North American Newspaper AIliones

ANkARA, Nov. 9.-What would
you do if you got chance to take
any name you wished? Well, that's
just what the Turks did-and
now. to judge from their names,
most all the population of this
| nation is strong. brave, patriotic.
skilled and altogether worthy.
The Turks-who had previously
taken their fathers given name
and added "son" to it-got their
chance when the late Mustafa
Kemal Ataturk seized power and
decreed the westernization of sur
names, himself setting the lead by
choosing one that meant father
Of the Turks"
And so today, walking down a
busy thoroughfare and noting the
names on shop signs, saw that
one was owned by a man who
never fears" another by gen.
tleman who wins hearts" and a
third-a hotel ins this case-was
run by a man who will not
laugh" There were also Messrs.
Prank Word" Lover of Souls. !"
"Real Turk" Genuine Turkish
Blood"
| Many OF the names describe or
advertise the bearers profession in
glowing terms. Coincidence some
times lends a hand-thus the
Turkish Minister of Education is
called Tewfik neri, which means
progressive, ahead of the rest. A
dealer in dry cells and electric
appliances in Istanbul is named
"The Light That Dawned;" He
Burns" Is the name Of an Ankara
stove seller. A goldsmith in the
same city is Mr.. Golden Head"
Entertainers Knack.
Singers and movie stars have
knack for picking themselves
fancy names. A recent advertise
ment for a movie musical men
toned a certain Miss pleasant
Voice." another Lively Voice"
and an Enthusiastic Player" all
in the same show.
Two doctors in Ankara and
Istanbul have chosen Health" as
their family names. independently
of each other. An obstetrician
has called himself 'Dr. Trust
Him"
The Turkish all-star soccer
team which lost. 5-1, to the Israeli
team at Tel Aviv for the Eastern
Mediterranean championship re-
Gently. included two ace players
who were called "He Never Gets
Tired" and Look Far" A sec
ond Turkish soccer team that won
against Egypt, 81. at Ankara had
a Sharp Cutter" and two
brothers BLEW Like the Wind"
The player who was criticized by
most sports writers for his
fumbling and slowness was named
Come to My Aim"
Some names lean to the very
obvious, such as that of a govern
ment inspector who is called "Son
Of a Father"
Old System Simple.
Previously in Turkey. Ahmet.
son of Mehmet, became Ahmet
Mehmet: his son, in turn. If called
Mehmet, would be Mehmet Ahmet.
When Ataturk ordered the west |
ernization of names. special
Offices were set up in all counties
to advise citizens on new names,
to prevent similar names in the
same area and to force names
from a prepared list on conserva-
tive Turks who thought the new
system an outrage.
The family-name law came into
force SO suddenly that many close
relatives did not have time to con-
suit each other on a name. So
there are now many cases where
fathers and sons and brothers
have different family names, even
though they live In the same To-
cality. When officials of the
name-giving Office did not like a
particular person. they tried to
stick him with a derogatory name.
There were also cases Of officials
receiving Gifts Tn racorx,a fba Aoo,&
Evening star., 1950-11-09

names in one area to the highest
bidders.
When the law was passed. there
could be no two families with the
same name in one area. Today,
through change of address and
migration. identical names have
increased in one city. The Istanbul
Evening star., 1950-11-09

telephone directory lists more than
a dozen Danismans and the An
kara directory about that many;
none is related. Danisman means
Don't Ask"
Despite the aid given by the
name-giving Offices, there are per-
sons who haven't been able to
Evening star., 1950-11-09
Actors Mother Dies

SANTA MONICA, Calf. Nov. 9
P.-The 94-year-old mother of
Actor Richard Arlen, Mrs. Mary
Mattimore, died in a rest home
Tuesday. She fell two weeks ago
and fractured a leg. Born at
Hastings, Mimi. she had lived here
| the last eight years.
Evening star., 1950-11-09

make up their minds soon enough.
It is not uncommon to meet people
such as Mr.. NamelesS or Mr.. Zone
With a Terrible Name"
Evening star., 1950-11-09

