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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 3
REGISTRATION BILLHistory of Spectacular Battle Against
EXHAUSTIVE STUDY
UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
Michigan Alien Registration Bill IS MADE OF POLISH
THREE JUDGES RULE
JEW I HI SITUAT I ON
The Forces That Supported the Measure Now Declared Unconstitutional by Three-Judge
Federal Court; How Liberal Elements Joined in Opposing Measure;
Analysis Presented at 25th
the Public Hearing on the Bill.
Annual Meeting of Jew-
rah Committee.
By PHILIP SLOM OVITZ
The spectacular but unassuming
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Ali
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elements n i the
USURP FEDERAL POWER began on Tuesday morning , Ma y 19 when n eforeign-born
h state learned
OF MEDICAL COLLEGE
that the state legislature had railroaded the Cheney Bill through the night before •
Declare Act Passed by Mich-
Not since the internationally famous suit filed in a Detroit court by Aaron Sapir O Jewish Population in Poland
igan Legislature "Uncon-
against Henry Ford were Jewish communities so stirred over an American matter. Fears
Reported in Intolerable
stitutional and Invalid."
were expressed by liberals and spokesmen for foreign elements—who were united by th e
Situation.
THL JUDGES
The Spectacular Battle.
The spectacular battle against
the bill, which is described in an-
other column on this page, aroused
the interest of the entire land and
was the cause of indigination meet-
ings and protests from every state
in the union.
The legal forces in opposition
to the bill were headed by Theo-
dore Levin, who was assisted by
former Judge Patrick II. O'Brien,
representing the Detroit section
of the Civil Liberties Union; Fred
M. Butzel and Nathan L. Milstein,
all of Detroit, and Max .1. Kohler
of New York.
Held Illegal on One Point.
dangers threatened by this measure—that in becoming a law the Alien Registration Bill would undermin C
the holiest American traditions, and institutions. It was estimated that more than a quarter of a mil-
lion aliens in the state would be affected by the measure, as well as possible alien visitas to Michigan.
But what especially shook the conscience of liberals is that hundreds of thousands of Michigan-born
men and women would have no way of proving that they were born in this state because records are
complete only for the past few years.
S'
"Ap p eal to Reason?'
In the spectacular but very!
quiet battle conducted by oppon-
eats of the measure all mass pro-
test and indignation meetings—
except for one demonstration by,
Communists—were avoided in or-
der to prevent similar counter-
protests by the reactionaries who
were as strongly inclined to fight
to a bitter finish in order that the
bill might become a law. At the
outset it was an appeal to reason.
Theodore Levin, who was at the
head of the legal forces in oppo-
sition to the bill; Fred M. Butzel,
member of the executive commit-
tee of the American Jewish com-
mittee; Captain Isadore Levin,
and others, numbering into the
thousands, appealed to Governor
Wilber M. Brucker, wrote state-
ments and penned legal opinions,
pointing to the brutality, illegal.
ity and unconstitutionality of the
bill.
To two men in particular goes
the Credit for immediate action in
an effort to prevent the act from
becoming a law: Fred M. Butzel
and Theodore Levin. The first,j
honored es "Michigan's leading;
and best loved citizen," a sociolo-
gist of note, an able lawyer and
THEODORE LEVIN
one of the state's leading philan-
thropists, pleaded with the gover-
•
nor over the long distance tele-
JUDGE ARTHUR C. DENISON
phone. Governor Brucker assured
Mr. Butzel of his respect for the
views of the opposition, admitted
the law is not perfect, but declared
emphatically that it would be use-
less for a delegation to waste its
time to come to the state capitol
at Lansing to argue against the
measure; he was determined to
sign the bill.
The decision holding the meas-
ure unconstitutional explains that
the Cheney act is held illegal on
only one of the 16 points ad-
vanced ,by the plaintiffs who asked
for the injunction. This point
maintains that the act is an usur-
pation of government rights to''
control and direct immigration to
and from this country, and is thus ,
a violation of Section 8 of Article
1 of the Constitution.
