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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-09

If you are not. you are allowed
the peace of mind of planning for
your own family gatherings. your
new wardrobes. household duties,
and just general holiday But
if by avocation or provocation
you must bend your thinking
around the corner of your house.
then you come face to face with
the Jews over the border and
across the seas. Then if you had
met the captain of the "Lamarhak
II" you would probably think Of
him. too. for Joseph Hawkins
brings with him coloring of dia-
spora JewrY that only an old
world traveller might once have
brought to group gathered
around him to hear tales of the
outside world . Only this JOS
eph brought tales Of a world in
side 1. so close to US that per-
haps we cannot even see it: our
selves. our homes and our COM
munitY -.
I'm all my visits to the ports on
the east coaSt-it was only in
Jacksonville that l was invited to
visit in home, and enjoy Jewish
hospitality" Thus he spoke-this
man who was a ninth generation
descendant of the Baal Shem Tow,
the great rabbi who founded the
chassidic movement His ia
Their, and his fathers father, and
back to the beginnings of the
rabbinic movement, had all been
rabbunim g.. Even today his fam
lily and family connections are i'm
portant ones j.. but in San Juan,
Puerto RIGA, he lived for a month
in the Y.M.C.A. completely ig-
nored by the island Jewish COM
munity -.
Il thought everywhere il would
be like in Israel where a visiting
Jew is welcome on every colony
in every home. but I found no
evidence of the Jewish brother
hood elsewhere Only in Mo-
rocco was il different There
the Jews of Casablanca treat a
visitor like royalty The rich
and the poor were equally hospi-
table
He told of other type Jews from
other parts of the world the
Chuetas of SPANS .Balearis Is
lands, descendants of the Mar
ramos They are more Catholic
than the Catholic, he said On
Yom Kippur, to show contempt
for their Jewish ancestry, they
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-09
First Jew as General Of u. S.
Marine Corps Reserve Appointed

The appointment of the first Jew the rank Of general in the
S. Marine Reserve has been by the President of
United States according received by the National Jew
ish Welfare Board from USING Commandant Gen. Lemuel c.
Sheped J The Melvin L. Krulewtch New York
attorney who has served the Corps since World War General
Kruewitch is commanding officer of Division Staff VTU2 with
headquarters aboard the UsS Prairie State New York City
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-09

the spiritual power to aspire
noblY. adventure daringlY. serve
humblY."
The president of Berea is the
renowned Francis H. Hutchins
who is the brother of the cele-
brated Robert Hutchins who used
to be president of the University
of Chicago. And one thing more:
The way to make sacrifice at the
altar of this holy city is by gener-
Gus contribution, to help make
sure that there's never to be an
end of Berea's service.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-09
PLAIN TALK
CONTINUED from Page u

Co11OI1S 0SISo QOSSA 4AAA4AN Va 4AAAS
as charity: I thought of it in the
terms Of the teaching of our own
Maimonides who said the highest
degree of doing good to an i'm
poverished neighbor was to help
him make his own way. It
couldn't be charity because at
Berea a boy or girl earned his
mathematics. his chemistry. his
physics by working for it with his
hands.
This is the way of Berea where
every student works for educa-
ton 10 hours a week, at least,
works for no private employer
but only for the college; works in
the big college bakery, in the col
lege creamery, on Berea's abund-
ant acres with their herd of cattle,
in the weaving shops, in the col
lege hospital where nursing is
taught, in Boone Tavern owned
and operated by the college; in
the woodworking shops where are
made the furniture for the hotel
and for sale in the public market;
in the print shops of the Berea
Citizen, weekly paper published
by the college.
They not only earn education
but help to support the college as
well. (Seven percent of tn e
schools income comes out of the
products made by the hands of
the students.) They come out of
there as teachers. scientists. agri-
culturalists. pre-medics and pre-
law. as BIAS and B.S.'s: best Of
all they graduate with an endow-
ment of character that comes
from having experienced the de-
mocracY and high dignity of toll.
I had thought of Berea as one of
the minor seats of education; that
is to say. minor in physical
wealth. found it occupying 100
buildings in town and spreading
over some 5000 fertile acres.
Much of this wealth had been
produced by these young people
earning their education.
You know, as the school bus
was taking me around, l con-
ceived a noble educational pro-
ject: Just such a college as Berea
for the kids of the well-to-do who
would have to work for their
education instead of depending on
easy remittances from home; a
college without a football team
but excelling in the much nobler
game of making life better. In a
college like Berea l should like to
see my own grandchildren edu-
Gated, but, alas! even with our
modest means we're just too rich
for Berea which accepts only the
poor to make them rich by good
life.
Well. you may ask. what's
Berea's religion? You already
have the essentials of Berea's re-
ligion. Berea speaks of itself as
Christian but its practice of reli-
gion is of the Jewish concept. too.
Il describes its Christian COM
mitment i. so that we may work
together. respecting each mans
conscience. working by love. en-
deavoring to keep the unity of
the spirit in the bond of peace"
This is also Jewish commit
ment. 1 could feel myself no
stranger in this holy city. The
God know was there and 1 need
ed no walls of religious edifice to
admonish me of His real presence
all over Berea. Toward evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Hearing Urged
For Turncouts

