ThePermr,/nvisnattomicus Ca" ijETROIVEWISII0/RONIGLE MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION I'ublished Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. Joseph J. Cummins, Pre.. and Editor Jacob H. Sehakne, Bus. Mgr. tittered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. at Detroit, General Offices and Publication Building 850 High Street West Telephone: Cable Address: Glendale 9300 Chronicle LONDON OFFICE 14 STRATFORD PLACE LONDON, W. 1, ENGLAND S ubscription, in Advance.... ....................... _ ..... .________...$3.00 Per Year To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to Ye Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the view expressed by the writers. November 2, 1923 Cheshvan 23, 5684 Charles Proteus Steinmetz. Charles P. Steinmetz died on Friday, October 26. One of the rare geniuses in the history of the world passed away. Ile was not only a great electrician, a master mathematician, but he was acquainted with the political, economic, social prob- lems of the day, and took a genuine and profound interest in all these problems. Steinmetz was not born in the United States, He was a German, who was compelled to leave Germany and go to Switz- erland on account of his radical political beliefs. Later he came to America. This was in the 80's, when, America had no immi- gration restrictions and was truly a haven, a refuge, an asylum, for the oppressed of the old world. Physically, Steinmetz was mis-shapen and undersized, and it is related that when he entered at Ellis Island, he was suffer- ing from a swollen jaw, contracted in his voyage across the sea. And, were it not for a friend of his who accompanied him from Switzerland to America, he may have been deported, which would have been an incalculable calamity to the whole world, for it is very doubtful whether his genius would have had such a vast field for expression in any place other than enterprising, expanding America. We are very reluctant to point a moral and adorn a tale with such a collosal intellectual figure as Charles P. Steinmetz, but we cannot refrain from so doing under the existing condi- tions regarding immigration in America. If a Charles P. Steinmetz would come to our shores today, he would unquestionably be denied admission. He may have . come at a time when the quota was filled. His unorthodox eco- nomic and political beliefs would be sufficient reason to deny him admission. The immigration officials would decide that he ' would become a public charge on account of his physical de- , fects. It is high time that our immigration laws were modified and that some regulations be framed that would not exclude from our country embryonic Steinmetzes, for who knows, but some Ste'nmetz has been denied admission to the United States and returned to Europe broken, dispirited and with consequent irreparable loss to us. Much Ado About Nothing. Samuel Untermyer, in a letter to Nathan Straus, denounces Zangwill's attacks on Zoinism, and characterizes them as reck- less, irresponsible and fantastic. It will be recalled that Nathan Straus repudiated Zangwill and in no uncertain language denounced his spech delivered before the Jewish Congress. Mr. Untermyer has written to Mr. Straus upholding and supporting Mr. Straus. We have read the letter of Mr. Untermyer from beginning to end with very great care and are very sorry to say that no case was made out against Mr. Zangwill. For we cannot be persuaded that mere denounciation invective and sarcasm are sufficient to answer arguments of Mr. Zangwill, and we are unable to find, in the letter, anything but strong language— ridicule and statements which almost border on the libellous. To quote from the letter: "after the amazement and indignation experienced by me, in common with all Jews who are devoting themselves to the problem of rebuilding Palestine for our un- I happy people, on hearing this reckless, irresponsible and de- 1 itrucitve address, I rejoice greatly that you took occasion on the following day to repudiate Mr. Zangwill's views emphatically ' and unqualifiedly." We quote further: "the hollowness and , meaninglessness of Mr. Zangwill's widely heralded message, as some of the announcements had it, he would vouchsafe a new dispensation to the Jewish people, is no better illustrated than in his major complaint and warning. I am referring of course to his diatribes against the British government and the leaders of the Palestinian movement who are carrying the heavy re- sponsibility of furnishing the vast funds that are being required from day to day. Here Mr. Zangwill outdoes himself in satire and invective against the men who are carrying this bur- den which he is doing nothing to relieve, but is making more difficult by his constant fire of destructive criticism and his gro- tesque nostrums." In another paragraph, Mr. Untermyer writes: "Note on the other hand the irresponsible and provocative manner in which Mr. Zangwill approaches the Arab problem in another part of his befuddled and befuddling lucubration." We could quote Mr. Untermyer's entire letter, which is in the same vein as the excerpts. The "whole show" is given away at the very outset in the "amazement and indignation exper- ienced by me." Mr. Untermyer knows full well that if he were presenting a case to the Court of Appeals of the state of New York, or the Supreme Court of the United States, that he would have to rely upon reason, facts and logic, and not rely upon his emotions to show the weakness of his adversary's case and destroy the fallacies of the opposing argument. We do not like to believe that Mr. Untermyer is like the debater, who realizes the weakness of his own position and re- r sorts to name-calling, thinking thereby to get a favorable de- cision from a prejudiced audience. In these columns there appeared recently an editorial on Zangwill and Mond. in which we took the position that tough- mindedness and realism and not illusion and sentimentality were the necessary requisites in the solution of all the pressing problems of Jewry. We are looking for light and reason, and hoped that Sam- uel Untermyer, president of the Keren Hayesod, would furnish us with some of this needed light, but we are sorry to be com- pelled to say that we are very much disappointed and we hope that Mr. Untermyer will abandon the attitude of "amazement 'and inclination" and use his logically trained mind and reason. ing faculties in a carefully prepared analysis of the Zangwillian se. E1!c 111relt'3 ;Nctus The Jewish National Fund. The Detroit quota for the Jewish National Fund if $15,000. The campaign to raise the amount is on now. What is the Jewish National Fund? The Jewish National Fund was created by a resolution of the Fifth Zionist Congress at the end of 1901. The purpose of the Fund is the purchase of land in Palestine, this land to be owned by the Fund, and if Palestine should ever become a, Jewish State, to belong to the State. The land so purchased is to be given to the Jewish pio- neers with the condition that these pioneers work the land, and when the pioneers have become self-supporting to pay the rent- al value to the Fund or to the Jewish State. The Jews of Europe, who may become pioneers in Pales- tine, have not the wherewithal to purchase the land, and the only way they can be encouraged to become Chaluzim, is to give them the opportunity. By doing this, two definite things are accomplished ; first, the European Jew is relieved of the ter- rible distress from which he now suffers, and second, he be- comes a self-supporting, self-respecting, clear-eyed, vigorous human being, the very backbone of a prosperous community. Even though one may not believe that Palestine will ever become the homeland of Jewry, an autonomous sovereign Jew- ish state, yet, if he is a Jew, one can whole-heartedly support the Jewish National Fund, For any movement which actually rehabilitates, retrains and makes worth-while men and women, is more than worthy of support. Dr. Chaim Weizmann states the matter in a sentence: "The Jewish National Fund must stand in the center of our work," In this we are in entire accord with him, for the acquisition of the actual land in Palestine is constructive and basic work under all conditions. Q.:hh iloren's (1..Torn er By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Henry Ford looms as a strong can- didate for President of the United States. The changes in the political horizon are causing Jews to become alarmed and the fear is once more expressed that the election of Mr. Ford will increase anti-Semitism abroad. While American Jews feel secure in their own position, it is feared that should the nation choose an avowed anti-Semite as its chief executive, anti-Jewish organizations throughout the world will feel en- esuragt•d to intensify their Jew-hait- ing. The numerous reports that have been circulated in the past few years to the effect that Ford has been financ- ing European anti-Semitism adds It the gravity of the situation, and give's added reason for our feeling dis- turbed. BAR KOCHBA A LETTER TO GOD — - By Emma Lazarus.. There is a story de. . is both touching and amusies. Weep, 1a Israel! Your tardy meet out- a simple, pious Jew There was 011 1.