Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1947 — Page 14

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TUF NATIONAL JEWISH POST

Friday, December 19, 1947

LOCAL DELEGATES ASSUME TREMENDOUS TASK WILLINGLY (Continued from page 3) eies, more than 598,000,000 will be needed by the JDC and $13, 080,000 by the USNA. Forget British Acts, Says Weizmann Dr. Weizmann, speaking Saturday night, urged the Jews “not U> boast and not to speak too much of victory over others. Things like that," he said, "can only hurt the Jews, and certainly cannot be of any help to them. One of our foremost tasks is to achieve a great measure of good will with our neighbors—the Arabs, and with all the peoples of the earth, primarily in this great country." He also urged the Jews to forget the policy of Great Britain since 1939 and “begin to write a new chapter” in Jewish relations witn Britain. Dr. Weizmann made a strong appeal to the American Government to provide the Jews in Palestine with arms and equipment tor defense. He also asked for a “token force’’ of the United Nations to be stationed in Palestine. He announced that the Jewish Agency will ask the nations of the world to finance the transfer of displaced Jews from Europe to Palestine and at the same time appealed to U. S. Jewry to give maximum support to the U.J.A. Sees Violence ol Short Duration Maj. Gen. John H. Hilldring, former Assistant Secretary of State and a member of the U.S. delegation to the U.N., predicted that the present violence in Palestine will not spread and will be of short duration. Reviewing the deliberations of the General Assembly on the Palestine question, he denied that there had ever been any difference of opinion between the State Department and the U. S. delegtaion on the Palestine policy or that the U. S. used any undue pressures to influence other countries to go along with its position on partition. Discussing the present disturbances in the Middle East, Gen. Hilldring said that “even more violence would have occurred If no decision at all had been taken.” He declared that the events that have followed in the train of the U. N. decision provide “no cause for despair. On the contrary, there is every reason to be optimistic about the future of the Jewish State in Palestine." Mr. Rosenwald, national co-chairman of OJA, said that 1948 Is “the year of hope” during which the gates of Palestine and probably the United States will be opened wider to European Jews. “There is room for optimism that the gates of America will soon be open wider,” he stated. “Taking their lead from the United States, other lands, too, are preparing to give haven to larger numbers of the homeless.” Hagonnah Question Thrashed Out The question of the separate Haganah campaigns was discussed and an agreement is in the process of being worked out under which Haganah will receive its funds through the U.P.A.’s share of United Jewish Appeal. An economic and defense delegation of 50 American Jews will fly to Palestine in February to survey needs of the new Jewish state, Henry Morgenthau announced at the final session. The Palestine delegation will fly in chartered planes and on its return will tour the United States. The conference decided to set April aside as “Freedom Month” during which an intensive campaign will be launched to raise the quarter of a billion dollars.

The Guide Post Continued from preceeding page Ttie establishment of the American Jewish Archives has been jwmi ,<vd by the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. 1. Why is it important to preserve documents dealing with the 3ilV of Jewish congregations, organizations as well as of individuals? 2. What other Jewish society in America is engaged in a similar task?

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BIRTHS

New Orleans

Barton—Mr. and Mrs Herbert Barton announce the birth of a daughter.

BAR MITZVAH

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Menuhin Incident Clarified By Levinihal Spec’a I BERLIN—Me ce light on the incident in which Yehudi Menuhin, famous violinist, was accused as a German sympathiser, was revealed In an interview in Weekend, magazine of the Stars and Stripes, official army newspaper, by Judge Louis E. Levinthal, adviser on Jewish affairs in the U. S. zone of Germany and Austria. Menuhin, boycotted by Jewish DPs for whom he was to play, because he had earlier appeared before a German audience, set a second date for a program which was a public debate between himself and the camp leaders. The entire camp attended. “Menuhin refuted the charges that he is a traitor,” Judge Levinthal said. “He told the Jews they were near-sighted . . . that hate doesn’t overcome hate . . . And he informed the DPs that he himself, at his own expense, had been the first Jewish performer to come from America immediately after the war to give concerts for the sick, impoverished victims of the concentration camps.” However, Judge Levinthal said that, “Menuhin began to appreciate what he didn't understand in Berlin,” when the following day, Judge Levinthal took him to the Reichsbank in Frankfurt There he saw the carefully collected wedding rings, spectacle frames, watch cases and gold fillings, and “felt the profound, collective hurt of the Jewish DPs.” Judge Levinthal has finished his tour of duty and is returning to the U.S. A successor will be named soon.

