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VOL. Tin, No. 8
Eleventh Ave, and Oak St. VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA, FRmAY, APRIL 27, 1945
PRES. TRUMAN PLEADS FOR RACIAL TOLERANCE
• WASHINGTON" (WNS)—The first measure calling upon President Harry S. Truman to act on a specifically Jewish subject came on Thursday when a resolution was introduced in the Senate asking the President to impress on the German people their responsibility for crimies against Jews of Axis nationality as well as atrocities in slave labor camps. The resolution was introduced '
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Pepper of Florida and Leverett Slalstonatall of Massachusetts. The resolution was referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The new President's attitude toward anti-Semitism was made clear in his first address fo Congress upon assuming his office. President Truman in this address announced his determination to punish war criminals "even though we must pursue them to the ends of the earth." The President went further to brand anti-Semitism as an import "from the gangster nations", and pleaded with Americans for "constant vigilance" to eradicate intolerance.
"Our forefathers " said President IVuman, "came to our rugged shores in search of religious tolerance, political freedom and ec9n-omic opportunity. For these fundamental ri^ts they risked their lives. Wef well know today that such t-ights can be preserved only Lj* constant vigilance, the eternal price of liberty."
The President wound up his first address with a quotation from the Old Testament. "As I assume my heavy duties, I humbly pray to Almighty God, in the words of Solomon, "Give therefore Thy servant an imderstanding heart to ~ judge Thy people that I may discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this Thy so great people? I ask only to be a good and faithful servant of my Lord and my people."
President Harry S. Truman has ' on a number of occasions shoviTi his sympathy with the work of Jewish organi/ations and has defended the Jews against slurs, it was pointed out in Jewish circles here.
In October 1943 he volimtarily appeared at the St. Louis B'nai B'rith centennial meeting an(J denounced slurs which ihad been made on the Jewish part in the v/ar effort. During his term as Grand Master of the Masons in Missouri, Truman appointed a rabbi as Lodge Chaplain.
In his first speech after ihis inauguration as vice-president, made in Caiicago on March 17, 1945, President Truman made a strong plea for religious tolerance.. He said "bigotry and intolerance are tht» munitions of our enemies. Evil doctrinss of discrimination frequently imported from gangster nations plague certain areas in America. Racial and religious intolerance is bejn^ preached hera by agents of our enemies as well z\s by innocent victims of then propaganda."
Truman warned against the enemy doctrine of divide and rale and said that the after-effects of the poison of intolerance would long circulate in the nation's bloodstrsam unless it were reso- -lutely opposed.
Sask. to Construct Judaean Camp
® A PROVINCIAL Committee has been established in the Province of Saskatchewan for the pur-yose of constructing a permanent camp for Judaeans of that province.
At the opening limcheon at Re-gina, $2700.00 was raised towards the Regina objective of ?300O.0O. The Comiriittee has set it-seLf an objective of $8000.00 for  all of Saskatchewan.   The  imi^etus for tliis campaign was given by a resolution adopted by the Zionist Organization of Canada that they would contribute 50% of the total funds raised in any commimity towards the construction of a Zionist Youth Camp.   Members  of the Committee are as follows: Mr. I Reinhorn,   Provincial Chairman; Max Yan, Provincial Secretary; Chairman of the Saskatoon Committee is M. L. Hock; Members of the Regina Committee are: I. Rein-horn,   Chairman;   L. Goldman, iVeasurer;  S. Brodie, Recording Secretary; D. Bedierman; N. Robinson, Z. Portigal; D. Levene; H. Etercovich; V. Samuels; J. Schwar-zfeld; H. Pages; S. Karby, Mr. and Mrs. M. Yan.
• THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTO shows President Harry S. Truman, (center) then United States Senator from Missouri, on the platform of Shaare Emeth Temple, St. Louis, at the centennial celebration of B'nai B'rith in 1943. at which he wa>; the principal speaker. Others in the photo arc, left to right: Bert Stampfer; Judge Robert Aronson; Mayor Aloys P.'Kaufmann of St. Louis; President Truman; Lewis R. Sutin, former president of B'nai B'rith's District No. 2; A. J. Granoif, now president of District No. 2; and Leonard Freiberg, secretary of Distric t No. 2.
B'NAI BRITH WOMEN'S GRAND PRES. HERE MAY 3
•   VANCOUVER Jewry this week will be privileged to hear an outstanding woman, Mrs. Rebecca Rosenthal, wife of Judge Ben Rosenthal, Los Angeles. Mrs. Rosenthal, Grand President
Obituaries
9 MRS. REBECCA WENDER, of Los Angeles, well known in Vancouver, where she had visited many times, passed away April 12th, at the age of 76. She was buried in Minneapolis, her home town.
