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but has definitely placed him in the ranks of
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Jewish leaders who recognize that Jew-
By HELEN ZIGMOND
► whiloboi Neale ivy The Jew eh Clinatiele Pohlialliag Co, ter. ish life cannot be limited to the handing
Where Only Difference Between Zionists and Non-
THE EASY ART OF FORGETTING
be
Al-
Zionists Is How Much Money Should
HOLLYWOOD.—It was the old
How quickly we forget is evidenced by the death of Cyrus L.
♦ ••••• ■ 1 111 nmwiewl-elme matter Marsh I, 1116, at the Post. out of relief : that there is a national outlook
stoma at Detroit. Mick, leader the Aet if Marsh S. ms.
located for Keren Hayesod and Jewish
' rah, rah" spirit that brought Sulzberger. Perhaps with the exception of Louis Marshall, no one
upon Jewish life which today demands a
hese scenarists together ... They man played so decisive a part in the history of his generation, as far
National
Fund.
General Offices and Publication Building position of priority for the historic and ro-
call it the West Side Riding and as American Jewry is concerned, yet how few at his death knew any-
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Asthma Club . . . eligibility for thing of Mr. Sulzberger except that his son had married the daughter
mantic achievements in Zion.
By M. NACHIMSON
membership requires you having of the publisher of the New York Times.
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Dr. Slawson will, of course, be remember-
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worked on a humorous college
Ile was a unique individual—a cosmopolitan and self-thinking type.
14 Strafford Place, Loudon, W. 1, England
mag . . . that's why Groucho was Thirty and forty years ago, American Jewry was of a different mould
ed for the remarkable spirit of comradeship
even half the votes required to unanimously elected president ... than today. There was, for example, a much sharper cleavage
The Jews of Bulgaria are
Subscription, in Advance._ ........ —43.00 Per Year and devotion which he has created among
return one candidate, and the he's never been to college. Groucho between the German and Russian Jews. Sulzberger was one of those
in 34 communities-
many hundreds of volunteer workers who organized
To losers publication, all eorreepondmee and oews mottos
Communist group is a little big- immediately made all the mem- rare German Jews who was entirely at home in the Russian-Jewish
31 Sephardic and three Ashke-
mast reach this adios by Tueedey evening of oath week.
formed the armies of solicitors in fund- nazic. The work of the Jewish ger, but it, too, has never been bers vice-presidents . . . that was atmosphere, who had a hunger, indeed, to mix with all types of a
When mania' notkm, kindly as. one Bide of the leaner may.
able to obtain representation in an efficiency move, he said, so vivid nature.
communities
is
carried
on
by
raising campaigns he directed here. Very
• • •
mil,
they would be all organized if they
the assembly.
The Detroit Judah Chrookle levites eorrospondeuce
community councils, made up
beets of intermt to the Jewish people, hot diselsises reeposol•
few communities in the land were able to of two separate committees, a ZIONISM DOMINATES
wanted to open a bank.
A LIGHT THAT FAILED
betty far an usitoroon•at of the view. erpreseed by the writers
Roll-call
lists:
S.
J.
Perelman,
duplicate the remarkable spirit which was schools committee and and syn-
Sulzberger was the sort of general all-around man of that ill-
The dominant idea in Bulgar-
Jug"-ger; Samuel Ra- fated journalistic enterprise—the Yiddische Welt, a daily which
Sabath Readings of the Law.
evidenced here during these drives. It is a agogue committee. The two ian Jewry is Zionism. The dif- ex-"Brown
phaelson of Illinois' "Siren;" Her- proposed to devote itself primarily to the Americanization of the
committees are elected separate-
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 21:1-24:23.
ferences
between
the
Zionists
tribute to his leadership that the remark- ly, in accordance with two dif- and non-Zionism can be best ex- man Mankiewicz, Columbia's "Jes- incoming masses of Russian immigrants.
