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SOUTHERN JEWISHifc^
i Formerly The Southern Jewish Weekly An Independent Monthly Serving American Citizens of Jewish Faith
THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED V JEWISH PUBLICATION IN THIS TERRITORY
19 NO. 2
rWEEN YOU
AND ME
BY BORIS SMOLAR
■>NIST HIGHLIGHTS: Dr.
Enann is having the busiest
lof his life In London holding
■to discussions with mem
|of the United Nations on the
■war status of Palestine . .
■tine resolution having been
■leted by the House Foreign
■rs Committee in Washington,
■an be revealed that some
Eg American Zionists are not
Bl satisfied with the text of
Besolution . . . - At the last
Be they noticed that the res-
Bn contains the word “ultim
■’ when speaking of the es-
Bhment of a Jewish Common-
Bh . . . - This is against the
■ of the Baltimore Declara-
I which asks not for the
Bnate” establishment of a
Bh Commonwealth, but for
Establishment of a Common
■h immediately after the war.
B It can also be revealed now
■no less than seven Congress
■consulted Secretary of State
Ell Hull as to what their at-
E should be with regard to
■Palestine resolution . . . -
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E have been passed by Con-
I without any hearings, had it
Been for a few influential
I who oppose the establish
■of a Jewish State in Peles
■ . . - These anti-Zionists
Bioh lobbying in Washington,
Eng in the fact that the res-
E was referred to the For
■ Affairs Committee . . . -
E circles believe that a
Bent on Palestine from
I Minister Winston Church-
I be expected soon, now that
Bo'Palestine sentiment of
Bajority of American Con-
Ben and Senators has been
■sized through the Washing-
Barings . . .
E RESCUE FRONT We are
■to draw the attention of
>H organizations interested in
I relief and rescue work to
Bt that President Roosevelt’s
Befugee Board is anxious to
views and cooperation
■ such organizations no mat-
E big or small ... - Those
Jewish agencies which
Bot received a letter from
Bard soliciting their sugges
to the measures it can
■Bo rescue and otherwise
~ to Jews in occupied
|H should communicate with
* Hard promptly ... - Al
:| the War Refugee Board
Hnmunicated with all inter-
JHrivate agencies, it says
Es possible that a few were
Eently omitted ... - John
| Hie, the director of the War
4 B Board, is losing no time
4 Hr what is necessary to car
j H the Board’s rescue pro-
I- . - Two members of the
4H. overseas staff had in
-4 H talks with Vice-President
4 B and Mrs. Franklin D.
Bit recently ... - Louis H.
H D. C. representative who
4 H returned from a ten
4 in South America, dis
-4 Bhe refugee situation in the
1 Hmerican countries with
a Hallace . . .• - The Vice
iB t is regarded as an ex
«|B Latin American affairs.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1944
SERVES ON NATIONAL
COMMITTEE AGAINST
NAZI PERSECUTION
OF JEWS
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HENRY WALLACE
WASHINGTON (JTA) Crea
tion of a “National Committee
Against Nazi Persecution and
Extermination of Jews of Europe”
was announced here this week by
Associate Justice Frank Murphy
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mittee are Vice-President Henry
A. Wallace, Wendell Willkie, Gov.
Leverett Saltonstall of Massachu
setts, Asst. Attorney-General Nor
man M. Littell and many promin
ent federal and state churchmen
and business leaders. The pur
poses of the new committee, as
outlined by Justice Murphy are:
1. To rally the full force of
public consciousness in America
against the persecution and ex
termination of Jewish men, wom
en and children.
2. To recognize and combat
hateful propaganda against Amer
ican citizens of Jewish descent.
3. To bring the power of pub
lic opinion to bear in cases where
responsible officials condone the
persecution of Jews.
4. To cooperate with like
minded groups here and in other
countries.
