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Torah Readings.
Pentateuehal portion—Lev. 21 :1-24:23.
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 44:15-31.
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May 17, 1929
The United Drive.
The appellation "united" by which the drive open-
ing this Sunday evening is designated makes the cur-
rent appeal for funds stand out in importance. Seldom
is Jewry asked to contribute a sum so compartively
small, yet certain to accomplish so much good.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found a description
of the many causes included in the present drive. Lo-
cal needs are coupled with national efforts and with
foreign relief causes. Educational institutions are to be
aided at the same time that the contributors assist in
hospitalization and charity efforts. This variety of
causes to be helped in the $150,000 drive holds a cer-
tain charm which should find a united Jewry behind
the United Jewish Campaign.
The distressing reports that continue to reach us
from all parts of Europe, describing the disaster in the
Jewish communities, compel every Jew and Jewess to
heed the call of the needy and oppressed who were less
fortunate than the Jews on this continent, and who
were thrown by fate into the very hotbed of the de-
structions by wars and pogroms. These must be helped,
and the present drive provides for them.
But the foreign relief item in the campaign is only
one in twenty-four. The fund to be raised will help
to eliminate the multiplicity of drives by fulfilling De-
troit's obligations to thirteen other national causes,
among whom are included the Bias (Hebrew Shelter-
ing and Immigrant Aid Society), whose efforts have
helped thousands of our wanderers; the Jewish Wel-
fare Board, which concerns itself with fostering and de-
veloping Jewish centers throughout the country to
serve as cultural media for our youth; the National De-
sertion Bureau, which deals with the problem of Jew-
ish family desertion in this country; the American
Pro-Falasha Committee, which aims to preserve the
50,000 Falasha Jews in Abyssinia from spiritual de-
struction; the Hebrew University at Jerusalem, Amer-
ican Jewish Committee, and other causes aiming to
serve all Israel.
Then there are the local causes. The works of the
United Hebrew Schools, which head the list of Jewish
causes to be financed as a result of the present drive,
are too well known for enumeration and repetition.
But the cause of Jewish education in particular never
receives too much emphasis. On the contrary, it is, in
the words of Julius Rosenwald, "the most important
problem facing the Jews of America at this moment,"
and the duty devolves upon every American Jew to
help solve it. By aiding the causes of the United He-
brew Schools of Detroit, local Jewry will help solve
the problem insofar as our own community is con-
cerned, •
The nine other local causes Included in the cam-
paign give emphasis to the drive, The Hebrew Free
Loan Association, House of Shelter, Mother's Clinic,
Jewish Open Forum, Young Women's Hebrew Associa-
tion, North End Clinic, Jewish Social Service Bureau
—these causes combined contain an appeal deserving
of the community's oversubscription.
The United Jewish Campaign recalls the psalmist's
exaltation in unity:
"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for breth-
ren to dwell together in unity." (Ps. CXXIIIX 1).
We are thus faced by the union of a multiplicity
of causes, calling upon Jewry for unity of action in
their behalf. There will be genuine cause for rejoic-
ing over the liberality of Jews only when such unity is
translated in liberal oversubscription of the fund that
calls to this Jewish community.
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Tel Aviv's Twentieth Anniversary.
The twentieth anniversary celebration of the first
all-Jewish city in Palestine is a much more important
event in the Jewish national movement than will be
generally conceded. The observance last week of Tel
Aviv's growth from a sand dune to a prosperous com-
mercial center with a population of •10,000, is one of
the very encouraging signs of true progress in the New
Judaea.
Whatever may be said to the contrary, it was from
Tel Aviv that has generated the greatest power in the
reconstruction of the Jewish homeland. The revival of
Hebrew owes much to the importance given the rebirth
of the language as the spoken tongue of our people in
that city. The encouragement given Jewish industrial-
ists in favor of the establishment of industries in Pal-
estine is due in great measure to the inebriating and
hypnotizing charm of Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv's growth has been criticized on the
strength of the generally accepted Zionist ideology that
the redemption of the soil must conic first in a rebuilt
Zion; that Jews in Palestine must return to the soil,
rather than again revert to a position of storekeeping
and middle-class parasitism. In itself a powerful and
weighty argument at it time when everything calls for
the Jew's return to the soil and for a change in our
people's psychology from that of the city-bred to the
peasant's, the truth must not be minimized that such a
transformation can not occur over night. It is because
such a task, for a people so long removed from the soil
as ours has been, is so difficult that the existence of Tel
Aviv justifies itself.
