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Dr. Rosen and His Remarkable Work

By Z. WENDROFF

More Notes on the Conference

enough for immediate necessities. Any
Many times I have been on the
one of them could get a government
verge of writing something about Dr.
job for more money and shorter hours
Joseph Rosen—about the man, his re-
and less effort.
markable character, and his wonder-
I don't know what may happen lat-
ful work—hut always I have refrained
er, but, at any rate, for the present
because I know of nothing that would
the
Agrojoint is the great motive force
so anger him. Ile sincerely detests
of the Jewish colonization.
personal publicity; he runs away from
applause and compliments. Anything
It teaches the Jewish pioneer how to
that I might have written would have
cultivate the soil, where to plant cab-
made unpleasant reading to him no
bage and where potatoes; where to
matter how others would regard it.
build his home and where his barn; it
supplies the tractors, the draught- an-
Nor would I do so now, when he has
imals, the cows—and backbone!
left Russia, only in the hope that it
may help persuade him to return hith-
The newcomers know that they are
er, where he is so greatly needed.
not forlorn, abandoned an the vast
steppe, but that from way across the
Dr. Rosen has earned the rest he
thousand mile wide ocean friendly
seeks in the bosom of his family in the
hands are stretched out, helping
little American village toward which
hands, the hands of brothers eager to
his heart has so often yearned during
lead them to success and security. Yet
the years; he has earned the right to
the work of the Agrojoint is unsenti-
give some attention to his own affairs,
mental, untainted by philanthropic
which he has so utterly neglected dur-
condescension. On the contrary, it de.
ing the four years he has been in Rus-
mands that every man fend for him-
sia, first as a warrior against famine
self. He most show what he can do
and latterly as the directing genius of
and then only is he helped. Thar:,
the Jewish agricultural colonization.
a cardinal, immutable principle of the
What that work has been, the ener-
Agrojoint. Until he has plowed and
gy and strength it has sapped from
sowed his acres, until he has cultivat-
hint, the determination, stick-to-itive-
ed his own truck-patch, until he has
ness, tact and diplomacy it has de-
demonstrated his fitness, he can ex-
manded and he has given, only those
pect nothing.
can realize who have been in intimate
It is this practical method, in an at-
touch with it. One who has done the
mosphere of simplicity and democracy,
tasks that Dr. Rosen has done under
of mutual faith and confidence which
the conditions that he was compelled
is the creation of Dr. Rosen.
to do these tasks, has not merely earn-
ed a rest. Ile must rest.
Just before he departed, Dr. Rosen
All that is demanded, demanded by
declared publicly that the Agrojoint
the colonists, by the Jewish communi-
is grateful to the Comzet (the Depart-
ties, by social and communal workers,
ment for the Agricultural Settlement
by government officials, demanded by
of Jews) for the meticulousness with
everyone who has conic into contact
which it adhered to every point of the
with him is that this rest shall not be
agreement between the Soviet govern-
protracted, shall not be unending.
ment and the Agrojoint and for the
To take Dr. Rosen away from the
generous manner in which it even
colonization movement means to take
went beyond what had been agreed
from the work its creator, to take
upon. That is true, without the gen-
from the work its body and soul. No,
erous aid of the government the col-
no, this is not a mere phrase; this is
onization would have been impossible;
n statement of fact.
but it is also true that it is because of
Dr. Rosen is not the father of the
Dr. Rosen that the government has
"back to the soil" movement in Rus-
been so generous.
sia. The movement is a mass move-
You see, Dr. Rosen has an extra-
ment springing from the masses.
ordinary faculty for attracting peo-
Driven by necessity the masses have
ple and winning them. Not because
instinctively hurled themselves in that
he knows how to smile, and is soft-
direction which they felt
poken, but because of his capacity,
s was the only
road of escape from annihilation, hurl-
1,1 eas t aeability a t to remain
remarkable
m
so tr o i rit ka r caubt .
ed themselves toward the soil. No in-
,khon.
and yet
,,thorretc
e
iestand
no organization can arouse
he-
In
shown by the entire g Jewish flistory s.
with
such
a
movement.
Colonies, at first radical, tend to be-
R
wa
osraka.
such
tp a
c ras7o ngia l‘itaya
cause
A h a o fa
It would therefore not be quite cor-
more conservative and
atnad Dr. Rosen
banquet
come
o
rect to attribute to Dr. Rosen some-
on the eve of his departure. I was
traditional.
net called upon to speak. Had I been,
In an article in th Jewis h Worl d thing that he could not create. But
Dr. Rosen is the man who from the
this is what I would have said.
of Philadelphia, M. Kaess poi nts to t he
very
beginning
previsioned
the
enor-
d
fully
aa
i
t
w
"Dr. Rosen was a fortunate
l
accident
Russia
asas
o.r Jews o tfaRlu
f fact
ear• a e t h da t ha tl:.
moos possibilities of the movement.
t might have
for Russian Jewry.
land. have
their right
He
was
the
first
to
