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AMERICAN JEWISH
CONGRESS TO MEET
ON SUNDAY, FEB. 2

Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927

Endorses Campaign
For Palestine Fund

To
Noted Lawyer T
Speak For Forum

"Layman's Viewpoint of Relig-
ion" Will be R. S. Marx's
Topic, Sunday P. M.

Will Convene In Washington to
Discuss Many Vital
Questions.

The Hon. Robert S. Marx of Chi-

cago, formerly of Cincinnati, will

U. P. A, CAMPAIGN
TO CONTINUE TILL
QUOTA SUBSCRIBED

Only Three•fifths of Fund Goal
Reached Thursday, Says
A. C. Lappin.

Forum on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 20,
at 3 o'clock, at Northern High School,

•instead of Aaron Sapiro, as had been
•announced. Mr. Marx, who is asso.

Gruenbaum, Borah, Weizmann,
Mack and Wise, Scheduled
For Addresses.

elated with Ii e. Sapiro in the practice

of law, has consented to substitute
for the latter and will speak Oa "Why
Religion Fails — From a Layman's
Standpoint." A lifelong resident of
Cincinnati, Mr. Marx was actively in-
terested in social and philanthropic
agencies and for several years was
president of the Jewish Settlement.
l'rior to his removal to Chicago, he
was for live years a judge of the Su-
perior Court, presiding over the same
court on which such men as Judge
Alphonse Taft (father of the present
Chief Justice Taft), Chief Justice
William H. Taft, Senator Stanley
Matthews and Senator Joseph Benson
Foraker, Governor Judson Humor
and many other distinguished Ohio-
ans served.

