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piEvErRorrIEwisnifiRomaz

and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

e m I sioner for Refugees, who stated on the eve
EtE 91 11"T I EW151191"L ' I of his departure from New York for Eu-

Our Film Folk

Ontario's New Minister of Labor

BY-THE-WAY

rope that "only in Palestine is it possible to
numbersf refugees."
By HELEN ZIGMOND
Weekly
by
Ilse
Jewish
Cheenkle
Publishing
Ca.,
Published
Tidbits and News
But the present German-Jewish crisis
.
Entered • Second-class matter 111.e ■ I. I9111, at the Post
IB7g. j 18 not the only reason for the official change
HOLLYWOOD.—Our idea of ..
office • t Detroit, Mich., under the Act of Marsh
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Meteoric Rise to High Office of 34-Year-Old Jewish Mayor of
The height of absurdity is film
' in attitude towards Zion and Zionists On
General Offices and Publication Building
ing "Four Walls" (a thoroughly
(Copyright. 1934, J. T. A.)
Windsor — Like an Horatio Alger Hero, He Began His
the
part
of
Reform
rabbis.
The
fact
must
'Jewish story) with a cast corn
525 Woodward Avenue
Career
as
a
Newsboy
be
recognized
that
for
many
years
Reform
HERZL'S
YAHRZEIT
prising
only
Gentiles
...
and
then
telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle
London orate
On July 3, Zionists observed the
rabbis have served as propagandists for calling in two rabbis as technical
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
thirtieth
yahrzeit of Theodor
Palestine; that in addition to Dr. Stephen advisors.
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Herz!.
A real pessimist is Irving Pichel
$3.00 Per Year S. Wise, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, Rabbi
Subscription, in Advance
If Herz' had only lived the nor-
. . . he labelled one of his son
' mal span of years, he might still
ttoPiright, MI, Jewish Telegraphic Agent y 1.
re (Deur t publication, all correspondence and news matter
James G. Heller and a score of other ar- Pichel Pichel ... figuring, possibly,
, be living today—and his would
▪ t reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
that if the offspring were lost and
only.
dent Zionists, men like Dr. Samuel Schul- forgot his last name, he'd have the
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper
have been the privilege of seeing
man have of late come very close to the other to fall back on.
his great vision entering fulfill-
O LONGER shall it be said, when a story
prepared to sponsor a law which will make for a
The Den oft Jewish Chronicle Invites correepondenta on Dubs
ment.
Setts of I nternt to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi-
Being "in a spit" was David
movement. Furthermore, the younger
is related that a man has risen from news-
free life; and he is the champion of the cause
was for an indorsement of the views gip rrrrr d by the writers
A year. before his death, he
Selznick's situation . .
he was
boy and bootblack to a ministerial post,
rabbis are Zionists almost en bloc.
of the oppressed and the poverty,stricicen,
said:
sick abed .. . and couldn't
,
corn-
Sabbath Readings of the Law
that
it
is
pure
Horatio
Alger
fiction.
whether
in
time
of
prosperity
or
depression.
"Release for Jewry is not a
Will
the
words
uttered
by
the
Reform
plain ... 'cause he lost his voice.
Pe itateuehal portion—Num. 25:10-30:11

