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, 1953-07-30

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-27
CHARLEST0N, s. G.
Jewish War Vets Seek Data

The Jewish War Veterans of
the u. S. A. is in need of informa-
ton about Jewish military ex.
ploitS for the revision of a book
it has been announced by Ben
Kaufman, JWV executive.
According to the announcement,
since the last printing of the book,
"Jews in American Wars" by J.
George friedman and Louis A.
Falk in November, 1916, the Jew
ish War Veterans national office
has been flooded with inquiries
asking if a revision were planned.
Mr.. Kaufman, himself a World
War I veteran, said that since the
last printing of the book, hum
dredS of decorations and citations
have been awarded to Jewish
men and women for heroic deeds
in World War II, and many more
previously undisclosed facts have
come to light concerning battle
situations in which Jews were in
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-27

There DR.. Albert Kelner, As
sistant Professor of Biology and
a acknowledgement research bio
logist, is devoting his out-of-
classroom hours to scientific re-
search through which some light
may be shed on the nature of the
dread killer cancer.
Working under a three-year
grant awarded him by the Ma
tional Cancer Institute of the u. S.
Public Health Service, DR.. KeI-
ner is working with reactivation
of certain cells after exposure to
ultraviolet rays, basic problem
in the growth and heredity of
cells.
'The successful conclusion of
my research will certainly not
yield the cure of cancer" the
quiet, scholarly scientist empha-
sized. Cali I can hope is that my
work will furnish fundamental
knowledge which, when inte-
grated with the work of others
around the world, may advance
our knowledge of the living cell
to such a degree that a cure of
cancer can be found"
Actually the experiments being
carried out by the Brandeis scien-
fist with the aid of student assist
ants is not with cancer itself but
rather in pure, fundamental re-
search.
Scientific research is one of the
many ways in which Brandeis
University is increasing the meas
ure of its contributions to the ad-
vancement of the worlds know
ledge for the benefit of mankind.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-27

volved.
And since that time, too, the
Korean conflict has witnessed
countless additional acts which
deserve recording in the annals
OF patriotic American Jewry," he
added.
Many of these acts, he said, are
little known, or h ave received
only perfunctory publicity. Gun
doubtedly many Jewish veterans
or their families know of cases
involving gallantry on the part
OF Jewish fighting men which
should be part of a permanent
record" said the JWV official.
The authors of "Jews in Ameri-
can Wars" he said, are searching
for such items for use in the new
edition of their book.
Reports, either in writing or in
the form of enclosures such as
newspaper clippings, should in
clude such information as name
or names of individuals involved;
citation Gf any, awarded; name
of military or naval unit; place
and time incident occurred; and
corroborating witnesses.
All reports should be sent to-:
"Jews in American Wars" Jew
iSh War Veterans of the U. S. A.,
so West n Street, New York "a,
N. Y.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-27
Fights Cancer

What kind of research is car
ried on at a liberal arts college?
You'd expect language studies to
be conducted, history researches
to be pursued, philosophical
quests to be inspired.
But at Brandeis.- University,
five-year-old school on the hills
of Waltham, Massachusetts, there
is a surprising addition to the
traditional research of a liberal
arts faculty.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-27

Lou Holtz: ''The appendix may
be useless to man, but think what
it has done for the medical pro-
feSSion."
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-27

Hedy Lamar: "Woman's chief
asset is mans imagination"
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Triportite Committee
On Revision Set Up

I'm the careful working out
of legislation, I know you will
give careful consideration-as
we will in the executive
branch-to the views of labor,
and of management and of the
general public"
In keeping with this state
ment of the President. I i'm
mediately established the tri-
partite advisory committee to
the Department of Labor. The
committee was made up of an
equal number of representa-
tives of the public. of manage
ment and of labor. Beyond
acting as the formal chair
man when I was present. I did
not participate in the delibera-
tions of the committee
The committee was not sue
cessful. The employer men,
bers refused to be governed by
the customary procedural rule
that when the committee
voted. the decision would be
reached on the basis of ma
iority rule. The committee
never got beyond this road
block erected by the employer
members and I recessed the
committee. The committee had
been prevented from reaching
a conclusion on a single issue
of substance. although the
committee itself had set up its
own agenda.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Paper Published Copy
OF Actual MESSAGE

