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THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
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July 12, 1945
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
1414 McKinney Are. Fairfax H»1
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D. H. Whit*____
Editor
Advisory Committee: VL M. Feld, William
Salman, Abe Sampson. Joe Weingarten,
J. L. Zuber
Subscription Two Dollars Per Year
44th Year of Continuous Publication
Entered as second class matter at the Post
Office at Houston Texas, under the ad
of March ft, 1879.
A FRIEND. A SCHOLAR, PASSES ON
Friends and acquaintances of Jacob B.
Wcrlin were saddened at his death. Liv-
ing his life on a plane which included all
th.« was intrinsically entwined with the
cultural and religious heritage of Juda-
ism. Mr. Werlin gave considerable thought
and study to both religion and ethics.
He was an inveterate writer. He author-
ed a number of books and pamphlets in
Hebrew, Yiddish and English. He was a
frequent contributor to the Yiddish and
Anglo-Jewish press. He loved to write, to
express his innermost thoughts on subjects
pertaining to Judaism and the Jewish
was an ardent Zionist. He believed
in the cultural and religious enhance-
ment which Zionism might give to Jew-
ish life today. He was one of the pioneers
of the movement in Texas. He was a fre-
quent attendant at conventions and meet-
ings. He gave his time, his energy and
his possessions to further its work.
With his passing goes another of the
old tradition .His work and his energy will
br missed. In the fullness of his years he
found the satisfaction of living. Surround-
ed by his family and friends he made each
day a day of accomplishment, a day of
preparation for the morrow.
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SEMPLE ADVICE ON
SENSITIVE CORNS J
Ever so often someone is hurt by some-
thing or other appearing in these pages.
There is a deluge of letters, some good,
scene bad, and then silence. These are
daily occurrences in the life of any peri-
•CbL
The Jewish community of Houston is a
small one. It is difficult to be objective
without stepping on anyone’s toes. The
stepping sometimes hurts a corn or two.
It is bound to do that.
Men and women in the public eye
should bear themselves in a manner that
it fitting to their interest in the commun-
ity. Each leader, or those who want to be
leaders, in the community should be able
to take as well as give. One who sticks
his chin out should be prepared for a
sock, or else desist from sticking his chin
lb prominently.
But I'm getting away from sensitive
dor ns. My advice to those who do not
want their corns stepped on is to see to
ift that corns are not developed.
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ON THE “ETHICS OF
THE FATHERS"
In a recent interchange of Letters to
the Editor, and from several similarly in-
ip# red letters, there was the suggestion
fnade that certain passages in the “Ethics
of the Fathers" should be read, digested
ftnd remembered. Perhaps the writers ov-
erlooked the equally important and per-
tinent passages elsewhere in these chap-
ters. I prefer quoting one of the truly
great passages.
Chapter V, 10 reads:
“Tliere are seven marks af an uncul-
tured, and seven el a wise man. The wise
man dees net speak before him who Is
treater than he in wisdom: and does not
break in open Use speech of his follow,
Washington Letter Heard In The Lobbies
By MURRAY FRANK
Independent Jewish Press Servic^ Wash-
ington Correspondent
BYRNES STRESSES INTOLERANCE OF
RELIGION AND OPINION
Washington. D. C. (JPS)—Taking the
oath of office as Secretary of State by kiss-
ing an old, worn Bible, James F. Byrnes
stated during the course of the ceremony
that “the only way to protect our religious
beliefs is to respect and recognize the
rights of others to their religious beliefs.”
“The making of enduring peace will de-
pend on more than just skilled diplomacy,
paper treaties or charters,” he said. “Im-
portant as is diplomacy,” the new Secre-
tary of State said, “important as are the
peace settlements and the basic charter
of world peace, these cannot succeed un-
less backed by the will of the peoples of
different lands, not only to have peace
but to live together as good neighbors.
The supreme task of statesmanship the
world over is to help them (L e., the peo-
ples) understand that they can have peace
and freedom only if they tolerate and re-
spect the rights of others to opinions, feel-
ings and ways of life which they do not
and cannot share.”
Byrnes Appoints Benjamin V. Cohen
Special Assistant
Shortly after assuming his new office
of Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes an-
nounced the appointment of Benjamin V.
