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craftsmen," and shows how the Jewish
method of slaughtering has become an art.
The manner in which the knife is to be held
Published Wooly by The Jewish Chronicle Publieblee Co., lac.
and the animal controlled, the movement
Entered as Second-clam matter March 3, ISIS, at the Poets
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, ICY.
of the head of the animal, the position of
the Shochet, the cuts of the Shechitah-
General Offices and Publication Building
these are minutely described.
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Dr. Lieben's conclusions are that the
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most striking spectacle is the speed with
which the blood rushes out of the cut." The
Subscription, i n Advance
$3.00 Per Year
head of the slaughtered animal lays quietly
To Insure publication. all correspondence and new. matter
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
on the ground. "Most of the blood runs
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper only.
from the body; only a small part from the
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Ind,. correopondence on sub-
feels of AI
ter
m t to the Jewish people, but disclaim+ responsi-
head." Declaring that "famous anatomists,
bility for an indorsement of the clews me eeeee d by Ile writer.
physiologists and pathologists, in the hu-
Sabbath Readings of the Law.
man and veterinary mediums, are all
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 25:19-28:9.
agreed in support of Shechitah," Dr. Lieb-
Prophetical portion—Mal. 1:1-2:7.
en maintains that the Jewish method de-
December 6, 1929
Kislev 4, 5690 stroys the consciousness of the animal and
is the least painful of the slaughtering
methods pursued.
Brandeis and Magnes on Palestine.
Dr. Lieben's essay should be read by all
The very encouraging address of Su-
Jews who desire to be informed on the sub-
preme Court Justice Louis I). Brandeis on
ject of Shechitah. It is an excellent expo-
the possiblities of Palestine's reconstruct- sition and defense of the subject.
ion was very erroneously referred to as the
former leader's "return" to the movement.
Ile is pictured by many as a "bald teshu-
"Tay Pay" and the Jews.
bah," as a repentant. As a matter of fact
The
death
in London at the age of 81 of
Justice Brandeis never ceased doing for
and contributing to Palestine. Quietly, the Right Hon. T. P. O'Connor, M. P., Fa-
without the aid of a publicity bureau, ther of the British House of Commons, the
through trusted representatives in Pales- last survivor of the Irish Nationalist Party
tine, Justice Brandeis helped in the recon- who was affectionately known as "Tay
struction of the homeland by aiding the Pay," removes from the arena of British
colonists through mortgage loans. In var- politics one of its most interesting figures.
ious other ways Justice Brandeis was a con- It at the same time serves to bring to light
tributing force to Palestine, and in no way again O'Connors friendship for the Jewish
has he interrupted his activities since the people.
fatal convention in Cleveland in 1921.
In spite of the fact that O'Connor on nu-
Justice Brandeis' statement is especially merous occasions came to grips with Lord
encouraging coming as it did on the very Beaconsfield (Benjamin Disraeli) during
heels of Dr. J. L. Magnes' untimely state- the latter's premiership, the Irish leader
ment in Jerusalem. Dr. Magnes failed on harbored no grievances against the Jews.
O'Connor made his biggest money on his
two points:
biography of Disraeli, and on numerous
If he so strongly believed in peace with occasions he displayed an interest in the
the Arabs—something on which there is people of Queen Victoria's Jewish Prime
no dissention now and on which there was Minister.
no dissention before the riots—why did
In an interview granted a correspondent
he not set the Brith Sholom organization
to work to propagate his ideals before there of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the
occasion of his eightieth birthday, O'Connor
was bloodshed?
paid the following tribute to the Jewish
If peace overtures are to be made, they people:
should at this time be directed at those who
transgressed peace, at that element which
The object and dismal ignorance prevailing
among most people in the world as regards the
by shedding blood has made war. Dr. Mag-
virtues of the Jew, especially in his home life,
nes should have addressed himself to the
would seem incredible, if it were not so sadly
Arabs; instead he poured salt on Jewry's
true! What does the world know of that in-
wounds and precipitated an un-necessary
tense family life, of that respect of children
and untimely discussion.
for their elders, and of that sympathy with the
poor, which I know of among the Jewish peo-
Justice Brandeis's public reappearance
ple? Nothing!
on the Zionist scene helped to offset the
bad effects of Dr. Magnes' statement. He
The death of O'Connor robs the world of
has once again reminded Jews of the fact one of its most charming personalities,
that what is needed is practical effort for
Palestine; and that if Jews will it, Pales-
tine's reconstruction as the Jewish Home-
The Centennary of Rubinstein.
land will turn from dream to reality.
The centennary of the birth of Anton Ru-

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This Is Palestine Week in Detroit.

