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(Copywriebt, 1921.
Jewish Council Representative
Visits Russian Border
States.
JOSEPH-1=
By Chas. 11. Issaph.)
I can't see much use in the proposal of a Congressional investiga-
tion in the Harvard restriction matter suggested by • Cleveland Con-
gressm•n. What good will it do? Harvard has spoken on the subject
and 50 has the country. The sentiment of the nation is one of disap-
proval and that should be sufficient. Nothing will be gained by an in-
vestig•tion except to bring out • great deal of inaccurate information.
I feel sure that in the circumstances Harvard will possibly modify its
original program without publicly announcing it.
I am in receipt of • letter from • Jaw (7) in Michigan in which be
is surprised that I should criticise Young Kaplan for having denied his
religion or having made the statement that he had no religion.
He
thinks that this in no way affects Mr. Kaplan as a Jew because he can
be • racial Jew. In fact he seems to glory in the attitude taken by Mr.
Kaplan and takes pains to explain that there are any number of Jews
who have no religion. I suppose there are; but they ought to pack up
and get out of the Jewish camp.
A Jew without religion izn't much
of • Jew; he can't be. The only business in which the Jew ever sur-
passed was in religion; that is the Jew's real business. There may be
some who think that God created and preserved the Jews for other
purposes, such as Socialism, but I am not persuaded of that. I believe
that Jews without religion are a menace to their own people. Perhaps
I am mistaken, but anyway that's my belief. And again I say that
Jews of the type of Kaplan d no consideration either at the
hands of Jews or Christians and in the long run they get none.
Economic conditions regulate the immigration into Palestine. It is
reported that for the month of June only 474 Jews entered that coun-
try, wh he ge has been during recent months of some 900.
This will give our readers an idea of the modest rate at which Pale.-
tine is being occupied by the Jews. Of course it stands to reason that
if the restoration work progresses rapidly that the increase in immi-
gration will be rapid. However, even looking ■ t it from the most
optimistic standpoint, the number of Jews who will he able to find •
home and an economic opportunity in Palestine for many years to
come will be comparatively small. So after all we cannot afford to
overlook any circumstance that will assist in improving the conditions
of our people in Eastern Europe.
Anyhow they can't say that the Jews are corrupting the morals
of the nation through their literature. The books that are considered
undesirable and are being suppressed, with but one exception, have
been written either by French Christians, English Christians or Ameri-
can Christians—perhaps we should use the broader and probably the
more correct term of Gentiles. The Saturday Evening Post did try
very hard some time ago to fasten this corrupting of our literature
to alien influence, but it was a joke. I know of complete series of
books written by certain native American., any one of which contains
chapters that would not pass in polite society. I am anxious to hear
what ■ nti•Semites will have to say on this subject. We have been
accused of corrupting the morals of the nation through the movies and
the theater and Henry Ford went so far to say that the class of
apparel sold by Jewish merchants corrupted the young. Now let's
have • show-down on this literature issue.
Roumania has always been • bad actor so far as the Jews are
concerned. So it is not surprising to learn that 40 Jews were executed
by Roumanian military authorities after they had been granted am-
nesty by the king. They had been imprisoned for political off
and after being pardoned were on their way from the prison when
they were killed one by one. It is said thst an effort was made to
keep this wholesale
ination secret because Roumania is seeking
to negotiate a loan from the Rothschild.. Roumania has
kept,
a solemn pledge. Its promises are worse than scraps of paper. Its
word in international conclaves cannot be trusted.
•
I think if Jews did what Samuel Samuel, M. P., of England did the
other day it would have • salutary effect upon some of our enemies.
He brought action against a woman because she wrote a letter to
■ prominent Englishmen asking him to support the opponent of Mr.
Samuel for Parliament because "It behooves us who can vote to give
that vote to an honest and honorable Englishman and not to an alien
Jew." Mr. Samuel won his case in court and compelled the woman in
question to apologize and to promise not to repeat such defamations.
He proved that he was not an alien and that he is • Jew by religion
and descent and "proud of the fact."
I am sorry. It seems that I got my Rothschild, mixed. I wrongly
accused "Jimmy" Rothschild of being mixed up in a $500,000 breach
of promise suit. It is • source of genuine satisfaction to me to know
that a worthy Jew who has given no much of his time to Jewish causes
has not been mixed up with that sort of scandal that is all too frequent
with those who have too much money. M. Osherman of the Chicago
Israelite wrote to correct me, as does A. H. Fromenson, one of the
ablest Jewish writer, ni New York, and I want to thank them both.
