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VOL. XXXII. NO. 7
RABBIS DISCUSS
MODERNIZING OF
RELIGIOUS LAW
"I FRANKLY CONFESS---'
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Proposed Revision of Jewish
Customs Debated by
Convention.
Present Written Apology to
Jewish Doctors Whom .
They Attacked.
NO DEFINITE ACTION
TAKEN ON QUESTION
INVESTIGATION BY
MAYOR CONTINUES
Louis Ginsburg Leads Right
and Mordecai Kaplan
Left Wing.
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ASBURY PARK, N. J.— (J. T.
: fsene4 cont... that
A.)—The issue of the so-called
: tove
to
ti mewls shorten .. a rtel.1 or ey etasty and ex-
"Third l'arty" in American theo-
..tutmil or
'ilea nr to. Dearborr Irde, ■ eooent .red o.
logical and congregational life was
the subject of a broad discussion at
the pamphlets stales *The Interrhtirosi led . .
t de—
the twelfth annual convention of
it to be It; euty es In hentrehle elan to en, ....oh. Cc,
the Rabbinical Assembly of the
Jewish Theological Seminary here.
weeny, tIone to the Seat as felloa-aen end brothers,
Although the meeting was in the
nature of an executive session and
nein, tmeir foriiverase tics the tees that tr.•• unirls• •
110 official statement was issued, the
ttentLy. "Omitted, by retneettny SO err es Iles stthtr
correspondent of the J. T. A. learn-
ed that the various trends among
ism. the of , endive marmot laid It bete ten. by Iss..
the rabbis affiliated with the as-
isatiwitssis,
by Oviter t , em t3 ,1 un,uell leVe emir
sembly were thoroughly debated
with an effort to ascertaining the
net nehoefoetb they may :oak to no :ah ohettex,ht, and ro.ee.
status of these rabbis and to obtain
a definition for this type of Jewish
ecclesiastics in relation to the ul-
tra-Orthodox and the ultra-Reform.
The debate was aroused by a pa-
per read to the assembly by Rabbi
Israel Goldstein, who asserted that
with the Reform congregations be-
coming more conservative and Or-
thodox congregations becoming
more modern, a revision of the
place of the Conservative party in
the American Rabbinate is neces-
sary.
Above is a facsimile of a portion of Henry Ford's repudiation of
"The Rabbinical Assembly has
the anti-Jewish articles which have appeared in the Dearborn Inde-
put Conservative Judaism into the
pendent. In addition to the letterhead and Mr. Ford's signature,
field of American vision,"' Rabbi
one paragraph of the statement, which consisted of four typewritten
Goldstein said. "Formerly that
sheets, is reproduced here.
field was regarded as the exclusive
preserve of Reform Jews. It used
to he thought by the American pub-
lic that there were two kinds of
Jews: Ghetto Jews and Reform
Jews, the latter adjective being
taken as a synonym for American.
Why was it so? Because Reform
Judaism was the only Judaism
which was organized and therefore "Forgive and Forget," Say Some "Forgive and Remem-
visible and
s. ' ,
ber," Say Others, But All Agree Jew Should
• ever thanks to the Rabbinical As-
s•mbly and the United Synagogue,
Grant Forgiveness.
the field is no longer monopolized
by a minority section of American
Detroit Jewry this week was unanimous in the opinion that Henry
farael and the position of Conserva-
tive Judaism is recognized and re- Ford's apology ought to be accepted. Opinion was divided, however,
spected," he declared.
on the question of how fur the Jew should go in granting Mr. Ford's
"Heretofore, our chief purpose as plea for forgiveness. The views of representative Jewish leaders in
a conservative party has been to this city varied on this point all the way from full and unqualified
stem a tide, the tide of Reform. In forgiveness to a demand for further retraction and the dismissal of
fact, the very label, Conservative, I those responsible for the policies of the Dearborn Independent, Sen-
probably originated as a qualifying timent on this mooted point rallied around two conflicting slogans:
adjective with reference to Reform. "Forgive and forget" and "Forgive and remember." In line with its
Our role was essentially, I take it, policy to present all sides of the many-sided truth, The Detroit Jewish
to guard against the danger of un- Chronicle has solicited the opinions of representative leading Jews of
modified reform, while accepting Detroit. The views of those who were willing to express their opinions
the principle of progress via inter- are here offered to our readers without comment.
pretation.