*
distant thing. if we do not go
Hon. David Arnold Croll's rise to political
Ile was elected Mayor of Windsor in 1930 be-
Prophetical portion--Jer. 1:1-2:3
rabbis at their convention be translated
there
(to Palestine) with black
shout Kent
heights proves that what may sound as fiction
Rosh Chodech Readings of the Law, Friday, July 13
cause he had very decided ideas on how to run
into action, in an effort to secure increased TaP rtinelf,vitas P ointers
beards, we surely will with gray
r n
Num. 28 :1-15
can also become reality.
a
city
of
60,000
people.
And
he
missed
not
a
beards."
support for the Palestinian projects and Iowa . . move °ton tahe L7'Tityin
Brought to Canada by his parents at the age
single opportunity to tell the voters what his
He was right. The black-bearded
Tamuz 23, 5694 experiments from their congregations. (Nashua) at the age of seven ...
July 6 , 1934
of his day have turned gray and
of six, Croll was in turn newsboy, shoe-shiner,
views were. When he became Mayor, Windsor
to high school in Waterloo,
Herein lies the test of the true value of the went
are
seeing Zion.
Iowa. At school his burning am-
errand boy in Windsor. At 25 he was called to
suffered from the tremendous burden of caring
But unto Herz] himself—like
rabbis' pro-Palestine sentiments.
bition was to be an actor, but his
the Bar. At 30 he was elected Mayor of Wind-
The Trouble in Germany.
for the unemployed. About 10,000 who had pre-
Moses—was
given only the vision
pals often greeted his attempts
sor, receiving an overwhelming vote in spite of
While Nazi rulers of Germany are exe-
viously commuted to Detroit were barred by
of the Promised Land front the
with howls of derision. After
The
President's
Great
Speech
distant mountain peak.
whispering campaigns about his Jewishness. He
United States laws from retaining their positions.
cuting their former friends in an effort to
g
a ra( ,, lu la n ti d o o n w-h tr eim be nc , .e ar n:e asuccrebsispipvienlg
y
• • •
President Roosevelt's address to the
was re-elected as Mayor by another fine demon-
Tax collections were declining, but the cost of
stifle every appearance of a revolt, Jews
Once contemplating death, Ilerzl
clerk, a cement hauler, a gas ten-
American
people
on
June
28
was
perhaps
stration of loyalty on the part of his constituents.
running the government was mounting.
continue to sit on top of a volcano. The
said:
"If
I
die,
it will be the duty
r trbiinn . a,tinlur tsinaannd botftefracit,cryi an Now, at the age of 34, he emerges the victor in
Croll managed to save his city. Not only did
of the chairman of the Congress
lot of our people in the Reich is not an en- our Chief Executive's greatest triumph. Ile
the
Ontario
Parliamentary
elections—and
on
top
he
solve
the
various
problems
which
suppressead
to
make
note
of
it and then call
ov'ed to Hollywood, ntni,;
viable one, no matter how welcome inner came closer to the American people than ily moved
for the next business."
of it is assured of selection by Premier - elect
lured him, but fear of
his government when he assumed the reins, but
ever
before.
Speaking
frankly,
personally,
Inovies
It was a modest way of putting
strife among Nazis may be.
deterred hint. Seen around
Mitchell F. Hepburn to be the Minister of Labor
he made of Windsor a model of good govern-
it, and yet there was no hypo-
he lots as a salesman, he attracted
At the time when cabled dispatches heart-to-heart, he succeeded in dispelling the
and Municipal Affairs in his cabinet.
ment, now being copied by mayors throughout
critical modesty about it. lierzl
many
'doubts
anti
misunderstandings.
some
attention
but
no
offers.
One
brought the news of the death of radical
'An uncompromising liberal, Mayor Croll has
Ontario. It is no wonder, therefore, that he was
was not assuming the affecting
Of particular interest is his denial that day a supervisor asked him, as a
Nazi leaders, at the hands of their more
t f e n:tor t , o ttor " sotuatn inne"tr f oar a s i ledn t built up one of the strongest followings boasted re - elected by the largest clear majority in the his- grace of the violet. It was merely
his
policies
are
aimed
at
anything
but
prat-
that lierzl felt that he had
conservative comrades, there were also a
of by any political leader in Canada. Seeking
tory of the city—a majority of 6,780 in a field
launched the movement and that
Why en the studio ccaefrsa sae;
number of sad stories wirelessed to this tical achievements and a simple approach vice.
election to the Ontario provincial Parliament
of three.
the movement took precedence
,,h
h
o
im
e
o
n"shots"
unreeled,
they
called
of the problem. His denial that the goy_ t
in
the
Windsor-Walkerville
district,
he
received
over personalities.
country about the Jews of Germany.
A most spectacular incident marks the career
inafft or r waarvdoicbeantLsdt .bi . and
Though there was an absence
9,828 votes against the combined vote of 8,691
The German Jews had dared to state, ernment is leaning to extremes, the charges .
of Mayor Croll. Ile visited the land settlers in
of all bluster and pretense about
those long-term tickets. Zi-on-noe,
for the three candidates who opposed him.
Northern Ontario in the spring of 1933. lie
on the eve of the anniversary of the Ver- including Fascism and Communism, is of of
him, Iierzl well knew his worth.
folks,
all
success
stories
aren't
in
visited the homes of settlers from Windsor in
A Zionist and Jewish Leader
Ile admitted as much when he
sailles Treaty, that the principle that right particular interest:
books.
A few timid people, who fear progress, will


said that he had undertaken Zion-
Mayor Croll was born in Moscow, Russia, on
the course of a motor tour and discovered lack
cis not might should also apply to the posi-
try to give you new and strange names for
ism because he felt he had the
."-comin
March
12,
1900,
the
first-born
son
of
Hillel
and
of
attention
by
the
government,
inadequate
sup-
tion of Jewry in Germany. It was inter-
what we are doing. Sometimes they will call
"' . ' a" • • • "
g
force
to put across the idea. An
juvenile lead . . . is ono who
Minnie Croll. His father was a cattle dealer who
plies of food and equipment, an oppressed feel-
if "Fascism," sometimes "Communism," some'
enormous force he must have felt
preted as anti-Nazi sentiment, and the con-
can confess, "Ivri onochl."
times "Regimentation," sometimes "Socialism."
,
found life unbearable in Russia and left to settle
ing of discontent. His published findings rocked
within him and seemingly every-