In his statement announcing
the formation of the new group,
Justice Murphy pointed out that
“American citizens of Jewish de
scent representing every major
Jewish organization and commun
ity in U. S., and speaking thru
the American Jewish Conference,
have voiced not only their own
faith in American institutions of
justice and freedom but that of
every true American citizen and
of millions of oppressed people
everywhere, in asking that the
democracies institute and sustain
vigorous action to rescue all who
may yet be saved and to combat
the virus of hatred wherever it
appears.”
RASKIN DIES
new YORK (JTA)— Philip M.
Raskin, noted Jewish poet died
this week at his home, following
a long illness. He was the author
of 10 volumes of poetry in Eng
lish, Hebrew and Yiddish which
were published in England and in
the United States. A number of
his poems were included re
cent anthologies, and selections
of American poetry. He was 63
years old.
U. S. Experts
Speak Up And
Be Counted!
AN EDITORIAL
Have you as yet written to
your Representative and Sena
tor urging them to support the
resolutions before the House
and Senate calling for a Jew
ish Commonwealth in Pales
tine? If you have not, do so
now! America’s outstanding
leaders have declared their en
dorsement of the resolutions.
But subversive forces within
Judaism itself are trying to
torpedo these measures. You
know the names of these peo
ple, although you do not know
their faces because they rare
ly come where Jews foregath
er.
Your tacit approval of the
resolutions is insufficient. The
vote on the Palestine resolu
tion at the American Jewish
Conference demonstrated un
equivocally where all American
Jewry stands. You must now,
individuallv. tell vour Renre-
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or telegram, are no less im- I
portant. |
SILVER WARNS OF PLOT
TO NEUTRALIZE
PALESTINE RESOLUTION
Washington (JPS) —A plot to
“neutralize” the Palestine resolu
tion now before the House was
reported here by reliable inform
ants who charged that pressure is
being used by some Jewish groups
to have all reference to a Jewish
Commonwealth dropped from the
resolution and just leave those
portions calling for opening the
doors for Jewish immigratin.
Dr. Silver warned, however,
that “our own battle is not yet
won, and it may be prolonged.”
In a formal statement, he pointed
out that “apart from the handful
of Jewish die-hards there are oth
er forces working against our
cause. As we gather strength,
the opposition of all categories
grows more desperate. They are
justly apprehensive of the tre
mendous wave of pro-Zionist sent
iment that is sweeping the coun
try.”
GEORGIA GOVERNOR
ENDORSES WAR ON
ANTI-SEMITISM
New York (JPS) —Governors
from all parts of the country have
joined in denouncing anti-Semit
ism as a menace to America’s
democratic institutions and in
calling upon citizens of the United
States to join in extirpating its
manifestations. They expressed
their views in messages to the
National Conference To Combat
Anti-Semitism convened by the
American Jewish Conference. A
mong those calling for action a
gainst bigotry was Governor Ellis
Amall of Georgia.
Testify at Palestine Hearing
Washington (JPS) —There is practically “no ceiling”
to the absorptive capacity of Palestine if industry will ex
pand, Dr. Walter C. Loudermilk, soil expert of the United
States Department of Agriculture, testified before the
House Foreign Affairs Committee at a hearing of the Jew
ish Commonwealth resolution which has been introduced to
both houses of Congress.
In the course of the two-day
hearings at which religious, labor
and Jewish leaders and ten Con
gressmen testified, the only wit
nesses opposing the resolution
were Lessing Rosenwald and Rab
bi Louis Wolsey, both speaking
for the American Council for
Judaism. They based their oppo
sition on the contention that if a
Jewish Commonwealth were es
tablished in Palestine it would be
a “theocracy” because, they claim
ed, the Jews are a religious body
only.
On the basis of a statistical an
alysis of the potential food pro
duction in Palestine, Dr. Walter
C. Lowdermilk reported that Pal
estine could feed an additional
1,800,000 from its own food re
sources. But, he added, if indus
try should expand then there is
ucoacc «cLiicy auuiuilty * 111 Uie
United States. This program
would greatly increase production
of electric power from the fall of
the Jordan River and provide in
creased agricultural possibilities
through irrigation.
