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MRS. SANGER TO LECTURE WEDNESDAY
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, I^IDAY, JANUARY SO, 1931
Center This Evening
Americans, Too, May Have to Emigrate
NAME DEPARTMENT BEADS AND OF NEW JEWISH FEDERATION
Washington*—(J. T. A.)—Chairman Johnson of the House Immigration Committee declared that America, despite its large unoccupied land areas, Actions Committee Vote Send was destined -to become one of those Fund-Raising Delegation crowded-,nations whose sons must Birth Control Advocate Is Next seek opportunity in newer lands. •. . t S L S , : Specter on Forum's London.—(J. T v A.)^— After five "Although we have lote of Course days of extensive debste and heated cnpied land, it is apparent that farmour standdiscussion, the eiftergelky. meeting of ing • , ,is, not . . profitable „ , under , ; Margaret: Sanger, noted birth cond of Onl the Zionist-Actioni Committee finally • " - *"**•• r &* trol advocate who is- next speaker on decided, to postpone tfee 17th World I ? f ™ e n t i r e l y new giant industry the Community Forum lecture course, Zionist Congress tq r a|idate no later ca. .piovide opportunity for the milwill speak at the J. C. C. auditorium The newly-created Jewish Comthan June 15. The Congress had been lions of young people who are growon Tuesday evening, February. 4. Her ing Tip to take part in the scramble' Frederick. Libby, executive munity Center and Welfare'[ Federascheduled to meet at jEarlsbad Febrtopic will be, "Need of Birth Con; tary of the National Conference' for! tion, which SB a consolidation of the for jobs/ uary 24. :':. :% •'- . . .. trol in America." Immediately after tKe decision was Mr. Johnson named Canada, Aus- the Prevention of War, Washington^ farmiet "B% : Three" Jewish organi. A slight woman of beauty and distaken by a vote of SStip 11, the Miz- tralia Africa, Mexico and South D. C, will be the speaker at an open zations, has definitely started on its tinction, the celebrated Mrs. Sanger rachi members of the iZi-jrnist execu-r America as "contries where Amer- luncheon meetiniglof the Peace Study- ambitioue "program for the year with is the outstanding social warrior of tive, including the Muu&chi .president, ican emigrants might seek their for-: Group of, the Omaha Council of Jew- the selection of the heads of the majthe century in her campaign for. the Rabbi Meier Berlin, announced that tune. Some of these countries have ish Women at the Blackstone Hotel, •or departments and the executive spread of birth contror :information. at 12:30 p. ml,.Tuesday, February 3. committee. they would immediately Resign from severe immigration restrictions. She has.toured the world on this rnis' Mr. libby is a graduate of Bow- . The officers have named the folthe executive. • The, Mlzrachi organisioiC starting her work • along these doin college and Andoyer Theological lowing to head the divisional depart-', zation had . strenuously opposed a lines -in 1914; after many years exSeminary, and has been a student at ments: Dr. Philip Shei*, chairman of postponement. . On thje other hand. perience as a nurse in the. tenement Oxford and Heidelberg and an in-! Child Care and Social Service departDr. Nahum Goldman, radical* Zionist Philip Klutznick districts of New York. She is the Henry Monsky structor at Phillips Exeter Academy.) ment; Harry Wolf, chairman of the member "of the executive from Germother of three children. Special memorial services in honor angel of mercy and any worthy cause many, whose' organization had inDuring the World War he engaged in ! Jewish Free Loan department; Jack The Council of Jewish Women, who of Nathan Straus and Lord Melchett found in him a most liberal bene- structed him to resign Jf the Congress European reconstruction and relief! Marer, chairman of the Jewish Cornsponsor the course jointly with the will feature the services this evening •factor. was postponed, stated that he. would Part of Nation-Wide Co-opera- work with the Society of Friends. munity Center; Harry Lapidus, chairJewish Community Center, has taken at the Conservative Synagogue, held Lord Melchett, the English indus- remain in' the executive until his .orman of the Jewish Education departtion for Drought over the arrangements for the Omaha at the J. C. C. ' trial, king, was. a power in Zionist ganization's'executive tould meet. ment; Mrs. Harry Wolf, chairman of Sufferers appearance of Mrs. Sanger. Mrs. Victory for Weizmann Henry JBonsky will eulogize Straus, circles and a recognized leader in any the Family Welfare department. This Herbert Arnstein, president of the while Philip Klutznick will pay tribute 'matter of