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"But isn't then danger of consid-
erable loss due to unpaid loans?" I
asked.
"The I. C. A. has been loaning mon-
J. E. GOLDBERG, Treasurer
I. LURYA, President
ey to the co-operatives for the past
A Personality Sketch.
twenty-five years and did not lose a
cent, except in Russia where it lost
everything because the rouble became
By A. H. FROMENSON
woe thl
ens.
"A word about the Lithuanian Jews.
But, in a moment I recalled that They used 800,000 German marks of
After nearly a year of voluntary
service as chairman of the European Walter Lyman Brown is "topman" of our relief money for constructive
Council of the Joint Distribution the American Relief Administration, work. They organized their own
Committee, James N. Rosenberg, is Secretary's Hoover's organization, in banks and cu-operatives and now they
have over 25,000,000 marks of depos-
back in New York. When t ' • be- Europe, and I understood.
it was because of the work in Rua- its, They have been going ahead with-
ing written, he is acting-chairman of
Offices and Parlors: 92-98 Garfield Avenue
aia—the work that means the feeding out any restrictions with the money
the Joint Distribution Committee.
But who is James N. Rosenberg,? of one-million children, and over, of gave them and they have done won-
Glendale 750-8379
What manner of man is he? What more than 800,000 adults; the work ders.
"I like to think of what the Lith-
are his qualifications? Why did he that has meant the sale of $4,500,000
give one whole year of his time, as a worth of food drafts—the work that juanian Jews have done. There is a
free-will offering, towards the solu- is being carried on by the Ukrainian lesson in it for us. We must not be
tion of the terrific, overwhelming unit, with Dr. Boris D, Bogen, Dr. !the big brother because we have a lot
problem that has arisen in conse- Joseph Rsoen and Col. William R. of money. The liart that local Jews
quence of the Jewish tragedy which Grove at the head, all of this had its I have played in all of our work must
beginning on the links at Stokes Posr- not be underestimated. Our work
began in 1911?
must be carried on, increasingly,
These questions ought to be an- ies. I didn't ask who won.
It was James N. Rosenberg who sec- through them and their experience,
swered. The name of James N. Roil-
enberg should have been familiar to ornmended that the Ukrainian Unit their idealism, and their familiarity
the Jews of America long before this. be organized while the Amercian Re- with local conditions are the basis of
But as I have often had occasion to lief Administration was still in the!. 'success in all activities that may be
point out the Jews who are doing the field, in order that it would be thor- I undertaken." And then he said some-
thing I'd like to see printed miry-
really big things in Jewish life, go to ouR hl y established and have won the
extreme lengths to conceal what they good will of the entire Ukrainian pop- 1 where in big, black type.
"I come hack with profound faith
are doing. And so it is, with James ulation before the American Relief
European Jewry. I have met many
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N. Rosenberg, with this very re- Administration withdraws. And for in
markable man who, the moment he the same reason every soup-kitchen of the Jews of (7entral nail Eastern
became convinced that it was the and every feeding station in the Uk- Europe. The leaders among them are
thing he must do, left his law-prac- mine, to which Christian children and men of high education, culture and
Telephone West 1338-1339
tire and went to Europe to serve the adults as well as Jewish children and I character and of great ability, and I
adults—sometimes, oftentimes more of I consider it one of the greatest privi-
'Jewish people.
former than the latter—come daily . 'egos of all my life to have been per-
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I spoke of him in terms of "sacri- the
and receive wholesome, substantial, mitted to have the opportunity to try
fice."
.
"Don't, don't say that," he flared life-saving food--have signs over their to help these war ,ifTering
people to
a privilege, an oppor- doors reading "Supported by the Am- get back on their feet, INT01190 I know
was
"It
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tunity
that
I wouldn't exchange for erican Jewish Joint Distribution Corn- given a fair chance they will be pro-
all the money I could possibly make mittee." It isn't a matter of claiming ductive factors in all branches of mod-
credit—it is a matter of telling all ern civilization, not merely on the eco-
the next twenty
years."
