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I anliTHE LEGAL.CHRONICLE

Tidbits and News

By DAVID SCHWARTZ
sonalities eliminated, we may be able to
f
; approach the issue more calmly and there-
Is Telegraphic Agency, lac.)
(Copyright , 1932. Jewie
fore more wisely.
By HELEN ZIGNIOND
Good
Buying
of
Stimulates
the
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
DROPS
• THE CURTAIN
Among the political weapons which have
Annual Observance
when
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this e s e r a er a s in
re jo u v itee r. . (Or will be .w
hou w is
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Books for Boys and Girls; A Number of the
defeated
j .„,„,
t h W ,
, been made subjects of aversion in Jewish
i , G , i y HO L ty L i y
may
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print.(
ell
h
sh
Volumes
Reviewed.
s
:
1'ner
sht
Sweet are the
idd
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e
D
Y—
O
t
hO
of
adversity.
Recommended
1916, at the Palo • quarters is e -called Jewish political
ve
all
the
philosophical
consolations
matte,
March
a
th
so
aiiveal-elass
he
I. WS.
iii
l ah —that s what they call Greta h
at p.troca Yicn., sneer the ace of Nara
club. The late Louis 3I ors
hall time and
Children Book Week, annual I erstein; "Great Men in Israel," )fryer, screen actress, whose uses of adversity, ad sotto
per still
a.spera,
whom
the to Lord
If calm
does not
come
their loveth
nerves, let
knowledge of Yiddish and Hebrew e hastiseth, etc., etc. irjevuestithe little couplet of F. P. A. written during
General Offices and Publicstion Building , again denounced the practice of appending observance of which commences 1 by Max J. Weis.
•
uia
aie ti .. ttliiieemiditTosnierutvoitthheim
tu th sha pm
. the term "Jewish" or "Hebrew" to the
Bible stories• "The Jewish Fwuoruldyepaurit iln h,u ist pioutye u ds w
525 Woodward Avenue
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n n n Sunda y' ia an .secasion for en- Child's
Bible
Stories,"
by Addle
Life is so mysteriovieh.
Tedephowe: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address; Chronkle name of a political group, and on one secs -
ouraging
the
purchase
of
good
•
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Richman Altman; "Bible Primer Muni, Maurice Schwartz Rudolph
' take it so Sirovich.
Leedom oaks:
Pont
for the boys and girls. It I
' ,zatz in
sion said: "We Jews especially owe a duty boas period
to ; for Tiny Tots," by Ethel Fox.
14 Stratford Plaee, Londe*, W. 1, Eaglea4
which
is
utilized
Numerous are the volumes of Schildkraut
and Yiddish
Ludwig
a
the New York
Theater.
stimulate good reading by chit- . value and of general interest
. THE BULL
...... _...13.00 Per Year ' to ourselves to occupy a dignified attitude is stimulate
She is everlastingly grateful to 5LAYING
ew
For after all, the reason why the Founding Fathers in their
babscription, in Advance —
mother died Burin;;
published for the young readers Jews„...
toward public questions—not to chea p en drett
in the Constitution of the United States for this
puhileatio•, all eorreepondenet and anus matter
roy.,&d
7
wisdom
y
er
Me
le
timer.
, e4 17 great quadriennial bout was merely to give the public a good show.
.. and
meat inch this see. by Tuesday *seams of each P.
our name, not to permit it to be dragged have at their disposal aie excel!. by the large and important pub-
lishing houses in this country. A tote and desperate, was r times! .
Ines wailing woke., kindle Ow eta olds of the tloPer eoll• 1
Let Hemingway delight in telling before the dark-eyed senoritas
of par- few
ell 1 through the mud of ward politics. It should, env selection of volumes
few of the volumes which we roc- help by her (sermon theatrical boy, Sidney
Franklin, slays the bull how that little Brooklyn Jew
Chronicle Welt. sorrwpondenc• ea
as general
- have to us a sacred connotation and should
ticular
Jewish
as well
friends. She even lacked fund:
n. Detroit leoriets
interest.
Children's
Book
Week : commend are reviewed in the fol-
ta the Jewish people. but ....s
dieelainte
•01
is.
rawest
,ssit.
i„ and Spa i n.
maa
of
how of leterod
hiwing paragraphs:
[get just as much pleasure hearing that little Catholic boy,
not be placed in danger of being soiled is here utilized to guide parents PICTURE
Way roi•ss isd.s....ist or roc •Asv• ssf
BOOK OF RIVERS
Actors L mon heard of her
Few volumes are as interesting for a burial. When the Hebrew A Smith, slaying the bull over the radio. And would you presume
to the right book shelves and to
Sabbath Readings of the Law
was more gory than Carter Glass's last
\ and contaminated.”
quickly sent tlowees Al
