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is involved, to the Jewish people on one
hand and to the non-Jewish population of
Palestine on the other, and it is the firm re-
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chrowkl• Publialtiag Co. lac.
solve of Ilis Majesty's Government to give
By PIERRE VAN PAASSEN
Charles It Joseph
Entered as Second-class matter March 8, 19I6, at the Poets
effect in equal measure to both parties of
office of Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 11, 1979.
the Balfour Declaration and to do full jus-
From his tantage post in Paris Pierre
161-11LLEL THE OBSERVER," well known colum-
ish even his best friends; but it
General Offices and Publication Building
Van Ibtagsen, one of the outstanding
tice to all sections of the population in Pal-
nist of Washington, who writes most interest-
was explained one day by Mr
By DAVID SCHWAR /
newspaper correspondento in the world
525 Woodward Avenue
Wyndham, who said, while paying
ingly
of
Jewish
personalities
in
the
national
capi-
and daily contributor to the column
estine. This is a duty from which they will
Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Addre.s: Chronicle
"Through My Window" in the new York
tribute to Lord Balfour's clever-
tal,
came
to
Pittsburgh
the
other
day.
In
real
life
London Office:
Evening World, cornmenta in his cam
not shrink and to the discharge of which ' DON'T PASSOVER THIS
no longer occupies
ness: "Arthur is not sufficiently
he
is
Rabbi
Schwefel,
though
he
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
inimitable way on Jewish events and
interested in this issue. Nothing
a pulpit, having resigned recently to devote his life
they will apply all the resources at their
It's time to tell my ,,,,rite
per onaliti. of Europein his incisive
column
-
will
arouse him to take an inter
to
writing
and
lecturing.
He
is
a
most
entertaining
$3.00 Per Year
Passing My Window."
Passover story. Credit s ry to
Subscription, in Advance
command."
est. Ile knows there was once at
speaker and possesses a fund of unusual material
Philip Wattenberg, Zioni . phi-
LORD
BALFOUR,
CHAMPION
To Inure publication, all correspondence and n ews matter
ice
age,
and that there will soms
political life and politicians that proved
reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
This is a satisfactory rebuke to the In- lanthropist, humorist and ds , only concerning
OF ISRAEL
day be an ice age again."
of fascinating interest, when told in Dr. Schwefel's
Galician Jew who boasts sf the
When mailing ',mire., kindly use one aide of the paper only.
When
The
appellation,
"Friend
of
inimitable way, to the large audience that listened
Heat of any kind would cer-
quiry Commission that a great nation like fact—that I know.
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
the Jewish People," which is so
to him in the Temple at l'ittsburgh. Most colum-
tainly not have been suspected
A Jew was arrested on , petty
terest to the Jewish people, but disclaims reeponsi-
Great Britain does not easily go back on larceny charge and was at signed nists are tongue-tied and can only talk with their freely used these days and so often from his demeanor as he sprawled • 1
jects forte an indorsement of the views expreaaed by the writers
bility
without the necessary discrimina-
fingers—on the typewriter. But "Hiller is one in
on the treasury bench, remarks his
a Jewish judge ': the
its word, especially in the instance of Pal- before
tion, is one which this writer has
a hundred. If he ever comes to your town go to
biographer, to which a contempor-
Bronx,
Sabbath Hagodol (Great Sabbath) Reading. of the
-
never greatly relished. And this
estine's reconstruction as the Jewish Na-
hear him: you have a treat in store.
ary politician of the violent Irish
Torah.
"la this your first oil ,Ise?"
chiefly because, to his way of
debates adds: "Ile generally had
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 6:1.8:30.
tional Home, in the cause of which her asked the judge.
..--11• ••••
thinking.
the
term
involves
a
sub-
his
eyes
closed,
his
legs
crossed
"No,"
replied
the
Jew,
Prophetical portion—Mal. 3:4-24.
greatest minds have evinced the deepest in-
tle measure of vague condescen-
in a curiously loose-jointed way.
"Have you ever stolen anything
Portions of Torah to be Read First Day of Passover,
one sends me notice of a recently formed
sion to the Jewish people itself.
long and lanky; legs as erratic a ,
before?" thundered the judse.
S OME
Sunday, April 13.
terest during the past hundred years.
organization in Pittsburgh, Pa., knOwn as The
Those among the Jews who are
Henry Irving's on the stage."