"Now, however, there is a visi-
MAYOR JOHN W. SMITH: I ant very glad to inform
ble retrenchment in the ranks of
the Reform movement in this coun- The Detroit Jewish Chronicle that I consider Mr. Henry :
try. The president of the Reform Ford's recent statement an extremely fine and courageous
Seminary, in an address a year ago, act. It ends a misunderstanding which is best forgotten as
said that the complexion of Reform
rapidly as possible.
Judaism in America will change
This country is founded on tolerance. It is as important
and he indicated, as I recall it, that
the change would probably take the as patriotism, and Mr. Ford in making this move has taken
form of a greater emphasis upon
great step forward towards the spreading of tolerance.;
the beauty of ceremony in the syna-
With his great influence both financial and personal it has ,
gogue and in the home. Reform
Judaism which bids fair to retrace been extremely unfortunate that he has been placed in
many of its steps. If it keeps up position of decrying a race which has contributed so much
in this way, it may yet encroach to culture in the United States. It was absurd to think that
upon what w'e a - c please rail
a man of Mr. Ford s wisdom and standing should place
Conservative Judaism and thus
possibly dispossess us of a good himself in opposition to a peope from which sprang Nathan
portion of our rationale.
Strauss, Professor Albert Michelson, David Belasco and'
"On the other hand, there is the Jacob Leib. I am happier than I can tell that this situation
Orthodsx party which has become
has been brought to an end.
agressive in recent years and is
1
- e HENRY M. BUTZEL: I'm will -
--
fast learning lessons of r,rganiza-
ing to forgive—but not to forget
thin. having sloughed off their man-
the tremendous wrong that has
nerisms, having changed their ver-
been done. Mr. Ford's attention
nacular from Yiddish to English,
has teen repeatedly called to the
they now represent themselves as
fact that h e wa s e ngging in cilium-
the exponents of the true American
' nies and li es b u t hi' c ont inued in
Judaism. The age-old Judaism
pursuing his policy. The harm and
which they claim can thrive in
mischief that it has caused, partic-
other lands, and, having learned Sternberg Is Inaugurated
Atli tihteiy in Europe, is Si, great that
the lessons
of
organization
and
of
.
President;
Appoints
!it
is hard to forgive and imposible
ritt wity, they are marching ahead
to forget. However, his apology
Committees.
with menacing strides.
Thus,
I
is
so complete that I think we ought
some), the danger of losing on both
Pisgah Lodge No. 31, I. 0. B. II., to accept it. I know of no way that
wings, on the right, on the left.
he
can make amends for the great
Reform becomes chastened and Or- held its semi-annual installation of
ro,,s
dune, i
,
i -
officers Monday night, at
thodox becomes preened.
:Ir
in
ngohf ethheaag
libels will thelp.
"Indeed, there are some who are time Samuel Sternberg and his ad-
Puzzled to understand wherein we ministration were duly inaugurat-
MILTON M. ALEXANDER:
conservatives differ from this re-
ed. Adolph Freund, who was him- Afterr seven years of desultory
vamped Orthodoxy which permits self installed as president of Pisgah
g. the sponsor of the
P•
decorum in the service and English exactly 50 years before, was the
Bernard Gins- Dearborn Independent admits his
in the sermon. There are men in presiding officer.
error.