NEW YORK.--An event of un-
usual significance to the Jews of
America will take place Sunday, Feb.
20, when about 400 delegates repre-
senting Jewish communities in about
50 cities throughout the country and
the large Jewish national and fra-
ternal organizations will begin a
RABBI A. M. ASHINSKY
three-day session of the American
Jewish Congress in Washington, D.
C., at the Hotel Willard. The meet- u
ing of the American Jewish Congress
•
is also watched closely by Jews
throughout the world, as its resolu-
tions and decisions have a direct
bearing upon the situation of the
Born in Cincinnati in 1889, Mr.
Jewish minorities in Eastern Europe,
Marx attended the schools of that
Says Reclaiming of Homeland city,
which are struggling for the attain-
graduating from the University
ment of equal civil and political
Is Only Solution to Jew-
of Cincinnati Law School. lie was
rights with the rest of the population.
admitted to the bar in 1910 and spe-
ish Problem.
The outstanding issue to conic be-
cialized in the field of corporation
fore the American Jewish Congress
law, being associated with many of
Rabbi
Aaron
M. Ashinsky, spiritual
in Washington will be the question
the public utilities corporations.
of the persecution of Jews in Rou- head of Congregation Emanuel, Taylor When the United States entered the
mania, which has in recent weeks and Wilson avenues, made the follow- war he played a prominent part in re-
been the cause of agitation through- ing statement when interviewed by a cruiting officers training camps and
representative of the United l'alestine
out the country and the subject of
then served as captain of infantry in
Appeal:
numerous protests by Christians as
France. He was severely wounded
"The United Palestine Appeal is
well as Jews, who urged that the
in the Argonne battle and received
now in full swing and the army of
United States take sonic action Co
the Distinguished Service Cross.
zealous workers under the leadership
alleviate the condition of the Rou-
Upon his return to the United States
of its officers, is bending every effort
manian Jews. This was asked of
he was elected national commander
to reach the goal of the Detroit quota.
Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg
of the Disabled Veterans of the War,
"I would entreat our fellow ,lows to
by a delegation of the American Jew-
at the first annual convention in 1921,
strengthen the hands of the volunteers
bib Congress which appeared before
held in Detroit. He was elected judge
and to encourage,
r then:
w their self
him, together with Rev. Louis C. Cor-
of the Superior Court of Cincinnati
unposed task by receiving
on cheer-
nish, vice-president of the American
in
1920, resigning in December, 1925,
fully with a generous response, not-
Unitarian Association.
withstleding unfavorable industrial to enter the general practice of law
in
Chicago.
Roumanian Reports Expected.
cenditions.
Mr. Marx was a trustee of the
"Throughout the centuries of Is-
It is expected that the delegates in
Washington will receive further au- rael's dispersion, tine eyes have always Trounstine Agencies, president of
thentic reports of the latest develop- been turned to Zion. We have prayed the Jewish Settlement of Cincinnati
ments in Roumania, which would unceasingly and yearned for the re- in 1916 and 1917, a member of the
form the basis for the action to be ! habilitation of our people and the re- Americanization executive committee
taken by the American Jewish Con- claiming of our Homeland is the only and on the Council of. Social Agen-
!logical solution to the Jewish problem. cies. He was also president, for a
gress.
In order to get first-hand informa- Now is the time to manifest to the time, of the City Club of Cincinnati.
Mr. Sapiro, who is a former Cali-
tion of Jewish conditions throughout outside world our sincerity through
fornian and was associated with Har-
Eastern Europe, the American Jew- practical deeds.
The brave chalutzim are knocking ris Weinstock there, has been instru-
ish Congress has invited to the United
States one of the acknowledged lead. at the elm-ors of Palestine clamoring mental in organizing co-operative
for admittance. Let us all he cogniz- marketing associations among the
era of the Jews in Europe, Dr. Isaac
Gruenbaum, deputy in the Polish Par- , ant of the fact that the keys to the fanners, ti-st in California, then
north's of F.retz Yisroel are in the throughout the country, until now
liament, formerly president of the
hands of American Jewry and that a there are more than 100 such associa-
('tub of Jewish Deputies, who will de-
single contribution of one of you may i tions in the United States and Can-
liver an extensive address at the
i
opening session of the Jewish Con- Prove helpful towards the entry in the ada. Accused by Henry Ford of be-
land of one of those courageous pio- ing the leading spirit behind a na-
grese next Sunday afternoon. Other
addresses on the subject of minority neers. donut conspiracy by the Jewish in-
terests to control the farmer, Mr. Sa•
rights in Eastern Europe will be de-
piro is now suing Mr. Ford and the
livered by Judge Julian W. Mack and
Dearborn Independent for $1,000,000
Rev. Arthur J. Brown, chairman of
for libel. The case, which has been
the American Committee on the
postponed time and again for more
Rights of Religious Minorities.
I Proud Father Gives Hard-Earned than two years, is scheduled to come
Will Hold Banquet.
Money to Help Others.
up on March 7, 1927
Sunday evening a banquet will he
The Jewish Open Forum, which is
Wearing a heavy sweater under hi ,
tendered at the Willard to the dele-
held every other Sunday in Northern
gates by the Washington committee obviously too-thin overcoat, a Mall high School, has been instrumental
and addresses will be delivered by came into the North End Clinic sev- in bringing to Detroit niany noted
United States Senator William E. Bo- eral days ago and demanded to see speakers who are leaders in their own
rah, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president the "head lady." The girl at the in- fields and who have a message of
of the World Zionist Organization; ' formation desk, thinking he wanted Jewish import. The public is invited
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Max D. Steno:. medical aid, told him Mrs. Eleanor! to attend the lectures, to which no
Esq., and lion. Carl Sherman. It is Ford. the director, was busy and admittance fee is charged. A collec-
expected that ambassadors of vitriol , asked his message. so she could di- tion is taken to help defray the ex-
sountries and Jewish members of ttet ' reel him to the proper depart ment.. penses of the speakers. Following