"The Afikomen," replied the
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 12:21-51; Num. 28:
East Liberty Jewish Voters League, and it is said
possessed of a conscious national
It
is
fortunate
that
at
least
one
member
Jewish
prisoner.
Lord Balfour never has been
16-25.
that "it is moving ahead rapidly." Well, it can't
sentiment will be the first to re-
Prophetical portion—Josh. 3:5-7; 5:2-6:27.
charmer, attracting friends by in-
of the Commission, the Laborite M. P. Har-
move too rapidly for me—in the direction of obliv-
sent it. Others, too, will feel.
HALT! WHO GOES!
discriminate geniality. Ile stood
Portions of Torah to be Read Second Day of Pass•
ion.
I
dislike
to
see
co-religionists
capitalize
their
almost
instinctively,
that
there
is
ry Snell, had vision enough, and was fair
Of course, if I wanted to, I could
aloof, he had few intimate friends,
over, Monday, April 14.
religion and whatever Jewishness they possess for
something in the term which en-
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 22:26-23:44; Num.
and fearless, not only in apportioning blame tell the story also about the Jew- political ends. Then I always believed that Jews as croaches upon and grinds against but that does not mean that "his
ish soldier who was standing
intellectual hospitality was not
28:16-25.
Jews, Catholics as Catholics and Protestants as
national self-respect and against
where blame belongs—on the shoulders of guard.
unstinted and extended to all
Prophetical portion—II Kings '23:1 (or 4)- 9:21-
Protestants have no business to organize politically.
those imponderable attributes of
genuine inquirers."
A Jewish soldier approached.
the Grand Mufti and Acting High Commis-
race. At the same time when ap-
There is no Jewish vote. There are a great many
Uncompromising in
political
"Who goes there?" helloed the
Portion of the Law to be Read During Chol Hamoed
American citizens who are Jews who vote as Anieri.
plied to a limn of the stature and
sioner
Luke—but
also
in
appreciating
the
matters, unbending and inflexible,
Jewish guard.
Pesach, Tuead•y to Friday.
disinterestedness of a Lord Bal-
can citizens. That is as it should be. I object and
even
stern and harsh as the man
great progress that has been made in deso-
"Private Cohen."
Tuesday— Ex. 13:1-10•, Num. 28:19-25. Wednes-
four, the application is eminently
have objected all my life to Jewish political clubs.
is, this writer must confess that
"Give the password," continued
day—Ex. 22:24-23:19; Num. 28:19-25. Thursday
late Palestine by Jewish brain and brawn.
justified and perhaps even insuf-
They have no place in this country. And I wish, to
he experienced an ineluctable per-
the guard.
—Ex. 34:1-26; Nuns. 28:19-25. Friday—Num.
ficient. Balfour WaS more than a
remind political leaders that so far as a Jewish vote
This
cannot
be
wiped
out
by
a
mere
report
;
sonal magnetism in Lord Balfour
"Matzoth,"
replied
the
soldier.
9:1.14; 28:19-25.
friend, he was the champion of the
is concerned there isn't any and representative Jews
during the few days he spent in
"Passover," said the guard.
nor can it be checked by lack of sympathy.
Readings of the Torah for Seventh Day of Passover,
Jewish people. I would go so far
everywhere resent the presence of Jewish political
Canada following the conclusion
As 1 say, I could tell this story,
Saturday, April 19.
as to say that for a moment he
clubs
in
this
country.
of the Washington arms confer-
The tone of the majority opinion in the if I wanted to, but I won't do it.
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 13:17-15:26; Num.
may be said to have incarnated the
ence. There is about him an air of
Its
whiskers
reach
the
floor.
conscience of humanity, which
28:19.25.
report was not unexpected. As a matter of
rase. the polish of keen irony and
latently aware of the scandal of
Prophetical portion—II Samuel 22.