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 44:15.31.
able campaign machinery which has been ferent electoral ordinances pub- plained by the following two il- ter;" Allen Rivkin of Minnesota's
Jews from Russia and Poland were coming in at the rate, for two
lyar
7,
5692
Jerry Honvin of N. years at least, of half a million a year. Probably the biggest exodus
May 13, 1932
functioning here should have suceeded in lished by the state. In the case lustrations: The Zionists stand "Shi-U-Mah;"
Y. U:s "Medley, and about 25 in history, making the historic exodus of the Jews from Egypt nu-
of the schools committee, the
the complete liebraization other now Ilollywood scribes.
periods of economic distress to defeat pes- vote is confined to Jews who for the
merically, at least, very small by comparison. Jacob Schiff was the
Jewish schools, while the
of
The Campaign Must Succeed!
financial angel of the Yiddische Welt. Louis Marshall wrote the edi-
simism and to inject a feeling of communal are Bulgarian citizens, and only non-Zionist program says that
When these lines reach our readers, the devotion in the hearts of many men and Bulgarian citizens are eligible Jewish children are to be given Samuel Hoffenstein will soon have torials, and I believe it was Philip Krantz, a philosophical nihilist or
anarchist of his day, who translated the editorials from Marshall's
Allied Jewish Campaign, now in progress, women who were on the verge of despair. for election, but all members of sufficient instruction in the He- a new book of po:try in print.
the Jewish communities are en-
English to Yiddish. One of the most bizarre staffs that was ever
language to enable them
will be more than half over. It is impos- Even at this writing we retain confidence titled to vote for the synagogue brew
Now that we think of it—how
to speak Hebrew fluently and to quiet llollywood has been since assembled. Cyrus Sulzberger was the intermediary who kept all of
sible to judge at this writing how success- that , the hundreds of men and women who committees, irrespective of their read and understand Hebrew
the various elements from jumping at each other's throats,
Eddie Lambert, the comedian, left
The paper succeeded tremendously well—in losing money. Losing
ful the efforts of the workers in the drive are coliciting for the Allied Jewish Cam- citizenship, but here, too, only books and newspapers without with his stamping recitation of
Bulgarian citizens may be
it, I am told, at the rate of $10,000 a week.
difficulty. T h e non-Zionist Kipling's "Boots."
will be. Based on actual work and devotion paign will, under the direction of Dr. Slaw- elected.
program is merely a diminution
of the volunteers, this year's campaign son, succeed in retaining Detroit Jewry's
AT THE CENTURY'S DAWN
of the Zionist program, in-
Bulgarian Jewry also elects
The quiet of Santa Barbara
more successful was Sulzberger in the project of which he
ought to be the outstanding success in the excellent reputation for social service and to a third body, the Scams which tended as an economy measure, (Calif.) is too nerve-wracking for was Much
among the leaders, that of distributing the immigrants, as far so
to
ease
the
burden
of
taxation
is
the
representative
assembly
Walter Winchell . . . He and the possible, all over America, diverting the immigrant stream to all
history of Detroit fund-raising undertak- for honoring the numerous obligations
imposed on the members of the minus and the kiddies will soon
of the Bulgarian Jews, a kind of
ings. But conditions are against us. Hun- which are ours.
Jewish communities, in view of take • peek at Hollywood . . • parts of the country. Today, some 60 per cent of the Jews of Amer-
Assefath Hanivcharim.
the prevailing economic crisis. Everybody's beginning to burn old ica live outside of New York. How much of that was due to Cyrus
dreds who formerly were among liberal
Like in the case of the elec-
Dr. Slawson has our sincere wishes for
Then there is the Keren Haye- letters and stuff the keyholes with Sulzberger can not be known, but you may be sure it was no small
contributors are now in no position at all
tions to the synagogue commit-
percentage.
success in his new calling. Detroit's loss in tee, all members of the Jewish sod. The Zionist position is rejected manuscripts.
Sulzberger and his allies not only carried on a propaganda among
to share their wealth, because they have
every Jewish community
Winchell was offered the gossip-
his departure from our midst will be New community may vote in these that
and every member of the Jew- ing-columnist part in the picture, the Jews to "go west," but he even got the steamship companies to go
lost their possessions, and many of them
elections,
whatever
their
citizen-
to
Galveston
instead of New York.
