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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-05-04
MEXICO TO APPOINT
FIRST DIPLOMATIC
REPRESENTATIVE TO ISRAEL

MEXICO CITY, (JTA) = The
appointment of Gustavo Ortiz
Herman, as Mexico's first diplo-
matte representative to Israel will
be announced shortly, it became
known here. Sr. Ortiz Herman
formerly held the post of director
general of the Mexican Govern
ment's tourism department. Israel
has maintained diplomatic mis-
sion here for about three years.
A delegation of Jewish leaders
here has been told by Monsignor
Gregorio Araiza that Il pray
every day for the victory and sue
cess of the State of Israel" The
delegation, which included Israeps
representative here, Yosef Kes-
sary, had met with Monsignor
Araiza when they called on Arch
bishop Miguel Dario Miranda to
present to him Sephardic Rabbi
Itzhak Alcalai of New York who
was here for a ten-day visit.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-05-04

look. The Councilites constitute
the smallest possible fraction of
American Jewry. By upholding
themselves as the sole group in
American Jewish life that is keen
to the interests of America is an
ipso facto condemnation of the
rest of the American Jewish COM
munity. This infamy must not go
unchallenged and it will not in
the communities wherever Jews
are aware of the stream of Jewish
consciousness.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-05-04
PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN
CZECHOSLOVAKIA ADMITTED
BY PRAGUE NEWSPAPER

VIENNA, (JTA) - The charge
that innocent Jews in Czechoslo-
vakia had suffered persecution
only because they were Jews was
made in Prague by a Czech trade
newspaper "Prace," which has
Just reached here. The Communist
newspaper admitted that Jews
had been accused of "Zionism"
espionage in Czechoslovakia al
though they had done nothing
wrong.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-05-04

shadows so as to conceal the Jew
ish identity which has anchored
them by birth alone were not sat-
isfied with merely making predic-
tons that Americas anti-Sernites
will surely seize upon in the
forthcoming campaign. They had
the impudence to hold themselves
out as the only organization of
American Jews to denounce such
efforts as based on a miSconcep-
ton and as disservice to both
Jews and this country's best inter-
estS.
Their service to the Jewish
cause is only too well known
assimilation, disintegration, and
submergence. Their service to
country and its interests will not,
of course, be questioned, but one
wonders whether their motivation
in that respect does not derive
from their other and sinister out
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-05-04

A444R44C0 4444 S04 "a q Wv 4S44 VS4Ce
Had this gem in informing ap-
peared in any of the country's
hate sheets it would have widely
been branded by those familiar
with the tactics of the lunatic
fringe as another anti-Semitic
outpouring of the most venomous
type. Appearing as it does under
a letterhead of the Council this
latest bit of vituperation against
the overwhelming majority OF
American Jews will be inter-
preted wherever decency prevails
as oil to the fire. But those crea-
lures who walk in fear in the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-05-04
Council for Judaism, Inc. Denounced
BY NATHAN ZIPRIN

President Roosevelt japanese
Pearl bor the blacklist day inaY An invitation
Council for Judaism their 18th
conference Chicago merits them Characterization which ps
alongside the nY Those whose scandal
would have attracted much attention the barking
the silver cYmbals their dis
heraling gathering
with the elous false and scandaous prediction that the
forthcoming presidential campaign is to witness what they call
Zons nmidae candidates
public office into support of Israeli aspirations by the explicit
implied threat of Jewish
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-05-04
CAMP GLEN EDEN
FOR BOYS
EosIe River Wisconsin

23Fd SUCCESSFUL SEASON
A fFien lily supeFblY located
NoFthwoods comp for select boys
6 years up -. no Hay FEVER -.
pFiv0te spring fed lake with sandy
beech large fleet Of boats -.
powerful cHRlS-cRAFT >. horses
-. huge othIetie field tennis
courts -. FifIeEy .. equipped for
extensive program Of lond and
voter sports professional staff
Of veteran comp experts -. resi-
dent doctor, nurse, comp mother
ond dietiei0n Sobbcth services
:. fishing and exploration canoe
trips into canodo -. separate
comp program and st0H for
younger boys {. enrolment limit.
ed for close supervision :. high
est standards Of sofety, core. food
end leadership -. Budget pIon
GVoiIGbIe.
HARRY E. BRANoVITs
e29 E. SIND STREET
CHICAGO IS, ILLINOIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Lutin America
PoIicyHuiIed