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. is
R.-President Eisenhower was
urged yesterday to order a public
civil hearing for the three ex-
soldier "turncoats" who came
home disillusioned from Red
China last month.
Fheir attorneys declared such
q hearing would strike an effec-
tive counter-blow at Communist
propaganda" It would show,
they said, that military trials
are out of order for all Coma
munist : manufactured turn
coats" and also would:
Make known to the free world
that the Is other American boys
who have chosen homeopathic
ton, scattered throughout Red
China, have expressed the desire
to our clients to return home and
their need for immediate aid and
assistance from our Govern
ment."
The telegraph plea to remove
the returned trio from military
custody was dispatched by at
torneys George T. Davis and
Harold c. Brown. Their clients
are Ohio Bell, "a, Hillsboro,
Miss; L. W. Griggs, %, Jackson
vile, Tex, and william c. Cow
art, %, Dalton, Ga.
The three are in Army custody
here awaiting military trials for
alleged misconduct while pris-
onars of war in Korea.
A formal plea for transfer Of
TT cases to civilian courts is
scheduled for arguments Sep
TENDER % before Judge Louis E.
Goodman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
First Two Americans
Are Freed by Chinese

Sein in Shangtung Province
since 1918.
She crossed the border today
after the two Americans arrived
and was taken to the Presby-
terrain mission home In Hong
Kong.
Il had hoped to live a life Of
peace and quiet for my remain
ing years at Yih Sien, but sud-
denly last week, I was ordered to
leave China Immediately" she
said.
The Chinese Communists
promised September 10 they
would release 10 American ci-
VILLAINS who had been jailed or
put under house arrest. Both
MIR. Rickett and Father Rigney
were in this group. Red China
said the 10 had been convicted
Of crimes ranging from spread
ing reactionary propaganda to
spying.
None Of Others Appear
/ On September 6 Red China
had announced that II other
Americans previously denied exit
permits were free to leave China
when they chose. No charges
had been made against them. Sc
far none in this group has left
THE Communist mainland. but
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard l.. Kicks
have booked steamship passage
leaving Shanghai for Yokohama
October 6. Mr.. Kicks. a native
lof BoScobel, Wis. had been an
automobile dealer In China from
1880 until he was refused per-
mission to leave in January
1881. His wife was born in
Shanghai Of British parents.
Another in the group Of IL
Emma E. Barry, Is. is reported
coming to Hong Kong aboard Q
British freighter due September
IS. The little girl is an Ameri-
can. Her mother. stateless
White Russian, is believed to
be accompanying her.
The United States also has
been negotiating at Geneve fol-
the release of 10 other Ameri-
cans imprisoned by the Chinese
A communique issued September
6 said machinery had been set
up so they could "expeditiously
exercise their right" to go home
There was no specific announce
ment on their release, however,
The Chinese Communists al
ready have freed is American
airmen they had held since the
Korean war.
Sure on Germ Warfare
During his news conference
one reporter asked Mr.. Rickett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16

