Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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JEWISH HERAI-Q VOICE
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE V H
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HOUSTON, TEXAS,
FEBRUARY 1, IMS
N*. 45
SUSMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF JEWISH WELFARE BUREAU
A rising vote o£ thanks and much applause climaxed the Annual
Meeting of the Jewish Welfare Board and expressed the feelings of
those assembled for the untiring efforts of out-going President Melvin
Rouff after three years of service to this organization. Harry Susman,
Houston attorney, was elected to succeed him at what was probably
one of the outstanding annual meetings of the Jewish Welfare Board
in its nearly thirty years of ex-
istance as an organized agency.
Elected along with Mr. Susman
were Sam W. Levy, Leo Gaber.
and Mrs. Hyman Hart, vice presi-
dents; Julian Shapiro, secretary,
and M Wagner, treasurer. A
board of 48 was also elected as
were three members to fill the
vacancies on the Flower Fund.
Mr. Roijff reported on the
years activities and in his report
were incorporated the high lights
of the past three years of his
service as president Said out-
going-president Rouff; “I found
the United Jewish Welfare Asso-
ciation housed in one room . . .
not conducive to professional
work. The agency at that time
was purely one that dispensed
relief.” These highly significant
sentences showed the Jewish Wel-
fare Bureau as it was.
He then took up the question of
the Pierce Atwater report to the
Community Chest and the find-
ings of this report which showed
the weakness of the Jewish Wel-
fare Bureau set-up. In this re-
port it was questioned whether
or not there was need of the con-
tinuance of this agency. The
question of revamping the work
of the organization was then tak-
en up and the location Of the of-
fices changed to the Hermann
Building.
“During the years 1938 and
1939,” Mr. Rouffs report con-
tinued, “I consider that our agen-
cy made unusual and significant
strides. The work of the agency
HARRY SUSMAN
was analyzed and revamped
which eliminated the criticisms
made by the Atwater survey and
established our organization upon
the high plane set by the Houston
Community Chest for all private
agencies.”
Mr. Rouff developed the
changes which have taken place
in the organization set-up, the
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RABBI JONAH B. WISE AND ISIDOR COONS TO ADDRESS
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE ON WAR RELIEF IN TULSA
Tulsa, Okla, Fb. L—Dr. Jonah B. Wise of New York, Vice-
Chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
and Isidor Coons, Director of Fund Raising, will be the principal
speakers at the Southwest Regional Conference of the Joint Distri-
bution Committee at the Hotel Mayo here on February 11, it was
announced today by Herbert Mallinson of Dallas, Chairman of the
Southwest Region.
The conference sessions will be devoted largely to a discussion of
the need for relief work among ________
civilians in the war area in
Eastern Europe with which the
Joint Distribution Committee,
which was organized during the
first World War, must cope. As
at its inception, Mr. Mallison de-
clared, the Joint Distribution
Committee “must cope with the
special problems arising out of
the persecution vsiited upon
Jews in the war area in addition
to the havoc wrought by the war
among all sections of the civilian
population.”
He said that since the outbreak
of the war in Europe, the Joint
Distribution Committee has been
cooperating with the American
Red Cross, the American Friends
Service Committee (Quakers) and
the Commission for Polish Re-
lief “in coordinating the efforts
of major American Relief Ag-
encies so that the greatest bene-
fit may accrue to all civilian vic-
tims of the war.”
Dr. Wise, who is at present
spiritual leader of Central Syna-
gogue in New York, it was point-
ed out, has for many years been
one of the foremost Jewish Lead-
ers in America Rabbi Wise is
the son of the late Rabbi Isaac
Mayer Wise, founder of Reform
Judaism in America. He has
been an active leader in the work
of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee for many years and today
heads the important Committee
on Fund Raising and Regional
Programs.
Isidor Coons, Director of Fund
Raising of the Joint Distribution
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Jerusalem—Arab and Jewish
citrus planters met and discus-
sed the difficult conditions fac-
ing the Palestine citrus trade.
Scores of Arabs were cordially
welcomed to the proceedings by
their Jewish colleagues. Address-
es were heard on the difficulties
of transportation, restrictions on
import of packing materials, dis-
ruption of markets and a general
survey of possibilities for future
trade. An Arab planter affirmed
the itentity of interests between
Jews and Arabs. Leading Arab
and Jewish delegates were en-
tertained at luncheon at the home
of Abraham Shapira, veteran
communal leader of Petach Tik-
veh.
New York—Landlords have the
right to dispossess any tenant
who regularly receives Jewish
friends in his home, according to
a verdict by the district court of
Koeslin, an Associated Press dis-
patch from Berlin disclosed. The
court held no German should
have social relations with Jews.
Rome—A denial of an assertion
by Mme. Genevieve Tabouis in
the French newspaper L’Oeuvre
that there has been some abate-
ment in Italy’s anti-Semitic pro-
gram was denied by the authori-
tative newspaper Giornale D’lta-
lia. The denial in the newspaper
indicates that all the racial laws
have been applied vigorously and
that “vigilance over the life and
work of the Jews” has not been
diminished.
New York—According to word
received here the first Italian
Zionist unit in this country, af-
filiated with the Zionist Organi-
sation of America, has been an-
nounced. Giuseppe Bertel, presi-
dent, is a noted radiologist form-
erly on the faculty of Bologna
University. The unit has been
named the Commander Levi Bia-
nchini Society, after the man
who was killed in an Arab am-
bush while heading an Italian
naval mission to Palestine after
the war. The membership numb-
ers 50.