The document reproduced in
The Wall Street journal was
no mere working paper. 1t was
an actual copy of the with
held Presidents message. I
had the last working paper
containing the agreed-upnn
19 propose amendments
which represented the admin
istration position, but only the
final message of the President
bore at the bottom Of the last
page the tell-tale words The
White House. The message IN
The Wall Street Journal is
also marked with the words
The White House" 1t was
the official proposed message
of the President which I per-
sonally never cid have in my
possession and it was the
agreed upon amendments
which the administration was
prepared to submit to the Con-
gress on the very day that
Senator Taft died.
The leak to The Wall Street
Journal was fully exploited.
Newspapers. business maya
zines and the house organs OF
some large industries re-
printed the Presidents pro-
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Met President Alone
Before Luncheon Date

I went to New York City on
the 10Th for my luncheon meet
ing with President Eisenhower.
When I arrived at the hotel I
was told the President wished
to see me alone before lunch
because several other persons
would be present at the
luncheon.
The President and I met
alone and discussed the leak of
the message on the 19-polnt
agreement to the Wall Street
Journal. We further agreed
that the leak in no way less
ened the need for releasing the
agreed-to 19 points, even
though the Congress was no
longer in session. He fully
agreed to my position and
never at any time in our con-
versation raised any questions
on the agreement as a whole
or on any one of the 49,
agreed-to amendments. He
agreed that we should go right
ahead.
We then spoke of other mat
tiers In time others joined us
and We proceeded with lunch.
After lunch, he went on to the
dedication of the housing unit
and proceeded on to Wash
ington, D. c., with the full
knowledge and belief that the
agreement on the 19 points
would be respected in full.
Back in Washington, I then
called for another meeting at
the White House. The meeting
was held. but the White House
staff persisted in Offering us
; something less than the
*agreed-to 10 points. We re-
fused to consider such offers
and requested instead that our
agreement be honored. The
staff refused.
Thereupon. on August 81,
1858, / submitted to the Pres
ident my resignation through
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Further Sessions Called
By White House Order

In my capacity as the Secre-
tary of Labor I then submitted
to the President some proposed
amendments based upon
studies which had been made
by the Department of Labor.
AS a result of this effort, the
White House advised me that
there would be further meet
ings there among representa-
tiVes of the Department. of
Labor, the Department of
Commerce, Senate Majority
Leader Taft, the chairman of
the Senate Committee on Labor
and welfare, the chairman of
the House Labor Education
Committee and members of
the White House staff. A num-
ber of meetings were held at
the White House. In the
course OF these meetings at
the White House and in Sem
ator Tafts' Office, some pro-
posed amendments worked up
by a so-called committee of
the bar association were intro
duced for discussion. While
some individual proposals
among these suggested amend
ments were tentatively agreed
to, there never was at any
time general accord on all the
proposals. This effort, too, be-
came a failure.
Then meetings were begun
at the White House between
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Durkn Describes Way aHarIey Revision Was Agreed On

to any one who reviews the
legislation partially enacted by
Congress since January. 1949,
under the sponsorship of Re-
publican leaders. Indeed, some
II Of the 19 agreed-to amend
ments originate in proposals
advanced by Senator Taft
himself.
To be specific, I refer those
who are interested to the Wood
bill by the House of Represen-
tatives in 1949 under the. .spon-
sorship of Congressman Wood,
a Republican member of the
House.
Also, I specifically refer to
the bill introduced by Senator
Taft in 1949 and passed by the
Senate.
Also, I specifically refer to
the bill introduced by SEN
actor Taft in 1851 which was
designed to amend the Taft
Hartley Act in so far as it
affected the building and con-
struction industry. The bill
was passed by the Senate and
went to the House where it
died in committee.
Finally, / specifically refer
to the numerous bills intro
duced by Senator Taft to
amend the Taft-Hartley Act
in this session of Congress
which has just closed.
1t is this Republican spon-
sored legislation which is the
basis for most of the 10
agreed-upon amendments to
the Taft-Hartley Act. Some
of these amendments were re-
quested by employers, and
Evening star., 1953-09-23