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, Three outstanding Zionist events make
th'is Palestine week for Detroit. The local
chapter of Iladassah, the Zionist District
and the Jewish National Fund each has an
event of importance.
Beginning with Saturday night through
Monday, the Jewish National Fund, with
the aid of practically every Jewish organi-
zation of importance, is sponsoring the an-
nual Flag Day as a means of raising funds
for the redemption of land in Eretz Israel
as the property of the entire people.
On Monday evening the Zionist District
will sponsor an address by Maurice Samuel,
who was an eye-witness to some of the atro-
cities which recently occurred in Palestine.
Climaxing these events will be the liadas-
sah annual $25 luncheon on Tuesday for
the purpose of raising $15,000 with which
the financing of the hospitals and medical
units in Palestine is to be guaranteed. Ha-
dassah's luncheon is incidentally the out-
standing social affair of the year for De-
troit Jewish women.
Detroit Jews are thus offered an excel-
lent opportunity of strengthening the hands
of the builders of Zion—
By contributing to the Jewish National
Fund,

By learning from Mr. Samuel what really
happened in Palestine.
By offering wholehearted support to Ila-
dassah's medical and health efforts,

In Defense of Shechitah.

binstein, one of the greatest figures in musi-
cal history, now being observed, revives the
discussion of long standing as to the com-
poser's Jewishness. Generally referred to
as Russian, his Jewish ancestry is occasion-
ally acknowledged, but very few admit him
to have been born in the Jewish faith. Per-
haps a statement by Rubinstein himself,
made in a letter to a friend, will help to
clarify the controversy. In this letter Ru-
binstein wrote:

In life a Republican and radical, I am in art
a conservative and despot; for the Jews I am a
Christian, for the Christians a Jew; for the
Russians a German, for the Germans a Rus-
sian; for the classicist a futurist, for the futur-
ist a retrograde. From this I conclude that I
ant neither fish nor meat—a sorrowful individ-
ual, indeed.

It is in honor of this self-styled sorrowful
individual that the world now bows in
reverence, and a study of his art and an
examination of his family tree will at once
give due credit to his Jewishness. The
influence of the Jewish spirit that was dor-
mant in him was revealed in his "Macca-
beus," first given at the Berlin Opera House
April 15, 1878, for the composition of which
he drew upon synagogue music. Jewish
influence is evident also in his operas and
oratorios "Moses," "Hagar in the Desert,"
"Sulamith," "The tower of Babel," "Para-
dise Lost." Rubinstein's mother's maiden
name was Levenstein and his grandfather,
Ruvim Rubinstein, was honored by his fel-
low-Jews as a pious and learned Talmudist
—thus pointing to Rubinstein having been
born in a Jewish environment Ind raised
under Jewish influences.
Jews join in honoring the great artist
who added glory to the people from which
he sprung.

Shechitah, the Jewish method of animal-
slaughtering, has been made the subject of
attack in many countries in Europe, with
the result that Jewish authorities on the
Classes were resumed last week at the
subject are compelled to explain the funda-
Hebrew University at Jerusalem with an
mental rules of animal killing according to
Jewish ritual in order to prove the advan- attendance of several hundred, including
a number from the United States. Once
tages of the Jewish method.
A very valuable contribution on the sub- again the lion of Judah roars from the cov-
ject is the essay on Shechitah written by ers of books instead of from the defense
Dr. S. Lieben for the second series of the implements of the llaganah.
Jewish Library published by the union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregation of America.
Sixey-three men were found guilty of
Dr. Lieben, who writes from a medical the Sherman anti-Trust Law in the govern-
standpoint, points out interestingly the ment's effort to smash the kosher poultry
Jewish ritualistic commands on Shechitah. trust in New York. Nevertheless, the price
He quotes from the Talmud that "all those of kosher meat, unlike the stock market,
who occupy themselves with Shechitah are continues up.

