A tariaur lavish Periodical Carter CLIFTON AMU& CINCINNATI 20, OHIO JAE the chairman and the other member§ are If governments everywhere. universally adhered to: "I shall never securing the preponderance of good plan of a congregational tax on the Charles Shohl, president of the or averting the preponderance of evil make, by speech, writing or legal affi- make, congregations in proportion to their Union; Julius W. Freiberg of Cincin- davit, any statement detrimental to for persons other than myself. nati; Maurice D. Rosenberg of Wash- "7. I shall, at least once a year, means is adopted, the Union will be ington, D. C.; David A. Brown of De- any individual or group of individu- the first Jewish organization to fol- excepting within certain con- attend some meeting or conference low the American government's prin- troit; Ludwig Vogelstein of New Basin of Declaration Is Termed Fair- scientiously imposed limits? The assembled with the sincere aim of lasso ciples of taxation for carrying on its York; llerman Wile of Buffalo; connection of such a rule, moreover, throwing light upon the question: M. Ullman of New Haven, Conn., and nes. Toward Humanity. work," Nt" with those fundamentals of fairness What can I personally do to help Rabbi George Zepin, secretary of the - The task of effecting the new finan- will of which pacifism is avert war? Union. Julius Rosenwald is actively Dr. Abraham Cronbach, head of and "8. I shall, at least once a year, cial plan is in the hands of the com- participating in the arrangement for the department of social studies at but the outgrowth, is surely not dif- mittee on apportionment of the bud- attend some meeting or conference the Hebrew Union College, Cincin- ficult to perceive. Br Chas. H. Josegh.1 10/wwright. 1921. get committee. Jacob W. Mack is this conference. Finally the question will arise: assembled with the sincere aim of nati, Ohio, recently announced the. We are getting on. After a while our advanced college groups of social formation of a society for Jewish pa - "Since there is to much in the pledge throwing light upon the question: Intellectuals will find Jewish studies as fashionable its, let an nay, the study citists, and, in furthering this organ- besides pacifism, why give it the name What can I personally do to help im- • of Tut••nkb-Amen. In other word., Columbia University has incorporated ization, the pledge of the society was 'pacifist?' " The reply is that pacif- prove industrial relations and other In its curriculum the study of Jewish civilisation. This is the first time broadeastrie. ism is the outstanding and, so to social conditions? "9. I consent that my convictions that an American university has included this subject in its courses. This The pledge came to the notice of speak, the most dangerous point, course is offered to the students of Columbia and to Barnard and full credit The Detroit Jewish Chronicle and on hence the need of displaying it in as a Jewish pacifist and my subserip. • tion to this pledge be publicly will be given that will count toward the A. B. degree. This course will Feb. 15, 1924, an editorial appeared order to avoid any disingenuousness trace and interpret the political, intellectual and social life of the pant and in The Detroit Jewish Chronicle in „ s any concealment that may mislead. known." present Jewish world. Thin should be very interesting and, strange to say, which a very strong dissent to theiln the near future a conference will I am of the opinion that there will be as many non-Jews who will take thin organization was expressed. Dr. • be called of all persons friendly to course. The Intercollegiate Menorah Society is given credit for this new Cronhach has sent a communication this pledge and a movement launched to The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, to win converts. Preliminary to such clans at Columbia. a movement, there will probably be which is herewith printed in full. corrections in the structure of the L- ■ -d•i-e•s and G.e-n•t•l-e•m.e.n, permt me to introduce to you the Text of Cronbach Letter. Hobart Titus, secretary, starting on its journey from Bos- The issue of The Detroit Jewish pledge along some of the lines which "Nordic Guard," A special council of the Union of ton, Mn... It is a "chain letter," and I am reminded of the shackles that Chronicle for Feb. 15 contains an your editorial indicates. As the move- American Hebrew Congregations will these Titusea and other Nordics are trying to place on Americanism. When editorial discussing the "Pledge fur net develops, the name of the it comes to pinching the eagle's tail, Hobart, the Nordic, is right there in Jewish Pacifists," in which I am in - pledge will probably be supplanted by be held in Chicago on April 13 and the band stand, arrayed in all his oratorical glory. He is writing to his fel. terested. I wish to thank your paper a better name. Perhaps the pledge 14. Five hundred delegates front Re- low Nordics urging concerted action in favor of the Johnson immigration and particularly the writer of the edi- itself will be superseded by some bet- formed congregations throughout the bill. It just happens that this one letter