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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09
July "Mercury" Article
Hits Smeoring Of Patriots
as "Anti-Semites"

In an outspoken article in the
July American Mercury, Rabbi
Benjamin Schultz, executive di-
rector of the American Jewish
League Against Communism, Inc,
accuses the liberals" Of malici-
ously hurting the epithet "anti-
Semitic" against innocent patriots
and conservatives, in order to
smear them and to instigate the
Jews against the anti Commu-
nists. The rabbi points out that
this is unjust to the average Jew,
an anti Communist, who loves
America. Schultz also shows that
such propaganda pleases tn e
bigots, who love to have the Ii
berals smear men like Nixon as
anti-Semitic, thus giving these
bigots respectable company. FL
nally, the rabbi documents in
detail the Communist origin of
this liberal" campaign, which
enlists well-meaning dupes.
The article is titled: "Is Every
body Anti-Semitic?"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09
ISRAEL FLAG FLIES
IN MADRAS

BOMBAY, India, ISD = The
flag of Israel flew in Madras
State, India, for the first time re-
Gently when the international
Y. M. c. A. Youth Centre at
Tiruppattur was inaugurated.
The Centre was built by Y. M
c. A. contributions from all over
the world. The Jerusalem Y. M
c. A. Mems Club contributed the
cost of one room through a bene-
fit concert and personal contribu-
tons.
With its contribution, each
Y. M. C. A. sent its national flag
to be flown at the Inauguration
and on official occasions.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09

convention at Mt. Sinai. when we
received the ten commandments.
And we continued to be con-
vention minded people. The Torah
required all the Jews in an an
cient Israel to come to Jerusalem
for three major festivals. Three
conventions year in which every
Jew in the land was a delegate!
I seriously believe this had
much to do with the vitality of
Judaism. Every Jew was dele
gate to this convention in Jeru-
salem. That was pure democracy.
not merely representative democ-
racY. That was the town meeting
kind Of democracy of which JEFF
ferson was to speak in ecstacY all
Of his life.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09
I'VE Proy for Peace but Must be Prepared
to Defend 1t, Declares Israel President

TEL AVN - QSD - Opening
the Command and Staff College
somewhere in Israel" the Presi-
dent of Israel, Mr.. Yitzhak Ben
Xvi praised the Army's zest to
learn. eve pray for peace but we
must be prepared to defend it,"
the President said. The Inaugural
ton ceremonies took place in the
presence of the Prime Minister,
Mr.. Moshe Sharett, the Minister
of Defense, Mr.. Pinhas Lavon, the
Chief of Staff of the Israel De-
tense Forces, Raw Aloof Moshe
Dayan, members of the Security
and Foreign Affairs Committee of
the KnesSet (Parliament), high
ranking army officers and foreign
military attaches.
The Prime Minister, in his in
augural address, declared that the
nations soldiers had shown an
unsurpassed devotion to its inter-
ests. Politics and warfare are
'interdependent, and as politicians
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09

Zionist conventions in the past
have been much of the nature of
pugiliStic events. once knew
man who had tickets for the Dem
pSy-Firpo fight, but he decided
not to use them since there was
Zionist convention at the same
time and he thought the fighting
there would be better. Rabbi
Wise, at a dinner to Louis Lipsky,
once mentioned the matter, recall
ing the story of the general at
whom his own soldiers were talk
ing pot shots. Gentlemen" said
the general, "there is the enemy!"
The American Labor Zionist
leader. DR.. SYrlkin. was once
soundlY snacked by DR.. Nordau
at Zionist Congress in Hamburg
for an opprobious reference to the
latter's policies. When SYrkin.
back in America. was chided a.
bout the matter. he brushed il off.
What kind Of a city is Ham,
burg!" he said.
At American conventions things
were never usually as bad as that
and even if they were, before the
grapefruit course at the banquet,
the wounds were generally on the
way to healing. A little turbulen-
ce is not a bad thing. We find in
the very earliest days of the Zion
list movement, for instance, when
DR.. Richcard Gottheil was Presi-
dent, that the conventions were so
dull, that Gottheil himself never
attended. He would go off to Eu-
rope on his summer vacations.
Conventions in those days were
very simple affairs. Jacob de Hass
would get up and offer motion
TO buy Palestine from Turkey.
Naphtali Herr Imber. little short
of cash. would place himself in
nomination for treasurer of the
Zionist Organization. So things
would go on in their placid way.
These were the very beginnings of
course. Things did not long last
that way.
Why do people 60 to conven-
tons?
There is THE cause" of course.
Il is not to be moderated. Even
a lost cause is better than none at
all. But that is not the whole of
the story. We Jews. I think. are
a convention-born people. We
were a group initiated at a great
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09
The Zionist Convention
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
It, 1854, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc)