Siurviving are her three sons, . Ted Wender of Minneapolis, Joseph Wender of Highland Park, 111., Albert Wender of Waukegan, 111., three daughters, Mrs. B. Freeman of Los Angeles, Mrs. S. A. Lechtzier of Vancouver, Celia Wender of Los Angeles, 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. «  *  * «
•  FUNERAL services were held on Sunday, April 22nd at the Schara Tzedeck Chapel for Mr. M. Freedman, 31, formerly of Winnipeg and Palestine.  Mr. Freedman  was  discharged   from the Armed Forces last September. He is survived by his parents and one brother in Palestine, Mrs. J. Gariinkel, of Vancouver, a cousin and some family in Winnipeg. Interment took pla;;e in the Schar.''. Tzedeck   Cemetery,   Rabbi Ch. Ginsberg and Rev. N. M. Pastin-sky officiating.
200 Children Will Go To Palestine
• PREPARATIONS have been completed by the Paris offica of the HIAS-ICA Emmigration Association for the migration of 200 children and 50 adults to Palestine early in May, accordhig to a cable received by the Hebrew Sheltering and' Immigrant Aid Society from Dr. James Bernstein, its European representative, who just returned to Lisbon from a trip through; France. The children are the first of a group of a large er ntunber for whom visas for Palestine have been obtained.
Calendar
Saturday, April 28th: ■9:00 ajn.—Beth Israel Service 8:30 p.m.—Mizrachi Ladies' Social
Sunday, April 29th: 9:30 a.m. Beth Israel Religious
School 7:30 p.m.—^Library 7:30 p.m. Service Social 8:15 p.m.—Mizrachi Men
Monday, April 30th: 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.—Red Cross
Tuesday, May 1st: * 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.—Red Cross 8:15 p.m.—Mizrachi Ladies
Wednesday, May 2nd: 1:00 p.m.—Hadassah Luncheon
- 8:15 . p.m. — B'nai  B'rith Girls Parent Night
Thursday, May 3rd: 4:15 p.m.—Beth Israel Religious I School
Friday, May 4th: 8:00 p.m.—Beth Israel Sisterhood
of B'nai B'rith Women, District No. -4, is meeting with the local group from May 3rd to May 7th. She will address an open meeting" on May 3rd, at 8:15 p.m. in Salon A Hotel Vancouver, to which all men and women of the commimity are invited.
An open reception for Mrs. Rosenthal wiU be held at the Community. Centre on Saturday evening. May 5th. This reception is open to E''nai B'rith Lodge members and members of the B'nai B'rith Ladies' Auxiliary.
This will be followed by a Northwest Regional Conference, May 6th and 7th, when delegates from Portland, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and other points in the Western States and British Columbia"; will be in attendance. Sessions are to be held in Salons A and B, Hotel Vancouver, and will be strictly for members only.
Mrs. Rosenthal, serving her first term as President of District No. 4, has been identified with the Grand Lodge since 1931, and for many years previously, with her local Auxiliary. She devotes most of her time to carrying out the program of B'nai B'rith, and is extremely active in all Jewish and non-Jewish communal work.
Mrs. Rosenthal is returning from a conference of the Supreme Council of B'nai B'rith Women, just concluded in New York, and . was honored by being elected as 3rd Vice-President of that body. In her address, she will give an informative and instructive outline of the work of the Supreme Council which guides the activities of all B'nai B'rith women, 53000 strong.
As grand president of District No. 4, Mrs. Rosenthal has kept in close touch with auxiliaries throughout nine Western States, and British Columbia, and recently completed a tour in California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Montana.
In keeping with the pace of present day living. B'nai B'rith has not only continued to support its philanthropic program of prewar days, but has launched and maintained a strenuous program oi' wartime activities.
This close co-ordination by the grand president and her corps of officers has resulted in over 100 recreational rooms being furnished in mil tary camps and hospitals; musical instruments being supplied for outgoing ships and isolated camp- areas; visitations by the membership to hospital wards taking refreshments and personal comfort items to the bedridden; musical instruments and kits con-
©   MRS.  ARTHUR G.
LAUP'MAN of Chicago, who is the newly - elected president of the Women's Supreme Council of B'nai B'rith throughout the U. S. and Canada.
taining toilet articles along with gt^mes and reading matter has been shipped in particular to the U.T.A. Hospital Ship Chateau Thierry along with other ships; Kcspitality Houses are being maintained in many of the cities throughout the area and volunteer wcmanpower from B' nai E'rith is making himdreds of beds each week to sleep servicemen coming
into the various communities and who are otherwise unable to procure rooms. Every group has offered their services and means to all U.S.O. centers and Jewish Service Centers, not only giving timo but supplying refreshments.