I in
"Nevertheless
it. was
a sacrifice," . Ukraine that when it comes to the mimic side, but in art, music, litera-
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I insisted. "When a man deliberate- saving of lives the Jews make no dis- tore, statesmanship. But one of the
tinctions between bunion beings. Thus, biggest factors of all I bring hack to
ly carves a whole year out of his life,
C. E. OTTER
N. F. HAMILTON
Mr Rosenberg's hope and belief, America is that we depend increas-
Wm. J. OTTER
it
•
when
he
risks
the
immediate
and
fu-
lure losses that are bound to result, the furies of anti-Semitism may be ingly upon the leaders of European
I
abated and the Jewish lot in the Uk- Jewry to take the lead in constructive
it was a sacrifice, I don't care what
work which is our aim to do." I felt
other you would substitute." "Non- seine made better, more secure.
like applauding this utterance, which
Refuses Credit.
sense," he retorted, when I had fin- I
is so indicative of the man—which
d, if ly Oddl y enough,R or perha s not odd-' O u g dhti to be made to sink in good and
fe is a adven re,
ished.
osen bergp refuses to h ar n certain quarters.
o
at all, Mr.
you get the anppor-
;0
, during "I.icourse,n
its
I tunity to help millions of people, you take the credit for this phase of the
r
The Cultural Work.
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are extremely fortunate. What sort work—as he refused to take credit
/. of man is that who would have refus- for anything at all (except some tech- We talked of other phases of the
ed this wonderful opportunity that nical details of organization an co-or- work, of trade-schools, of cultural
conic to e.
ni I should have hated to ', dination of functions—which are of I work, of the I'alestine work with spec-
look at myself in the mirror the rest , the least importance.) Ile said to me:' ial reference to the loan-bank in which
"Most of the credit for these things I the Joint Distribution Committee is in.
of my days with the consciousness
to Lewis L. Strauss. Ile has ! terested together with the l'alestine
due
I
that I had turned down such a chance i carried
more of the burden than any I Development Council, the London Eco-
to be of service. I tell you—and I other man in the country. Ile has'' nomic Council and the I. C. A. But it
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am very serious about it—that it was been indefatigable and resourceful would require too much space to go 1n-
not a sacrifice at all. It was a great beyond description. All American to these matters in detail. In Duke-
opportunity, a great experience.
wins, for example, 000 houses have
There are to many more interesting Jewry ought to know his name.
"The Joint Distribution Committee' already been rebuilt through the Re-
things in life than just making mon-
Phone Cherry 1404
Corner
Alexandrine
ey. I feel very sorry for those men has given more than the rest of the construction Society subsidized by the In
Telephone, Glendale 7545
.
who spend all their lives in merely world, with the exception of America Joint Distribution Committee.
I making money, in amassing millions for work in Russia, and has done this Bessarabia 10,000 loans have
been
g the a id of the
)per cent grnted. Throuh
I that are of no use to them, or any- on a non-sectarian basis. SO per
Departme nt of the Joint Dis-
No, , of our money is going to Jewish c i - tribution Committee bath-houses have
body else—for that matter.
please, please don't speak of what Ildren, but in the face of that great hu- been erected in 100 communities—a
have done in terms of "sacrifice." It 'man catastrophe we most spend, spend tremendous factor in the war-fare
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was a privilege, an opportunity, I rapidly and generously. The Joint against disease and epidemic.
though I should have been the last' Distribution Committee is doing its
One feature stands out, however.
A Trial Will Convince You
work on a non-sectarian basis, and in
man to be chosen for the job."
Insists that it must be told. That
these times when anti-Semitism is feature is the Jewish coal miners of
Most Ex perience
With all of which it is easy for me such a serious thing, I trust we can Ruhr. There are 15,000 of them. What
to agree—except the last. Except put forward to the world the facts of their _vocations were before the great
the suggestion that someone better what we have done, are doing in Rua, Jewish catastrape no one knows. To-
qualified should have ben chosen. Be- sia.
1 day they are skilled miners, having
"But any such statement must be , been taught this new and, for Jews,
cause he was chosen just because his
practice as a "corporation" lawyer coupled with a tribute to Mr. Hoover. I ■ extraordinary work under the leader-
(to us ethe layman's terms) has giv- I have seen the Hoover organization' ship of Dr. Bernard Kahn, coupled
en him just what experience which , in action. I have commuted between , with the advice of Max Warburg, the
made him the best man who could be London and Paris. I have crossed brother of our own Warburg.
chosen to so adjust the intricate the Channel 15 times. I have seen the ■
"The fact is worth mentioning,"
machinery of the Joint Distribution work of the Hoover organization and! said Mr. Rosenberg, "hecause it dem-
1
Committee in Europe as to make it they have given Jewry a square deal. onstrates that Jews are eager to be
the smoothly, brilliantly functioning They have been tolerant, broadminded producers—that there is no honest la-
Manufacturers of
instrument of regeneration and res- and desirous in every way to see that, or in which they will not engage, if
toration that it has become. For ' the suffering Jews got their fair share given the chance.
