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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-04

The Sunday morning session Of
the Conference will hear an ad-
dress by Mr.. Norman S. Paul Re-
gional Director of Near Eastern.
South Asian and African Affairs
of the Foreign Operations Ad-
ninistration. Mr.. Paul will speak
on American economic assistance
to the Near East. A review of Is
rael's economic situation will be
given at the morning session by
DR.. Giora Josephthal. Treasurer Of
the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
followed by discussion by Dr..
Emanuel Neumann. member of
the Jewish Agency Executive and
DR.. Herman Seidel. of the Labor
Zionist Organization Of America.
Mrs. Rose L. Halprin. member of
the Jewish Agency Executive. will
preside. Each session will be fol-
lowed by a period Of questions
from the floor.
The luncheon session on Sun
day, presided over by DR.. Israel
Goldstein, President of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, will hear
addresses by DR.. Maurice N.
Eisendrath, President of the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega-
tons, and Rabbi Philip Bernstein,
Chairman of the American Zion
list Committee for Public Affairs.
The Sunday afternoon session of
the conference will be devoted to
security problems. The principal
speaker will be Mr.. John D.
Jernegan. Deputy Assistant Secre-
tarY of State for Near Eastern.
South Asian and African Affairs.
who will discuss the military de-
tense of the Near East. Other par
Elephants in the session will be
Rabbi Moses I. Feuerstein. of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con-
gregations: Rabbi Charles Rosen-
garten. Of the United Synagogue
Of America. and Joseph S. Barr Of
the Jewish War Veterans Of the
United States. Mr.. Adolph Held.
President of the Jewish Labor
Committee. will preside.
A resolutions session will fol-
low, presided over by Rabbi Ir-
wing Miller, Chairman Of the
American Zionist Council. The re-
port of the Resolutions Committee
will be presented by the Commit
tees co-chairmen, Mrs. Rebecca
Shulman, President of Hadassah,
the Women's Zionist Organization
of America, and Mr.. Bernard
TRACER, of the National Commu-
nifty Relations Advisory Council.
Rabbi M c al Kirshblum.
President of Mizrachi Organiza-
tion of America. and Mr.. Joseph
BresIau, of the American Trade
Union Council for Labor Israel.
are the co-chairmen of the Con-
ference Steering and Credentials
Committee. The closing session OF
the conference will hear greetings
from Ambassador Abba Eban of
| Israel.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-04
Discrimination Costs u. S. Industry
50 Billion Dollars A Year

WASHINGTON, (JTA) - Sec
rotary of Labor James P. Mitchell,
addressing the National Confer
ence of Christians and Jews, re-
ported last week that discrimina-
ton is costly. He estimated that
the annual cost of discrimination
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-04

to American business and indus
try is $50 billion annually.
eff we are to achieve our goals
in the field of brotherhood, all Of
us must practice it in our daily
lives; teach and train and hire
and promote upon the basis of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-04

Rep Frances Bolton r. Oho) (center) predicts that Com
propaganda will be struck blow by the Amer
ican Jewish Committee pamphlet 1.-THE People Take the
Irving NJ Engel (eft) of New York; AJC president Dr.
Franklin Burdee chief Conformation services of the u
American Jewish Committee as record of Americas
dous civil gains in the last years. will be distributed
by the Ia to 1872 u. S. libraries in n countries
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-04

nr. Nahum Goldman to
Address Jewish Leaders in
Washington, March 9Th

Washington. D. C. - Dr. Nahum Goldman and Assistant Secre
of State George Allen will opening the
nationwide conference of American Jewish organizations and
uniY leaders the Shorham Hotel night tSar
March S. The conference agenda announced today
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-04

ability alone, without regard to
race, religion, color or national
origin" Mr.. Mitchell added.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-04
PLAIN TALK
WE SPEAK UP
BY ALFRED SEGAL