Cohen as his special assistant. The ap-
pointment is temporary. When Secretary
Byrnes reorganizes the State Department,
Mr. Cohen will probably be named as As-
sistant Secretary of State. Mr. Cohen was
associated with Mr. Byrnes as chief coun-
sel when the latter was director of the
Office of War Mobilization and Recon-
version. Occasionally referred to as “the
Young Brandeis,” Cohen has been associa-
ted with the Government in various high
positions for more than 12 years. He was
an active participant in the Dumbarton
Oaks Conference last winter.
Hart Resigns As Chairman of House Un-
American Committee; Rankin Refuses Post
Representative Edward J. Hart, Demo-
crat of New Jersey, resigned as Chairman
of the House Comfnittee Investigating Un-
American Activities. There were rumors
that one of the reasons which led to Rep.
Hart's resignation was his inability to get
along with Rep. John Rankin of Mississip-
pi. who is a member of the committee, but
this was denied on the floor of the House
by Rep. Karl E. Mundt Republican of
South Dakota, also a member of the com-
mittee, who stated that Mr. Hart’s physi-
cal condition was the sole reason.
Meanwhile, Congressional leaders are
searching for a suitable chairman to fill
the vacancy. Rep. Rankin, who is next in
line for the chairmanship, refused to take
it because he would have had to relin-
quish hit chairmanship of the Veterans’
Affairs Committee, Rep. Henry M. Jack-
son, Democrat of Washington, has been
proposed for the job. Jackson, who is only
33 years old, is a member of Congress
since 1941. He is considered a New Deal
liberal, and was opposed to the old Dies
Committee. Rankin has proposed Rep.
John S. Gibson (D., Ga.) for the post
By ARNOLD LEVIN
he is not hasty te answer; he questions
according to the subject matter, and ans-
wers to the point; he speaks upon the first
thing first, und upon the last last; regard-
ing that which he has not understood he
cays, I do not understand it, and he ac-
knowledges the truth. The reverse of all
this is t* bo found In an uncultured man.”
Also there is the quotation which might
be applicable in this instance as it has
been in the past. It deals singly with those
men who profess their greatness and ad-
monished them (Chapt. VI, 5):
"Seek not greatness for thyself, and
court not honor; let thy works exceed
thy learning; and erave not after the
table of kings; for thy table Is greater
than theirs, and thy crown is greater than
theirs, and thy Employer Is faithfid to pay
thee the reward of thy work."
GERMAN INVASION
High Government authorities and re-
liable newspaper men have warned re-
peatedly in recent months—very vocifer-
ously, against German infiltration into
Latin-America. The Jewish agriculturists
in Latin-America are most keenly aware
of the effects of German infiltration. Ger-
man settlers have been buying up, for
some time now, foreclosed Jewish proper-
ties, and some wealthier Jewish fanners
are selling their property voluntarily be-
cause they find it extremely unpleasant to
continue living in an environment whose
hostility toward the Jews increase in pro-
portion to German infiltration into the
area . . . The Jews of Buenos Aires are
now considering plans for saving the Jew-
ish farms from foreclosure and from “in-
vasion” by the Germans. In Santa Fe,
Argentinia, there is a growing anti-Jew-
ish movement generated by Father Pop-
rotsky, a Polish priest and recent settler;
the movement is counteracted by Father
Alfonso Rudan, also a Catholic and high-
ly revered in democratic circles.
REPORT FROM EUROPE
The Histadruth, Jewish Palestine’s Fed-
eration of Labor, has received a disturb-
ing report on anti-Semitism among re-
cently liberated Russian and Ukranian
PWs. The Nazis “worked” on them
thoroughly, it appears. The report was
submitted by a liberated Jewish PW who
has just arrived in Palestine. A Soviet
Jewish officer told him: “I attended a
Yeshivah (Jewish theological seminary) in
my youth, but have been unaware of my
Jewishness for many years now. I was
jolted back to Jew-consciousness when).
learned that my family in Dnepropetro-
vsk was killed by our next door neigh-
bour.” ...
STATE DEPT.
Walter Winchell thinks thatAvra War-
ren of the State Department might know
whether it is true that Fritz Mandcl, alleg-
ed baptized Jew and fascist collaboration-
ist, and his friend. Prince Ernst von Stah-
remberg, Austrian Heirnwehrist and Mus-
solini’s protege, were admitted into the
United States. Mandcl, according to fre-
quent reports, is the architect of Argen-
tinia’s war machine. Avra Warren barred
refugees from the United States when he
was in charge of visas for the State De-
partment. Due to Warren’s dilatory tac-
tics, five hundred Jewish orphans remain-
ed bottled up in Vichy France during the
war, despite State Department clearance
for their removal to America.
