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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Dialogue of a Protestant,
A Catholic and a Jew
By FATHER J. E. ROSS, RABBI M. S. LAZARON
and REV. E. R. CLINCHY
Key: "P" is for Protestant Speaker, "C" for Catholic Speaker.
"J" for Jewish Speaker.
C. In these bewildering days, I have, through the last live decades,
with hostilities on the march, it is built the economic foundation of
a good thing fur a Protestant min- our national greatness, and who
inter, a Jewish rabbi, and a Catho- brought the gift of their souls to
Speaking of
lie priest to stand up together and enrich the pattern of American cul-
"Rom an ce"
show their friendship, as American Lure.
C. Now let us examine the prob.. I
;
citizens.
l hem of relationships among Catho-
And especially, now! At a
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time of depression, like this every- I lies, Jews and Protestants,
P. Fur one thing, we have rea-
Ludy feels insecure, Like-minded I
people swarm together, as lwes. I son to believe that our United
Fearroduees tensions between States will not pass through this I
p
groups. If crisis develops, it may crisis without tribal outbreaks or
lead to bitter conflict between cut- other violence, if thoughtful people
rural divisions, such as Protestants, fail to exert sufficiently strong
Catholics and Jews. steadying influences.
.1. We must learn that faithful
J. Under such circumstances we
are susceptible to the same hatreds Roman Catholics, faithful Jews,
and animosities that are at present and faithful Protestants make goes]
American citizens. We three are all
laying Europe low. This is the more
serious because it is precisely at in the same boat in this depression,
We will float or sink together.
such times that we need to face our and
national problems with a united C. There is no denying, how-
ever, that there is considerable sus-
front.
At the very outset, I think toicion and antagonism directed
we should make it perfectly clear against Catholics. But it is not pri-
marily concerned with religion.
that our purpose is not to reduce
That is, no one wishes to limit the
religion to a boast cannon denom-
right of Catholics to worship with
inator; not to get people to worship
Mass in Latin. The suspicion and
together. This broadcast is one
antagonism are rather politica]
"All American." It is all-.American
than religious,
because we are emphasizing the
J. With reference to Jews the
most significant contribution of
situation is somewhat different. The
America to the theory and practice
areas
of friction are economic rath-
of government—religion.), freedom.
it is all-American, too, in that tte (or than political. There is a wide-
urge an all-American approach to spread fear that the Jews control
the American problems we Cathoe the country, industrially and finan-
dally.
lies, Protestants and Jews have in 1
P. Admitting that trouble be-
((minion. I like to paraphrase it tig-
ar,- used by Booker T. Washington twain Catholics, Jews and Protes-
in another connection as bringing tants manifests itself politically
There's a romance in the fashions of the season that
does as much for Spring as a robin's chirp. The
"Frou-Frous" of the current mode lind expression in
taffeta, organza and net, in a manner to recall the
Romantic Era.
In our various dress shops, we have interpreted this
trend with a tine eye to fabric, line and color.
B. SIEGEL CO.
out this idea most elearly. In all and etoonotnieally, I know that we
fooling ourselves if we
would
things religious We Protestants,
Catholics and Jews can he as saps- did not state the fact that Proles-
/11111 Catholics and Jews each
rate as the fingers of a man's out- tants,
in II things civic hold fundamentally opposing phi-
st retrncu nun,
and American we can he as united losophies which, though they meet
utontly put to Catholics is: "Didn't
: at many points, contain certain ele-
the Pope tell you to vote for Al
as a man's clenched fist!
w ipe o meals that are distinct and which
'. Ilea tarnot trying
to
Smith?"
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out religious differences. On the I cannot he fused. We must accept
No, the Pope is not inter-
C.
the facts of the existence of each
to
woke
A
torr.
'
lilt
1/t
ItT
■ on-
contrary,
I incompatibilities and stop fretting' est, d in American politics, as n
i. so le for &If creurex.
But America will not be safe I about them. We shall never think Catholics generally seem to think.
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for differences until the masses exactly alike. We must find a meet- As a matter of fact, many Catho-
toot vote for Al Smith.
grasp this idea. It involves nothing ing place In another plane than lies did
P. A second popular question
more nor less than the education that on which we to our theological
of an entire generation, an educa- thinking. We must develop that . tilt to Catholics is "Aren't you
lion through painful and arduous high quality of respect for unlike- enthrones striving for a Catholic
President of the United States?"
efforts to root out the old prejudices moss which is the work of true cur
an(' develop attitudes of apprecia- tivation of spirit. Cultural plural.'
l'. Nu. I do not want to see a
o ism in America is not to be depre-
: of o 1 wration
"Catholic President." I trust, how-
habits
tom,
('. After all we have many corm I sated lout welcomed. Having noted ever, that when the right time
Mon elements in our original heti- I that however, I believe we should cones the United States may have
loge as a people. The Pilgrims and I take up the political and economic
an A mericus president who is
the Puritans were Protestants but I aspects.