York's gain.
ish community must contribute "Blessed Event," but he turned it
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ship, but only Bulgarian citizens
are to be found on the receiving end of the
the Keren Ilayesod. In down.
At the same time, we welcome to Dr. may be elected. The results of to
A
MODERN
EXODUS
many of the communities there
• • •
line.
the elections are subject to
I said Sulzburger was of a self-thinking type. I can best illus-
is a definite sum earmarked in
But it is just because of these conditions Slawson's post, his successor, Kurt Peiser, all
We spoke to Harry Lichtig the
the approval of the state.
the community budget for the other day ... He still retains pleas• trate that by a story that Jacob de Haas tells me of a visit paid to
that the campaign must be a success. With who comes here well recommended by the TWO ASSEMBLIES
Sulzberger
by a Red Cross solicitor who knowing Sulzberger's philan-
Keren Hayesod, while in some ant memories of his friends in Mt.
suffering on the increase, sacrifice on the Jewish community of Cincinnati, which he
other communities it is left to Clemens and Detroit. He's a well- thropies, came to him for a contribution to the Red Cross.
The first representative as-
"I
wouldn't
give a red cent for the Red Cross," replied Sulzberger.
is
leaving
to
come
to
Detroit.
Like
Dr.
the members of the community known artists' and writers' agent
part of those who still have a little bit must
sembly, which met in 1920,
"I don't believe in your work. To abolish War, make it more hor-
decide how much should be out here.
be greater than ever. And if those who still Slawson, Mr. Peiser has been successful in adopted the constitution, to to
rible."
given to the Keren Hayesod.
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all Jewish communities in
Coming from another person such an answer might have been
possess a little bit will learn a lesson from uniting the numerous elements in his com- which
The Zionists insist that in those
Oho! Another for our list, and capable of varied constructions, but coming from Sulzberger, one
the country are subject, and the
the tragic collapses in our economic sys- munity under the leadership of the United assembly has the right to amend communities where there is an isn't this a honey! Joan Blondell, knew that it came from his deep-seated loathing of war.
annual
subsidy
for
the
Keren
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•
tem, then suffering will cease because jus- Social Agencies of Cincinnati. We have the constitution. The constitu- Hayesod included in the com- the new blonde star in the Holly-
wood firmament, is—or was—Joan
has not yet obtained the
munity budget this must be re- Bluestone, one of our own little NOMINATED FOR OFFICE
tice will begin to dominate our charitable reason, therefore, to feel confident that he tion
official
recognition
of
the
state,
I don't know why Sulzberger never reduced his kaleidoscopic
will strive to maintain in Detroit the united
tained, while the non-Zionist "maedels." Her latest picture is
but it is passively accepted and
efforts.
experiences to the form of an autobiography. It would have made a
demand that the Keren Ilayesod
marvelously interesting work, ranging from the utmost of pathos to
We retain confidence that the entire front which has been so happily achieved tolerated as the constitution of contribution should be fixed "The Crowd • Roars."
• •
organized Bulgarian Jewry. The
pungent humor. What more interesting and more racy chapter could
each year, according to the
quota asked in the present drive will be here.
News from the eastern front:
representative assembly elects
there have been than that of Sulzberger's nomination for borough
financial position of the com-
Lillian Roth's martial skiff is president of Manhattan. The story of it could well have been made
subscribed. How else is this community to
an executive, which serves as the
munities, and the amount of rocking badly ... Mark Hellinger,
central consistory of the Jews of
be expected to act when failure spells dan-
Scholars' Festival and Book Week.
taxation that can be imposed on column pen-pusher, and Lupe Ve- the theme of a Broadway stage hit.
and is the supreme
Sulzberger was nominated by the Good Government ticket, a fusion
the members. Their attitude is les are simply mad about each
About two thousand years ago a plague Bulgaria,
ger for our emergency relief station, for the
and sole representative organ
at that time.
the same with regard to subsi- other George Jesse! will take of varied forces to defeat Tammany
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Jewish Old Folks' Home, the House of Shel- raged among the students of the great rabbi of Bulgarian Jewry.
dies for the Jewish National in Palestine on that extended trip
SULZBERGER
HOW
THEY
BEAT
ter and the United Hebrew Schools. Failure Akiba. On the thirty-third day of the per-
Fund. In brief, the non-Zion- abroad.
