A merica Apish Periodical Colter - CLIFTON AMOS • CIWINNAT1 20, OHIO TfiEbETROITAWISII HROAICILE All Jewish News An Jewish Views WITHOUT BIAS THE ONLY ANGLO-JEWISH NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN MICHIGAN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931 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 i t the th Mi hi gan Alien g g i ht ga a ns Ali HOLD STATE CAN NOT Registration Bi 11 AGAINST FORMATION 1 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 (Turn to Last Page) 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 .- — 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 (Turn to Editorial Page.) 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 • (Turn to Last Page) 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 (Turn to Iasi Page) 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 (Turn to Last Page.) 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. (Turn to last Page.) 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 l , 1-0-4-0 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 (Turn to Page Two.) '