significance to world yeaT the Philanthropies division will In all quarters here. the. decision t o Following an invitation addressed Council, will introduce the speaker. to the memory .of Lord Melchett Jewry. be headed by William L. Holzman, postpone the Congress ind the acceptby President Hoover to the president A few single admission'tickets are The names of both of these departpresident of the amalgamated body, Jaek Marer will read the services. aace m f u l l o f & e resolutions of the of the National Council of Jewish available at $-1.50 for those not hold- ed Jewish leaders are imperishable. tonight, .as Rabbi Goldstein will bs • Actions Committee are |ooked upofi as assisted by the officers and execuWomen, Mrs. Joseph E. Friend, to ing season tickets. Straus was known as the dean of occupying the pulpit of Rabbi H. R. a victory for Dr. > Chaijn Weizmann's serve on a nation-wide committee of tives. If Mrs. Sanger's train .arrives in Jewish philanthropists. He -was an Babinowitz in Sioux City. The officers chosen at the reorganiadministration . which ; has been the the Red Cross in its campaign for time, a luncheon will be arranged in zation meeting two weeks ago were funds, an appeal has been issued by target of considerable triticism withher honor .for members'of the CounWilliam Holzman, president; Dr. the National Council of Jewish Womin the Zionist Organization.In his cil board of directors. Philip Sher, honorary vice-president; "Converted—So He Is speech before the Committee, Dr. en to its constituent sections to co. Klein Lecture operate in the local campaigns for Henry Monsky, first vice-president; Weizmann, who resigned the presiCalled Unfit for Sam Beber, second vice-president; dency of the Jewish Agency and the the National Red Cross, to raise $10,The-Forum's speaker of last Thurs•Office" Mrs. J. H. Kulakofsky, third viceZionist Organization when the Brit- 000,000 for the relief of the. sufferers day, Dr. Julias Klein, assistant secpresident; "Mrs. Morris Levy, and ish White Paper was issued, attacked in the drought-stricken areas. retary of commerce, was. a harbinger Volyn, Poland.—(J. T. A.)—The the opposition's methods in their cam- _ Mrs. Friend was among the comHarry B. Zimman, honorary viceof good news.: Recovery from the Ignatz Mosovitz, 63, a resident, of president; Harry Silverman, secrepresent business depression is .def- Omaha for the past forty-three years; decision that a converted Jew is paign against him, and signified iiis mittee of fifty-seven distinguished tary, and Abe Goldstein, treasurer. ~ initely on" the way, he-predicted, be- died at his home last Saturday.- He not. the proper person to head, a .willingness to continue to direct the men an3' women whose appointment Executive Committee fore 'a' capacity audience at the Cen- suffered a paralytic stroke \ two •Jewish institution was announced work for Palestine on condition, that was announced by President Hoover for enlisting the support of the counfey the mayor of Volyn as his reathe present atmosphere of opposition ter. In addition to these officers and the months ago. _•_ • ". V- •'. try, under the honorary chairman" The economic slump was blamed by He has been one of the most, active son for annulling: the nomination of and criticism to be cleared up. heads of the major departments,, those Dr. Klein "upon the discrepancy be- grocerymen nvfhe eityi/being engaged Df. J?inkelsteiri, a convert, to act -' Among other decisions taken'ttp by ship:of the former President Coolidge. on the executive committee of the fee Actions Committee" were that a Mrs.-Herbert Ariistein/;president of tween consumption- and- production. in the grocery business since his •a'r*>- ^is president of the Toz, Jewish Jewish Community Csnter and Wel: delegation be sent t» the United Oe xopicil, and Mrs. -Dolfie: Elgutter, "What we need now is equilibrium i rival here. "---^-~- i ^ *•---- -'.-«'-- Health Society, of Rovno. ~ . fare Federation include A. B. Alpirin,* States to raise funds, drastic Dr. Finkelstein's nMne had been chairman of comjHKtnity co-operation, Irvin Stalmaster, Mrs. L.* ' badness,no£ ^ Dr. Klein Omaha jcagges^d^bx the^ J ^ ^ ^ t n m n u T f c ID*. A. Creriberg, A. i t a tti^C lty 'council' arid submitted" for"rati- the discontinuance of HaoLam, the complished in Omaha by the Council' 1 MAlashock, J. J. Greenberg, Isadora "We^in America must conijuer the responsible ^ i g g ^ Zionist monthly, -the continued exist- members. 