The second representative as-
Tammany recognized that it would be a hard matter to defeat
• • •
spells greater suffering for the impoverish- iod of the Sephira, the counting of the sembly will meet in June of the ists place local needs first, while
Sulzberger. What they finally resorted to reminds one of the recent
the Zionists place Palestine
year, and the election of
We were almost asphyxiated instance in Nebraska to defeat Senator Norris by putting up as a
ed masses of Jews in Eastern Europe. Fail- Omer, this plague subsided and this day— present
a
level
with
the
local
on
needs
delegates will take place on May
with gardenias and smothered in competitor on the ticket, another unknown Norris, a little small-town
ure means obstacles in the way of a glor- Lag b'Omer—has since become known as 15. Sixty-one members will be needs.
ermine at the "Grand Hotel" pre
These two illustrations will miere the other day . . . top-hats grocer.
elected from all over Bulgaria.
iously rebuilt Jewish National Home in Pal- the Scholars' Festival.
The comparison is not of the best, but in the case of Sulzberger,
suffice
to
show
that
apart
from
The
new
Jewish
schools
com-
and tail-coats were as plentiful as
It is characteristic of Jewish tradition
estine.
any of the divergencies that senatorial investigations . . . all Tammany did something even more ridiculous, and yet it worked. At
mittees, each consisting of five
time, the meat packing firm of Sulzberger & Schwartzchild was
There is another danger in the event this that such a name should be assigned to a members, were elected on March arise between opposing parties the big folks and a generous that
in the heat and passion of an sprinkling of the smaller fry came very much in the public eye in an unfavorable way. It was, you
day
on
which
a
dreaded
disease
stopped
20,
and
the
elections
to
the
campaign does not conclude the coming
electoral campaign, the attitude to see how Louis B. Mayer and his remember, the days when Upton Sinclair was to leap to fame by an
committees were held
Wednesday afternoon with the subscription reaping a deathly harvest in the ranks of synagogue
of the non-Zionists on the Jew- head-man, Irving Thalberg, dared expose of the various meat packers.
on April 10. Committees con-
Well, the meat packing firm of Sulzberger & Schwartzchild at the
scholars
and
rabbis.
It
reveals
some
of
the
ish question approaches very use up five big stars for one pic-
of the complete quota. There may then
sisting of 300 Jewish families
time was having plenty of trouble, as for as public opinion was con-
indeed to the Jewish na- ture.
arise a need for separate campaigns by the devotion that Jews have entertained for elect five members to their local close
cerned, and even more so among the Jewish meat consumers. There
tional
idea,
and
if
it
is
also
Louis B. called up Will Rogers
synagogue committees, and,.
various agencies now included in the Jewish the printed word, and is a symbol of the re- communities of more than 3011 taken into account that the ma- to be the m. c. (master of "chol- were frequent strikes--boycotts against exorbitant prices, and the
jority of the Bulgarian Jews are lity"), and that, said Rogers, is like.
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Welfare Federation. If insufficient funds spect Jews have shown to men of learning. families elect seven members.
Zionists, the picture presented practically a command! Will ex-
In all these elections thecon-
To set aside the week during which oc-
are raised to finance the educational sys-
by Bulgarian Jewry is one es- plained that they wanted Eddie TAMMANY WON
flict
lies
mainly
between
two
Although
Cyrus
Sulzberger
was
not
even remotely related to the
tem, the United Hebrew Schools would be curs the Scholars' Festival as Jewish Book groups, Zionist and non-Zionist. sentially of a self-conscious na- Cantor, but Eddie held out for Sulzberger of the meat packing firm, the attempt
was made to identify
minority, imbued with more money—$1,000 or free tick-
justified in conducting a separate drive for Week is an excellently appropriate idea, and There is also a small group of tional
him as the meat packer. And it succeeded notably.
