THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and TILE LEGAL CHRONICLE
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legislation; Jews are visualized as
especially active in matters affect-
ing the immigration laws. Are such
Today there is a manifest im-
provement in the situation. Emu- leads front them to the people is
Bons have apparently died down. certainly not a broad highway. At
Nevertheless, the issue has not tern present it is not even a well-trod-
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co-operation we seek or should they
be looked upon as aftermaths of the
old system of using government for
religious ends? That here we are
confronting a seriousness and por-
tentous fissure I do not doubt,
though the answer is again far
from clear.
What objectives do Catholics,
W'hat cultural values are the
nor of religious belief has dwin- Jews and Protestants share in cony-
churches bent on establishing and
tiled, only because indifference has
fatefully supplanted fanaticism, num? A theory concerning these maintaining? Ilere the educational
that we are experiencing a rela- has been worked out tentatively by system looms large. Is the P ',-
I live lull. The question is, Do the, this or that person, but there is no testa tit, the Catholic, or the Jew
Catholics still existing in the Uni-
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efforts legitimate in view of the
it is possibly only because the fer-
groups of Protestants, JON'S and char consciousness: of practical is-
On an Auspicious Occasion .. .
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How shall the existence of re-
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- ligious prejudice as a ferment of
pediency of living harmoniously mass psychology be dealt with? It
side by side, religious conflict has is all very well for intelligent and
loomed large in the history of the alert citizens to meet in an earn-
n,huil-
nation.
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ones are looked upon as sole manip-
sues anywhere. W'e have, it is true,
fed States with full vigor and par- lost sight a certain differences out
posiveness now confront one an-
other with greater sympathy than of which much vitrolie liquor was
distilled in days gone by. But no
was mustered previously? A diffi-
positive gain offsets this negative
cult question to answer, I shall
advantage. And as long as we do
permit myself to say:
these objectives in clear
First, the leaders in all three
t n ,it o i t tlin st e e we may justly ask: co-
groups have taken strides forward. t peration to what end and for what
i v at e dd.
It is only fair to add that Protes- good". p ersatia fis, as a pr
getting out of American education-
al opportunity all he desires for his
children? I think the answer is a
virtually unanimous "No." But
what ran he done about it? Must
the single group continue to tight
alone and as best it can for what
it wants? Or is co-operative ef-
fort possible? Again, the cultural
consciousness of the United States
is observedly being flowered of re-
ligious motivation. To a large ex-
tants in particular have shown a zen, I believe that such objectives
tent this is due to religious disson-
splendid initiative, born in most exist. But neither I nor anyone I
cases of sincere Christian ethical know is able to state them posi-
lively.
conviction,
ance. But can a measure of un-
animity do anything to stem the
title? Would that mean sacrificing
Ought the churches to seek ',o-
Third, the basic problems have
mit been solved. They have to a !Bleat backing for moral issues to
large degree not even been esti- which all churches are not pledged?
any jot or tittle of the individual's
mated. I shall discuss briefly four The Protestant churches are ac-
of these problems, leaving out of cased of having devised and "put
any of us may be, there is no doubt-
ing that a past which contains so
consideration such issues as indus- across" the eighteenth amendment
trial and political discrimination. , and the attendant legislation; Cath-
sublime a value as the mandate of
Jesus, and so eminently wise a
allegiance to his own faith?
However legitimately pessimistic
practical attitude as that which
the citizens of the United States
have written into law, does justify
the assumption that we, the people,
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haven right to hope that faith and
sane reason will combine, if we
truly desire, to make the religious
history of the immediate American
future a more inspiring chronicle.
Western Headquarters of
Silver Shirts Closed.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—The
offices of the Silver Shirts, anti-
Semitic and anti-Catholic organ•
zation, have been closed, it was
learned. It is understood that the
organization is keeping one official
OFFERS
here at a city hotel, to handle
correspondence.
Offices of the Silver Shirts were
opened in Oklahoma City several
Financial
Independence
As the reward of individual foresightedness. Secur-
ity and comfort in old age is purchasable economic-
ally through this responsible Detroit organization—
plus a personal service that no out - of - the - city
company can offer.
months ago, when it was an-
nounced by Major I.uther I.
Powell, right hand man of Wil-
liam Dudley I'elley, the leader of
the organization, that the western
headquarters of the organization
would be located in this city.
Powell, it is learned, has since
left the organization, turning his
attention to a new organization •
known us the Anti-Communist
League of the World.
Spiritual Independence
Has been the reward of a people taught by adversity
to provide for a future—at best uncertain . . . That
the Jew has survived as a Nation is due to his provi-
dence as an Individual.
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A decided setback to the efforts
of the Silver Shirts was given re-
cently by Governor Murray, who
severely condemned the organiza-
tion. Governor Murray informed
the National Conference of Jews
and Christians that he did not be-
lieve the movement would make
any progress in the state.
KOHUT PROFESSORSHIP
AT JEWISH INSTITUTE
NEW YORK.—At a memorial
service for Rabbi George Alexan-
der Kohut, D. H. I... executive di-
rector of the Columbia Grammar
School, creator of the Alexander
Home Office:
600 Griswold St.
DETROIT
RAndolph 4280
Kohut Memorial Foundation and
vice-chairman of the board of
trustees of the Jewish Institute of
Religion, Hon. Julian W. Mack•
chairman, announced on behalf of
the Kohut Memorial Foundation
and Mrs. Rebakah Kohut that she
plans to establish within the In-
stitute the George Alexander Ko-
hut Professorship. The service was
held under the joint auspices of
the American Academy for Jew-
ish Research, American Jewish
Historical Society, Dropsie Col-
lege, Ilehrew Union College, Jew-
ish Institute of Religion, Jewish
Theological Seminary and ale
University I.ibrary, on Thursday
evening, Jan. 25, at the Institute
Auditorium.
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