51,037.00 was realized by, Ziegler, Mrs. Herbart Arnstein and problem of distribution and bring it grocers convention -to*this 'city: "He fication to the mayor. Frederick Libby ence of the political commission co- Mrs. Arnstein. Mrs. Elgutter and the Morris Milder. down to a" proper, economic and effi- was one of the organizers of the lofollowing women, Mrs. Lester Lapioperating with the Zionist Executive A letter is being sent to the differcient system." But talk of a per- cal association, being a member since Since his organization of the Nain the negotiations with, the govern- dus, Mrs. Walter Schimnrel, Mrs. Elent organizations telling them that if manent reduction of wages and low- 1896. He was past president;of the tional Conference for the Prevention mer Gross, Mrs. Max Holzman, Mrs.' ment and that the Palestine Jewish they have been in existence over a ering of the standard of living was Omaha Retail Meat Dealers Associaof War in 1921 to support the WashS. Salzman, Mrs. Julius Newman,' National Council and the Zionist Oryear each group is entitled to one branded as lunacy by the speaker. tion. He was also a' member of "the ganization of America be urged to Mrs. Victor Ganz, Mrs. Louis Kulak-• ington conference for the Limitation representative and an additional repOdd Fellows and a treasurer of the "The best vehicle for bringing in send representatives toi this commis- of sky, Mrs. Joe Weinberg.Mrs- Irvin of Armaments Mr. Libby has devoted resentative for every one hundred normal business," he stated, 'fis in- B'nai Shblem synagogue. ',, Stalmaster, Mrs. Max Block, Mrs. S. his entire time to peace work. sion. members or major fraction thereof telligent advertising so as to increase Be is survived by his widow; a son, The Peace Study group t)f the after the first one hundred. These Lehman, Mrs. J. Cherniack, Mrs. Without changes the Actions ComMilton, a student at the University, of consumption." "" Louis Somberg, Mrs. Wm. Alberts, Council of Jewish Women has invited Kovno.— (J. T. A.) Lithuanian mittee adopted a resolution submitted Mrs. Edward Schimmel, Mrs. B. A.- o t h e r women's local groups, whose na- representatives will serve on the Nebraska; a daughter, Jeanette; four Board of Governors of the Jewish. it by its political "committee stating brothers^ Adolph Moscovitz, •" Max Jewry became panic stricken when to Simon, Mrs. Bert Hene, Mrs. Joe tional groups are affiliated with the Community Center and Welfare Fedthat the Acions Committee considers the"Kovno. district chief of police Mosher, Morris Rosenberg, Sam eration. If any organization has been the continuation with the British govBonoff, Mrs. l i s t e r Meyer, Mrs. M. National Conference on the Cause and enberg, and a; sistery Mrs. Minnie Pol-' ?»de public an official communique omitted, they are requested to get in ernment regarding the future policy Linsman, Mrs. H. Newman, Mrs. Joe Cure of War to hear Mr. Libby's ad' " - • are -•-•' stating that on and after January, lock. The Rosenbergs in Palestine necessary and that the Jacobs, Mrs. B. J. Friedman, Mrs. J. J. dres^ Reservations may ^ e made touch with Samuel Gerson, executive j 1932, no alien'will be allowed to obbrothers. of such future negotiations Greenberg, Miss Fanny Grodinsky and with Mrs. Samuel Cohn, Harney S763 director. Tuneral services were held at the f*8"* employment in Lithuania. The results until Saturday evening, Jan. SI. are of more significance than the re- Mrs. Morris E. Jacobs. Chesed Shel Ernes Monday, with conununique warns all Lithuanian sults achieved hitherto. Mr. Libby makes clear the position Moscow.—(J. T. A.)—Facts and burial in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. firms to make arrangements to have of the American Peace movement in The Committee also approved a reneeded specialists all of whom are to Places inr Contest figures to prove that the economic Rabbi Frederick Cohn officiated. this statement: solution which opposed as *unacceptbe-Lithuanian citizens. position of the Jews in Soviet Russia David Lazarus was given honorable able" centralized control of land "Militarism is not a hankering for The Jews who will be affected by -—-has" been c6mpletely~fevolationized in mention in tie poetry division trf the \ war. It is a definite theory that the transactions in Palestine and a land B ^^^^ ____ ^* legislation are chiefly those who the last two years, were presented to development plan which "expresses it- recent literary contest sponsored an- national security rests on the nation's the All-Russian Central Executive self in the form of a veto right oa nually by the Omaha Women's Press armed might. Pacifists everywhere Committee, the Soviet parliament by j club. . • land transactions." reject this theory as historically inA. Merezhin, vice-president of the Jerusalem, (J. T. A.)