was written to a Jew, who sent it torial for bringing this project to the ter device for crystalizing its pun United States will gather to discuss methods of raising funds for the vari- to me for further consideration. attention of the public, in spite of the pose. I therefore wish to thank your tali- ous activities of the Union, including fact that some strong dissent is ex- Hobart, the leader of the Nordic Guard, steps forward carrying a large pressed. torial writer for the benefit of his the maintenance of the Hebrew Union slice of Nordic apple pie, accompanied by a big hunk of Nordic cheese; he It may indeed be necessary to alter criticism. The more criticisms that College, Department of Synagogue receives the Chautauqua salute, eats the pie and uses the cheese as a the structure of this pledge along the the friends of the project hear, the and School Extension, Board of Dele- "ch•ser," wipe. his mouth with a 100 per cent bandana; thrusts his hand lines which the editorial indicates, better will they be qualified to make gates on Civil Rights, Natioral Feder- particularly since analogous sugges- changes that will mean added ation of Temple Brotherhoods and the into his frock coat and begins: thins have come from other quarters strength. I shall earnestly appreci- National Federation of Temple Sis- "You are interested in the preservation of the institutions and besides that of this editorial. Allow' ate your printing the pledge in full terhoods. At the fiftieth anniversary conven- traditions of our country (prolonged cheers, small boy in his excite- me, therefore, to state the reasons with the information that persons un- ment chokes on a pickle, while an ancient Nordic takes advantage of for casting the pledge into the form willing to endorse the !dodge in its tion of the Union, which was held in New York lust year, a proposal was the commotion to surreptitiously find comfort via the hip pocket it holds at present. entirety may strike out such clauses which made for the establishment of a new route), and the racial integrity of our stock. You have undoubtedly The ultimate object of the pledge as they do not favor. Just received these excellent fitting silk gloves, so method of financing the Union, which lamented the mongrelization of the land of our ancestors (smart ' is to develop a group of Jewish per- ABRAHAM CRONBACIL appropriate for spring wear, inc olors to match the would distribute the expenses equi- aleck alien interrupts with 'guess sonic of you Nordics must have sons who will take a stand upon the tailored suit or dress. These have the new military The pledge follows: tably anoints all the congregations af- conic out of an oil well'--order is restored and Hobart, red in the vital public questions resembling that flare cuffs, or the new turn-down cuffs, embroidered filiated with the Union. This pro- face, continues) and noted the tendency of the weak-kneed poli- of the Quakers whose loyalty to re- in contrasting colors. Moderately priced at $3.50 PLEDGE FOR JEWISH posal called for a synagogue income ticians, who, in fear of losing the votes of alien blocs, have supinely ligious professions was so notable a Main floor. PACIFISTS assessment, based on the expendi- yielded to the demands of these aggressive foreign people." (Great during the strain and turmoil of the _ tures of the congregations This mat- applause; copies of the Dearborn Independent are distributed free, war and resembling also the Christian "1. i shall never use or threaten to ter was discussed at a meeting of the which the Nordics use to wrap up the remains of their lunches.) fellowship of reconciliation which has been formed since the armistice. use or do any-thing to encourage, urge executive beard, which met in New Hobart having aroused the enthusiasm of the multitude, concludes with There is to be a Jewish religious con- or necessitate others to use any wea- York, and it WAS decided to call a this shuddering peroration-pregnant with such sinister meaning that secretion in terms of vital modern Pon upon any human being, whether special council of the Union in Chi- cago to consider the new plan and strong men work themselves into a condition of hysteria and call aloud to needs-the old Jewish forms having'. countryman or foreigner. "2. I shall never maim or kill an amend its constitution so as to make the God of Nordics to save their country: ' for so ninny of us fallen into desue- or approve of such the system a permanent part of the lade. animal in th organization. "The decision on this bill (the Johnson immigration bill) will mal others. The pacifism is thus but an inci- ' The present method of securing in- dent "3. I shall rigidly obey, to the best affect all future American history, and its success or failure may de- dent in something larger-a coral- termine whether the American race is to survive or perish from the ' lacy of something more basic-and of my knowledge, all the laws of the come for the Union is by individual that is a scrupulously observed atti- city, township, county, state and na- contributions and annual drives. The earth. No single measure nor the political future of any man or tulle of