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(Copyright, 1921. By ('has. II. Joseph.)

There is lots of loose tsilk that makes for mischief. Harry Wein-
is • New York lawyer who has spent most of his time in de-
berger
adicals—and when I use this term I mean it in its extreme
fending r
Four of Harry's clients have just been released from prison on
Once,
condition that they would leave this country for Russia and never
cone back. Three Jews and one Jewess formed the group and on the
eve of their sailing they issued statements, one of which said "that the
overthrow of the capitalistic system could not be brought about by the
by direct action." Translated that means riot, violence, in•
ballot but
destruction of property. Mr. Weinberger, also • Jew, rises to
jury,
the occasion and dramatically exclaims: "Three boys and one little
girl hare been sent from the land of plenty to the land of hunger and
They are sent for the crime of having an honest opinion."
disease.
the sort of empty piffle that has given the enemies of the Jews
This is
anti-Semitic fires. Right minded Jews
in this country fuel for their
right minded citixens of this country condemn such state.
like all other
meats. Lawyers have ■ great deal of freedom of speech, sometimes

I think entirely too much.

reader sends me extracts from the "Blue Laws" which are sup.
A
have been in force in the "Dominion of New Haven" during
posed to
the Colonial period. These extract. appeared in the Philadelphia
I have had occasion to refer to these Blue Laws, which de-
Record.
their name from having been printed on blue paper. I have
rived
read innumerable articles on these laws. 1 have read lectures and
sermons in print that have been based on these Blue Laws and,
frankly, I have been satisfied to accept them m actualities.

1 read once more some of the extraordinary law. that were alleged
"If any person turn Quaker he
to have been in effect. For example:
banished and not suffered to return but on pain of death."
will be
didn't
surprise
me,
because
religious fanatics have done
Well, this
worse than that; so such • law was easily believed. But I thought
about this one rather dubiously: "No woman shall kiss her children
on the S•bbath." That seemed too strong even for crazy fanatics.
Here is another that taxed my credulity." No one shall run on the
SabLeh day or walk in his garden or elsewhere except to and from

meeting."

Now, I don't believe that such law., or rules of conduct, or re.
gulations were ever in effect. That is, not all of them. Some
ligious r e
their origin in fact and not fancy. Neither do
I am convinced have
I agree with the authorities, especially the editors of those diction.
aries and encyclopedia who say that the ions of some writers
basis than the adoption
of the existence of Blue Laws have no other
by the first authorities of the New Haven colony of the Scriptures as
government, and their strict application of the
their code of law and
Mosaic principles. On the contrary, I believe that there were in force
some rules of Sunday observance that reflected the theological nar-
rowness and un-Christianity of those early religionists. We have them

with us in the year 1921.

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•
Listen to him:
I wonder who Samuel Untermyer is talking about?
"Why can't the people realise that • cheap, petty, ignorant man who
any
poor
devil
of an inmate
has grown rich can get just as crazy as

of • lunatic asylum? The only difference is that the one is locked up
safety, while the other is permitted to roam at large to the
for public
great peril of the public." The first person sending in the name of the
Untermyer had in mind when he uttered those words will be
man Mr.
given • Ford ear, and as part of "standard equipment" will be included

• copy of the Dearborn Independent and • reproduction in vivid
colors of "Ford Crossing the Atlantic in a Peace Ship." History being
the Dels•
all bunk, Henry doesn't care whether Washington crossed
ware—it was nothing compared with his crossing the Atlantic or his
having been "double crossed" by Rosa Schwimmer. I wonder how
much Samuel Untermyer would pay Henry Ford to bring • libel suit
against him? If it occurs, I now send in my application for one of the

front seats in the court room.

Irish Free State. These three words have made a vast difference
in the political relations of men the world over. The Irish question
had its ramifications in every quarter of the globe; it threatened the
amicable relations of this country and England; it had produced •
period of civil strife that for cruelty and ruthleas taking of human
life has not been surpassed in modern history. After an age.long
struggle for freedom, Ireland has at last come into her own. The Irish
Free State, as Ireland will hereafter be known, seems to me to be
testimony to the fact that Lloyd George is the greatest politician and
deep
statesman the modern world has produced. Everyone heaves a
sigh of relief and thankfulness that an end has been put to the most
with
which
England
has
had
to
contend.
fter•w•r
problem
serious ■
It was this stick of dynamite that had within it the possibilities for

wrecking • substantial part of Europe.

I am always interested in the American Jewish Year Book. The
such a wealth of
1921 copy, which has just come to hand, contains
Jewish information of which most of us know so little that it invites
the attention of the curious minded whose bent is in the direction of
statistics. I never feel satisfied when I read population estimates.
Detroit only 50,000,
When I see that Pittsburgh has 60,000 Jews,
Baltimore 60,000 and Chicago only 225,000, 1 sometimes wonder how
that
Detroit had a much
these figures are arrived at. I always believed
larger Jewish population than Pittsburgh and the Year Book figures
do not convince me to the contrary. Ninety per cent of the Jews of
and all but a million are concen•
the nation are centered in 12 states,

treed in 10 cities.