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Gossip and News of Jew-
ish Personalities.

HAD an opportunity to renew my friendship with
Maurice Hindus the other day. Hindus is a
genius in his way. Born in Russia, he came to this
country in his teens. Went to the Brooklyn High
School and walked away with highest honors. Then
to Colgate and again he captured the honors, and
on to Harvard, where he repeated his scholastic
achievement for the third time. Ile was associated
with Glen Frank on the Century magazine. Has
done a vast amount of writing for the World's
Work, Asio and other important publications, which
have sent him all over the world to gather informa-
tion and report on the significance of epoch-making
events such as are occurring in Russia and China.
Hindus is only 35 or 36, and is unquestionably one
of the world's outstanding authorities on Russia.

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

EDDIE CANTOR TELLS SOME
In his new book, "Caught Short,"
subtitle "A Saga of Wailing Wall
Street," Eddie Cantor, the famous
comedian, tells the following:
"A pal of mine thought he was
smarter than all the rest. 'The
only way to beat the market,' he
said, 'is to get in and out. Be a real
trader—get in and out.'
"Ile did, too.
Ile got in and
they kicked him out.
"Only one fellow I know got a
lucky break in this panic. That
was my uncle. Ile died in Sep.
(ember, B. C.—Before the Crash.
Poor fellow; Ile had a blood pres-
sure of 160, and when it reached
250 he tried to split it four for

LEFT his newest book with me, "humanity Up-
H E rooted."
It deals with every phase of Russia as

it is today, and contrasts conditions as they are with
those that were. Ile knows it is an astonishing rev-
elation of what is actually going on in the lives of
the Russian eople. When you finish Hindus's
book you will have
have an understanding of Soviet
Russia with all its advantages and disadvantages
such as you cannot gain by reading the daily news-
paper or the magazine for a year. Hindus has a
splendid reportorial style and when you start with
the first page you won't put the book down until
you have finished it.
When Hindus was in Pittsburgh he debated
with Lothrop Stodddard, noted as the champion of
the Nordic. But I want to correct a wrong impress
sion concerning Stoddard (who, by the way, is
best known as the author of the "Rising Tide of
Color"). Sonic Jewish leaders have expressed a
belief that he is too Nordic to be fair to the peoples
living in southern and southeastern Europe. Stod-
dard has no personal prejudice. He is an aristo•
crat, but no snob.

one.

"When things were at their
lowest ebb a friend of mine, prac-
tically broke, walked into the
Automat for a meal, a new ex-
perience for him. This is the
kind of place where you drop a
coin in a slot and you get some-
thing to eat. Ile went to the five-
cent section and dropped 100
shares of International Nickel and
got a custard pie.
"It WAR during this period, too,
that a friend of mine sent his
broker a pair of white flannel
trousers. The broker called him
on the phone as soon as he se-
c eived the package.
"'What's the big idea?' he
asked.
" '1 thought I'd send them down
to you because you're the best
cleaner in town!' "

MRS. REBECCA KOIIUT, America's foremost
Jewess, sent sic her new book, "As I Know
Them," just off the press. Those of you who hap-
pen to know Mrs Kohut know that she is a walking
Jewish Encyclopedia, but, unlike most encyclo-
pedias, she has a sense of humor that makes her a
most interesting and entertaining conversationalist.
And her fund of information of the Jews of the
world is so amazingly vast as to be startling. Mrs.
Kohut really should have gone in for Jewish family
trees. however, I am wandering from the book.
Just as interesting as she is when she speaks about
people and events in the life of Jewry, just so inter-
esting is she when she writes about them. And
since everybody can't possibly meet Mrs. Kohut, the
next best thing is to read her. This remarkable
woman in a most readable and sketchy way touches
upon the problems of the modern Jew in a manner
more satisfying than if you were to peruse half a
dozen heavy volumes on the subject.
But what I liked so much about Mrs. Kohut's
new book is the pictures she gives of leading Jewish
personalities in American life, and her sketches of
the types of Jews who live on the East Side at
the time she was connected with the Educational
Alliance. She traces (always with a light touch)
the progress of the Jews of New York, introducing
names that all of us are familiar with.
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ERE is a paragraph from the Nation that should
give those of us who want to consider the Pal-
estine question without prejudice, something to
think about. The Nation is a liberal publication
and if anything is inclined to favor the interests of
our people. Here is what it has to say editorially:

IT'S PERMANENT, ALL RIGHT
It is difficult for the American
to believe that Russian leaders
actually believe in the imminence
of a world overturn of capitalism.
And yet such seems to be the fact,
although here and there even in
the Soviet lands there are the skep-
tics. I am indebted for the follow-
lowing illustrative story to Leo M.
Glassman, recently returned from

Moscow:

A Jew in Moscow was blowing
away on his trumpet. Another
Jew approached him
"What are you doing?"
"I am announcing the corning of
the world revolution," he replied.
"Do you get much money for
it?" was the next question:
"No," replied the trumpeter. "It
doesn't pay very well, but it's a
permanent job."

H

KUHNS, NOT COONS
You have heard the story of the
Indian in Coney Island who, being
asked whether he was a real In-
dian, replied: "Yes, I am a real
Indian from Byalistok."
"Well, it seems there are quite
a number of such "Indians" in the
other rackets of this twentieth
century civilization of ours.
Those who know th4ir stage
need not be told of the success the
"Blackbirds" have made. This is
a show in which the cast is all Ne-
gro, and the "words and music"
are likewise supposed to be of
African composition.
Time after time it has been said:
"You must hand it to our colored
brethren when it comes to rhythm
and vigor of melody. Just look at
'Blackbirds.'"
And so it is of interest to learit
that the play was staged and pro-
duced by I.ew Leslie, who is a Jew
under his name. The tunes are the
work of Arthur Goodman, and that
strikes me as being also somewhat
Jewish. The lyrics were written
by a daughter of the famous Jew-
ish comedian, Lew Fields.
As far as I know, however, the
colored actors in the play are not
Jewish.

TIT FOR TAT
Morris Gest seems to have a bad
memory for faces and names. At
any rate, it appears, he can never
tell which is Julia and which is
Celia Adler, and he so frequently
calls Julia by her sister's name,
and vice versa, that they've got
"plumb" tired of it.
So when, the other day, Gest was
brought over to be introduced to
Celia, he said: "Oh, yes, yes. Sure,
you're Julia Adler. How are you?
You know me, of course?"
"Of course," replied Celia.
"You're Simon Gest. I know your
brother Morris, too."

DO YOU KNOW—
That Norman Klein is "ghost"
author for Secretary of the Treas-
ury Andrew Mellon?
That the editor of "Home," one
of the new Woolworth publica-
tions, is Miriam Sieve, a Jewish
girl formerly of the city of beans
and culture, otherwise known as
Boston?
That the late Israel Zangwill,
when asked at some social affair in
America whether he was enjoying
himself, replied: "That is the only
thing I am enjoying."
That the original of the name
Belmont is Schoenberg, and that
Walter J. Salmon, after whom the
famous Salmon Tower in New
York is named, was at one time
just plain Solomon?
That there is an organization of
Irish Jews in New York City?
That there are more Jewish
theaters in New York than there
are theaters playing in all the
other foreign languages com-
bined?
That Barney Baruch's father
was a surgeon in the Confederate
army, and that the Lehmans, Un-
termyers and Judge Proskauer are
also of southern extraction?
That President and Mrs. Hoover
are sitting for portraits by Leo-
nebel Jacobs? Miss Jacobs also
painted Calvin Coolidge when he
was president.

