Joseph Brainin to Rubin Saltzman about Dinner Event, May 1947 (correspondence)
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- Title (English):
- Joseph Brainin to Rubin Saltzman about Dinner Event, May 1947 (correspondence)
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Cold War
Culture Front - Creator:
- Brainin, Joe (Joseph)
- Recipient:
- Zaltsman, R. (Reʾuven) (Rubin Saltzman, Reuben Zaltzman)
- Date:
- 1947-05-15
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- Niantic, New London, Connecticut, United States
New York, New York, United States - ID Number:
- 5276b29f12_04
- File Name:
- 5276b29f12_04.pdf
- Address (recipient):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Address (creator):
- RFD Niantic, Connecticut
- Work Type:
- signatures (names)
diplomats
political ideologies and attitudes
business letters
intellectuals
historical figures
leaders (people)
signatures (names) - Subject:
- Fellow Travellers
Postwar Jewish Unity
Intelligentsia
Jewish Left
Culture Front- Publishing, Science
Postwar Order and Social Contract
Postwar Jewish Culture- U.S., Abroad
The Jewish Committee for Artists & Scientists [Committee of Jewish Artists, Writers and Scientists]
Israel, Palestine, Zionism
Antisemitism
Soviet Union
Communism
Red Scare - Description:
- Letter Joe Brainin to Rubin Saltzman. "It occurs to me that it would be a logical and most timely move for the Committee of Writers [Committee of Jewish Artists, Writers and Scientists] to tender a dinner in honor of Gromyko. It could be made the biggest thing with a united most representative Jewish leadership acknowledging the Soviet Union as the only true spokesman for justice to the Jewish people. The affair would be a most healthy counter-serum against the hysterical anti-Communistic germs petrifying the atmosphere in Jewish circles. The Zionists must be placed in a position of having to confirm the fact that everybody double-crossed them except the Soviet Union. I believe that Gromyko can be obtained. He would surely realize the political significance of the move. I would suggest that a committee get to work immediately. The Zionists should not be approached now but only if we succeed in getting Gromyko. (As it is I'm afraid that the United Jewish Appeal is already angling for Gromyko;)"
- Notes:
- May 14 194, the USSR’s UN Representative Andrei Gromyko advocated the one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He stipulated that a two-state solution was an option if "relations between the Jewish and Arab populations of Palestine... proved to be so bad that it would be impossible to reconcile them".
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- 20632558
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 29
- Folder:
- 12
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu