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resent what seemed to be an undue interference with their atTairs
and that they might construe the opening of Branch Religious
President Schools in the congested sections of our city . as a missionar y' effort
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Perhaps, hours cr. a Conference of the I eligions leaders might

be called to discuss the problem. ,\ $urvey of the conditions should

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Leadership in American Israel.

lie or private school, shall be required
to receive instruction in the English

language. Such is the law of New
York.
I sery
served as the chairma n
of
the New York Immigration Commis-
sion
by
Appointment
from
(
;overmor
Value of Foreign Tongues.
Hughes.
That body recommended
Hitherto the various nationalities in-
that every immigrant, adult as well
corporated into Ilse American people
as child, should be given the °ppm-
have been regarded as adding new
bfi( i ir, itiixispttrilui csttiolitu ii(liayEnogrii sullig
i - i it
the lel i I public
inogisth litluimig(im iaargecsivilli jazua
l" schools, and that such instruction
It(i'ilr°e •l ie :tritisis• ta ilru'ial‘si.latir.rej
nivilia for introducing should be given in labor camps at III,
into our intellectual life the best of most of the State, its order to avoid

o l ■ s

a •mt •ulg
tml i'imii ::;iiiiritti.11;t1:i.:i,,t.,,l ,ti i,•(',,,( ) if t i li itgiiii,ligli,ti .!:11.1(i,,,otiiiA:i tteirmy'si it il

the imposition of an unreasonalil.•
us m i ilriP e,ri ceiiaini :::isi : , ' ..' I; mtir, (r1,e ni (iim iai v,r. iiiruael , i c (-i i, i l n tilitisim
idt i reis,.., i.r1,1iio•

they Cannot

of societies looking to the speed

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or will not eeii"• in speak Americanization of immigrants and
child in tile languages
whicli are to them as
their fioniliarization with Use Engli--,
Detroit might be given the opportunity for intelligent religious natural as it is to breathe .
' Iowa is language. I have for more than III
training. . Let the problem be solved, and speedily.
Its primer illustrious for its genuine American-

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Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit,
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has tried to exterminate from her ens-
pire the language of the Czechs. We
have in the past execrated such acts
as despotic and laughed at them as
futile. Are we to model our govern-
futile.
mein upon that of the Huns?

solution will mean much to the Jews and the Judaism of our city.

Congregational Singing.

There are those who are fond of saying that the future of Judaism

teen years advocated the is
le irabilitn
ism. Have you investigated to what of the policy that foreign-language
extent its population consists of des-
newspapers should publish an Fang.
ig . t.::::,1. aniti tt:0,1:::iniv fhr: )rseeigneurks:es%vt i, t,rlisili there
lisle
so section or Supplement in order
their readers shall gradually ae-
barely able to sneak English when ii•iiiitst,i,s,iiitnhieritisel‘\
•eciuttio ithii. d1)ai,n,gitiaigui: of,
they s ttled in your State. and who
e

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Pur a long time congregations throughout the land have recog - spoke their native tongue until they legislation forbidding the use of otIbi
died?
his no future or that it will on change its form of expression as to be itized the great desirability of ha v ing the people
languages.
To do it
intrth.p;tte actively
You say that the person who has mould he chauvinistic. at any tini•
unrecognizable.
Particularly popular is this tetufetwy among certain in the services instead ,,f sitting, merely a,
To do it lie
idle onlookers. To this femme. to speak and write the of -
classes of our orthodox brethren who are quite certain that there can
fore the Slate has performed its sluts
vitt.
I restiimsivc reading was introduced into the modern, as it had ficial language is entitled to some pro -
of
enabling
those
of
foreign
birth to
be no survival for the kind of Judaism preached in the l•fortit Syna
Against what? Against tees -
- always held :t place in the tradition:II ritual.
acquire the English language would
But the response was tedious

in America is problematical, by which they mean to imply either that it

gogue.

son. against crime of every kind, he futility itself.

never particularly. loud nor hearty.
More promising is the general against slander and libel? l'ioloubt-
In proof of their contention, they point to What they call
ft change introduction of congregfitional singing. \VIiile the congregational ell);but so is every other citizen.