—Strawberry fugees in July, 1922, by the League accurate and clearly untenable. Every Ussishkin Advocates Motto of Comzst, the government department culture is a promising industry in of Nations Inter-Governmental Refunation cannot be the strongest nation; "Buy Now" as Our for settling the Jews on the land and Palestine, according to an article in gee Advisory Commission under the and failure to keep up in a race in Solution direction of the late FridjoS Nansen placing them in industry. armaments leads to fear, hatred and the Palestine Commercial Bulletin high. commissioner for. refugees. The number of Jews in the metal by A. Grasowsky, senior horticulmilitary alliances. The peace moveDeclaring that men and land are industries now exceeds those in the tural officer. There are now 59 dun- These passports enabled war refugees ment opposes competitive increases in the two elements necessary for the needle trades, leather trade and other ams under strawberry cultivation in who had no other identification paarmaments and works for drastic re- upbuilding of the Jewish National Geneva.—(J. T. A.)—Terming pers to travel from country to counso-called. Jewish occupations, Mere- the country, 52 of them in the south. British - government's reply to the duction by international agreement. I Home and that the strength of Zionzhin said. He. pointed out that of the In 1920, this area yielded about 20 t r y and to settle in" the place where Mandates Commission's reports on Conference Will It is not trying to scrap the Ameri-' ism •will not return as a result of -they had relatives or could find an total Jewish prolettariat, 43 per cent tons of berries. the 1929 Palestine riots "sharp,agFight Anti-Semitism can army-and navy first, as its op- any negotiations, Menachem M. Usopportunity to earn a livelihood. are in the heavy industries while ar- First introduced into Palestine gressive and an absolutely inadmisProtests Censored Geneva.— (J. T. A.) —The second ponents declare. Ota: foreign .policy sishkin, world president of the Jewtisans numbsr but 25 per cent of the from France about 1890 by the Mzksable manner of discussion," the inThe local Yiddish papers appeared international student conference to is now rooted in the Kellopp Pact. ish National Fund, in an interview Jewish proletariat. veh-Israel Agricultural School, the with gaping white spaces on their admissable manner of discussion," the discuss ways and means of fighting We shall support our government in criticizes Zionist leadership for what Over 10,000 Jewish boys are now strawberry has only of late begun to editorial; pages because the official Mandates Commission made public anti-Semitism in the European nni- observance of its pledge to seek the he considers to be grave negligence employed in the metal factories at be commercially profitable and is consor had stricken' out protests .has its vigorous protest against Brit- versities lias been postponed to. some settlement of all disputes by peaceful and missing of opportunities in this Dneipertrovsk and in the Ural as well gradually expanding. The Jaffa and against the communique. The papers: ain's reply. respect. • time in ApriL it was announced by means. in the Don Basin while Jewish girls Tel Aviv and the Haifa zones are see in this legislation the severest "This ignoring of fundamentals is The protest is contained in the min- the International Student Service unare entering the textile plants in the principal centers'of strawbexry- blow to Lithuanian Jewry but owing utes of the Mandates Commission's der whose auspices the conference now revenging itself," declares Mr. large numbers, he added. Ussishkin. "Many large Arab landgrowing. to the'drastic censorship they are un- session of last November, which were will be held in Lausanne. owners are now going bankrupt in able to accurately picture the situa- distributed to every member of the • The agenda will comprise a disPalestine because the price of land Council of the League of Nations. tion. cussion on the. Jewish people and has fallen as the result of the recent On August 25 last year the Man- their independent existence,-the basic S. O. S. to World Jewry political debacle. There is sufficient Kovno.—Ah S. O. S. to world Jewry dates Commission brought in its re- principles of the present attitude of Moscow.—(J. T. A.)—The fourth land on both sides of the Jonlon for was sent today from Kovno through port. This questioned the findings of the Jewish students, the Jews in polithe Jewish Telegraphic Agency in the Palestine Inquiry Commission, re- tics and economic life and the Jews autonomous Jewish region in Soviet both Arabs and Jews. "Buy now," London.—(J. T. A.)