Copyright 1854, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc)
With the unopposed election Of Mortimer May
the Zionist Organization the just ap
something of good will if we
borrow from American political history Certainly
beloved and respected by
the Tennessee
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09
This and That
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
Copyright, 1854, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.l

in America. Might be a good way
to fight alcoholism in America.
Adam Smith, famous economist,
once wrote of a group of sailors
reaching place where all the
wine they might care for was to
be had for the asking. At first,
there was swilling, but later, the
men seemed to lose their relish
for it. The ease of getting it,
Smith thought, made it less at
tractive. We seem to desire
thing more because it is hard to
obtain or is prohibited.
Choni, whom everyone who
ever attended a Jewish conven-
ton in America will remember,
is well fixed in Israel. Recently,
Choni was offered a job, which
even he admitted, was attractive.
After some thinking, however, he
turned it down. He said it would
violate his lifelong principle: not
to work for a living.
Choni holds to the ideas of
Clarence Darrow who, when in
troduced as ga great friend of
labor" said: 81 would rather be
a great friend Of labor than
labor"
The best story about Choni is
the one Choni told me himself.
He paid a visit to prominent
Jewish labor leader, expecting
him to chip in" for his subsist-
ence as other prominent Jews had.
II have present for you," said
the labor leader. With that, he
drew forth a book-the labor
leaders autobiography.
Choni was aghast for a moment
but only for a moment. He pull
ed out a pamphlet about the Jew
ish National Fund. Here" he
said, handing it to the lab br
leader" is your change"
Sol Cohen, the Long Island
Zionist leader, after whom a
street in Jerusalem was recently
named, was rendered a banquet
on the occasion of his 68th birth
day. Speaker after speaker paid
tribute to Cohen's devoted serv-
ice to the cause of Zionism. FL
nally Sol arose to respond.
81 feel" he said, "like a rabbi
who was being honored in some
what the same fashion. One
speaker told about his devotion to
Judaism, another praised his
beautiful family life, a third
spoke of his uprightness and inte-
gritty and so on. Finally, the rabbi
arising to speak, said that the
various aspects of his character
and life had been touched upon
by the different speakers, but he
regretted to say that all had
failed to mention one of his traits
perhaps indeed his m o st out
standing trait-namely, his hui
mility."
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09

Mayor David Of Pittsburgh and Mrs Lawrence shown
they boarded FL AL Israel Anes plane this week for their first visit
Israel where they will observe the economic advances achieved result
American in State OF Israel Bonds Describing the State aeI
Lawrence before his departure indicated his
the from Israel Bond sales have
been USE The Mayor and Mrs arranged earlier
this State Of Israel Development Bond dinner in tribute the Mayor
where Pittsburgh businessmen presented the trip gift the
behalf the State of Israel Bond
Bond Issue being sold
the world in 1854
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-07-09

are restrained by responsibility,
so must the army be-" said Mr..
Sharett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
I Hurt in Collision
OF Taxi and Auto

Seven persons were injured
early today when a taxicab col
lided head-on with a car on
Beach drive. 500 feet south Of
Tilden street NV.
Among those taken to Emer-
gency Hospital for treatment
was Very johnson. 33. colored.
of 1904 Fourth street NV, a
nurse who was reporting to the
hospital for her first day of
work.
The others were identified as:
Milton Lucas. 43. colored, of
1921 Nineteenth street Sc, the
cab driver; Georgia Evans, IS.
colored. of the Fourth street
address, Vergie Myers. 81, of 805
Hayward avenue, Takoma Park.
Anita Haight. so. of COG
Ethan Allen avenue, Takoma
Park: Gertrude Davis, So, Of SIT
Ethan Allen avenue. and Mar
jorie McNall, SO. of 912 Elm ave-
nue., Takoma Park.
The taxicab was headed north
on Beach drive and the auto
south when the collision oc-
CURED on q curve. Front ends
of both vehicles were demol-
iShed.
Police said that Mrs. McNall
was driving the car in which the
Takoma Park women were
riding.
No charges were placed pend
Ing completion Of the investi-
cation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Mccarthy Subcommittee Votes
To Probe Own Row With Army;
Special Staff Will Be Employed
Hearings to Be
Public and Will
Get Priority
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