DR.. Milton S. Eisenhower to-
day hailed the administration S
good partner" policy toward
Latin America and said that
inter-American neighborliness is
better than ever before
In a speech prepared for a
Pan American Day ceremony in
the Pan American Union, DR..
Eisenhower said the United
States today has an increasing
aWareneSS" of its economic, po-
litical. military and cultural in
Independence with Latin Amer
lea.
DR.. Eisenhower, who is pres
ident of Pennsylvania State
University, headed a list of speak
ers at the observance. He ep-
peared as the personal repre-
sentative Of his brother, PreSi-
dent Eisenhower.
The celebration this year hon
ored the late Secretary of State
Cordell Hull, who served in the
Franklin D. Roosevelt admins
tration and is credited with help
ing inaugurate the good neigh
Dor" policy. A bust of Mr.. Hull
was unveiled in the Aztec Gar
dens Of the Pan American Union
Building before a group of dip-
lomats, Con2ressmen and United
States officials.
The President proclaimed to-
day as Pan American Day in
honor of the Goth anniversary
of the union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14

drug store at Seventh and S
streets NV. Later he received
his doctor OF medicine degree
from Howard in 1890 and was
president of the graduating
class.
After interning at Freedmen S
Hospital, he entered private
practice at 1885 S street NV.
He lived at 1910 S street NV.
Dr.. Comes was a second lieu
tenant in the Army in World
War l. During World War II
he was in charge Of selective
service screening at Freedmen S
Hospital and was head of a group
OF local physicians assigned TO
examine recruits and inductees
at Fort Myer, Va. He was cited
by both Presidents Roosevelt and
Truman for his World War II
work.
DR.. Comes was active in the
James Walker American Legion
Post and the Masons and many
civic and medical groups in the
area.
Survivors are his widow. the
former Mildred Wright. a fifth
grade teacher at Harrison Ele-
School.
Services Will be held at noon
Monday at Lincoln Congrega-
tional Temple, Eleventh and r
streets NV. Burial will be IN
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Frank F. Wood, so,
Bowling Manager

Frank F. Wood. so. floor man.
ager for the last seven years OF
the Hi-Skor bowling alley, 7ls
Thirteenth street NV. died to-
day at Washington Sanitarium
after a three month illness.
Mr.. Wood was born and edu-
Gated in Washington. He was
a dental technician and later
was floor manager for about IS
years Of the Lucky Strike bowl
ing alley, 1929 Fourteenth street
NV. He lived at SOC Greenbrier
drive. Silver Spring. Md.
Survivors are his widow Mari
an; two brothers, j. w. CBiln
Wood, 5000 Bradford road. Silver
Spring, manager of the Hi-Skor
Lucky Strike and King Pin bowl
ing alleys here; Charles f. Wood
Seat Pleasant. Md. a Naval Gun
Factory employe. and two sisters.
Mrs. Mary f. Leizear and Mrs.
Evelyn ! WinSlow. both OF the
Greenbrier drive address.
Funeral arrangements are be-
ing handled by the Warner
Humphrey funeral home in Silver
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Purge of Jews by Stain

NEW YORK, April IA CP).-
The Communist Daily Worker
says it has apparent confirma-
ton" of bloody purge of Jewish
leaders in Russia during Stain S
reign.
The newspaper admitted in an
editorial yesterday that it had
been too prone" in the past to
repeat Communist denials of
.anti-Semitism in the Soviet
Union.
The editorial appeared to be
another blow in what has be-
come a worldwide Communist
Party attack on Stalinism.
The Daily Worker, mouthpiece
for the American Communist
Party, demanded that Russia S
present leaders make public all
the facts of the purge.
Voice Dissatisfaction
I'VE register our strong dis
satisfaction that the Soviet
leaders have not offered any
explanation of what took place, .
the editorial said.
The Daily Worker said the
purge occurred in the late l940s.
The editorial read in part:
I'VE feel a deep sense of in
dignation, anger and grief over
the latest disclosures of viola
ton of socialist principles under
the Stain regime in the Soviet
Union.
I'VE refer to the apparent con-
firmation this week by a Jewish
Communist paper in Poland of
the charge that a large number
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
'J.Stewort Smith, Owner
Of Loudoun Dairy Farm