Henry
Ford deserves no
the Rabbinical Assembly whose burg, who was installed as presi-
•
points view and whose congrega- dent 30 years ago, addressed the thanks that his anti-Semitic cam-
paign
met
with
failure. It is no
tions would never be tolerated in new officers and the large gathering
the Orthodox Union. Neverthe- of members, as did I). W. Simons, fault of his that it did not result in
misery,
loss
and
discomfort
to the
•ss, are there not some men re- Louis J. Rosenherg, A. Jacobs, and
garded as quasiheretic by our own Joseph Wolf of the Jackson Lodge. Jews of America. It certainly
caused
great
damage
to
the
Jews
,, slesiastical authorities and have
In his speech of aceptance, Sam-
of less enlightened nations. Who
W, nut
heard from our own com- uel Sternberg, the newly installed
can
question
that
Ford's
anti-Semi-
mittee on Jewish Law that an or- president, declared that he will at-
gan and mixed pews are abnormal tempt to continue the work of the tic article were calculated to arouse
loan the viewpoint of the Rabbini- lodge that has won the praise and the populance to hate d
nat• the Jews. That they failed
cal Assembly?
co-operation of the community.
"There is no room in Detroit for in their objective was due to four
'It is a confusing situation," he
causes:
said, "which is hound to work to the a division in the house of Israel,"
1. The flimsy character of the
detriment of the Conservative Sternberg said. "It is to the best
material printed.
party. As Orthodoxy becomes more' interests of all that the Jews should
2.
The evidences of bitterness
and more Conservatized, what will unite to promote their highest in-
be left for the Conservative Jew terests and those of humanity. Pis- and prejudice with which it reeked.
3. The valiant championship of
to do' How will he be distinguished gah Lodge, and all B'nai It'rith,
fr,. rn the other two?"
should serve as a comomn meeting of able defenders, Christian and
Dr. Adler urged the greater cul- ground for Jewry, where we may Jewish.
1. The inherent fairness of the
ikation of Jewish scholarship and' gather to discuss Jewish problems.
research work by rabbis. Laying solve them, and in evefy other re- American public.
Unseemly
haste in taking Mr.
aphasia on the scholarly achieve spect strengthen the glory of Is-
Ford to the Jewish bosom is both.
m eads of the members of the rabbi- Tact and protect its good name.
1
had
taste
and
bad jadicy. Let us
In addition to President Stern.'
rate. Dr. Adler also warned
against over indulgence in one as• berg, the officers installed were: forgive—and remember.
pet of the rabbinate.
Henry M. Abramovitz, first vice-
JUDGE HARRY B. KEIDAN: I
In the rourse of his paper, Dr. president; Morris Shatzen, second
Adler alluded to the recent attacks vice-president: Henry L. Lieber- ant glad that Mr. Ford made this
p
mole on the rabbinate in certain man, third vice-president; Phili move, because it shows that he has
intellectual quarter'. "I have an Ettinger, treasurer; Harry Yud- seen the light. He undoubtedly has
idea," he said, "that some of you koff, secretary; Abe Lenheff, ward- a great many follower, throughout
have grown a little uneasy this en; Rudolph Meyersohn, guardian; the country, and this statement
year by reason of attacks made up- and Silas Feinberg, assistant moni- should net these people eight.
on your own body and upon the tor. The term of the trustees,
FRED 1117TZEL: I am very glad
clerical profession in general in Adolf Freund, Herman IVeiss and
Publication, that call themselves Bernard Ginsburg, will continue the statement has been made. I
hope that the Jewish people in Kra'
literature. This I would like to dia- until the next election.
ls-I from your minds. Your pro-
Announcement was made that Prat will accept it at its face value
fession and yourselves are, of the next class, for which applies- and forget the entire incident.
General Opinion In Detroit Is Divided
On Ford's Statement Of Repudiation
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NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—The
charges of assault made by Dr.
Hyman U. Soloway, Dr. Louis Bo-
row and Er. Edward Katsbee when
they, three of the four Jewish in-
terries on the staff of the King's
County Hospital, were hazed by a
group of their Gentile colleagues
two weeks ago, were withdrawn
by them in Flatbush Magistrate's
Court.
They dropped the accusations
on condition that the six Gentiles,
all suspended by the hospital ad-
ministration, apologize and express
their regret. This the six—Dr.
oduairL,Bnr.Azsitiraomngiv
k
Hamm, Dr. Kenneth Clough and
Dr. IV. B. Stratton--did, and their
apology was submitted to Magis-
trate Joseph J. McGuire in asking
for the dismissal.