BROUN TO WRITE JEWISH
flashing wit that charms
fact, we expected drivel of a much worse
A YOUNG lady living in Chicago mites me this history, which is the injustice to ready
HISTORY
with its fascination and superi-
letter in care of the Sentinel of that city:
Nisan 13, 5690 type. As long ago its last September, short-
the Jewish people awoke to pro-
April 11, 1930
ority, and even warms one with its
To talk about more serious
test, and set aright the age-old dis-
glow of good humor, even temper
ly after the Arab outrages, "The Londoner's things, I see that Ileywood Brous),
Dear Mr. Joseph:
crimination, which has kept Israel
and friendliness. Ile won the
Dairy" in the London Evening Standard ex- famous columnist, and George
from pursuing its interrupted na-
Won't you please publish in Random
The Festival of Freedom.
hearts of the "king-breaking,"
noted newspaperman, are
tional culture in the land of
Thoughts a plea for all Jewish employers to
pressed disappointment in the make-up of Britt,
anti-imperialist French - Canadian
collaborating on a history of the
Israel.
Two elements serve to make the Pass- the Commission in these paragraphs:
nationalists with his beau geste
state "Jewish ('referred" and perhaps in that
What Lord Balfour's motives in
that will long be remembered on
Of i late, we have been having a
over a bulwark of strength for the Jew. The
jews
way we may enable Big Business Heads to see
this
undertaking
were,
which,
it
the
borders of the St. Lawrence.
surfeit of Jewish histories, Lewis
themselves in their own light. I don't see how
From many quarters I hear complaints about
joy that radiates in every home on this fes-
must be conceded, was not always
For in those days of turbulence
Browne did it with "Stranger
one's
religion
makes
one
a
better
bookkeeper
a
grateful
one,
seems
baffling
on
the
weakness
of
the
Palestine
Commission,
and
and
estrangement between French
tival, and the faith that Israel derives from
Than Fiction," and Dr. Sashes of
the face of things. Yet even a cur-
and English Canada, he made his
or stenographer, yet we find everywhere the
apprehensions that it may prove inadequate to
the Hillel Foundation has just
it, have made this period in the year stand
sory examination of his "Weltan-
speech
in the House of Commons
come out with another. I believe
cry "Gentiles" or "Gentile Preferred." I have
deal with the vast problem which confronts it.
schauung" may serve to throw
at Ottawa, with delicate and dis-
out as the happiest. While the Rosh Hash-
also Israel Goldberg or Rufus
just returned from an employment agency
There are good grounds for these apprehen-
some light upon the matter. Lord
cerning tact—in the French lan-
Learsi has recently done one.
onah and Yom Kippur days are awe-aspir-
Balfour's keen and sustained in-
where I was very politely told by the girl in
guage. Ile showed keen and con-
sions. The chairman, who as a former colonial
Nevertheless, I am rather curi-
terest in the success of Palestine's stant interest in the fluctuations
ing and call for reckoning, Passover reigns
charge that the "qualifications" called for non-
chief justice may claim to have some experi-
ous about this proposed tome—it
regeneration under Jewish aegis
of the stock exchange in New
Jewish. She assured me that inasmuch as I
supreme as a festival of unbounded joy and
being the first in recent times to
ence of overseas problems, was never regarded
seems the more significant when it
York, and the story that he is
be done by writers who are not
looked like a Gentile I could take a chance and
in the Straits Settlements as anything more
is considered that he had practi-
ignorant of what appears in the
courage.
Jews.
cally abandoned active participa-
apply for the position. I refused to accept a
newspapers is one of the pretty
than an amiable and rather colorless personal-
Once upon a time the writer of
tion in politics in England.
The story of Passover has been repeated
myths not infrequent in news-
position under false pretense. The situation is
ity. The three members of Parliament who
these lines was employed on a
paperdom.
for 3,500 years. Yet the people can not
A review of his life would show
serious when Jewish employers refuse Jewish
Washington newspaper. The edi-
compose the body of the commission are good
At the outset of his career Mr.
that
only
the
most
profound
ques-
tor
whereof
was
a
non-Jew
and
girls an opportunity for employment.
tire of repeating its lessons, of chanting its
enough in their way, but they can hardly be
Balfour showed a bent for meta-
tions of human activity, only the
this editor made it an invariable
physics
and philosophy. Here and
described as big men, and they lack the neces-
songs, of relating its stories. In a sense it
most momentous events, have
Can you suggest a remedy?
rule to send Jewish reporters to
there in the course of his political
ever been able to stir Lord Balfour
sary experience of the work with which they
is a universal holiday. Because it grew out
cover protestant or Catholic as-
life
he
suddenly
departed from the
into anything approaching enthusi-
signments, and Protestant or Cath-
now have to deal.
straight and narrow road of poli-
of the striving after the first Magna Charta.
asm. Ile has often gone into ac-
olic
reporters
to
cover
Jewish
as-
I
do
not
think
the
Labor
Government
is
to
tics
and
started
on
excursions into
OMPLAINTS
like
these
are
not
uncommon.
