Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1945 Page: 2 of 6
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HERALD-V
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
U14 McKinney Aft, Fairfax M»1
Bouton. T*xu
D, H. White
Editor
Advlaory Committee: M. M. Feld, William
Salman, Abe Sampaon, Joe Weingarten,
J. L. Zuber
Subecrlption Two Dollars Per Year
37th Year of Continuous Publication
Entered as second class matter at the Post
Office at Houston Texas, under the act
of March 8, 1879.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR HOME
THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
Washington Letter Heard In The Lohbies From The Mail Bag
By MURRAY FRANK
Independent Jewish Press Service
Washington Correspondent
Somewhere, some place more than
twelve hundred men and women from
our Jewish community will observe the
Passover. On the fighting fronts the
Matzos and trimmings will be furnished
the men and women in uniform by the
Jewish Welfare Board. Wherever possible
community Seders will be held in the
traditional manner.
To some, there on the fighting fronts,
on the high seas and in remote places, the
Passover will be but a spiritual remem-
brance. It will suffice them to know that
t^toce at home, those others, who may be
homeless, and those, like themselves, in
the armed forces but more fortunately
ssuated, will celebrate the Passover in
more normal fashion.^gVTight for free-
dom, the HoHday of Fi this year
of 1945-5057 takes on a n»u meaning, a
new hope.
In Houston the Jewish corif^ynity is
again asked to open its homes to men and
women in uniform. Away from home and
perhaps a bit lonely during this season
cf the year, the community can ' offer
these men and women substitute homes.
It is gratifying to know that Houston
has been ready to furnish more homes in
the past than available men for place-
ment, and we trust that this condition
will again prevail.
Those desiring to bnng a bit of home
to men and women away from home
are asked to contact the USO-Jewish Wel-
fare Board at F. 9669 as soon as possible
s» that each and every man and woman
desiring to share a Seder can be provided
for. The JWB has asked that this be done
m that a last minute rush may be avoid-
ed and matters of placement be facili-
tated.
CONGRESSIONAL COURTESY!
At this distance, far removed from the
scene of the law-making center for this
nation, there seems something out of or-
der in the House of Congress. Built on
the principles of democracy, it does not
teem possible that the re-occurrences of
the tirades against Jews is in consonance
with the furthering of the democratic
Certainly, in the Halls of Congress there
are men of high moral standing, discern-
ment and ability. There arc good Chris-
tians among them. There are men who
lielieve that democracy on paper means
nothing unless put into practice. They
omc from all walks of Ufe, from every
kind of environment. These men have
contacts at home — with all people. Col-
or, race, creed does not enter into the
final acceptance of the will erf the ma-
jority of their district. They do not rep-
resent a faction, nor a fraction of the peo-
ple — they represent all the people.
It seems in poor taste, with these rant-
mgs which have become cqpmonplace
HOW TO»STOP RANKIN—CAPITOL
HILL’S JEW-BAITER NO. 1
Congressman Herman P. Koppleman of
Connecticut has the Tight idea of what to
do about that arch-anti-Semite, “the
gentleman from Mississippi,” John Ran-
kin.
“ ... It is below my dignity, as a Jew,”
Mr. Koppleman recently said to this
writer, “and it is below the dignity of
any Jew to pay the least attention to
Rankin and others like him. You see, the
more we talk about him, the more we
pay attention to him, the more it en-
hances his importance in his own eyes.
He begins to believe he is a force to be
reckoned with, and the next thing you
know he struts out on the floor of the
House and lets loose his vituperation a-
gainst the Jews.”
Mr. Koppleman was the target recent-
ly of an attack by Rankin. He ignored it
“Oh, I am just another member of that
distinguished and growing society of in-
dividuals disliked and attacked by Ran-
kin,” he said.
During the height of the recent Wallace
controversy in Congress, Rankin disre-
garded the fact that about a half dozen
other Congressmen had spoken in behalf
of Wallace that day, and singled out twi.
Jewish Congressmen (Emanuel Celler of
New York, and Mr. Koppleman) for sar-
castic barbs. Koppleman came in for the
lion’s share of the “honors.” One can just
picture the sneer on Rankin’s face as he
said:
, . We have just had. that great win-
dow-sill farmer from Connecticut < Mr.
