Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1949 — Page 12

THE NATIONAL JEWISH POST

Friday, September 23, 1949

Council Chapter Starts Ad Campaign In Local Jewish Weekly

SAN FRANCISCO—The second paid insertion in what appeared to be a series of advertisements by the American Council for Judaism in a bid for new members appeared last week in the Jewish Community BULLETIN, local Anglo-Jewish weekly. The insertions, which showed professional touches of advertising skill, were signed “The American Council for Judaism,” and listed a San Francisco address. Both ads were three columns by 12 inches. A check of tJ. S. Anglo-Jewish weeklies, however, showed no evidence that the advertisements were being placed in other weeklies, and It appeared that the insertions were a test effort. The headline in the first advertisement said “Where Do You Stand?” Next to it was a picture of a blindfolded man. The copy poised two statements: “Americans of Jewish faith must today take a militant stand as members of the collective AMERICAN nation.” "All Jews are ‘Members of a Collective JEWISH nation with its center in the state of Israel’—” This statement, placed in a separate box, was credited to Daniel Frisch, president of the Zionist Organization

of America. Having set forth the choice, the ad continued, "We are Americans. We are Americans of Jewish faith. Our principles are unmistakably clear.” Then followed a five point program, asserting that a nationality and a religion were two different tnings, that the nationality of Council members was American and their religion was . iidaism; that the U. S. was the homeland of the Council members and they did not want or need another: that the Council’s spokesmen in all national and international affairs were Americans elected or appointed by the U. S.; that the Council stood for generous philanthropic help to Jews in need; and that no Jew or Jewish organization had the right to speair for all American Jews on any subject. In a white on black reverse plate appeared the request to “Think It Over!” and that, if readers agreed with those principles, to join the Council. The first insertion made no mention of Israel and there was nothing to indicate that the five "principles” were actually an attack on U. S. Jewish support of Israel.

In the second ad, the blindfold had been removed and the headline read: “You are not in EXILE." The text was addressed to the reader and informed him that “the United States is your homeland.” It informed the reader that “you' , hope, as all of us do, that the Jews in Israel will live in dignity and security and happiness and build there a nation of which they may be as proud as you are of yours.” Then followed three “for and against” propositions. The Council listed itself in support of a “virile American Judaism,” for maximum participation by “Americans of Jewish faith” in developing U. S. democracy; and full philanthropic aid “to our co-reli-gionists and to suffering humanity everywhere.” The Council said it was against “the theory that religious devotion to Judaism is synonomous witn aational ties to Israel; against any idea that any person could speak for all Jews; and “domination of American Jewish institutions, philanthropic or otherwise, by zealots for Jewish political nationalism.” The rest of the ad included the “Think It Over!” plate and the local address of the Council.

BEN KAUFMAN

Peekskill Could Be Poison

JWV Soys Peekskill Post Fought Anti-Semitic Gongs At Riots

Xatlonal Jewish Po*t

NEW YORK—Ben Kaufman, national executive director of the Jewish War Veterans, said this week that the only participation of JWV members in the recent Peekskill riots was to break up gangs of teen-age hoodlums shouting anti-Semitic epithets. In an exclusive statement to The Post, Kaufman confirmed that a formal investigation of JWV participation in the rioting was underway. He said, however, that It was only on the issue of whether the Peekskill JWV post, which has 70 members, violated JWV policy in demonstrating against the Communist-staged

Paul Robeson concerts.

“Since we have a national policy which forbids picketing of public meetings without the prior sanction of our national organization, we sought information to determine whether the Peekskill post in associating itself with the veterans demostration had been In violation of our policy,” he

said.

How About This? Kaufman’s statement did not clarify the apparent discrepancy Involved in the JWV’s acknowledgement that the Peekskill post did take part in the picketing, and in the fact that the national office presumably would know whether “prior sanction” had been given to the post He said both the national office and the state JWV headquarters were making the investigation. Kaufman reported that "sonic members of the Jewish community of Peekskill made it a point to ask the Jewish War Veterans to participate in the second Peekskill demonstration as a means of protecting the security of the Jewish community.’ (A charge that avowed Jewish women Communists told nonJewish Peekskill merchants to ■top supporting the anti-Robeson Peekskill daily STAR “or we Jews will boycott you,” was made by Rabbi Benjamin Schultz, executive director of the American Jewish League Against Communism. Details Inside). 1 What They Did I Kaufman said that 22 Peekfikill JWV members paraded with other veterans groups and that "in both demonstrations they devoted themselves to quelling such anti-Semitic and anti-Negro manifestations as they were able to observe." “JWV observer* were present «t both the first and second Peek■kill demonstrations,” Kaufman reported. “Their instructions were to get the facts as to the impact of the demonstrations on the Jewish community generally." He also disclosed that the JWV “In association with other interested national and community agencies with whom we share membership in the National Com-

Paper Apologizes For Hate Article

KOSHER MEAT PRICES SOAR IN PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

munity Relations Advisory Council” was conducting a survey to determine the effect of the Robeson incidents on the Jewish community, and to study the possibilities of setting up a community relations program. The NCRAC is the national coordinating agency for U. S. Jewish

civic defense groups. Not In Cleveland

Robeson is scheduled to give a concert in Cleveland on Oct 7 in the city’s colored section. The American Legion has given public assurance it will not demonstrate and a county meeting of the JWV there voted last week that regardless of what other veterans groups did, the local JWV would ignore the Robeson concert.

