THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE . - . , ...... M TO: Alfred L. Bernheim FROM: Ethel C# Phillips "in • .<.'-' PUBLICATIONS DIVISION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1957 !• EVENTS AND PROBLEMS Nothing new, lie ACTIVITIES At the request of the Foreign Affairs Department, and as a first step in planning AJC*s participation in the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1957-58)» a prospectus of media activities which might be undertaken — preferably in con- cert with other organizations — was drawn up and presented to the January 29* Committee on International Organizations on^S&G&&SS^G§^ The Com- mittee, at its previous meeting, had received from this Division a report on AJC's human rights publications and other media efforts ,,, • in the past* On the basis of these two meetings, plus conferences ri, with the Committee chairman, a tentative plan has been drafted for '' further consideration by staff and other appropriate lay committees, including the Mass Media Education Committee* Discussions also were held with representatives of the Con- ference Group and the Woman's Division of the Methodist Church to >:: explore the possibility of issuing a new version of YoUoe.Your Town a.aYour World«,««and Human RightsT again under joint sponsorship, _>' as a basic community-action handbook for the anniversary celebration* These discussions are continuing© - 2 - During the month a tentative schedule of 1957 publications was completed0 , III, PUBLICATIONS* New Materials Issued (1) School Calendar Promotion Flyer* 1 pages 12,000 copies for several departments (WDP;, (2) Panel of Americans poster: 1,000 for Panel of Americans (DPj. (3) Committee Reporter. January-February issue? 20,500 copies forPublicity (DP). 00 "What Forces Should the UN Have for Peace and Security?11 People's Section B^y^^jfrflj January issues 100 copies for Foreign iffairs Department (Ordered from AAUN), (5) Fiftieth Anniversary materials (for CAD and Central Administration)t (a) Promotion stickers: 9,000 copies (DP), (b) Memo to members from Jacob Blausteln: 9)000 copies (DP). (c) Reservation forms: 37,000 copies (DP)* (d) Tentative program* 6 pages: 18,000 copies (DP), (6) School Calendar ads for School Executive and Grade Teacher (WD). Writing and Editorial Services For Central (1) Replied to several letters received by Irving Engel re fact sheet on the American Council for Judaism (W)* For Cad (1) Bibliography of AJC materials for chapter handbook for 50th Anniversary (W)« •Letters in parentheses: D • design; E - edit; P - produce $ W - write* - 3 - For Fact Finding Division ~ - ^ (1) Index to For Your Information* June 1955-December 1956» F,or Rational Affairs Department (1) Legends for cards accompanying censorship exhibit (E)« For National Trfibor Service (1) "Let's Be Human" column for labor press (E). For Veterans Division (1) For Veterans Press (W)s (a) Editorial on San Francisco Conference* (b) Editorial on Armed Services Day* (c) Editorial on Thomas Jefferson's birthday. (d) Review of Cavalcade of Americaf by Carl Carmer* (e) "Vet-Items" column* Reorders (1) "Answering Your Questions About Jews and Judaism," reprint from AdvanceT October 1955* 15»000 for several departments* Total to date - 23,000. (2) "Hate-Monger With Literary Trimmings," reprint from CommentaryT December 1956s 1,000 for several departments0 Total to date - 2,000. (3) What's Happening In School Integration? Public Affairs Pamphlets 300 for CAD and ADL* Total to date - 500* (k) "The Right to Have Scoundrels," reprint from Saturday Review of Literatures October 6, 19^5* 3,000 for several departments*12th printing* Total to date - 83,500. (5) "Segregation - Two-Edged Sword," reprint from The New York Times Magazine. April 195*+* 3.000 for ADL* Total to date • 537000 , , Ifo Progress (1) The Plight of the Jews in Egypt - A Fact Sheets Off the press March 1. (2) School Calendarf 1957-58s Production pending for completion May (3) The Christian Communities In Israel —• A. Fact Sheets Awaiting comments on manuscript from contacts in State Dept., Israel Embassy, Protestant and Catholic clergy* (h) "The Civil Rights Story, 1956,M reprint of Ted Leskes* article on the ftflifTltoan Jewish Yearbooks Production in progress• (5) Pocket Guj.de to Middle East Questions; Awaiting comments ~ from staff on revised draft* • 1, • • (6) River ton S.udy pamphlet: Editing completed; production . .... pending* , . (7) Catalogue of AJC publications: Layout pending* (8) This Is Our Home book: Being prepared for production* (9) Report on Communism behind the Iron Curtain: Editing in progress* (10) Reaching Cut to the Public for AJC? a manual for chapters: Awaiting comment on draft from area directors* (11) TV Handbook for Rabbis: Awaiting comment on manuscript from N. Y* Board of Rabbis* (12) AJC Beh^id. tfte HeadlinesT March issue: Copy received; production pending* (13) A^JC's ftist Unite of Human Relations: 12-page pamphlet on the press* American Jewish Year Book Jacket: Production in progress* (15) Fiftieth Anniversary: (a) Displays: Additional panels ordered; refurbishing of old panels arranged* (b) Second promotion piece* (c) Third • « • (d) Final program* -v (©) Honor Certificate* (f) Signs. (16) Display for Youth Division: Research for photos con- tinuing* - 5 - Distribution of Recent Materials Date Total Distribution Issued Printine to date MThe 298 Steps,11 by Roscoe Drummond. Reprint from N*Y* Herald-Tribuner Janurary **, 1957 2/57 5,000 ^,285 Nature and Gonseauences of the Public Relat:ons Activities of the American Council for Judaism - Pact Shee 2/57 3,000 1,580 "How Many Immigrants Should We Admit," by Louis Beano Reprint from CoronetT October 1956 2/57 5,000 "Attitudes Toward Desegregation," Reprint from Scientific American. De- cember 1956 1/57 2,100 2,100 "The Louisville Story," by Omer Carmichael, Reprint from New York Times Magazinef October 7, 1956 1/57 22,500 21,1*67 "Recent Attacks Upon the Supreme Court," Reprint from AjB'gT'tcan Bar Association Journalt December 1956 1/57 5,000 2,9^5 Fear and prejudice* by Selma Hirsh« Public Affairs Pamphlet 1/57 10,000 1,580 The People Tgfoe 12/56 15,000 9,9^5 Report on Soviet Jewry 12/56 10,000 »f,300 AJC Letter to Secretary of State 11/56 19,000 18,130 More Than Defense 10/56 20,000 15,965 "Answering Your Questions About Jews and Judaism." Reprint from Advance. October 19, 1955 10/56 23,000* 10,050 Of Freedom and Faith 10/56 5,000 3,310 The Arab Refugee PH?nlff'ifl ™ Fact Sheet 9/56 10,000 6,850 Now They Admit It 9/56 10,000 6,930 About 100 Books 9/56 10,000* »f,225 * Including reorder* - 6 - Date Total Distribution Title Issued printing to date Trends in the American Jewish Coimin by John Slavs on 9/56 5,000 3,900 Security. Civil Liberties and Unions 7/56 30,500 26,370 (10,000 to NLS; 10,000 to AFL-CIO; 5,000 t© Steelworkers ; 2,500 to Rubber Workers; 2,000 to BitU* U» of - Electrical Radio and Machine Work- ers; 1.000 to Communication Workers of Ameri- ca*) CAD is using several hundred of the NLS supply . d. i 11 Another Look at the Arab-Israel r Problem,,11 Reprint from Christianity i and Crisis T April 10, 1956 6/56 7,500* 7,060 The Middle East Ferment - Fact Sheet 5/56 iK),OOQ 32,650 "Civil Rights and Civil Liberties«M A Review of 1955* Reprint from toftrlcan Jewish Year Book. 1956 V56 000 The Jews Under Stalin*s Successors - Fact Sheet 3/56 13,000 8,675 The fen. Is Mightier 3/56 lf,000 2,715 11 We Refused to Give Up Our Homes,11 1/56 22,500* 21,800 (including Reprint from RedbookT December 1955 5,000 to ADL: 2,500 to National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing) "New Cross Afire in Dixie••* Reprint from Daily NevsT November 21-26, 1955 1/56 3^,950 (including 5,000 to NAACP; 2,500 to United Rubber Workers; 15.000 to United Auto Workers; 1,000 to Michigan CIO) The Fence 1/56 80,000* 73,600 * Including reorder* - 7 - Date Total Distribution Issued Printing to date Your Rights Under State and Local Fair Employment Practices Lavs ,...... .*..- _ 11/55 ^7,000* ^+,700 oni Social piscr*ffllnifl'*fi Last Barrier T by John Slawson 8/55 11,500* 9,350 "Prejudice and Mental Health," by Elizabeth Hurlock and Lucy Freeman* Reprint from Today's Health. February 6/55 2»f,500* 22,750 1955 Religion In Public jBducation 18,300* 18,300 You*.« Your Towno . •Your World* • »fund Rights 3/55 22,500 17,3^5 "What Is k Jew?" by Morris Kertzer« Reprint from Look. June 17, 1952 6/52 65,000* 62,950 "Portrait of the Authoritarian Man," by Samuel Flowerman* Reprint from ffew York Tuples Magazine, Ajcr il 23, 1950 5/50 22,000* 20,4-00 Discrimination Costa You Monev 7A6 25^,000* 253,627 * Including reorder* }•.„.. IV« ORGANIZATIONAL AMD STAFF WORK , Met with: (1) Staff Committee on Domestic Impact of Middle Bast Crisis* (2) David Danzig and ALB re Publications Program and Budget* (3) Margaret Bender, Woman's Division of the Methodist Church, and Celia Reubhausen, Chairman of the Conference Group of a NGO's, re plans to revise You...Your Town...Your World... and Human Rights. (*O James Marshall and Sidney Liskofsky re AJC program for 10th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. (5) Committee on International Organizations re aboveo (6) Don Peretz re Christian Communities in Israel* (7) Isaiah Terman and others re responsibility for negotiations with ADL. (8) Marshall Sklare re Riverton Study. (9) Mass Media Education Committee, to report on AJC publica- tions • (10) David Danzig and ALB re publication of report on develop- ments behind the Iron Curtain.