The letter addressed to Soloway,
Borow and Katsbee and signed by
the six Gentile internes read:
"Gentlemen: We regret the
treatment to which you were sub-
jected on the early morning of
June 20, at the Kings County Hos-
pital. Whatever motive inspired
it, be it either prejudice or intol-
erance, must be abhorrent to good
citizenship and we deplore any
participation therein by any per-
son connected with Kings County
Hospital.
"We sincerely trust that noth-
ing of the kind will ever be re-
peated in that institution and that
neither prejudice nor intolerance
over social or religious differences
will ever be known there .
"Our support to this end can be
counted upon."
The formal reply of the three
Jewish internes was:
"Gentlemen: We beg to acknowl-
edge receipt of your letter of even
date and to thank you for the ex-
pression of regret contained there-
in. We assure you that no ill
feeling on our part arising from
the occurrence referred to by you
survives your letter, and we trust
that we can regard the matter as
a closed incident."
Thus the quarrel disrupting the
hospital for several weeks is re-
moved from the realm of the
courts.
In place of this, the whole ques-
tion of religious prejudice will be
gone into at the mayor's hearing,
which recessed that Commia one r
of Accounts Iliggins may deter-
mine whether Jewish internes in
other city institutions are the vic-
tims of discrimination.
Following the dismissal of the
case, the Gentile internee' made
a move that stunned the Jewish
internes and their advisers. They
trooped right back to the hospital
from which they were suspended
after the criminal charges were
preferred, to report for duty.
The Gentile doctors held that
their suspension covered only the
time they were under charges.
Rabbi
D . G r oss,
of the Jewish.'
expressed
' i ,i
his indignation promptly.
"We were tricked," he said.
"We should have had foresight
enough to include this situation
in our conferences. The internes
should be kept away from the hos-
pital until the mayor's hearing.
are concluded. This will look like
a whitewash for them, and it is no
whitewash.
EUR OPEAN PRESS
SKEPTICAL ABOUT
FORD STATEMENT
BERLIN.-13. T. A.)—The Eu-
ropean press still continues to
comment on Henry Ford's with-
drawal of the anti-Semitic cam-
paign of his Dearborn Independ-
ent.
11 r.
ord s recantation called
forth a variety of feelings and
conjectures. The Vossische Zei-
tung, German liberal paper, treats
the Ford statement ironically.
"The auto king was compelled to
abandon his cheap product and
now is getting rid of his borrowed
opinions," the paper states.
The Berliner Tageblatt urges
caution in accepting Ford's state-
ment. "Only a short time ago,"
the paper writes, "Ford in an in-
terview with the representative of
the Berlinner Tageblatt, urged the
German people to free itself from
the slavery of Jewish capital and
of the Jewish League of Nations."
The German nationalist press
states that with Ford's recantation
international anti - Semitism has
lost a source of financial support..
The Voelkische Beobacht•r, an
anti-Semitic organ, and other anti-
Semitic journals do not comment
on the Ford statement.
VIENNA. — (J. T. A.) — The
Ford statement was widely com-
mented upon by the Austrian
press. Some of the editorials see
the reason for Ford's recantation
in the probable outcome of Aaron
Sapiro's libel suit against him.
Other papers praise Ford for his
manly art, although they term this
• rather belated recogniltion of
the truth.
Still other editorials
advise the anti-Semitic leaders is
look for new sources of financial
support. Some say that the Ford
statement was nothing but a pub I
licity stunt.
GOVERNOR WIRES
VIEWS ON FORD
The following wire was re-
! coked yesterday from Governor
Fred AV. Green:
"Detroit Jewish Chronicle,
525 Woodward Ave.,
Detroit, Mich.