LONDON—An apology was published by a resort newspaper for an anti-Jewish article which led to the surprise arrest of protesting French Jews rather than action against the editor, it was

reported this week. ' The newspaper ,Le Progress^ Orthodox HabblS Union

of Trouville, France, pubhshed

an article warning Jews, with Kl P s Jerusalem Court

whom the resort is popular, to NEW YORK—Foes of proposstop “monopolizing” the resort als for a central religious authorand to behave more discreetly.’ i n Israel were heartened this

When protesting Jews went to . } th , f the editor, he called police, who y ^

arrested the Jews and told them Union of Orthodox Rabbis of “to go to your own country if the United States and Canada, you don't like it here.” The proposal was initiated by The newspaper, in its apology, the Rabbinical Council of Amerisaid the offending article was ca, a younger group of Orthodox printed “in error” and the editor rabbis, and was immediately aswas asked to resign. sailed by Reform spokesmen.

BRITISH FASCIST GETS YEAR FOR ATTACK ON JEWISH BOY LONDON—An ex-member of the fascist British Union move-

ment was sentenced to one year in jail last week for taking part in

a vicious attack on two Jewish boys last April 30. Sir Gerald Dodson, the magistrate, denounced Francis William

Shaw, 21, the defendant, according to the Jewish CHRONICLE of

London

“You and others chose to in- and stopped. Several men on dulge in a little Jew-baiting,” Sir the running board jumped off Gerald said. “That is out of date and ran toward the two boys, and out of fashion and never will Shaw, who carried a dub, struck be in favor in this country, and one the boys..

PHILADELPHIA-—The price of Kosher meat soared five to 11 cents a pound last week in some Philadelphia butcher shops, with further pre-High Holy Day price jumps certain, the Philadelphia

Jewish TIMES reported.

The Anglo-Jewish weekly reported that interviews with ob- _ servant Jewish housewives had

disclosed widespread anger at the

leaping prices.

One housewife said her butcher informed her that there was “new general boost in the price of Kosher meats.” A spokesman for the Kosher Butchers Association told the weekly that there has been a rise in wholesale meat prices over the past two months which totalled 11 cents a pound on popular cuts by last week. A meeting of the Philadelphia Committee on Kashrut decided ta test prices by having a group ol housewives make • unannounced purchases in both Kosher and non-Kosher retail stores for a direct check-up on price differen

tials.

Bloch Labelled Pro-Red By League NEW YORK—The American Jewish League Against Communism charged this week that Communists and pro-Communists were in positions of influence in the N. Y. Public Library Jewish division and demanded an investi-

gation.

Alfred Kohlberg, national chairman, in a letter to Morris Hadley, library president, charged that Morris U. Schappes, whom Kohlberg called an avowed Communist, was writing for the official library bulletin. He said Dr. Joshua Bloch, chief of the division, was a sponsor of the School of Jewish Studies, listed as Communist by the Department of Justice. Dr. Bloch is • .graduate of Hebrew Union College and an ordained rabbi. Kohlberg said that Schappes was recently a staff member of flic N. Y. Morning FRIEHETT, Communist Yiddish daily.

what is more, it is against the

law.”

Pleads Guilty

Shaw pleaded guilty to assaulting Raymond Keene. He pleaded Innocent to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to Henry Freedman. The latter plea accepted by the prosecution. Freedman and Keene were on their way home from a dub the night of the assault and passed a tavern. Someone shouted, “There are some dirty Jews, let’s start on them.” The boys started running but were overhauled and Keene was

hit on the head.

They managed to get to Keene’s home where a large car approach-

Both were their injuries.

hospitalized with

Bemadotte Rites Held in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM—(WNC) -Memwas rial services were held this weekend in Jerusalem for Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations mediator who was assassinated in this city last year. All of the dty’s diplomatic corps, together with representatives of the Israel

Government participated. First With The News The National Jewish Post

Israeli Protest UN Jerusalem Plan JERUSALEM—(WNS)—Memomeetings and a monster demonstration were held by Jews of this city over the week-end to protest the United Nations proposal to internationalize Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of people turned out at a demonstration called by the municipal council which was addressed by prominent leaders and adopted a resolution opposing "foreign rule’’ of Jewish Jerusalem.

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