Jewish nationalist and Zionist
Social Democrats in
After the election, at a dinner given Sulzberger, Mr. Sulzberger
(Turn to Next Page).
the necessary funds. The Jewish Old Folks' it deserves the sponsorshrip it is being given Jewish
Sofia, but it has never polled aims.
remarked smilingly: "Well, one thing I have done, even if I have
Home, the House of Shelter, the Jewish by congregations, organizations and pub-
not been elected, and that was, I've proven that I am not the meat
lishers,
especially
the
veteran
Jewish
book
Emergency Relief Council, the Zionist
man."
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dealers
of
New
York,
the
Bloch
Publishing
group would be justified in taking similar
by
Charles
OPTIMIST AND PESSIMIST
Company.
secessionist steps. The American Jewish
Goldberg
tells
it.
They
were
speaking
of the depression.
Abe
This year's observance of Jewish Book
Joint Distribution Committee, which is now
A.: ''You know I am getting very pessimistic about this depres-
H. Joseph Said
Week,
from
May
21
to
May
28,
marks
the
all
have
to
go panhandling."
sion. Pretty soon, it seems to me, well
conducting a nation-wide drive for $2,600,
Responded B.: "And so you call yourself a pessimist. You're an
000, and whose Detroit share is to come sixth anniversary of a custom inaugurated
optimist. Now I'm a pessimist. I believe that pretty soon, there'll
ase in a convincing manner, an d i s hi p o of J CMS 0 o f Nazareth than h be no people for the panhandler to solicit."
from the Allied Jewish Campaign, would in 1927 by Rabbi S. Felix Mendelsohn of STRICTLY GENTILE
has committed the ONE UNPAR
I have before me this announce- that for many generations to come DONABLE SIN and considered
not only be justified in invading Detroit for Chicago. It has since that year been cele-
ment from the Martha Washing- they have more than enough to do
WIN
a separate drive : it would be obligated to do brated in numerous ways by many commun- ton Hotel, Virginia Beach, Vt., to MAKE CHRISTIANS RECOG- at once an enemy, a traitor, hated, WOMEN
It appears that the present seasons are propitious to the career-
so in order to safeguard the lives of starv- ities, and now has the endorsement of Jew- signed by J. Wesley Gardner, man- NIZE and FOLLOW THE shunned and abused.
seeking Jewish married woman.
"In the words of the true Mes-
TEACHINGS OF THE NAZA-
ish leaders and outstanding scholars.
Take the case of Nits. Rose Franken, wife of a New York dentist.
ager:
ing Jews abroad.
RENE. Speaking for the Jew, he siah, who was reviled and blas- Her play, "Another Language," seems destined to be the hit of the
"Beginning May 1, 1932:
Aside
from
the
public
celebrations
held
Such are the dangers of failure, and if
"I shall cater to strictly a GEN- is perfectly satisfied to rest his phemed, I ask, 'For which of those season.
Detroit Jewry recognizes the need for ce- in some communities during this week, thus TILE clientele. This decision has future with God, without the ne- good works do ye stone me?' The
And the popularity of Gertrude Berg's sketches of "The Gold-
crime of which I seem to be guilty, bergs" on the air appears to be waxing instead of waning. I am
after three years' ex- cessity for any intermediary.
menting unity under the leadership of the emphasizing the element of learning and been made
according to you, is that of calling told that recently, in response to some query as to the desirability of
perience operating a seashore re-
the
importance
of
guiding
Jews
in
the
read-
upon Israel to carefully, without continuing "The Goldbergs," the radio station received close to a
Jewish Welfare Federation, it will prevent
sort hotel on a non-sectarian basis, THE MISSIONARY'S LETTER
examine the claims of Jesus quarter of a million letters.
the destruction of the united front which ing of the best Jewish lietrature, the press during which time a very careful Here is Mr. Gartenhaus' letter: bias,
of Nazareth. I believe that every
study
was
made.