From Chicago comes this letter:
"You have the wrong Mr. Rothschild. The Rothschild who
was sued has as yet taken no interest in Jewish affairs—as a
matter of fact, when asked by a local reporter what he thought
of Palestine, Zionism, etc., he replied that 'he wasn't inter-
ested.' lie iv James Henri de Rothschild, 26 years old, the
son of Henri de Rothschild of Paris (the latter a splendid man).
'Jimmy'—James de Rothschild—with whom you confused him,
as a splendid Jew, a keen Zionist, a Hebrew scholar, Shakes-
pearen critic, etc. Ile is the son of Baron Edmond de Roth-
schild of Paris (the Lord Bountiful of Palestine). 'Jimmy,'
as he is called, is married over nine years to Miss Dorothy Pinto
of London and is of unblemished reputation. I hated to see
you get them mixed up. 'Jimmy' came here last year on a
Jewish mission and was warmly welcomed, while the other one
came here to study banking methods and when sued slunk out
of the country."
No one regrets the unfortunate incident more than I do.
Junius B. Wood, special correspondent of the New York Globe
and the Chicago Daily New., writes ■ most interesting letter from
Jerusalem. which appears in the recent issues of those newspapers.
It is of intermit to all Jews, Zionists as well as non-Zionists. He says:
"When the much perplexed British official discusses the
troublesome Palestine mandate he is careful to state that the
Balfour Declaration regarding it means only 'a national home
for the Jews in l'alestine' and not that 'Palestine is the national
home for the Jews.' "
Involved in this distinction, asps Mr. Wood, is the question whether
Palestine belongs to the Jews as a home or whether they are merely
to have a home there the same iss Moslems, Christians and others who
reside in the country. This difference in viewpoint, continues the lame
writer, accounts to • large extent for the difference between the
Jewish and the much larger Christian and Arab populations in
Palestine.
He also gives us this information: that the Jews by reason of their
superior efficiency are getting hold of a great many important govern-
ment and other jobs in proportion to their population than are the
Arabs. For this reason the Arab is sensitive on the subject of Jewish
immigration. And Jewish contractors, he adds, usually underbid the
Arab and gets the contract, which, of course, he is entitled to, based
., pon open competition. The Arab is protesting loudly that he is pay-
ing 93 per cent of the taxes and the newly arrived Jews are getting
the "inside track." There can be no question but the Jews are much
stronger with the British government in Palestine than the Arabs;
when I say that I mean that it looks as if the B h have much more
confidence in the Jew's ability as ■ constructive force in the rehabilita-
tion the country than it has in the Arab's.
Edward A. Filene, the well known Boston merchant, who, by the
way, is ■ Jew, has on more than one occasion proved himself pos.
d of the highest ideals and ethics of any store owner in Amer:ca.
Both Mr. Filene and his brother, A. Lincoln Filene, have always be-
lieved in considering thier employes in the matter of liberal wakes and
in promoting better living conditions. Some store owners have an
idea that their employes should be so grateful for the opportunity of
working for such "high class" institutions that they should be satis-
fied to work for less while the owner piles up more at their expense.
Mr. Filene makes a telling point which, while not new, is usually
forgotten, and that is, "Justice before charity." He believes that jus-
tice rather than charity should he the moving consideration of business
men whose earnings have provided them with the opportunity of doing
their share toward settling indu•trial unrest and alleviating the con-
life,
dition which leads to strikes. One of the tragedies of modern
says Filen., is that when financial success at last gives employers the
the
problems
of
employee,
they
opportunity to co - operate in solving
fail to use their new-found freedom to this end. Instead they often
begin to use the money for ostentatious ends, or for charity rather
than justice. Every merchant can consider these statements of Filene
with profit (of the right kind) to themselves and to their employes.
Those chivalrous editors who rushed to the defense of the flapper
by ting that the short skirts and shorter hair were sensible, sani-
tary and sane; that women should be commended for bravink criti-
t of practicability, will now have to explain them-
cism in the int
selves since women are returning to long skirts and longer hair.