servative Jewish Centralverein Zeitung
But, in so doing they are trying to make very
the province and secured considerable relief for
one who came in contact with him
in Canada, in 1904. Two years later he brought
Another gent set with gold-win:
which published the statement was confis-
complex and thedretical something that is' They were holding an important
was charged with it as one would
the sufferers. It is an interest in the welfare
his family to this continent. Only a handful of
really
very
simple
and
very
practical.
be charged by contact with a great
cated.
conference among the writers.
Jews lived in Windsor at that time. This city of
of the people, as manifested by this incident, that
In
his
frank
and
simple
manner
our
moral battery.
Sam
himself
was
gaddress
.
g
s.
At the same time, a Jewish cemetery in
won for Mayor Croll the affection of tens of thou-
60,000, of whom only 1,000 are Jews, was then
The first comment always made
"Now, boys," he inmstruth
cte-
Hamburg was desecrated, 19 tombstones President succeeded in dspelling whatever group.
sands of Canadan citizens.
a village compared with the beautiful city of
about him had some referent... to
ed,
"I
must
have
a
story
about
being overthrown ; Julius Streicher's daily doubts there may have existed that our . Russia
this regal quality in him. Kings
R uei
today. It was a hard struggle for the Crolls-
o our on 87. r s y tar
ab 0. ...and
.tnaondd
A
High
Editorial
Tribute
and Sultans and Czarist prime
Frank ische Tageszeitung rejoiced over the government is not leanin g toward Fascism. don't f o r get
but the future Mayor and the minister-of-labor-
On the day of Mayor Croll's elevation to a
ministers felt it. Kaiser Wilhelm,
ern Russia is complete without
to-be found the hardships to be a school of ex-
display throughout Nuremberg of signs And he has accomplished even more than mention
seat in the Ontario Parliament, and with the
the great posturer who strove so
of their secret police ...
this,
by
instilling
a
sense
of
confidence
and
perience.
reading "Jews not wanted here ;" "Unad-
promise of a ministerial post, the Border Cities
hard to appear regal, even going
the G. 0. P.! "
• • •
continually to the point of bring-
Star of .Windsor paid him a high editorial tribute.
mittance to Jews" is the placard displayed security in the hearts of his American lis- '
Hillel Croll remained in the cattle business,
ing God into royal partnership
Did you notice that Nat Fer-
Calling his election one of the outstanding feat-
but it was not sufficiently lucrative to educate
on all houses in Karlburg, Franconian vil- teners. Every one of his hearers must
with him in his references to "ich
bet's
"On.
Happy
Jew"
is
dedi-
have felt as if our Chief Executive were
ures
of
the
provincial
contests
and
labeling
the
five
sons—David,
Leo,
Sam,
Maurice
and
Cecil—
and Gott" felt this quality in
lage.
c•ted to Sam and Mildred Jaffe
record of his life a thrilling one, the Border
and a daughter, Evelyn. The boys had to ply
Herz', when at Mikveh Israel, he
In reporting the spread of anti-Jewish speaking to him personally, especially a t n h i r c sim A r m d .S .11 u I bFeerrgi,, wife of
stopped his horse and as one king
when
the
President,
referring
to
his
vaca-
Cities Star concluded the two-column editorial
for themselves, and David set out to sell news-
Farber
feeling, Streicher's newspaper adds insult
to
another, beckoned to Herzl.
by stating:
scenarist . . . and some of his
papers. With Jacob Geller, now the head of


to injury by stating that although Jews are tion, urged vacations for all, and stated:
best friends a re--movie people.
Before I close, I want to tell you of the
the Windsor News Co., Dave acquired a news-
"Why did Dave Croll win two mayoralty elec -