Catholic.
they made a contribution to the , J. With t•egard to the common
J. If people only would wake
tradition of the country that was belief that religious groups domi-
in no sense sectarian. They incor- I nate in politics: the idea still lin- up to the facts! On things civic
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morated sterling elements of char-'1 gers t hat )rood citizenship rests
;pier that passed into the very sub- I upon membership in a particular
Kercheval at St. Clair
Woodward at State
and material the Boman Catholics
are as divided as the Protestants
— and almost as divided as the
Jews. Any one who knows Jewish
Congratulations
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P. I have a suspicion that the
helped to shape our history. We
should not forget, also), the eosin- Rabbi really means the Protes- life at all knows how even toslay
we
are
faced
with
terrible
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tuition to the principle of religious tants! We are the numerical
liberty made loy Roger Williams, a iority and so wherever the ('nth(- problems of relief and need, as well
lies and Jews are in the minority as external and internal problems,
Protestant in Rhode Island.
Now may we forget Lord they feel the pinch. But f believe how disunited and disrupted the archy, leading ultimately to a for-
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Ilaltimore,
it Catholic, who founded that if the Jews were in the major- Jewish people are Jews have no •ign sovereign in Rome.
.1. Father Coughlins exchange
41 a broad basis it y in the United States today, the "plot" against Christians.
Maryla1111 in 1 1. 13 i I
P. It is said that the only thing with Al Smith explodes t hv not ion
of liberty. antedating Rhode Island conditions would be reversed: we
pion ' i . %that
asst Catholics are a pont jest unit..
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Christians would be in the same fix two Jews enn agree g
is
C. And in New York you had
by two years,
Moreover, the history of colonial the Jews are. About 1660 years ago a thin] Jew should give to the
the eloquent spectacle of a Catholic
•••:tten without , JeWS persecute.] Christians (when Community Chest !
of Scotch descent, McKee, fighting
toms on
recognition of the part played by, Jews were in the majority). Cath-
J. lime are some facts which as •atholic of Irish descent. O'Brien,
t he Jews. among the first and the olics have persecuted Protestants
indicate the Catholics are not a and . allowing a Protestant of
foremost in patriotic devotion to when, in certain European coun-
solid block, either: in one city the Italian descent to run otT with the
t he fortunes of the young Repub., tries Catholics were in the domi-
German Catholics lank an orphan- prize ,
fie, tutting position. I say this only to
age and immdiately the Irish Cath-
It is helpful to talk over an- 1
P
is not the prtsluct let us all feel at Monte here tonight.
• America
of • one
group, nor merely of our Persecution is not a disease pets- (lies built another, in toompetition. other disputed matter, the school
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olonial days but of liar to Protestants, its like the There is a Roman Catholic reale-
tery in one American city where
forefathers of c
later to us from measles, we've all had it.
peoples who l'81110
persecution is a I oily Irish may bury. Other cities
The pisoblo•m of
all lands, each bringing some gift,
the strength of its body or the human problem. We all need etlu- prove that (in many national topics
A. P. STILES
H. L. GRAWISTADT
question. 50 per cent of the Roman
c children throughout the
Catholic
co untry are in public schools.
J. In a western city a rumor
Wyandotte. Michigan
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anti
Compliments
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Catholics expressed themselves a.
favoring it. The rumor was false
This indicates the value of ('rotes
tants, Catholics and Jews talk'in
warmth of its soul to lay upon the cation in human relations. We are the French Catholics,
Irish , was current that Cat o its opp
the Italian the
Catholies
things over.
Catholics MA
altar of our country After all. it is all guilty of thinking too much in are as far apart as some Method- building a new public high school.
C. The same method, it, seem.
the so-called foreigners who have 1 tribal terms. But I know what ists and Baptists are in the South. A discussion with community lead-
(I/ explode the
to me, might be
into the bowels of the, Rabbi Laza•on means. Protestants
C.
The
chief
fear
of
Catholics
ors
revealed
that
sonic
Protestants
idea of Jewish economic and finan
gone down
earth and brought to light our nn-'I commonly assume that Catholics
oppOSell the proposition for reasons
seen i s to Is, the myth that polit
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tional wealth, who have laid the , and slew's are blows on every Amer- sully we are united under the bier- of municipal economy, white some i
rails that span the continent, who) icon civic issue. The question fee-
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