The Bill Board is a well known theatrical publication of the cheaper
lie has a col-
sort. It has • writer whose name is Patterson James.
umn called "Off the Record"—it probably should be called, judging by
the unbalanced way Mr. James writes, "Off His Base." Someone sent
me a copy this week, marking a rather crude and poorly written
two Jews. Mr.
alleged criticism of a vaudeville act performed by
James seems to have been fed up on Yiddish acts, because he quite
meanl y scores these two and overemphasizes the Yiddish part and
the fact that they were Yiddish, or tried to make a special appeal to

the Yiddish folk in the audience.

in James' article
There was just one sensible thought contained
and that was the fact that Jews in the audience resented the attempt
on the part of Jewish actors to exploit their people. This is not as
true as it ought to be. Personally I am sick of smart••leck Jews who
specialize in Yiddish stories, make fun of their own people, manufac-
ture jokes at the expense of their holy days such as New Year and the
Day of Atonement, Jews who have done more to give the general non-
Jewish theater going public • wrong impression of the Jewish people
than Henry Ford ever did. These Yiddish act. and Yiddish actors are
• liability to Jewry. And then when they come on the stage and begin
to talk Yiddish to the audience and work off some of those jokes that
are considered quite the thing in the narrower confine. of Jewish
club., I feel like "booing" them. But because this man James hap-
pened to accidentally hit upon • sensible idea in his article is no
reason why the Jews in the theatrical world, if they have an ounce of
self respect, will permit the Bill Board to continue to insult them, sus

it has in this instance.

•

I take this opportunity to advise the Jew. in the theatrical profes-
sion that if they haven't sufficient self-respect to take up the matter,
that I shall make it my business to do so, and that I shall enlist the
aid of the Anti-Defamation L , I presume the Bill Board is sup•
ported to • large extent by Jews, and the editor evidently holds Jews
it the dramatic field in pretty low estimation when he has the nerve
to publish such articles. Now it rests with the Jewish producers,
Jewish actors and Jews engaged in other branches of the profession to
show the editors and owners of the Bill Board whether they lack the

self-respect he seems to think they do.

The most heartening experience • I have had in some time with
reference to things Jewish was the number of young people I found in
lire congregation re•
attendance at Friday night service in • co
g• of attendance throughout the year was a
"r.flY. The high
more
impressed
than
ever
with the ,slue of •
surprise to me. 1 AM

Friday night service in reform congregations •• • spiritual reviver that
seems so essential in Judaism at this time. I wonder if the Central
Conference of Reform Rabbis at their next session would take this
under consideration and insist that Friday night services be held in
every congrega tion whose rabbi is • member of the conference. Every
ewish young man and young woman doesn't want to go to the
movies" on Friday evenings. There are some who can live without

J

moving pictures seven night. • week—thank

God!

•
Here is what • Gentile writes me in commenting on an article
written recently: "War will not be banished from the world, and
human society will not become truly civilised until the fundamental
Principles of Judiasm are generally accepted, sod the ideals proclaimed
by Israel'. early prophets shall prevail." I wonder how this thought
appeals to those who are insisting upon using such term. as Christian
civilization, Christian charity, Christian brotherhood and Ch rist ian
Just read it over once more. This most make the "Jewish
I..es.
missionaries" feel that they have jumped from the frying pan into
the

S peaking of Christian civilisation and Christian good will, I notice
that Wellington Koo, the Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain, has
his own ideas on the subject and is insisting that even the Christian
Power. get out of China—regardless of the beautiful spirit of broth.
e'lg love they hay. for the Chinese.

PROPOSE AMERICAN
JEWISH MEMORIAL

(Continued from Page 1)