As long ago as 1912, only three years after the es-
tablishment of Tel Aviv, arguments against it were
already heard, and at that time, the Prophet of the
Zionist movement, Achad Ha-Am, in his essay "Summa
Summarum," defended the existence of Tel Aviv. To
quote an interesting portion from this essay:
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The Bogey From Rome.
Senator Heflin of Alabama, in one of his anti-Cath-
olic addresses delivered on the floor of the United
States Senate, thought it advisable to class the Jews
with the Protestants as forming a group of a hundred
and odd millions who stand helpless before the dangers
which are threatening their liberties at a signal from
Rome. Said this Southern defender of the rights of
Americans:
here and Rome is intolved Rome wins, leaving one hun-
dred and odd millions of Protestants and Jews standing
helpless because senators are here voting against their
interests, their rights and their liberties.
It is surprising how men will attept to involve un-
der the cloak of tolerance groups unconcerned in their
religious battles. Senator Heflin has been monopolizing
the time of the United States Senate with an harangue
against the Catholics, and at every possible occasion
he has classed the Jews with the Protestants, thus mak-
ing it appear that the Jewish people shares in his ha-
tred of the bogey which seems to haunt him from Rome.
It is from just such honeyed sources that we are
usually stung; and we will have none of Senator Hef-
lin's honey, and none of his stinging. Let him begin to
practice his own preachment of liberty, and the bogey
created by his religious bigotry will disappear.
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JO SEMI-.=
I was talking to one of the officials of the Leviathan
the other day and was surprised to hear to what extent
they go to cater to the religious scruples of the passen-
gers. On one of the ships of the United States lines they
have a rabbi. On the Leviathan those who can't have a
happy voyage unless kosher food is served can even have
that arranged. With Jewish travel increasing constantly,
and when I say Jewish travel, I mean Jews who travel,
the great organizations on sea and on land who look with
a favorable eye to the generous spending of our people,
use every effort to please such patronage,
Eighteen thousand dollars a year for a Conservative
rabbi! That will make American Jewry stop and think.
For years, many, many years, rabbis of the traditional
school had long given up hope that their field would over
be as remunerative as that of their Reform brethren.
In fact, it is well known that because of the limited
opportunity in the Orthodox and Conservative congre-
gations from a financial standpoint, some rabbis either
left the pulpit for other fields of endeavor and may we
whisper, even essayed to occupy Reform pulpits. But all
this is changing and now with the news that $16,000
will be the salary of Rabbi Solomon Goldman of Cleve-
land, who has accepted a call to become rabbi of Con-
gregation Anshe Ernes of Chicago.
In connection with this item of news the editorial
comment of Rabbi Felix Mendelssohn, of the Chicago
Sentinel, will be of interest to the readers of this
column:
Rabbi Goldman's coming to Anshe Ernes will
make him unique also in another respect. His
annual salary has been fixed at $18,000—a fact
which makes him the highest paid Conservative
rabbi in America. The munificent salary of Rabbi
Goldman explodes an accepted theory that Reform
rabbis receive the highest pay in American con-
gregations. Only about half it dozen Reform
rabbis—who minister to the wealthiest Jewish
congregations in the world—receive slightly
larger salaries than that of Rabbi Goldman, while
the average pay of 98 per cent of the Reform
rabbis does not even begin to compare to that
which will he paid by Anshe Ernes. Jewish com-
munities should be familiar with the fact that
Conservative congregations are beginning to pay
their rabbis more than Reform temples for
thereby the erroneous notion will be dispelled that
it is magnificent salaries which are attracting
young men to the Reform ministry.
The terms "practical work" does not apply only to
the agricultural colonies. This national Hebrew type may
have, and indeed has, its generating stations outside the
agricultural settlement. Many Zionists criticize the direc-
tors of the National Fund for sinking a good deal of their
capital in the building of Jewish quarters in towns (such
as Tel Aviv in Jaffa). From the point of view of the pro-
gram these critics are certainly right. The fund was
created for "the redemption of the land" in the widest
sense of the term, and not for the purchase of small pieces
of urban land, and the erection on them of houses for
Jews. But the work is directed not by the demands of the
program but by the promptings of instinct. If our visitor
from the Diaspora remains some days in Tel Aviv, observ-
ing its life, and sees the Hebrew children who are growing
up there, he will not criticize the National Fund for having
made it possible to found such a generating station. He
will wish with all his heart that the directors would commit
the same fault again, and create similar stations in the
other towns of Palestine.