"The high regard that I have
held all my life for the Jewish
people has made the Dearborn
articles unthinkable. I have
n•Vtir been able to recognize in
them a single semblance of
truth. I am delighted beyond
measure that they are to cease
and hope they will soon be for-
gotten by all own. It was a
most unfortunate incident in
Michigan history. Mr. Ford has
come to the front with his man-
ly apology. It is most hearten-
ing to find him big enough and
broad enough to acknowledge
his mistake and I have only the
highest praise for his action.
Let us hope that our body po-
litic will not bear a sear from
this regretable lack of under-
standing.
FRED AS'. GREEN,
1-0-4-0
Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents
MARSHALL, PERLMAN, BRISBANE
AND PALMA TELL NEGOTIATIONS
WITH FORD ON APOLOGY LETTER
Congressman Perlman Says Ford Should
Influence of Son ! Former
Follow His Apology by Getting Rid of
Cameron and Leibold.
Ch a nges Ford
Edsel Said to Have Favored "JEWS ACCUSTOMED TO FORGIVE,"
SAYS MARSHALL IN HIS REPLY
$1,000,000 Investment
In Palestine.
Palma Says Ford Regards
The abandonment by Henry
Jews As "An Essential
THIS
Ford of the anti-Semitic campaign
People."
carried on by his Dearborn Inde-
-----
pendent for six years was traced
BRISBANE
URGED FORD
to the influence of his son, Edsel,
TO STOP ANTI-SEMITISM
in circles which claim to be well
informed nun the subject.
As a proof substantiating this
assertion, the fact is quoted that
as far back as a year ago negotia-
tions were in progress between Ed-
sel Ford and a prominent Detroit
Zionist for securing the co-opera-
tion of the Ford for in the
work carried on by the Zionists to
rehabilitate l'Ideetitie as the Jew-
ish national home.
It has been disclorie6 that the, in-
vestment of $1,000,000 in l'ales-
tine mortgage securities was ne-
gotiated by Edsel Ford a year ago
Over 300 Lives Lost at Maan, with spokesmen of Zionist invest-
ment corporations. Morris Fried-
80 at Ludd, 25 Around
berg, a prominent local Zioniist,
is said to have beer. responsible for
Jerusalem.
those neeotiations which, although
viewed favorably by Edsel Ford,
AID SENT BY PLANE
did not culminate due to criticism
TO DEVASTATED AREA expressed in certain Zionist quar-
ters of the enlistment of Ford's co-
Flier Saw Hills Crack Open operation in the Palestine rebuild-
ing work.
And Buildings Topple In
This criticism was based on the
Tranajordania,
fact that an avowed enemy of the
Jews, as Henry Ford was then con-
Reports from Palestine indicate sidered, could not be permitted to
that 1,000 lives were lost in the re- co-operate with Zionists in the re-
cent earthquake, including 300 at building of Palestine.
Mean, 80 at Ludd, 30 at Amman,
and 72 at Randal, while the town
of Nablus was half destroyed and
ninny were killed.
The hospitals are full and the au-
thorities have telegraphed to Cairo
for medical supplies, which have
been sent by airplanes, including, a
Withdrawal Of "Internation-
!arise quantity of chloride of
presumably for burying the dead.
al Jew" Seen As Blow
The earthquake is said to he the
To Anti-Semites.
severest experienced in Palestine
in a hundred years.
LONDON—(J. T. A.)—Tens of
The earthquake produced consid-
thousands of copies of Henry
erable alarm in Egypt, but there
Ford's "International Jew," which
was not much damage here and no
loss of life. The antiquities au- represents a compilation published
thorities are becoming perturbed at in his name in the Dearborn Inde-
the increasing frequency of earth pendent, translated into practical-
tremors in this country in view of ly every European language, will
the instability of many monuments have to be withdrawn from circu-
of antiquity which wouldl.' don- lation, it was sstinuited here when
gee from more serious seismic dis- the news of llenry Ford's retrac-
tion of his anti-Semitic charges
turbances.
Reports from l'alestine, which and his promise to withdraw these
publications
was received in Jew-
was the center of the earthquake,
indicate grave consequences. Un- ish circles here.