LINCOLN. Va, April IA.
Stewart Smith. prominent Lou
doun County dairy farmer. died
at his home, Hedgewood. near
Lincoln, last night after a To-day
illness. His death resulted from
complications following a stroke.
Mr.. Smith was born in Phila-
delphia and was the son of DR..
and Mrs. j. Russell Smith of
SWarthmore. Pa. Mr.. Smith
came to Loudoun County from
Swarthmore 25 years ago after
his gdraduation from Cornell
University. He attended George
School. Phila d lphia, and
Swarthmore College before 60
ing to Cornell.
Mr.. Smith owned and operated
several large dairy farms in
Loudoun County. He was a for
mer president of the Loudoun
County Farm Bureau and was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14

active in the Loudoun County
Artificial Breeders Association
and the Purcellville Lions Club
He was a member of the Society
of Friends, Goose Greek Meeting
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by his widow, the former
Frances Heacock of Philadelphia
three daughters, Mrs. Robert
Wells, jr., 25l5 K street NV
Washington; Miss Caroline Hea-
cock Smith, a senior at Vassar
College, and Miss Henrietta
Stewart Smith II. senior at
Goucher College, Baltimore. and
two brothers, Newlin R. Smith
Medford, Mass. and Thomas r,
Smith, Lawrence, Kans.
Funeral arrangements are be-
ing handled by the Hall funeral
home, Purcellville. The family
requests that any tokens of SYM
pathy be made to the American
Friends Service Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
V. P. Crane,
.PoIicyAide
For USIA

Vernon P. Crane, AZ. one Of the
veterans of the United States in
formation program, died Thurs
day in the National Heart Insti-
tute in Bethesda after a long
illness.
Mr.. Crane served with the
Office Of War Information during
World War II, then joined the
information program when it
was under the State Department
in 1916. 1t was under his leader
ship that a daily wireless file of
stories to foreign countries was
developed. In recent years, he
was associated with the policy
staff of the international press
service OF the United States
Information Agency.
A native of Holden, Mo, Mr.,
Crane attended Park College in
Parkville, Mo. and was gradu-
ated from Southern Illinois Uni
verSity at Carbondale. H., in
1887 He joined the staff Of the
st. Louis Post Dispatch that
year. then went with the Ma
tional Youth Administration and
later became a sports writer for
the st. Louis Star Times in 1913.
He Joined owl in New York
City in 1914 and came to Wash
ington in 1916.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Frances Noel Crane. and a
daughter, Noel H. Crane, IL. Of
the home address. 1929 North
Nottingham drive. Arlington. and
his mother, Mrs. Leroy Crane of
Brookfleld. Mo.
Services will be held in the
Ives funeral home at 2847 Will
son boulevard, Arlington, at 2
pm. Monday. Burial arrange
mentS are incomplete.
The family requests that ex-
presslons of sympathy be sent to
the American Heart Association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Salvation Army
Youths Meet Here

Spirited hymn singing today
opened a conference for 500
young members of the Salvation
Army at the Department of Com
merce auditorium.
The two-day United Youth
Conference brings together mem
bers between the ages of IA and
% from % cities in Maryland,
West Virginia. Northern Virginia
and the District.
Territorial Commander Will
liam j. Dray said the conference
seeks to strengthen the spiritual
life Of the young members and
instruct them in Salvation Army
evangelistic methods.
Awards were to be made to
youth groups and individuals who
have cXcelled in music. Bible
study and Scouting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Mrs. Ruffner, 83;
Charity Worker
For Many Years

Mrs. William l.. Ruffner, 80
who was an active charity work
er for many years, died Thurs
day at 29ll Collins avenue
Wheaton. Md, where she lived
with her daughter, Mrs. Clarence
Z. Roberts.
Mrs. Ruffner was the former
Annie May King. a native OF
WeStmoreland County, Va. She
came TO Washington as a young
woman and was married to Mr.
Ruffner. a Capital Traction en-
ploye who died in 1886.
Mrs. Ruffner was a member of
a women's group that did charity
work for the Smoky Mountain
Academy. an orphans home in
Tennessee She was also active
In helping poor people in the
Ozark Mountains of Missouri,
sewing for them and sending
packages She was a member
of the Highland Baptist Church,
now Bethany Baptist Church,
for % years and formerly lived
at 5202 Ninth street NV.
Besides Mrs. Roberts. she is
survived by two other daugh-
tcrS and two sons. Mr.. Leo NJ.
Woulfe, Miami, Fla; Mrs.
Charles r. Schrider, William. jr..
both of Silver Spring, and John
NJ. Ruiiner, Wheaton, Md: a
brother, John w. King. Alex
andria, Va. seven grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Services will be held at II a m
Monday at the Warner Pun
phrey funeral home in Silver
Spring. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Mrs. L. O. Wilson,
of McAdoo