House of Representatives will also He would speak to no one else but each lecture, which is given from 3
the "head WY." he insisted, anti he I to 4 o'clock, is an hour for open dis-
address the banquet.
One of the important decisions to would wait until she was free. When ! cussion and questioning.
be formulated by the delegates in he entered Mrs. Ford's office he laid
Washington concerns a proposed in. on her desk five worn-out dollar bills,
ternational conference on Jewish his contribution to the North End JACOB WASSERMANN
rights to be held next August in Eu- Clinic. Ile proudly explained, with
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
rope. This conference is to be called shining eyes, the arrival of a baby
Its the American Jewish Congress boy in his family—the seventh one.
A
doctor
from
the
clinic
was
taking
and the Committee of Jewish Delega-
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—Jacob
care of the mother and the baby and Wassermann, well - known German
tions in Paris.
The sessions of the American Jew- when he offered the physician the few Jewish novelist, arrived on the steam-
ish Congress will continue through- dollars he could afford to give, he er Hamburg, accompanied by Mrs.
out the day, next Monday, and con- had refused. So the grateful father Wassermann stated that he came to
brought his contribution to the clinic, the United States in a private ca-
clude on Tuesday noon.
wanting to help to the very best of pacity.
Wise Summarizes Purpose.
his financial ability.
"My attitude toward Jews and the
Summarizing the purposes of the
The Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority, Jewish problem has been expressed
American Jewish Congress, Dr.
which gave the clinic $100 last year in my works through the mouths of
Stephen S. Wise, its president, said
to be used for dental equipment, has some of my heroes. I am of the
that its function was:
pre . , .
.! I $100 for the
To speak and to act on behalf of same purpose. Another gift which opinion that Jews should not beg the
Jews in all matters affecting the wel- Mrs. Ford reported was sent by a world for tolerance but win their
fare of Jews as Jews. This auto- friend who, instead of giving flowers rights with pride," he declared. "I
. consideration or candy to relatives departing on an am not a political leader and not a
social worker and that is the reason
cf any problem which does not af-
ocean voyage, had mailed a check for why I am not near to any of the spe-
fect Jews as Jews. No question
an equialent amount in the name of cific Jewish movements. I am, how-
which is not strictly Jewish may come
raie e .
ever, interested in Jewish problems
before the American Jewish Con- the
in my own way. Those who have
gress. Every question which is Jew-
"CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT"
read my hook "I As German and
ish should and will come before it.
Jew"
know exactly what I think as
RABBI
FRAM'S
SUBJECT
Every infringement upon the rights
•
a Jew."
o' the Jew in other lands, whether
Asked
for his opinion on Jewish
Punishment"
will
be
the
Roumania, Hungary, Austria or Lith- '
"Capital
osnia, would properly ,conic within subject of Rabbi Leon Fram's lecture literature, Mr. Wassermann declared
that
he
titian
not know Yiddish or He-
,
Sunday
morning.
Feb.
20,
at
10:45.
'tie purview of the American Jewish
Rabbi Fram promises that in treat- brew but a certain number of works
ongress. The very fact of the ex-
of
Jewish
writers
are known to him
istence of such a body as the Ameri- ' ing this subject he will make no ap-
can Jewish Congress, vigilant, alert, peal to sentimentality but will tits- through translations. "The one I
love
most
is
Malik,
he stated.
unafraid, would diminish the number (Ilia the problem in a practical, busi-
of occasions for the need of •action ness-like manner.
to
came
Rabbi Fram has recently
by such a congress. Wrong and in-
justice done anywhere and to whom- Detroit from Chicago, a city which REFUSE TO LEGALIZE
soever are the concern of Jews every- also has a baffling crime problem. Ile
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION
where. Hurt and injury to the Jew will bring to bear his observations
must he the concern of right-minded and studies of the Chicago situation
IIARBIN.—(J. T. .1.1—A request
and justice-loving men and peoples, upon the problem in the state of
of a group of Zionists here to legalize
everywhere.
Michigan.
the
Society for Jewish Settlement in
Rabbi
Fram
will
present
the
Bibli-
"No one doubts that the great Jew-
ry of America ought at times to make cal attitude towards capital punish- Palestine was refused by the Chinese
authorities.
The authorities stated
ment,
show
how
the
Biblical
law
was
itself heard and felt when the rights
of Jews as citizens are imperilled or interpreted by the rabbis of the Tal- that a Zionist Organization is a po-
litical
and
not
a philanthropic body.
wrongs threatened against Jews as mud, and define the genuine Jewish
Jews. There can be but one question. tradition with regard to the treat- The llarbin Zionists have decided to
obtain
legalization
of the society
Shall American bowl be represented ment of criminals.
Services at Temple Beth El are al- through the English consul.
at such times by those authorized to
A
Jewish
club
and
library was
Teak and to art for their fellow- ways open to the public and every-
opened in Tientsin. A survey of the
Jews, or shall they speak who with- one is welcome.
Jewish
population
in
the
Tientsin
out consultation with the people take
district will be made soon under the
it upon themselves to play the part • VISITS JEWISH SETTLEMENT
direction
of
I.azar
Epstein.
LONDON—IJ. T. A.)—The Prince
of a sublimated United Hebrew Char-
Much comment was caused by the
ities, operating in ■ world of civic of Wales was the guest of the Jewish
insufficiency and social dependence! Boys and Girls Settlement in the East will of I.eontoy Sokol, general man-
ager
of the Far Eastern Soviet Trade
End.
The
settlement
is
conducted
by
The American Jewish COlarTea5 is a
token of the nascent self-reliance and Basil Henriques. The prince inspect- Mission, who committed suicide in
Shanghai.
Sokol requested in his will
ed
the
cups
won
by
the
settlement
self-reverence of the Jewish people
in this land. The American Jewish I clubs and recalled his recent preser.t- that he be buried in a Jewish ceme-
tery
in
accordance
with Jewish rites.
,
ation
of
the
boxing
cup
to
the
Lon-
Congress is not an organization of
American Jews. It is American Is- I don and Manchester battalions of the The Shanghai Jewish community
rael organized."
complied
with
his
request.
Jewish Lads Brigade.