Other evening a lot of US were
over at Isaac M. Wise Temple of
eur town to hear three rabbis de-
norninationallY diverse - Ortho-
dox. Reform. Conservative. that is.
They were there to tell us
what's Orthodoxy, what's Reform,
what's Conservatism. They were
Rabbi Bernard I. Kalchman of
Cincinnati for Orthodoxy; Rabbi
Selwyng Ruslander Of Dayton for
Reform; Rabbi William Greenfield
af Indianapolis for Conservatism.
II was quite pleasant affair.
what with the three brethren
being so friendly with one an
ether. The reformers in the audi
ence were particularly delighted
to discover an Orthodox rabbi as
represented in Rabbi Kalchman.
If they had thought of an Ortho-
dox rabbi as some stranger left
ever from medieval times. they
found in Rabbi Kalchman. a
warm. humorous guide with
whom they were happy to ramble
all over the Talmudic past. He
was faithfully wearing his var
meIke in this Reform temple
where all hats are off. and the
reformers respected him for that
the more. He said: Maybe. really.
I'm not as Orthodox as should
be. but do try very hard"
A Reform lady was saying she
felt almost like an archaeologist
who had discovered something
lovely in the ruins of ancient
times. Yes, it was quite an educa-
tional evening for reformers.
Well. after the three rabbis
were through speaking. the audi.
euce was invited to ask questions
az 70 make comment. maybe: but
I myself just sat there dumb. you
might say. / am a guy who on his
feet can't find adequate words in
his mouth. though I do manage TO
get prolific in the safety Of my
typewriter.
1 hadn't word to say, but
afterward I thought of things I
could have said were my tongue
as fluent as my typewriter. Sure,
/ would have told them, speaking
as follows:
Gentlemen. I've been listening
TO you these several hours and for
the life of me haven't as yet
been able to find any real differ
ences between you. except for
n bbi Kalchman's Yarmelke.
which. to my mind. is quite be-
coming even in a temple.
I don't know what your dietary
habits are beyond the sure fact
that Rabbi Kalchman is strictly
kosher. But whether you, Rabbi
Ruslander or you, Rabbi Green
field are, or not, strictly observant
IN all the details of kashruth, as
Rabbi Kalchman is, doesn't alter
in the least your essential likeness
as Jews.
You see. gentlemen. / guess that
what goes into a Jews stomach
does not concern at all the kind
of a Jew he really is. I believe I
am altogether right in saying that
The Jewish identity has TO do al
together with the spiritual man.
with his character. with his under
standing of what he's on the earth
for. with his kindness and humil-
ifY. with his quality of justice.
CONTINUED on Pace a
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Is 1t Dangerous to Be Happy?

Those who speak in this way
are compelled to overlook what
myth has done for mankind
the long ages Of human sacri-
fee, Of cruel rites, Of burnings
at the stake and punishment
Of those who sought knowl-
edge. They have to forget the
cruelty which men have at
tributed to their gods through
making their gods in their own
image. ;. They have to forget
that insofar as the world Of
myth has been purged Of its
cruelty, this has happened in
reluctant response to science.
knowledge has been the hber-
ator by destroying the myth
ical excuses for cruelty"
Lord Russell, who won the
Nobel Prize for literature in
1850. writes with his usual
brilliant clarity. And, as usual.
he deplores the influence of
religion, including Christian
ity. on history.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Reviewed by Miriom Ottenbero

Reviewed by Miriam Gutenberg
OLD MRS. ONEMANNEY is
DEAD. BY Margaret Err
skine. Doubleday & Co.;
$2.75)
Crime Club.
Theoretically the antics Of q
practical joker prompt Septi-
mus Finch Of Scotland Yard to
visit the gray village Of Ham
merford. Actually, there's .
lurking suspicion Of murder.
Suspicion becomes fact whenN
one member of the Omman-
ncr clan after another is
felled. Could these foul deeds
be the work Of q husband be-
trayed. or Of an amneSia vic
tim making a secret Of his
recovered memory. or yet Of q
woman who successfully mar
ried brothers? The mist de-
scends, the suspense rises and
the spine tingles.
THE DREAM WALKER. BY
Charlotte Armstrong. Cow
ard-McCann, Inc; $2.T5.)
Take q man with money and
one with brains. Add two
women with the same unusual
nlOSe and you've got the max
Evening star., 1955-01-30