tary performance, but to serve Jew-
ish intellectual and spiritual needs.
A place where, well equipped with ■
great auditorium, important Jewish
intellectual gatherings might be held.
Thus it would be a "living niemorial,"
and satisfy the Jewish ideal.
Nothing would be calculated to im-
press the non-Jewish world with the
non-materialistic spirit of the Jew
than such a form of the Jew's ex-
pression of his remembrance of hie
war dead and his war-living. Noth-
ing could emphasize the Jew's advo-
cacy of peace; here there would be
no intrinsic glorification of might,
separated from the ideal of peace, as
is the custom in war memorials. And
over the name, "Jewish War Me-
morial," which might be placed at
the entrance could be inscribed "and
they shall beat their swords into
plowshares." It would be a strik-
ing opportunity to impress the mind
of the world with the Jewish atti-
tude toward war.
Endorse Kagan'" Idea.
The idea of a Jewish War Me-
morial as represented by Mr. Kagan
was endorsed after its first approval
by the local Y. M. II. A. by the Mid-
dle Atlantic States Federation of the
Y. M. II. A.'s., the National Federa-
tion of Young Men's Hebrew and
Kindred Association, and in the fall
of 1920 the National Council of Jew-
ish Women at their annual conven-
tion in Denver, unanimously passed
a resolution favoring the proposal,
' which was introduced by Mrs. Alex-
ander Wolf, delegate from the Wash-
ington Council.
I take the present occasion to treat
the topic of the IVar Memorial par-
ticularly because very recently the
movement started by Mr. Kagan, was
concretely taken up with Judge Irv-
ing Lehman, president of the Jewish
Welfare Board, and Dr. Cyrus Adler,
also of the board, on the occasion of
their visit to Washington, to attend
the services in connection with the
"unknown soldier" A conference be-
tween representatives of the commun-
ity, including prominent B'nai B'rith
men, Rabbi Abram Simon of the Re-
form Temple, the local executive of
the Jewish Welfare Board, and Judge
Lehman, and Dr. Adler was held in
the headquarters of the Y. 111. II. A.
Both Judge Lehman and Dr. Adler
failed to take kindly to theidea. They
refused to be enthused, despite very
able expositions of the proposal by
Mr. Kagan and Rabbi Simon, who
was particularly eloquent. Judge
' Lehman declared in no uncertain
terms his opposition to the erection
of any Jewish war memorial in brick
mortar. Moreover, he expressed a
fear that an attempt might be made
to center Jewish activities of a po-
litical nature in such a building, and
thought that such work, now being
conducted by the American Jewish
Committee and other organizations,
should never he transferred to Wash-
ington.

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Argument Called Faulty.

Judge Lehman failed, however, it
is claimed, to effectively reply to the
argument that the memorial would
serve as a very potent antidote to
anti-Semitic propaganda, such as .
Ford is spreading. And the opinion)
prevails that neither of the officials'
of the Jewish Welfare Board really'
refuted the many other appealing'
'pros" of the memorial, among which,
besides those I have already mention-
ed, is the fact that the omission by
the Jews to take any action while the
Knights of Columbus proceed with
their plan for a memorial will cre-
ate a rather different position for the
Jews whenever the usual mental corn-
parison is made. In this connection,
attention is called to the fact that
while the Methodists have establish-
ed an ambitious educational institu-
tion here—the American University,
and the Catholics the ever-growing
Catholic University of America and
Georgetown University and another
Protestant group controls the impor-
tant George Washington University,
with the accompanying impression
that these make because of their lo-
cation in the National Capital, the
Jews have no single institution of
their own.
Aside from the natural connection
which the Jewish Welfare Board
would have in a plan for a Jewish
War Memorial, one of the principal
reasons why the matter was taken
up with Judge Lehman and Dr. Dd-
ler, was the financial support which
would he expected from the J. W. B.
It is said there remains in the J.
W. B. treasury about $2,000,000.
These funds are now being mainly
employed bi assist local, communities
in launching campaigns for Jewish
centers. The representatives of the
.1. W. B. suggested that part of the
money could scarcely be used for a
more appropriate end than the war
memorial. But Judge Lehman and
Dr. Adler told the local leaders that
while the J. \V. B. would be glad to
assist in the usual manner of super-
intending a campaign for a center
for Washington Jewry, as they are
co-operating with other cities that
would he as far as they intended to
help with J. W. B. finances.
It may be that the unfriendly atti-
tude of the J. W. B. to the Jewish
War Memorial leaders would have
loin manifested in any event and
number and under any circumstances;
yet I cannot refrain from making the
comment that the fact that the con-
ference was held as a result of the
intiative of the Young Men's Hebrew
Association, and that the young men
took the leading part in the presen-
tation of the case with their empha-
sis of the purely welfare aspect of
the need of a building to take care
of the Washington youth both resi-
dent and transient, may have de-
tracted from the effect which an ex-
clusive emphasis on the national as-
pect of a war memorial might have
made.
Though Judge Lehman and Dr. Ad-
ler have spoken, and despite the fact
that their attitude has probably cool-
ed the ardor of some of those who
here originally took the initiative on
behalf of a memorial, Jewry at large
has not been approached nor ex-
pressed its sentiment regarding the
idea in any way, with the exception
of the resolutions of the Y. M. H. A.
federation, now merged with the J.
W. B. and the Council of Jetvish WO.
men's resolution, already manifested.
It would be interesting to know the
answer of the Jewish masses to the
proposal.

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will be a theater party, followed by a
dance and cabaret. This affair will
be given exclusively for the members.
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