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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Problems of Unrest,
Housing Shortage,
Are International
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David A. Brown, Forum Luncheon
Speaker, Gives Business Man's View
of Condition* in Europe; Belgium is
Prosperous.
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Despite the current accounts of con-
(litmus abroad, despite daily cables
and press reports, it was shown at
the !Vital Brith forma luncheon of
Tuesday, March 30, that there arc
still some sidelights which deserve to
he better known and some phases of
the situation which will bear further
consideration. Not as a social work-
er, not as a diplomatist, versed in
statecraft and seeing only the polit-
ical side of the problems confronting
Europe, but as an American business
man, with keeness of vision and fresh-
ness of view, David A. Brown, long
prominent in the Detroit Jewish com-
munity-, detailed his experiences and
observations during his three months'
visit to France, England, Germany
and Belgium.
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Perhaps Mr. Brown was most
struck with the fact that the problems
arising from industrial unrest, from
lack of adequate housing and from so-
cial discontent are not local but al-
most universal.
"We assume that such unrest is
local," said Mr. Brown, "only because
we think locally. In reality it is in-
ternational. We are irrevocably
hound up with Europe. Our °destiny
is their destiny, our problems their
problems. Strange as it may seem,
when there is a great public disrup-
tion here, as, for instance, a railroad
strike, it is usually followed by a
similar strike in Europe. The great
industries of a modern state, whether
American or European, advance
through flue same stages and stiffer
the same rises and falls in fortune.
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Belgium Is Prosperous.
"Belgium presents a post-bellum
paradox, It is very prosperous. There
is good food for everybody, and
plenty of milk. butter and eggs. The
crops arc good. One can traverse
the whole battle front in a single day
and see signs of activity and pros-
perity."
Mr. Brown stated that he had had
commissions from two Detroiters to
bring back two Belgian war orphans
for adoption, but visited every avail-
able asylum in vain.
'Reverting to conditions in Eng-
land, Mr. Brown stated that the hous-
ing shortage was as acute as in De-
troit. but that Parliament, to aid in a
solution, had passed a law condemn-
ing the estates Of the landed gentry,
which were to be converted into
building sites and small holdings. In
England, he said, labor was in the
saddle, but that it both talked and
acted intelligently and was ever ready
to compromise to its advantage.
Governor Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois
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We have done little to provide for
our demobilized troops. Merely
sending a man back to civil life is no
solution to a vexatious problem. In
England the insurance paid to men
unable to get back into civil employ-
ment is sufficient to enable them to
live as decent men should until they
find work. As for America—the peak
of unemployment was reached nearly
a year ago. There were 50,000 men
out of work in Detroit alone, with
the same condition obtaining all over
the country. With the country more
prosperous than it had ever been
before we were talking of soup
kitchens!
Pisgah Lodge, No. 34, 1. 0. B. B.,
of Detroit, Mich., is planning a com-
munity building, for which several
large subscriptions have already been
recorded. The lodge is also conduct-
ing a campaign for 1,500 new mem-
Causes of Unrest.
bers by June 1, which will bring the
"It is difficult to say what are total to 3,000, making Pisgah the
really the causes for this so-called largest lodge in the order.
In his campaign for the Republican nomination for President, Coy. Frank
unrest. One reason may lie in the
0. Lowden of Illinois has adopted a brief declaration of principles to express
fact that during the war we began to
Ills views on public Issues, sy'llich may be summarized as follows:
idealize labor for the first time. We
Ile stands for an efficient, economical and business administration of public
placed it on a high pedestal. \Vhen
affairs.
the war was ended, the conservatives
and reactionaries attempted to say
Reduction of taxes.
The abolition of the numerous agencies for war purposes which have been
that we did not mean what we said
continued at an enormous expense in time of peace.
but labor won't go backwards. A
clash was bound to come and we had
A protective tariff measured by the difference in cost of production at hcnie
done nothing to avert it. We had
and abroad.
made no more preparations for peace
A government by all the people and not by any class.
than we had for war.