After quoting the act as passed
by the legislature and quoting the
objections to the law by the attor-
neys for the opposition, the decid- 1
ing brief makes the following dec- '
laration:
Legal Fight Begun.
"This court it of the opinion
that the power to regulate the
terms and conditions under which
alien. may live in any of the sev-
eral states, having been given by
the Constitution to the Federal
Government, and that government
having exercised it, the right of
the Federal Government is para-
mount and exclusive and the act
under consideration is an unlaw-
ful invasion of it.
"This court therefore is of the
opinion that the act passed by the
legislature of the State of Michi-
gan is unconstitutional and in-
valid, betting. it seeks to usurp
the power of government, exch.
si•ely vested by the Constitution
in Congress, over the control of
aliens and immigration."
Considered Other Points. j
The decision concludes with
the statement that the judges
were satisfied with the sole reason
for declaring the bill unconstitu-
tional. The closing paragraphs
read:
JUDGE ERNEST A. O'BRIEN
"There are many other reasons
urged by the plaintiff as to the un-
constitutionality and invalidity of
the act under consideration and
white this court has considered
them, we are satisfied to dispose of
the case upon the sole ground that
the admission and exclusion of
aliens are • subject within the ex-
elusive control of Con g , and
that this statute cannot' be carried
out according to its complete in-
tent without trespassing on that
control. Whether ■ nd to what
extent other features of the stat-
ute might be thought sustainable,
there is no reason to discuss. They
are not separable.
"In consonance with this opin-
ion, therefore, ■ n order may he
entered granting the temporary
injunction sought by plaintiff and
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PATRICK H. O'BRIEN
Couzens and Vandenberg
Recommend Him for Ap -
pellate Court,
JUDGE CHARLES C. SIMONS
with him about the matter. I gave
no interview to the press concern-
ing the affair, and was in no way
respinsible for the editorial com-
ment of any Vienna newspaper.
Threugh my intervention the dis-
turbances were brought to an end,
and no American citizens received
even the slightest injury."
The American minister's state-
ment sharply contradicts Dr. Fahri-
cant's description of the incidents
following the publication of the pro-
test, the draft of which, he asserts,
had been corrected by Dr. Schilling,
the president of the American Med-
ical Association.
"As a result of the American
minister's attitude, an article at-
tacking the signers of the protest
on the ground of misrepresenta-
tion was published in the Vienna
Reidipoet (organ of the Christian
Socialists)," Dr. Fabricant asserts. I
Contradicts Attack.
"The
article used the identical
"The rector of the university did
not appeal to me." Minister Stock- words in which the American min.;
ister
had
criticized Dr. Marcos."
ten laid, "and I had no conference
The promotion of Judge Charles
C. Simons from the Federal District
Court bench in Detroit to the judge-
ship in the United States Court of
Appeals at Cincinnati became al-
most a certainity this week, with
Senators Couzens and Vandenberg
mining in a letter tic President
Hoover recommending the appoint-
ment. The vacancy was created by
the resignation of Judge Arthur C.
Denison of Grand Rapids.
Explaining his concurrence with
Senator Couzens, Senator Vanden-
berg said:
"It seems to tie a highly appropri-
ate rule that the senior district
iudge who is within the age limit
desired by the Department of JUR.
tice should be promoted. The sen-
ior judge within the age limit is
Judge. Simons. He has an exem-
plary record and is "of sterling
character wholly warranting confi-
dence and promotion."
Inquiry at the Department of
Justice elicited the statement that
he administration is averse to ap-
psintment of any man to • Federal
judgeship who is more than 57
years old, and that 60 is the alas..
lute limit. Judge Simons is 56
years old.
Judge Simons was originally au.'
printed a district judge in Detroit
on the joint recommendation of
Senators Cowen!. and Charles E.
Townsend. He was Mr. Townsend's
Detroit manager in his senatorial
campaign, but otherwise has not
been active in pelitics.