The
impression
that llenry
l ike previous earthquakes in tha t
region the tremors ,a•curred in an Ford's influence backed the vari-
ous
branches
of
the
anti-Semitic
eastward direction from Transjor.
denim end not northwest. In Trans- movement in European countries
jordania the loss of life and prop- was a source of deep sorrow to
many Jewish comniunities on th e
erty was considerable.
continent where Jewish leaders
JERUSALEM—(L T. A.)—The watched with despair the increas-
Old City has the appearance of ing number of translations made
passing through a military siege as of llenry Ford's "International
Jew," in which the charge of an
the result of the earthquake.
The streets were filled with international Jewish conspiracy to
crowds, the people hesitating to en- dominate the world commercially,
ter the houses in fear ,if a recur- financially and politically was ex-
rence of the earthquake and a pos. pounded on the basis of the so-
QUAKE KILLS 1,000;
RUIN WIDESPREAD
IN PALESTINE AREA
Europe Welcomes
Ford Retraction
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TELEPHONE
CADILLAC
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Opinions Of National Leaders On
Ford Statement Cover Wide Range
Views Range From Flattery To OuLspok*uspicion;
Mayors, Judges, Clergymen, Educators,
Hans,
Financiers Issue Statements.
Varied comments, made bv national leaders in every section of
the country, greeted the Ford repudiation of the anti-Semitic attacks
made during the past seven years in his official organ, the Dearborn
Independent.
The opinions of both Jews and Gentiles covered a wide field, rang-
ing from flowery praise of Mr. Ford's courage to frank and outspoken
suspicion as to the motives behind the entire action. A group of the
most representative comments follows:
MAYOR JAMES J. WALKER
of New York, in a statement to American fair play should inspire
the Jewish Day: It is very grate- Mr. Ford to impose upon himself
the has
solemn duty of taking steps to
F ord
t ying to know
dictated a change in the editorial counteract that influence with the
policy of the Dearborn Indepen• name energy and enterprise that
dent, a policy which, of necessity, was employe,' in his name to
s
was offensive to a large group of spread
the ideas he now acknowl-
the has
world's
our citizens, and which was rem- edges
edges were
man, false.
Ilesry As
Ford
the
dared doubly offensive because it
was attributed personally to one unique opportunity of making an
whose success in life is due to the amende honorable to the Jewish
free opportunity which the Amert• people by sponsoring a world-wide
can Constitution guarantees to campaign of education against na-
ca sinism, re igiousirsot.
every citizen regardless of race or
creed. Mr. Ford's disavowal ofy r and racial antagonism. It is
,
personal responsibility is equally only in some such manner that
F
gratifying. Possibly this incident Mr. ord can, to a alight extent at
least, atone for the suffering
may influence certain other men
0
public life to see the light and t caused by his campaign.
eliminate religious and racial ran
RABBI ISAAC LANDMAN, edi-
cur from their utterances and pub .
tor of the American Hebrew •
heat ion.
Henry Ford is the first man in his-
tory, beguiled by anti-Semitism,
DAVID N. 1110qESSOHN, edits ✓ who has made a public recantation
of the Jewish Tribune: It wa ? and apology. The significance of
with a feeling of profound sari et his statement lies not in any effect
faction that I read of Mr. Ford' S it may have upon the Jews of
apology for the terrible mistak e America, but in this: that the
he had made in permitting th e world will become aware of the
publication in the Dearborn lnde - fact that the international Jewish
pendent of the scurrilous article ▪ conspiracy is a
fiction; that the
slandering the Jews. The Jews ar e
Jews neither control world finances
a long-suffering people and, be - nor make and unmake wars; that
later' though the apology be the y
the Jews are not at one
I th e
will welcome it with deep-fel same time capitalists, Bolsheviks
grat itude
to Fat
' he ✓
the Heavenly
and revolutionist,: that the Jews
of all peoples. But the baleful in - are not the corrupters of the press,
fluence of the anti-Semitic article S
the theater, the morals of the
which, in book form, have bee n world.
systematically circulated by th e
Mr. Ford has spent a fortune to
tens of thousands in many lands • publish these libels. He now finds
and have been transltsed int • that they are false and that he
many tongues, cannot be effacte
d • has sinned against a whole people.
y • mere ape I ogy owever
h
wel.
come that may be. The spirit of
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Henry Ford's repudiation of the
anti-Jewish articles which have
appeared in his official organ, the
Dearborn Independent, during the
past seven years has caused world-
wide comment, and each day's de-
velopments seem to indicate more
far-reaching results.