Chinese. IN announcing Sunday
that his l0-year-prison sentence
had been reduced. said he
showed fairly good behavior"
while imprisoned.
Father Rigney feels it /, was
American public opinion which
|pressured the Reds into releasing
him and other Americans when
they come" said one priest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16

/ scholarships to study In Chini
were formerly In intelligence
service during World War II.
He said he was called In b.
the United States naval intel.
ligence people In Seattle and
II spoke 10 q Lieutenant Whit
-. I was still . reserve ofieel
and I had to apply for my re.
lease in order 10 90 to China
This release was granted on the
condition that ! report TO Naval
intelligence officers on arrival In
China"
Asked whether he was paid for
espionage work. Mr.. Rickett said
that vas q very dificult ques-
ton to answer and made no re-
ply.
He said he had predicted ID
the Reds that naval intelligence
probably win jump down my
neck when I return. They told
me not to worry. that the Amer
lean people have changed and
now have lots Of sympathy for
peace"
He said. II am still n reserve
of1cer In the Marines and ! had
been afriad that ! would get the
same reception as the American
turncoats. But I have changed
my mind. We have our Nc
Carthys. but there are lots of
people In the United States who
are honest like some Of you
here. Some Of you. for instance,
have beeen quite hostile, but
I am sure the American public
Is fair. II Mccarthy and his
crowd want to call me a Com
munist. they can jolly well do
So"
Nearly half the reporters had
left the room before the news
conference ended.
Afterward. Mr.. Rickett made
a telephone call to his wife, who
lives In Yonkers. N. Y, and to
his mother, Mrs. A. j. Rickett,
Seattle.
He is trying to book plane
passage for Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16

fare you convinced We fthG
United States) used haeteriolog.
ical warfare?"
81 am convinced" Mr.. Rickett
replied. II know that Chinese
interrogation 10 very fair and
am convinced the United States
used bacteria warfare, and the
United States has never denied
lit. From the American military
point Of view whatever weapons
you need to win q war you use. "
He added that the Chinese
Communists had no bacteria
warfare.
Mr.. Ricketts, statement thai
the United States has never
denied use Of bacteriological
warfare is not correct. The
United States repeatedly denied
the charges and sought an air
ing in the United Nations. where
a majority Of the powers agreed
there was no evidence to sub.
stantiate the Communist &C.
cusations.
Mr.. Ricketts, told reporters,
Probably in the stories you
write tomorrow you viii use .the
term 'brainwashed' referring to
Ime."
He gave vague answers when
asked If he had any criticism
iof the Chinese Reds and finally
said, THAT is the business OF
the Chinese"
Asked why he so freely ortiz
Icized American policy. he re-
piled. Because I am an Ameri-
can and / have my very definite
Iopinion-if Dulles and Mccarthy
disagree. they can jolly well dis
lagree."
Mr.. Rickett said. II am al
American and during the war
fought with the American 5tl
Marine Division. When ! com.
mitted my crimes. I thought
was serving America. l realize
now ! was helping create q
war"
When he applied for a Full.
bright scholarship In i948. h
told the reporters, he had nj
intention Of spying. but he adder
that those who. received thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
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can had passed military infor-
nation to Ted Youde. Second
Secretary at the British En-
bassy In Peiping. Mr.. Youde
now Is on leave In Britain.)
Tells Of Staying Behind
Mr.. Rickett said he stayed be-
hind when the Reds overran the
mainland. because "the political
situation was such that felt
could learn more about the Chi
Inese.
1.-THE Chinese government fully
represents the people and like
any other government does not
like United States agents"
He said new prisoners were
coming and going at all times. "
but he had no real contact with
any Of them.
About 20 correspondents ano
newsreel cameramen waited foi
the two at the village.
Later, at a news conference
at the Gloucester Hotel. Mr.
Rickett commented:
What / did mostly was col.
lect information about demo-
cratic elements in Peiping anc
to what extent they supported
the Chinese Communists"
His Hands Tremble
He said he gave this informa-
ton to an American vice consul
whom he identified as John Fer.
rior who was in Peiping before
the Communists overran the
mainland.
The red : haired student
grasped his trembling right hand
to steady it as he spoke. He said
at the time of his arrest the
Reds told him Gin spite of the
money being spent by the
American Government for esp1o-
mage work. American spies could
never collect any valuable in
formation"
| Father Rigney said before
reaching the Catholic Center he
WAS notified Sunday of his re-
lease and had been riding trains
since Monday. The bearded,
moustachioed priest appeared
very tired. One of the Catholic
Center priests who met him said
Father Rigney has lost 80 pounds
in prison. but appeared mentally
all right.
On the same train with the
two Americans but unknown to
them was a 75-year-old German
woman missionary. Miss Maria
Wagner said she was being de-
ported from China after working
for q Presbyterian mission at Yih
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Turncoot POWs Scorn
Air Force Torture School