nificant incident on a day Of
national tragedy.
The story moves at a swift
pace history books usually are
unable to attain. Somehow,
although you are bound to
know what lies ahead. it
achieves suspense as Mr..
Bishop describes each hour
and follows each person who
has a role in the historic
drama on his path toward an
unguessed rendezvous with
destiny. Somehow you see
the day through the eyes Of
these persons. who could not
know what the hours would
bring and you almost forget
that you know.
Like Being q Witness
Reading the book felt al
most as if I were there, a by
stander at a fateful moment
in the chronicle of the repub-
he.
1t is hardly surprising to
learn that Mr.. Bishop has
been gathering material for
this book for Is years, when
he could spare time from news
paper jobs and writing several
other books.
He has tried to eliminate
everything Of doubtful authen-
ITCHY, although when an in
cident may or may not have
happened but Is on the prob
able side he sometimes relates
1t and explains the doubt sur
rounding it. He has avoided
the method Of the historical
novelist. who builds with his
imagination on a factual foun-
dation. When he quotes di-
rectly. 1t is the recollection Of
somebody, set down some
where. though he had not bur-
dened his narrative with foot
notes. It is true that he
sometimes offers a characters
thoughts and facial expressions.
but these are based on what
this person is known to have
said or done at the time and
may be presumed reasonable
conjectures rather than fic-
tional assumptions.
Brought to Life
But the authors most re-
markable feat, It seems to me.
is not the dramatic narrative )
that flows from his research,
absorbing as that is, but in
making the leading characters
come to life. Lincoln you
might take for granted. so
much has been written about
him, and yet there is a deep
pathos about him as he faces
his final hours. He has come
out Of the war In failing
health, As pounds under
weight, so weak that recently
when he tried to get up one
morning he fell back into bed.
He has distinct premonition
Of assassination, from a vivid
recent dream and from just a
feeling, and, as he remarked.
1t would be easy for anyone
to kill him If the assassin
cared nothing for his own life.
But when and where has
Evening star., 1955-01-30
ToIes of Mystery and Suspense

the plot provocative UP to the
point where the link between
the two is revealed. That is
far TOO contrived and coinci-
dental TO justify itself as .
plot base.
MIR. TROUBLE. BY william
Ard. tRinehart g. Co.;
$2.75)
Timothy Dane goes to q
Florida Gulf town to check on
a missing diamond. A gam
bier who ran out on a Las
Vegas debt goes to the same
town for safekeeping. And
his executioner follows him.
1t all gets mite complicated
when Dane Is mistaken for
the executioner. Plenty Of
blood-spilling in this crisply
told tale, but right and ro-
nance prevail.
THE CASE OF THE CLAM
OROUS GHOST. BY Earle
Stanley Gardner. william
Morrow 81 Co.; $2.75)
Perry Mason lets himself in
for o tough one. A girl gets
herself arrested by wandering
semi-nude in a public park.
pretends amnesia and obvi-
ously is in q peck of trouble.
Perry is pulled in to protect
her before he finds what he's
protecting her against. Perry's
guesswork strains credulity
about as far as it can go at
one point, but otherwise this
is one Of the best Gardner
yarns In years. 4
Evening star., 1955-01-30
THE FIFTH AMENDMENT

THE FIFTH AMENDMENT
TODAY. BY Erwin N. Girls
void. (Harvard; so
This 82-page book is a COM
pilation Of three speeches
made between February and
October of last year by the
dean of Harvard's Law School.
AS might be expected, the
scholarship behind the
speeches is impeccable, but
the background Of their author
may make the words used
and conclusions reached anath-
ema to members Of the high
octane Right.
Dean Griswold, In this book,
casts himself In no way in
the role Of a protector Of Com
munists. He admits frankly
what is ncontrovertible--that
communism is a shameful and
dangerous doctrine, and that
its American adherents should
be dealt with sternly. But. he
contends, it is In the interest
of the greatest good for the
greatest number that the Fifth
Amendment be understood by
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Final Surrender
JAPAN's DECISION TO SUR
RENDER. BY Robert ]. c.

RENDER. BY Robert J. c.
Butow. stamford; 50
How the level heads in Ja-
pan finally screwed up enough
courage to challenge the mill
tary and sue for peace in l945
dong after Nippon lost all
hope Of winning) is the inter-
esting story DR.. Butow tells.
The incredible Japanese mys-
tique in government is only
one Of his interests.
DR.. Butow also proves from
the record that the United
States had enough informa-
ton at hand to suspect
strongly, II not know, that ia
pan was ready to surrender
without the added encourage
ment provided by the atom
bomb. Moreover. the Japanese
quite probably would have
capitulated before Russia en-
tered the war.
Like many before him. DR..
Butow challenges the wisdom
of demanding unconditional
surrender" and proffers the
cautious hope that we shall not
repeat this mistake again.
EARL H. VOSS.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

ings Of a plot to get an inno-
cent statesman accused OF
treason. At least that's the
general idea Of this lushly I'M
probable yarn. The trick is to
keep the reader too absorbed
to think straight. That bit Of
sleight-of-hand almost comes
OF.
THE CASE OF THE RED
BRUNETTE. BY Christopher
Bush. macmillan Co.:
$2.5O.)
A highly respected citizen is
found dead of q heart attack
under the most compromising
circumstances. His brother
can't believe 1t so Ludovic
Travers is hired to get at the
truth. The good Travers sus-
poets q frame-up, but where's
the motive? Travers proceeds
at his usual snail's pace to
reach q solution that should
occur to the reader no later
than Chapter Five.
SLEEP WITH STRANGERS.
BY Dolores Kitchens. CDou-
bleday g. Co.; $2.75)
Crime Club.
A wealthy matron, known
to be a bit of a lush. and a
young man. reputed to be
much Of a Lothario, disappear
the same night. There is
apparently no connection be-
tween them--other than the
fact that relatives OF both
seek help from the same de-
tective agency. The character
development 10 convincing and
Evening star., 1955-01-30
More From Prisoner-of-Wur Comp