Tel Aviv's anniversary is in fact an anniversary for
all Israel. It is an occasion to rejoice at an achievement
in Eretz Israel. It is a tribute to the stick-to-it-iveness
of our pioneer settlers. and to their vision, as well as
to the Jewish National Fund which made possible the
beginning of this fine Jewish center.
Clancy—Friend of His Constituents.
Rep. Robert H. ("Bob") Clancy has in the past few
months given a worthy account of himself. More than
one family, separated by our harsh immigration laws,
was reunited through his efforts. A typical example
of his efforts is alluded to elsewhere in this issue in the
case of a Detroit Jew whose wife and two children were
in Jerusalem awaiting their visas to join their husband
and father, and who might have been detained at the
port in Jaffa, Palestine, for a long time without the ef-
forts in their behalf of our friendly Congressman.
Representative ('lancy's interest in the welfare of
his constituents was revealed in another news release
this week. An Italian who had been in this country for
23 years, and who was to become an American citizen
this week, became involved in an illegal and immoral
business venture in a building operated by him, and
was threatened with deportation because of it. Rep-
resentative Clancy intervened in his behalf, preventing
an injustice that would result from such deportation
to the family of this alien. He took advantage of the
opportunity offered him by this case, however, to urge
upon all aliens to become naturalized in order that they
may signify their loyalty to their adopted land and
thereby also prevent possible inconveniences for them-
selves.
So many instances of genuine service rendered their
constituents by Representative Clancy, without his
making much ado about it, have conic to our attention
in the past month. that we take advantage of this non-
political season to pay him a compliment he duly de-
serves. he is so ably and unselfishly devoting himself
to the interests of those of his constituents who are
handicapped by reason of their having been born on
foreign soil, that we greet hint as a true friend of his
constituency.
Mr. Rosenwald Has Earned His Honors.
The modesty with which Mr. Julius Rosenwald, the
eminent Chicago Jewish philanthropist, accepts the
,,,,, end "'Inn hind .nooks highs
•
ly in favor of the distinctions now being shown him.
On the occasion of the awarding to him of the
"Gottheil Medal for Distinguished Service for the Year
1928," by the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Mr. Rosen-
wald has sent the following telegram of acknowledge-
ment:
I accept the medal and the distinction it carries with it,
although I feel my good fortune comes because your com-
mittee has failed to recognize the good deeds of others far
more deserving. I hope to continue to merit the respect
and the esteem of my co-religionists, which I desire above
all.
Such modesty has always distinguished the unsel-
fishness of Mr. Rosenwald's philanthropic spirit. here
is one outstanding Jew of our time who has earned the
honors showered upon him.
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IN THE REALM OF
SONG and LAUGHTER
ColLf0r5
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A Column in Verse and Prose, Heard,
Clipped and Contributed.
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
THE JEW WINS
An interested reader who prefers
that his name should nut be used
in connection with his contribu-
tion, sends us, in translation, the
following story from Simplicissi-
mus, the best known of German
humorous papers:
In a railroad train, a dyed-in-
the-tvool Italian and equally as
patriotic a Teuton discussed heat-
edly the relative superiority of
their cultures.,
"Dante, Giordano Bruno, :Michel-
angelo, Leonardo da Vinci," quot-
ed the first in proof of his conten-
tions.
"Luther, Kant, Goethe, Wag-
ner," came the weapons of the
second.
They fought and argued.
At last, his chest swelled with
national pride, the Italian played
his last trump: "Your culture de-
serves all honor, but one thing
clears up the entire situation. We
had a literature and could write
when your ancestors lived in for-
ests, clad in bearskins."
The Teuton smiled contemptu-
ously as he made his reply: "You
are mistaken. Your ancestors
lived in forests and were clad in
bearskins when we possessed a lit-
erature and could write. For, I
out a Jew."
"That is nothing to me," replied
•
the Italian, "for I, too, ant a Jew."
OUTRAGED!
Imagine this:
Once we strolled hand in hand
down sun•dappled roads
together;
We loved to sit, close lock'd, in
moonlit, odorous arbors;
At the end, we kissed passionate-
ly and at some length and
parted ...