As each
e ether states in the
judicial circuit—Ohio, Tennessee
and Kentucky—has a judge, the
appointment is expected to go to
Michigan. and indorsement of
Judge Simo'ns by the two Senators
should insure his appointment.
Per Year, $3.00; Per Cog y, 10 Cents
a
Oscar Straus, who was the only
Jew to sit in an American govern-
ment and who became acquainted
with Baron de Hirsch when he
(Straus) was United States Am-
bassador to Turkey and Hirsch was
in Turkey adjusting certain matters
connected with his railroad con-
struction, tells us that he inherited
a considerable fortune from his
father and grandfather, the Baron
Joseph and Jacob v o n Hirsch (it
was the grandfather, Jacob Hirsch,
the first Jewish landowner in Ba-
varia, who was the first Baron, and
his father, Joseph, was the blinker
to the King of Bavaria), which
was largely augmented by the dow-
ry of his wife, the daughter of the
IHADASSAH ANNUAL
LUNCHEON TUESDAY
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—
RABBI FRAM'S LECTURE Dr. Abba Hillel Silver to Be
POSTPONED TO DEC. 15 the Speaker at $20 Donor
Event.
FRED M. BUTZEL
Former Judge Patrick If. O'Brien, one of the
counsel who argued before the three-judge federal
court against the Michigan Alien Registration Bill,
on the ground that it is unconstitutional, on Wednes-
day. following the favorable decision handed down
by Judge Ernest A. O'Brien. addressed the following
letter of praise to The Detroit Jewish Chronicle for
the stand 'it took during the battle against the
measure:
YOUNG JUDAEA, U. H. S.
TO HONOR CHANUKAH
Celebration at Philadelplaia.Byros
Hall Sunday Afternoon.
What is expected will be the
largest and most important public
Chanukah celebration held in De-
troit will take place at 3 p. en.
this Sunday, at the Philadelphia-
Byron Talmud Torah, under the
auspices of Young Judaea and the
United Hebrew Schools. Samuel
Heyman and Bernard Isaacs are
in charge. Playa, mono, tableaus,
recitations are Included in the
program. Admission will be by
free tickets procurable from
Young Judaeatui and at offices of
the United Hebrew Schools.
Th.
Detroit Jewish Chronicle,
525 Woodward Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan.
great banker, Senator Raphael Bia
sotisheim. With this money he em-
barked in railway enterprises on his
own account in Austria, the Bal-
kans and Russia. He secured a con-
cession from the Turkish govern-
ment for the building of an im-
portant railway to connect Europe
and the Near East. The great suc-
cess which he achieved gained for
him the reputation of being one of
the leading captains of industry
and financiers of Europe.
Ile had a large view of affairs,
and was clear and quick of judg-
ment ;" "Ile was a remarkable man,
gifted with extraordinary powers,
with a genius for large affairs;"
"Ile was enterprising and aggres-
sive in his plans"—these are some
of the eulogiums which Straus be-
stowed on him.
Parallel of Men and Their Wives.
It is staggering, the amazing
energy and the success of the man.
Before he was 40 he was one of
the wealthiest men in the world, and
it was about this time that he be-
gan to interest himself in the alle-
viation of Jewish distress. The co-
incidence of the ages recall again
the parallel of Moses Montefiore
who at the age of 40, amassed a
fortune. "Thank God. Be content,"
said his wife, and he obeyed her
wishes and retired from the stock
exchange and devoted himself for
the rest of his long life, another 60
years, as It turned out, to procuring
the liberties and rights of the Jews
of the world.
The parallel of the wives, both
childless, is there too. For the bi.
ography of Hirsch's wife, Baroness
Clara de Hirsch, places it on rec-
ord that "uninfluenced Baron de
Hirsch, cosmopolitan as he was,
might have devoted his fortune to
totally different purposes, but in
philanthropic matters he yielded to
his wife's judgement, and she would
not permit money of which the poor
persecuted and oppressed Jews
stood in so much need to be de-
flected into alien channels. She de.
termined that her husband should
turn his restless energies to relies ,-
i mntirs. the distress of his co-religion.