Koppleman i . . telling us what a won-
derful thing he (Wallace) has done for
farmers—although the gentleman from
from Connecticut would not know a cot-
ton stalk from a cocklebur. He would not
know wheat from barley. Why, I dare say
that he imagines Mr. Wallace taught all
the farmers how to milk ducks.”
Previously, when Rep. Celler referred
to the religious tests suggested by the
American Dental Association as “un-Am-
erican,” Rankin jumped to his feet shout-
ing: “I am getting tired of the gentleman
from New York raising the Jewish ques-
tion in the House. . - Remember that the
white Gentiles of this country also have
some rights.”
Who, really and constantly, is raising
the Jewish question in Congress? No one
is more guilty on that score than Rankin,
who, despite the fact that he is “too
busy to waste his time and is tired of it,”
yet lets no opportunity "pass by without
some abusive remarks about Jews.
Congressman Koppleman is right Ran-
kin seeks publicity, be seeks to attract
attention. To attain it, he resorts to vio-
lent words.. It is an old trick known to
all demagogues. . - -
By ARNOLD LEVIN
NATIONAL BUDGETING?
The Council of Federations and Wel-
fare Funds hai canva^ed the fifteen larg-
est federations and welfare funds in the
country in an effort to get them to pool
the monies raised and jointly determine
allocations. The proposal, we understand,
includes a suggestion for the sending of
emissaries to Europe and Palestine for on
the spot investigations of needs. Boston,
your reporter learns, has refused to com-
mit itself [lending further exploration.
Philadelphia said “No,” and the South-
ern region too is cool to the proposal. . .
PUBLICITY SLANT
The Joint Distribution Committee pub-
lic relations men are not unaware of the
strong pro-Palestine sentiments among
American Jewry and have begun to ex-
ploit the Palestine angle in their broad-
sides. Take, for example, the story that
the JDC helped Palestine industry by
placing its relief orders with Palestine
firms. , . . The truth is that it wasn’t
special favor. Palestine is the only country
in that area capable of filling these or-
ders, and they are hardly of such pro-
portions as to greatly affect Palestine’s
indust-v one way or another. While on
the subject, remember that the Allies
placed some pretty heavy orders with
Palestine industry, during the war years
—being aware that Palestine could make
it faster than they could ship it . . .
ILLEGAL
The speech delivered by Sternite Ben
Zuri at his Cairo trial for the murder of
Lord Moyne was banned by the censors,
but has found its way into the Utaited
States, nonetheless. . . . speech confirms
the rumor that the Sternites chose, for
the assassination, “their best shot and
speaker” ... /
BOOKS /
Our best to Dr. Israel S. Wechsler on
the appearance of his book, The Neuro-
March 9, 1945.
An Open Letter to Cultural Society
of Temple Beth El: 'N
Last Monday, you sponsorei^Jpn Peerce’s
concert, in order to raise money'for Tem-
ple Beth El’s Building Fund. A great many
people were disgusted because of the topt
that Mr. Peerce spent the entire act on
four German songs. '
It seems to me, that in a Jime like this,
when the German nation has brought such
a great calamity to the entire world, and
especially, murdered four million inno-
cent Jewish people in Europe ;that the
German songs could hahve been omitted.
They did not sound very musical to most
of our ears. Instead of reminding us of
the beauty of music, they reminded us
of the murderer and torturer in the gas
chambers of Maidanek and Oshwienshin.
I believe that it is below our Jewish dig-
nity to have German songs, sung by a
Jewish singer, and before an audience of
90% Jewish people. It would have been
more appropriate for Mr. Peerce to have
sung some Jewish or Hebrew songs.
It was really a shame, that some one
did not raise his voice that minute, to tell
Mr. Peerce that “we did not come here
to listen to German songs.”
I don’t believe that there is any ex-
cuse for this matter, as the program was
printed before hand, and you must have
known that Mr. Peerce was going to sing
some German songs. I would like to say
that the evening was a disappointment
and a shame to many Jewish people, in-
stead of being a pleasure to them.
Yours sincerely,
SAM MAZOW.