P. A. Endorsed
By Rabbi Ashinsky

DOES HIS BIT FOR
NORTH END CLINIC

Will Address Parents, Teach-
ers, Students Assembly
On February 23,

INCREASES OVER LAST
YEAR ARE RECORDED

SECOND INTERNATIONAL
AGAINST WHITE TERROR

sembly of the parents, teachers and

students of the Temple. Beth El High

Dr. Stephen S. Wise Confers
With Secretary of State Kel-
log on Situation.

School' to be given at the temple

Morris Friedberg and Fred M.
Butzel Discuss Palestine
Possibilities.

Less than three-fifths of Detroit's
quota of the Palestine fund has thus
for been subscribed and leaders of
the drive declared Thursday that only
the support of all of the Jews of the
city can save the campaign from fail-
ure.
"The money is here and the will to
give is her•," A. C. Lappin told a
group of 250 workers at the Hotel
Statler Sunday. "It only remains for
us to talk to all the people. They
must be made to see the immensity
of the work we are helping to do and
they must see, too, Re tremendous
need of help.
"All the nation looks to Detroit,"
Mr. Lappin continued. "As the drive
goes in Detroit, so it totes in the na-
tion. It has always been that way
and we cannot permit ourselves to
fail in the esteem of the other cities
of this country. People everywhere
think of Detroit as Dave Brown's
town and they always Rook fur mar-
velous achievements (toot us. And
in the past we have lived up to their
expectations. Can we afford to let
down now?"
Up until Thursday noon it total of
almost $90,000 had been reached. A
large percentage of the pledges came
from men and women who have never
before contributed to the l'alestine
fund and the leaders of the drive are
enthusiastic over this increased in-
terest in the cause. Most of last
year's contributors are giving as
much or more this year. A great
niany substantial increases have been
recorded.
• Detroit Jews Are Interested.
"All this goes to show that the
Jews of this city are really sincerely
interested in the welfare of the peo-
ple of Palestine," said Morris Fried-
berg, chairman of the drive. "They
know that the money they give to us
is going toward the upbuilding of a
great ideal and they know, too, that
their money is aiding many thousands
of struggling Jews to obtain some
few of the comforts of (ordinary ex-
istence.
"I have no doubt teat this drive
will be a success. But it will not be
a success without a great deal of
work and sacrifice on the part of all
the Jew's of this city. I have nothing
but praise for the men and women
who are unsparingly giving their time
and energy toward the success of this
campaign.
"But we have to to still more. We'
have gone without sleep and we have
gone without eating to be on the jun
for this • • But there
men and women and little children
in Palestine who gut without eating
sometimes because they have not the
means of obtaining proper food. That
is something for us here to remem-
ber.
"In general, however, the reports
we are getting from Palestine are ex-
tremely encouraging, " Mr. Friedberg
continued. We learn from Dr. Solo-
mon Kaplansky, head of the depart-
ment of agricultural colonization,
that a great many of the agricultural
settlements in Palestine have become
entirely self-supporting. They no
longer require the support of the bud-
get of the Palestine executive.
Settlements Self-Supporting.
"Eight of the old settlements are
now entirely self-sustaining, we have
learned. They are the settlements of
Nahalal, Kfar Ezekiel, Ben Shemen,
the Kvuzot, Gan Samuel, Merchavia,
Givah and Dagania. That means that
the Jews are really able to take care
of themselves on the land and it is
good for us here in Detroit to know
that we are not attempting to sup-
port the Jews in Palestine. We
merely give them the tools with which
they can work out their own future.
"We want to finish this drive this
week," Mr. Friedberg said. "But I
can say that it will not be finished
until we have come very close to the
amount we set out to get. And un-
less we have at least $125,000 before
the end of the week you can tell all
of the people you know that this drive
will not be officially closed. We have
a job on our hands and we are going
to do it, regardless of obstacles,
whether they be big or little."
Lunch at Statler.
The Palestine workers gather every
day for luncheon at the hotel Statler.
They compare notes, discuss plans for