they have left the camp en-
tirely to a sergeant, who is a
strange mixture of sterness
and compassion. The pris-
oners' commandant, a British
officer, is dying of beriberi, as
are many others.
Mr.. Wyllie, who had an out
standing war record as a flyer,
is not entirely at home In the
difficult form of the novel.
Sometimes he fails to keep his
narrative moving, but his
camp. based on one where he
spent three and q half years, is
evoked sharply and the men in
1t are alive.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Shows IN Brief

George A. Scheirer. one Of
the Washington areas OUT
standing exponents of the art
Of binding books by hand. IL
having an exhibition Of bind
ings and some Of the steps In
the process. at the Public
Library, Bethesda, SOLO Moor
land lane. through January 81.
Patrick Flanagan, who had
his first Washington exhibition
two years ago at Collectors
Corner. Georgetown, is having
a second Of paintings at AL.
Nations Club, 1908. Massachu.
Setts avenue. 8 to II pm. daily
until February IL.
Recent paintings and pas
tells by Gustav Trois are on
view in the architecture build
ing, Catholic University,
through next Saturday.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Areo Oils

Despite the disappointments
involved in painting-jur AN
drew Wyeth's selection for the
Corcoran Gallery's ninth an
nual area exhibition (prelimi-
nary review was given here the
opening day, January o. the so
oils and 80 water colors make
an interesting exhibition If re-
garded as an isolated one, not
remotely representative of
Washington area painters.
Although Mr.. Wyeth is not
temperamentally acclimated to
abstract painting, he did Sc
lect a certain proportion. APP
proximately ee-fifths Of
the oils and two-thirds Of the
water colors are conservative
or naturalistic. The remain
der are in modern idioms.
AS might be expected from
the impeccable precision Of
his own work, Mr.. Wyeth likes
trompe- 'oeil paintings, which
have enjoyed popularity with
the public since ancient Greece.
The verisimilitude Of objects
In such paintings tempts the
observer to try and lift them
out of their backgrounds. Ell
fective works Of this type in
clude those by Ronald Ander-
son, Harry Eisenberg. Alma
Miller, Kentaro Nishina. and
Robert White (oils) and Don
Mundt, who received one Of
the water color awards for his
"Old Door," technically deserve
ing Of 1t.
Other outstanding oils In
clude modern works, Mimi Du
Bois Bottoms nocturne, Snow
Fence; Omar Carrington's
brooding Magic Of Winter:
Keith Martins effective alb
straction. ''Nightscape With
Firefiies." and Jack Perlmut-
ter's semiabstract. CITY" Par
ticularly good traditional paint
ings are v. H. Leguey-Feil-
leux's capture Of q child In
q natural. unself conscious
pose and q good color scheme
Of yellow: browns and gray;
Jacob Gluslvakow's Tailor
Shop and Joseph sheppard's
two genre paintings, "Burlesk"
Evening star., 1955-01-30

The history Of man has
shown at most times and in
most places an irrational fear
Of happiness, which has been
q cause OF an immeasureable
load of unnecessary misery"
The writer Is Bertrand Rus
sell, and he adds In his new
book, Human Society In
Ethics and Politics" (Simon
g. Schuster: $3.50: at would.
I think be shallow to regard
this aversion from happiness
Is applying only to the hap
piness Of others. There Is
deep In most human nature O
feeling that ones own happi-
ness Is dangerous. Ascetic Inn
pulses have very deep roots"
Defending science, Lord
Russell replies to "the uphold
ers of ancient systems" who
complain Of materialism and
say that science Is forgetting
spiritual values" +" He contends:
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Student Artist

George Vincent Bayliss. tr..
Washington-born artist who
graduates this month from the
University Of Maryland. 70
having a one-man show at the
Artists Mart. 1851 Wisconsin
avenue. Georgetown, through
next Saturday. Nearly 40
works include oils. water colors
tempera and ink drawings. Mr..
Bayliss has made extraordi-
nary progress for q student
who merely minored in art,
while majoring in economics.
He hopes to 90 to the Gran
brook Academy Of Art. Bloom
field Hills, Mich, for his mas
ter's degree.
The excellent instruction Mr..
Bayliss had under Col. Whar-
ton, Herman Maril and Maui
rice Seigler developed his
talent to the point where he
has already exhibited locally
and nationally in group exhi-
bftions, and his excellent
Forest Primeval" in the cur
rent area annual at the Cor
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Progress Report