The ratification of the peace treaty with reservations substantially as pro-
"Only England seemed to have en-
posed by the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate.
tered into such preparations. And
Encouragement of agriculture and recognition that it is and must remain
because it did so, a revolution was
our most important industry.
narrowly averted. Over there, new
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industrial relations are being born.
The exclusion or deportation of aliens who place the red flag or any other flag
We over here have done nothing.
above our own.
Persons, supposed to have proved
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A stalwart, uncompromising Americanism which puts this country's interests
their merits as prophets, say that evil
first.
Detroit
days are coming. A panic is close at
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hand. Well, this is exactly what we
A fearless enforcement of law and order .
might have expected. Of course, it
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seems foolish to talk of such a thing.
A speedy return to normal conditions.
Just now we are riding on the peak
Justice to all.
of prosperity. But a reaction may
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come. When it does cotue, it will
find us unprepared.
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Frank H. Watson
Former U. S. District Attorney
cyma
E. H. Jewett
John Tigchon
President Jewett, Bigelow &
Brooks
Real Estate
Dr. H. N. Torrey
J. M. Eaton
Physician
Lincoln Motor Company
F. W. Blair
J. H. Simpson
President Union Trust Company
First National Company
Major Edwin Denby
Lawyer and Former Con-
gressman.
Mrs. Walter T. Bradford
Robert Plotler
R. W. Baiznall
Rector, St. Matthew's Episcopal
Church
Henry M. Leland
President Lincoln Motor Co.
President :Michigan Steel Cast.
Ings Company
Harry A. Buckley
W. E. Metzger
Secretary Woodiawn Cemetery
Ernest C. Kern
Regent University of Michigan
C. H. Campbell
Auto Parts Manufacturer
Dexter M. Ferry
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Wm. Livingstone
John J. Bagley & Co.
Burt R. Shurly, M. D.
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Physician
George L. Bahl
Manager, Penn Mutual Life
Company
J. Cotner, Jr.
Editor, "American Boy."
Republican
Bryant Walter
Lawyer
National Committeeman
D. H. Roberts
President Roberts Brass Mfg. Co.
Hyman Berman
Grosse Pointe Furniture Co.
M. W. Neal
Treasurer Acme White Lead
Color Works
P. W. A. Fitzsimmons
Harry T. Mason
Parke. Davis & Co.
Charles A. Dean
President Wolverine Manufactur-
ing Company
Henry Ledyard
W. E. Moss
W. E. Moss & Company
Lawyer
John N. Bagley
Michigan Bonding & Insurame
Company.
HAL. H.
President. Michigan Mutual Lia-
bility Company
President Pittmans & Dean ('o.
Frank G. Ryan
President Parke, Davis & Co.
Arch. F. Bunting,
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President Detroit Board of
Commerce
Treasurer. Ireland & Matthews
Mtg. Company .
P. J. Farrell
Treasurer D. M. Ferry & Co.
Treasurer, Huron Portland Ce-
ment Co.
President Timken-Detroit Axle
Co.
Henry H. Sanger
President The Kern Store
S. T. Crapo
A. R. Demory
W. D. Bonthron
Price, Waterhouse & Company
Vice-President, National Bank of
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Merchant, Hamtramck
Mrs. Herbert D. Allee
Treasurer Charcoal Iron ('o.
Rudolph Flinterman
Mrs. George Caron
Lawyer and Former Congress-
man
Henry B. Joy
F. W. Hutchings
Frederick B. Smith
Guy B. Cady
Advertising
Henry M. Campbell
chairman of Board, Union Trust
Company
L. B. Robertson
General Motors Company
Frank C. Root
President General Aluminum &
Brass Mtg. Company
William F. Goodlove
Real Estate
H. Robert Stoepel
The Stoepel Company
George R. Cooke
Contractor
George W. Mutter
Parch. Agent. l'arke, Davis &
Company