Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1943 Page: 2 of 6
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■■8HMRE
THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
March 4, 1943
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
March U 1943
Dear Editor:
“Two View* on a National Homeland,” which appeared in your
issue of February 25th was most interesting. A Jew, not just an
ordinary layman, but a Rabbi—a “Leader in Israel” fights against his
own people, and a gentile fights for them. However you didn’t really
have to go all the way to England to find the sympathetic Gentile.
There are many right here in this country, particularly at a time
like this when the best interests of the Jewish people coincide with
those of the liberty-loving United Nations. The author brings to
your attention an Associated Press dispatch from the Houston Chron-
icle of Wednesday, January 24th, which announced that Senator
Edwin C. Johnson (D.) Colorado has accepted the National Chair-
manship of the Committee for *a Jewish Army of Palestinian and
Wmdm Jews.'
Rabbi Lazaron s statement that “Political Zionism violates the
Atlantic Charter” compels one to question whether the “honorable”
gentleman is really familiar with the contents of that great historic
document. Two million Central and East-European Jews are no
more! The systematic slaughter of the remaining ones continues un-
abated, and daily the Nazi mhrderprs brag that such and such place
has been made “Judenrcin.” The Jews fortunate enough to have es-
caped from the clutches of Hitlerism, and those of Palestine have
been pleading for the opportunity to fight to avenge the murder of
their European brethren. To fulfill their demand, and to throw
open the gates of Palestine to those Jews escaping from the Nazi
hells, that they may build a Jewish State where they cah dwell in
Happiness, is only to grant to the most oppressed people on the
surface of the earth, the elementary human rights which the two
great democracies promised to all peoples, no matter how small.
The statement that “Political Zionism is undemocratic” is not
worthy of serious consideration, and it ill befits a person occupying
a position of leadership to be guilty of such infantile babbling.
Sincerely yours,
A Reader.
?omeet°™«aged KEEPING UP WITH OUR
mm, IN THE SERVICE
We brine this weekly feature so that yon can keep up with the
movements ef ear boys in the Service of ear Country — their
whereaboats, their activities, their promotions—perhaps it will be
a reminder ef a welcome letter they may be awaiting. If yon have
news for this column please send It in—the friends of the boys
like to know their location and how they are faring. — The Editor.
News of the movements of our boys gets a bit scarce at times
and this column is not as regular as it should be because of the
Jle&id An Mte> Jiokkiml
By DAVID DEUTSCH
WAR FRONT
Rumor has it that the leadership of the United
Jewish Appeal is divided in its opinion as to whe-
ther that huge fund-raising agency should get into
the National War Fund, which combines the other
war appeals. But rumor also has it that the War
Fund itself is divided in its opinion whether it
wants the Jewish group in. In the meantinc, the
problem of how to raise funds is being decided
vocally, with the relations between Jews and Christ-
ians in each town reflected in the final decision
. . . The movement to make Irving Berlin the
second civilian recipient of the Congressional Medal
of Honor, the first being the late George M. Cohan,
is gaining momentum, with the revelation that at
least $5,000,000 will accrue to the Army Relief
Fund from the one-time singing waiter’s “This Is
The Army.” Modest Berlin is said to have done
most to whip up public sentiment against Berlin
. . . Those farewells to Louis Lipsky, the Zionist
leader, are said to have been premature, for the
lanky leader can’t get reservations for England to
help in the Palestine drive there ... Reproached for
having introduced the controversial resolution on
Palestine as his first act as president of the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee, Joseph M. Proskauer insists
that he submitted it first to leading officials in
the State department and got their approval. Could
The Home for the Aged Sons
and Daughters of Israel announces
that the next general meeting of
the Home will be held Sunday
afternoon, March 7, 1943 at 3:00
o’clock at 203 Branard St., the
home-site that has now become
a reality. All members of the
Home are urged to attend, and
the Jewish public is cordially
invitad.