SOUVENIRS
Among the__souvenirs he will bring
back from Europe, N. Y. Post columnist
Leonard Lyons cherishes most the knob
and key of the door to the famous Mun-
ich beer hall where Adolf Hitler began
his career. Lyons feels great satisfaction
that the key to the Nazi shrine is now in
the possession of a Jew ... He also pays
plaudits to a former New York alderman,
Col. Charles Keegan, Military Governor
of Bavaria. Keegan is blunt-speaking. His
reply to German general and private a-
like, when they complain, is: “You’re con-
quered, ya hear? You started the war and
you lost. You got no rights.”
NEW BOOK
The trade predicts good sales for The
Journey Home by Zelda Popkin (J. B.
Lippincott, $250), to be placed on the
book market July 25th. It deals with a
serviceman’s readjustment to civilian life,
and the action takes place on a train en
route from Miami to New York. Anti-
Semitism is also dealt with. Mrs. Popkin,
long connected with the public relations
activities of national Jewish organizations,
is the author of six mysteries. This is her
first “straight.”
FRATERNAL NOTE
Is it true that some Knights of Colum-
bus biggies are considering putting the
prestige bf that famed fraternal organiza-
tion behind a fight against Eather Cur-
JUDAISM
In Basic English
By A HOUSTONIAN •—
ARE JEWS A RELIGION OR A
NATIONALITY?
From what we said last week it should
not be necessary to answer the question:
Are Jews a religious group or a nation-
ality? Those who answer it one way or
another are both wrong.
Judaism Is a people’s religion, or a na-
tional religion.
Jews in Western European countries,
because they saw chance of becoming cit-
izens of the countries where they lived,
were afraid to admit this. They found a
way of satisfying the rulers, like Napo-
leon, by changing the ideas of our/their
faith.
Meantime something else happened. A
new type of study came into being—
science. People thought that they could
learn all about the world and human be-
ings without religion. Jews and Gentiles
alike began to wander away from re-
ligion.
At the same time, the old objection to
Jews because they were of a different re-
ligion lost importance. Anti-Semitism, or
discrimination against Jews as people, de-
veloped. One of the many cases of this type
was the Dreyfus affair. A Jewish officer
in the French Army was court martialed
by a frame-up, simply because people
could be convinced that a man who was
bom a Jew would betray his homeland.
Through all Jewish wandering thej-e
has been a love and connection with Pal-
estine, the Holy Land. Now people began
to think of going there to escape perse-
cution. Zionism was born, a movement to
settle Jews in Palestine because they need
a home, not necessarily because their re-
ligion made them love the land.
Those who objected to Jews being a
people to themselves raised another ob-
jection: Judaism is a religion, Zionism is
“secular” (has to do with ordinary needs
and interests)* the two don’t go together.
Large numbers of Jews put it this way:
Our religion always looked to Zion for
inspiration. We are a national religion.
Zionism will also help many Jews save
their lives. We want religion plus Zionism.
Culinary Suggestions
By MILDRED GROSBERG BELLIN
VARENIKAS:
Chop or grind enough of any kind of
cooked, left-over meat to make 1 cup. To
2 cups of left-over mashed potatoes, add 2
beaten eggs, 1/4 cup of matzoth cake flour,
and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
Shape the potato mixture into balls, scoop
a hole in the center of each ball and fill
with the chopped meat. Roll the potato
mixture over the opening, and flatten the
balls slightly at each end. Dip in beaten
egg and matzoth meal, and fry in plenty
of chicken fat until golden brown.
(From Mrs. Beilin’s standard volume,
The Jewish Cook Book, Bloch Publishing
Company, $2.50, by special arrangement
between the publishers and the Indepen-
dent Jewish Press Service.)
SCIENCE
Chemical Analysis by X-Ray
A new method of identifying the chem-
ical elements in liquids and* solids by
shooting an X-ray beam through them,
has been developed by Dr. Herman A.
Liebhafsky and Dr. E. H. Winslow of the
General Electric research laboratory, Sci-
ence News Letter reports. X-rays are in-
timately related to the inner atom and
furnish a means of counting the numbers
and indicating the kinds of atoms by
which they are absorbed, Dr. Liebhafsky
explains.
ran, who pinch-hits for Coughlin while
the latter sulks and bides his time?
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