His Amazing Luck.
URGE ALL JEW S JOIN
IN VC, :CINC
_ PROTESTS
I
Meeting Arranged by 50
Local Organizations Speak-
ing for 30,000 Jews.
Speaking for 30,000 Detroit
Jews, spokesmen for 60 local or-
ganizations have joined forces in
arranging a meeti ng to protest
against the Polish atrocities and
against the boycott that has been
started in Poland.
The protest meet nsg, 5w7i9l15 biv
e o h o e d
ld,
at the Arena Garde
ward avenue, at 2 p. m. this Sun-
day, and an urgent appeal is made
to all Jews to turn out en manse
and to join in the protests. Lead-
ers in the protest movement hope
to be able to prevail upon Polish
governmental authorities to safe-
g inuap rd olatn
hd a human
the
umgaun ar ighta of Jews
guaranteed by the
minorities treaty of Versailles.
Speakers at the Meeting.
The speaker, at the protest
meeting will be:
Judge James Chenot, of Circuit
Court; Judge John A. Boyne, Re-
corder's Court; John Taylor, rep.
resenting Mayor Frank Murphy;
Rabbi Leon From, Temple Beth
El; Rabbi A. 51, Ilershman, Cons
gregation Shaarey Zedek; Rabbi
E. Aishiskin, Congregation Beth
David; J, Bernstein, manager of
the Jewish Daily Forward; Joseph
Haggai, representin g The Day;
Attorneys I. Finkelstein and A.
H. Jaffin. Philip Slomovitz, ed(-
tor of The Detroit Jewish Chrons
fele, will preside at the meeting. ,
The officers of the conference
which arranged the protest meet-
ingare:
S. Lieberman of Berditchever
Aid Society, chairman; Louis Gil-
lary, Lomza Society, vice-chair-
man; M. Arotsky, Michigan Hood
Protective Association, recording
secretary; Leo Fried, Farband of
Polish Jews, treasurer; Attorney
.Ii. Jain, financial secretary.
The executive committee la
composed of Joshua Joyrich, Ras
darner Aid Society, chairman; S.
Newman, Galician Fathead;
Indeed, what else could have
swayed this man to make over his
immense fortune to Jews? For he
himself apparently had no desire
to mingle with Jews. He lived in
great splendor in Paris, in London,
and on his estates in Ilungary.
His horses won the Oaks, the St.
Leger and the Thousand Guineas,
after the Derby the biggest races
on the English turf, though his win-
rungs always went to the London
hospitals. He tried hard to get into
English aristocracy, which looked
at him askance. He had a Christian
mistress, who bore him Christian
sons, who inherited many of his
millions, lording it today in Eng-
lish society, which he' tried in vain
fully to enter. And Margot Ten-
nant s„,who afterwards married the
future prime minister of England,
who became Lord Asquith and Ox-
ford, relates in her diaries that he
asked her to marry his son, his le-
gitimate son, who was a Jew born
Jewish
to his
wife. e is quite
unlike me,"he told her, she relates.
"Ile is very respectable and hates
money.") A reviewer commented
acidly that "his money he gave to
Jews, but his blood he wanted to
mingle with the Gentiles."
In his business undertakings, he
was a giant, with vast Meets and
immense energy, that earned him
the reputation, despite his dazzling
-
Cohen, Jewish Socialist Party( MI,
Geliebter of Independent Workers
Circle, branch 51' Daher Gold-
berg, Jewish National Workers
Alliance; Louis Aronson and M.
Tygel, Russian Polish Aid Society;
Louis Gillary and Leo Fried.
The publicity and speakers com-
mittee consists of Joshua Joyrich
and Attorneys I. Finkelstein and
A. H. Jean. The hall committee
Is composed of Joshua Joyrich,
Louis Gillary and D. Kaufman.
Organisations in Conference.