He vowed never to love another
and I prayed
For some time there has been a movement on foot
in St. Louis to merge three leading congregations. But
after long-drawn-out negotiations the merger failed. Not
being familiar with the conditions in St. Louis, I am, of
course, in no position to state whether or not the merger
would have been advantageous to the community. But
an interesting sidelight is thrown on the subject by Mt.
A. Rosenthal, editor of the Modern View, who suggests
that there has been considerable comment to the effect
that the alleged snobbishness of an element in one of the
congregations which considered itself socially superior
to the others. Whether that is true or not, the fact
remains that the social side of congregational life—and
I mean the Society side (with a large "S")—does play
an important part, an all too important part in our con-
gregational life. The influx of the more liberal element
among the Conservative Jews in Reform congregations
has on more than one occasion been the subject of dis-
cussion among the society group who deplore the fact
"that there are so many people they don't know" who
attend services with them.
look upon his
face again and feel
That I might never
The old, old anguish and all the
emot:ons
The modern novelist. describe so
much better than I do . . •
Yesterday—ah, y esterday—I met
11 . m and my heart was bit-
ter with a great bitterness,
For he is married, despite his
vows, and seems quite
happy.
But, most terrible and 11105i out-
rageous,
He in.isted upon bragging about
his baby,
When I wanted to talk about rr6te.
—Elms Ehrlich Levinger.
I note where "Honest" Sol Levitan, treasurer of Wis-
consin (and the most popular man in the state), dropped
in on his old friend Jacob Epstein in Baltimore on Seder
night. Now here we have two interesting characters in
American Jewry. Both self-m a de men who earned every
dollar they have. Men of sterling integrity whose word
is as good as bond. Each has achieved distinction in his
own state and won high honors from Jew and non-Jew.
Each is outspoken and prepared to take a stand for the
truth. Mr. Levitan has been elected, I think, three times
as state treasurer by record majorities usually running
for ahead of his ticket. Ile is a devout Jew and still
clings to the traditions of his faith. Mr. Epstein is
known nationally as an outstanding merchant, a philan-
thropist, and a leader in civic life. I don't know Sir.
Levitan, though I have received letters from him. But I
believe that I understand hint and I appreciate those
qualities in hint that have made hint what he is. I ant
well acquainted personally with Jacob Epstein, and if wn
had more Jews like hint there would be less prejudice in
this country.
MR. GOLDING TELLS A STORY
Louis Golding, in "Those An-
cient ).ands" (an Alfred A. Knopf
publication), tells the following
characteristic story:
I heard a story from a young
Muslim of a felucca beating its
way alp the fringes of Africa with
a cargo of pots and oranges. The
boat carried three passengers, a
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TEL AVIV ENGLISH
To Mr. Golding's "Those An-
cient Lands" we are also indebted
for the following:
It is possible that the injunction
to speak Hebrew in Jewish Pales-
tine is partly based on an aesthetic
reaction from the sort of English
which is spoken there, and set up
in shop signs, and printed in hand-
bills. I cannot forbear from quot-
ing certain specimens of Pales-
tine English—it might be termed
Tel Aviv English—in support of
my theory. As for instance the
following professional dour-plates:
"Slaughterer Who Kills Himself
Every Morning," 'Certified English
Lady," "Diplomatic Midwife." I
approve of the modest tailor who
announces that he "Cuts Trousers
Straight." I am an enthusiast fur
the mixed-goods merchant who
"Sells Here Hosiery, Stockings,
and Other Musical Instruments."
But my chief loyalty goes to th a t
candid surgeon who blazons these
words upon his front door: "Wo-
men and Other Infernal Diseases
Attended To."
HE WII0 WAS SLAPPED
Jacobs is walking along the
street when he sees—as he thinks
--his fried Levi in front of him.
Ile gives hint a hearty slap on the
back. The man turns round and
he sees that it is a complete stran-
ger.
"I beg your pardon." he says. "I
thought it was I.evi ".
"Well, even if I were Levi," re-
joins the other, "you need not hit
nie as hard as that."
"What business is it of yours
how hard I hit Levi?" Jacobs re-
torts.—London Jewish Guardian.
HAYM SALOMON
"It Looks as Though Ilaym Salomon's Credit Was
Better Than That of the Whole Thirteen States,"
Says Noted Harvard Professor and Historian,
Well, I promised to tell you the Jew for whom I
voted to receive the Richard Gottheil Medal. This medal
is awarded annually by the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity to
the Jew who, in the opinion of a group of Jewish editors,
has done must for Jewish life during the preceding year.