‘,.,1 a Nis religious life. But h•• s s very poor, Of grateful homage on his fallen and Passover approach.sheet tu any prospect of his being ! That mv h • etaird.coronal of triumph wore, brute the festival in s Untombed, dishonored and unehap- ner. to ma n , leted. "You nicest do " hi, W i fe If victory nukes the hero, raw suc- said to him. "There cess istbing in the house, and how v • going The stamp of virtue, unremem • get our matzoth for Psc is!" to beret The old man pontlerss no situation Be then the desperate strife, th and at last he made up • c storm and stress mind that he would write to Goa se it. 80 Of the last warrior Jew. But if he got pen and pan the man letter to the Altnight:.. rote a Who dies for freedom, loving a which he Wholesale Jew-Baiting. II set forth his poverty, s ' explaine Anti-Semitism in Europe appears td how', without Divine he would Against ingusir u elTleisions, musterin g not be able to keep d have been organized on a wholesale s h e his poor clan; addressed the missive • basis. Every day brings cables with- rhe Lord out number that speak of the horror, The weak, the wronged, the mist. r- of the Jews," and dn., able, to send it in the letter-box. and atrocities that are practiced Their death cry's protest throug h against our people. In Germany. The postal authorite , the ages span— them- thousands of Jews are fleeing the selves, "Who is the i. sol of the If such an one be worthy, ye sha country for fear of the impending II Jews?" and they derSisil it must massacres. Ukrainia, which for six mean Lord Rothschild. so to New Eternal thanks to him, eterna I Court, the city offic years has been a hell on earth for e of the Roth. praise, the Jew's, is again resorting to the schilds, the letter was dolivored. mediaeval sport of hounding the peo- Nobler the conquered than the con - naturally caused great Amusement, It queror's end! ple of Israel, and uneasiness is in- but they were touched by the man's creasing in that country. Immigrant simple faith, and they rosdved not to families arriving in I'aris from the disturb it. So the foil, ing reply Ukraine report an increased rate of was dispatched: emigration as a result of renewed "Dear Sir:—Your letter addressed h ostf l il its. In L pper Silesia, the sit- to the Lord has been received, and EMMA LAZARUS uation continues threatening for the Messrs. N. RothscSild and Sons Jews. In lieuthein the anti-Semites have been instructed tee forward you "barge that the ibises are maintaining English Jews may be proud o f the enclosed £5 note. They trust you a swell-paid guard which "molests" the Grace Aguilar, but we America ,., will spend a happy P • S' flakenkreuzler, end the military au- Jews may also turn with pride t u " When the man reeeisk 11 he letter thorities are appealed to by the latter one of our own tlaughters • f • in aughters, Emu a he was filled with joy, li• to take the situation in hand bef ore Lazarus, whose poetry and Other writ- (rod had been triumphantly justified, "the seething German national s(ni ings have already stood the test of and full of glee, he ran into the resorts to self-,defense." From IN tins teh i kitchen and bade his sire read the crest, arest, Budapest, Berlin, Vienna, W sr. Was born July 22, 1849, in letter. She was not of so line a na- saw', and numerous other centers, re , Vew York City, the daughter of ture as her pious husband, and she ports warn of a general outhre i d, Moses and Esther Nathan Lazarus. scanned the letter with a sniff, ''A which, it is feared, may rival the eta rk- Her education was chiefly given by miserable £5! I'm sure God would est period of Jewish history in t h e , private tutors who encouraged her have sent more than that We don't suffering imposed on Israel. in her poetical talent. know how much the Rothsehilds stuck What greater honor. could any to themselves!" The Part Played by Ford . wonean achieve than that of having But the man praised God in his The possibilitiy Ford's election to h elped to defend her race? Her ar heart. the presidency thus intensifies matters titles and poems appeared in many o and forces the question as to the' part the leading,magazines of the day. Sher f Many a Jew, familiar with the lit- played by the automobile manures- also wrote for the Jewish press, her trature of all nati ins, knows nothing i the international movement mos urer in t notable of such articles appear- of th e lyric loftiness of the Psalm s against our people. From Munich 'ng in the American Hebrew, in which end of the enrapturing inspiration of comes the report that Bavarian na- she discussed the Jewish problems of the prophets or makes their acquain- tionalists are indignant over the an- t. he day, urged a technical and a Jew- tance only by the preiipitate they nouncement that Ford plans the re- sh education for Jews, and ranged have found in the Chi istian prayer turn of $7,000,000 of war profits to ee'rself among the advocate's of an book or in an oratorio, And 'my the United States government, and independent Jewish nationality and a social economist amidst eis learns only from Henry George that the the Munich Voelkischer Beoleachter of Jewish,repatriation in Palestine, says that Ford should rather use the At a tribute to her for her efforts greatest thoughts moving the world money to fight "the Hebrew. hoarders' in behalf of the Russian immigrants, and seeming called to give her a high- of Wall street who are more respon- whose welfare, was always close to er direction in our time, the ideas Con. sible than anyone else for Germany's her heart, a bronze tablet has been sidered to be modern, the ideas of so- economic misery." German anti- fleeced inside the pedestal the cial justice and of universal peace, are Semites have boasted more than once Statue of Liberty in New York bar- derived front the Jewish Idiblt•.