A complete report on the pur- 4ick of news ... so, if you want to keep up with our boys, and if
chase of the Home will be given have news about our boys —how about sending in the material
to us ... we are certainly anxious to hear from the boys themselves
and if they will drop us a line once in a while to tell us of their
whereabouts all will be well along the Buffalo Bayou waterfront
... A V-letter from Corp. Harry Pfeffer who writes that hr has
received the Herald in the wilds of New Guinea where he is doing
a bit of the fighting and says that “We are buying War Bonds on
this side, so they can produce the planes we need” . . . And he
mentions the other member of the Pfeffer clan, Sgt. Joseph B.
Pfeffer of the Marine Corps Parachute Troops, now married and
living in San Diego, Calif. . . From Hawaii comes a V-mail from
Jerome Broth who writes that three Houston boys are enjoying life
there: Sgt. Morris Sheinberg, Willard Harris Y3c and himself and
_ adds: “Tell the fellows at borne they don’t know what they’re
London (JPS) — Two hundred ¥ missing. Wakiki Beach and the hula girls just can’t be beat any-
Jews are still interned in various -where. It’s nothing to be walking along and pick a pineapple or
coconut” . . . And a V-letter from Sgt. Solomon Kaplan in Aus-
tralia who writes concerning the carton of cigarettes the B’nai B’rith
sent, “I wish to express my sincere thanks to your organization for
such a thoughtful gesture. I wish to also thank the editor of the
Jewish Herald-Voice, who conceived the idea. Houston’s hospitality,
not only for its own, but for others, has spread throughout the
world.” . . . And that V-letter from Hawaii didn’t say that Morris
Sheinberg recently received another promotion—he is now 1st-Sgt.
Sheinberg. . . Keeping the boys well is Capt. Alfons Salinger, now
stationed at Wm. Beaumont Hospital, El Paso, Texas ... A change
of address for Pvt. Jack Katz, now AAFFSS, Sheppard Field, Texas
. . . News from Manuel Mendlowitz, who sends greetings to all in
a card from North Africa to Rabbi S. A. Tofield, showing one of
the fine synagogues there ... If you want to write Pvt. Harry J.
Halpin, his address is 398 Tech. Sch. Squad., Flight 827, Keeslcr
Field, Miss
at this time. Also plans will be
formulated for the masa meeting,
which will be held soon and plans
discussed for the formal opening
of the new Home, which the
Board trusts will be the pride and
joy of the entire Jewish com-
munity.
The public is invited to come
out this Sunday and inspect the
building and join in making fu-
ture plans for the organization.
REPORT 20# JEWS
INTERNED IN NORWAY
concentration camps in Norway,
it is reported by the Stockholm
Svenska Dagebladet The paper
stated that the internees include
women, children and persons over
70 years of age. All are forced to
do hard labor and many die from
exhaustion and starvation, it is
charged.
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it have been Wallace Murray, noted pro-Arab aide
in the State Department? . . . The Zionists and
even the anti-Zionists are all in a dither because
of the advertising activities of the Committee for a
Jewish Army, which has expanded its program to
take in everything that concerns Jews. Its ad to
help Jews out of Rumania for $50 a piece is said to
have gotten a $50,000 response . ; . The New
Zionist Organization, the Revisionist-Zionist outfit
which has been keeping in the background while
its front, the Committee for a Jewish Army, rarried
the ball, now feels that it is respectable to show
its own face and many more full-page ads, fathered
by Al Strelsin, the advertising tycoon looking for
something to put his energy into, will now carry
the New Zionist Organization label. But anti-
Zionists attack the regular Zionist Organization
for misleading advertising and the Zionists attack
the New Zionists for the same thing . . . The Jews
might listen to James Byrne’s dictum: Let’s stop
fighting each other and fight the common enemy.