I
with unbounded energy. There
It celebrates the first revolt of a people
signments.
C receive them in person and by mail. I just tion
those fields to the great anxiety
be congratulated on the choice of this particu-
were times when he radiated ac-
Result was—I soon became
of
his
colleagues.
Those
were the
against slavery. It is the festival of free-
can't get the angle of the Jewish business or pro-
tion, even became fiery, but it re-
lar commission. more acquainted with things Chris-
fessional man who discriminates against Jewish
quired the stimulus of a mighty moments when he revealed his true
dom after which have been patterned all
tian than most of the Christian
self,
when
he
made
it
convincingly
girls. He has a perfect right to employ Gentiles as
occasion, of an event of world sig-
The Jewish reply to the report of the In- members of the staff.
clear that the whole bent of his
the great revolts in all history.
well as Jewish help and there is no valid reason why
nificance and import to arouse hint.
And perhaps the reports, too,
mind is scientific. His words.
quiry Commission should be the redoubling
he shouldn't. But to deny the opportunity for em-
The ordinary man never was
But for the Jew it means even more than of all energies for the reconstruction of Pal- were better—the man on the in- ployment to a girl BECAUSE SIZE IS JEWISH is able
"Newton was perhaps the greatest
to understand the cool and
side often wants perspective.
man the world has ever seen," are
beyond my comprehension. It may interest my cor-
this. It is the reservoir for unending cour- estine. Premier MacDonald's statement
philosophical temper with which,
significant in this connection.
respondent
to
know
that
there
have
been,
from
time
even when events went against
BROUN TELLS ONE
age and faith. It is the festival which pro- serves to reassure that the Balfour Declara-
if in the last hundred years,"
to time, conferences at which this question of the
him, he simply shrugged his
I see, by the way, that Broun
he once said, "the whole material
claims to Jewry that "the Guardian of Is-
number of positions open to Jews
shoulders, accepted the reverse
setting
of civilization has altered.
tion will be honored. Now it is for the Jew- recently in his column related the ever-decreasing
been discussed. But thus far no adequate
much like a lawyer who has done
rael neither sleeps nor slumbers." The les- ish people, under the banner of the Jewish story of the beggar who accosted a has
we one it neither to politicians nor
remedy has been suggested. But it does seem to
the best he could for his client,
man and solicited a contribution
political institutions. We owe it
sons of this, the oldest of festivals, are as
me that such an organization as the Council of
but who is not going to spoil his
Agency, to carry on the task from which it of a dollar.
to the continued efforts of those
Jewish Women, or the Sisterhoods of the various
dinner by mourning over his de-
applicable today as they were more than
"You're a fool to go around ask-
who have advanced science and
can never deviate.
congregations could make a plea to Jewish employ-
feat. Ilis indifference was extra-
ing
people
for
a
dollar,"
said
the
a hundred generations ago, and they pro-
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ers
not
to
discriminate
against
their
own
people.
ordinary
enough
at
times
to
aston-
man, "but I'll give you a quarter.
claim to the Jew that righteousness will yet
Then possibly letters written to non-Jews who ad-
Here it is."
vertise
constantly
for
"Gentiles
only"
might
have
The beggar flipped the coin into
prevail; that the people will yet regain its
Another J. T. A. Triumph.
some effect, if they come from a responsible
his pocket and replied: "I'll take
heritage.
The despatching by the Jewish Tele- the quarter, but don't you try and seance,
Coupled with the courage that is derived graphic Agency last week of the Palestine teach me my business."
This story, as Broun says, is
from the festival's lessons is the joy which Inquiry Commission report set a new rec- apocryphal, I first heard it told of WELL, I see the B'nai B'rith is still up and doing.
By BERNARD POSTAL
It seems to me that I must have been in knee
it ushers into the Jewish home. Song and ord for service by the Jewish news agency. the Rothschilds years ago.