I have had the privilege of serving on the committee
since its inception and the first Jew to be honored was
Rabbi Stephen Wise, then carne Aaron Supiro and the
third was David A. Brown. This time the medal goes to
Julius Rosenwald, and he was my first choice. I had
only one second choice and that was Salmon Levinson, of
Chicago, who was the originator of the plan to outlaw
war, which found its fruition in the Kellogg Peace Pact.
1 believe that Mr. Rosenwald had rendered extraordinary
service to every phase of Jewish life in this country, and
equally had enhanced the prestige of the Jew as a pro-
gressive-minded citizen of the nation, and a believer in
the brotherhood of man by going beyond the boundaries
of his own people in promoting the welfare of society at
By PROF. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
Editor's Note: Prof. Albert
Bart of Harvard University is one of
Antericale foremost historians. Ile has
held the post', of President of the Ameri-
can Historical Society and of the Ameri-
can Political Science Association. Pro-
e sor Hart is remwrnited as America's
oremo.t authorityon the history of the
•a-hinutonian tent ul in our government,
toi as nuch his statements on
Salomon, the Polish-Jewish patriot of the
Revolution. •re particularly imprensive.
Coming at this time. when the Federa•
tics of Polish ,fawn in America has
launched its project for • memorial to
;Particularly timely. The
Sal0m..
ollowing is taken frotn •n address deity-
(red by Prof,sor Hart at the opening of
the llaym Salomon Monument Cantpaign
I the Iiiltmore Hotel, in New York.
large.
Mr. Rosenwald is an outstanding philanthropist who
gives not alone with his heart but with his intelligence.
Negro, a Muslim, and • Jew from
Djerba. They had not proceeded
far on the journey when ■ sea-
serpent was described opening and
shutting its jaws ravenously. Re-
gretfully but swiftly the captain
Ws cargo of pots and
threw
oranges overboard, hoping to ap-
pease the monster's lounger. The
monster duly devoured the pots
and oranges, but made it abun-
dantly clear that he was still bun-
fry, whereupon the captain threw
the benches overboard. Having
swallowed these, the serpent made
signs that he was rather hungrier
than when he started. The cap-
tain had no alternative but to
throw over successively the Ne•
gro, the Muslim, and the Jew from
Djerba. The serpent was now
convinced that he had never met •
more engaging captain in his life.
He looked like swallowing the
whole ship when, fortunately, a
man-of•war appeared and blew the
monster's head of. There was a
general rush to see what the in-
terior of the creature looked like.
It did not disappoint them. The
pots and oranges were all neatly
arranged on the benches and the
Jew from Djerba was busy selling
them to the Negro and the Muslim.
He is nut merely a "relief" giver but thinks, too, in the
more constructive way of helping society in his belief
that an ounce of prevention is frequently worth a pound
of cure. Ile has been an inspiration in showing the way
to help the cause of Jewish leadership and scholarship by
his generosity to the Hebre• Union College; he has en-
couraged the establishment of Jewish schools; I am not
even considering for the moment the generous support
he gives to the Jewish charities of his home city, Chicago.
But I am thinking of the millions he has given for the
re-establishment of the Jews of Russia on a self-respect-
ing basis of living. Ile created the Julius Rosenwald
Fund of sonic twenty million dollars to be expended for
the welfare of society at large within the next 25 years:
he gave millions to the Chicago Museum; who can evalu-
ate the wonderful work he has done for the colored peo-
ple of this country? In this he has shown a breadth of
vision and an understanding that have made hint such a
valuable citizen of this country. But it seems to me
that even more than the money he has given has been
the personal service he has contributed to these various
causes. A man of vast business responsibilities, yet he
finds time to consider and to investigate the thousand and
one important social welfare problems that are pre-
sented to him. In business he has shown himself to be
the highest type of merchant, mixing sentiment with
business, giving of his own means when necessary to pro-
tect the interests of stockholders. In the nation's busi-
ness he has achieved signal recognition. Called by Presi-
dent Wilson during the war he gave of himself freely to
the cause of his country during the war. And again, if
hehad been so inclined. he today would be sitting as a
member of President Hoover's cabinet. It would take
pages to describe the myriad activities of Julius Rosen-
wald and to indicate the scope of his philanthropies. Ile
is a Jew of whom the Jews may well feel proud. He is a
citizen who is a credit to the nation. I know: of no one
who more richly deserves the honor contained in the
award of the Gottheil Medal.