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l6
RJ.-Three American turncoats,
rho first embraced and then re-
3ected the Chinese Reds. yes
eraay ridiculed as childish"
al9 Air Forces Nevada school
Eainst brainwashing.
William A. Cowart. Lewis w.
raggs and Ohio G. Bell said in
Arate interviews the whole
1e4 is unrealistic. They were
nutured by the Reds in the Ko-
nn war. then chose to go to
Ina rather than return to
Hlr homeland after the armis-
~ was signed.
hey came out OF China last
All and now are in the Fort
ker stockade across San Fran
ls1o Bay awaiting court-martial
discharges they betrayed their
country and their countrymen
The men going through that
Nevada school know they're not
ing to be killed-they're not
zen going to lose their cigarette
tion," said Bell. How can
NJ call that a real test? It's
pst childish.
ga Anybody can stand UP to
bng interrogation if he knows
b doesn't mean anything. But
ITS a lot different when you
sdon't know whether you're 60
ing to be shot or not.
And what good does it dc
to prepare a man for torture?
The Chinese don't always tor
ture you. When ] was captured
I expected to get shot. Instead
they shook my hand.
1.-THE big thing is education
A man with an education can
stand up to the Chinese or any
body else. But you got to know
what they're talking about"
Cowart called the school "the
alliest thing I've heard of since
I came back. It's not going to
make anyone immune to their
tactics. A man had to know
what communism is. That's the
basic thing.
ASK any soldier-even after
he goes through the school
what communism is. He won't
know. He'll say he hates it
but he doesn't know what it is
Griggs said the Air Force
school was ridiculous. complete
ly wrong.
you'll never train q soldier
by torture" he said.
And all those Chinese tor
ture stories aren't true either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16

Ia lot Of guys came back from
POW camps and told some pref
lty terrible tales-just to cover
up for what they had done them
selves.
The first real step Is to teach
democracy and our Constitution
in the schools. Tell the students
what the Communists actually
are.
And the next step is to give
soldiers more than the six hours
of schooling about communism
that I had in the Army. The SOL
diers have to learn what COM
munism really is"
/ All three men claimed it was
mental rather than physical mis-
treatment that caused them to
renounce their homeland and
stay with the Reds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Priest Scared
By Red ShuckIes

HONG KONG. Sept. l6 R.-
Father Harold w. Risney Of
Chicago. who lost 90 pounds
while In Communist captivity,
sat down tonight to Q meal Of
fish and eggs. He expressed con-
Germ about Chinese prisoners. left
behind In his cell.
Roman Catholic priests who
dined with him said he still car
ries scars ON his legs from the
shackles which Reds used to
keep him chained to q wall. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Search for Cool

SALT LAKE CITY. - Long
before Utah was admitted TO the
Union. It's legislature offered
u, 900 rewards to anyone locat-
ing q workable vein Of coal near
] the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16