Fg-paste with almonds is the
latest Portuguese export offered
the American trade.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
AS Life Sees Us

Life magazine rendered splendid service to Jew and
Gentle alike and to the of mutual understanding
recently when published article entitled What the
Jews Believe" The piece timed with the advent OF
our new year and written by Rabbi Philip s. Bern
stein of Temple Birth Kodesh in Rochester, NY Rabbi
Bernstein also president of the Central Conference OF
American Rabbis
In clear cogent style the article presented the fun
damentals of fath-he role of rabbi the nature
of Torah and the ceremonial holidays which we oo-
serve It told of the Jews traditional love of learning and
his zeal for social And it explained the basic diff
ferences between Judaism and Christianity providing an
to questions which many of have received from
Gentle friends Why did the Jews reject Jesus Ihey
rejected not Jesus the Jewish teacher but Christ the
Messiah
In times like this when misunderstanding prone
to grow troubled minds article such as RABBI Bern
STEMS does ncalculable good for all concerned We
commend it's reading and extend to Life magazine and
to Rabbi Bernstein deepest thanks.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

race, investigating the findings OF
biologists, geneticists, psycholo-
gists, socioligists and anthropolo-
gists on this subject.
Their conclusions should have
made headlines all over America
They should have been emblaz-
oned on signposts all across the
nation.
For these are some of their
findings:
1. Racial discrimination has
no scientific foundation in bio
logical fact.
2. There is no proof that the
groups of mankind differ in in
telligence, temperament or other
innate mental characteristics.
3. Extensive study yields no
evidence that race mixture pro-
duces biologically bad results.
The social results of race mix
lures are to be traced to social
factors.
a., Race is less a biological
fact than a social myth. AS a
myth it has in recent years taxi
en- a heavy toll in human lives
and suffering, and still keeps
millions of persons from normal
development and civilization
from the full use of the coop
Grafton of productive minds.
S. Scientifically no large
modern national or religious
group is a race. Nor are people
who speak a single language,
or live in a single geographical
area, or share in a single cul-
tural community necessarily a
race.
Knowing full we'll that these
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

truths, like all truth, are less dra-
matte and easily acceptable than
the lies and stupidities fed by
bigots to the children of our land
for a hundred years or more, I
would yet urge reading of this
pronouncement on all Americans,
both north and south of the Ma
son-Dixon line.
Surely an awareness of these
scientific truths would silence
many a professional anti-Semite.
Surely Jim Crowism in the Deep
South would eventually disappear.
And in many small ways we in
America would begin to live up
to the finest document in our
archives: The American Constitu-
tion.
AS a step in that direction, Ari-
zona citizens have the privilege, at
the November elections, of amend
ing the Arizona code to prohibit
segregation of pupils in the public
schools, on the basis of race,
creed, color or national origin.
Segregated education, wasteful
and un-American, is now seen to
have as little scientific as it has
moral justification.
The scientists of the world have
spoken. They have added their OBJ
jective and unbiased word to the
age-old teaching of our religious
leaders, which gave democracy its
heart and spirit: All men are
brothers, and God is the father of
all.
On November 7 we shall have
the opportunity of starting this
democratic dream on its way to
realization.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Roof of the Matter

