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Catholic Editor Urges Proper Use of "Liberal See Story on Page Five Austrian Talks Renewed Norway To Select 100 Additional DPs MUNICH � Ten years after V-E Day, a new effort to re- move the last Jewish Displaced Persons from a German DP camp has been undertaken. A delegation from Norway ar- _________________,__________________ rived here this week to interview residents of Foehrenwald, last Jewish DP camp on German soil. The Norwegian government re- cently agreed to accept up to 100 of the "hard-core" Jewish DPs who have remained in Germany for ten years without being able to in- tegrate themselves into the Ger- man economic life. These include tubercular or post-tubercular cases. Both "legal" and "illegal" inhab- itants of the camp are eligible and, if an insufficient number of candi- dates is forthcoming, applications also will be accepted from Jews living in German cities who would like to settle in Norway. "This generous offer of the Nor- wegian government to accept ad- ditional DPs means that we move a step closer to our goal of empty- ing the DP camps, where thou- sands have lived since the end of World War II," declared Moses A. Leavitt, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee. It is to countries like Norway that we look for help in the solu- tion of the resettlement problems of these former refugees, rejected as candidates for emigration to other countries because of their medical histories. Mr. Leavitt pointed out that to- day there are about 12,000 dis- placed persons, including 2,000 living in camps, in Germany and in Austria. They are the residue of the thousands of refugees stranded in Europe after World War II, and include the chronically ill, the .aged and handicapped who have not been accepted by the country of their choosing because of their illness. The projected transport to Nor- way is the fifth for the Scandina- vian countries. In 1952 and in 1953, Norway accepted a total of 95 handicapped refugees, while in Continued on Page Three Center Drive Hits $200,000 The $200,000 mark has been passed in the $292,000 cam- paign for the new Jewish Community Center now under construction a t Sutherland Road and Englewood Avenue, Brighton, General Chairman Louis R. Golden announced this week as solicitation activ- ity resumed following a cessa- tion of volunteers work out of deference to the Israel Bond Committee. With $92,000 remaining to be raised by June 30, when all Center campaigning will come to a stand still to clear the decks for the Combined Jewish Appeal, key lead- ers of the campaign were confi- dent of complete success provided solicitors intensified their efforts. Special Gifts Chairman Leonard Kaplan this week disclosed big gifts totalling $37,000. Included was a $5,000 contribution by the late John G. Sessler of Waban, one of the earliest supporters of the Jewish Community Center building project. In announcing the $5,000 contri- bution from Mr. Sessler, who died suddenly in New Brunswick on Sunday,. Mr. Kaplan revealed that the contribution will be used to dedicate the Mr. and Mrs. John G. Sessler Youth Lounge. The new Jewish Community Cen- ter, which is scheduled for com- pletion in 1956, will be the first Continued on Page Four "U l/Vere J^aiiinq .. T"9 Sam Stouffer's Findings . On Who Fears What Today By ROBERT E. SEGAL The optimists among us have good, solid reason now to raise the flag: a gigantic and thorough double-barrelled depth study of opinion, just digested for the public, is available in book form. And it shows that once the demagogues are shoved aside, the great bulk of our fellow Americans are pretty broad minded on the sharp issues of the day. "Communism, Conformity and Civil Liberties," by Dr. Samuel A. Stouffer of Harvard, is a reassuring manual on the theme that once you are able to shove light into John Q. Public's noodle, he will start to make like a reasonable human being. But there's much more to the study than that. One finds here good home work on the point that the civic leaders are more tolerant than the rank-and-file. In this slender, fact- packed volume, one learns conclusively that most people are a darn sight more worried about their health, finances and little Jimmie's chances for success in life than they are about the big bad wolf from Wisconsin or the bear that walks like General Zhukov. Of special interest to so-called minority groups is the find- ing that extensive interview showed no marked tendency on the part of those interviewed "to single out a particular racial or religious or other ethnic group as especially likely to harbor Communists." To be more specific, here's Stouffer on Page 174. Continued on Page Six SEGAL VOL. X NO. 38 MAY 12, 1955 Price Ten Cents Smith Organization Outspends A.D.A. By MILTON FRIEDMAN WASHINGTON � The Gerald L. K. Smith hate organiza- tion spent more money for political activities in 1954 than did "Americans for Democratic Acton," a group whose liberal ideology combats the Smith line. Smith, Failure Is Anticipated