—Dr. Chaim tinued even in Dr. Weizmann's ab- connection with the law that after garded as unjustified the official in the culttrral development of the Russia, and the first Jewish unit in your present American slogan, has Crimea, was opened today with ela- the deepest significance when applied Weizmann, resigned president of the sence but Dr. Weizmann will return January 1932 will make it impossible British view that the outbreaks were nations. Jewish Agency and the World Zionist to London before the negotiations are for Jewish aliens to find employment not directed against British authority Among the patrons of the Interna- borate ceremonies. The third region to our Palestine problem. It truly in Lithuania. Appealing for help, or that they were unexpected disturb- tional Student Service are Thomas was dedicated last July at Islutsch- holds the solution for our Palestine Organization, will head a Zionist dele- concluded. Jewish leaders here point out that ances, and blamed the limited num- Masaryk, president of Czech-Slovakia, ista. The new region has a Jewish depression. No amount of political gation that will leave for the United 10,000, Jews here will have no. place ber of British troops in Palestine and Professor Albert Einstein, Viscount population of 9,000 but can absorb j maneuvering would have been of any States shortly to aid in the fund-rais32,000 people. Although not as fer- avail, had we followed this principle to turn as they are a people without the inadeuacy of the police force as Cecil and Paul Painleve. ing campaign there, it was announced Sommer Treasurer of tile as the other Jewish regions, the of 'buy now.' Had the soil of Palesthe principal causes for the spread at a press conference of the Zionist Grocers' Association a country. new one, which is called Freidorf, is tine, or at least a considerable part of the attacks on the Jews and for Executive. Easton, Pa.—Leaders of both the Meanwhile the police are already Louis Sommer was elected treas- collecting tlie names of alien Jews the serious consequences which fol- Eeform and Orthodox congregations expected to gTow rapidly with the in- of it, been in Jewish possession, our At the same time it was announced position in Palestine would have been of this city have joined with the Y. M. tensification of land work. that Nahum Sokolow, chairman of urer of the Omaha Retail Grocers' •who will be ineligible for employment lowed. impregnable. No expert's report and As part of the ceremonies inciH. A. in organizing a Community In sharply worded observations anthe Zionist Executive, might head a Association at their annual election after January 1, 1932, similar delegation to the Argentine. of officers held Tuesday evening, Jewish leaders see as the only hope nexed to the Commission's report the Forum. The fact that young Jewish dental to the dedication today, A. no White Paper would have succeeded In the absence of Dr. Weizmann A. Gross was elected to the Board of the possibility that the government British government defended itself men, especially those of around col- Merezhin, leader of the Comzet, the in throwing confusion and despair inthe negotiations between the Jewish Directors, and Sam Rosenblum and may be influenced to permit the nat- against the Commission's strictures. lege age, are drifting away from Jud- government department for settling to our ranks." "The priority of the land acquisiAt the meeting of the League's aism is grieving the local leaders, who Jews on the land, and other officials Agency and the British government Julius Newman were re-elected to uralization of the Jewish aliens, most may be interrupted, Mr. Sokolow said. their positions on the Board.. of whom have been residents of Lith- Council in September, the Commis- believe that the Community Forum from Moscow, came to Freidorf where tion has been admitted in principle, It is possible, however, he added Sommer has been president of the uania long enough to be entitled to sion's report was unanimously will do no little to bring them back the first conference of Jewish Soviets but never acted upon in an adequate way," continued Mr. Ussishkin. to the foi«* is being held. adopted. that the negotiations may be con- association for the past two years. naturalization.
TDi SUMMER
To Address Peace Group
Board of Governors Now BeingV Formed
LOCAL COUNCIL AIDS IN
IN GROCERY CIRCLES, IS DEAD
EMPLOYMENT BAN FRIGHTENS JEWS IN LITHUANIA
ECONOMIC STATUS 0FKUS3ANJEWS IS REVOLUTIONIZED
SAYS LAND AND MEN NECESSARY FOR PALESTINE
STRAWBERRY RAISING
BETTER IN PALESTINE ^ ^ S S S L t t , "
Mandate Commission Assails Stand by Britain on Outbreak
AUTONOMOUS JEWISH
Weizmann to Head FundRaising Delegation Here