'
One
other
feature
I'd
like
to
men-
years he was the law-partner of for- of relief."
And another man to whom he gives , tion because it gave Mr. Rosenberg
, merAmbassador Abram I Elkus, and
STORE AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT
he was,
the came
head to
of him
a , great credit is Dr. Joseph Rosen, with so much
rsonal happiness to do it.
when
the and
call is of now,
service
Nr
whose achievement , in saving the Vol-
1 When you recall that he is an artist
Quality — Style — Service — Price
great law firm occupying a whole , ga districts from future famine by th e of no mean ability you will understand
floor in one of Broadway's sky-scrap- substitution of American corn for why. I refer to the feeding of the
Russian wheat, the Jews of this coun- Viennese "intelligensia"—the profes-
era.
fairs, teachers, students, artists and
To this must be added his strong, try "D are
already familiar.
,
Rosen's
r.
ose marvelous achievemelit
Distribution Corn
Co- -
writers. The J
• --
His grand-
Jewish consciousness.
ibi: , mittee gave $100,000 towards that,
father,
Louis
Naumburg,
was
the
first
is
to
my
mind,
the
greatest
sing
father,
The
American
Relief
Administration
cantor and rabbi in Pittsburgh, and piece
work that
any has
Joint
Distr
ution of
Committee
man
done."
said $130,000. This p
for seven
James N. Rosenberg, was born in Al - n, r• Rosenberg. "It is
The committee in
a distinctly million meals.
legheny City 47 years ago. "I be- "'
on
not
only
in charge was named by the President of
contribution
came a Jew when I was twenty," he American
contr
hoe inc the Russian people to b Yer" the Austrian Republic and Prof. Pick,
said to me while we were discussing clpe
i o ti. uir . in e President of the Kultus Gemeinde
m their present difficulties,
a question wholly apart from the
cul
mgr.
Russian
1 agriculture
i
(the Jewish Community.) "I ate one
subject-matter of the interview. He re-establishing
Rusd
Oil a permanent and stable basis. It 7,11 of those meals in a great hall of one
was a student at Columbia, then '
k ■
of the palaces. It was a good meal.
Prior to that he had gone to the Eth- a great chapter of non-sectarian wor
teal Culture School. He might have for the benefit of the whole world.' The highest type of professional and
university men are eating these meals
Urge. Constructive Work.
been a great painter, or a poet, if he
had chosen an artistic career. It is "And now we must do some con- —Jews and non-Jews alike. And to
tructive work in the Ukraine." Mr. save them from the agony of receiving
a matter of record that 100 of his
Rosenberg went on. "I am able to dole, we are charging them 20 kronen
paintings have been actually sold.
though that work be in predominan- per meal. It's virtually nothing in
And as I talked to him I suddenly
. money—about 1-100 of a
realized that he was the "James N. state with certainty that if we do non- American twenty
kronens.
i
but i t is
Rosenberg" whose writings I had sectarian constructive work, even- • cent,
We had come to the end of our talk.
read from time to time in the maga- ly Jewish places, we will gain the sup-
zines. But, primarily he is a lawyer, port of the Ukrainian government. We had gone over the entire field.
"Now I want you to summarize the
We have also the express permission
an organizer.
REALTORS — INSURERS
of the American Relief Administra- , task that is still in front of the Joint
To Europe.
He had Goes
returned
from Maine tion to discuss with the Soviet Gov- Distribution Committee—or, in other •
where he had gone on a matter of or- ernnient the question of taking up ! words, the Jews of America," I said.
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gani zation for one of the many car- i settlements that have existed here for
Russia, Russia, that's our big job."
potations who are his clients, in order , and Cherson for the Jewish farming 111r. Rosenberg said. "I put that first.
ra
to appear in court in New York on
We must start constructive work in ■
per- the Ukraine--and trade-school work. ■
another corporation matter, when he do trade school work. It is y ti o ear-
found waiting for him a letter from nest
hope
we may be able
over
ha f that
a century—and
also t at we We must get more money to the co- ■
Felix M. Warburg asking him to take suede Dr. Rosen, who has made such operatives in Poland. We must es-
■
unch with Mr. Warburg and discuss tremendous sacrifices, jeopardizing tallish 20 or 30 really good trade-
ti
a matter of communal importance. his life even, to take a leading part in schools there. We must speed up the
Mr. Rosenberg is a director of the this work."
medical work. We must inject • con-
We discussed the men in the field structive aspect into the child-care
New York Hebrew Charities and Vice
President of the National Desertion and we talked of Dr. Bogen, of Dr. I work. We must give special and vig-
Bureau, and he thought that Mr. Waldman, of Leonard G. Robinson. orous attention to Constantinople, to
Warburg wanted to see him about For all of them we had the warmest Sub-Carpathia, to Kosin, to the Crim-
.
something relating to one or other or- feeling—a feeling that comes from
the knowledge that they are doing `" " Those are the tasks in front of us.
ganizations
their
allotted
work
excellently—even
As they eat down . to lunch, Mr.