After
due
con-
and
the
pulpit
should
serve
as
platforms
And yet Gertrude Berg had to go about for two years before she
"My dear sir:
must come with failure in the present drive.
intelligent
and fair-minded per- could get the radio companies to give her skits a trial.
I decided that it was
"In a recent issue of the Amen-
from which should emanate instruction on eideration
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The campaign MUST succeed!
impossible to operate on this baais can Israelite, commenting on one son, especially the Jew, should be
the selection of the best available Jewish and give satisfaction. The change of our publications, 'The Jew's willing to do this, and whatever KICKED AND COMPLIMENTED
conclusion
he
reaches,
should
be
of
policy
is
for
business
reasons
literature. And what is perhaps more im-
Contribution to the South,' you
And speaking about this calls to mind the case of Morris Ryskind,
Pulitzer Laurels for Jews.
occasion to thrust another free, without molestation, to who, with George Kaufmann, wrote "Of Thee I Sing."
portant: Jews should be encouraged in this No religious intolerance is in took
dart at one who has embraced the choose his own faith.
What better irony can there be than the award of the Pulitzer
An imposing list of Jewish names is occasion to purchase books and to build up tended or admitted."
"For more than 11 years, the prize to a play in which Ryskind had a part.
Now Mr. Gardner is very frank Christian faith.
sharing in the glory of this year's Pulitzer worthwhile Jewish libraries in their homes. about
the matter and I hope that
It will be recalled that the Pulitzer prizes are awarded under the
"It seems that a Jew may deny writer, the Southern Baptist rep-
award for the best play of the year, For We cannot hope to encourage the writing my readers will make • note of the God of Israel, disassociate him- resentative, has by word of mouth auspices of Columbia University. It was this university which expelled
pen tried to break down the Ryskind, during the war, for his campus activities, which it found
the first time, the award is given to a musi- of good books, or the publishing of the this because no one would care in self entirely from his people, be and
times like these to force his way
atheist, guilty of every imag- middle-wall of prejudice. misun- objectionable.
cal show rather than a drama. George S. best of the old Jewish classics, unless the on any hotel. Hotels are so over- an
inable crime and still be recog- derstanding and hate that has
Kaufmann, whom aNew York Times critic writers and publishers are encouraged by crowded just now that it would be nized among his people, as so existed between Jew and Gentile
an imposition on the management many are. But no sooner does he through the centuries. Judging
calls "the most brilliant man of the theater readers and buyers of these books.
to ask them to make room for un- honestly acknowledge the Messiah- by the letters received from both
in this country both as a writer and a direc-
Christians and Jews, the very
desirable guests.
—*—
tract to which you so sarcastically
tor," and Morrie Ryskind collaborated as
CHRISTIAN COMPANIONSHIP
All
Honor
to
Wineman.
0
referred
has accomplished more in
authors of "Of Thee I Sing," the winning
To
make
it
extremely
congenial
direction than the many good-
Attendance at the Allied Jewish Cam-
Relativity in Sermons this
play. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for paign dinner last Sunday evening was not and inviting for their fellow Chris-
will meetings sponsored by the
I find that "Real Sun Bath-
rabbis.
this play and his brother, George Gersh- as large as at the previous similar events. tians
ing in the nude is available at the
I. Newman an
By SIMON SHETZER
"If the 20,000 Jews in the
win, the famous composer, wrote the music. But the earnestness which dominated the Martha Waahington Hotel in ab- (Rabbi Louis
Column "Telling
United States who have embraced
His
In addition, Sam H. Harris was the producer gathering revealed a spirit of communal solute privacy . . . physicians ad-
the principles of Christ are trait- Ult.@ Note: Mr. abetter recenUy de- gible reason the persons engaged
It In Gads")
vise sun bathing in the nude .
leered • intermit., address on sae in-
ors, then the Jewish nation has pro- portant
of the play.
hue of the Jewish economic in this sphere of commerce and
devotion unequalled even in the periods of for ... those in a nervous or run-
dared more traitors than any other problem using the Jewish Radio Forum. trade have been subjected to se-
Practically every year's Pulitzer awards greatest success in local fund-raising.
down condition. catarrh, neural.
