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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-07
1856 Waterfowl
Study Completed

A report has just been filed
with the Game Section sunmari-
zing the findings of the 1856
waterfowl breeding grounds sur
vey. The surveys were conducted
by aeroplane, on foot and by
float trips. In addition to the
aerial surveys conducted over the
Lake Erie marsh area, other sur
veys were carried out at Magee
Marsh, Delaware Reservoir and on
160 linear miles OF streams.
According to the report, this
was an exceptionally warm. wet
spring with intermittent flooding
common on most streams through
out the state. Inland lakes and
ponds carried a higher level OF
water than any spring during the
past five years. Many nests and
eggs were lost in the Lake Erie
marshes during May when the
majority of this area was inun-
dated by storms. In general this
was poor season for nesting of
the ground nesting species but a
very good year for rearing of all
waterfowl.
In the Lake Erie Marsh region
there was a definite increase in
the production of mallards, black
ducks and blue-winged teal but a
substantial decrease in wood duck
production Average brood size
decreased somewhat in the NAL
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-07
sEanwEEKLY COUNTY DEMOCRAT LONDON,

/ was the first one to realize Lou
Gehrig was losing his reflexes. A
month later in a league game in
Detroit, Lou brought me the YAM
kee lineup and said:
Bill, I'm not playing today"
Gehrig was forced to quit May
2, 1899 after playing 2,130 con-
secutive league games from 1925
through 1899. Lou passed away
June 2, 1871 as the result of null
tiple sclerosis.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-07
Golf Jamboree AT
Lockbourne Is Off

Conflicting schedules and trans
portation problems have forced re-
vision of plans for the Sunday,
August 19, Golf Jamboree at Lock-
bourne Air Base golf course.
Previous commitments by out
standing figures from the enter
tainment world and the heavy
tournament schedule for profess
ional golfers make it impossible to
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-07
Joy AND SORROW

Great JOY especially after a
sudden change Of circumstances, Is
apt to be silent, and dwells rather
in the heart than on the tongue.
Henry Fielding
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-08-07

full Of activities both professional
cooking at the Youth Center 1856 Ohio
Aug mark the first of the of all its doto
dining facilities by exhibitors
visitors with details of the Junior Fair left Robert Jones'
Of the Junior Fair and Neil Miner
Ieesburg. president of the Junior Division Board
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-08-31

provide social welfare services,
aid in resettlement and serve the
religious, cultural and social
needs of Jews. One of the young
est and still the least known of
these is the World Federation Of
YMHAs and Jewish Community
Centers of which the National
Jewish Welfare Board is the
American member.
Founded exactly ten years ago.
this Federation was created to
unite the national organizations
serving the leisure-time and well
fare needs of Jewish youth and
the Jewish community generally.
AS it completes its first decade.
the Federation is serving organi-
cations in 80 countries on five
continents and has TO its credit
the establishment of the Jerusa-
lem YMEIA.
The Federation's major task has
been to help organize Jewish
Community Centers wherever
needed. In Israel, the Center
movement has taken deep root
and now serves the unique pur-
pose of helping to bridge the cul-
tural and social gaps between the
new and old settlers. In Western
Europe, the Jewish Community
Centers founded in recent years
are among the chief instrumental
tiles for furthering the process of
rebuilding Jewish life after the
havoc and destruction of the NaZi
era and World War II. Many
opportunities lie ahead and can
be fulfilled if the American Jew
ish community understands the
problems and provides the mod
est kind of necessary support.
With this in mind and in the
spirit of common Interests. ideals
and fellowship that link all Jews.
the National Jewish Welfare
Board is beginning the New Year
SLY by launching the Jewish
Community Center World Fellow
ship.
This unique undertaking has
three major detectives: to instill
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The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-08-31

each others happiness.
In recognition of the common
fate of all Jews, numerous organ
izations unite the Jewries of the
world for various purposes. Some
protect Jewish rights. Others
counteract anti-Semitism. Many
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-08-31
The Jewish Community
Center WOrld Fellowship
An Action Progrum to Link Jews Around the World
BY PHILIP GOODMAN