come
to
its
assist-
ues,
to
credit
the
n
someone
else.
Then
the
whole
bee
e r culous, he arg
" f might have been different,
once, to attempt to regulate it and
en if in-
thing
bidit
pre s nit Sou ie t gove rnment of Russi n o d n
a
systematize
it.
cu
el
deed, there would have been anything.
jb benevolence
ee w nie s v h ol p eo np
rde
with
tnawas special
p
faiv
y t a r s a any
When people proclaimed that Rus-
Let us utilize this accident. Dr.
"Let
scan Jewry needs no further assist-
p
Rosen must come hack. n . 1f he t. bes'
in granti ng the Jews t e right h to
once, that the J. D. C. ought to go out tales, public
hi' opinion mustcompel hiM.
settle
on
the
land.
He
cites
articles
se
of business, Dr. Rosen answered: "Our
to his task .
to e return
t u run w
of the declaration of the All-Russian
work is only just beginning." And
"e
Constituent
W know that he has duties at
en Assembly following the
at the same time he declared that the home and a family, but he has greater
revolution of March, 1917, in which
work
should
be
colonization.
right
to
land
is
declared
duties
in Russia and a greater family
•
Lrttcelos
He was the first to help the Jewish
aiwthtea all citizens regardless of
_a family of over 100,0''0 a l lr ea d y
pioneers,
even
before
the
Agrojoint
settled
in
colonies
e , a family of over y
y
n ationality.
was organized. Had it not been for several hundred thousand who need to
Dos Yiddische Volk, official organ
i
s
i
awl
f
o
d
i
u
r
oaoat
:
ih
he
r
fo
.
0
r
R
oa
o
o
s
efn
n
iid
i
onor,
Do
.rgo
a
ag
.
so
C
r
a
D.
aJ.,
atti
be settled.
e ni ara car of eAmer-
es a a cOrganization
e ra aZionist
o f the
colon i es
"That huge family needs him, waits
ji' e 1.)dses
for him.
of
the
Zionists
toward
the
"new
ull
would
pioneers
the
"And we hope that we will not wait
Plan" of Jewish agricultural colonies have failed
wo ld have star v
in vain!"
o ainrtssa ouatiwthayats Idiravoh. failed ands
t
iis o in s ists Thaere,ap oefr
i theRn'
That was publicly stated by the
heart ad n soul for every relief activ-
chairman of the Russian Ort.
A PROPER MINISTRY
f gan iati
baehal of the JI ewl!shlapopula-
azt ons
caa taa.
i t ti Y o i o n f rnyi y country
e
v
r
s
,
i
'belin
j
d
en
v
ii
ot
o
ul
e
,
a
w
n
d
le
nroit
coi
l
itln
Jett
they
a on ufd
A dear friend of mine, a man of
ad must not be thing good, an ything acceptat c
colonization in
distinguished professional success,
out of Soviet Russia. And even
off athehtJ
psrlocpliaoiTieedni.
efaora thae expressed to me lately his desire to
efwo;
come
as The
e''l
have his son prepare for the ministry
np apligl
"eexp m en rinm ey enit sw
a principle and won. And of course new so m
they will be in the foremost ranks personal compliment to 11r. Rosen, ' so instead of studying to enter his fath-
er's profession. He was unable to
is
the
confidence
in
which
he
is
great.
eN,acraerdirifvoar the4itice cess of the
,ifdea0,;
n. ie .
bring it about and felt over it some
o d siosa h o ad a phh, oei tsehdwr the
ho oirouittc aili)i re Jewish
g7
r e i m
gn he:edi
genuine regret. I know my friend
circles.
aloiol
jm. e ic;n:mobInt
b:
Jo htrahyte
laei p s np s tei ura e el dt by
personally well. I am certain of his
a n
earnestness for I am familiar at close
E t staLshing the work of the Agro-
ric a.'
range with his deco regard for the
"United we stand," says Herman joint on a basis of complete indepen-
occupant of the pulpit as the repre-
dance, Dr. Rosen was enabled, because
Bernstein in an article in the Jewish
it f or- sentative of a cause. I share his re-
th
e
t
owciari
p
s
e
e
n
dceanactI
i
a
i
ndce
la
i
ts
v rai setr taa alccei s thhee j —
a
s zw
Thrai t b
gret at this unwillingness of his son.
owfa
b th the
al or an eci'z
nt rn a,- - Ile is a splendid type of young man-
were defeated at the Phila. munal
an secure
d governme
hood who would have brought as well
tions, to
the absolute confidence
C. leaders
as gained distinction in that sacred
de 1phia conference. "The Zionists
of the government in the Agr cotioifnat
who came to fight the Russian cola-
for sphere. Better still, he could have
and
to
win
the
highest
respect
nization scheme advocated by Dr. Jo-
himself. Under such circumstances accomplished what most ministers
and David A. Brown
A. Joint
Rosen Distribution
seph the
cannot. He would not need to be
Committee, he could not fail, unless there was a
exp f rnanat(uarte.has bothered by the bread and butter
halsisounecoefs taho tf hore cesoe
conTvu
ave lost on this point because they
have
question as most ministers are. In
y
were not armed wit ac
consequence he could be true to him-
destroyed the cold scepticism of Amer-
tone they could have combatted Dr.
Joint Distribu-
self and to his God and would not
ica
and
not
only
is
the
sen s authoritative report. They
need to substitute compliment for
lion Committee assured regarding its
were unprepared and ineffective be-
first appropriation, but it is prepar- conviction and pleasantness for prin-
cause they had failed to familiarize
caste. As things are too many people
ing now to pour huge sums of Toney
the participants of the conference
ton uch oit
na,congregation
into the effort. That is what Dr. Ros-
wi th the facts as to whether or not
f th
alyvas
d
hed.
tin
en
has
accompl
is
th e Jew s of Russia favored the colo-
I'a,
h o s a re ,n
result they ar e par-
instructed.