—Fe- lix Perlea. er. that they are finances! by the Detroit manufacturer. It is Id. the utmost Her poem, "The New Colossus," is In times gone hy, when Israel lived importance that it be definitely estah. a !so affixed to the monument, and is iven below: • let its own land, it sent forth one Sa- - fished whether Ford is actually' tInanc- viour to mankind, and the result was ing European anti-Semitism. Talk is' cheap, and the printed word has Not like- the brazen giant of Greek Christianity. in times to s ed er , when Israeal will lie restored to its land, it proven even cheaper; so that so much has been said Send written about Ford With conquering limbs astride from may send forth—reverently let this be said—many more saviours to a land' o land, in Jewish quarters amt periodicals that continued ridicule of the neon at Ilere at our sea-washed, sunset waiting world, and the result will be —Humanity. Half the world liclieres times sounds nauseating. It would be gates shall stand, in the second advent of the Men of far better for our people that we as- mighty woman with a torch, whose Nazareth. Wiy should rth the whole flame certain once and for all what- part world accept, in a wider this 0 the Ford- is playing ire European politics and her beautiful hope of the re-appearance name. and in anti-Semitism, for only thee ' of the premises! Messiah, and wait will we know tie what extent we may 5lother of Exile's, from her beacon with baited breath for the Seo,nr1 hand appeal to the American Denim against Coming of Israel?—Joel Blau. the election to the highest office in the Glows world-wide welcome; her FAMOUS JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN HILLEL FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Headquarters of the Hillell Found a- a student choir has already been or- torn at 623 East Green street, Chili n- ganized. To each of these commit- paign, Ill., were opened several wee ks tees the threader has appointed two ad- ago. Here, several large, airy an d visors who are residents of Cham- light rooms, furnished comfortably paign or Urbana. The director also have been opened in the heart of the acts as an t 1 X-O0ieitt member on each university district AO that these rooms committee. The duties of the Student may serve as the headquarters for Council are the consideration of the every Jewish student on the Univer- budget, general policies, and the pro- sity of Illinois campus. Tables for gram for the Foundation. reading, writing or study have been It is the hope of the Hillel Founda- provided for the comfort of the stu- tion that as time goes on, other col- dent. Stationery is also available for It•ges which have an enrollment of those wishing to du some correspon- Jewish students will pattern a move- dence, and those who enjoy reading ment of this sort. One of the leading will find magazines and periodaclals. Jews of the Twin Cities community The Hillel Foundation Is a new has said of the Hillel Foundation; movement in Jewish life being initia- "The good that it is accomplishing is ted at the University of Illinois. It is already being felt in our neighbor- the first organized Jewish movement hood. It should Ice of the utmost sig- of its kind among the American in- nificance to cell people interested in stitutions of higher learning. It is an the future welfare of the Jewish peo- organization with a number of pur- ple that there has arisen a movement poses. The name "Hillel" is taken anteing our future leading citizens from the name of the renowned rabbi which will bring them into harmony who lived in the first century before with one another and which will pre- the Christian era and to whom is as- pare them to serve their coinntunities cribed one of the formulations of the as better citizens. The Hillel Foun- Golden Rule, and who, it is purported, dation is like a seed just planted in was possessed of a great zeal for Jew- the soil, which as time goes on becomes ish learning and was known for his the grown flower, and front its petals kindness, sympathy, and tolerance. will spring more seeds, and then more One of the dominant aims of the Mlle' flowers." Foundation is to attain an under- standing of his spirit. Another one of the chief purposes is to promote among the Jewish students attending the university the desire for lay lead- ership and to develop talent and desire for congregational activity. JERUSALEM (J. T. A.)