The Protestant minister and the nation.
The following article <anteing the sel•
vere criticism and attack. Almost
gia, rickets and many other
lent points from bls address.
contained the name of at least one Jewish
priest were discussing the
"It is high time you and others
The man who was responsible for setting eases . . ." Such an opportunity Catholic
every middleman in the whole
manner in which they prepared admit
winner. This time a group of Jewish writ- the finest example in liberality was Henry for congenial and HEALTHFUL their
In the widespread dislocation of chain of distribution is looked
that
it
is
possible
for
one
to
think-
sermons. "I,begin my
economic
forces,
our
Jewish
popu-
be
loyal
to
his
people,
thoroughly
upon with suspicion. "Few indeed
ers and composers share in the glory. Not Wineman. And much more important than Christian companionship should ing on Monday morning," said the
and at the same time be a lation has not escaped the general are the laymen who fail to attrib-
a bad record for 1932, and certainly some- his contribution of $10,000 was the sincerity be welcomed joyfully by those who minister. "I write my outline on sincere,
blight.
Aggravated
by
certain
dis-
follower
of
the
Nazarene.
ute to our middlemen well devel-
resent Jewish presence.
Tuesday; on Wednesday and
"In conclusion let me say that criminatory practices against Jews oped parasitic tendencies." Even'
thing. for Jews to feel proud of.
with which he devoted himself to his duties FANATICAL CONVERTS
Thursday I write my sermon in
if our people desire tolerance and in industry, in commerce and in effort to exterminate either the
my
desk
Thurs-
full;
I
leave
it
on
as a leader in Detroit Jewry. All honor to
deem it necessary to print in
respect, they will have to learn to the professions, there is abundant wholesaler or the retailer as a link
Dr. Slawson's Services to Detroit
full the letter received from Jacob day night; on Friday and Saturday tolerate and respect others.
evidence that the economic posi- in the chain of distribution is ap-
Wineman. lie deserves it.
Gartentaus, of the Department of I memorize and rehearse it, and
tion of the Jew is even more un- plauded, the uninitiated not realiz-
Those who have followed closely the
"Very sincerely yours,
Jewish Evangelism of the Home on Sunday I deliver it.But no
tenable than that of his non-Jew- ing that though one of the links
"JACOB GARTENHAUS."
activities of Dr. John Slawson as executive
I work my con-
Missionary Board of the Southern matter how is hard
ish neighbors. The continued eco- may be voided the function and
always small and OF INTEREST TO YOUNG
Palestine Immigration Figures.
director of the Jewish Welfare Federation
Baptist convention. For years gregation
nomic existence of the Jewish service which was rendered is not
never
increases
in
size."
The pendulum has taken a definite swing Hebrew-Christian missionaries and
Here's something that will in- group in American life is ■ mat- eliminated by merely transferred
of Detroit must receive the news of his de-
The Catholic priest remarked: terest the younger readers of this ter of grave concern to those who
in
a
more
favorable
direction
in
Palestine.
myself have been at odds. I have
elsewhere. The middleman sys-
parture from Detroit for another field of
Christian church bodies "I begin my pastoral visiting on column indicating how much more have given even • minimum of tem has developed as a result of
For many months, in the past two years, the criticized
social service with sincere regrets.
who lend themselves to this mis- Monday; I continue it all week; I education plays a part in obtaining thought to the 'situation
industrial progress and efficiency
to meetings of my church auxil- positions in Ireland. For exam-
When we speak of the middle. in production, and as an inevitable
Numerous accomplishments will be re- number of emigrants quite often equalled sionary movement, which to my go
mind is about as futile a business laries; I speak before various ple, if you want a Job in the fa- man we refer to that whole vast carollary of a scheme of mass pro-
the
number
of
immigrants.