Of solidarity between each individual
people always reawakened during High Holy
Year reminds Of the need fellowship
world Kppur every
Jew deep feeling of with his fellow
they may by worshpper
the congregation
for every responsible for his
at one all the Jewish people
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13
BIackmai|ing Pays Off

The periodical Congress Weekly" reports in it's
March 10 issue that Secretary of State John Foster Dull
les has corrected the official record of his testimony
before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee deletng
his assertion that the Arabs feel luminosity toward the
Jews because they credited the assassination of Moham
med to Jews"
lens entertain any such belief because of the detailed
story in the Koran of the prophets natural DEATH.
This happening merely to point up the lack of
understanding and information OF the man who directs
the United States foreign policy.
1t is little wonder, therefore, that Americas money
policy in foreign affairs boils down to this: Heed not
the friend of democracy because he is already on our
side but fost dollars upon the state which has demon
Strated hostility to the West and favortism toward the
Soviet Union.
The American money policy began effort to
help nations right their faterng economies and there
by prevent of the chaos in which communism fourishes
So far good.
The policy then evolved into one of bribery-wel
make it worth your while to be our friend.
Now the situation has turned to of international
blackmai Little nations whose geographical locations
natural have swelled their Importance in
the game which leads to the brink of devastation and
back, now, you'd better give big
or we'll take small amount from the Reds
AS ridiculous as it may seem this tactic has worked
every time. Uncle Sam has paid off,
in point is the Egyptian threat to accept Rus
sian trade agreement which will supply funds for
Nile if the U.S. doesn't kick in with huge loan plus
attitude favorable to the Arabs in their dispute with Is
rael.
It's about time that elephant stopped running from
The United States should call Egypts bluff Egypt's
economy, desperate it is, would be almost
istent without its American market and any hopes of
positive, large-scae Improvement through the vtally
needed Aswan Dam would go up in smoke if America
alenated
There be little doubt to which way Egypt would
turn II the United States asserted itself And
of strong stand would restore much of the lost Amer
prestige in all areas of the world
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13

been a source of supply for the
world market.
BUT LET US suppose that the
entire Middle East supply of oil
were to be cut off. How would this
affect the United States?
DR.. Schechtman has facts and
figures to prove that our country
is in no way dependent on the oil
supply from the Middle East.
Our known underground produc-
ible reserve of crude petroleum is
estimated at nearly % billion bar
rels. But, says A. 1. Levorsen, pro-
fessor of geology at Stanford Uni
versity and past president of the
American Association of Petrol
cum Biologists:
To-day, as always, since the be-
ginning of the oil industry, h e
biggest petroleum resource is that
which is as yet undiscovered. The
present known reserves are but a
working stock, and they reflect a
balance between costS-of discov-
cry, production and carrying char
geS-and the incentive to discover
new reserves"
Another geologiSt, Kirthley F..
Mather of Harvard, believes it "a
safe expectation that the actual
reserves of oil beneath the U. S.
surface are twice, and perhaps as
much as three times, the proved
reserves of % billion barrels"
Add to these the reserves in the
Caribbean-Gulf of Mexico region
and those in the rest of North and
South America, estimated togeth-
er at 38 million barrels.
CIT SHOULD ALSO not be over
looked" says DR.. Schechtman,
"that modern science and technol-
ogy have provided an alternative
source of supply for petroleum pro-
ducts" And he describes methods
already in use for Supplanting ma
tural oil by synthetic sources,
which are, according to experts,
almost unbelievably abundant"
Professor Mather, in fact, feels
that we can in the future expect
the gradual replacement of natur-
al oil by synthetic products which
Twill prove adequate for all hu-
man needs, for as long. a time as
they are needed.
These revelations are most in
teresting. If there is any truth in
them at all, we have been sadly
We have been appeasing
feudal governments, which are
bent on destroying a democratic
nation, because we feared the loss
of Arab oil.
If this loss, unlikely as it might
be, would not truly be injurious
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13

to our national interests. this is
the time for us to know about it.
This is the time for us to investi-
gate and to rewrite, if possible,
the formula for US. policy in the
Middle East.
ANOTHER tercentenary is being
celebrated this year, across the At
lantic, where British Jewry is re-
calling its early days.
Actually, Jews had lived in
Great Britain as far back as the
18th Century, but they had been
expelled in 1890. From that time
on only few Marrano escapes
from Spain came to live in Eng
land, where they dared practise
Judaism only in secret.
AS time went on, the climate
changed. England broke with the
Roman Catholic Church. Oliver
Cromwell came to power. He saw
that the Jews of Holland were
helping to build that country into
a great nation, and the time was
right for the famous appeal by
Amsterdam's Rabbi Menasseh ben
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13
The World Over