The Senate Investigations
subcommittee voted this after.
noon to conduct its own in
vestigation of the Mccarthy
Army controversy. The SUBJ
committee also voted unani-
mously to employ q special
counsel and staff for the in
veStigation, to take all sworn
testimony in public hearings,
and to give the hearings pri-
ority over all other business.
Senator Mundt, Republican,
of South Dakota, will serve as
acting committee chairman
for the probe.
The subcommittee also set
next Tuesday at 1890 am.
to receive a progress report
on the selection Of a counsel
and staff and other matters in
the investigation. These de-
cisionS were arrived at in a
MISUNDERSTANDING closed
session Of the seven-member
subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Wet Mimi Drive Near Heart
OF Fortress, Then Are Routed

perately to keep the plain out
of rebel hands.
1t was the most savage battle
of the seven-year Indo-C China
war. Early today the outcome
certain to have a major effect on
the Geneva conference next
month-waS still in doubt.
The "do-or-die" fanatic rebel
charges over the mounting bodies
of their own dead duplicated the
Communist onslaughts on United
Nations troops in the Korean
war. For the first time in the
long Indo- China war, the Wet
Mini abandoned their guerrilla
tactics for an about frontal as
Sault.
In the first 48 hours of fight
ing the Wet Mimi wrested two
northern and northeastern
Strongpoints from the French
Union defenders. But the French
high command said the center
Of the Wet Minh-encircled plain
was still intact and the balance
of the outer perimeter also was
still holding.
The French predicted the de-
tenders would hold out until the
rebels had worn themselves out.
The French command gave no
estimate of its own losses. But
it admitted that the casualties
were "appreciable" among the
garrison of French Moroccans,
Wet Namese, Algerians, German
Foreign Legionnaires and Thai
tribeSmen.
The French in Saigon predict
ed the Wet Mimi could not
maintain their intense attacks
of the past 48 hours longer than
two more days. BY that time,
they said. the rebel troops and
their supplies-the latter pain
fully trekked by coolies over the
hundreds of jungle miles from
Chinese dumps-would be ex-
hausted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
~ the Associated Press

HANOI. Indo- China, Mar. 16.
Screaming Wet Mini shock
troops surged today to within a
half mile of the heart of the
Diem Bien Phu fortress. then
faltered and fell back under
sheets of fire from the French
garrison. packing their dead and
wounded with them.
Masses Of the Communicated
rebels staged the attack from the
encircling hills in a driving rain.
firing rifles. pistols and machine
guns and throwing grenades and
spears. French-manned Ameri-
can guns tore wide gaps in their
ranks. A French Army spokes-
man said thousands of the rebels
were cut down.
Unofficial estimates Of the
Wet Mimi dead and wounded in
the four days of battle for the
wire-ringed plain, in strategic
sector Of Northwest Indo- China.
rose to between 5000 and 5000.
Broken, bullet-riddled bodies
of rebel dead dangled on the
barbed wire as the outnumbered
French Union forces fought deS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
By John A. Giles

Admiral Arthur w. Radford,
the chairman. said today the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff "unani-
mously agreed" to President Ell
senhower's military program but
it appeared Gen. Matthew B
Ridgway was far from satisfied
with the plan.
The Army Chief of Staff de-
clined late yesterday to say in
open session whether he had
recommended a II per cent
slash in the size of the ground
forces.
Senator Maybank. Democrat.
of South Carolina. pressed the
general to tell whether he was
satisfied with the program, but
he sidestepped the query time
and again. Secretary Of Defense
Wilson and other top Pentagon
officials were present.
All he would say was that 81
accept this decision as a sound
one-the time for recommending
is past"
The. Armed Services subcom-
mittee> of the Senate Appropria-
tons Committee today renewed
its inquiry with Admiral Rad
ford as the witness.
Admiral Radford appeared to-
day to be somewhat surprised
at Gen. Ridgway's answers at
yesterdays session.
He told the Senator'S that 1t
was his opinion last December
that all members Of the Joint
Chiefs agreed on the administra-
ton program which stresses air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Joint Chiefs Are Unanimous
On Budget Cuts, Says Rodford

power and new weapons and
drastically cuts manpower - es-
pecially the Army.
Did they all advocate it,"
asked Chairman Ferguson.
Apparently not" replied the
admiral.
"You say that because Of Gen.
Ridgway's answer?"
We'll, his answer was not ex-
actly clear to me- the Admiral
said. He added that he had read
the Ridgway statement, given
to the subcommittee yesterday,
and II had the feeling he wasn't
satisfied"
The subcommittee arranged to
have Admiral Radford and Gen.
Ridgway testify at a closed ses-
sion at some later date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Woman Taxpayer Gets q Bill
For / Cent; Won't Have to Pay