Events during the past week
have moved with such speed as to
leave the average newspaper read-
er in a jumbled confusion, How-
ever, from the mass of "state-
ments" and "explanations" which
have been issued during the past
week, the true story of the entire
proceedings seems to emanate.
Former Congressman Nathan D.
Perlman, a vice-president of the
American Jewish Congress, in an
'
interview Sunday, demanded that
LOUIS MARSHALL
llenry Ford dismiss E. G. Leibold,
his general secretary for 17 years
The noon who, in a sense, may and vice-president of the Dearborn
be said to have represented Amer- Publishing Company, and W. J.
Wan Jewry in the negotiations Cameron, editor of The Dearborn
with llenry Ford's personal repre- Independent, as the men respon-
sentatives which led to the motor sible for the seven-year anti-Jew-
magnate's repudiation of his own ish campaign conducted by that
magazine. Mr. Marshall is said to journal, which the automobile man-
have dictated the required con- ufacturer has just repudiated with
tents of the Ford statenient a retraction and apology to the
PIPP EXPLAINS
.
..
FORD ATTITUDE
Owner Forced Views on
Staff, Former Independ•
ant Editor Says.
je lS"11:. Perlman asserted that Earl
J. Davis, Detroit lawyer and form-
er Assistant United States Atter-
General,
ro?
Mrn,Ph.
j Ford's Palma
sentatives in the negotiations lead-
ing up to the retraction, had agreed
with him that Mr. Ford should let
ulssts.patr Lei
.et.i bold i and
and orttr. tos
C aem
t e hrion sego
lf
right with the Jews and the rest of
the world.
Identifying Mr. l'alma for the
"You fellows are afraid to print
those attacks on the Jews. Now, first time as the head of the field
1 1 force of the United States Secret
I want them print
will . Service in New York, as well as an
take full respoliTsi ll,til'i(iy.a'n" .
Mr.
Such were Henry Ford's verbal intimate personal friend of
Perlman also threw new
orders in 1520 to the editorial slag
light on the negotiations between
of the Dearborn Independent, Sc- Fon!, 11 r.
cording to E. G. Pipp, former edi-
automobile manufacturer
turer , and Mr.
tor of the magazine and now edi- Mr. Davis and Mr. Palma for the
mti•t
P rtl ee
ma, n and rle.soeunistinhg
larshAani
ll,erpirceasn-
tor of Pipp's magazine.
Henry Ford, Pipp charges, per-
sonally ordered the publication of edam of the American Jewish Com-
eywrwy.aslIperedciesdedmeiblythfaoturthceonafe
porl.-
( y an i-. milk_ articl e appear- (.1),,
ing in the Dearborn Independent. encee, beginning on May 20.
Ford said last week in his pub-
How Negotiations Started.
lic apology to the Jews: "Had I
a',prec•iated even the general na- "I received a telephone call from
Lure, to say nothing of the details, Mr. Davis on May 20," said Mr.
of these anti-Jewish articles, I Perlman, "and invited him to come
would have forbidden their circu- to sly office without knowing the
lation without a moment's hesita- subject he wished to talk to me
about. Mr. Palma came with him.
st u
ioen.:" ,"f
Me
says in the current is- They said they were personal
friends of Mr. Ford and had re-
Pipp a American Hebrew:
"The first direct discussion I had cently discussed with him the Dear-
with Ford about the Jews was born Independent's antiJewiah
when he was a candidate for the campaign. They quoted him as
United States Senate in 1918, two saying that he had no animus
against the Jews, that he employed
years before the launching of the a great many Jews and had the
magazine attacks. It was follow-
ing the Ford-Chicago Tribune libel kindliest feelings toward them, that
he Was not personally responsible
suit that we began to hear much for the Dearborn Independent's an-
more about the, ews, both from
ti-Semitism
and that he wanted to
Ford and hby
tary,
' do something that wculd put him In
quite freque
same expres- I the proper light on the subject.