Fashion, brothers, fashion, is the arbiter of woman's dress, not service-
ability. Women don't wear knickers because they are sensible; not a
bit of it, but bemuse it is the fashion. Goodness gracious, 'way back
in the '60's and '80's women tried to wear bloomers and pantaloons
because the originators really believed they were semible, but they
couldn't put 'en. over. But let some French actress or French model
wear any article of apparel, regardless of how eatreme, and it becomes
the fashion. But I will end right here, because I knew that I am
treading on ground that men angels would fear to tread.
tompirry
IVO OD IYA RD A VE.
NEW YORK.--A vivid account of
the unfortunate conditions that con-
front women and children who are
now quartered as refugees in the
various states bordering Russia has
been submitted to the Council of
Jewish Women by Miss Elinor Sachs,
secretary of the council's foreign
work. Miss Sachs, who has been to.
the cities of Riga, Danzig and Kow-
no, making a survey of the facilities
for handling this tremendous refugee
problem, in her renort, presents the I
following recital of conditions.
"Riga is the refuge for the Jews
from Russia who desire to get to
America. They have walked, many
of them, for hundreds of miles, hid
in forests during the day, moving
, on only at night for fear of being
' caught and shot. At the station in,
Riga, the poor Jewish boarding house'
keeper pounces on them and brings
them to his squalid and dirty house. '
"It will suffice to describe one of
these boarding houses. It was is flat
of seven rooms in a tenement house
in which every flat presented a simi-
lar picture. Every available room
was occupied by these emigrants--
six or more in a room, men and girls
in unsupemised proximity. The dirt
woo indescribable. Some of them,
: waiting for visas for four or five
months, were hungry and in rags.
But in spite of all they had endured
and of their present discomfort, the
whole lot of them was trying to learn !
English—taught by the (laughter of
, the house, whose knowledge did not
go far beyond the alphabet. Their',
unsupervised condition presents a
dangerous aspect, especially for the
girls and children.
".4t the same time, there were
some 400 to 500 such refugees. There
is every expectation that this num-
ber will increase considerably, espe-
chilly if the lingering negotiations
between Latvian and Russian govern.
ments and the steamship companies
are favorably ended. The difficulties!
are being made by the Latvian gov- '
ernment, which fears that the trans-
migrants, if refused an American
visa in Riga, or if deported, will re-
, main a burden upon I.atvia because
I the Russian government way refuse
to take them back. The steamship
. companies are all centered in Latvia
—18 of them—watchfully waiting
for Russia to open, in order to get
their share
"A visit to the emigration station
of the United Baltic Corporation, at
Libau, showed very excellent aecom-
, modations for the emigrants. The
plant can accommodate 800 to 1,200.
There is provision for Kosher food
at the plant and on the boats of this
line. The other lines use mall hotels
in the city to lodge their passengers.
"The women of Riga and Libau,
it is very interesting to note, are
working with excellent spirit to re-
establish their philanthropic institu-
, tions."
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Fur Coats, Capes and Wraps
of Sterling Quality
Hudson Bay Sable, Eastern
Mink, Scotch Mole, Persian
Lamb, Jap Mink, Hudson
Seal, Laskin Seal and
Many Others
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Frank & Seder's furs ve all that our most critical
clientelle could desire in way of quality, fine work-
manship and style.
These furs are chosen with infinite care. They
are Frank & Seder standard—which means dependa-
bility.
The Prices We Believe to
Be Unequaled in the City
For Such Reliable Furs
Below We Are Printing a Partial List of the Furs
Broadtail Persian Coats, 45 in. long, $750.
Genuine Kolinaky Dolmans, 45 in. long, $825.
Hudson Bay Sable Wrap, $4,250.
Scotch Mole Capes and Dolmans, $350.
Hudson Seal Coats $295-40 in long.
Hudson Seal Coats, $595-45 in.
Hudson Seal Coats, 40 in. long, $445.
Hudson Seal Caps, 45 in. long, $895.
Hudson Seal Dolmans, 45 in. long, $445.
Persian Lamb Coat, $445-40 in. long.
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Jap Mink Wraps, 45 in. long, $595.
Jap Mink Coats, $445-40 in., tail trimmed.
Genuine Eastern Mink Dolman, $1,275.
Genuine Eastern Mink Dolman, 45 in. long, $1,500.
Brown Coney Coats, $37.50-40 in. long,
Laskin Seal Coats, $89.50-40 in. long.
Laskin Seal Capes, 45 in. long, $145.
Natural Muskrat Coats, $145.
Marmot Coati, 40 in., $110.
Nat. American Opossum Coats, 40 in. long, $235.
French Seal Wraps, 45 in. long, $295.
Frand & Seder—Fourth Floor.