Mrs. Laurence Otis Wilson
"a. who lived in Washington be-
fore her marriage in 1917, died
Thursday of cancer in Lake
Forest, III.
Mrs. Wilson was the former
Mary Faith McAdoo. a native of
Knoxville. Tenn. and the daugh-
ter Of the late Malcolm Ross
McAdoo and Maggie Davis
McAdoo Mr.. Wilson, an ad-
vertising executive. of Lake For
est and Westbrook. Conn. died
in 1850.
Mrs. Wilson was the niece of
William Gibbs McAdoo. Secre-
tary of the Treasury in Presi-
dent Wilson'S cabinets
Survivors include two dauGh-
tiers in the Washington area.
Mrs. Scott c. Lyon. l3 Oxford
street. Chevy Chase. Md. and
Miss Faith Wilson. 1918 Twenty
sixth street NV.
Services were held today in
Lake Forest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Russell FaVors
Service Family
Health Care
BY the Associated Press

Senator Russell, Democrat OF
Georgia, said today Congress
should enact a new Government
health care plan for servicemen'S
wives and children in pretty
much the same shape" already
approved by the House.
Senator Russell heads the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee which completed public hear
'ings yesterday on the admins
tration- backed bill. He said he
expects the committee to act
promptly.
Under the bills terms, the
Government for the first time
in history would declare that i'm
mediate families of men and
women Of the armed forces have
a right to free or virtually free
health services. Heretofore they
have been treated only to the
extent that facilities were avail
able.
Patients would get many free
services, but would pay nominal
out-patlent fees and the first
S25 OF major disqualification
costs.
The Defense Department, in
backing the measure, has tes-
titled it would provide depend
entS with better health services
than are now available from any
private group plan. 1t has set
a SIC million top for the first
years cost.
The department says nearly
half Of the 2l2 million wives
and children who would be af-
fected now get no health service
from the Government because
they are too distant from mill
tary hospitals and dispensaries,
or because these units are over
taxed. The law now provides
no overall program of civilian
care to fill this gap.
AS the House passed it. the
pending bill would authorize the
Defense Department to require
maximum use of military tacili-
ties before paying for civilian
care, feature which the Amer
lean Medical Association and
American Hospital Association
have opposed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14

OF Jewish writer's and other jew
ish leaders were framed up and
executed and that Jewish cul-
ture was virtually wiped out"
Guard Against Recurrence
The editorial continued:
The Soviet leaders are taking
steps to prevent recurrence Of
other types of violation of social
ist principle. We have confidence
that they will take the necessary
measures IN this grave matter,
too, -.
For our part. we frankly adj
NIT we were too prone to accept
the explanation of why Jewish
culture had disappeared in the
Soviet Union in the late 1940s.
Had we not done so. we would
have served the cause of social
ism better"
Meanwhile. the American Jew
iSh Congress called the admis-
slonS "camouflage and propa-
ganda so long as tens of thou
sands of Jews still are held in
Russian prison and slave labor
camps on charges publicly con-
firmed now as completely and
utterly false"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Samuel H. Crosby, IS, Lawyer
Formerly With FPC and NPA

sultants. with main offices in
New York City.
Mr. Crosby re-entered Gov
eminent service in 1851 as a
hearing commissions with the
National Production Admins
tration. He held that post until
his retirement in 1852.
Funeral Today
He was a member of the
American Bar Association. the
Federal Power Commission Bar
Association and the Sons of the
American Revolution. He was
a Phi Beta Kappa.
Besides his widow, Sara Julia
Crosby. Mr.. Crosby is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Anna
Ruth Stouffer of Cavetown, Md,
and Miss Sylvia Anne Crosby of
st. Louis. and a son, Theodore
E. Crosby Of Denver, Colo.
Funeral services were to be
held at 2 pm. today in Gawler'S
funeral home, 1856 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, with burial in Ma
tional Memorial Park in Airing
ton. Contributions may be sent
to the American Cancer Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Charles Barker, ST.,
Linotype Operator

Charles NJ. Barker, ST., SO. re-
tired linotype operator at The
Star, died yesterday at his home.
1913 r street Sc, after a long
illness.
Mr., Barker learned his trade
in his native Newport, R. l., and
worked on papers there before
he came to Washington in 1906.
He came TO The Star in 1910.
retiring 36 years later. He was
a member of Columbia Typo
graphical Union, No, l01.
Survivors are his widow. the
former Ruth Maddox of Wash
lngton, whom he married 81
years ago; a daughter, Mrs.
Catherine Rogers. Clinton. Md:
a son. Charles. jr.. 1923 Hillcrest
drive Sc; a sister. Miss Char
lotte Barker, jamestown, r. l..
and five grandchildren.
Requim mass will be offered
at 10 am. Monday at ST Te-
resa's Catholic Church. Thir-
teenth and V streets Sc. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Gene
terV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Mrs. Van Zundt, 81,
LEGISLATORS Mother