The following organizations
constitute the conference for the
protest mass meeting: Lomza Be-
nevolent Society, Russian-Polish
Aid Society, Galician Farband, In-
dependent Detroit Lodge, Michi-
gan Home Protective Association,
Radomer Aid Society, Odessa Aid
Society, Independent Workmen's
Circle, branch 51, Jewish Socialist
Party, National Socialist Council,
Jewish Workmen's Circle, branch
III, Berditchever Progressive So-
ciety, Keshenever-Basaraber Aid
Society, Farband of Polish Jews,
Kiever Progressive Society, Con-
gregation Beth Abraham, Congre-
gation Beth Yehudah, Temple
Emanuel, Turover Aid Society,
Kostichever Aid Society, Shalom
Aleichem Folk Institute, Jewish
Women's European Welfare Ors
ganization, Independent Mesrit-
cher Young ladies' Society, Jew-
ish National Woarkers' Alliance,
Warsaw Club, Carpenters' Union,
Jewish Workmen's Circle, branch
181, Jewish Workmen's Circle.
branch 156, Zionist-Revisionists,
Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Order B'nai
B'rith, Michigan Progressive So-
ciety, Chernigover-Loyever So.
icety, Pinsker Aid Society, Mes-
ritcher Progressive Aid Society,
Bialer, Ekaterinoslaser.
With Dr. Abbe Hillel Silver of
('leveland, nationally known orator,
scholar and author, as the speaker
and a number of suprise enter-
tainment attractions as features,
Detroit chapter of Hadassall will
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held its minuet $20 donor luncheon
at Hotel Statler at noon on Tues- FRANKLIN TO DISCUSS
day, Dec: 15.
"WHY RELIGION AT ALL"
In spite of conditions, officers of
the organization expect this year's'
Under the title "Why Religion
event to surpass even the previous At All," Dr. Leo M. Franklin will ,
successess. in the community's res- discuss certain recent. movements
ponse, Evidence of enthusiasm was in the religious world and their
(Turn to Page Opposite Editorial) reflection in modern literature and
philosophy, at Temple Beth El this'
Sunday morning. lie will especi-,
ally trace the place that Judaism'
holds in the thought of today. The Two Jews Charged with Killing
Vilna Stud ant.
general public is Invited to the
WARSAW. — (J. T. A.) — A
services, which take place at I
10:45 •
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Patrick H. O'Brien Lauds
Chronicle's Stand on Alien
Registration Measure
NATHAN L. MILSTEIN
°
Judges Chenot a nd Boyne,
Rabbis Hershman and
Fram to Speak.
By JOSEPH LEFTWICH
VOCATIONAL TALKS
BEGUN AT CENTER
Due toillness, Rabbi Leon
Framwas unable to deliver his lec-
ture on "Aspects of Zionism" un-
der the auspices of the Zionist
Educational Council last Wednes-
day night. He will instead deliver
his address at a meeting at North-
ern High School, Woodward and
Gladstone, at 8 p. m. next Tues-
day, Dec. 15. The public is in-
vited, admission being free .
The audience assembled Wed-
nesday night, at Northern High
School, was addressed by Leon
Kay, Dr. David II. Fauman and,
Mrs. J. II. Ehrlich.
PROTEST AGAINST
POLISH ATROCITIES
AT ARENA SUNDAY
Second Installment of Interesting Biographical
Sketch of Noted Philanthropist on the Occasion
of Centenary of his Birth Dec. 9.
NEW PORK.—(J. T. A.)—An
exhaustive analysis of the position
of the Jews in Poland with refer -
ence to the recent excesses and the
general economic and social dia-
. abilities under which they have
been living since the establishment
of the Polish republic was presented
to the twenty-fifth annual meeting
of the American Jewish Committee
Sunday morning at Hotel Astor,
in the report read by Judge Horace
Stern
Philadelphia, chairman of
the executive committee.
While the committee views with
relief the cessation of physical at-
tacks in Poland. it considers the
wide spread economic boycott agi-
tations a source of great menace
bthe Jews. On the basis of in-
vestigations made Icy its represen-
tatives, the committee finds that the A. Douglas Jamieson, Presi-
Jews have never fully received the dent of Board of Education,
rights guaranteed them by the
First Speaker Dec. 15.
