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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
The Summer Hotel Problem
The Anti-Defamation League of the I. 0. B. B. has issued a cir-
cular letter to its representatives throughout the country asking for
information as to summer hotel owners who advertise the fact that
they do not cater to Jewish patronge. A sharp distinction should be
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drawn between a protest against the attitude of such hotels and the
Editor publicity that they give to it. No reasonable man will deny the right
SAMUEL J. RHODES,
of a resort proprietor to accept or refuse as his guest whomsoever he
$1.50 per year will. He may be decried as a fanatic and as a fool—but he is undoubt-
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edly within his rights if he chooses to refuse his well paid for hospi-
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tality to a Jew, just as he might to a red-headed man or to a person
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with blue eyes if these particular characteristics happen to be espe-
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of inter- cially obnoxious to him.
However, it is a different matter if he advertises these objections
est to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorse-
ment of views expressed by the writers.
to the world, thus giving to the uninformed . the impression that in
Judaism, or in red hair or in blue eyes there is something inherently
All correspondence and society notes to insure publication must evil, contact with which should be avoided by all clean minded people.
More especially is this true when classed with Jews as objectionable
be sent in so as to reach this office Tuesday morning of each week.
guests are tubercular patients and—dogs.
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As a rule, the hotels that decline Jewish patronage are not such as
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would through their cleanliness, or their good service attract the Jews,
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916.
who characteristically want the best accommodations that money can
buy. Therefore, they lose nothing and we lose nothing by their atti-
tude. But for all that, they cannot with impunity advertise their
Theodore Herzl
bigotry. The Anti-Defamation League is morally and legally right
History consists of a series of biographical sketches.. The his- in the stand it takes. It deserves the fullest co-operation at the hands
tory of the world centers about the lives of individuals. The history of all self-respecting Jews.
of the Jew during the last years of the nineteenth century and the
first half of the first decade of the twentieth century is the life story of
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General Manager
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Theodore Herzl.
We regret the death of Theodore Herzl and together with tens of
thousands of other Jews mourn his loss, not because he was a great
Zionist, but because he was a great Jew. Exemplified in him were all
of those qualities which have made the Jew famous, which have en-
abled him to survive through centuries of tyranny and persecution.
Herzl combined the lofty idealism of the dreamer with the unshaken
faith of the martyr, and the energy and power of the leader. Let us
hope that with the passing years those differences in the ranks of
Jewry which his life work accentuated will disappear, and that suc-
ceeding generations will remember him and honor his memory not
only as the greatest of all Zionists but as one of the greatest of all
Louis Marshall and the Russian Loan
The following letter is self-explanatory:
One Hundred and Twenty Broadway,
New York, June 19, 1916.
Messrs. Lee, Higginson & Company,
43 Exchange Place,
New York City.
Gentlemen :
I am in receipt of yours of the 15th instant, in which you offer
Me the right to become a participant in a $50,000,000 Credit of the
Imperial Russian Government, of which you speak in the most lauda-
tory terms. Accompanying it is a document which is marked "Con-
fidential," but the substance of which has been published in the news-
papers, from which it appears that your firm, Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co.,
Jews.
the National City Bank, the Guaranty Trust Company and Messrs. Kid-
der, Peabody & Company have arranged this credit.
I decline to avail myself of the privilege offered, because to do
Our Sister City's Opportunity
so would, in my judgment, be inconsistent with the duty of an Ameri-
Congregations and communities, like individuals, acquire reputa- can citizen, just as I believe that you and your associates, in arrang-
tions good and bad, which on the one hand it is frequently difficult to ing this credit, have been lacking in patriotism.
live up to, and on the other hard to live down. Grand Rapids Jewry
The Russian Government has for many years sought to enter
has suffered for years from its reputation of failing to properly support our money market for the purpose of securing a credit. Hitherto it
its congregational leaders, and its frequent change of rabbis has been has failed because, among other reasons, it was believed by our cap-
cited as evidence that the charge was well grounded. Maybe, how- italists to be violative of fundamental considerations of justice and
ever, the inference has not been correctly drawn. Certain it is that humanity and sound public policy. You and your associates must have
been aware that, in December, 1911, President Taft, with the sane-
there are men of light and leading among the Jews of Grand Rapids, lion of Congress, with but one dissenting vote, terminated the treaty
who, if properly appealed to, might always be counted upon to do of commerce and navigation which had been in force between the
their full duty in matters Jewish. Perhaps up to this time the appeal United States and Russia since 1832, because Russia had discrim-
has not been made in just the right way. It is not for us to sit in inated between American citizens, in violation of the express terms
judgment in such matters. . of the treaty, had ignored the passports issued to American citizens
by our Government and bearing its seal, and had gone so far as to
However whatever the past has held for Grand Rapids Jews, the conduct upon our soil an inquisition into the religious tenets of those
future is full of promise. The congregation has just called to its ---, of our citizens who requested the Russian authorities here to vise their
pulpit a young man who combines with full experience a real ambition passports.' This action was taken after years of exemplary patience,
to serve his congregation and community in no half-hearted manner. after numerous unavailing protests, and after the most careful delib-
Rabbi Charles J. Freund comes to Grand Rapids from Harrisburg,
eration.
Pa., whence he carries to his new field of labor the cordial affection
In 1912 the National Conventions of the Republican and Demo-
and respect of the whole community. Under his leadership Grand
Rapids Jewry should rise in its own esteem and in the eyes of all who cratic and the Progressive parties approved of the termination of the
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are sincerely interested in the progress of Israel in America. , But the treaty,
and laid down the conditions which were to be the
Rabbi cannot succeed without the full co-operation of his people. In of any commercial treaty which might be entered into between the
welcoming Rabbi Freund to Michigan, we also congratulate his new United States and any other government. We have stood firm on
congregation upon the fine opportunity for helpful service that comes these conditions, and no commercial treaty at present exists between
to it. . the United States and Russia, because of the latter's obstinate refusal
to give commercial recognition to certain classes of our citizens.
At the National Conventions which have recently been held this
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Flattery is the most subtle form of insult. Beware the man who subject was again considered, and it may be of interest to you to know
assures you that among his best friends are Jews. Win the respect what the delegates in the various conventions, who in the aggregate
even if you cannot gain the applause of those about you. It is infin- represent the entire American people, have said with respect to it.
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itely more worth while.
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