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Power of Governor.

.A brief examination of tin e second
in leadership that has taken place in American Israel within the past half sung is not yet such a complete success that one fails to wonder often whatever be the language
that the
he constitutional phase of the subject.
speaks or writes. You add that
decade more or less. :\ len, they say, whose MUIR'S
were scarcely known what would happen if the professional choir suddenly ceased to siitg, law - makin g p o
wer may require "the that of your power. as Governor, be
to their fellow Jews a short while ago, are now their recognized sp o k e
s- it is yet ;1 fact that not only are more and more people participating individual who speaks about or con - proclamation to limit speech to the
men. .\•latty who did not hesitate to tom sal or deny their Jewish Alin iii the
e
music
of
wilt-
evening"
native
or naturalized citi - English language, will suffice.
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ship, but that it Wilk a very strong appeal fur
You
ations are today in the forefront Itf Jewish activitie
t, ns - to use the official
al lan guage of affillit that there has been no legisla-
the majority of them.
s and practically all tl
.Another
evidence of the growing popularity i
co untry. That is a bng
t"
non,
State
or
Federal,
that
"has
acted
eggi
of
of these men, it is pointed mit, are idtmtitied with orthodox Judaism.
ktis.
of this form of worship is the fact that since its publication about the question. Your proclamation de - directly on the language question"
\t first blush, this contention May seem not to be unwfirr;inted. three stars ago, over twenty iii
ci
copies of the V nion lit inna, i dares that English must be the Ian - rd
The radustvely
lawmaking power
is as iiigisiaii,„
yet vest
in thr
That in truth, however, it has n o basis may. be easily proved. leligions
have been sold to. Jewish congregations, Sabbath Schools and g,.."a,g.. ••f instruction not only in pub- eel

Judaism has not changed its leaders and it is open to question, to say the individuals.
least, whether soon' of the tnen who have recently come to the

denominational or
of the Government. As you
say, "the executive
schools." and that con . correctly
is
n
pu
bli
c
ii
versaon in public places, i
charged with the duty of seeing to
addresses,
in
public
worship,
on
it
that
the
laws
of
the
State
are
eli-
imMitlso it
term. The one and only. fact that stands out is that certain new and not really' adds much tii the spirit of devotion. The song mole f;imiliar trains atilt over the telephone' shall forced." That implies iiitItaitegtil,t ita• itii• rn ..
bond
between
be
in
the
English
language.
Nothing
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unimpressive names have appeared among those engaged, not in the in the synagog would also serve inevitably
as a new
m - e:e)1(1: tlhiae";mhs)Sibility of exeim-
in the was- of restriction can be more tanctmi us'tseut nt
re/igions work of our pixmle but in political activities of interest to
['Nell 110W the heart III the Jew is stritagvly thrilled cmnPrehr"i'e. It
tire enforcement.
SOIIII' Jett ;111,1 Nett'.
matter
binding
no
law,
is nut the
Jews. New men have the ear of the administration perhaps; new men when he hears the l'..11 kelolienti
or elm Adon ()loin sung to the tra- but the form of speech that is sought )1 .rojit,l , iitiltt aaitke..titmlew t.xt r'ocitst stit‘iteut
forbidden. \Ally should not its
are in positions of power in and around \Vashington; new men
i smica lliar4Ig' ‘'d
ditional
melody.
are
Besides this is a Dine when the introduction of to he
grammatical construction, the vocabu- with maintaining peace and order in
rather telling to non-Jews than to Jew's what we ;ire thinking ititl
hoping congregational music should present little difficulty.
\\'e all know Iany employed, the pronunciation, the hi. State and for this purpose is made
for. \That has happened is that elements foreign to Judaism have how the patriotic drives have stimulatt'd community singing and I m
accuracy of speech be likewise regu- the Chief Executive, as well as the
ate d . and then, most important of Commander - in -Chie f of the Army and
become associated with it and that the men'sponsoring certain strange what a telling part music has taken in the success of those drives. 'atit.
all the language in which one thinks. Navy of Isis State." I do not under-
omvements have presumed to pose as leaders and in their attitude have ( hilt'let people get over the notion that they must be ;it - lists in
lint let me mini
“rder
hist, sight of ‘,.1,,t stand that martial law has been pro-
been encouraged and supported by men within the synagogue who for to sing with the congregation; give them words that thrill and music
; apparently you regard as most vita, i claimed in Iowa, or in any part of
their own reasons would be only too glad to welcome
i
that stirs their souk, and a new spirit 0 Ill enter the synagog'. CO-- the language in which one may speak this country. 'Flute has been and
a change in leader_
i
of sir concerning another—that being
will be no occasion for it, because we
ship,
tainly the effort to this end is worth y of encmtragement.
but one of many uses to which lan- are a loyal, patriotic and united
' • That such change has in fact not taken place find is not likely to
gitage is directed. Suppose our 'fill - people. There has been no breach of
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take place must have been perfectly evident to those who were privileged
sign-latiguage newspapers should, as peace and order in your State. Yom'
they do, speak in terms of praise of c it izens are now, as they have always
to attend the sessions of the Central Conference of .Anwrican Rabbis
the President. of the Governor. of our liven. shining exam Ples of mot devol-
which was recently held in the 'city of Chicago. Never with greater
leading nom: suppose, as they do, that u - ui to law and order. To •intiimoc,