fairness and good will toward tion, particularly the laws that can new plan aims to eliminate the lat- party can matter in the least by comparison." •-••• ■ •--- all men in all relations and in all con- be violated in secrecy and with im- ter and is an attempt to shift the bur- den of finances from the individual The action of Governor Parker of Louisiana, in appointing • Jew as nections. It is true, as the writer of , nullity. sheriff in the Ku Klux Klan stronghold, Morehouse Parish, the scene of your editorial points out, that the "4. Construing such acceptance as to the congregation. In explaining the new financial masked murders in 1922, attributed to the Klan, reminds me of the action omission of the reference to the kill- obedience to the law, I shall accept Spring's handbag is carried under the arm. Noth- of Roosevelt (by the way, Governor Parker is • Rooseveltian in ideals and ing of animals in sport (not vege- without resistance, complaint or ap- plan, Jacob W. Mack of Cincinnati, ing has proved so convenient or so in keeping with chairman of the committee on appor- tarianism, as the editorial says), peal, non-combatant survive, tine, im- courage), in appointing a group of Jews on the New York police force to the tailored mode as the flat bag of leather or silk. said: guard an infamous German anti-Semite who came to this country many might improve the caliber of the prisonment, exile or any other pen- tionm Marked $2.95 to $19.50. New leather or silk pouch 'The nion of American Hebrew Union pledge. The original intent of the alty including death if imposed by years ago to ...ovine the American people to the danger of a Jewish menace. bags are $2.95 to $25. New beaded bags are priced Whenever this anti-Semite appeared on the platform of • hall or open meet- clause, however, is to relate the pa-. the government for my observance of Congregations is, as its name implies, an organization of congregations, a at $2.95 up to $16. Main floor. ing, there stood the Jewish policemen guarding him against possible attacks cilism to motives of a more funds- any part of this pledge. union to strengthen Judaism. The mental kind. A similar relevance is "5. I shall keep myself fully in- It finally got the speaker's "goat." It was either Ahwardt or from Jews. intended for the, clause about indus- formed regarding my financial affairs benefits of Union activities-its pub- one of his lieutenants. Now Governor Parker is trying the same stunt. The , trial relations--aside from the fact and shall make absolutely honest re- lications, programs, its continual and sheriff in question is S. August Leopold. We wish him luck. that war prevention and industrial ports to all tax assessors no matter energetic efforts to cause a revival of Jewish devotion to its faith, its rab- The American Mercury reports i n it s March issue th e " p l ena and ■ pecifi- amelioration are very closely linked. what may be the resultant privation binical college and the teachers' cations for a new religion l a tely launched b y C arl H. Norbrom of East It is well known that in the Quaker for me and my dependents. "r,. I shall never make, by speech, training school-all these activities Orange, N. J. I know my readers will be greatly interested in thin rather and in the Christian Fellowship of are of benefit to the individual con- Reconciliation models influencing this writing or legal affidavit any state- I naive program: pledge a remarkably humane stand ment detrimental to any individual or gregations. Therefore they should be willing to assume the burden of on industrial relations goes hand in group of individuals excepting all The church ritual shall be the same as the modern Jewish 1. hand with the refusal to participate three of the following conditions ob- financing the Union. synagogue. That of Rabbi Stephen Wise at Carnegie Hall, for "The fairest plan is one based upon in any form of human bloodshed. example. The pledge designs, among other That the statement he true be- the wealth of the synagogue rather 2. It shall elect its rabbi and officers the same as the Christian than upon the size of its membership t things, to reconcile a contradiction; o yond any shadow of doubt. Science church. indeed the most formidable contra- "b. That making the statement be or upon any other basis. 3. The Old and New Testaments are to be used for texts along , ' "In asking each congregation to diction that the peacefully inclined certain to secure some preponderance with modern science. , must confront. Resisting the law is of good or to avert some preponder tax itself for the benefit of our com- 4. All members must be total abstainers. No booze. mon effort in behalf of American Is- surely the opposite of peacefulness. once of evil for persons other than 5. No member of this :hutch may personally sue to recover a rael, we are emulating the example Yet, obeying the law is also, in war, myself. debt, nor go into voluntary bankruptcy. lie must diversify his in- Lovely necklaces of indestructible pear with, rich, of our government, of democratic "c. That there be no other way o time, the opposite of peacefulness. creamy luster; beautifully graduated;_-fitted with vestments and use forethought that will prevent his getting into Whichever course we take, we violate cunning Sterling silver lock clasps; 30-inch lengths financial difficulties. our pacifist principles. Your editorial at $2.95. Sparkling strands of crystal beads and 6. Ile must never participate in warfare against another nation may be right in refusing to credit this of which 50 per cent of the people are Christian. If conscripted he fancy beads in all colors and desirable lengths, at pledge with harmonizing the conflict.' 