INVOCATION

A Merited Appointment.

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4:101

A meeting of the Jewish writers of
t
New York wi h Dr. Joseph Rosen,
Movement and Competence.
central figure of the Agro-Joint ac-
t has become fashionable in those scientific circles tivities in Soviet Russia, and David A.
in charge of the new $15,-
whic h hold anti-immigration briefs to assume that the Brown,
000,000 drive of the J. D. C., was
mere fact that one is an immigrant proves that he is held on Sept. 24 in New York City.
unfit to survive in his native environment and conse- The meeting was called by the J. L.
Verein, the organization of
quen tly he had to move to some place where competi- Peretz
the American Yiddish writers for the
tion was less keen. We need scarcely to go to Europe purpose of discussing the various is-
to fi nd a social laboratory for experimental and re- sues in connection with the settling
of Jews on land in Russia, as adopted
sear ch studies touching the phenomena of migration. by the recent conference in Phila-
own
country
is
a
migration
laboratory
in
which
we
Our
delphia.
Both factions, the Zionists and the
may examine the movements of millions from the early
anti-Zionistic elements, were well rep-
England
settlements
in
the
seventeenth
century
to
New
resented at the meeting, which was
the last boom cities in the year 1925. Were those who in reality an echo of the Philadelphia
mov ed from the Atlantic seaboard to the Northwest conference. In the course of his re-
marks, Dr. Rosen explained that the
and the Southwest the inferior, unfit and incompetent?
idea of Jewish land settlements in
Did those who left the farms belong to the weaklings Soviet Russia grew literally out of
the situation. Far from being a mere
who could not compete in the struggle for existence?
experimental application of the
Are the left-over farm hands of New England the bio- theory, it arose among the Russian
cally
and
economically
fit?
Jews themselves, being the only hope
logi
for them, for the present, he
Are the white farm owners, tenant farmers, factory left
added, and thus, the inevitable form
of constructive relief activity in that
wor kers of the South the flower of American manhood?
Are the backwoods mountain folk of the Carolinas, country.
In reply to one query, Dr. Rosen
Ten nessee and Kentucky the exemplars of all that is made the assertion that Judaism is
biol ogically, culturally and economically worth while?
being preserved in the Russian Jew-
On the other hand, did those who settled the vast ish colonies, that the Jewish religion
is left alone there by the organs of
unt ouched areas of America belong to the unfit and
authority. It would be well, he said,
inc ompetent? Were the native white stocks of New for those who are so worried over the
prospects of religious and national
En gland which migrated to the corn and wheat belt education of the younger generation
coo pelled by their incompetence and unfitness or was of the Jewish farmers in Russia to
their attention to what is going
it b ecause of just the opposite reason? Was it not be- turn
on right here in this country, where
cau se of the imaginative, venturesome and dynamic the life of the Jewish masses is se-
spi tit of a superior people that they sought ever new cure in all respects and where Jews
for example, working on Satur-
out lets and opportunities? Could a people without are,
day and observing Sunday.
ph ysical energy and stamina, without mental resiliency
The Morning Journal in a recent
an d capacity, build up the country to such an amazing editorial discussed the prospects o
Judaism
in Russian Jewish colonies.
tent?
Is
it
not
a
fact
that
the
creative,
vigorous,
en-
ex
From a few cases of planned repres-
ter prising fraction of the great group of the "mediocre" sions which became known to the
pu shed the frontiers ever further away?
pres s , the papermaccorlauldiveas tiahat hJasu-
very
New England is no longer a new England, but it is
ere resistence is shown,
the paper argues, the Jewish spirit
ra ther a new Italy, Poland, Russia, Armenia and Turk- colZes.
, repressions
n dt o gtre
ey , for the New Englander has gone to Ohio, Indiana, hues n t . e Furthermore,