tees to serve as the spearhead fol
the effort. In these committees
will of necessity be men and wo-
men of means who can set the
example for the entire community
in bond purchases.
Great care will have to be ex-
ercised to insure that the bono
sale does not preempt all other
vital fund raising efforts.
The successful accomplishment
of the bond drive will lend to the
Israeli economy the huge sums
necessary to place that country or
firm financial foundation. More
over it will mark the beginning
of the end of the UJA as we know
it today.
This is not merely good thing
because it will result in less of q
financial burden to American Jew
ry, but, more especially and vast
ly more important, it will mean
that Israel, in it's immigration and
rehabilitation program, will be
more able to solve it's problems
without outside philanthropic aid
The aim of all social work is
to do away with itself, to make
the recipients of charity self-suf.
ficient and independent. The ac-
tivities now going on in Israel fol
immigrants comprise social service
in its fullest sense. Money to pro-
vide a job through industrial de-
velopment made possible by bono
sales is infinitely more desirable
than continued relief.
THE TENSE and uncertain sit.
uation surrounding the Korean
war, the implications of the inter
national chess-game that is now
going on between Russia and the
great powers, the possibility of all
out mobilization in the near flu.
ture combine to affect local move
ments, large and small, in addi-
ton to the lives of individuals.
Plans for the expansion of com
munity resources and facilities in
this as we'll as all communities
may be forced into a stalemate
In the event the Korean wal
spreads, all projects may be forced
into the background of necessity
Civilian protection, U. S. Wal
Bond drives, service to men anC
women in uniform, service in wal
agencies will demand all of oul
attention and resources.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
By Milton Friedman
Copyright, 1850, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

WASHINGTON = The Ameri-
can press is falling down on the
job. The large majority of Ameri-
can newspapers and radio stations
have failed to run stories on the
danger to our civil liberties-and
entire way of life-from right
wing fascist groups. A majority
of these groups thrive on anti
Semitism.
Recently the House lobby in
vestigating committee, under the
Craftsmanship of Democratic Rep
resentative Frank Buchanan of
Pennsylvania, recommended that
three men be cited for contempt
of congress for refusing to ans
wer committee questions concern
ing the organizations they repre-
sented. William Patterson, an Of
ficial of the left-wing Civil Rights
Congress, was one of the three
men. The House voted to cite him
for contempt. The other two were
Joseph Kamp, an official of the
Constitutional Educational League
and Edward Rumley, head of the
Committee for Constitutional
Government.
Most news reports described the
latter two organizations as fright
wing" - and ended it right there.
No major paper spelled out in de-
tail the viciousness and sordidness
of the motives and programs OF
people such as Kamp and Rumley.
Here is what Democratic Repre-
sentative Wright Patman of Texas
said about Rumley, who was cited
for contempt of Congress by a
House vote of 1873 to 175:
81 rise to warn the American
people about a man, an evil man,
and an evil institution he directs.
This man constitutes as grave a
threat to the well-being and Sc
curity of the United States as
any Communist within our bor-
ders, yet he is no Communist
he was an American Fascist, plain
and unadulterated :"
Rumley went to prison after the
first war for failing to register
as an agent of the German gov
ernment. Throughout his lengthy
speech denouncing Rumley, Pat
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Passing of a Friend

The passing of Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts,
former prime minister of the Union of South Africa is
mourned by Jews the world but especially by the
Jews of his country and of Israel.
SHUTS was true friends of people, He was an out
spoken champion of Zonsm, and the existence of the
Jewish state today much to him. Beyond all that,
he indefagable crusader for individual freedom
and the dignity of man.
The reverence felt for him by the Jews of his home
land was manifested upon his death The chief rabbi OF
the Great Synagogue Johannesburg cancelled the Gus
tomary Rosh Hashonah sermon and preached instead
memorial for Marshal SHUTS.
With our fellow Jews and with defenders of freedom
everywhere pay final loving tribute to the memory
of Jan Christian Smuts
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
caPi+oI Spotlight
Press Ignores us. Fascists