Ile OW in " private,

forefront
(•ongregational singing should be encouratzed both because it
may be identified as leaders of Jewish opinion in the best sense of that gives tine iv,,rshipper an active part in the service and

other
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Roumania and Her Jews.

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1ccording to press reports the Jews of I oninanif. , through Anier- they
assurance and never with firmer conviction in the righteousness and ,
inculcate the spirit of respect fin therefore, that it is necessary for
c.P1 1 X.itlsts 1ilie,. Iflill- cf'Yl.fIll alf?.414,.Pfesident tuL
therefore in the permanence of their erntfrefhate the leafier ft tlt iteforirt .1 hi
prose, as they the maintenance of law anti order
Wil li to um... it,lo,u; its islet t rig'; uprose,
s
,
do, that they execrate the Holtenzol- in )'our State that all language;
Judaism spoken than they did at that convention. Those who have ins
, , good offices in protecting them ris Ole maintenance of their lew
I nnis and the Ilapsburgs, their brutal. other than the English shall be sup-
feared that because of new conditions in world JewrY, the men who milts which are again threatened. .\ ccortling to a new ruling

it ity, their inhumanity. their tyranny. Pressed by Exi•cutive order, is to
seems that citizenship in 1<ouniaitia,js to he denied all person , , both and that they point out what a menace stretch the Constitution to the break-
,
,
(ii. wo ose parrots are not natives of that
country'.
This would at . they are to civilization and the cause ing point. Rut you explain that you
thinking in America, would desert their posts, may be perfectly assured
ante th
of liberty, would you say that the are possessed of information that
that their fears are ungrounded. Conscious of the fact that progress thus-ic , , frallchi`e lis t: VILSI majority of I ollmaniali J ew , and give to 0.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, o f I owa „ r „f ii„. ('sited
foreign languages are and have been
implies change, the leaders of American Israel are entirely prepared for
;iiway s perfidious master, a new excuse to plunder them
and States could prohibit ',itch publication used iii your Stale to spread eneilli -
to pillage their poor possessio n s.
The lot of the Jew in
new adaptations of their ancestral faith to the new needs of this suprem e'
iitimania whi•(her it be in any 'king tie (lead propaganda, which is contrary to
has been particularly frog ic.
\ Vlie4er President \\ V ilson w ill be language whatsoever? "Alt!" say you, statute. both State and Federal: hence
hour in human history but their emphasis will continue to be upon the
h
"tere
have been publications in bit . - the Chief Exci•utive has the duty of
spiritual side of Judaism and not upon the political ambitions of Jews. : ahle or willing to help them in their present crisis, it. is difficult to
rigs, newspapers that were seditious." stopping this propaganda because it
o
oretco.
.,
hey
o
cy.
fl u's know that the
he essential Character
wt er find spirit of Judaism have not I
certainly deserve the whole-hearted sympathy and Granted. Our laws ran deal with such
h violates the law. There can be no
whatever help the civilizol nations can give them.
offenders. It they are not sufficient- doubt as loo corn duty in the premises.
Changed. They aro moreover enc ouraged by time fact that the ideals
.
fur
Iv drastic, they can be made more It is to enl"ree the laws, the exisiviii
the fulfillment of which through the ages. religious two have been
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stringent. lint you certainly must of which you recognize, and to pros
,
struggling, have become the ideals of the civilized world. NO
longer
concede that the worst offenders retire those who have offended against
does a little handful of tnen struggle alotte igainst
with whom we have had to contend thilii• you have the information. liS -
tremendous olds for
b ay , b eim „cum.stiapt.t, publis
h ed i n which I understand that you have the
truth, and righteousness and justice and democracy, but
under the in-
"the official language." 'l'he ri g ht t o evidence, that such unlawful propa-
I ),'Iily to the fact Nil I ailto make 0 tour
spirel leadership of :\iiieric;t, the foremost peoples of the world stand
of the Imstern Camps
and Cantonments under the auspices of lit Jewish Welfare Board (fur- suppress all newspapers (luring thi• ganda has been carried 011, then what
shouldtir to shoulder, battling for the realization
war would he as justifiable, constitii - is there to hinder yoti h(0111 prosecut.
of those high purposes my the mouth of August, I
have
asked
my
colleague,
Rabbi ,Bain
otel S, tionall y speaking.
that were first proclaimed in the long distant (lays by. the Prophets of
c r rs iniii ,u(s liri iitch es
layerberg,
to assume responsibility forl i this calms'? during my absence
i
'" it w"hi
he of
t" li an sgvs"ror m't8beenird'
prohibit the publication
of some
pc Ne jasdt inn :
Israel.
.
from netroit. Rabbi .1layerberg wields a trenchant pen and I feel sure then ,
of enemy propaganda — not the use of a
.
find Ms editorial contributions .will be read Tcith much interest by d
Itt view of the fact that a concerttx1 01(111
lids been mails in certain ,
u st
foreign language, and from setting in
,3 , ,
, i
Would Prohibit Ideas.
10 1010111 tole t ' , rower,.
h as come to be a welcome visitor .work by ;week,
quarters to spread the rumor that men until very recently without inter-
1 learn that in a recent circular lei motion the constitutional machinery
to secure the trial anII, if guilty, the
in Israel or Israel's c;Illse have assumed the reins of leadership, it is
ter you have declared that yours is
conviction of these malefactors? Your
essential that the truth be known.
a nu " einem "to have 'th e lan
The leaders in a political game
guage proclamation, you now admit. has not
throughout the State." The curricula
sponsored by some Jews ;Ire not in fact the leaders of .\tnerican Israel.
of your high si•Itools and colleges will the force of law but is merely a "re-
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quest. " How enemy propaganda can
They are not qualified to speak for hundreds of thousands of Jews in
certainly be greatly simplified. The
this country whose loyalty tO 0111 cause eat11101 ht .
classics may then be studied or read be ended by such a request it is (lit
questioned. Nor is
ficult to understand. Those engaged
_ :n English translations only
l'
the sort of Judaism for which they stand likely to suppLIIII T hat Whiell
•'-v e" iii treasonable actions are not de
Louis Marshall's Letter
of aliens li who
industry.
The
Supreme
might ne
emplos.
d in the speech of our Allies will he taboo. served ht. ei . iiiii ,, i ,
IS distinctly :Mnerican in spirit.
if they defy t h e
any givei
But why not prohibit the use of trans-
Ialv by open violations of it.
\Ve have no quarrel with orthodox Judaism but we question whether
(Continued From Page One.)
Court.
in Triax vs. Raich. 2.19 l'. S. lations as weir! .•\ her all. ideas arc
,.
art they likely to be dissuaded from
men whose sole interest in Judaism is in the political aspirations of