Israel that England allow Jews
to resettle there.
NO Law WAS passed enabling
them to re-enter, but in 1856 some
of the Marranos openly declared
themselves Jews. Others began to
come, from Holland, and then lat
er from Germany and Poland.
At first, they were subject to
many disabilities, but the centur-
les brought Improvements in their
status until today they enjoy COM
plete equality with their fellow
Britons. They have a rich religious
and cultural life, and they have
made important contributions to
their nations growth.
An Anglo-Jewish art and histori-
cal exhibition at the Victoria and
Albert Museum marked the OPEN
ing of the Tercentenary celebra-
ton in January.
AMONG THE interesting items
included were: Manuscripts dating
from before the time of Chaucer:
MenasSeh ben Israels original pc
tition; a Rembrandt engraving of
Rabbi Menasseh; an exquisite
Chanukah lamp done in 1709 by
the distinguished silversmith, John
Ruslen; a 200-year-old painting by
a London Jew, Peter Paul Lens,
which was loaned by Queen Eliza
beth, and the original Balfour De-
claration in the form of a letter
from Lord Balfour to Lord Roths-
child.
British Jewry has a fascinating
history, really quite different from
ours. 1t will be instructive to fol-
low the news of their celebration
throughout the coming year.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13

toned by the public. It has be-
come almost a truisrn. But once
we begin to analyze IT, questions
arise; and the answers to these
questions somehow weaken, the
spell.
DR.. Joseph B. Schechtman, a
specialist on Middle East affairs,
has an interesting article on this
subject in the March II Congress
Weekly. He considers it very un-
likely that the Arab states, no mat
ter what the political considera-
tions, would ever cancel American
oil concessions.
RECALLING ARAB opposition
to the 1947 Palestine partition plan,
he quotes John B. Philby, who is
recognized as an outstanding ex-
pert on Arab affairs:
''The only really effective action
which the Saudi Arabian govern
ment could have taken, namely
the cancellation of the American
Oil concession as a policy against
American championship of t.
Jewish cause, was never consid-
cred seriously, or considered only
to be rejected out of hand as pre-
judicial to the economic interests
of the country, in spite of spate
of propaganda sponsored by un-
friendly elements in Iraq and
Transjordan."
Ut is easy to explain S I'D
Arabia's reluctance. In the year
1854 alone she received oil royal
ties of 260,000,000, a sum which
constituted more than three
fourths of her budgetD
Herbert Feis, a State Depart
ment adviser, is quoted on h
same subject as follows:
FEAR THAT the Arab states
owned by American Or British oil
enterprises if their governments
consented to the partition of Pal
estine has shown itself un-
founded"
AS for the situation today, Feis
believes that "the fear that, in the
event of a war with the Soviet
Union, the Arab States would will
ingly turn towards the USSR and
transfer control of the oil reSour-
ces" is equally unfounded.
Having bolstered his contention
that the Arab rulers would never
allow politics to interfere with
their financial gain, DR.. Schecht-
man goes on to strike a blow at
another popular misconception
Only 44.4 per cent of the Middle |
East oil reserves are under Arab |
control. The other 55.6 per cent are
divided among: the sheikhdoms of
Kuwait (where half the concession
is in American hands,, Qatar, and |
Bahrain CENTRE concession Ameri- |
cam; Iran Gao per cent Ameri
CAM, and Egypt, which has never
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13
The Williams Caper