man referred to him as 'that ex-
convict" Con t nj e d Patman:
practically every piece of propa-
ganda turned out the past decade
or more running into tens OF
millions of copies of speeches, ar
ticles and statements = from Ed
Rumley's phony Constitutional
Committee has been saturated
with the obnoxious odor of Fas-
cistic bias"
THERE MAY be some justice
in this world after all. A problem
created by the Germans has re-
versed itself and now is one of
the biggest problems faced by the
German people - what to do with
refugees. Ethnic Germans stream
ing back to the Vaterland are
lengthening Germany's unemploy-
ment rolls, creating unrest and
lowering living standards. In some
areas of Western Germany, refu-
gees make up as much as one
third of the population.
Unlike the problem of Jewish
refugees in Germany, the prob
lem of German refugees in their
own country continues to grow.
According to the latest report to
Secretary of State Acheson from
U. S. High Commissioner John j.
McCloy, there were in October,
1916, some 100000 refugees in
West Germany. By the beginning
of this year, according to the re-
port, the number increased to 81
$4,000. Germans kicked out of
other lands since the war now
make up one-fifth of the entire
population of Western Germany.
= =
CONGRESSMAN John Rankin
continues his anti-Semitic diatribes
on the floor of the House of Rep
resentatives. Referring to the al
legged Communists arrested on
atomic spying charges, the Mis-
sissippi Democrat declared:
"Not a single one i. has ever
been a member of a Christian
church. There is not white Cen
tile in the entire group, and the
same may be said of at least 70
per cent of the Communists in
this country"
Rankin's latest blast came dur
ing House debate on subverslve
control legislation.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

acquired several additional func-
tions in both the Jewish and nom
Jewish communities. In addition to
my duties at the Jewish Communi-
ty Council office, l am now execu-
tive director of the Jewish Social
Services, secretary of the Com
munity Relations Committee, ex-
ecutive director of the Jewish
Center. In the civic community, /
am a member of the board of
the Phoenix Council for Civic
Unity, chairman of the Family
Welfare and Child Care Section
Of the Phoenix Community Coun-
Gil and secretary of the Phoenix
Committee for the Associated Ser
vices for the Armed Forces.
Thus the existence of the Jew
ish Community Council and the
employment of an executive be-
come the instrument for the con-
tribution of, l trust, vital resourc-
es to the community as whole.
NEWS OF the projected bond
drive for Israel highlighted in the
last issue of The Phoenix Jewish
News indicated that one billion
five hundred million dollars will
be sought in an intensive sale of
Israel securities in the United
States. This confirms the mention
made in this column that no mat
ter how important and vital the
United Jewish Appeal may be, the
answer to the problems of the
Israeli economy will be found only
in the flotation of vast sums for
capital purposes in the best busi-
ness tradition.
While such business enterpris-
es are not normally the affair of
Jewish Community Councils, the
nature of the beneficiary and the
appeal to be made will make the
resources of the Council extreme
ly valuable in the whole process.
However, the bond sale will not
lend itself to the usual welfare
fund campaign procedures.
1t will be necessary for one or
more strongly motivated groups
in this community to establish con-
tinuing bond campaign commit
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

Zionist Congress Is Put Over to May

dish theatre is today the only per-
manent foreign language theatre
in the United States 1t has
survived the German, Italian and
other foreign-language theatres in
the country >.
Credit for this phenomenon is
in no small way due to Reuben
Guskin, the head of the Hebrew
Actors Union which has the most
outstanding actors among its MEM
bers Mr.. Guskin has been the
guiding spirit of the Union for
more than 80 years and has great
ly contributed not only to the well
fare of it's members, but also TO
the development of the Yiddish
theatre s.
Many of the members of the
Union are also engaged in Yiddish
radio programs And one can
hear Yiddish radio programs today
not only in New York, Chicago
and Los Angeles, but also in small
er cities The largest Jewish
radio station today is WEVD,
which is owned by the Jewish
Daily Forward, the largest Yid-
dish daily in the world :.
Incidentally, the Goth birthday
of Abraham Cahan, editor-in-chief
of the Jewish Daily Forward, was
celebrated recently :. And more
than 1000 prominent Jews and
non-Jews attended the celebration.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

