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June 19, 1953 THE WISCONSIN JEWISH CHRONICLE 9 observations place squarely on Views and Comments from the Jewish-English Press DIZON PAPERC0- KoUimslH-d ltfl INDUSTRIAL PAPERS MASKING TAPES Wrappings Twines Towel Tiu INDUSTRIAL WORK GLOVES MILWAUKEE mid Offiw: rt sung in German and Hungarian." You say: Wishful thinking onlv. Who knows? Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia). A Declaration Revived In a report to the nation following his Near Eastern fact-finding tour, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has reaffirmed the joint American-British-French declaration of May 25, 1950. The declaration to which he referred states that "the three governments, should they find that any of these states (of the Near East) was preparing to violate frontiers or armistice lines, would, consistently with their obligations as members of the United Nations, immediately prevent such violations." We feel that the State Secretary has made a noble bid to use American influence to promote a reduction of tension between Israel and the Arab countries. But we can not help wondering why this declaration mustered no support from any of the three contracting parties before now.

The settlement of the Arab-Israel conflict, Mr. Dulles declared, would require concessions on the Dart of both sides. Rut hp aln Start Reparations Talks on June 22 VIENNA (JTA) Negotiations between world Jewish organizations and the Austrian Government over Jewish claims for damages suffered during the Nazi regime will open here officially on June 22. The talks, agreed to by Austrian Government leaders last year, were delayed several times because of a Cabinet crisis and national elections. The new Chancellor, Dr.

Julius Raab, shortly after his installation earlier this year, renewed the promises of his predecessor, Leopold Figl. A spokesman for the new Chancellor stated that he hoped to come to a speedy settlement with the Jewish organizations provided they consider Austria's economic status and do not present "exaggerated claims." The negotiating delegation of Jewish organizations, headed by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, who led the successful negotiations with West Germany, was to arrive here this week. Before formal nego-tions open they will meet with Chancellor Raab and Vice Chancellor Adolf Schaerf to survey the overall scope of the negotiations. The delegation will also confer with Austrian Jewish leaders in advance of the initiation of negotiations.

The Austrian Cabinet was reported to be studying the draft of a law setting up a procedure under which present owners of property originally "Aryanized" by the Nazis may apply for and secure a ruling on whether their title to the property is clear. The law, according to Finance Minister Reinhard Kamitz who drafted it, is intended to establish clear titles and thus remove a block to investment in property confiscated by the Nazis, later sold and still unclaimed by the original owners. Mr. Kamitz said this unsettled state of affairs was harmful to Austria's economy. -e 5P T.

Ceremonies Mark Opening of New Railroad The official opening of the was constructed with the aid of State of Israel Bond proceeds, was marked at special ceremonies near the roastal city of Kfar VHkin. Mrs. David Remez, widow of Israel's first Minister of Communications, cut the ribbon at the ceremonies. The railroad, which links the vital port cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa, is expected to operate three daily passenger trains in each direction, as well as freight trains to meet the transportation needs of the growing industrial centers of Nathanya and Herzlia. Beginning at Remez Junction, named after the late Minister of Communications, who conceived the plan for the new line, the railroad runs along Israel's coastal plain to Tel Aviv.

With the assistance of Israel Bond funds, work on another railway will soon begin, following a desert route to Beer-she ba and other southern points. Milwaukee was one of the cities honored by designating a station stop. Moslem shoulders most of the job involved in bringing peace to the Near East. While Jewish leaders show their constant willingness to submit to the fairness of American judgments, Arab spokesmen continue their attacks against the United States with the charge that our nation is backing Israel in a policy of "aggressive expansionism." As we see it, American foreign policy assumes that Arab suspicions and fears need quieting and that once accomplished peace will be restored. But this makes the Moslem part in the conflict a passive rather than an active one and belittles Mr.

Dulles' personal observations on who seems prepared to make the greater concessions. The fact is that the Arab League entertains more than suspicion about Israel. "Expansionist Zionism" is little else than a Moslem weasel word. Mr. Dulles is aware that it is the very existence of Israel which Arab leaders will not tolerate.