a. . r. Justice Hughes writing the the anyinsilholls and olangeron, of
Jews, State, and of the [tined Stales. opinion.
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secret plonings by a proclamation
. r
declared the act
iiii be un- instrumentalities, and it matters little ,
,
, 1 :lnaf'i o.hs, no hinitaliOn or rest r i,ti on no
are m Tact of a type to be approved by . those among our orthodox berth
such as yours.
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i I ,,, listitutional. .Au act requiring them in what ions they are instilled.
• latiguag i • in which “ei • i r)
„
fen Win/ :ITT e:kruest ;Ind sincere. Their alignment with orthodoxy does
in • e• to speak and write the Enu i
lucre are those echo believe that
Americanism Product of Many
son Imo s Ina
- k • write ina Ipublish 1 -
- i au
-1- ' 1 " 1- " - after the war our country w
al ,
glut
exclusively would ha ' ve
Stocks.
;
strengthen that movement. For our part at le;tst, we deny their sention,•nt.
on all subje cts - The 'no- ;silage
W..,
ill ,11111
i 0
equally
rune within the ptirvi ,,,. , . I. tin.. th..
larger in die c(mtinerce of the world,
!
You charge me with failure to
leadership and with the men who have m(1111(1(41 the character of Judaism
form practice of more than a centurs i cision.
Surely
i, es,,,,,,,,
of the trtingtiiliti ,tiot,iiii,,,,,.k:
especially in Latin America and Con- understand that the l'ilited States I.-
ill America, we st a nd firm and unflinching in our conviction that the
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',„", i,,e, '„, ' ,.'4 '111:',14,1,n.a,i,,,P,,r1:calt in- ,bip by yin, a a,i,, born
tine vial Europe, than veer before. a nati,„,. You „,,,
, „mu._
r wen . more mi•
future of Judaism in this country. lies ii ith I eforiti.
Oile would regard familiarity \Oil]
it Ord.
( /pillions have hel! VOlt•1•1I,
alized member of th, State olependent foreign languages a. desideratum. taken. I go much further than You ,
written and published
in brume411 011 his
speaking the English language. The destruction of a barn in order I have always written "nation" with a
I
without let
1.•• art t and patriotism or hintlealler. He Wray not Within the (•onstitution be to destroy an occasional hornet is vala
tal N. Thal has, however , "eve r
have been in- b.sfrattchised
I;
,
procedure
(- ideated by means of them. Men „
economically
for speaking in another
*unsound. meant that our citizens must have
,ki ,
i
iiinigue, any more
foreign
you fear Berman
than he may be- ''''" "It."
have becom e familiar c ause b
c canno t ,,.„k a th,,,.,,. \'‘.,,t,_ propaganda. it"iret
ericanism is not goteThi.leyorio)rnt,:hdaustmcottchkocfyAna,::_.•
'The fair show "
with our institution,
through their nul a
a "" ';;; 1 ronCe"e ilfn
la rigittil ia
',li mn.
An-
an d
h,„.,.
new most dangerous phases of it have
,t,,,„,,„,1„ con di t i C011Stituti,mal
on , a ,,, ,,,I be amendment.
unposed tww, been displayed in the "official tango-
That there fire hundre,ls ,,i Jewish children in the Coy of Detroit prayed 111
them for the preservation the right
of 6 67, 11,114) already ac- age.," and not as much in the East as hut
who are growing up w ithout religious guidance of any kind i s a of our country in their familiar ac-
of many civilizations; not of one.
■ luired.
Anil set the implicati .on is III. Other parts of the country.
i•ents, and have
tragic fact which investigation w ill speedily N (Tit).
but of many traditiosos. It represents
Nlany more z for me
daily
thanked
God
deducible
from your proclamation Pity, the peril no longer exists; Hap-
,
but
freedom
which
through
-"1 " ..
fly:re are whose sole instruction consists in a visit to an ill