VIENNA�-Optimism dwin- dled this week following the long-awaited meeting between the Austrian Government and representatives of Jewish and other organizations interested in restitution for victims of Nazism as Austria failed to make any new offer of any substance. Finance Minister Reinhardt Ka- mitz handed the representatives a short memorandum outlining the Austrian proposals following this with an expanded oral presenta- tions. The proposals were similar te those offered by him last fall. The Jewish representatives then asked a number of questions about legis- lative measures Austria will put into effect to aid victims of the Nazis. There has been some improve- ment in this field, particularly in reference to eliminating discrimin- ation against former Austrian* now living abroad and in restor- ing social security rights. The Austrian Ministers insisted that these improvements were of major importance for needy Jews abroad. The claims committee Continued on Page Six who is listed by the Anti-Defamation League as one of the nation's most notorious anti- Semites, heads the "Christian Na- tionalist Crusade." The records of the clerk of the House of Repre-, sentatives show that Smith spent $157,886.68 for political propagan- da in 1954. The A.D.A. laid out $149,558.84 in the same period. Two appearance were made by Smith before Congressional bodies in April. He exploited the public hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on United Nations matters and showed up to advise the Senate Subcommit- tee probing the dismissal of State Department immigration adviser Edward J. Corsi. On both occa- sions he injected anti-Semitism in- to his testimony. Smith was associated with Gov. Huey Long of Louisiana. When Long was assasinated, Smith de- livered the funeral oration. He later moved to Detroit where Fa- ther Charles E. Coughlin's "social justice" agitation was under way. In 1947 Smith founded the Chris- tian Nationalist Crusade in St. Louis. Today he operates from Los Angeles. In 1950 Smith figured in Wash- ington affairs when he helped en- gineer the abortive plot to block Senate confirmation of Mrs. Anna M Rosenberg as Assistant Secre- tary of Defense. He led the hate Continued on Page Four Our Wot CJA Leader Places Accent on Youth By BETTE KLINE When one hundred commit- tee women gather tomorrow afternoon to discuss the Ad- vanced Gifts campaign of the Combined Jewish Appeal, Mrs Ferdinand Strauss II, will make her "official" debut as chairman of the Women's Di- vision. Official as tomorrow may be, this serene and attractive mother of a lively young trio, started working in this capacity the very beginning of February. Her indoctrination into CJA cam- paigning however, started more than a decade ago, when she helped form what is now known as the Young Adult Division. Mrs. Strauss' confidence in the capabilities of young people hasn't been shaken, since the days when she worked to establish the first Jr. Division. j She's going to put some stress on Introducing the new faces, new Continued on Page Six MRS. FERDINAND STRAUSS II Youngest CJA Leader SI� otiId Prodigies Be Treated Differently? Talented Youngsters Differ On Approach to Education, Art There are about as many views on the problem of educating artistically talented chil- dren, prodigies, if you insist, as there are notes on the scale. The training, education and activities of two of Greater Boston's talented youths were pictured this week for the TIMES, and although they did not make sweet harmony, they did not resound in discord.. Directly concerned with whether gifted children should have gen- eralized or specialized educations, the teen age artists, both of whom started showing unusual musical ability at the age of two, may have talent and music in common, but their ways of life resemble each other's about as much as a piano and a violin. "I think that general education is valuable, but talent should spe- cialize," said Alan Fink, son of the Robert Finks of Brookline, and 16-year-old student at Brookline High School. The varying attitude of 14-year- old violinist, Charles Castleman, was interpreted by his mother, because the young musician was not available at the time. (He was practicing, not his vio- lin, but his second baseman duties for an approaching Pony League game in his home town of Brain- tree.) Alan, who started to pick out melodies at the piano when he was three, and who was matching the left hand chords by ear a few months later, began his serious study of music at the age of six. "Both my parents and I decided to continue my � general education through high school, but those years have been accompanied by lessons, study, and practice," of- fered the high school junior. Continued on Page Three
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Title | The Jewish Times |
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Boston Jewish Times The Jewish Weekly Times |
Publication Date | 1955-05-12 |
Publisher | Grand Rabbi Y.A. Korff |
Volume | 10 |
Number | 38 |
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Title | The Jewish Times |
Alternative Title |
Boston Jewish Times The Jewish Weekly Times |
Publication Date | 1955-05-12 |
Volume | 10 |
Number | 38 |
Access | Open access |
Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
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Transcript | Catholic Editor Urges Proper Use of "Liberal See Story on Page Five Austrian Talks Renewed Norway To Select 100 Additional DPs MUNICH � Ten years after V-E Day, a new effort to re- move the last Jewish Displaced Persons from a German DP camp has been undertaken. A delegation from Norway ar- _________________,__________________ rived here this week to interview residents of Foehrenwald, last Jewish DP camp on German soil. The Norwegian government re- cently agreed to accept up to 100 of the "hard-core" Jewish DPs who have remained in Germany for ten years without being able to in- tegrate themselves into the Ger- man economic life. These include tubercular or post-tubercular cases. Both "legal" and "illegal" inhab- itants of the camp are eligible and, if an insufficient number of candi- dates is forthcoming, applications also will be accepted from Jews living in German cities who would like to settle in Norway. "This generous offer of the Nor- wegian government to accept ad- ditional DPs means that we move a step closer to our goal of empty- ing the DP camps, where thou- sands have lived since the end of World War II," declared Moses A. Leavitt, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee. It is to countries like Norway that we look for help in the solu- tion of the resettlement problems of these former refugees, rejected as candidates for emigration to other countries because of their medical histories. Mr. Leavitt pointed out that to- day there are about 12,000 dis- placed persons, including 2,000 living in camps, in Germany and in Austria. They are the residue of the thousands of refugees stranded in Europe after World War II, and include the chronically ill, the .aged and handicapped who have not been accepted by the country of their choosing because of their illness. The projected transport to Nor- way is the fifth for the Scandina- vian countries. In 1952 and in 1953, Norway accepted a total of 95 handicapped refugees, while in Continued on Page Three Center Drive Hits $200,000 The $200,000 mark has been passed in the $292,000 cam- paign for the new Jewish Community Center now under construction a t Sutherland Road and Englewood Avenue, Brighton, General Chairman Louis R. Golden announced this week as solicitation activ- ity resumed following a cessa- tion of volunteers work out of deference to the Israel Bond Committee. With $92,000 remaining to be raised by June 30, when all Center campaigning will come to a stand still to clear the decks for the Combined Jewish Appeal, key lead- ers of the campaign were confi- dent of complete success provided solicitors intensified their efforts. Special Gifts Chairman Leonard Kaplan this week disclosed big gifts totalling $37,000. Included was a $5,000 contribution by the late John G. Sessler of Waban, one of the earliest supporters of the Jewish Community Center building project. In announcing the $5,000 contri- bution from Mr. Sessler, who died suddenly in New Brunswick on Sunday,. Mr. Kaplan revealed that the contribution will be used to dedicate the Mr. and Mrs. John G. Sessler Youth Lounge. The new Jewish Community Cen- ter, which is scheduled for com- pletion in 1956, will be the first Continued on Page Four "U l/Vere J^aiiinq .. T"9 Sam Stouffer's Findings . On Who Fears What Today By ROBERT E. SEGAL The optimists among us have good, solid reason now to raise the flag: a gigantic and thorough double-barrelled depth study of opinion, just digested for the public, is available in book form. And it shows that once the demagogues are shoved aside, the great bulk of our fellow Americans are pretty broad minded on the sharp issues of the day. "Communism, Conformity and Civil Liberties," by Dr. Samuel A. Stouffer of Harvard, is a reassuring manual on the theme that once you are able to shove light into John Q. Public's noodle, he will start to make like a reasonable human being. But there's much more to the study than that. One finds here good home work on the point that the civic leaders are more tolerant than the rank-and-file. In this slender, fact- packed volume, one learns conclusively that most people are a darn sight more worried about their health, finances and little Jimmie's chances for success in life than they are about the big bad wolf from Wisconsin or the bear that walks like General Zhukov. Of special interest to so-called minority groups is the find- ing that extensive interview showed no marked tendency on the part of those interviewed "to single out a particular racial or religious or other ethnic group as especially likely to harbor Communists." To be more specific, here's Stouffer on Page 174. Continued on Page Six SEGAL VOL. X NO. 38 MAY 12, 1955 Price Ten Cents Smith Organization Outspends