Our Film Folks of HOLLYWOOD Copyright JrwMb rcirgraphit «gt**y By LEON GUTTERMAN

The Junior Post (Continued from preceding pa gel ey and food and keep them safe until the American army could rescue them. Thanks to Avl and the Jewish underground, a thousand American fliers are alive today who otherwise would have been lost. THERE IS NO WAY of knowing how many Jews Avi saved. From his hospital bed, he organized defense units to rescue Jews from concentration camps. He arranged with the Rumanian authorities to allow numbers of Jews to leave the country, in return for large sums of money. But most important, he brought courage to the Jews so they could help themselves. He brought them the knowledge that the Jews of the living Palestine were with them In their fight to live. Avi was the symbol of Palestine which stretched out a hand to them and they gave him their trust. WHEN 300 JEWS had an opportunity to leave Rumania by boat and go to Turkey, and from there to Palestine, they were afraid. The boat on which they were to sail was tiny, the crossing unsafe. They had heard of the Palestinian In Bucharest And they sent a message to him. They asked "Shall we go? We are afraid the boat will sink.” Avi replied, "Zionist Pioneers will go first. Then you must embark. Every Jew given a chance must leave Rumania." And so the 300 Jews boarded the “Maritza” and found safety. 'jc "jc "if AM 18 BACK in Palestine now. He told his story to Marie Syrkin, who has written a book about how tt ■ Jews fought to stay alive since the beginning of the Nazi terror. It is called "Blessed is the Match” and is published by the Jewish publication Society of America. It is a book for grown-ups but has several portions, such as the one we re-

A MAN deserves credit enough for attaining distinction in any JlY. one field, but when he becomes known In four or five, he fills us with wonder. Such an all-around man is Irving Stone, novelist, screen writer, biographer, lecturer and research expert. His achievement In screen writing —he Is the author of the recent hit "The “Magnificent Doll,” starring Ging r R gere nir>” have su.'fe ed because of his variety of interests, but his versatility as a best selling* • ovefist from wl 0 st"r ^ su' v ’' f” 1 motion pictuiL are produced has earned for Irving Stone a reputation as one of America’s most representative men of letters. Since Irving is pre-eminently America’s best selling, most successful geographical novelist, you have doubtless been aeouaioted with him for many years. If you have never real “Immortal Wife,” “They Also Ran,” "Clarence Darrow for the Defense,” “Dear Theo,” “Sailor on Horseback,” or "Lust for Life,” it is almost as If you had never gone to a movie, or ridden In an automobile. ★ ★ ★ “Lust for Life” will shortly go Into production at Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios with Spencer Tracy in the starring role, and "Immortal Wife” is scheduled as a Paulette Goddard film at Paramount. Both screen plays were written by the author of the original books—Stone. "I still can’t forget the tough fight I had in order to get my first book published,” he says. “It took me three years to find a publisher who would be willing to take a chance on “Lust for Life.’ Every book editor in New York had turned it down, said it was badly written and had no possibilities whatsoever. I was discouraged everywhere I went.” When "Lust for Life” finally appeared in print, it captured the fancy of the public at once and was hailed as one of the great American novels of permanent interest. It is still being published today and still being read everywhere in the world. MGM studio thought enough of it to purchase it at a tremendous figure for one of its top-ranking screen personalities. Irving’s long literary experience enabled him to write with an easy yet exciting style, and It turned out to be the kind of book that critics called fascinating reading. ★ ★ ★ To read Irving Stone Is to enlarge one’s understanding and sympathies. He Is a serious student, knows his diameters intimately, and in his novels he presents them with great vividness and realism. I wrote ‘Immortal Wife’ because I believe that marriage is the most beautiful and most difficult of all human relationships,” said Irving. “I wrote the book because I see all around me ridicule and contempt for marriage, and the seeds of its decay.” Irving Stone has the earnestness and courage to write about history's heroic men and women of high ideals and fearless hearts. Earnestness is perhaps his outstanding characteristic.

told today, which have a special thrill for boys and girls. When you read about Avi, and about Reuben Dafni, and Hanna Senesch, and Joel Nussbacker— all young, only a few years older than you—when you read how

they gave up their safety in Palestine and parachuted onto the battlefields of Europe to save their brothers, you know that all the Jewish heroes are not in the history book. They are living and fighting today!