—Six The Mlle! Foundation aims to serve cases of books, containing 325 vol- both the students and the communi- umes, have been presented by Sir Al- ties of the state, though its primary fred Nand and Dr. Ludwig Mond to functions are tee begin first amongst the Jewish National and University the students of the university. Each Library in Jerusalem. year there are a large number of new The books compose part of the sci- Jewish students coming into the school entific library of the father of Sir and for a large part of their first year Aufred and Dr. Mond. they are let sea and without friends. land of a man who is. playing a pa Plans for a Big Sister and a Big in causing misery to an entire peon r be t Brother movement are 110• on hand and creating race hatred. The and it is to be carried out in the near Joint Foreign committee of the Jew- future. In this manner the first year ish Board of Deputies of England has student will clinic into contact with the WASHINGTON (J. T. A.1—Eu- taken the first constructive step in local Jewish community of townspeo- gene Meyer, Jr., has become the ad- this matter in the inquiries it is con- ple and students. Whatever is of in- ministration adviser on relief for agri- ducting .as to whether Ford is actu- terest to and concerns the welfare of cultural distress. Mr. Meyer is a na- ally participating in international the Jewish students of the University tive of California. He is one of the anti-Semitism. The sooner we know of Illinois is to lee considered as fit few American financiers who have this the better, fur too much has al- business for the foundation. been educated for their profession ready been said about the "many The management of the Hillel Foun- rather than merely grown up in it. thousands" of Jews who have asked dation is vested in a State Board of After graduation from Yale, Mr. Mr. Fore" to become a candidate. No Trustees with the direct management Meyer spent his early life in Europe, less a personality than Senator James in the hands of a director who is elec- mastering the banking practices of Couzens told several Jews in Flint the ted by this board and is responsible to Germany, Great Britain and France. other day that Jews have actually ap- a p- proached them. Working in immediate co-oper- The vast scheme of rural credits car- proachedFord in great numbers, with ation with the director is the Student ried out by the War Finance Corpora. promises of support of his candidacy. Council which is composed of the tion has been virtually planned and Before the situation grows from bad chairman and the vice-chairman'of the administered by him. to worse, let us learn the truth and six organized committees composed of know: the facts. If Henry Ford is students in the university. These com- financing international anti-Semitism, mittees are as follows; 1. The social then his candidacy for the presidency welfare committee, which takes means becomes a danger to the country at to promote a greater feeling of har- large, not to the Jews alone. And if NEW YORK (J. T. A.)—Nathaniel Ford is to he opposed for the presi- mony among the Jewish students; 2. The social committee, which is in Rothschild, second son of the first dency, we should oppose him as a charge of a number of social functions Lord Rothschild, committed suicide menace to the land, as a dangerous given during the year; 3. The open Saturday by cutting his throat. The fosterer of race and creed prejudices. forum committee, whose purpose it is specific reasons for the decd are not to arrange open forum discussions on revealed, but is known that he had Poland'. New Foreign Minister. vital Jewish subjects, and if possible been in deprecsed spirits for Sortie The new foreign minister of Poland, to bring speakers of prominence to ad- time. Roman Ihnowsky, is known as one of dress the students; 1. The publicity the leading anti-Semites of Europe, •cud publication committee, whose du- and his advent to office augurs little ties it is to keep the people informed good for Polish Jewry. Dmowsky'e on the activities of the Fecundation; statement on the eve of his accession 5. The Menorah committe, which is LONDON (J. T. A.)