A.D.A. By MILTON FRIEDMAN WASHINGTON � The Gerald L. K. Smith hate organiza- tion spent more money for political activities in 1954 than did "Americans for Democratic Acton," a group whose liberal ideology combats the Smith line. Smith, Failure Is Anticipated VIENNA�-Optimism dwin- dled this week following the long-awaited meeting between the Austrian Government and representatives of Jewish and other organizations interested in restitution for victims of Nazism as Austria failed to make any new offer of any substance. Finance Minister Reinhardt Ka- mitz handed the representatives a short memorandum outlining the Austrian proposals following this with an expanded oral presenta- tions. The proposals were similar te those offered by him last fall. The Jewish representatives then asked a number of questions about legis- lative measures Austria will put into effect to aid victims of the Nazis. There has been some improve- ment in this field, particularly in reference to eliminating discrimin- ation against former Austrian* now living abroad and in restor- ing social security rights. The Austrian Ministers insisted that these improvements were of major importance for needy Jews abroad. The claims committee Continued on Page Six who is listed by the Anti-Defamation League as one of the nation's most notorious anti- Semites, heads the "Christian Na- tionalist Crusade." The records of the clerk of the House of Repre-, sentatives show that Smith spent $157,886.68 for political propagan- da in 1954. The A.D.A. laid out $149,558.84 in the same period. Two appearance were made by Smith before Congressional bodies in April. He exploited the public hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on United Nations matters and showed up to advise the Senate Subcommit- tee probing the dismissal of State Department immigration adviser Edward J. Corsi. On both occa- sions he injected anti-Semitism in- to his testimony. Smith was associated with Gov. Huey Long of Louisiana. When Long was assasinated, Smith de- livered the funeral oration. He later moved to Detroit where Fa- ther Charles E. Coughlin's "social justice" agitation was under way. In 1947 Smith founded the Chris- tian Nationalist Crusade in St. Louis. Today he operates from Los Angeles. In 1950 Smith figured in Wash- ington affairs when he helped en- gineer the abortive plot to block Senate confirmation of Mrs. Anna M Rosenberg as Assistant Secre- tary of Defense. He led the hate Continued on Page Four Our Wot CJA Leader Places Accent on Youth By BETTE KLINE When one hundred commit- tee women gather tomorrow afternoon to discuss the Ad- vanced Gifts campaign of the Combined Jewish Appeal, Mrs Ferdinand Strauss II, will make her "official" debut as chairman of the Women's Di- vision. Official as tomorrow may be, this serene and attractive mother of a lively young trio, started working in this capacity the very beginning of February. Her indoctrination into CJA cam- paigning however, started more than a decade ago, when she helped form what is now known as the Young Adult Division. Mrs. Strauss' confidence in the capabilities of young people hasn't been shaken, since the days when she worked to establish the first Jr. Division. j She's going to put some stress on Introducing the new faces, new Continued on Page Six MRS. FERDINAND STRAUSS II Youngest CJA Leader SI� otiId Prodigies Be Treated Differently? Talented Youngsters Differ On Approach to Education, Art There are about as many views on the problem of educating artistically talented chil- dren, prodigies, if you insist, as there are notes on the scale. The training, education and activities of two of Greater Boston's talented youths were pictured this week for the TIMES, and although they did not make sweet harmony, they did not resound in discord.. Directly concerned with whether gifted children should have gen- eralized or specialized educations, the teen age artists, both of whom started showing unusual musical ability at the age of two, may have talent and music in common, but their ways of life resemble each other's about as much as a piano and a violin. "I think that general education is valuable, but talent should spe- cialize," said Alan Fink, son of the Robert Finks of Brookline, and 16-year-old student at Brookline High School. The varying attitude of 14-year- old violinist, Charles Castleman, was interpreted by his mother, because the young musician was not available at the time. (He was practicing, not his vio- lin, but his second baseman duties for an approaching Pony League game in his home town of Brain- tree.) Alan, who started to pick out melodies at the piano when he was three, and who was matching the left hand chords by ear a few months later, began his serious study of music at the age of six. "Both my parents and I decided to continue my � general education through high school, but those years have been accompanied by lessons, study, and practice," of- fered the high school junior. Continued on Page Three |
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