Wednesday night, Feb. 23.

Professor Pyle has been inspecting
the Seim"' of Religion of Temple
Beth El and he will speak to the par-
ents on "An Educator's Impressions
of Temple Beth El."
The distinguishing feature of the
evening will be that the parents and
teachers will be entertained by the
students. The Dramatic Club will
present two remarkable one-act plays
under the direction of hirs. Alan Ko-
pelson, "At the Gates," a realistic
sketch on life at Ellis Island, and
"Three Pills In a Bottle," a pretty
fantasy. The Choral Club of the
school, which is under the direction
of Mrs. Sol Kesler, will present se-
lections from Handel's oratorio, "Ju-
das 5Iaccabeus." The school orcheio
Ira will play. One representative of
the students Irving %Varlet', and one
representative of the teachers, Miss
Helene Breitenbach, will suggest to
the parents the ways in which they
can co-operate for the greater suc-
cess of the school.
After the performances in the
chapel, parents and students will be
the guests of the students at a re-
ception in the social hall of the tem-
ple. On that evening, too, the Dr.
Leo M. Franklin book review prizes,
which were won by Miss Jean Levy
and Milton Goldstein, will be award-
ed. Rabbi Leon Fram will preside.
Milford Stern, president of the
temple, and Jacob Nathan, president
of the school board, will welcome the
parents in behalf of the temple.
The idea of a parent-teacher-stu-
dent meeting was decided upon by
the students themselves at one of
their High School Council meetings,
and it is hoped that all the parents
will encourage their children by their
presence.
While the assembly is intended
mainly for parents of the high school
students, all people in the community
who are interested in liberal Jewish
education will be welcomed.

STEPHEN S. WISE

Blnai B'rith Plans
Patriotic Program

Membership Drive On For Can-
didates For "Bernard
Ginsburg Class."

WOMEN TO OCCUPY
PULPITS IN MARCH

Preparations for Observance of Coun.
cil Sabbath Announced.

NEW YORK.—The most extensive
preparations in the history of the
day's observance are being niatle for
Council Sabbath on Friday, March
18, and Saturday, March 19, accord-
mg to the statement of Mrs. A. S.
Kohler of Savannah, Ga., chairman
of the Department of Religion and
Religious Education of the National
Council of Jewish Women.
"The festival of Purim, on which
it much thought is given to the dis-
cussion of women's service to the
cause of the Jess' and Judaism, is a
fitting occasion," stated Mrs. Kohler,
"for conveying to the Jewish world
the message of women's attainment ,
and aspirations today. This is the
sabbatical year of our institution of
an annual Council Sabbath. Each
year our women have ascended the I
pulpits of the land and have given an
accounting of how Jewish woman-
hood, through the program of the Na-
tional Council of Jewish Women, has
• rpre
in
and made effective the
ideals and principles of Judaism.
"The rabbis have encouraged this
custom of having Jewish womanhood
give expression to its convictions, by
[
inviting the ablest women orators in
the country, and particularly in their
respective communities, to deliver the
annual Purim address."
It was pointed out by Mrs. Kohler
that Reform and Conservative con-
gregations have co-operated with the
National Council of Jewish Women
in the observance of Council Sab-
bath.
In many synagogues the Sabbath
musical service of the National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women will be present-
ed. The national officers of the Na-
tional Council, as well as state and
local officer(, will be among the
speakers at these Council Sabbath
services.