During his news conference
one reporter asked Mr.. Rickett,
Evening star., 1955-06-05
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virtually at the center Of the
park, accessible by q. s. high
way Nos. 26. 287 and 1877. The
nearest town is Jackson, SO miles
to the south. There is daily
plane service via Western Air
lines from Salt Lake City during
the season, as well as overnight
sleeper service via the Union
Pacific Railroad into nearby
Victor, Idaho.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Jackson Hole Country
Gets $6 Million Lodge

abruptly from the mile-high
Jackson Hole valley. The high
est peak is Grand Teton itself,
measuring 1876 feet. Riding
and walking trails go as high as
II 900 feet and serious mountain
climbing is one Of the big activi-
ties.
The entire Grand Teton range
Iof mountains is framed in the
I60-foot picture window of the
new lodge which overlooks the
mountains and 14-mile Jackson
Lake from slight rise at some
1000 feet elevation. The pic
tture window. dominating the
Itwo-story main lounge, is a key
feature of the 300-room facility
which will be operated on a nom
profit basis.
1t will be formally dedicated
next Saturday by Laurence S,
Rockefeller, in behalf of his
father. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
who built it as a gift to the
American people and who pro-
Ivided much of the land for the
park.
June to September
The season will run from June
Is to September Is. Designed to
provide low cost accommodations
Ia family of four can stay there
overnight for $12 with meal costs
lat comparable nominal level
There are so rooms In the main
building and $50 in guests cot
tages adjoining.
Each room has tiled baths,
telephone. full room service and
Icustom-built furnishings. The
guest cottages each have two
double beds in accordance with
the desires of modern-day trav-
Ielers.
There is also coffee shop
dining room seating 500, a foun-
tain room snack bar with coun-
ter space for 100 persons, a 600
Evening star., 1955-06-05

seat auditorium. . cocktail
lounge modelled after q 18th CEN
tury Western stockade. an art
gallery. shops and full hotel
services.
The main lodge building is OF
modern construction with the
exterior walls of wood-grained
and stained concrete blending
with the surroundings. interior
decorations also have been de-
signed to harmonic and there
lis q notable collection of West
ern paintings as well as CON-
|missioned murals in the public
spaces.
The Jackson Lake Lodge il
Evening star., 1955-06-05
JACKSON, Wyo.


Up in this vast and remote
Rocky Mountain wilderness
where the moose and the elk still
roam free. a modern non-profit
hotel has just been completed.
The Sc million jackson Lake
Lodge is the first major new Ma
/ tional Parks facility to be built
/ in a number of years. 1t will
serve visitors in the Grand Teton
National Park which had some
II million travellers through it
during the summer months last
year.
/ Located just six miles below
Yellowstone in the northwest
corner of Wyoming, the park
only came into official existence
|Iip 1850. This wild rugged area is
called with some justification
1.-THE last frontier of the OLD
West"
/ The worlds largest elk herd
makes its home here, bears
moose, bighorn sheep are seen
Regularly, and the wild overs
of the alpine regions bring ex-
clamations from horticulturists
It is an area of dude ranches
pack trips and Just plain horse
back riding.
The park is noted for its su-
Iperb trout fishing, both in the
'rushing streams and in the lakes
which dot the valley.
| 1s,766-Foot Peak
The landmarks Of the Grand
Teton National Park are the
IL
Evening star., 1955-06-05

13,766-Foot Peak
The landmarks Of the Grand
Teton National Park are the
towering mountains which rise
, 1955-05-20
lContinued from page b

k. To establish an information center, and TO disseminate
regularly to chapters and posts Of war veterans organizations
such information as he shall determine, and to transmit to
the public press and other media Of public information such
Information relative to veterans as should be Of public in
terest;
Il. To perform such other duties in connection with war
veterans which may be referred to him, and to be q clearing
house for all veterans war service connected problems
SECTION q The Director Of the Office Of Veterans At
fairs shall be appointed by the Governor at a salary to be
fixed in the annual Appropriation Act for the Department
of Agriculture and Labor, provided that such Director shall
be a war veteran.
, 1955-05-20
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids in Septuple will
will be received At the Dept.
Of Insular Affairs, Division Of
Procurement g Supply, s
.Croix, Virgin Islands, until
800 PM, Friday May 81, 1875,
and then publicly opened fer
the equipments listed below.
4 Pickup Trucks, " ton
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion Of Procurement & Sup
ply, St. Croix, Virgin Islands,
upon request.
Alphonso A. RomneY
Clerk in Chage