98c. Peggie Fobs, to be worn with the tailored must meet the penalty for evasion. sss- --sss etsstisi) The harmonizing of the conflict was, blouse or !wit. at 59c to $1.95. Main floor. 7. He shall not have a larger family than that which he can none the less, the object of the afford to raise and educate decently. Ile should do his utmost to pledge, Clause 4, having this specific keep his family free from charity. purpose: 8. No member of this congreation shall ever speak ill of an- "Construing such acceptance as other man's religion. obedience to the law, I shall accept, Well, who will deny that there in common sense and the germ of right without resistance, complaint or ap- thinking and right living contained in this rather loosely constructed plat- peal, non-combattant service, fine, imprisonment, exile or any other pen- form? alty including death if imposed by On with the Dance of Insanity! Now comes another group of crazed re- the government for my observance of ligious fanatics who are endeavoring to make Morris Gust's life miserable any part of this pledge." The clause avails itself of the fact by broadcasting the amazing information that "The Miracle" is a deliberate st!• l plot on the part of "Morris Gest, a Russian Jew; Max Reinhardt, an Aus• that every law consists not merely of . Is i t h. fa Is Wets s IL 3 • German Jew, to increase the hold of the a command but of alternative com- ■ tri•n Jew, and Otto Kahn, Catholic church in this country." I would suggest that • "drive" for funds mands • the penalty being one of the Velirikt should be made to create more insane asylums, but from all the evidence at alternatives. Cheerfully to accept Ws" hand there are too many crazy persons at large for the security of society. the penalty assigned for the non-ful- ■ m not conversant with psycho-analysis, because Georg Brandes says fillment of a command is an equiva- 1.0VNItl lent or at least the closest possible that only obscene minds and worse imagination can spend time on Freud. But at the risk of inviting amused superciliousness from the intelligentsia, equivalent, to such fulfillment. This I would say that this country has • hate complex. Why, hundreds of thou- ' is particularly the case under Ameri- Frocks are seemingly incomplete this season with- sands of men are paying $10 apiece so that they can be given the oppor- can and British regulations govern- out collars and cuffs. Among the newest arrivals tunity for fuller expression of their hate. Getting back to Morris Gest, I ing conscientious objectors. The are pretty lace jabots with flat collars at $2.50; think he is foolish for attempting to reply to those Dumb Doras who have Quaker Reconstruction Unit-one of pleated georgette sets with gauntlet cuffs and flat been bombarding the actors and actress. in "The Miracle" company with the few rays of light amid the hoc-' collars at $2.95. For bobbed heads, starched linen vicious and irrational propaganda. You know what Officer Kelly once re. rors of the war-was a law fulfill- collars and cuffs, at 75c; Windsor ties to wear with ment of this type. Those who un- marked: "Let 'ens rave." the sets, at 50c. Main floor. derwent imprisonment or other disa- - - This really doesn't belong in this column, but there are always a num. bilities, assuming that they accepted The name Voae is familiar bee of readers who like to discuss such questions as "Who is the richest man them cheerfully and without resist- in the world?" "Who does the biggest store business in the world?" "How once, were also obeying the laws of of everyone. For 70 years many tall buildings are there in the United States?" "How many persons the land. "Go to prison" is as much it has been a guarantee of voted last presidential election?" You know the chap I have in mind. And the law as "fight" when the alterna- 1 know he will be interested to learn that there is • stock worth more than tive "fight or go to prison," is the splendid musical worth any stock he ever heard of. Think of it, you Human Question Marks, there substance of the statute, But there are yet other considera- is a company whose stock is now worth $500,000 • share and the par value is $500. It is the New River Company, formed in 1609 to dig a canal to tions involved. Pacifism has been un- supply London with water. King James I held half the shares. An old der the stigma of being unpatriotic. " advisedly), died the other day leaving an "Pacifist" has ben synonymous with (I use the term "g on of shares in the New River "slacker," "coward," "traitor." Hence estate of $20,000,000, due to his po Company. Ha lived like • miser in • small village i