In
Detroit
when
the
Jewish orthodox followers of the Senna
used
to
go
forth
and
"orate"
for
the
when I
laughter, thanksgiving and faith, rule the This cable was the longest news story of STOP ME, IF YOU'VE HEARD pants
Avenue playhouses, Schwartz' dt
Good and Welfare of the Order. In the old days
community wants to get things
sertion of the Yiddish Art Tht
IT
they
used
to
call
the
B'nai
B'rith
the
Orator's
Para-
day, and proclaim that Israel is unconquer- Jewish interest ever received in the United
done, particularly things that re- etre, temporary though it may la
I hope Mr. Broun violates the
dise. But the sons of the Covenant have broadened
able.
States. Its 11,500 words filled many pages customary rules and spices his his- their sphere and today the I. 0. B. B. is a far more quire the raising of large sums of will be considered heresy, bu
Schwartz himself believes it to be
with some good jokes.
money, they call upon Henry
vital force in the life of American Jewry than it
in the Yiddish and Anglo-Jewish press, and tory
Ilere's one that I think he can
otherwise. As a matter of fact,
Wineman. In the search for a
was in the earlier days when it devoted most of its
many daily English newspapers availed use to advantage. Credit the time to insurance and sick benefits. I note that on chairman to head the Detroit is not really leaving the Yiddish
Henry Wineman—Leader.
themselves of the J. T. A. service to publish story to Harry Simonhoff, member April 27 the thirteenth quinquennial convention is drive for over $300,000, for the Art Theater, for next fall he wil
of executive committee of Zionist
to be held in Cincinnati, the home of the lion.
Allied Jewish Campaign, it was al-
he hark in his accustomed plaza
Henry Wineman, for a number of years this report.
organization, former member of
Alfred Cohen, international president. One gains
most inevitable that Henry \Vine-
and answering the plaudits of his
accepted as one of Detroit's outstanding
the South Carolina legislature, etc.
an idea of the scope of the order's activities when
man should be selected. An out-
faithful followers.
This marks another triumph for the J. T.
we read that committees will report on American-
An international conference was
standing business man and execu-
Jewish leaders, has been honored by being A. This agency is not only keeping Jews
ization, anti-defamation, llillel Foundation, social
convened in London to discuss the
tive of the automobile city, Wine-
The Jews of the United States
selected to direct the forthcoming cam- informed on what is happening to their albatross.
ustice, philanthropies, etc., etc. I am not sure but
man has done much for the civic
pay comparatively little attention
The Englishman read a paper on
I think that Judge Josiah Cohen of Pittsburgh must
betterment of Detroit and for its
paign for $305,000 for local, national and
to the Jewish communities in such
people throughout the world, and on im-
locale and abode of the alba-
be the oldest living member of the order.
Jewish community. Ile is presi-
international Jewish needs. In a sense, portant decisions by various European gov- the
far-off places as South Africa,
tross. The German presented a
dent of the Detroit Jewish Wel-
however, the selection of Mr. Wineman is ernments affecting Jews. It is also serving discourse on the characteristics of
fare Federation, president of the
New Zealand and Australia. The
United
Jewish
Campaign
of
the
albatross.
The
Frenchman
fol-
combined Jewish population of
a triumph for the Detroit Jewish commun- as the medium of enlightenment for non-
E ARE beginning to get civilized. The legisla-
Detroit, a director of the United
lowed with a paper on the alba- W ture of New York passed an old age relief bill.
these
three British commonwealths
ity. Because in Mr. Wineman we have a Jews who, by means of J. T. A. despatches tross in poetry.
Jewish Charities of Detroit, and
When a person reaches the age of 70 and needs
would hardly equal that of Chi-
director of the Jewish Centers
The Jew next arose: "I want to
personality who not only possesses the abil- fed either directly to various newspapers
relief the state will contribute $25 a month to his
Association. In selecting a man
today on the albatross and
cago, yet in the public life of these
ity to create a strong and large following, or through the Associated Press, are sup- speak
or her support. I have always felt that one of the
with such a background to head
its relation to the Jewish problem."
dominions the .lews have been more
brutalities of our social life has been the extreme
but who understands the issues which agi- plied with facts on Jewish efforts every-
its
drive,
the
Detroit
Jewish
com-
neglect of the indigent aged. To go a step further,
prominent as statesmen and men of
PERSUADED
ALMOST PERSUADED
munity is taking no chance at fail-
I pray God to speed the day when all aid for the
public affairs, in proportion to
tate Jewish life today, who knows the prin- where and on conditions among our people.