to them some of the bet . and as instructive for the young • trouble. they
necessary money- Again to tell me that any bull fight
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 12:1-17:27
We doubt whether any responsible Jew Auggsst
the
tpeech. Why. 13 I listened to it, I could see votes of Republicans
ter honks—old and new—which
went
roger of eight and nine as Allan and
portion—Is.
40
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the
German
Theater
.
Prophetical
_ --
would or could question this sentiment. Our should be in their youngster's MoNab'a "The Picture Book of when .1
tra i :rtz oiun- being slain from the rock-ribbed coast of Maine to the actres.s-ribbed
d M ia iiiiiu rige S Schwartz
e
ubl;siz i d by he
beaches of Hollywood.
Cheshvan 12, 5893 i position in politics has, furthermore, vindi - book cases
Irtedn her to
November 11, 1932
theatre.She
In selecting their children's . nRi'irilara...01:
cated such a stand regarding participation reading
--
WARBURG'S WARNING
parents should portico- ' The
hinguaire
of the
.knd since this is a Jewish column, so o t speak, It might not be
by Jews in politics. We have reason to larly remember that the most has selected and excellent topic hesitated because
assured her she
Hail to the Victors!
to express a little ratification at the nice adverti m t
s
for
his
smoothly
running
and
difficulty.
He
thi
h
ng
s h i
amiss
valued
be
proud
of
the
type
of
Jews
who
have
fascinating
subject
in
this
vol-
could
learn
.
.
.
and
learn
she
Senator Glass gave our brethren, when he pointed out the late P eanul
Jews throughout the nation join in
"se
for Jews
is the Jewish
countr y publi
-
seine. In an excellently illus- did. both Yiddish and Hebrew. One • Warburg had sounded the bell in advance about the stock market
greeting the nation's choice for President been honored with important political posh
Publication Society of America'
that
the reader is tak- morning the critics declared
d • 'd you remember, that there were no
,
Broad and Spring Garden streets, . crated fashion,
a tour of the following "Gitel, the Goye" was the only, e rain Mr Hoover ha pointing
to t h. impending doom. Senator
Philadelphia, Pa. Not only is
, d emia
' h'sai 'alt .'
of the United States. Franklin Delano !, tions.
en
on "The Amazon, the Missis- one in the cast of "Ellis Lsland" Democratic
tic. Jer
rivers:
But the more loyally we subscribe to this this society publishing the moat
challenged
statement. le himself had warned against the
'
a ll • crash, this
Roosevelt
sippi,
the
Hudson,
the
Nile,
the
who
spoke
a
pure
Hebrew.
The
artachlae
and
above
all,
he
said Paul Warburg had raised a
hut
it
the more perplexing must become im po rta nt Jewish class ics,
anted to make her inevitable
i
In synagogues where our people con- ; , view,
•
said:
Ganges, the Volga, the Rhine, the Hebrew' actors w
um er n f.'
impor-
clarion note. Here is what, it seems, Mr Warburg had said:
produced
.. em or . t . h e J . ew , ' s s position in the ha is
1 e i number
the pro bl
Danube,
the
Thames
the
Yang-
.
a
member
of
their
union,
but
dis-
Glass
'
h
h
b y prompt
g
have
' . quickly
' kl arrested
a a which should
debauch , is
time to adhere to the age-old custom of
•11
d m_ exchange
olf the s us
stock
covered that their by-laws ex-
I
community
whenever
there
arises
a
serious
t
ituouourg3iutchuhtuouthozethtuhuatt8aet
s u hurs i li y kaa gfe
e
an
i
date
ho
a
wide
reading
public.
tar-Kiang.
it isn
chanting prayers for the land's chief exec- i
Not only are the rivers de- ' chided Gentiles. David Belasco
SEVERAL
OF
ITS
JUVENILES
,
inflated
stock
sense, there will be pleas to the Almighty ! problem affecting Jews as Jews. We have
ape- rave her the first chance on the and
of general business.
If orgies
of unre-
es mper,,,ohif,:,nubgte scribed t grgraphically bute the ,Ttliti-Tfak4gonirgahgte in ttsise°; fecting the wider circlets
the
elected President I in mind a particular , issue which has a knElowernei:reeniiv
read t( fee
however,
permitted to
Per strained specs latn
io are ermitted
to grant the newly -
A.n
viTth'tgeelifrof
t
hei
irsieddealing
ultimate collapse is certain not only to affect the speculators them.
strength that he may discharge his duties i direct bearing upon this question.
Jewish Publication Society of
people living in the territories with Helen Gahagen. Another
general depression involving the
in America :
. to bring about a
to the best of his ability, and that he should I accounting of most of the public offices
near them. And the illustrations Jew, Samuel Goldwyn, was re-
aLso
c iuntry.'
"Think and Thank," by C. W.
w hole but
the black s ponsible for her debut in the selves