posed message and gave it
wide circulation to the end
that substantial opposition to
the 19-point agreement wouln
be developed.
Perhaps this public rela-
tions campaign met with some
success, for when I later ap-
preached the White House to
devise some way of officially
releasing the message of the
President to the public, l
learned for the first time that
there was some reluctance on
the part of the White House
staff in carrying out the 49,
point agreement.
In the fact of this situation
! requested a meeting with the
President at Denver where ne
was at the time vacationing
In keeping with my request l
was informed that the Presi-
dent was coming to New York
City on August 19 to register
for the mayoralty election and
to dedicate a housing unit iu
honor of Mr.. Baruch's father
was granted an appointment
with the President for lunch at
the Waldorf-Astoria for 1890
on August 10, 1858,
Evening star., 1953-09-23

staff personnel there and rep
resentatives of the Department
of Labor. After numerous
meetings and long delibera-
tions, some 10 amendments to
the Taft-Hartley Act were
agreed to between the White
House staff representatives of
the President and the Depart
n1ent of Labor representatives.
Throughout these meetings the
fact was made clear by the
White House staff personnel
that they were regularly ac-
quainting the President with
developments resulting from
our conferences and that all
Of our meetings were continu-
ing with the full knowledge
and consent of the President.
When agreement was reached
between representatives of the
President and the representa-
tives of the Department of
Labor, we were told that all
19 amendments had the ap-
proVal of the President.
Evening star., 1953-09-23

some were made to clarity
certain rights now permitted
under the law. Others were
sought by labor. But a conn
parative study of the 10
agreed-to amendments and
the requests made by labor
would demonstrate that the
agreement arrived at was
only carrying out the pledge
of President Eisenhower TO
amend the Taft-Hartley Act
in a manner just and fair to
management. to labor and to
the public. I wish to empha-
size that the 10 amendments
which were agreed to were far
less than what was requested
by labor as amendments to
the ft-Hartley Act.
Certainly, the expressions
current today among some rep
resentatives of management
and some representatives Of
the Republican Party indicate
that they are far, far more
conservative than even Senator
Taft.
In conclusion I wish to take
this opportunity to say publicly
that it was indeed a great
honor to be associated person-
ally with President Eisenhower
as a member of his cabinet.
The differences which exist be-
tween the President and myself
arise from a matter of princi-
pie with me. I have only the
warmest personal feelings OF
friendship for the President
and wish him success in the
difficult tasks which lie before
him,
Evening star., 1953-09-23

That part of Former Secre-
targ OF Labor Martin p. Dur
kin'S address to the American
Federation of Labor conUen-
ton in st. Louis yesterday
which refers to amendment OF
the Tatt-HGrtley Act folloWS:
The record of events which
make up the attempts by the
Department of Labor to aid
the administration in formu-
lating its position on Taft
Hartley amendments is cryS-
tai clear, and I shall present
this record step by step.
AS the Republican candi-
date for the Presidency, Gen.
Eisenhower candidly stated
that he favored amending the
aft-Hartley Act but not its
repeal. Before the list con-
vention of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor he asserted
that he desired the kind Of
amendments which would
make the act fair to both
labor and management. He
specifically mentioned, by the
way of example, his opposition
to a union-busting provision
of the act which had been
called to his attention-the
denial of the rights of eco
nomic strikers to vote in elec-
tions.
AS the President, he re-
affirmed his pledge to amend
the Taft-Hartley Act. In his
first state of the union mes
sage to Congress, President
Eisenhower said and I quote:
The determination of labor
policy must be governed not
by political expediency but
by the f1rmest principles and
convictions we have now
had five years experience with
the Labor Management Act of
1947 That experience has
shown the need for some cor
rective action, and we should
promptly proceed to amend the
act.
Il know that the Congress
is already proceeding with re-
neWed studies of the whole
subject. Meanwhile. the De-
partment of Labor is at once
beginning to devise further
specific recommendations for
your consideration.
Evening star., 1953-09-23