• — -
I note with interest that the writer of that very inter-
esting column called "Chat From the Capital," Hillel,
the Observer, suggests that Albert Ottinger, the defeated
candidate for governor of New York, may be appointed
ambassador to Rome. Recently I had occasion to point
out that the only two countries where diplomats of the
Jewish faith were welcome as ministers were I'ersia and
Turkey. Efforts have been made to name Jews to Aus-
tria. but failed. It may be that Italy, having such it
broad-minded monarch as King Emanuel surely is. will
be satisfied with the appointment of a Jew. But I
doubt it very much. I should be glad to see Mr. Ottinger
ambassador to Italy, for then it might be the beginning
of the' removal of the ban to other important posts. how-
ever, I am from Missouri.
Myra Salomon is not a new
name to me. Ile is one of many
Americans whose services in the
Revolution have been recognized
then and since. No thorough-go-
ing search has been made of the
charatcer of the services of Salo-
mon, but the amount of detail
which has been collected is our.
prising. his son, also named
Ilaym, for many years. in fact
until about 1805, bent himself to
the task of trying to get recogni-
tion far his father's services; first
in the way of monetary compensa-
tion and then he sought to come to
an understanding with the govern-
ment by an act of congress (which
was never passed) for a gold medal
to be presented to the family of
llaym Salomon with the proviso
that no more was to be said about
money claims against the govern-
ment.
There have been six or seven
congressional committees which
have taken up this point and that
itself proves that there are abun-
dant records touching his services
which await only a competent his-
torian to discover.
Salomon was horn in Lissa, Po-
land, in 17.10. Ile must have had
wealthy rind prosperous friends.
The first that we know definitely
about him is that he came to New
York just about the time the Revo-
lution was breaking out and that
he had some sort of business then,
and then he got into an awful
scrape. Nathan Hale also got into
a scrape and landed into the noose,
but somehow we are prouder of
him for that very reason. Salo-
mon did not have the opportunity
Nathan Hale had to do that for his
country.
Ilaym Salomon married a mem-
ber of the Frank family. The
Franks were a powerful family of
his religion and great people in
Philadelphia. I became acquaint-
ed with them some years ago.
Richard Frank was a personal sec-
retary to Benedict Arnol d,
Wif AMPTA1•4 e I
although, of course, he was in no
way involved in the treasonabl
conspiracy. Colonel Frank was
brother-in-law to IlaymSalomon.
In general the story of the Franks
constitutes another chapter in our
history which has not received ode
quote historical treatment.
Salomon had four children. Two
were very young at the time of his
death. lie lived in New York.
The Revolution came on, and he
got into an awful scrape in New
York intercepting supplies for the
British army. On the charge of
being in league with the Ameri-
can "conspiracy," he was arrested
by the British. I don't know how
he got out of it. Ile was twice in
prison. On Aug. 11, 1796, he
coped and left behind hint Mow'
in securities, which, at the present
day, would he something like
$6,000,000. Ile came to Philadel-
phia and very aeon went into busi-
ness. We know where his busi-
ness was because James Madison
says somewhere "I was down to
visit our little friend in Front
street." Later in life, he was on
Wall street.
He settled down in Philadelphia,
living modestly. It doesn't ap-
pear that he lived expensively, but
somehow or other he had access to
considerable money. here again
is a question of inquiry, and I
think it would be well that a com-
petent scholar, acquainted particu-
larly with the financial history of
the American Revolution, should
be delegated to the task of looking
into it.
When the country's supply of
ready money was on the ebb, he
bought securities, knowing that in
the future they might be worth-
less. The records reveal, too, that
James Madison and Thomas Jeffer-
8011 went to Ilaym Salomon and
asked him for cash. They looked
upon him as their friend.
There was little ready money
even with the aid of France and
Spain. Very few people had money
to lend, and the states were bor-
rowing money on their own credit
all the time'. They ran up bill',
which were not settled until many
years later. Now in that stress of
finance, where ready money was
exceedingly scarce, there appeared
in the city of Philadelphia a man
who must have been a modest man
—a young man born in 1740. lie
was 36 years old when the Revo-
lution broke out.
Salomon had very important re-
lations with Robert Morris, who
was Secretary of the Treasury.
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