as
rtant
aim
of
extricating
\
our
own
city
will
reveal
that
very
few
Jews
--colored
as
well
•
vol-
•
ooper.
achieve
the imps
and white sketches—are so tine talkies.. . . a s„
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SHOWMANSHIP
this country from its present trying eco- are employed in civic posts. We are in- ume- Deals with the early life that there is added value at- the screen version of the same DEMOCRATIC
I think it must be admitted that for plain showmanship at any
I formed on good authorrity that there are of the late great Jewish philan- Lathed through them to this play. Her first important film role'
rate the Democrats gave the better performance. Al Smith, John
nomic plight.
threpist, Mows Montefiore. Not
"Flesh."
the forthcoming
It was an unusually interesting election. 1 less Jews employed in our City Hall than only a good story. full of action book, which we recommend will be in loves
Davis, Newton D. Baker, Owen D. 'Young, Walter Lippmann are
to converse in "mam-
She
be counted on the fingers of a single and heroism, but one which is highly for the young boy or eloshen"
. . . and her pet anti- mueh easier to listen to or to read than l'at Hurley, Cal Coolidge
befits a free republic, the l can
' 1
ta how
ea
marked many
and Stimson.
Haler.
pathy
fact that even the great corporations who vote Republican •
people staged a great and bloodless revolt I human hand. •
the idealism and greatness of • A RUSSIAN STORY
• • •
It is a
An interesting chapter in mod-
How are we to account for such a situa- , in
,
eading
should
prefer Democrats as exponents, You remember that eight years
r
,
into
its
ajor
,o
hero.
op•oy
sipped
A
the
against an order which permitted suffering
ir Morgan
international
amity
is
the
en
ern
Democratic candidate. The
girls
to
•
the boys and
n'r Are we to chalk this record up to '
ago, John W. Davis was the
tt
co i
d
and starvation amidst plenty and in sur-
glTle to
Bella interests supported Coolidge but they hired Davis as the attorney.
buy rho film rights for
the long list of discriminations against Jews similar Jewish devotion a
American engineers an the Soviet
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and sam s pew s
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roundings of drunken luxury.
"The Young Champion," by government. Hundresia of Amer-
in employment? And if it is not outright idealism.
lean engineera went to Russia in
Broadway comedy hit, "Clear A SHADCHEN STORY
Mr. Herbert Hoover was an unfortunate discrimination, but is merely due to the
If
you
are
conservative,
I
offer
you
the consolation that you
S.
losses.
Also
one
of
.
years
to
assist
the
Abram
few
need not worry about any party's getting over radical in office. After
victim of what now appears to be a dying failure of the Jew to claim his rightful the society s special set of dol- the past
election,
they
all
steer
a
pretty
safe
middling
course.
.
r
system, but the result of Tuesday s e
I
gram.
Jake who went to a shade en.
4 '• !••:'' ‘,
share of political patronage, then how are h he e arly
rl life of Grace Aguilar,
It reminds me of the story of
Ruth Epperson Fennell spent • 1 "...
tion is particularly encouraging in that it 1
"What
have
you
got
in
the
way
of
brides?"
he asked.
noted Jewess and author whose
Heart-throbs . . . Chico Marx 1 ,
serves as a warning to mere mortals that we to justify our opposition to the forma- t The Vale of Cedars," "Women several years in Moscow, residing
.. Well," said the shadchen, "I have a very rich but homely young
" 0
in the American colony there. As (the bachelor one) is being seen'
when important powers of state are vested 1 tion of Jewish political clubs through
woman
from
the
East
and
a
very
pretty
young
woman
from the West
f Israel" and numerous other
a result wrote
of her one
experiences
she with Jean Sorel, a pretty "maedel" , w
already
good Russian
have thrilled and inspired
.. . and Junior Laemmle, so they I , Coast."
them it is their duty not even for a mo- \ whose influence some Jews might have books
Middle
West," asked
„ Haven't you got anything maybe from the
many thousands of Jewish read
story, "Vayne of the Streets." say. is oo-la-la about Lillian Roth. ,
In
' w
went to tolerate want and starvation; that been provided with jobs?
era. The author, Dr. Isaacs,
w ho
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Her second stray. now under re-
Jake.
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el
In
view
of
the
justified
condemnation
of
died several years ago was one
view, is "Comrade One-Crutch."
.
Ed Blonde!! Jr. is following
•
their grime duty is to guarantee the safety, ■

