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Friday, October 29, 1948
ISRAELIS WARN EGYPTIANS
AGAINST USE OF GAS
TEL AVIV (JTA)—lsrael today warned Egypt against the use
of poison gas or “secret weapons” in the Negev fighting. An Israeli
spokesman, commenting on a Cairo broadcast threatening the use
of gas and other “Secret weapons”, said that if the Egyptions force
the Jews to retaliate to such means of warfare, he would not “envy
the Egyptian troops.”
Meanwhile, the offensive on
land and in the air continued to
day with the Israelis reporting
an important victory in the Falu
ja area and the bombing of mili
tary objectives at the Gaza and
El Arish airfields and other in
stallations at Majdal and Faluja.
The Jews, declining to specify the*
area in which the land battle .oc
curred, disclosed that an import
ant height from which the Egyp
tians had originally launched
their attacks on Israeli convoys to
Negev settlements was captured
this morning after a bloody hand
to-hand battle. The area in
which the height is located was
established when the Egyptians,
complaining to the U. N. of a
Jewish “violation,” placed the po
sition east of Faluja.
The Israeli Army communique
stated that the position was cap
tured by bayonet-wielding Jew
ish infantry which inflicted heavy
casualties on the 270 Egyptians
holding the height and captured
many of them. On the position
were also found medium artillery
and anti-tank guns. Repeated
Arab counterattacks were flung
back. In one instance an entire
Egyptian platoon was wiped out,
with only three riflemen escap
ing. The Israelis also reported
the shelling of the Jewish settle
ments of Niram, Gvaram and Me
koroth, in the desert, by the
Arabs.
Negev Fighting Does Not Mean
End of Truce, Israelis Say
An Israeli military spokesman
emphasized the government’s
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viewpoint again today that activ
ities in the Negev, which are on
a wide basis, do not mean an end
of the truce and resumption of
war. He stressed the limited ob
jectives of the Israeli forces
which he said were not to cap
ture Egyptian positions but to
compell the Egyptians to cease
attacking the Jewish settlements
and convoys. Israeli forces had
occupied new positions within
the first 48 hours of the drive, he
said, but these were in Israeli
territory.
LETTER BOX
The National Conference of
Christians and Jews, Inc.
381 Fourth Avenue
New York 16, N. Y.
October 11, 1948
Editor, Southern Jewish Weekly
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Sir:
Brotherhood Week, sponsored
by the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, will be ob
served February 20-27, 1949.
Last Brotherhood Week, and
through the year, the magazines
of this country aided the cause of
religious and racial cooperation
and freedom in a tremendous
measure. Our Committee recog
nizes, therefore, that we are tres
passing on your time and pati
ence when we ask you to help us
again this year. Our' excuse is
that the problems facing us are
not easy ones; for while the ob
jectives of Brotherhood Week are
simple, effective presentation of
the brotherhood theme is not. As
we progress from year to year
we need more than ever your
advice and assistance in giving
fresh impetus to the cause with
new and perhaps more subtle
means to the furtherance of these
objectives.
We cannot thank you enough
for your help in the past. If, at
this early date, you have any
ideas for us, or ideas about the
kind of material we might secure
for you, or if you would care to
tell us by what date such mater
ial should be in your hands for
the February or March issues of
your publication, we should be
most grateful.
We are hopeful that the forth
coming observance of Brother
hood Week may be outstanding,
since this is the 20th anniversary
of the founding of the National
Conference by the late Charles
Evans Hughes and others.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN FARRAR
Chairman
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executive vice-president of American
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May, 1947, as acting director of the
Finance and Accounting Office of the
World ORT Union.
Prior to his affiliation with ORT, Mr.
Sard served in several capacities in the
Federal Government. He was affiliated
with the National Housing Agency
from 1946 to 1947. He was decorated by
the Italian government for his work,
from 1945 to 1946, as Italian country
representative with UNRRA in Wash
ington. From 1943 to 1945, he served on
the staff of the War Production Board
as Chief of the Office of Components
and editor of Statistics of War Produc
tion, a confidential bulletin of war ef
fort statistics.
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NEW YORK (JPS) —A poll
conducted by the Denver Univer
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with the cooperation of the Anti-
Defamation League of B’nai
B’rith, showed that there is no
single adult group which is com
pletely free from taints of anti-
Semitism. The poll, using the
Franzen Scale, a sort of social
thermometer which charts anti-
Jewish bias, found that about
one-half of the adults of Denver
are “moderately” anti-Semitic,
one-fourth “strongly” and the re
maining quarter alpiost, but not
entirely, free of anti-Jewish pre
judice.
Judging from the Franzen
Scale, Denver has less prejudice
than four other cities polled thus
far. According to the scale,
which ranges from zero (no anti-
Semitism) to 22 maximum anti-
I Semitism) Denver rates 7.7
points, Bridgeport 9.2, Worcester
10.8, Dayton 11.7 and Roanoke
12.
The pollsters found that the
more educated a person is the
less open anti-Semitism he dis
plays. Young people are less
anti-Semitic than the old, women
less than men and the high in
come groups less than the low in
come groups.
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the Navy Cross for heroism during the
Japanese attack on the U. S. Fleet at
r.-arl Harbor, has been named Chair
man of the National Defense Commit
tee of the Jewish War Veterans of the
United States of America. The appoint
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Pearl Harbor attack on December 7,
1941. He was awarded the Navy’s sec
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in directing rescue efforts to save the
wounded under continuing Japanese
fire.
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