Cairo newspapers reported last week that the Arab
League has interviewed to bar motion picture swimming
star Esther Williams from going to Egypt
Miss Williams contribution to fund raising for Israel
cited as the reason.
She earlier had been invited by the Egyptian Swim
ming Federation to present her water ballet show in
Cairo.
Miss Williams, of course is to be commended for her
answering an inward call to the of humanitar
lansm, but perhaps is just we'll for the Egyptians
that she will not appear before them.
The Egyptian commoner is notoriously poor, lives
IN squalor and subsists wretchedly substandard
diet With this in mind it could we'll be that Miss Will
iams superb physique would considerable
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13

ed IN the Middle
East. This Oil is
indispensable to
the free world.
T h e r efore, we
must appease the
leaders of the
Arab states no
matter what the
cost - so that
they will keep oil
flowing to the
west.
This formula
- 111~
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-04-13
By Deborah Jaffa Metz
(The News Own Columnist)

Oil is a magic word.
1t seems to cast spell over all
who discuss the Middle East crisis.
Clear thinking, historical direction,
idealism, all vanish when the for
mula is invoked:
More than SIS per cent of the
worlds oil reserves are locat-
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Tomorrow: Cause of Middle
East instability
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Mckay Rival
'Stuys in Race

PORTLAND. Greg, Mar. /;
(P.-Phillip Hitchcock, a former
Oregon State legislator. said yes
terday he would stay in the
United States Senate nomination
race against Secretary Of the In
terror Douglas Mckay.
1t gives Mr.. Mckay opposition
which party leaders at the ma
tional level had not expected.
One of Mr.. Hitchcock's cam
Ipaign managers said the issue
was simply whether to allow the
Republican National Committee
to dictate selection of an Oregon
candidate. Mr.. Hitchcock said
he remains loyal to President
Eisenhower, who Friday gave Mr.
Mckay a pat on the back.
Mr.. Mckay flew to Oregon
Friday in surprise. 11th-houl
strategy move, and filed for the
Republican nomination for the
seat held by Democratic Senator
Wayne Morse. He said the Re-
publican National Committee
urged him to do it.
OF four men already in the
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|Meony Asks Arms
BE Sent to Israel

AFL-CIO President George
Meany yesterday urged that the
United States send arms to Israel
to correct what he said was a
growing imbalance in military
strength" that could lead to an
Outbreak of war.
"Only if Israel is equipped tc
defend herself effectively can the
forces of aggression arrayed
against her be deferred" Mr.
Meany's statement said.
at is unrealistic to regard mil
Iitary aid to Israel as an instiga-
ition to an arms race. Actually,
the race is already on and Israel
may soon be out of the running. "
Mr.. Meany said 1.-THE Egyptian
dictatorship" with help of Com
munist arms is organizing a
military bloc dedicated to a
war of humiliation" against Is
irael.
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Witnesses BaIk
AT Red Inquiry

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Mar. Il
.R.-Three more witnesses fat
ly refused today to tell a SUBJ
committee of the House Un-
American Activities Committee
about any connection they may
have had with the Communist
Party.
One of them, William A. Nc
Grit, a WinSton-Salem fish
dresser, was asked pointblank by
Representative Francis E. Wal
ter, Democrat of Pennsylvania
the committee chairman: "Yor
are the head of the Carolina dis
trict of the Communist Party
aren't you?" n
Later MIR. Walter asked him
III he prepared a circular signed
by the Communist Party Of
North Carolina attacking the
House Committee, which wa:
circulated widely in this State
before the committee opened
three days of hearings here yes
terday.
Pleads Amendments
McGirt. like other unco-oper-
Iative witnesses, took refuge in
the First, Fifth and other
Amendments to the Constitu-
ton. McGirt, a native of Will
mington. appeared relaxed and
frequently smiled broadly as
Richard Arens, committee coun-
Isel, tried to draw him out about
his alleged party activity.
Warren Williams, a Winston
Salem sheet metal worker who
received a Phi. D. from the Uni
'versity of North Carolina in 1858
said: "I've never done anything
.disloyal against this country.
But he, too, declined to answer
any questions which had any
bearing on the Communist Party
Charles B. Childs, Government
witness. testified yesterday that
both Williams and McGirt at
tended a school for party leaders
near Walnut Cove in August
1852.
Childs also had testified that
Viola Brown of Winston Salem
was at the school. She refused
to confirm or deny attendance
and, like Williams and McGirt
refused to say whether she had
ever seen Childs previously.
The subcommittee, in its Sec
ond day of hearings into al
legged Communist activity in
North Carolina and neighborine
States, plans to conclude its
work here tomorrow.
Four witnesses identified dur
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Clubs Custer CIinox
To 40 Years of History