sponsored the
Milton M. Alexander,
establishment of the Wayne County Training School
of Northville, was elected a member of the administra-
tive board.
This institution will take care of feeble-minded
children and will train them in vocations which will
enable them to become self-supporting productive
workers. The number of feeble-minded children who
are not receiving training and care is enormous. De-
spite the able studies of psychiatrists and sociologists,
little attention has been paid to the problem of the
feeble-minded. When a series of atrocious crimes
shock the community then it is discovered that the
criminals are feeble-minded individuals who were not
recognized as such,' or, if recognized, were neglected.
Aside from environmental factors and poverty, the
greatest cause of crime is feeble-mindedness. An adult
emotionally, and physically but with a child's intelli-
gence is let loose in a world of frustration and diffi-
culties, with the net result of anti-social acts.
If the problem of poverty is at present insoluble and
if adjustments to environment are beyond the capacity
of many normal adults, we can do much toward the
elimination of the menace of the feeble-minded by
placing them in institutions where life can be made rea-
sonably happy for them, and where society is not en-
dangered.

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DIGEST

In the forthcoming elections for Mayor and Council
of the City of Detroit we shall be again confronted with
the unpleasant fact of the Ku Klux Klan. We say un-
pleasant for there are so many major municipal prob-
lems of transportation, sanitation, education and rec-
reation that the injection of racial and religious prob-
lems makes us rather impatient. If by mere wishing
we could exorcise the evil spirit, we would gladly lay
aside all things for a day to do nothing but wish. But
this is only a fancy born of irritation with this so un-
necessary folly of Klanism on the American scene.
The five original candidates for mayor have been
reduced to two. The hollow, transparent dodges of
politicians to confound the electors by putting up straw
candidates was so obvious that the men themselves
withdrew from the fight. The two candidates left are
the present incumbent, John W. Smith, and Charles
Bowles, who made such an unexpected showing at the
last election.
Smith has been openly attacked by the Klan, while
Bowles has the endorsement of the hooded order be-
cause there is no other Protestant candidate. Bowles
has denied that he is a member of the Klan, has ever
attended a meeting or has any connection whatsoever
with it. But Smith has denounced the Klan in lan-
guage which leaves no room for doubt as to his posi-
tion, while Bowles has not repudiated the principles
of, the Klan, which are to us undemocratic and a source
Io was Nebraska, Minnesota, the Dakotas, west, north-
of grave internal dissension.
est and southwest. Were these English, Scotch and
Although we have never taken a partisan position
and have not endorsed any political faction, yet we W elsh who left New England the biologically unfit?
have in the past unhesitatingly endorsed men who If so, they have made a rather good job with such un-
espoused principles which were consistent with the best pr omising materials. The late newcomers have invad-
ed the factories, have made the desolate farms hies-
traditions of America and Judaism.
In the last Presidential election we applauded the so m while the left-over native population are the hired
position of the late Senator Robert M. LaFollette, John m en. We find two distinct groups of left-over native
W. Davis and Vice-President Charles Dawes on the w bites: The most successful who own factories and
Klan. The forthright position of Senator LaFollette th incompetents who live on the precarious fringes
met with our most sincere approval because it was so of poverty. A large portion of ambitious, venturesome
unambiguous. The position of Davis was not so direct, a nd competent natives have migrated and developed
while that of Dawes was open to some criticism.
a country of abundance.
ry
We have it upon authority of a competent observer
The present case presents a similar situation. We
are opposed to the Klan because of its attempt to re- th at the San Francisco of the gold rush days was far