Sabbath and holiday has never
been mere ceremonial form, pre-
served solely for its traditional
value.
This Rosh Hashonah, as the ca
dences of the Torah reading filled
the air, l looked again at the old
story, so familiar to every Sunday
school child.
Abraham was commanded by
God to take Isaac, the beloved
child of his old age, to Mt. Moriah.
and there to erect an altar and
sacrifice him to God. In his un-
questioning devotion, Abraham
obeyed, with what agony of heart
and mind we can all imagine.
But the Lord did not intend
that Isaac be killed. Assured of
Abraham's faithfulness, God stay
ed his hand, and promised that his
descendants would become a great
nation.
clay not thy hand upon the
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

will not be held at the end of
this year 1t would have been
a calamity" to hold the Congress
in Jerusalem in December, one of
them told me
Meanwhile, Zionist parties in
the United States sold 775,000
Shekolim which entitle purchasers
to vote for delegates to the Con-
gress
Top Israel leaders are now
packing their bags to come to the
United States as soon as the High
Holidays are over Some of
them will be busy at the United
Nations General Assembly, while
others will be busy in stimulating
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

doubt that the number of Jews in
this country is very close to s.
100000 The results of the
survey by the Bureau will be made
public very soon -.
The Bureau is also preparing a
directory which will list 1000
rabbis, about 4,500 congregations
and more than /, 500 various Jew
ish organizations The last
government census of Jewish con-
gregations, conducted in 1886, es-
tablished that at that time there
were 3,728 congregations in this
country with membership of
more than 100000 -. 1t also
reported that 1851 synagogue
buildings valued at more than
$123,000,000 existed in 1886
throughout the country :.
THEATRICAL MOODS: Those
who claim that Yiddish is dying
in the United States will be very
much surprised to learn that the
new theatre season opens with no
less than eight Yiddish theatres in
the country =. Most of them
are, of course, in New York :.
You will also be interested in
the fact that the Hebrew Actors
Union has acquired more than 30
new members during the Jewish
year just concluded Most in
teresting is the fact that the Yid-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

additional giving by American
Jewry to Israel :.
There are quite a number of
problems affecting Israel which
the U.N. General Assembly will
discuss Chief among them is
the question of the status of Je-
rusalem, the report Of the U. N.
Cancellation Commission = which
vainly attempted to bring about
permanent peace between Israel
and the Arab countries = and the
Arab request for readmission to
Israel of Arab refugees from Pal
Although these questions may
provoke much interest among Jews
in this country and in Israel, it
will not be as great as the inter
est which will be stimulated
among American Jews towards
giving real financial aid on a big
scale to the Jewish state +. The
next three months will be real
shot" months in America as far
as financial action for Israel is
concerned
y y y
DOMESTIC NOTES: There are,
after all, five million Jews in the
United States and not 100000
as some statisticians claimed re-
Gently Data which is now be-
ing analyzed by the Jewish Sta
tistical Bureau establishes without
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
The World Deer

lad," said the Lord to Abraham.
For God condemned the shedding
of human blood, and every human
being was precious unto Him, the
Source of all life.
This story took place over $500
years ago; but its message is as
valid in the goth century as it
was in the ancient world. This
generation, which abhors the very
idea of human sacrifice, has yet
to learn the true value of human
life and the dignity of the individ-
ual.
The goal of the ancient pro-
phets is still our Utopia, and
their prophecies have yet to come
to pass, when human blood shall
not again be shed, and violence
shall be no more.
If there is any creed which is
vital and dynamic in this age, it
is clearly Judaism, religion and
way of life which began over
5000 years ago, but has never
lost it's punch.
In many another age, Jews gave
their lives for the Torah. Today,
we can do nothing nobler than to
live for it, and guide our footsteps
in it's path.
UNESCO SPEAKS An an
nouncement made two months ago
in Paris is likely to have roper
cussions in Arizona before the
next two months are out.
An international panel Of scien-
lists appointed by the United Ma
tions Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization made an
intensive study of the concept of