HOLD PROTEST MEETING
FOR ROUMANIAN JEWS

TORONTO, Ont.—(J. T. A.)—A
protest meeting against the anti-Jew-
' ish excesses in Roumania was held on
Sunday at the Standard Theater.
The theater was filled to capacity
and two overflow' meetings were held.
Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman presid-
(Continued on Page 2.)
ed at the meeting. Father Minchan.:
Rev. Dr. Bland of the • United I Churc I
and Mr. Ithinewein, editor of the To-
DETROIT LODGE NO. 55
ronto Hebrew Journal, delivered ad-
PLANS DINNER-DANCE dresses.
A resolution of protest against
anti-Jewish atrocities was moved by
Detroit Lodge No. 5%, Knights of
Dr. Bland and amended by Rabbi Is.
l'ythias, has conipleted elaborate plans'
aerrnan to include tither religious mi
mi-
for a dinner-dance to la! held Sunday, !
norities. The resolution will be for-
evening, Feb. 27, at 7 o'clock at the!
warded to Premier King, with a re-
Hotel Statler.
A delightful program of entertain- quest to submit the matter to the
ment has been arranged and among League of Nations.

the well-known artists whit will per-
form, are Mary Tudor and Charlotte
Meyers of radio station V, R•, Moran
and Moran, vocalists, of station WCX;
the Wolverine Hawaiians of station
WGI1P, and others of note. Jerry
Rynik, formerly with station KFI, Los
Angeles, will be toaster of ceremonies.
Harold T. Rosenthal, chairman of
the entertainment committee, states
that in addition to this program and
Shmk's Creole Orchestra, which will
furnish the dance music, other enter-
tainment in the nature of surprises
will he offered, thus assuring everyone
an evening of enjoyment.
Reservations for the affair may he
obtained by communicating with Na-
than A. Pereira, 37k Monterey ave-
nue, no later than Feb. 23.

START REPRISALS
BECAUSE JEWS DO
NOT DENY POGROMS

Roumanian Government Begins
Anti-Semitic Campaign As
Punishment.

Professor William H. Pyle. profes-
sor of psychology at the Detroit

Teachers College, will address the as-

speak for the Detroit Jewish Open

ROUMANIAN SITUATION
WILL BE CONSIDERED '

Professor Pyle to
[Opens Jewish Congress
Speak at Beth El Meeting In Washington

The intellectual advancement com-
mittee of Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Inde-
pendent Order Ii'mti B'rith, has ar-
ranged a Lincoln-Washington pro-
gram for the next meeting tot the or-
ganization, which will take place Mon-
day evening, Feb. 21, in the commun-
ity house, 275 East Ferry avenue.
lenry M. Abramovitz, chairman of the
connnittee, announces that several
speakers of Ineal prominence will de-
liver addresses touching upon the
lives and acconiplishments of the two
men considered America's greatest
presidents.
Harold II. F:mmons, prominent local
attorney and former head of the De-
troit Board of Commerce, delivered a
lecture before members of the lodge
Monday evening, Feb. IL on the sub-
ject "My Experiences in Darkest Af-
rica." hi r. Emmons'
E
lecture was ac-
companied by motion pictures depict-
ing the itourney of his party from
Cairo to the Cape of Good Hope. The
reels showing the customs of the na-
tive tribes and the wild animal life of
the jungle proved of particular inter-
est to the members.
Harry Slavin, chairman of the or-
ganization committee, announced that
■ new and intensive drive for mem-
bership applications had been institut-
ed, and that the class of candidates re-
sulting from the drive will be called
the "Bernard Ginsburg Class" in hon-
or of the lodge's secretary'.Mr. Gins-
burg is a past president of the lodge
and district and widely known in local
and national social and philanthropic
circle's. It is expected that he will be
honored by of the largest class of can-
didates which has ever been inducted
into the local 11'nai B'rith lodge.