vive all the crude fanaticism, obscurantism and na- a nd away the most virile and biologically fit community
tionalism of a benighted and forgotten age. Although in the United States. Certainly some incompetents and
the terrorist, crusading spirit is practically over, yet U nfit came there, but for the most part th ey were men-
Ily and physically excellent specimens who found a
we find the Klan always on the side of discrimination tally
and exclusion. They are ever ready to arouse race and n ew joy in dangerous enterprises. To Europe, America
religious strife and do not hesitate to impose their wills h as always been a California, a land of gold and enor-
onus opportunity. It required more than misery to de-
upon the community and individuals with the only rea-
t upon such a hazardous
son that they are the Nordics, therefore chosen people
ide the European immigran
ndertaking. The pauper, the
, incompetent, the misery-
whose will is the ruling authority, transcending every
ardened, do not move ; they rot where they are, they
other authority.
few in their own juice. It requires courage, strength,
The Klan has endorsed Charles Bowles not with his
nthusiasm and a spark of discontent to make men
consent, we may admit, but yet in the event he is elected
move. On the other hand, the genius, the prosperous
they will claim the credit. The victory will embolden
an see no advantage in moving. We find the upper
and encourage them to carry out their plans. If the
council, too, should be Klan endorsed we may expect and nether extremes in old cities in all countries.
a flood of discriminatory ordinances. The spirit of
Are the cities of Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles and
the blue law age would surely be with us again. Our more recently Miami made up of incompetents and the
schools and recreation centers would no doubt feel the unfit? Great floods of migrants have come to these
leaden hand of reaction and intolerance.
cities from all over the country. If anything, they are
TIIE CONFLICT IS NOT BETWEEN MEN BUT the progressive, ambitious,
art energetic individuals who
ISSUES, and those issues are sharply drawn. A vote are seeking larger opportunities. They have become
for a Klan endorsed and approved candidate who his dissatisfied with the limited opportunities of the farm
not explicitly repudiated and disavowed the Klan is and the backward town and village.
tantamount to encouraging and approving the Klan.
f th comparatively few who came to
UULS '
As a group which has been placed in the unde- America
to escape religious or political persecution the
niably inferior category by the Klan, we would indeed
vast masses of immigrants have come here on account
be recreant if we did not do everything within our of the limited economic opportunities of the homeland,
power to defeat this menace.
but were those who come not possessed of spirit, cour-
No people is more appreciative of those fine tradi-
age and energy of a rat h er hih or er? The "stick in
tions of religious freedom, racial and political equality the mud" stayed where he was because he had not the
than the Jews, for no people has suffered more from
bigotry, denial of freedom and equality than they in
the lands of brutal arbitrary authority of Europe.
It is incumbent upon us who realize how precious and misery have kept the miserables and the unfit
are the achievements of the human spirit to protect where they were placed.
and preserve them. We have the feeling that no group
We trust that the anti-immigration apologists will
in the community will do more to defeat all encroach- offer us the real reasons for their objections. We have
ments upon these hard won victories than will our own had enough spurious and bizarre ones.
co-religionists.

g'"

QS!

Root of Our Saviour,
The scion of Jesse,
Till when wilt thou linger,
Invisible, buried?
Bring forth a flower,
For winter is over!

Why should a slave rule
The lineage of princes,
A hairy barbarian
Replace our young sovran?

The years are a thousand
Since, broken and scattered,
We wander in exile,
Like waterfowl lost in
The depths of the desert.

No man in white linen
Reveals at our asking
The end of our exile.
God sealed up the matter
And closed up the knowledge.
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL.