,

TRY THIS ON YOUR LAWYER
They tell it of Max Steuer
famed barrister. Some two months
ago he was accosted on the street
by a business man who discussed
with him some financial rather than
strictly legal question.
On the following day the busi-

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WASHINGTON JEWISH
MIRROR

Things seem to be getting worse rather than
better in the Near East. The Arab-Jewish
riots have died down, but the bitterness per-
sists, and expresses itself in ways which may,
in this long run, be even more dangerous than
a sudden murder or riot. No Jew buys goods
of an Arab, and no Arab buys goods of a
Jew. Arab pickets stand about the streets: if
an Arab merchant sells to a Jew, his windows
are smashed and his goods spoiled; if an Arab
is seen buying of a Jew, he is beaten up, and,
according, to the custom of the East, even his
family may ,be made to suffer. This boycott
rots even the dormant roots of Jewish-Arab
good-will; there has seemed to be reason to
hope that the relative prosperity which Jewish
capital brought to Palestine might ultimately
change the Arab attitude. Nor has the British
inquiry yet developed any rays of hope. Im-
partial it may be—both Jews and Arabs are
attacking it—but there is need for more than
neutrality.- To the Arab mind the British are
protectors of an alien and aggressive race; to
the Jews the British have violated their pledges
of protection. Perhaps a permanent solution
can come only if and when Zionist leaders,
ceasing to depend upon the fragile word of a
political government, work out a method of
dealing directly with the Arabs. That is a
faint hope of today.

no use mincing matters. A complete
T HERE'S
readjustment of attitudes is necessary in Pales-

tine if we are to get anywhere. Dr. Magnes has
virtually endorsed the position expressed by the
Nation. Ile wants a spiritual and cultural center in
Palestine, and to relegate a political Zionism to the
rear. Ile believes in working out a basis of good-
will and co-operation with the Arabs, depending less
Upon Great Britain's military prowess to maintain
the Jewish position. He also wants a parliament
with proportional representation. Another step
that I believe is inevitable. Of course all this does
not appeal to the militant Zionist, but I fear that
the militant Zionist will have to take a back seat on
the platform.

I

HAVE just received a valued letter from an
old friend. I am not going to identify him, but I
just can't resist publishing the letter because it is so
honest and so human. Yet I would hate to think
that I was becoming "mellow." For to my mind
when a man begins to mellow he usually achieves a
large girth, wears a derby, a Chesterfield overcoat,
says the New York Times, and all in all becomes a
thoroughly responsible, respectable and stand-pat
citizen of the community and about the only thing
needed to complete the picture is to join the Ki-
wanis or Rotary Club. Middle aged, mellow gentle-
men become soft livers and their punch has no more
effect than hitting a baseball with a feather. It
seems that I commented favorably upon the in-
creasing power and importance of traditional Juda-
ism in American Jewish life, and I also took occa-
sion to take exception to certain statements of Dr.
Harry Elmer Barnes. Now we shall have the letter.

I suppose I have read several thousand of
your editorials. Many, of course, I liked. A
great many of them shocked me, the further
back in years, the more aggravating. But
lately you have been mellowing and writing
considerable good sense. I suppose you have
become as callous to praise as to scolding. So
a little extra praise will hardly hurt you or
do you any special good.
Your editorial in which you spoke of the pos-
sible future of what we Conservatives call
Traditional Judaism, of course, struck a re-
sponsive chord in me because of the faith and
hope I have had for and in it all my conscious
life. I know you well enough to know that
your expression was the result of mature ob-
servation and critical judgment.
When you followed it up, however, with
your observation on Barnes's lecture I felt you
had rendered a fine public service, and had said
what you said in such a way, not only to off-
set the invidious and insidious effect of Barnes's
dissection, but to give strength and added
hope and optimism to those of us who know
and feel that tears and smiles are not just
mere physical manifestations.
Keep on getting a little more emotional and
sentimental. It can't hurt.
I want to tell you, confidentially, dear reader,
that a letter like this makes me feel that my job
is worth-while.

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By Ilillel, The Observer

THERE is no rest for the wicked.