Watkins Gallery. American
University. is taking a look at
recent paintings and sculpture
by art department alumni
through next Sunday. Many
talented students pass through
an art school," says the depart
ment, land one often wonders
If. how and what these people
will be doing a few years
hence" The current show sur
yeys the work of 26 such stu
dents who since their school
days "have gone on to develop
mature individual styles" The
university considers this show
"a report Of their progress in
art"
Among those represented are
past area prize winners such as
Leonard Maurer, Sheila Cowan
and Marilee Shapiro. Mr..
Maurer is showing his painting,
Newark Meadows" and Mrs.
Shapiro her sculpture, "Alle-
CORY" both Of which were in
an earlier Corcoran area an
nual. Sheila Cowan's green,
gold and brown landscape is
well-named Autumn" Rich
ard Miller, Fulbright scholar
recently returned from France,
and Joe Summerford, a past
Fulbright winner, now on
American University's faculty,
are also represented.
Helene McKinsey, also on
the staff, shows an abstraction,
"Exhuberance," the emotion
well expressed in color and
form. Other good paintings
are Mary Meyers Beach
Scene" Don Aquilino's Boats"
in a close harmony of colors,
and Frank Wright's city at
Night" conveying the theme
in its rich tonality.
Paul Enten and Marion
Stewart have similar themes
with contrasted treatment. Mr..
Enten's "Tree" makes a lacy
pattern against a white build
ing. while Mr.. Stewart's is a
sensitive portrait of a tree.
There is Oriental flavor to
Dorm Lynn's "Sthl Life With
Pods
Roland Shack's abstract
sculpture has interesting vari-
ations Of form which tempt the
touch.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
The Presbyterian Church in Virginia

of logs. The site by the spring
was the occasion for dispute.
Mr.. Craig wanted 1t nearer to
what is now Staunton. The
congregation had its trials, but
1t persisted. Today the spring
has ceased to tinkle but the
church fiourishes. serving
professional and industrial
people as well as agricultural.
DR.. Wilson's chronicles Of
the church and It's people is
pretty much a story Of a big
family, from the pioneer
Lewises and Prestons and
others on down to the present.
There are interesting sections
on how the pioneers lived.
what they ate and what they
had in their homes. Mention
OF an active church member
is usually coupled with details
of his ancestry, who his wife
was and who their children
were.
Outside the VoIIey
There were many who made
their mark outside the VAL
ley. Zechariah Johnston, for
instance, was q friend Of
Thomas Jefferson and prob
ably was an influence on him
when he drew UP his statute
for religious liberty. Madison
and Johnston carried 1t
through to adoption. One Of
the pastors Of the church. the
Rev. Robert L. Dabney, was
on Stonewall Jackson's staff.
DR.. Wilson has done a thor
ough research Job, aided by
almost miraculous finds of old
records. There is much here
for the historians Of Virginia
and Of the Presbyterian
Church. And for genealogists,
too.
FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

THE TINKLING SPRING:
HEADWATER OF FREE
DOM. BY Howard Mcknight
Wilson. (The Thinking
Spring and Hermitage Pres
byterian Churches; So
The Tinkling Spring sent Its
stream down the hillside TO the
rivers that water the Valley Of
Virginia. The Scots-Irish Of
the Tinkling Spring Presby-
terian Church spread over the
mountains into Kentucky
and beyond. From the con-
gregation me ministers,
teachers, missionaries. men
who fought in all the wars,
from the French and Indian
War to the Korean war. Many
came home again, finally to be
buried In the church cemetery.
DR.. Wilson'S book Is a study
Of the church and her people
from 1882 to 1852. The Tin
killing Spring Church In Angus
ia County, Va, dates from
1740. It was the first Presby-
terian Church regularly set
tied In Virginia and the Rev.
John Craig was its flrst minis
ter. As a dissenter he had to
obtain q license to preach from
the Governor at Williamsburg.
One reason it was granted. 1t
is suggested. was that the Gov
ernor favored q buffer settle
ment against the Indians by
the sturdy Scots Irish In the
valley.
Augusta County
In those days Augusta
County stretched to the Great
Lakes. west to the Mississippi
and down to the Southern
Tennessee line.
The first church was built