(Translated by Irrael Z•nalsill
Jewish Publication Society,

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e n v ay r l
number of the f Jewish
The hone of the church and Ten-
Ukraine and in the Crimea. And, on
principally upon a
strength of
say that t I never saw such pruner ministry. That ministry we
, I
t
that to e presi•
opted
human
ma-
shall
not
have
to
a due and desirable
a
remarkably
well
adapted
on st rgan za-
degree until gifted sons of wealth
i ed a. m
tion was no t opposed to the Russian c:i4
the oldest agronomes, own enter it not to make a living but to
colonization plan.
u
rep tations in the agricultural make manhood In behalf of a better
"The .1 D. C. also - fost what it re-
.
Alexander Lyons
wor , d o w n to the last field construe- world —Dr
garded as an Important point. Some
tor; from the administrator in Mos-
of the leaders of the J. D. C. were
cow to the man in charge of the local
opposed to the specific endorsement
office of the Agroioint, yes, down to
A GENUINE PIETY
.
hos, , the all seem to dove-
of the rebuilding of Palestine and to
the definite promise of helping the
tail like cogs a smooth-functioning
raising of funds for reconstruction
In my community is a big Chris-
machine, but a machine with a con-
work in the Holy Land.
sciousness, a man with a soul, with a tian church that was once presided
"Both factions as factions have
heart straining to do its uttermost and over by a big Christian minister. He
lost, but the Jews of the world have
its best for the task with full reali- and I exchanged nulpits occasionally.
During his ministry a light was
gained. And that marks the relief zation of its imnertance.
conference at Philadelphia as one of
Even the Moujik chauffeur, who, by placed in the pinnacle of his steeple
historic importance. The Zionists and
that on Sunday evenings and at other
the way, was at the steering-wheel
the non-Zionists have united to work
times shone out beautifully for a long
when Nicholas the last made his last
together both for the relief of our
distance in its locality. I once twit-
visit to Ekatovinburg, speaks about
people in Europe and for the rehabili- "our colonies."
ted him with his insidious intoler-
ance in liehting the way of ethers
tation of Eretz Yisroel."
The secret of the machine, the oil
of its wheels, its motive power is in to his building, for his own did not
Joseph Schlossberg, one of the
need it, and thus leading them. in-
the fact that there are no "subordi-
chief officials of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America and nates." They are all co-workers, all cluding some of my own, away from
editor of the Yiddish weekly organ of working for and toward the same end. their traditional moorings. To
which he replied with a winsome
that Union, the Vortschritt, devotes Ner does anyone regard himself as an
official. his contact with the colonies wink: Why, Rabbi, you misinterpret
an editorial in that paper to the prob-
my purpose. I want to light the way
is intimate, informal. He doesn't com-
lem of aiding Jewish colonization in
of ethers to their own churches!
mand. He talks to a friend. Ile gives
Soviet Russia. He says in part:
Wasn't that a fine exemplification
advice.
"The result of the conference was
of the sympathy and co-operation of
His face is as tanned as the colon-
that the J. D. C. will proceed with its
a
genuine
piety, the kind that is so
ists.
He
eats
with
them.
He
sleeps
work as originally planned. Yet, had
imbued with a real consciousness of
in their dug-outs. Often he works
there not been that strife at the con-
Heavenly
Father that it reaches
a
harder
than
they
in
the
field.
Their
as
a
ference, it would have passed
out with fond and fostering embrace
solemn demonstration for a great joys are his joys; their sorrows his
for
all
of
His
children! My friend
grief.
No
hours
are
too
long,
no
ef-
was
Jewish activity. This, indeed,
fort too great. All his time belongs was a spiritual Paul Revere. He
the main purpose of the conference.
a
lantern
in his church steeple
placed
to
the
work.
All
his
strength
belongs
The work was to be begun with en-
as • summons to liberty and loyalty.
to the work.
thusiasm, with joy and confidence.
If
his
spirit
were
common in Chris-
And
compensation,
75
rubles
•
The conflict has hindered the fruitful
tian pulpits there would be more
month for an instructor, 100 to 175
work of the conference and certainly
Jewish
Christians
and more Christian
month
for
an
expert
super-
rubles
a
did not add to the prestige of the
vising an entire district. Not even agreements.—Dr. Alexander Lyons.
Zionists."

of the spokesmen of the American
Zionists at the conference the views
r quoted
b-
h
of Dr. Weizmann wee
!