No sooner is Congress over
than it is on again. This has been
a terrible year for correspondents
in Washington. They have had
sessions with practically no let-up
for a full 12 months. As a matter
of fact it doesn't bother some as
much as it does many others, but
there can't be much relief in the
capital unless Congress is away.
This week sees the beginning of
the seventy-first Congress, and it
is likely that the session will last
until June. There is not much to
be done, they say, but it takes a
mighty long time to to it.
The Jewish congressmen are all
hack again, and each of them is ad-
ding to the pile of bills introduced
for good or for ill.
Worse than that, Representative
Albert Johnson is back again, not
at all too tired to introduce new
legislation for the restriction of
immigration. Among other such,
Chairman Johnson will attempt to
obtain quick passage of a pending
bill which would "forbid entry of
alien Communists and provide for
deportation of those found here
who are active in a movement to
overthrow present organized gov-
ernments," and another which
would empower judges "to re-
voke citizenship where dual nation-
ality is being maintained." That's
mild for Johnson of Washington
state.

IT JUST happens that a number
of Jews have been picked on to
test out the present state of the
law regarding industrial mergers.
The moving picture industry has
been singled out for this purpose,
and it is now popularly known that
the Department of Justice has
brought suit against two combina-
tions of interests in tile motion pic-
ture industry.
William Fox, the Warner Bros.,
and their ilk are to be the first vic-
tims if Attorney-General Mitchell
succeeds in carrying out his inten-
tions.
Please don't think we be-
lieve there is any intended anti-
Jewishness in this move. Abso-
lutely not; Positively no! It just
happens so.
Even William Hurd, the famous
Washington scribe, is willing to
admit that political interest attach-
es especially to the suits against
the William Fox interests. This
suit brings with its scope the Loew
interests and the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer interests. It delivers a large
load of trouble at the doorstep of
Louis Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, who, by a distressing coin-
cidence, is one of the president's
most ardent and energetic friends,
and admirers and campaign con-
tributors.
Mr. Mayer just about wore him-
self out in the last campaign on be-
half of the presidential ambitions
of his hero, Herbert !louver. Now
he is the first victim through whom
the idea is verified that Mr. Hoov-
er's attorney-general, William D.
Mitchell, is a wholly jurisitic and
wholly non-political character. And
a few months ago the said Louis
was offered an ambassadorship by
H. II. Queer circumstances these,
but certainly free from prejudices.

A

VERY famous Jesuit died in
Washington last week and
among his many mourners were
Jews whom he knew intimately.
The Rev. Francis A. Tondorf was
the director of the seismological
observatory at the Georgetown
University in Washington, and
among his intimate friends were
students who grew up under his
warm instruction during the past
generation. He was an eccentric
and yet very popular figure who
kneww all about earthquakes,
faults and disturbances.

JUSTICE BRANDEIS so rarely
allows himself to be the subject
of a news item that newspaper re-
porters were eager to snap up
statements concerning him and his
address at the small Jewish confer-
ence concerning Palestine held last

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Sunday. The Mayflower Hotel wa
seething with interest at the tim
even though the number attendin ,
the conference was very small.
Of course, everyone is now fa
miliar with the very optimistic. ano
encouraging statement which Mr.
Brandeis delivered in the presems
of Warburg, Frankel, Flintier
etc., and some of you may hav,
thought as two of the important
newspaper men expressed them
selves: "Well, Brandeis has b e
conic a Zionist again."
You nosy be interested to knows
therefore, that Justice Brandeis
has always been a member of the ,
Zionist Organization of America.
Every year he paid his dues and
received his membership card ion
the Washington District of the Z.
0. A. We also know from personal
experience that the famous jurist
follows closely every announce-
ment of local and national Zionist
activity. The Palestine Develop-
ment Corporation could tell you
much more about the tremendous
sums of money which Mr. Brandeis
has spent on Palestine in the la,t
eight years.
The reporters were glad to know
all of these facts. It changed the
complexion of the whole situation,
for they were under the impression' . 0
that Brandeis had actually dropped
out of Zionism and was nut inter-
ested in it.