Reporting on twenty-five years
of health work in Palestine, Mrs.
Epstein, president of Hadassah,
Women’s Zionist Organization,
told how the Arabs have benefit
' ted by the work. Only recently,
| she said, two of Ibn Saud’s sons
were patients at the Hadassah
Hospital in Jerusalem. In this
past quarter of a century the neg
lect of 600 years had to be over
come. Everything American Jew
ish women have done for Pales
tine, she stated, has been toward
the creation of a Jewish Common
wealth there.
Argument and Counter-Argument
In his testimony in opposition
to the resolution, Lessing Rosen
wald insisted that the Jews are
only a religious body and he de
manded that the reference to a
Jewish Commonwealth be remov
ed from the resolution. When
questioned, he acknowledged that
he represents the viewpoint of a
minority, and that he knows
nothing about the absorptive ca
pacity of Palestine. He contend
ed that the processes of democ
racy preclude the conversion of a
minority into a majority.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chair
man of the American Zionist
Emergency Council, countering
the charge that the Jews seek the
evacuation of Palestine’s Arabs,
cited figures showing that the
Arab population has doubled since
the last war and that no other
Arab country can show a com
parable increase. Mr. Rosenwald,
Dr. Silver said, “is back in 1917
with that group of people who
opposed the Balfour Declaration.”
At the request of Rosenwald this
was stricken from the record of
the hearings.
Dr. Goldsteip, president of the
Zionist Organization of America,
pointed out that the Rabbinate
opposed the viewpoint of Rosen
wald and Rabbi Wolsey. The
Jews are a historical people who
have lost the physical basis of
nationality, but have continued
their identity, Dr. Goldstein said.
He ridiculed the allegation of the
anti-Zionists that the re-estab
lishment of a Jewish nation in
Palestine would affect the posi
tion of Jews in America.
Dr. James G. Heller, president
of the United Palestine Appeal
and former president of the Cen
tral Conference of American Rab
bis, stated that the opposition to
a Jewish Commonwealth consti
tutes only an infinitesimal per
cent of the Jews in America. He
pointed out that at the American
Jewish Conference, attended by
delegates representing over 90%
* Jewry, a resolution
Jewish Commonwealth
. vote of 400 to 4.
itive Sol Bloom, chair-
House Foreign Affairs
Committee, stated after Mr. Ros
enwald’s testimony that the many
telegrams and letters coming to
the Committee show that senti
ment among Jews and non-Jews
favors passage of the resolution.
Others who testified in favor
of the resolution were Dr. Henry
Atkinson, member of the execu
tive committee of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America and chairman of the
Christian Council on Palestine:
and Dr. Carl J. Friedrich, profes
sor of Government at Harvard
University and Zionist and labor
leader.
Text of The Resolution
The text of the resolution fol
lows:
“Whereas, the 67th Congress of
the United States on June 30,
1922 unanimously resolved, ‘that
the United States of America fa
vors the establishment in Pales
tine of a national home for the
Jewish people, it being clearly
understood that nothing shall be
done which may prejudice the
civil and religious rights of
Christian and all other non-Jewish
communities in Palestine, and
that the holy places and religious
buildings and sites in Palestine
shall be adequately protected,*
and
“Whereas, the ruthless persecu
tion of the Jewish people in Eu
rope has clearly demonstrated the
need for a Jewish Homeland as a
haven for the large numbers who
have become homeless as a result
of this persecution,
“Therefore be it resolved by the
House of Representatives of the
United States of America that the
United States shall use its good
offices and take appropriate
measures to the end that the
doors of Palestine shall be opened
for free entry of Jews into that
country, and that there shall be
full opportunity for colonization,
so that the Jewish people may
ultimately reconstitute Palestine
as a free and democratic Com
monwealth.**
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