this rinse .+ man speaks
can he mail('
a criminal
be- were tine case otherwise what war- those that were brought on the May-
or writes
French.
- c.indoct,•d republic He ha,. VOUClisaicol
to them. ia usr 1,
rant would there be for your
Cheder, Of perhaps in the study of I lehreW reading tinder a - Ras-- The
syllog - dower, 011 the Half Nloon, and on
sm? There has been German prima- every ship that has brought us the
. . The Congress of the United States Italian, Russian. Spanish or Scandin
who is as innocent of child psychology as lie is of the Englisit has never undertaken to litilit the
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1
e
, mignt
av , a1 , - e-ligiano
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with e(pial ganda in the country both before and millions of
use of what s•ini term foreign Ian-
hinguage.
immigrants who have
\Ve have long felt that this is a condition which should
gliagcs, No imilligratiou law has ever right punish her millions of Indian ',ince August. 1914. German is not
ntssought asylum here from tyranny and
not be permitted to perpetuate itself in our city. lime can N■
fiiian and Polynesian subjects for
e eN,IIVet required the nemeolnees tO Speak.
co
u
td ' "ihcial language
all the
foreign Ian- persecution, who together constitute
not using the official language of Therefore, the ow of "f
that these children shall grow up to self - respecting manhood. and orwrite the English language. read
The (i
re , B r i tain in 0,,,,,. daft)• intyr_
guages
in the United States must the American people and look mum
win
y
adopted
literac
y
with
test
is
IVOIllan1100(1,
pride in the faith of their fathers, if w e are
coin- course. Prussia is the only modern er a s"
content !died with li the immigrant is able
our flag as the symbol of the Nation
to gm.,
our
to neglect them in so stupid a fashion, '
eI e ii ti t thha,t, 1: , i) sitrai It vt:fle.
at:titpl itsrtric,1 %,
read any language or dialect whatso- a policy
For Official English.
which together they constitute.
To
.
We believe N\T know 'Whel0 a large part of the fault lies. 'Hie language Familiarity
with the
lish
is
Ile this nine you will doubtless in- say that they may not preserve the
„wired
as En
-a 14 ciii
.. language
i. file
wise,
of
glorious
France
in
vast majority of
dulgr in the suspicion that I hold a traditions of their ancestors or speak
children coon's fnoni the homes of orthodox dition
tor oaturalization. which is a \ Isace. the tongue of Kosciusko in brief ha- those of alien speech. Let their
j, ws , orthodox congregations s hot11,1
language is contrary to that
therefore take this matter in privi
V.. lege
that f ail be bestowed or the territory wrested from Poland, me, therefore, say that it is my earn
and Danish in Schleswig
- spirit of liberality and of freedom
hand. But for their own reasons they have thus far failed to do sos withheld.
- Holstein,
It est conviction that the English Ian- mon which our institutions are found-
The .
JeWs have been reticent about taking active
has attempted to extirpate from the guage should
Arizona Case.
steps to
be the language of our e and h which
iutih L:etip
i e nurn
ilifi
ed in the
German
all
words
of
foreign
origin
public schools as it is our
meet the situation because they felt their orthodox brethren
few years ago the Legislature of witly,the most ludicrous
official, slogan:
might
and
few sought to limit the number
barbar- language. and that every child nil
Very truly yours,
sus consequences. .Austria likewise school age,
whether attending a pub-
LOUIS MARSHALL.

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