Paris—French authorities an-
nounced in Parliament that a
large-scale investigation into anti-
Semitic activities in France will
be started. The inquiry will be
conducted by the military auth-
orities it is said. The announce-
ment followed after an address
by Deputy Henri de Kerillis who
charged that anti-Jewish propa-
ganda in France since 1938 was
instigated by nazi Joseph Goeb-
bels of Germany.
HENRY MONSKY - A TRIBL’TE
Henry Monsky will be fifty on Sunday, February 4. To tfcoar
who have been priviledged to know him, to have heard him, to
have seen him—this comparative newcomer to the national Jewish
scene has carved for himself a permanent niche in the story at
our time. His boyish grin, his
good humor, his sound logic,
his sincerity have endeared him
to each and every one at Ins
listeners.
Coming to the presidency at
the largest and oldest national
Jewish organization in America,
the B'nai B'rith. after nearly a
generation of devoted and self-
less service not only to this order
but to communal welfare, edu-
cation and civic betterment,
Henry Monsky won his way to
the top rung of Jewish leader-
ship by the vigor of his utter
anccs, the timeliness of his ac-
tions and the sincerity of his pur
pose. In every speech he has
sounded the note of optimism
tempered by reality, never bow-
ing to defeatism of futility. Those who were privileged
to hear him at the United Palestine Appeal Cooference left
with the impression that his words reflected their thoughts and hts
open declaration of unity expressed their desire. After listening to
a dozen or more nationally known speakers, his address, the last
of the evening, formed a fitting climax to two days of tense, epoch
making session*.
Loyalty to B’nai B’rith has not kept him from resisting organtza
tional partisanship or fanaticism. In his public statements he has
carefully eschewed the easy road of headline making phrases that
might bring injury to our people. Yet he has publicly branded
“shah-shah” diplomacy as cowardly. His kinship with Jewish spirit-
ual and cultural values has been consistently manifested in his
leadership.
Henry Monsky at fifty is a notable example of a self-made
leader who reached the heights not through wealth, family
or tradition, but on the sheer force of merit and achievement. We
salute this leader in Israel. May his years be many and may lus
stature increase with the years.
HOUSTON MIZRACHI TO HOLD MEETING FEBRUARY 4
HENRY MONSKY
Rabbi Lazaar Eichenstein, Field
Secretary ot the Mizrachi Or-
ganization of America, will ad-
dress a public meeting at the
Adath Yeshurun Synagogue on
Tuesday, February 6, at 8:15
p. m„ under the auspices of the
B’nai Shmuel Mizrachi Organiza-
tion of Houston.
In these trying times there are
men who, by their experience and
abilities, have made clearer to
their audiences the trend of the
times and interpreted the
Such an individual is Rabbi
enstein who, through his
organizational talent and
ing oratory, has made
impressions on the vario
muni ties which he has
WOMEN AT WORK IN PALESTINE
By LEO GLASSMAN
Somehow the word “pioneer” has acquired a male
connotation. Not factually or lexigraphically, but
psychologically. Almost instinctively, we think of
pioneers, those hardy courageous hewers of wood
and drawers of water, builders of new frontiers
and new lands, as men. Occasionally we condescend
to remember that women have also had something
to do with pioneering. In fact, they have had a
great deal to do with it
If you haven’t the time to check the truth by
reading up on your history, you can do so easily
and quickly by seeing the film “Women at Work
in Palestine" the next time it is shown in your
city. Made in Palestine last year, this film was
shown for the first time in New York on October
21 at the national convention of the Pioneer
Women’s Organization. Since then it has been
making the rounds of various women’s clubs in
the United States and Canada.
“Women at Work in Palestine” gives vivid pic-
torial evidence of the vital role women play as
pioneers in the rebuilding of the Jewish Homeland
in Palestine—the most amazing pioneering enter-
prise of the 20th century. Its appeal is primarily
to Jews and their well-wishers, but skeptics and
even intelligent anti-Semites who speak glibly of
Jews’ distaste for physical effort might find it highly
enlightening to view this film.
The film, true to its name, unfolds scenes of
women at work. Here are girls and women, many of
them well-educated and even cultured, who turn
from intellectual or white collar pursuits to manual
labor. They are being trained in the work-shops
and agricultural schools of the Working Women’s
Council of Palestine, which has established and
maintains these institutions with the aid of its
American sister body, the Pioneer Women’s Or-
ganization, which has 200 clubs throughout the
United States and Canada. They are prepared for
a wide variety of occupations, including horti-
culture, bee keeping, poultry science, road building,
house construction, weaving, cigarette making,
candy and box manufacturing, various handicrafts,
etc. They are also taught the art of cooperative
living, for the cooperative principle underlies all
the activities of the Working Women's Council
and the Pioneer Women’s Organization.
You see a ship docking at Haifa. Down the gang-
plank come hundreds of young men and women.
They look weary, haggard, as if they had gone
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K \BBI LAZAAK EJCHEN
throughout the country
Everyone la urgently invited to
hear Rabbi Eichenstein. His mas-
sage is of vital importance to the
Jewish people, and his
Tuesday night will be of
informative nature and has
ing to do with fund raising.
Cantor Max Landman, presi-
dent of the local Mizrachi organi-
zation, has arranged a fine musi-
cal program for the
Mr Abe Gordon will
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