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Our Film Folk

Children's Book Week

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remain in power.
Comment on the results of the election
is incomplete without an expression of
satisfaction over the victories at the polls
by Herbert II. Lehman for the governor-
ship of New York and Judge Henry H.
Horner for the governorship of Illinois.
Two great states dealt death-blow's to
.- bigotry and prejudice and elevated Jews
to their highest offices. These two selec-
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to

Jewry thus has reason to rejoice.

whom he casts his vote, he provides us with
evidence that there is room for Jewish par-
ticipation in politics without injecting the
name of Jew as Jew.
Yes, there is room for the Jew in poll- I
tics. In fact, it is obligatory upon our
people to share in our country's political
responsibilities. But when that is done it
should be pursued with a view to service,
with an effort so to influence the American
political game as to elevate politics to a
higher plane. and to cause the question of
public service to be based on merit and on

Two ,

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Bona li lies

Lite,'

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w ithin

have voted to reward merit and to defeat of many archeologically important objects. where M. 0.-hs uses "Jewish, be Will hear
s
bigotry, and have thereby vindicated the
principles upon which this republic was
founded.

Fas was

o f Jewish

heights e

Jews in Politics.

ex-
Election Day, and its accompanying ex-
citements. now being over, those of our
leaders and editors with whom it has be-
come an obsession perennially to decry the
dangers of the so-called "Jewish vote" may
now pigeon-hole their views for another
year, until the next election. In view, how-
ever, of the importance of the Lssue and
because of the seriousness of certain angles
of ft. It Is perhaps beat not to make it merely
a passing question for discussion on the eve
of an election, but rather to view it sanely
when it does not affect a group of candi-

gad

not

t} ey wo

e
central committee o
1 7,7,„uin„f ir ;eirl_ In
ert:n;,;% 1,
Univer3elle and a shareholder and mein - j27t.Th
irony, • "rit`th
pint
ew to the
oe
Saturday
ber of the committee of the Jewish Coloni- t
is to be'
poelsoerate
p
zation Association! he has also been the that a rew
hathvmsa
t
S
Ale
p
ne
anats
Juices,
In
. igh e i ! '
re t refer r ta
l eg l"e
president of the Societe des Etudes
b a ! wants
G ave been writteny
to whose review he has contributed a

he "imagines this poem

Reform ratbis may find a discus- of the very few peop e omen a buckling anti-Semitism that he
re
; shoo of this of value to large num- King Edward's meeting with the
hire tin;
emperor, Francis Joseph :witnesse d in Vienna h the do
og si ng
•ben of their congregations- FAa- Austrian empe
value- Noat Isehl at which there was talk !mendous ly and clouded
l ration
r•ra of his life.

pact
B
ahmut aritish-Austrian
i t
Th e anti-Semites remembered
!mold unlock store-hooses of Jew. against Genraey.
His trek "With Fire and Sword I And we Jews may well remember
soh trraeares and it is to be desired
Slatin
Pasha
was
•
porn
But DOES THE LACK of it impair in the Sudan" is a classic of Brit- lit too, that
Jew.
ish adventurousness.
—MARIE SYRKIN. ' one's Judaism? I say no.

oxe dories that Jewish