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, April IA
WD.-Mrs. Catherine Smith Van
zandt, mother of Representa-
tive James f. Van zandt of
Pennsylvania, Gied last night at
the home Of daughter. She
was 81.
Mrs. Van zandt, the widow
OF James r. Van Zandt, was
born in Holidaysburg. Pa. and
lived in Altoona before coming
to HOLLYWOOD last December 4
Survivors, in addition to the
CONGRESSMAN. include another.
son, George H, Van zandt OF
Lancaster, Pa. three daughters.
Mrs. Alice C. Roscher of I!olly-
wood, Mrs. Eleanor Spang OF
PittSburpn. Pa. and Mrs. CATH
crime Waylano OF HolidaySburs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14

Samuel Haines Crosby, rs. a
former member of the legal
stats of the Federal Power Com
mission and the National Pro-
duction Administration. died in
Doctors Hospital Thursday after
a long illness.
Mr.. Crosby, a lawyer here from
1889 to 1852. the year he re-
tired, was well known in local
legal circles. particularly for his
work with the two Government
agencies.
He lived with his wife, who
survives him. at 5000 Lee high
way, Arlington. Va.
Five Years With FPC
A native of Iowa, who early
in his career went to Vermont,
Mr.. Crosby entered Government
service here in 1889 as trial
examiner with the Federal Power
Commission. He remained with
the agency for five years.
From 1914 to l949 he served
as legal counsel in the Washing
ton Office OF E. Holley Poe Asso-
ciateS. a firm of utility con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
Mrs. c. S. Kerrick,
Navy Mans Widow

Mrs. Placide Thompson Ker-
rick. Annapolis resident for five
years. died Thursday at Bethes-
da Naval Hospital. She was the
widow Of Capt. Charles S. Ker-
rick, USN, who was chief Of
stan of the 18th Naval District,
Seattle, during World War II.
The KerrickS lived in Coro-
nad0, Calf. for many years.
Mrs Kerrick moved to Annap-
oils after her husband died. She
is survived by her only child,
Mrs. w. w. Smyth of Rockville.
a sister, Mrs. David Ellis of Phil
ndclphia and jamestown, K. L.,
and by two grandchildren,
Services viii be- held Monday
AT II am. In the United States
Naval Academy Chapel. Annap-
oils. Burial will be in Philadel-
phia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-14
u. 5. APATHY Hit
On Arab Moves

NEW YORK. April IA (P).-
The American Jewish Congress
issued a white paper" today &C
cusing the State Department Of
apathy toward an Arab cam
Ipaign against American Jews"
1t said statements by Secretary
of State Dulles indicate the
United States has subordinated
the rights of American citizen
ship to the expediencieS of inter-
national bargaining.
The Congress, a major Ameri-
can Jewish organization with
10000 members and affiliates
with 100000, is conducting it's
biennial convention in the Hotel
Biltmore. 1t proposed a program
for the State Department to al
leviate the Jewish grievances.
The program would include
provisions that the United States
make no agreement of any kind
with Arab countries unless rights
OF Jews were fully protected.
Assurances Sought
The Congress said in its So
page document "the widespread
campaign by Arab League coun-
tries against Jews in the United
States is one OF. the least known
by-productS of Arab-Israel hos
tility.
The principal forms of dis
elimination currently employed
by the Arab States against
American Jews" it said, may
be classified in three categories:
Il. Arab denial of entry or
transit vlsas to American Jews:
%. Arab boycott Of American
Jewish businesses, and
%. The establishment and
suovention Of large-scale Arab
propaganda centers to dissemi-
nate anti-Semitic literature in
the United States"
1t said some of these prac-
tees have CONTINUED over a pc
ROD Of years without occa-
sioning more than gentle rebuke
from any agency of the United
States
Protests Called Mild
Whatever expressions of dis
approval have recently been
made by our State Department"
the statement said. have tended
to be perfunctory and short
lived. limited to the writing of
notes and the routine exchange
of correspondence.
Not once in recent years has
this country ventured beyond
mild protest into any form Of
action.
encouraged by this seeming
official casualness. if not indif-
terence, the Arab States continue
to act virtually as they please in
the mlstreatment of American
Jews, perfectly confident that
our Government will not uphold
the rights Of its Jewish citizens.
The apathy and apparent in
difference of our Government
has served not only to intensity
Arab hostility. hostility to Jews
within their own territories but
to increase and introduce anti
SemitiSm in new and unexpectt I'd
quarters here