A Washington taxpayer who
dutifully prepared her 1858.
District income return and sent
it in with a $42.54 covering
check, received her reward to-
day-a dun from the tax Office,
for l cent due.
AS she set out to remit the
penny. plus 6 per cent hardness
penalty, H. j. Richardson. adj
miniStrator of the income tax
division. explained that the bill
ing was the result of clerical
oversight"
"We wouldn't Intentionally
bill a person for q small amount
like that" he said. why. the
quintuplicate bills alone cost 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Churchill Asks Action
On Threat to His Wife
BY 1he Associuted Press


LONDON. Mar. 16.-Prime
Minister Churchill called in
Scotland Yard today to deal with
a threat to his wife Clementine
The threat came in "a letter
in the morning mail at 10 Down.
ing street. the Prime Minister'S
official residence.
Mrs. Churchill is SO.
Mr.. Churchill's aides refused
details of the letter. but said it
has been sent to the commits
sioner of police "for him to take
any action he considers neces-
Sary."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
BY the Associated Press

PIKESVILLE, KY, Mar. 16.-
There's nothing wrong with the
Pike County Jail that warm
showers, roomy beds and a better
selection Of food wouldn't cure.
Hiram Bailey told Circuit
Court yesterday he would like
to have some Of these comforts
Of home during the 60 days he
has to spend in the Jail, even If
he has to pay for them himself.
Bailey. So. a motel operator,
was sentenced for selling whisky
In dry territory.
He sued for an Injunction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Showdown Near in House
On Cut in Income Taxes
Stations Carrying
Democratic Talks

The Democratic reply to
President EiSenhower's tax
speech will be made tonight
by Representative Rayburn
of Texas, Senator George of
Georgia and Representative
Cooper of Tennessee. These
local television and radio
stations will carry the pro-
gram:
9 p.m.-Television Station
WTTG.
$50 p.m.-Radio Station
WWDC.
1918 p.m.-Radio Sta
tons WRC and WASH-FM.
1920 pm. - Television
Station WNBW.
1880 p.m.-Radio Station
WMAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Jail Just Like Home Is What
This Suing Prisoner Wants

against Jailer Frank Coleman.
In his petition, Bailey said he
weighed Gin excess of 800 pounds,
is 6 feet 2 inches tall and on
medical advice is on a diet. which
diet does not include soup. beans
and potatoes. the major items Of
food served to prisoners in the
Pike County JAIL
He requested permission to in
stall q shower. provide himself
with q suitable bed and bed
clothing, and to have better food
brought in to him. all at his own
expense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Kindly Omit Tears.
Emit Cheers Over
Bills Passing