But
the
figures
corded in the story of Detroit Jewish com-
various gatherings; I officiate at mous Guinness brewery you must mechanism which involves the dis-
new story. A as can possibly be imagined. I weddings
and funerals; I hear con- be between the ages of 18 and 22 tribution of commodities from the duction of commodities intended
munal efforts to the credit of Dr.Slawson. for March of this year tell a
have no desire to criticize anyone
distribution in far - (lust
total
of
1,538,
of
whom
1,355
are
Jews,
fession. The result is I have no and nominated for the clerkship time they leave the shipping joist- for
who
leaves
his
faith
to
joint
an-
The formation of the Jewish Child Care
markets.
other. That's the individual's own time to prepare my sermon. AS by a director of the company. form of the producer or manufac-
came
to
Palestine
during
that
month,
and
While this unreasoning criti-
Council is a direct result of one of his very
business and is no concern of for you, my good friend," he said Then to qualify you mart pass an turer until they are placed in the
first efforts, upon coming here, to co-ordi- only 136, of whom 51 were Jews, left dur- mine. But when those leaving the to the Protestant minister, "when examination in handwriting, open- hands of those persons for whcse rim has been directed generally
against
the whole middleman fty••
you
leave
your
sermon
on
your
faith become fanatical in their ef-
ing, English composition, arith- ultimate use they were intended.
nate the children's aid work. His consis- ing that month.
i tem since only about the begin'
For the first time since the 1929 disturb- forts to proselyte others then I desk Thursday night, the Devil metic, algebra and geometry, Included in this distributive pro- !sing
tent emphasis upon the needs for the in-
of
the present century. it
cornea
in
through
the
window
think it time to express myself
French or German, English his- cess are not only the wholesaler
been levelled against the Jew-
clusion of the educational elements among ances, 2,000 visas were granted for Jewish as a Jewish writer. The type of reads it and then whispers it into tory, geography and English lit- and retailer, the broker, factor hos
ish
middleman
'specifically for sey•
settlers.
Of
these
300
will
be
middle-class
promotional literature issued in the ear of your parishioners, so erature, bookkeeping and com- and commission agent but Cu all
the causes sponsored by the Jewish Wel-
.
these missionary endeavors are an that they know what you are go-
addition. If you want to those manifold activities which eral hundred years. Charactens
tic
of
fare Federation, and his determined efforts settlers, and many certificates will be given insult to the Intelligence of every ing to say on Sunday and do not pound
the
many
biased generaliza -
be
a
tax
clerk
you
just
e.•
"et
are
required
at
every
stage
of
the
Pal-
for women pioneers. The activity in
Jew. Only the most extreme come to service. But my people an 0. L from your ward o , lit , -lan process to facilitate and imple- tions and grevious misconceptions.
in behalf of the United Hebrew Schools are
the Jews untold
is a ray of sunshine on a dark hori- Fundamentalist among the Chris- come in large crowds, because I but you have to take an examina- ment the movement of merchan- which have canoed
perhaps more than anything else responsible estine Out
tian groups can endorse such read- don't have time to prepare my tion equal to that of a man enter- dise from producer to consumer— offering, is the fallacy which is
of
Zion
may
not
only
again
go
zon.
the
- for making the Talmud Torahs one of
ing matter. I also contend that sermon, and when I arises In the ing a profession In this country. transportation, warehousing, in- even today popularly held that the
forth the law, but may yet come economic Christian groups have thus far pulpit, only the Devil knows who t And
Jews are primarily a commercial
a tax clerk earns about $300 surance, credit and finance.
maj 'or Federation projects. Similarly, his
been unable to prop their ova I am going to pre
a year.
or some not altogether tnkBi-
sympathetic attitude to the Ideal for a re- salvation for bagel.
(Turn to Nol, Pate.)
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
1 RANDOM THOUGHTS
The Economic Position of the
Jewish Middleman