Then Broun might use the story
ure.
shall come not from private philan-
their population, than in the United
ciples which differentiate the various Thanks to the J. T. A., fiction is making they tell of the great American law- handicapped
thropy but from the state. We give up a part of
States. The latest demonstration
It is no novelty for one of the
groups in the American Jewish commun- room for facts, and every added triumph, yer, Rufus Choate. It is said that what we have to protect the remainder. That's a
of this fact is the appointment of
at one time some Jewish lawyer
stars of the Yiddish stage to
tax.
It
pays
for
police
and
fire
protection
and
for
Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs as chief
ity and has always been able to display sin- like the bringing of the Inquiry Commission was associated with Choate in a law
abandon Second Avenue for Broad-
a those other aencies that tend to promote law
of the High Court of Aus-
cere respect to the various• groups because report, helps more firmly to entrench this suit. When the case was over, the and order and good health anti general happiness way. Molly Picon has done it, and justice
tralia.
The conferring of this diss
lawyers got together, facing
so has Ludwig Satz, Jennie Gold-
in society. It is equally our duty to pay for the
of his understanding of their aims and agency as one of the most important fac- two
tinction upon Sir Isaac culminates
the problem how much to charge
stein and Muni Weisenfreund. And
hospitalization of the poor: to pay for the care of
a brilliant legal and politial career
ideals.
their client--or rather, how much
now the kingpin of the Yiddish
the orphan, and the poor widow, to take care of the
tors in Jewish life throughout the world.
of thirty-eight years. in this period
he would stand for.
stage, Maurice Schwartz is headed
laborer when he cannot find work, to support the
A difficult fund-raising task has been
of nearly four decades he has been
The Jewish lawyer suggested a
northward
to
the
White
Light
old and infirm who are in distressed circumstances.
successively a member of the Legis-
made easier with the placing of Mr. Wine-
certain amount.
District. Schwartz, the founder of
All this and much more is the job of any self-
lative Assembly and of the Federal
Choate
suggested
an
amount
in
the Yiddish Art Theater, and the
Young Judaea Comes of Age.
respecting civilization. I am opposed to private
man at the helm of the campaign forces.
House of Representatives, acting
excess of that sum.
philanthropy undertaking the task that properly
outstanding disciple of modernity
Premier of Victoria, Attorney Gen-
His ability to inspire should lead the forces
Finally,
Choate's
opinion
pre-
cf Yiddish drama, has signed a
Although Young Judaea is the junior
belongs to the state.
eral of Victoria, a member of the
in the drive to an overwhelming success. branch of the Zionist Organization of vailed, and the client was billed for
contract with Radio-Keith-Or-
Convention which framed the Aus-
that sum. And sure enough, he
pheum for a vaudeville tour of the
Just causes are now linked with able lead- America, the value of its work among the paid without protest.
tralian constitution, a Justice of
country in which he will play Shy-
T TI1E time of the Arab riots in Jerusalem there
the High Courts for twenty-four
ership. Let both the causes and the lead- youth is recognized in all quarters. On the
"Almost thou persuadest me to
lock in English. While his Yid-
A
years, and a member of the Judicial
was
a
report
that
the
Labor
government
in
Eng-
he a Christian," remarked the Jew-
dish troupe is touring the country
ers be deservedly honored.
occasion of its twentieth anniversary, now ish lawyer in Shakespearean fash- land was not entirely sympathetic to the Jewish in repertoire, Schwartz will be see- committee of the Privy Council, the
attitude in Palestine. But I find in the daily press
highest legal tribunal in the Brit-
ing the country in his role of the
being celebrated by groups throughout the ion to Choate. — s.--
ish Empire.
reports from London where Ramsay MacDonald in
Venetian money-lender. To some
the
House
of
Commons
made
the
statement:
"The
country, it is gratifying to note that the
(Copyright, 1930,J. T. A.1
SCOTCHMAN AND JEW
The Inquiry Commission's Report.