Fairfax Commemorative At
torney Hugh Marsh answered the
telephone yesterday to receive
q telegram from Richmond.
The operator offered her SYM
pathy and said she was sorry to
bring such Ill tidings. She APP
parently understood the message
Co mean that Mr.. Marsh had lost
a dear friend. The message read:
"Bill passed-call Carleton"
Mr.. Marsh was gladdehed In
stead Of saddened. It was q mes
sage about successful passage Of
q piece Of legislation affecting
Fairfax County's sanitary pro-
gram and meant for him to call
County Executive Carleton Mas
sey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
FbI SEXES Suspect
In Threat 10 Bomb
Max Factor S Home
Man Trapped as He Gets
Dummy Parcel; AIIegedIy
Tried to Effort $4,000
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16.-FBI
agents closed in on a San Fer
napdo Valley orange grove yes
terday and arrested an unem-
ployed man on charges that he
had attempted to extort $4,000
from Max Factor. jr.. makeup
manufacturer, under threats Of
bombing the Factor family. :
In setting the trap. one FBI
man was made up to resemble
Mr.. Factor.
Wendell Martin Ringholz. AZ,
Of suburban Northridge. father
Of three children, was seized by
FBI agents who came out of
hiding when he picked up a
dummy package in the orange
grove.
Third Effort Succeeds.
The arrest climaxed week-long
negotiations by letter, telephone
and a newspaper ad and marked
the third time the package had
been planted at spots designated
by the would-be extortionist. The
first two times he apparently had
been frightened off.
Last Thursday night Mr..
Factor. head of the cosmetics
firm founded by his father, his
wife Mildred and their son DON
aid. 10. left their Beverly Hills
mansion after a man telephoned
that time bomb was hidden in
a wall. Another son, Mark, Is,
is in private school.
Wife Nearly HystericaI.
Mr.. Factor said his wife be-
came almost hysterical after the
first cali was received. How
ever. Mr.. Factor said he never
entertained any idea of yielding
TO the eXtortlon demands.
I'm not about to toss $4,000
over a fence to anybody" he
said. "All he could do was kill
me. After he got the first money
he'd want more. It's just black
mail"
The FBI quoted Ringholz, who
came here last November from
Cleveland. as saying he selected
Mr.. Factor after reading about
him in who's Who"
FBI agents quoted Ringholz as
saying his family knew nothing
Of the plot, that he was deeply in
debt.
Ringholz formerly served as
director for the CLIO Gas, Coke
& Chemical Workers Union for
Ohio and part of West Virginia.
He was ousted from the job in
1874? on grounds of left-wing
sympathies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Tex Collector Himself
Files at the 18th Hour
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASsocioted Press
ST. LOUIS, Mar. Icon
spicuous among 11th-hour filers
of Federal income tax returns
yesterday was Thomas Copley.
chief of the Collection Division
of the st. Louis Office of the
Internal Revenue Service.
"Jhst didn't happen to get
around to It earlier" Mr.. Copley
explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Picture on Poae AZ

Picture on Poee Az
more surprise discoveries such as
those which led to the atom
bomb. A vast new field for de-
irving energy from matter is
among the possibilities.
Although scientists had to
learn something about the
nucleus to make the A-bomb,
they still don't know much about
it. To find out more they must
bust the atom more thoroughly
than ever before. The new ma
chine. called the bevatron, is de-
signed to do that.
Weighs 10000 Tons.
The bevatron. a part of famed
Prof. Ernest o. Lawrence's ra-
diation laboratory, is race
track-shaped affair of steel and
copper 1875 feet in diameter and
IA feet high-the largest nuclear
research instrument in existence.
It weighs 10000 tons. about
the weight of an ordinary-sized
United States cruiser. 1t cost
sos million and was financed
by the Atomic Energy Commits
sion.
Six years were required to
design and build the machine.
The actual construction re-
quired four years.
A month ago the machine was
cautiously started for the first
time. It whipped UP a thin
beam of atomic proiectiles to a
feeble 20 million volts. Gradu-
ally it was accelerated until on
March IL it produced atom bull
lets of S billion volts in energy.
This 5 billion volts is by far
the greatest energy ever pro-
duced in an atom smasher. The
previous record was made by the
cosmotron in the Acc labora-
tory at Brookhaven, Long Is.
land. The cosmotron hit 2.a
billion volts.
When scientists were smash
ing atom in the days proceed
ing the atomic energy era the
only known nuclear particles
were protons. neutrons and cleo
irons. Out of that limited pic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Eisenhower Labels
Democratic Plun as
'Unsound, Unfoir'

House Republican and Demo-
cratic leaders lined up votes to-
day for a head-on battle on a
Democratic plan to increase per-
sonal income tax deductions
which President Eisenhower says
is unsound, unfair and politi-
cally motivated.
The President denounced the
Democratic proposal in a tele-
Text Of Presidents Telsvision Speech
on Toxes. Poee "A
Robert Montgomery Behind Presidents
Tv Performance. Page A
>----~->
vision and radio address to the
Nation last night calling instead
for support of what he called
the flair to all" administration
tax revision program.
House Democratic Leader Ray
burn Of Texas. who countered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
It's III Degrees in Miumi

MIAMI. Fla, Mar. 16 (P.-
The temperature dropped to Al
degrees here today, making it
the coolest March Is in 38 years.
A cold air mass blanketing Flor
ida caused the chill. Warmer
weather was predicted for to-
morrow.