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JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL ISSUES
“IN JEWISH BOOKLAND”
“In Jewish Bookland,” published by the
Jewish Book Council of America, spon-
sored by_ the. National Jewish Welfare
Board, is a new addition to the English-
Jewish press. “In Jewish Bookland” is in-
1 i ri • . IV /r d c i_ *-»\ tended to call attention to the cultural
lo^t, P<H„tofVKw (LBFuthtr, $3). lnterests o( ,he Jewisb
A brilliant book by one of the great con-
in the House, for not a single vocal pro-
test by Congressmen to the continuance
of such practice. Certainly there are men
of capabilities to challenge the Rankins of
the House. Certainly there arc men of
mature judgment who see what can re-
sult from such attempts to weaken the
democratic structure.
It is time for the Congressmen to a-
waken to this divisive continuation with-
out challenge. It is time for them, at the
time of utterance, to arise in protest to
the defaming of any single group on the
floor of Congress. If there is-any time
this country needed unity of thought and
action and direction it is now. Congress
should be the exemplar and guide in
this unity. It might not be amiss to call
this to the attention of our Congressmen.
BUY mRIbonds
temporary neurologists. Author of stand-
ard works in his field, Dr. Wechsler pre-
sents in this book a series of essays on
themes related to life in general, to the
Jewish problem in particular, and bear-
ing the stamp of mature wisdom. It is
a distinct contribution to literature by
Jews. . . Maxwell Bodenheim, the prodi-
gal poet-novelist, who has published noth-
ing in a long while, is re-emerging from
obscurity with another novel, now three-
quarters finished. . . Lester Cowan will
produce a sequel soon to ‘Tomorrow the
World,” the picture which, unwittingly,
assists the “re-educate Germany” propa-
ganda.
EDDIE’S LITTLE DAUGHTER
Eddi Cantor’s little daughter, Mari-
lyn, sings at Leon & Eddie’s under the
name of Marilyn Curtis. . . She has found
that her father’s name may work to her
'disadvantage as a performer, because
some people may feel that she should be
satisfied with being Eddie’s daughter and
not compete for fame with others. . . .
Marilyn feds, however, that the fact that
shes Eddie’s daughter is no reason why
she should not be granted an even break
She’ll marry Nat Kaison, Broadway and
Hollywood producer sc-on. . . .
I.’AFFAIRE ZOLLI
Quite a story behind Zolli’s conversion.
While already preparing for baptism, he
continued his negotiations with Jewish
communal leaders fot a pension. . . All
talk revolved around money. He com-
plained that the community did not like
him, and was conspiring to replace him.
Jewish communal workers interceded in
his behalf with the Allied administration
and Prime Minister Bonomi, regarding
the restoration to him of Italian citizen-
ship and the establishment at the Uni-
versity of Rome of a Hebrew Chair to be
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United States and the great task they face
of continuing the literary traditions of
the destroyed Jewish, communities, of
Europe. It aims to bring to the fore the
literary contributions of Jews as they ex-
press themselves in the English, Hebrew
and Yiddish languages.
This publication will aid reviewers in
the selection of books of both Jewish and
general interest. Organizations interested
in conducting book review programs, can
be placed on the mailing list for “In Jew-
ish Bookland” without charge by writing
to the Jewish Book Council of America,
145 East 32nd Street, New York 16, N. Y._
The editor of “In Jewish Bookland” is
Dr. Mortimer J. Cohen, noted literary
critic and author. The Editorial Advisory
Committee consists of Phijip Goodman,
Solomon Grayzel, Solomon Kerstein, Louis
Rittenberg and Moshe Starkman.
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occupied by Zolli. . . But he was dissatis-
fied, apparently looking for a pretext t.o
justify his contemplated desertion of Ju-
daism . . .He saw Jewish leaders several
hours before his baptism was announced
and yet, even then, did not reveal his
plans, although he did threaten that he
would do something that would “reward”
the Jews for their alleged neglect of him.
BANQUET NOTE
One of the Yiddish dailies carried a
letter-to-the-eritor the other day by a
reader who has business contacts in some
of New York City’s larger hotels where j
Jewish organizations hold frequent ban- ’
quets. He quoted non-Jewish friends in
the hotel business—who, he vouches, have
no ill-feeling toward the Jews—contend
that if reports about the extermination ol
European Jewry were true, America:
Jews wouldn’t indulge in banqueting.
It is an observation for Jews to pon
over.
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