n E ng l an d. S o at least the special need of stressing the pat- riotic possibilities of a pacifistic ting to learn that there is more money in water than in oil. it is inn movement. The attitude which seeks Herman Bernstein is entirely too considerate. If Ford had said the the good of all men will, least of all, seek the harm of its own country- things about me that he did about him and I wanted to go after him in • libel suit, I would have gone after him in earnest. I wouldn't have attached men. We who are pacifists are to be some of his small change in New York in order to have avoided annoyance patriotic not with the dubious and for him. On the contrary, if I had it in my power I would have made him deadly patriotism that brawls "fight," travel across the continent, regardless of the inconvenience occasioned, and but with the genuine, the much deep- have set him down in a court room and had Samuel Untermyer put him er sounder, more practical and also through • third degree examination. Now the slippery Mr. Ford merely harder patriotism which says "Let us Should be as elusive as it s sweet; as delicate as smiles in • bored way, has one of his thousand lawyers release the attach- scrupulously obey all of the laws, it is dainty. Our stocks of perfumes and toilet meat against his money and there you are. Surely Mr. Bernstein, better even those which can be violated in preparations share the secrets of such perfection. than anyone else, knew how utterly without conscience and without heart secrecy and with impuity." Your edi- Here you will find: lloubigant's perfume, toilet Mr. Ford acts when he seeks to get even with someone. He stops at nothing. thrift! correctly divines that prohibi- waters, powders, bath salts, rouge, at moderate o W B ehrennsted ienaling with • man of Ford's makeup, it doesn't pay to be nice, Mr. t n is thought of, "laws that can be prices; likewise Coty, Hudnut, Cappi, Marinello, violated in secrecy and with impun- Luxor, Boncilla and other famous preparations. ity" having their most striking cur- It rent illustration in prohibition. Main floor. awes upon the affairs of American was farther deemed desirable to make Zionists. l explicit mention of tax paying which, Dr. Soloweitschik, who recently re- I it will be seen, lifts participation in signed his post through dissatisfaction this movement virtually to the level with the manner in which Leonard of martyrdom under existing condi- . o Stein ishandlinge tions. Honesty in tax returns is one LONDON (J. T. A.)-Louis Lip- organization in the absence of Dr. of the most pressing civic needs. sky, president of the Zionist Organ- Chaim Weizmann, will be present at What can better ter p strengthen the cause m Moderately Prices isation of America, has arrived in the meeting. of pacifism with the patriotically dis- London for the meeting of the Greater Liberal allowance on other instrument in posed than the sponsoring of that Actions Committee of the World Zion- honesty? part exchange. Convenient monthly payments ist Organization which will take SOVIET COURT REFUSES It must, in addition, be considered place March 4. Abraham Goldberg, SOKOLINSKY'S APPEAL that the intent is to appeal to Jewish a member of the Administrative Com- , persons who are idealistically in- mittee of the Zionist Organization of MOSCOW.-(J. T. A.)-The Su- clined. The objection must be fore America, will arrive within the next preme Court of the Russian Soviet stalled that a pacifist movement few days. government has rejected the appeal among the Jews may give a fresh Interest in the meeting of the of the Bundist and later agent proms- spur to anti-Semitism; hence the corn 6s of Greater Actions Committee is increas- cateur Sokolinsky, confirming his bining of our pacifism with this pro- rust lastlioned canton silk hose seem to be the ing daily and a large attendance is death sentence. From 1903 to 1917 ject of high civic beneficence. most popular for Spring wear. Careful shaping expected. The arrival of the American The relation of pacifism to the and generous length give longer life and better 7 City Branches. delivered numerous Band- 40 Stores, delegates has added considerable irn- Sokolinsky fitting qualities to these highly favored hose. Are ists to Ochrana. When the Soviet clause about disparaging statements portance to the conclave, which will government came into being Sokolin- in obvious. We need but consider the Everything in IM obtainable in the following abides of the hour: be attended by the East European sky was arrested and sentenced to role that propaganda-that is to say Realm of Marie Sunset, dawn, freckles, autumn brown, Mah Jong Zionists, who are taking up the chal- die. His appeal from that sentence ' false and vicious disparagements-- and black. $1.95 to $2.95 pair. Main floor. lenge of the Zionist Organiaztion of has now been denied. Ile was arres- plays in modern warfare. Would America which is asking less dissen- ted in Moscow, where he was living there have been a world war or for sisn within the World Organization under the assumed name of Mishan. ' that matter any war if the vow were because of the effect of such disturb- Tql 1S0)Y1 0