The Jews of America have done mar-
Warburg smiled across the table and heroically.
velously by their suffering brethren.
And then he mentioned Dr. Bernard But they must speed up at the Joint
said:
"I am glad to learn that you are Kahn—of whom we in this country Distribution Committee wants to
willing to go to Europe as chairman know so very little.
sd
pee up. The task sounds colossal.
"Dr. Kahn is one of our best assets,"
of the Joint Distribution Committee's
,_„ But it can be done—it will be done if
said Mr. Rosenberg. "I have """ the Jews of America will speed up—
European Council!"
That—actually—was the first Ros- able to observe his work with 125 if they will put into our hands as rap-
enberg had ever heard of it. When committees for refugees along the idly as possible every dollar that was
in that last splendid am-
Louis I. Strauss told me this story borders of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland pledged
;_.
he said that Rosenberg was rendered end Roumania. The refugee work is__
the best chapter of our work for the I l'''"
"One thing more I am interested in
absolutely speechless for a moment.
1,1
And when he caught his breath, he p ast eight months. But, about Dr. —the commission suggested by Mr.
K ahn. I know no man who is more Billikopf, that has gone abroad to re-
said:
"I will have to talk it over with modest and self-effacing. As to his view the work of the past seven
ability as an administrator—and that years," I said.
Mrs. Rosenberg."
Mr. Rosenberg told me that he had
I got the end of the story from Mr. is important because of what we ex-
pect of him in the future—this is the met Dr. Lee K. Frankel, David M.
Rosenberg.
There wasn't a moment's hesitation best illustration. He handled $11,000- Bressler, Morris Wolf and Dr. Milton
on the part of Mrs. Rosenberg. All 000 which were transmitted by indi- Rosenau on their arrival at South-
she said was: "I thing father would viduals in America to relatives in the hampton and that later no he put in
like it. (Mrs. Rosenberg's father is the war-zone before the Joint Distribution a whole day with David A. Brown.
"I expect excellent results from the
late Joseph M. Herman who during his Committee went into that business. Of
life-time was the best-beloved Jew in that ;11,000,000 only 45,000 marks— work this commission is doing. They
about $100 remained undistributed. are trying to see the whole problem,
ti ftl 1 Boston.)
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' That settled it. Rosenberg notified He distributed 44,000,000 for the Joint he told me, "and I am sure that they
1 the Joint Distribution Committee that Distribution Committee before we had will return with a practical program ■
which if carried out will go far
he would go. Immediately, he aband- our unit in Europe."
I referred to the reconstruction toward solving or problem abroad."
oned everything else for an intensive
work
of
the
Joint
Distribution
Com-
As I turned to go, he said to me,
study of the problem ahead--studying
I t
laughingly "I learned • little French
It as he would study some very intri- mittee.
Get
Leans.
11,000
cate problem in his law practice. When
while I was abroad."
■
he sailed he knew the whole history
"Yes?" I inquired.
"That's • fine job," exclaimed Mr.
"One French proverb I should like
of the Joint Distribution Committee's Rosenberg. "As many as 11,000 peo-
operations from the very beginning ple have received loans. In the last to repeat to you:
"L'ouevre c'est tout, l'homme c'est
and had a clear idea of the job in two months we have loaned out over
front of him.
100,000,000 Polish marks—altogether rien"—the work is everything, the
man
is nothing—Please bar that in
First Big Job.
We are on the
174,848000 marks.
"What was your first big Job when son is imbued with the idea that his mind when you write this interview."
Which
adage may be true, generally
right track. And Leonard G. Robin-
you got over?" I asked him.
He looked at me, quizically for • son is imbued with the Idea that his speaking, but when the man is of the
life isn't to be worth much more if he character and personality of James
moment, and said:
"Playing golf with Walter Lyman does not loan the federations and co- N. Rosenberg then "that's something
operatives promptly and generously." else again."
Brown at Stokes Pogies."
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