Treaty of Versailles and by the
Polish constitution, and that in ad-
A. Douglas Jamieson, president
dition to their impoverishment as
of the Board of Education, is to
an aftermath of the world war, they
are also the victims of specific eco- give the first of a series of lectures
on "Vocational Guidance" at the
nomic discrimination. A report of
Jewish Centers, 31 Melbourne ave-
the disabilities under which the
nue, Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.
Jews suffer in Poland was drawn
m., Nate Shapero, president of the
up by Morris D. Waldman, secre-
tary of the American Jewish Com-
mittee, and submitted to the Pol-
ish authorities. While the justice
of these complaints, were generally
recognized, little has been done
toalleviate the Jewish position, the
report stated, declaring the situa-
tion of Polish Jewry to be tragic.
Opium, Jewish Medical College.
Judge Stern, in his report, dis-
cussed the activities of the commit-
tee in domestic affairs, with partic-
ular reference to immigration, dis-
crimination in the universities and
in employment and calendar re-
form. The situation abroad, in Ger-
many, Mexico Cuba, Greece and
Rumania, as well as Poland, was
describedin the report. The corn-
mitt, greeted the establishment of
the Spanish republic and took node
of the fact that since the proclama-
tion of the republic "several mem-
bers of the provisional government
have expressed their benevolent in-
tentions toward the descendants of
A. DOUGLAS JAMIESON
of the exiles of 1482 and their
eagerness to expunge from the laws Centers Association announces.
of the land, the edict of expulsion."
Meyer L. l'rcntis, chairman of
• The committee made a strong ef- the Jewish Recreational Council,
fort to prevent a further reduction will preside.
in immigration, and the enactment
Mr. Jamieson will speak on
of alien registration legislation, the "'Choosing a Career." The series
report declared.
of vocational guidance talks M be -
Referring to discrimination in Mg planned to aid the young Jew-.
employment, the report stated that ish men of Detroit in the selection
while the committee projected a
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thorough sudy of the situation, the
investigation has not yet been star-
ted since the fund for such a pur-
pose is not completed.
The committee. expressed its op-
position to the establishment of a
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U, S. SENATORS URGE
SIMONS' PROMOTION
Asserts His Intervention in Anti-Jewish Outbreaks Brought
Disturbances to an End ; Denies he Intimidated
Initiator of Protest.
Writing the the Nation of Oct.
21, Dr. Fabricant charged that fol-
lowing intervention on the part of
the rector of Vienna University,
the American minister caused the
president of the American Medical
Association of Vienna to repudiate
the protest signed by American
students calling themselves "Uni-
ted States League for Protection
of Foreign Students," and threat-
ened Dr. Samuel Marcus, who ini-
tiated the protest.
Thereupon Mr. Levin and his
associate attorneys—former Judge
Patrick H. O'Brien, representing
the Civil Liberties Union, Nathan
L. Milstein, Mr. Butzel—busied
themselves with preparations for
a legal fight. It was from the'
office of Mr. Levin that the call
for the battle emanated, and the
opposition to the bill, in rapid
order, enlisted the co-operation of ,
the Polish, German, Italian, Hun-
' garian and other groups. The De-
troit branch of the American
Civil Liberties Union, through the
chairman of its executive com-
mittee for Detroit, Miss Caroline
Parker, and its counsel, former
Judge O'Brien, joined the fight. '
The newspapers at first ignored
it—except that the Detroit Fr,
Press twice editorially wrote fa-
voring the bill. Later, when the
governor signed the measure, the
Free Press urged the state to go
to the limit to secure the meas-
ure's enforcement.
But the outburst of resentment
from the opposition caused the
governor to take notice. He in-
vited Butzel and Levin to a pri-
vate conference in Lansing.
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U. S. Minister to Austria Denies He
Sought to Preveiit Jewish Protest
VIENNA.— (J. T. A.) — The
American Minister Austria, G.