RED FRONT
New York Yiddishists arc squabbling about the
difference between praising the Red Army and
giving aid to local Communists . . . Each of the
big Yiddish dailies has a different angle on the
subject, which has become the basis of a circulation
war . . . Most violent agitators against the Reds
are the racial Bundists, the Polish Jewish immi-
grants who have imported into New York die
peculiar outlook on lift they had in Poland . . Still
hating Zionists, they charge the latter with “frater-
nizing” with the Rjeds, although the Zionists are
the ones who should be the first to complain, since
their folk are still under ban in the Soviet Union
. . . The strange quirk often exhibited among Jews
that prevents them from taking an objective view
of Jewish problems seems to mark even Maxim
Litvtnoff, who has been noticeably cool in steering
clear of any favorable expression on Zionism. He
l^ts the Zionists do all the wooing and does none
himself . : . And talking about quirks, it’s interest-
ing to see the Jewish-owned New York Times give
a tremendous build-up* to Capt. Eddie Ricken-
backer, whose speeches today sound amazingly
Congratulations to J. T. Finkelstein who received his
bars and made the news ... A card from Carl Amdur who has been
shifted to 1st T. C. R. C. Sq. E., Bks. 4D, Bowman Field, Ky . . .
And a change of address for Pfc. Roy Love now at Springfield, Mo.,
Co. F. Bar. 422, M. D. Aps. O’Reilly Gen. Hosp. . . A request to
Dr. Barnston from Bela Kerpel, 918 T. S. S., F. L. 243 C., Clear
Water, Fla. for the Herald and it is going to him at this new address
. . . Pvt. Arthur Selzer may be reached by writing 22 Special Service
Unit, San Luis Obispo, Calif .. . and twin, Pvt. Irwin Selzer, 398 SS.
Flight 802, Keesler Field, Miss . . . Pvt. Joseph L. Cacir, 14th Gen.
Hospital, Camp Livingston, La. . . Brothers Sidney Schwartz and
Jerry Schwartz are added to our list—Sgt. Jerry is with Co.'C 83rd
R. B., Indiantown Gap. Military Reservation, Pa. . . and Pvt. Sidney
with the 448 BHQ & A. B. Squad., S. Trother Army Airfield, Win-
field, Kan . . . Lt. Hyman Stolbun has been transferred to Camp
Wolters, Texas—address, Hdq. 13th Reg. No. 1 RTC . . . and con-
grats to him as he’s changed his gold bars to silver—good goin’
lieutenant and keep up the good work . . . Louis Ralph Cohen, who
recently obtained his commission in the Med. Ad. Corps of the Army
can be reached by writing him at Station Hosp., AAFBS, Garden
City, Kan.
The Men’s Forum of Congregation Adath Yeshurun will honor
the men and women in uniform at a Victory Dinner, Thursday,
March 4, at which time will be presented a plaque to the Congre-
gation with the pictures and names. of the men serving the cause
of democracy. . . . Also on the program are spoken messages from
the boys to their parents and friends.
Advisory Committee: M. M. Feld, William Salman.
Abe Sampson, Joe Weingarten, J. L. Zuber
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America First. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Times
publisher, who tells Jews that the Four Freedoms
will solve all their ills, seems to think that Ricken-
backer, rather than Roosevelt, is the man to
establish the Four Freedoms on earth. There was
once a man in Germany named Max Aaumann.
He used to cry because die Nazis wouldn’t let the
Jews wear the brown shirts!
RESOLUTION DEMANDS
EQUALITY FOR MINORITIES
Albany. N. Y. 1JPS) — The
contribution of minorities to the
progress of America would be
of the
history courses in the schools of
this state under the resolution of
Assemblyman Hulan E. Jack be-
fore the Legislature.
Assemblyman Jack, in his reso-
lution, declares that the ruthless
practice of discrimination again-
st minority groups is a detriment
to the war effort and prevents
total mobilization of the nation’s
manpower. Efforts of the state
to stamp out racial discrimina-
tion are hampered because, of ig-
norance and misinformation, the
resolution states.
He further calls upon the Board
of Regents to prepare and recom-
•mend textbooks which treat his-
torically the contributions of all
racial groups to be used as sup-
plementary texts* in history
courses.
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