—Dr. Chain to office that "Poland has no Jewish to co-operate with the National Me- Weizmann, president of the World question," at the same time justifying norah Society and seek to stimulate Zionist Organization, and Dr. Arthur the numerus clausus, is characteristic the desire for cultural Jewish studies 'lupin, director of the Zionist cola of the Jew-baiter who dares profess among the students, and 6. The Relig- nization activities in Palestine, have tolerance to the Jew at the very time ious education committee, which shall booked passage for New York on a that he smites him. Dmowsky has study the problems of religious ser- steamer sailing Nov. 24. said that the Jews enioy full civil vice attendance and which is to discuss The mission of the two Zionist lead- rights in Poland, and when asked ways and means of increasing active ers this time as before is in the inter- about the percentage norm, he de- student participation in services. As ests of the Keren Ilayesod and other clared that it is "exclusively the con- one of the first steps in this direction Zionist funds and enterprises. cern of the government" and is not open to criticism by private people. Whether the Jews are meant by "pri- vate people" we do not know, except that Dmovesky seem to claim for his government the right of excluding laws from universities regardless of the guarantees given them for the en- ioyment of full rights of citizenship. One bright light in the Polish situa- 0 tion-is the report of Lucien Wolf of ancient race, the British Joint Foreign Committee. that Poland was unsuccessful in its at- tempt to nullify the minority guaran- tees exacted from it by the League of Nations. Pressure from the League of Nations may be weighty enough to secure such rights es will guarantee a peaceful life for Polish Jews. --- An Ideal Creed. nee ]: direct contrast to the happenings in Europe are the attempts that are sionally being made by various nationalities in this country to reach a c ommon understanding among the var peoples that make up this na- tin od n, ious s hat race hatred he wiped nut a co-operation by all nationalities and creeds be made possible. At a dinner held last week at the Yacht Club, Detroit newspapermen met with The Ford families have pledged $120,000 to the Community Fund. This is $10,000 more than they contributed last year. This increase represents but a few hours income of the Fords, and why this must be heralded broadcast, and space entirely out of proportion given to it, is something we cannot fathom, if we employ the ordinary standards of reasoning. There must be something behind all this publicity, and we are of the opin- ion that in as much as "ambigious and bashful" Henry Ford has presidential aspirations, that no opportunity is missed and no bet overlooked to keep the name of Ford before an all too credu- lous public. We are happy that the Community Fund has been the recip- ient of this increase from the Ford family, but from one who has upon inumerable occasions disapproved of charities, it does seem rather bad taste to get the benefit of so much publicity out of such an insignificant act of charity on his part. Untermyer Denounces Zangwill. position. And we can assure him that when he does, we will be happy to agree with him, for what we seek is clarity and understanding. ALFRED, LUDWIG MOND PRESENT 326 VOLUMES TO JERUSALEM LIBRARY MEYER TO RELIEVE FARMERS' DISTRESS mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame: eep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cried she, With silent lips, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore; Send these, the homeless, tempest- tost, to me, Life my lamp beside the golden door." That the final mission of Judaism is not yet completed, the Kist 'rye of the past and the hi pas of the tutu,' alike testify. What remaies to it, and how it will he aecollipli , ird, who shall say? But this IllUch may assur- edly be predicted that if we cultivate the faith of a Philo, the art' 14 an Ibn Gabirol, and the intelled ideality of a Spinoza, we shall he doing what lies in our power to advance the progress of that (development of Humanity, of which our glories, our seiferings and our hopes alike point to es as the instruments.—Dr. II. Behreal. SUICIDE COMMITTED BY NATHANIEL ROTHSCHILD WEIZMArN AND RUPIN TO REVISIT AMERICA The American Jewess youngest daughter of thy In thy behalf great progress has been wrought; Thou has advanced upon a higher place In this free land of stirring act and thought. Unhampered child of liberty art thou, ^ Upon whom smiles each science and each art The fetters of the past are rent and now Thou canat go freely forth and do thy part, But more than this the present means to thee; Thou art the sponsor of thy people's weal, And thine the sacred privilege to be The guardian spirit of ;is high idea- Te seek the right, uphold the just, the true, And make of each a better man, worthier Jew. ALBERT ULMANN (Turn to last page.) H EYN'S is the favorite store for gloves. Always a com- plete stock of the newest styles—at prices invariably lower. For instance, black or white 16-button import- ed kid gloves, with Paris pointe backs . • 4• 95 HEYNS 1241 W000dward