shin coming from both of them. They asked me what I thought he
"By midsummer of 1519 the at- could do that would make it clear-
mosphere became very much anti- lay understood that Mr. Ford had
Jewish. The Jews were blamed r, r ee li
ng against the Jews and had
for almost everything, Ford ex. in, Fart in the anti-Jewish cam-
pressing himself and Leibold tick. „,,ign
ling Ford by repealing the senti- '
"My reply was that he should do
nwrit if not the wont,."
l'ipp said he does not believe two things—make a public apology
F'ord's apology is based on politi- and dismiss the respmsible for
the slander sf attacks upon the
Call'Orl,tih7. s.p,ints out, figureal on Jews that Lail appeared under his
getting a strung Gentile vete by name. Thee- r 1, I understand,
Davis
his attack "n the Jewe. Eventual. are Leibold a Cameron.
and I alma as. • with me, both
Iy he learned, however, that it is ,
s
"'th respect to tat apology and the
to elect a man to the dernisaal of Cameron and Leibold.
, impossible
Presidency who is opposed by the
all thought that after the spots
t
three
strong J Jewish
'h
t
').y WAS made, they should either
New
York,
Cleveland
resign
or be dismissed. This, how-
and
()cri tical i.
America,
ever, did nut eventually become
Ford
's ennaunroment of his ill- part of the formal agreement,
icy against the Jews through the which extended only to the apol-
medium of the Dearborn Independ•
ogY. and I do not recall whether we
was one of the prime reasons for discussed it in the subsequent con-
Pipp's resignation, the ex-editor ferences with Mr. Marshall.
says.
Pipp was succeeded by Wil-
Marshall Joined Coal
liam J. Cameron, now in charge
of the magazine. "I suggested to Davis and Palma
that We call in Mr. Marshall as the
rept:emanative of theAmericas
A
nimittee. eo that with me,
as a representative of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, the two lead-
ing national Jewish organizati n
in the country would be represent-
ed. Later in the day I telephoned
WASHINGTON.—Henry Ford's
public apology for the attacks ate Marshall andput the matter
up to him, with the result that on
made on Jews through the medium the next day, May 21, we oil four
of hie .1,i)tebarbaorgn ra linndeipien ,a
deln is
took the
met in Mr. Marshall's office. Mr.
tt by Marshal!
um, positionn as
'Was hington Jews.
I had taken as to the necessity for
Delegates attending a meeting a public apology and retraction by
of the Orthodox congregations
Mr. Ford of hie slanderous attacks
,afn
isan iz avtoi toensi
t h2e3 laIrgi sat irbi s c
tt upon the Jewish race_
dColumbia
37 t o
"We asked Davis and Palma for
the resolution introduced to coin- assurances that they had authority
mend Ford for his retraction of
, peak for Mr. Ford and arranged
charges made in his magazine to '
to meet them again later. About
against the Jews.
June 6, Mr. Davis telephoned from
Although Rabbi J. T. Loeb of
Detroit that he would like to see us
the Ohev Sholem Congregation aga i n, an d we had another confer.
pleaded with the delegates to ex-
tend the hand of forgiveness to ante in Mr. Marshall's office about
that time. We went over in detail
Ford, a majority was obdurate, ex-
is,mtavt
tetminertntthtehactha Ford of the
pressing the opinion it was better
pu blic
.
to wait and see if Ford by his fu-
to make, and Mr. Davis wilt boa
tore actions pro. he is actually to Detroit for another
talk with Mr.
sorry for the calumny heaped by Ford. The final conform"
was
his magazine upon the Jews of the
world.
(Turn to last pew.)
WASHINGTON
1„,,,,,..h ri
JEWS DOUBT
FORD'S WORD