SOMEBODY this week reminded

us that ex-Senator James Reed
of Missouri would he ready to bat-
tle Brandeis again if he had a scat

in the Upper house today. We
think this claim is entirely wrong
and for support we lean on our
fellow-columnist, David Schwartz.
who had this too say when Jim Reel
left the Senate: "There is not .i
little good that could be said from
the Jewish point of view for Jim
Reed. And we believe now that
the Missourian has sung his Senate
swain song, it can be told.
"Turn back to the days of the
Wilson administration. Reed at
the time was chairman of the ju-
diciary committee, charged to in-
quire into, the appointment of Mr.
Brandeis to the Supreme bench.
"Readers recall that the appoint,
went of Louis Brandeis was not
entirely pleasing to many. His
liberal associations had made his
name anathema in reactionary
realms. Ilatred and fear of Bran-
deis led to the concoction of many
malicious charges, which came to
the ears of the judiciary commit-
tee. For a time, it seemed the
foes of Brandeis would be abble to
block the appointment.
At that time, there enters upon
the scene an editorial writer of the
Hearst organization—the brilliant
Georgian—John Temple Graves.
"Graves went to see Reed.
'Those charges against Brandeis
are lies,' Graves said. Reed list-
ened and accepted an invitation to
meet with Norman Ilapgood, who,
Graves said, was prepared to prove
the falsity of the charges. Reed
went and was convinced. Reed
sent the other members of the ju-
diciary committee. The result was
—the judiciary committee brought
in a report recommending the con-
firmation of the Brandeis appoint-
ment."

ORT WORK AT POLISH

AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT

WARSAW,— (J. T. A.) — The

extension of agricultural activities

among the Jewish population of
Poland through the efforts of the
Ort (society for the promotion of
trades and agriculture) was
praised during the ceremonies at
the agricultural exhibition being
held at Baranowicze.
The Ort co-operative at Stolo-
wicze was awarded a diploma of
honor for the agricultural work
done there. The fruit cultivated
by the Jewish farmers at Stolo-
wicze excelled that of others on
exhibition.

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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

The establishment of a $10,000 fund, the income of which is to be
used for further training
of nurses who have shown special aptitude in
their profession, was announced by Lucius N. Littauer.
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The first award of the two fellowships recently provided for ortho-
pedic research at the Hospital for Joint Diseases by Frederick Brown
has been awarded to Dr. David Sashin of the Bronx, N. Y.
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Maurice Weiss, 28, noted French aviator, was killed in an air acci-
dent. Weiss was a disciple of the ill-fated transatlantic
flyer Nun-
gessmr, who Was lost on
his Paris to New York flight. It was Weiss who
piloted from Lisbon in 1927 the American Jewish aviatrix, Ruth Elder,
after her transatlantic crossing,
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Bernard Mausner of Jerusalem was made an officer of the Polish
order of Polonia Restituta.
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Aristed Blank, father of Macrithchiu Blank, founder of the well-
known Marmormosch Bank, died in Vienna at the age of 80. His body
was brought to Bucharest for burial at the family plot in Otopeni.
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Mayor Murray Seasongood of Cincinnati and Gilbert Bettman,
attorney-general of Ohio, are being boomed for the United States
Senate.
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Louis Hirschman of Riga, founder of the Russian match industry in
1878, died at Goldingen at the age of 79. He was a well-known Latvian
industrialist.
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Mihai, Rumania's boy king, received • Nahum Sokolow, veteran Zion-
ist leader, on the latter's visit in Bucharest. Sokolow presented the
young monarch with a book of pictures about Palestine
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Rabbi Jacob Nieto, for the last 37 years rabbi of the Shearith Israel
Congregation of San Francisco, has been chosen rabbi emeritus by his
congregation. He will get his full salary all of next year and an
annuity for life.
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Tribute to Alfred M. Cohen, banker, philanthropist and long promi-
nent with endeavors for the promotion of Jewish education, was paid
by the board of governors of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati,
of which he is a member, at a dinner in honor of his seventieth birthday.
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Ben Ticknor of New York, center of the Harvard football team, was
elected captain for the 1930 season.
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Adolph Guttman, a former judge in New York, died at Roman, near
Jassy, Hungary, where he had been visiting relatives after an absence
of 45 years.

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