This is an entirely different matter from fear or distrust. We certainly do hope that the May, 1950, declaration henceforth enters into the Near Eastern picture, but American British French policy must look to more than soothing Moslem suspicions, alone. A pampering attitude based on misjudg-ment can only bring added recalcitrance. Jewish Floridian (Miami). Dr.

Sneh Leaves Israel for Pro-Soviet Parley TEL AVIV (JTA) Dr. Moshe Sneh, pro-Soviet leader, left for Budapest to attend the Soviet- sponsored international conference for peace. and DIahlii KaiiiaIicl Schwartz these savage encounters. Certainly the Hasmoneans opposed them and apparently not without good cause. Nevertheless the picture of the Jew as unathletic is entirely untrue.

It appears that in Israel athletic prowess is now returning to favor. Robert Morrison of the Jewish Welfare Board, who is in charge of the project for sending 100 American Jewish athletes to Israel for the Maccabiah next fall, tells me that the young Israelis are very sports-minded. It's nothing at all, he tells me, for a soccer game in Israel to attract or 50,000 people. Personally, I never could develop much of an interest in athletics. I always sympathized with the Volosiner rebbe who was urged to take walks for his health.

"What's the use of going walking, when I'll have to come back here?" he asked. I have tried many times to read the sports pages, but I find them very dull. They need nine people to make up a baseball team. Why not add one person 7 llixilh Ht. WO.

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Expands Graduate Studies NEW YORK (JTA) An expanded program of graduate studies will be initiated this summer by Yeshiva University's Graduate Division with the offering of more than 40 courses in education, psychology, social work, guidance and Jewish learning Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of the University, announced this week. Denver Council to Study Need for Welfare Agency DENVER (JTA) The Allied Jewish Community Council board has accepted proposals made by the Jewish Family and Children's Service for a survey of the functions, community needs and possibilities of the welfare agency. The agency requested the survey as it shifts from the primary task of aiding in the settlement of New Americans in Denver to casework. Saralee Pollock, president of the agency, told the community council that "the DP load has turned into a local caseload." The agency aided in the settlement of 300 refugee family units in Denver.

and you have enough for a min-yan and then you can daven min-cha. There is more fun in that. I guess something must be wrong with me. Millions of people can't be wrong, when they get excited about the "Bums." So I am glad to see the revival of sports in Israel. And it seems to be fulfilling a prophecy, for it is written.

"And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof." (Copyright, 1953, JTA.) Mark 75th Anniversary of Yiddish Theatre in U. S. NEW YORK (JTA) The 75th anniversary of the founding of the Yiddish theatre in America was observed here at a Diamond Jubilee celebration at the Second Avenue Theatre. All prominent Yiddish actors participated in the celebration, at which George Jessel was the master of ceremonies. The special anniversary program was sponsored by the New York Committee for State of Israel Bonds in recognition of the role which the Yiddish theatre has played in perpetuating the ideal of a revived Jewish homeland and to the men and women in it who have helped the new State of Israel in its for economic independence.

Admission was free to 1,900 people who purchased $240,000 worth of Israel bonds. to avoid such incidents in the future. The answer he received failed to concede that there was any real basis for objection. Muj. Gen.

E. L. Eaton, who replied, said it was a "goodwill gesture" that the surviving members of the Richthofen Squadron were entertained. "It is coincidental that several members of the original Richthofen Squadron also served in World War II as high-ranking officers," the General stated. The Germans, who included ardent followers of Hitler, were luncheon guests of the Deputy Commander of the U.

S. Air Force in Europe. They were honored by special aerial demonstration of F-84 and F-86 jet aircraft and were shown special equipment at the U. S. air base at Landstuhl.