Commerce, I raised the ques-
ton of whether h. would have
a veto power. The answer was
that the Secretary of Com
merce could not exercise any
veto power and that he would
be advised that the President
had approved the 19 agreed-to
amendments.
The decision was then made
at the White House to send
the Presidents message on the
agreed amendments to the
Taft-Hartley Act up to the
Congress on July 81, 1853.
On that very day Senator
Taft died.
I was then informed that a
White House conference had
been held and the decision
was reached to withhold send.
ing the message to Congress out
of Difference to the death CT
the Senator. I was not only
assured that the agreement
would be made publicly known
later, but-in answer to my
query-I was told that no
changes were to be made in
the 19 points on which we had
agreed. However. Congress ad-
journed shortly thereafter and
no administration position on
the amending of the Taft
Hartley Act was ever sent to
the Congress during that first
session.
But on August g., 1858, the
message of the President con-
tanning the agreed-to 10 pro-
posed amendments to the
Taft-Hartley Act was pub
lished in full in The Wall
Street Journal. ...
Editors Note: A full de-
scription of the 10 amend
ments allegedly agreed on by
the administration had been
published in The Star on
July 3D.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Message Draft Begun
On 1o-Point Basis

The White House represent
atives then proceeded to draft
the Presidents message to
Congress on amending the
Taft-Hartley Act in keeping
with the 19-point agreement.
I read the message and ap-
proved it. When the White
House representatives stated
that the agreement would be
disclosed to the Secretary of
Evening star., 1953-09-23

My next effort to be of
assistance to the administra-
tion in amending the Taft
Hartley Act was to participate
in a series of meetings with
the Department of Commerce
at the request of the White
House. The Department of
Labor was represented by the
Undersecretary and myself
and the Department of Com
merce by its general counsel.
These meetings too were fruit
less because the viewpoints of
the two departments were so
far apart.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Says President Changed
Views on 7o Points

Finally. on September 10 at
1885 am, I received a tele-
phone call from the White
House advising me that the
President wished to see me
there at 1870 am. We met
and he informed me that he
had changed his position since
the New York meeting and
that he could no longer go
along with the 10 amend
mentS.
then explained to the
President that as a trade
unionist I had been trained
to keep collective bargaining
agreements entered into be-
tween our local union and its
employers. I also pointed out
that since 1921-when l was
first elected business agent of
the local union-it was one of
my duties to see to it that the
local and the employers abided
by their agreements. In short,
adherence to an agreement
was a matter of principle with
me and 1 could not disregard
my principles at this late date
in my life. Since it was now
finally evident to me that the
19-point agreement between
the President and myself was
not going to be kept, 1 insisted
that he accept my resignation.
He reluctantly obliged.
I have noted with interest
the flood of speculation, down.
right misinformation and bold
untruthS which have flooded
the country since the agree
ment was leaked to the Wall
Street Journal.
Evening star., 1953-09-23

the White House, since by this
time the President had re-
turned to Denver. After my
resignation had been received
by the President, the White
House Staff-consisting of the
same members who had prev
iously represented the Pres
ident and who had agreed to
the 19 amendments approved
by the PreSident-arranged for
still another meeting, on or
about September s, to deter
mine whether or not some
thing could not be done. -.
Again the staff offered a very
weak substitute for the 49,
point agreement and again I
called for adherence to the
terms of the agreement.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Cites Numerous Bills
To Amend Labor Act