were deeply imbued with hatred
for Britain, who had been the
cause of so many miseries by per-
hitting Jewish emigration on a
large scale. A hundred yards
away across the little River
Jordan, the people were quiet
and contented, and British visi-
tors were everywhere welcomed
with smiles and traditional Arab
hospitality.
Asked to Occupy Country
! When Britain surrendered the
mandate for Palestine, the United
Nations produced their own par
tition plan, to divide the country
between the Jews and the Arabs
Under this plan, by far the
greater part of Palestine allotted
to the Arabs was contiguous
with the frontier of Trans-Jor-
dan. Great numbers of Arab
residents in this area petitioned
King formerly Amir Abdullah
to occupy their country and unite
it to Trans-Jordan. The British
government were consulted and
made no objection.
! Accordingly, on May Is, 1948
the Arab Legion was ordered to
cross the Jordan and occupy that
part of Palestine allotted to the
Arabs by the U.N. partition plan,
and lying contiguous with the
frontier of Trans-Jordan.
I we'll remember that blazing
day in May, with the dust hang
ing heavily over the main roads
as the long columns wound their
way down the mountain valleys
from Amman to the Jordan. The
troops had decorated their trucks
with green branches and flowers
as though they were going to a
wedding. They were all singing
loudly. as all troops do when they
feel happy. waving and laughing
at people standing beside the
road.
The Arab Legion bore the brunt
of the fighting against Israel in
1948. When at last an armistice
was made in the spring of 1949,
the only areas of Palestine left
to the Arabs were those which
had been held by the Arab Legion
and Iraqi army. The Egyptian
army had retained a small strip
of land at GAIA. while the Syrian
and Lebanese forces had retained
nothing.
Such result was extremely
distasteful to other Arab coun-
tries, especially as the Arab Le-
gion had been commanded by
British officers. Such intense
propaganda campaigns were in
|augurated that before long it was
generally believed all over the
Arab countries that the Arab Le-
gion had betrayed the cause in
1948.
Maps are little used by the
public in the Middle East, and
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ing yesterdays hearing and pre-
|viously, as Communists refused
to comment about any connec-
ton they may have had with the
party.
The four were:
John v. Myers, former teacher
at Campbell Junior College, a
Baptist school at Buies Greek;
William Evens of Durham; Nat
Bond of Durham. Negro teach
Ier of language at Bluefield CIV
IVa.) State College, and Joseph
Franklin Blake. former teacher
lat Winyah Junior High School,
Georgetown, S. c.
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ployed by the Polish Embassy
He invoked the Fifth Amend
ment.
Mr.. Sherman was one of four
witnesses called by the subcom-
mittee today. The others were:
Jean Montgomery, 5041 Twelfth
street NE, former MIRA employe
and Washington correspondent
for the Soviet news agency Tass
from 1945 until her dismissal last
July.
John B. Stone, 2901 Eighteenth
street NV, newsman and for
mer public relations assistant fol
the Treasury Department. OPA
and owl, who now publishes a
Washington newsletter. He also
invoked the Fifth Amendment.
Alvin Todd, 4872 Chevy Chase
boulevard, Chevy Chase, Md. re-
porter for the left-wing FEEDER
ated Press and son of Larry
Todd. former chief TaSs CORE
spondent here. He told the SUBJ
committee he was not a member
|of the Communist Party today
Two Others Put in Record
Chairman Eastland said the
executive session testimony of
two other witnesses would be
incorporated in the public record
of the current hearings. These
were Natalie Lanken, former en-
ployee of the Soviet Embassy
who lives at 1924 Seventeenth
street NV, and Corinne Laut-
man, former stenographer for