FUN-FEST READY
FOR FATHERS-SONS

Banquet, Gay Entertainment
Mark Observance.

Will

Fathers and sons, Boy Scouts, for-
mar Boy Scouts andlads who aspire
to the status of Boy Scouts, grand-
fathers who companion with their
grandsons as much an with their sons,
youths who are training for service
in the interest of the synagogue and
in behalf of the community in gen-
eral, as well as Young men who have
proved their mettle in their work for
the Jewish welfare, will assemble at
Shaarey &old< Synagogue Sunday
evening, Feb. 20, at 5:30 o'clock, at
a banquet and entertainment mark-
ing the tenth Father and Son ob-
servance.
The celebration will be ushered in
with a social hour from 5:30 to 0:30,
which wlil be followed by a banquet.
The speakers will be Rabbi A. H.
Hershman and A. Douglas Jamieson,
director of personnel at the Union
Trust Company, former scout com-
missioner for Detroit, an authority on
boys and a virile and entertaining
speaker.
Entertainment features will in-
I hole community singing, musical se.
lections, comedy moving picturee,
comes for fathers and sons and a
display of Boy Scout work. Novel-
ties adding to the social spirit and
gaiety of the occasion are also being
provided. It will be a fun-fest ex-
y.
Active in effecting arrangements
are Seymour J. Frank, Herman A.
August, Simon Shetzer, Oscar Kauf.
man, Samuel Willis and William'
Goldstein.

Y. W. H. A. TO PRESENT
PLAYS,ON FEB. 23-24

The Strolling Players of the Young
Women's Hebrew Association will
present three one-act plays in the Lit-
tle Theater of the "Y," 149 Rowena
street. Feb. 23 and '24, 8:30 p. m. The
program consists of the following:
"White Elephants" tip Kenyon Nich-
olson with Betty Pearlman, Dora
Heideman, Emma Hamburger, and Al.
CUZA COMMENTS ON PROTESTS . Hinson in the cast; the second play,
"Stringin' 'Ism by Frank Tompkins,
BUCHAREST.—(J. T. A.)—Alex. is enacted by F:l•anor Stanfield, Rebec-
ander Cuza, leader of the Roumanian ca Heideman, Faye Bassachia; the last
anti-Semites, who is principally re- • play is "Pygmalion and Galatea" by
sponsible for the antishwish disturb. %V. S. Gilbert and is an original cut-
et wave of Jewish ting of the play in two scenes. The
ances, discussed
protest abroad against these disturb- east consists of Shirley Simon, Rose
ances, in the Roumanian parliament. Klein, Mollie Schwartz, Pauline Shain-
Speaking in the parliament on the ale. and Alyce Weinberg.
protest meetings held in the United
A great deal of hard work and ear-
States, Deputy Cuza asked the Rou- , neat effort on the part of both director
manian government what it "intends and cast is being expended to make
to do to the Roumanian Jews." Cuza, this ■ splendid performance. Much
in the course of his address, declared I attention is being given to lighting ef-
that "no excesses ever occurred in fects and costuming and rehearsals
Roumania." "The Christian League are attended with an enthusiasm and
is a party of law and order," he interest that speaks well for the spirit
stated.
of the forthcoming production.