Actually the basis of the
10 amendments which were
agreed to is readily available
Evening star., 1953-12-03
BY Harry Macarthur

company, Jack webb has
achieved something which comes
to few men. The victim (for
want of q better word) Of q re-
cent satire on records of his radio
and TV "Dragnet," Mr.. Webb
this week managed to top Stan
Freberg's hilarious jest.
He did it with a guest appear
ance on Berle's Tuesday night
NBC-TV show, which had Sergt.
Friday investigating the highly
improbable suspicion that Berle
was stealing jokes. OF to q fly
ing start with a surprise appear
ance of Sid Caesar as the chief
complainant, this turned out to
be a top-flight comedy hour all
the way.
Mr.. Ace and his writing staff
and Mr.. Webb had q great deal
of fun Spooflng Mr.. Webb and
the low-key and repetitious dia-
logue of "Dragnet." The chase,
to no ones surprise. led finally
to Milton Berle's mother, in a
living room fabulously decorated
with several hundred pictures
of Milton.
It was all slick enough comedy
that only a devoted admirer of
Lisa Kinks would complain that
it left too little time for her. It
was slick comedy but it left too
little time for Lisa Kirk.
x X X X
Mr.. Webb, incidentally, was
the most popular guest star any
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Maria Rvo, Jack PoIonce Launch New ABC-TV Drama
Or the Air

It became clear this week that
the new III. S. Steel Hour" is
likely to get some stiff compe-
tition right. in its own domain.
The "Motorola TV Hour" which
will alternate with the Theater
Guild-produced dramatic pro-
gram on ABC-TV on Tuesdays
at $3.50 p.m., had a most auspi-
cious debut. The opening show,
an original drama entitled
"Brandenburg Gate" was a pol
ished production, both physi-
cally and dramatically.
It did demand the almost i'm
possible of it's audience-the ac-
ceptance of the proposition that
two people could look like Jack
Palance, a fairly far-fetched no.
ton. Mr.. Palance managed the
dual role well enough, however,
to create the illusion for all but
carping critics. He's a quick
change artist, too.
Mr.. Palance was called upon,
of course, for less volatile dra-
matics than were demanded of
Maria Riva in the central fem
inine role. He played a foreign
correspondent on the safe side
of the Brandenburg Gate and a
German resistance leader on the
Communist side. On both sides,
she played a girl with whom
both were in love, who herself
was in love with a free German
democracy She did it quite
compellingly, too, in a perform
ance that was sensitive and at
times high-voltage.
X X X X
The play by John Vlahos, sub
titled "a Modern Tale of Two
Cities" was a shade on the
melodramatic side and taxed
credibility a bit, but its heart
was in the right place. It called
for the newspaperman in the end
to place himself in q Communist
death cell so the German leader
could go free to fight Commu-
nism.
This is the beau geste in
Evening star., 1953-12-03

spades, redoubled. The newspa-
per trade is so often shabbily
treated in felton, however. that
it would be sheer ingratitude to
cavil when an author endows a
member of it with this nobility.
But we still have a sneaking
suspicion that a working re-
porter would have found a better
way to fight Communism than
by wilfully sticking his pate in
front of a Communist bullet.
Still, there is no harm in re-
peating in dramatic or any other
terms that the fight must be
made. Thanks to Miss Riva, Mr..
Palance, Thomas Gomez, Lili
DarvaS and others of the cast,
along with Executive Producer
Herbert Brodkin and his staff,
1.-The Motorola TV Hour" got it
said with some force. AS we said
back there, an auSpicious begin
ming.
The play on the new ABC-TV
program was accompanied, Incl
dentally, by welcome hint that
the commercial approach will be
sensible here. The second act
of "Brandenburg Gate" for in
stance, concluded with Miss Riva
at a fairly high hysterical pitch.
A member of the audience in
one living room satirically
chanted that singing commercial
the sponsor uses all over the air.
1t wasn't forthcoming, though.
Instead, the screen went black
for seconds so there would be no
clash with the dramas mood.
Then came a picture and finally
the calm voice of an announcer.
If sponsors are going to start
thinking of the proper subordi-
nate role of commercials at times
like this, a lot of critics face low
blood pressure.
X X 4
THE TOPPER-Thanks to
Goodman Ace, Milton Berle and
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Kiss Is Interrupted

SAN DIEGO. Calf, (R.-Just
as Harry Rowan. sailor of the
Destroyer Tender Sperry, kissed
his girl-wham! My Rowan stag
gered over backwards. The sur
prised girl friend said a man
had slugged Mr.. Rowan. Another
grabbed his wallet with $3.50
They ran down the street.