The wide and all-inclusive program oi the B'nai B'rith organiza-t'on makes it possible for all Jews, M'hatever their leanings are, to join In local, national and inter-r:ational assistance to the people cf the wcrld and welcomes into its fold all Jewish women wishing to take part in this type of work.
During her visit to Vancouver, Mrs. Rosenthal will inspect various War projects of the local group, including the Dry Canteen at Little Mountain Barracks, the Petty Officers' Mess and Leading Seamen's Lounge at H.M.C.S. Discovery two rooms in the Vancouver General Hospital and T.B. Ward, all of which were furnished by the Vancouver Auxiliary, in addition to many other War Services.
Mother of Nine in Services Honored
• NEW YORK (WNS)— Honors galore are coming to Mrs. Esther Stolnick, of the Jewish section of Brownsville, in Brooklyn. Mrs. Stolnick who is 63 years old is the mother of nine boys who are in the ser-
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One of her sons !has won the Silver Star and the British Flying Cross and was personally decorated by General Eisenhower.
Mrs. Stolnick whis is 63 years old, and lives in very humble quarters at 97 Belmont Ave., Bron-sville, spoke .modestly about the tributes which have come to her from the American Legion and other patriotic organizations.
She said simply that sha and her husband, Louis, came to America from Austria thirty-seven J ears ago and that they always tried to do whatever they could for their country. Mrs. Stolnick was chosen to head xM women of the coimtry dLstinguiyfled for their patriotic service. While her children are in the service, Mrs. Stolnick also devotss herself to war activities, as far as she can.
Freed Women Tell Stories of Horror
® WITH U.S. Troops in Germany (WNS) — The arrival of American troops in Altenberg, Saxony, saw the release of 800 women and girls, Jewish slave laborers who had been working in a munitions factory.
The girls old ghastly stories of the horrors that befell them. Most of the men, thsy said, were sent to extermination camps and all of the women who were not regarded as efficient workers, wera also consigned to this fate. The Nazis, the girls said, fed them bromides, to make them forget all the horrors of their lives and thus enable them to work. Whan the American troops liberated them, the girls were found in a semi-dazed and drugged state. Soms of the women told of seeing their children taken from them and crushed against a wall.
Many Pay Tribute To Ralph Zbarsky
9 MILITARY funeral services were held at the Schara Tzedek Chapel for Ralph Zbarsky, Royal Canadian Navy, who was killed in action. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Zbarsky, formerly of Saskatoon. Interment ':odk place in the Schara Tzedek Cemetery, Rabbi E. M. Levy, officiating.
200 Palestinians Arrive in London
• LONDON (WNS) — A group of more than 200 Palestinian soldiers who were captured by the Germans and freed by the American armies in Germany, arrived in London this week end.
The Palestinian soldiers had been captured in the fighting in Greece and Crete in 1940. After being confined to a camp in Eastern Germany, when the Red Army invaded Silesia, they were marched further into the interior of the Reich. They were liberated by the Americans a few days ago.
It .is reported that about. 70 per cent of them are extremely weak as a result of imdemourishment Small groups of other freed Palestinians are arriving at the camp almost daily.
Jewish Brigade in ^'Severe Fighting''
• WITH THE Jewish Brigade in Italy (WNS)— The section occupied by the Jewish Brigade on the Italian front is now involved in the most severe fighting with the Nazis fanatical Fourth Paratroop Division.
In one of the fights, the Jewi^ Brigade patrols infiltrated deep into the enemy's position during, the night and fou^t hand-to-hand battles along the flood banks, ousting the Germans from their posit, tions. The Nazis poured mortar fire upon the Jewisih trooiJS, but their counter-attacks' were repulsed.
The Brigade troops participated in the general advance across the Senior river. They crossed this barrier despite heavy minefields.
Prisoners of Japs Receive 1st Grant
• AN INITIAL grant of $10,000 to approximately 1,100 Jewish refugees who had been interned in Japan-, ese prison camps at Manila for more than four years, and who were released in the thrilling American liberation raid, was announced today by Joseph Q. Hyman, Executive Vice-Chainnan of the Joinc Distribution Committee and Vice - Chairman of the J.D.C. Campaign.
It was revealed that 800 of the total number were completely destitute, and that the local Jewish community was also dependent on outside help to rehabilitate itself. Mr. Hyman indicated that the grant, which had been sent through regular governmental channels, will be followed by additional relief as soon as conditions permit.
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