B. Stockton, in a statement made
to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
denied the allegations of Dr. Noah
Fahricant, American physician
studying in Vienna, that he had
criticized and sought to prevent the
protest of American medical stud-
ents against the flagrant attacks
upsn Jewish students of Vienna
University last summer.
THE LAWYERS
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How Did Baron de Hirsch
Make His Millions?
Judge O'Brien Hands Down
Decision; Denison, Si-
mons Concur.
The Cheney Alien Registration
Bill, passed by both houses of the
state legislature on May 18 and
signed by Governor Brucker on
May 29, was declared "unconsti-
tional and invalid" by the three-
judge federal court which sat at
a special hearing on July 1, on a
motion to restrain the state from
enforcing the law.
Judge Erhest A. O'Brien handed
down the decision at 9:30 a. m.
Wednesday, Dec: 9, in behalf of
the court which included himself,
Judge Arthur C. Denison of the
United States Court of Appeals,
and Judge Charles C. Simons.
TELEPHONE
CADILLAC
December 9, 1931.
Gentlemen: As one of the counsel for the plaintiff,George
Arrowsmith, i ■ the test case directed against the Michigan
Alien Registration Bill, permit me to state that I deeply •ppre-
ciat• the very strolls support which your editor and your
paper gave to this cause from its very inception.
Your editor was largely responsible for the organisation of
the opposition to this pernicious legislation. I recall that he
initiated the first meeting of the editors and other public
spirit.] cities..s who were opposed to this measure. You were
also instrumentalin arousing public sentiment by giving this
sat and its possible consequences wide nationalpublicity,
I am sure that your paper must feel • great satisfaction in
the ternplrre defeat of this legislation. The result of this case
twill, undoubtedly, p t •ny further attempt in other states
to exact similarlaws directed against•liens. The honest immi•
grant should find here • land devoted to liberty and hospital-
sty instead of narrow.minded prejudice and bigotry.
Yours very truly,
PATRICK H. O'BRIEN.
Mufti Challenges "Jewish Designs
In Address at the Moslem 1 ongress
All Jewish Correspondents Barred from Sessions; London
Gives NVeizmann Rousing Ovation; Neumann
Sounds Optimistic Note.
JERUSALEM. — (J. T. A.) —.
The challenge to "Jewish designs
in Palestine" was sounded in the
address of the Grand Mufti of Je-
rusalem which formally opened the
Moslem Congress.
Deploring the decline in Islam,
and exhorting unity among all
Moslems, the Grand Mufti stated
that most Moslems are groaning
under alien rule, but that their
condition is worse in the Holy
Land because of "Jewish designs."
All Jewish correpondents, in-.
eluding representatives of the for-
eign press, are barred from the
session of the Congress, according
ton an official statement made by
the Congress organization commit.
tee to the Press Correspondents'
Association. Only Christian news-
papermen will be admitted.
OPPosition's Views.
Shawkat Ali. Indian Moslem
leader, who toned the call to the
Congress jointly with the Grand
Mufti, and whose staunch adher-
ent he wee, issued a joint mani-
festo with Dr. Abdul Hamid Said.
in which he declared that the op-
position to Amin el Husseini rep-
resentts the leaders and brains of
the country; that the accusations
that the opposition is endeavoring
to break up the Congress are ut-
terly untrue and they have as sin-
cere enthusiasm for Islam as the
most faithful Mohammedans; and
that during the party negotiation/
the opposition did its utmost to
reach a compromise,
The opposition, headed by Rag-
her Bey Nashashib , which has
consistently opposed the Congrass,
decided not to participate in the
sessions as an organised body. It
has agreed, however, to refrain
from criticism in its press organs
and will support the Congress
resolutions if it considers them ad-
vantageous to the country's wel-
fare and not promotin g the Mufti's
' personal ambitions.
Upon the suggestion of Shawkat
Ali, the Congress decided to elect
■ standing committee for future
work, thus defeating the Mufti's
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