UKRAINIAN FERERATION
STARTS MEMBERS DRIVE
P.r4$11 . 11 ,1 10k:
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At the last special meeting of the I
Federation of Ukrainian Jews of
Michigan, it was unanimously re-
solved to extend a hearty vote of
thanks to Dr. Singalowsky, represent-
ative of the Ort world organization,
to reconstruct the Jewish life on the
other side on the basis of actual labor
and production, and to secure the
necessary tools, implements and uten-
' silo, for the addresses he delivered
during his short stay in Detroit, at
the mussmeeting held under the aus-
pices of the federation, at McCollis-
ter Hall, and also at the banquet
given in his honor at the Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek.
"Dr. Singalowsky in his addresses
not only proved himself to be a man
of thorough acquaintance with the
.Iewish problems, but also a man of
excellent oratorical ability, driving
his thoug:its and ideas home to his
audiences," was the summary of Dr.
Singalowsky's visit made by A. Jaffin,
secretary of the federation.
The members of the Federation of
Ukrainian Jews of Michigan are in-
stalling a membership cmapaign,
which will begin Sept. 1, for the pur-
pose of aiding the Ort in its work
and enable them to execute the plans
outlined by Dr. Singalowsky.
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MORRIS FISHMAN ACTIVE
IN INTERNATIONAL MEET.
OF LIFE INSURANCE MEN
Morris Fishman, superintendent of
agents for Wayne county for the De-
troit life Insurance Company, was
among the leading figures at the In-
ternational Convention of Life Un-
derwriters recently held at Toronto.
Mr. Fishman attended the interna-
tional gathering in company with 85
other agents and officers of the De-
' troit Life.
Mr. Fishman captained and organ-
ized Detroit Life team in the tug-of-
war which was arranged among other
athletic events. The Detroit team,
consisting of 10 of the agents and
officers of the company weighing over
200 pounds, won first place.
The Detroit Life delegation at the
Toronto gathering was the largest of
any company represented. Alto-
gether, there was an attendance of
3,000 delegates, including represent-
atives from 285 life insurance com-
panies.
At the New
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UNDREDS of our friends that visited us here on opening day were astounded with the array of fine
furniture that greeted them. More than that, they were amazed to find a store like this "way
out Oakland," as one lady put it. You will find it worth while indeed to come here from any
section of the city, as the prices we have put on our merchandise are consistent with a reasonable profit.
You will also find here the pick of America's Furniture, such famous and nationally known makes as
Shaw-Grand Rapids
Carrollton
PISGAH LODGE AUXILIARY
DANCE PROVES A SUCCESS
Mrs. Harry Fleishman, president of
I the Ladies' Auxiliary of Pisgah
I Lodge No. 34, I. 0. B. B., reports
that the dance given last Sunday at
the Graystone proved a tremendous
success. More than $500 was realized
by the auxiliary, the fund to go for
charitable purposes of the lodge. Mrs.
Fleishman expressed the thanks of
the organization to all who assisted
in making the affair successful.
Berkey & Gay
Sligh
These names are known to the furniture world as Tiffany is known to the jewelry world. They
stand for the "highest" there is in furniture. That is what our aim is—to give to our customers the
highest in quality, and the prices so carefully marked as to arrest the attention of the most economical.
AFFAIR NETS $265
FOR ORPHANS HOME
The Detroit Hebrew Orphan Home
I reports that the committee in charge
of the recent affair given at Mt. Cle-
mens turned in the sum of $265 as a
net profit to the orphanage. The to-
, tal receipts were $390 and the ex-
penses $125.
The children of the orphanage
spent close to four weeks at the Fresh
Air Camp, through the courtesy of
the United Jewish Charities, while
the Rowena street home was being
altered.
Furniture House on Oakland
We are happy to inform you that we have taken space in The Detroit Jewish
Chronicle for every week. You will find in these weekly announcements in The
Chronicle, news of the arrival of new suites and single pieces of furniture that will
be of interest to every Chronicle reader.
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You Will Find Here—"True-All-Through Furniture."
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To come here by
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machine, our store
is just three streets
east of Woodward
off Westminster; by
street car, take the
Owen Ave.
M. 0.
crosstown, get off
urstk Cantor
9332 Oakland
Between Westminster and Owen
Open Saturday
Evening and Sunday
Suggestions will
gladly be given you
in properly display.
ing and placing
your furniture in
your home.
at Oakland.
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