Digest of Public Opinion on Jewish Matters

[The purpose of the Digest is informative: Preference is given to papers not generally accessible to our readers. Quotation does not indicate approval.–Editor.]

The expectation of a large influx of Jewish immigrants from Poland into Australia and the need for meeting this situation are discussed by the “Australian Jewish Herald” of Melbourne.

“A cable message received brings the information that a large number of Polish Jews have received permission to enter Australia, and there are indications of a continuous stream into the Commonwealth for some time to come,” the “Jewish Herald” says.

“The problem finds Australian Jewry without any organization able to meet it. Organizations are being formed in the several States,” we are informed.”But something more is wanted. There is need for a thoroughly representative Australian organization capable of outlining an all-Australian immigration policy that will ensure that the responsibility for settling these immigrants and accommodating them in their new surroundings shall be shared by all States.

“Where and how best Australia’s Jewish immigrants may be provided for is a question demanding immediate consideration. And it must be answered by the Australian community as a unit in order that the policy decided upon shall be faithfully observed by all States.”

LAUDS JACOB BILLIKOPF

The work of Jacob Billikopf as chairman of the arbitration committee in the clothing industry, is praised by the “Evening Bulletin” of Philadelphia.

Writing in its issue of May 7, the “Evening Bulletin,” in an editorial headed “An Impartial Chairman,” observes:

“Gathering of representatives of the New York Clothing Manufacturers’ Exchange and of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America around a dinner table recently marked the close of the second year of the arbitration agreement in that normally troubled field of industry.

“Mr. Jacob Billikopf, of this city, the Impartial Chairman, or Admiinstrator of this peace treaty, modestly declined to permit the occasion to be a testimonial to his services. But it was a striking testimony to the principle of industrial self-settlement and adjudication which obviates the resort to strikes and, to a large extent, the resort even to arbitration. Mr. Billikopf stated that in only a very small number of cases were arbitrary decisions necessary. Out of 3,500 differences handled by the system during the past two years, only sixty-seven were carried to the point of arbitrary decision.”