British government would continue to administer
Then Mr. Broun, what about the
leaders in American Jewry are taking the
affairs of Palestine in accordance with the terms
At the outset it was difficult to be angry movement seriously and recognize the im- one Mr. Tuttle told the other night the
the banquet to Herman Bern- of the mandate. Under the terms of the mandate,"
with the Palestine Inquiry Commission over portance of its program. Nathan Straus, at
continued the prime minister, "his majesty's govern.
stein?
ment is responsible for promoting the establish-
A Scotchman, • Jew, and repre-
the report it submitted on its findings fol- Judge Julian W. Mack, Lieutenant-Govern-
of other groups were at ment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish
lowing the Arab outrages last August. The or Herbert Lehman of New York and others sentatives
people. It being clearly understood nothing should
a dinner in a fashionable and ex-
BERNARD G. RICHARDS, Director American Jewish Coness:
be done which might prejudice the civil and religi-
majority opinion in the report made, to are
eatery.
"It seems hardly creditable that the sum of $6,000 offered by Rumania
are among those who stand ready to en-
ous rights of existing non-Jewish communities for
for
The
waiter
presented
the
bill
to the 200,000 Jews of Bessarabia to cope with a state of famine should
quote Col. Josiah Wedgwood, such an courage Young Judaea's cause.
the
rights
and
political
status
enjoyed
by
the
Jews
wor-
the party, and everybody WAS
be called an act of generosity when at the same time it was able and
in any other country. A double undertaking is
"amazingly foolish" attempt at satisfying
who would f foot it.
offered to the non-Jewish peasants of the name region
a sum far in
But Young Judaea's work is limited. ried as dte to
involved, with the Jewish people on the one hand
Scot
tackhem the
everybody that it could only satisfy the
o Ly
excess of that amount. It should be recalled that this "generous" offer
and to the non-Jewish population of Palestine on
bill,
Jim-
Handicapped
by
lack
of
leadership
and
came only after representations from American Jewish leaders who pro-
gentlemen responsible for the views ut-
the
other,
and
it
is
the
firm
resolve
of
his
majesty's
hi egemen, please let me have the government to give effect in equal measure to both tested against this discrimination."
g
ited funds, this movement is not reaching heard
•
•
•
tered.
parts of the Balfour Declaration and do equal jus-
near as many boys and girls as it should.
The Scotc nman paid.
CARL SIIERMAN: "I am unequivocally in favor of a Jewish uni-
That the report was unfair, unsympa-
tice to all sections of the population in Palestine."
the
New
York
Times
versity
which
will
encourage
:cholaphip
and
research by Jews."
:text day
are to judge by our own community,
That sounds as if the Labor government intends
thetic and based on too little information If we
story headlined:
a big sto
to live up to the letter and the spirit of the declara-
Young Judaea is poverty stricken and in carried
otchman
slays
Jewish
ventrilo-
JUDGE EDWARD LAZANSKY: "I am heartily in favor of a
tion, though I cannot help but believe that impor-
is attested to by practically unanimous need of a revival of strength. The observ S c
versity founded and sponsored by Jews for all who are eligible to enter
tant changes will be effected in the manner of the
opinion in England that Prime Minister
ance of the twentieth anniversary should q nereFAINNIE by ld•ge HalkM rs that local administration of Palestine, which may give regardless of race or creed." •
•
•
Ramsay MacDonald must be supported in
the Arab a larger voice in the affairs of the country.
pa pe rs
be utilized for the purpose of recruiting an
ace
DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN, President World Zionist Organization:
view
that
the
Mandate
over
Palestine
an
ad-
his
Brice is feature
"We are • people accustomed to disappointments. The history of Jews
able leadership which should make of this, Fannie
t endorsing Arm's
is • series of disappointments but at the same time we
"is an international obligation from which
sgartisern,eonai
are a tenacious
the leading Jewish youth movement in the
Now, that
Elsewhere in this inane appears a special feature
people and we shall go on with our work. We believe that our cause
there can be no question of receding."
B I ;ounes wi ll include by Mr. Joseph, dealing with the forthconsiog Detroit
is just. Its justice has been recognized by civilized humanity and any
country, the important factor it deserves ancri hope
MacDonald, in his statement to Parlia-
Allied Jewish Campaign for $305.000..
temporary difficulties that may arise will not discourage us."
to be in the life of American Jewry.
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