T

NEW YORK.— (J. T. A.) —The
Roumanian government and its offi-
cial organs have started a campaign
of retaliation against the Jews for
refusing to issue official statements
denying the continuous "excesses."
This news hits been received from
Roumania by Solomon Sufrin, former
member of the New York State As-
sembly, and leader of Roumanian
Jews in America.
Hundreds of Jewish veterans of the
World War, under threat of being
court-martialed, have been summoned
before a commission appointed by the
military court and asked to prove un-
der what circumstances they were
taken prisoners by the Germans, and
to disprove that they did not volun•
fully surrender. Those who have
been admitted to citizenship are in-
formed that they will be disfranchised
and those who apply for citizenship
are told that the mere honorablbe dis-
charge certificate will not be consid-
ered as prima-facie evidence of faith-
ful service. Such evidence is almost
impossible to produce after the lapse
of 10 years, the period required to
make n Roumanian resident eligible
to citizenship.
"Eight hundred and seventy Jewish
soldiers out of 23,000 (10 Si percent
of the Jewish population of Old Rou•
mania at that time) had been deco-
rated for heroic deeds on the battle-
fields," the report states.
"In the meantime the anti-Semitic
press continues its instigations
against the Jewish population. A
postal card representing an imagin-
ary ritual murder Is being distributed
through the mails by the thousands.
Manifestos calling upon the Christian
population to 'make the Jews drink
their own blood' appear in the anti-
Semitic press.
"The Union of Roumanian Jews
has appealed to the metropolitan
patriarch of the Roumanian Orthodox
Church and to all ministers of the
cabinet calling their attention to
these scurrilous publications, but n3
answer had been received up to Janu-
ary 26.
Ridicules Minister Gag.
"Constantine Mille, editor of the
Lupta, publishes an editorial ridicul-
ing Minister (loge's statement to the
foreign press that anti-Semitism does
not exist in Roumania and concludes
as follows: 'The Roumanian people
are surely not anti-Semitic. A cer-
tain stratum in the large cities is.
But this stratum is very turbulent
and the fault is that of the govern-
ment, who encourages
courages ali its un er-
I takings. This is the true truth.'
"The ('ourierul Israelit of Jan. 23
writes: 'The anti-Semitic propaganda
continues. The instigations against
us are conducted by words, pen and
deeds. We are being considered by
the propagandists as direct enemies
of the country, who should be ex-
terminated. The Jewish religion is
descrilwd as a misfortune for Chris-
tians and the Jewish God as a simple
'Coelosh.'
"The agitators go on with their
work. No one interferes with them.
We thought that there are laws
against such criminal propaganda,"
the report received by Mr. Sufrin
concludes.
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SECOND INTERNATIONAL
PROTESTS EXCESSES

PARIS. — (J. T. A.) — A protest
against what was termed "the White
Terror" of the reactionary forces in
Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria and
Lithuania, was adopted at a meeting
of the executive committee of the
Second International which met here.
Arthur Henderson, British labor lead-
er, presided.
On the representations made by
Dr. Abramowitch, leader of the Rus-
sian Social Democrats, the executive
committee adopted a resolution in
which sympathy was expressed with
the political prisoner! in Russia, vic-
tims of Bolshevism, and their release
wale demanded.
The Schwartzbard case was also
one of the subjects taken up. The
committee decided to institute an in-
quiry into the attitude of the Uk-
rainian Social Democrats toward the
Pettus& affair in connection with the
Schwartzbard trial. Particular refer-
ence Wan mule to the testimony of
Bezpalka in favor of the Petlura
group.
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DR. WISE CONFERS
WITH SECRETARY KELLOG

WASHINGTON.—(J. T. A.)—Dr.
Stephen S. Wise. president of the
American Jewish Congress, conferred
with Secretary Kellogg concerning
the persecution of the Jews in Rou-
mania and other countries of Eastern
Europe.
Dr. Wise headed a delegation from
the congress and other Jewish organ-
ization, which on Jan. 13 called the
attention of the State Department to
the condition of minority races in
Eastern Europe and urged diplomatic
action if any steps could be consid-
ered feasible by this government. Sir.
Kellogg at that time gave ■ sympa-
thetic hearing and indicated that the
matter would have his attention. The
conference is understood to have
been in furtherance of the matters
discussed at that meeting.
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STUDENT EXCESSES
CONTINUE IN BUCHAREST

BERLIN.-1J. T. A.)—The anti-
Jewish excesses in the medical col-
lege at the University of Bucharest
continue, according to a report of the

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IAst Pap.)