Hook Ilurners, ly.Vj These days, we Americans are accustomed to hysterical reactions to a Communist problem- reactions which at times present a srcatcr daiiRer than that which they allegedly seek to combat. In recent years we have seen prominent educators ousted from school systems through a strange alchemy fusing John Dewey and -progressive" education with the Kremlin; the character of certain Congressional committee investigations, the McCarran Act. the Wicker Amendment, an incredible wave of neo-isolationism, "The Nation controversy all seem manifestations of this same 'hysteria. Most recently two such unreasoning outbursts have come to the attention of our editorial desk In one case, the Tennessee legislature set out only to investigate textbooks in the public schools However the investigating committee chairman. Sen.

Sterling Huberts, was immediately subjected to heavy pressure to eliminate "subversive" books from the public libraries, and to investigate alleged "pinkos." "reds" and "fellow travelers" on state and Ocal college faculties. Charges lacking proof or documentation were irresponsibly hurled back iind forth. We're gratified to learn that a young rabbi. William B. Silverman of Nashville, took to the air Jtnd to the press to fight the lunatic fringe.

He has already established that Allan Zoll, late i me American 1'atriots, listed as far back as 1940 as subversive by the U. S. Attorney General was masterminding the "book burners." The battle is still going on. San Antonio, Texas, is in the throes of a similar problem. It seems that the Mayor suggested that the City Council "consider branding all Communist-written volumes in the library as such." The then acting City Manager, since replaced, was even more "patriotic" he suggested that such books be burned.

All this itroused a storm nf nrninct the city's fifteen member Library uuara, meoreiicauy out of office since April 30, and an "American Activities Committee" headed by former Congressman Maury Maverick and aan Antonio writer Mrs. Mary S. Halfpenny. As a result, Mayor White has given evidence of wanting to let the matter droD. While it is disturbing to see occasional out-croppings of an anti intellectual, authoritarian, book-burning neurosis, it is certainly gratifying to observe the intelligent, aggressive, fact-finding approach of those groups which leap to the defense of our traditional freedoms.

We look to our freedom-loving brethren in Nashville and San Antonio with pride and hope. Jewish Advocate (Boston). Ominous Manifestations Two items in the newspapers over the weekend are deserving of more than the customary superficial perusal. The first an Associated Press dispatch dated Dortmund, Germany, June 5 told of five leading members of a neo-Nazi underground group, "Movement Reich," who were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six to fourteen months by a West German criminal court. Those convicted included Heinrich Vetter, former Nazi gauleiter of South Westphalia, who drew an eleven-month term, and Emil Kritzler, a Hagen housepainter and founder of the group, who was sentenced to fourteen months.

Two defendants, including Dr. Otto Boueke, Nazi-era mayor of the Ruhr town of Luedenschield, were acquitted. Five months pretrial confinement will be deducted from the terms. The court ruled the five were "the ringleaders of a group intending to commit high treason and plotting secretly" against the Bonn Government. The group so the prosecutor asserted also fostered anti-Semitism and sent threatening letters to the newspapers' editors.

One need not be profoundly learned in the law to ask: If these men are all they were proven to be, why the nominal sentence? The second item also by the Associated Press, dated June 6 described the baptismal ceremonies of an infant "Hapsburg princess designed to show ties between her once Imperial family and Austria." The dispatch adds: "Archduke Otto, pretender to the Austrian Ferdinand Pawlikowski, christen their first child Andrea Maria and say, 'May the Mother of God take you under her protection and help you to be the pathfinder of the return to the Forty guests, mostly Hapsburgs, came to the chapel. The altar candles were lighted with a flame brought by a young Austrian motorcyclist. The baptismal water reportedly was smuggled from the Tisza River in Hungary by loyal former subjects. A basket of Austrian earth was placed in the chapel and an old Austro-Hungarian flag hung from the wall. A final hymn, 'God Protect Our was We Serve THE FINEST STEAKS CHICKEN SEAFOOD For Reservations Please Phone ERoadway 6-7535 In Automatic Ice Former Nazi Officers Honored by American Air Force in Germany I jlJtll Mrs.

Archibald Silverman Honored on 70th Birthday PROVIDENCE, R. I. (JTA) Governor Dennis J. Roberts, of Rhode Island, hailed Mrs. Archibald Silverman, Jewish communal leader, as "the outstanding humanitarian of the state." He spoke at a dinner sponsored by the Jewish National Fund of America in honor of Mrs.

Silverman's 70th birthday. Dr. Harris J. Levine, JNF president, in presenting a scroll of tribute to Mrs. Silverman, characterized her as "one of the most eminent women of our generation who mobilized moral and financial support for Israel in various parts of the world.

Mendel N. Fischer, JNF executive director, announced that a synagogue built mainly from stones rescued from ruined Jewish houses of worship in Europe will be erected in the Israel village named for Mrs. Silverman's name. THI GAS RlfRIOIIAtOt candidly reported that Jewish axaie oniciais nave agreed that United States policies should be impartial so as to win not nnlv the respect and regard of the Is raeli dui also or tne Arab peoples. It seems to us that Mr.

Dulles' DDollvwootl Simon lien By David Kirk Douglas in Hollywood's Israeli movie, "The Juggler," is good as he usually is. In addition to his conceded acting abilities, he dexterously keeps three balls aloft at the same time. As a juggler, however, he is not as good as Rabbi Simon ben Gamaliel, who, according to the Talmud, on one holiday feast surprised everyone by juggling eight burning torches. Imagine that! An act like Rabbi Gamaliel's could get top billing at the Palace any day. And juggling was only a side issue with the great Talmudic savant.

Most of the time he was bent over the Torah. But Rabbi Gamaliel apparently made quite a hobby of muscular prowess. We are told that he could reach over without bending his knees and kiss the ground. Most of us know how hard it is to touch the ground standing, with our fingertips, let alone our mouth. The Talmud mentions another juggler who used open knives, keeping seven of them in the air at the same time, while still another used eggs.

Juggling requires physical adroitness plus a kind of material alertness and I imagine a course in the Talmud ought to help any juggler. What's the difference after all between tossing five balls in the air or five passages of Mishna? It is highly interesting that the first major Hollywood picture revolving about an Israeli theme should touch the field of sports. Athletics was the first casualty that followed the destruction of the Jewish nationhood. During the long centuries of Jewish persecution, life for the Jew became a struggle for simple survival. Sports went by the wayside, until there developed the feeling that Jews and sports were somehow not a match.

Ancient Jews Admired Strength The ancient Jews, like all normal people, admired strength. They even played ball. Isaiah 22.18 says, "He will toss thee like a ball in a large country." Evidently, they were familiar with tossing balls, though we do not know what kind of ball they played. David was pretty good at tossing stones, and Jonathan, it appears, excelled in archery. The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its adeptness at the slingshot.

The Bible references indicate that Saul was a great runner and surely Samson would have been picked up by any fighting manager today. The old Jews must have been good swimmers. Jos-ephus relates how once a ship he was on foundered, and he had to swim a whole night before being picked up by another vessel. Rabbi Akiba said that it was the duty of the parents to teach their children how to swim. Held Gladiatorial Combats The Talmudist Resh Lakish was a circus performer of feats of strength and would hire himself out as a gladiator to fight wild beasts.

At Caesaria. where Israel bonds are now building a huge fishing wharf, they have uncov ered the vestiges of an amphi theatre where at the time of King Herod, gladiatorial combats were held. Such forms of athletic bouts were undoubtedly due to the Hellenic and Roman influence. The good Jews generally frowned on (Ml (GDI i WASHINGTON (JTA) The Department of the Air Force has made known in a letter to Sen. Herbert H.

Lehman that Nazi Luftwaffe officers, including an aid to Hermann Goering, were honored and entertained by the Air Force at Wiesbaden on Apr. 21 because "such action is in consonance with the foreign policies of the United States in that area in connection with the common defense against Communistic aggression." Sen. Lehman had informed the Air Force that he received letters from American veterans who felt the honor rendered the Nazis by the U. S. Air Force "mocked at the sacrifices made during World War II." The Senator asked the Air Force if steps could be taken that 4 his jr1.

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