American
historians have •
informed that they are not wanted they
interest and pleasure with which I look for-
'
stand. He graduated from Patterson Collegiate
proneness to use a similar adjec-
tions and the Provincial contest today? Because
, Rex Weber, the comedian, is in
continue to visit the places which bar them,
ward to the trip on which I hope to start in a
tive of praise when they speak
in 1918, secured a place for himself in the office
the people know an able man, a fighter. a true
Sinematown . . . and likely to be
few days. It is a good thing for everyone who
and the omment
is that the Jews thereby
of
Daniel Webster. Daniel, the
tticio
contracted any day. His specialty
of the late Frank D. Davis, K. C., and became
son of democracy when they see one. The gen-
can possibly do so to get away at least once
Majectic ,
story is told that
is
singing
in
a
truly
beautiful
so-
proyjde 1 evidence of the lack of character
eral Liberal sweep helped Mr. Croll, of course,
a law student. It was at Collegiate that he met
a year for a change of scene. I do not want
when
Omar on' one occasion
prano voice through closed lips
of this ra and their reliance on the long
to get into the position of not being able to
h
his wife—Sarah Levin of Detroit, University of
but even it was not enough to roll up the ma-
o pay some nondescript bill,
while
his
assistant
simulates
the
see the forest because of the thickness of the
e waved his hand and majestic-
patience of the German people." This is
Michigan graduate, mother of his three daugh- jority he secured. That was a tribute to his
mouth contortions. Weber was a
trees.
ally proclaimed, with the solem-
said about Nuremberg, where Jews dare
comic of George White's
ters, the youngest born only a month ago.
personal popularity, as well as a condemnation
Thus speaks a great man. Too many of featured
nity and pomp of a royal ukase:
"Scandals"
and
the
Schubert
of the tactics of his principal opponent.
In 1921 the future minister enrolled in Os-
not speak to each other, and husband and us, for too long a time, have failed to see shows.
"Let it be paid." •

geode Hall Law School in Toronto. Ile served
, • • •
wife fear even the privacy of their homes the proverbial forest because we were
"At Toronto, Mayor Croll will give the people
There was a difference be
as a student with Mr. Justice Hughes, now of
tween the types of "regalnese"
A "Poobah" of a major coin-
for an expression of opinion.
the same sterling representation he has given
blinded by the thickness of trees. Our party
that
Webster and Herz' personi-
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada.
lie
graduated
in
resigned the other day . .
them as chief magistrate of this city. Ile can
For the sake of allaying public senti- President is on the road to leading us out
fied. It was something personal
and someone phoned in to find out
ment outside of Germany, Nazis will go of this blinding thickness. May he be en- what that made the second man 1925, was called to the Bar in May, married in be depended upon 24 hours of the day to battle with Webster. In the case of
June. Then began the law career and the eventual for the rights of his riding and of humanity Herz!, however, that royal ecto-
to extremes. The German Olympic Com- dowed with health and spared many years in charge. "It makes him worried,"
entrance in politics. A 32nd degree Mason and
plasm appeared the effusion of a
generally. His many friends welcome the oppor-
mittee, for instance, fearing the result of of life, so that he may carry his program was the reply. • • •
a Shriner, a member of I. 0. 0. F., the Mecca .
tunity that DOW comes to him to serve in a larger • sanctified ideal. It was as though
an American investigation, is conducting a to fruition.
•the Schechina of a people has be -
Joan Blondell is said to like
bees and the Grotto, David Croll never forgot
field. They know he will make good there just
come incarnate in him.
fishing very much . but she
rapid round-up of Jewish athletes for par-
his own people. Always a Zionist, a member of
as he has made good here. The interests of his
Debunking historians point to
never catches • fish. Reason is
ticipation in the 1936 games scheduled to
B'nai
B'rith,
a
devotee
of
Hebrew
education,
it
The Phoenix Club's Troubles
retainers accepted by Webster
riding, his Province and his country will always
she removes the hook from the
take place in Berlin. But the New York
while in the Senate from corpora-
is easy to see why he should have befriended
Financial troubles threaten to cause the line and lets the line dangle in
be nearest to his heart. And especially will he
tions interested in legislation
Times aptly makes the following editorial dissolution of Detroit's only exclusive Jew- the water. She just can't "bear
every Jew in Windsor, without an exception.
be working for the poor and the sick and the I coming before the Senate. De-
the idea of killing any fish."
comment about this brazenness: "German ish clubhouse—the Phoenix Club.
An Uncomprising Liberal
helpless and the oppressed. Dave Croll is no
bunking historians can find noth-
'S • new kind of fish story to us.
Talk to any Windsorite, however, and he will
• •
• .
authorities are skirmishing around for
ing of that in Ilerzl—who when
mere politician looking for votes. He is a true
This is news which must meet with deep
Among the "Intention to Wed" Sell you that David Croll has many friends be-
friend of the people and as Minister of Labor !approached by Major Pond of the
Jewish athletes for the Olympics. The regret from every element in the commu-
I
American lecture bureau with an
ideal combination they have in mind is nity. While it is true that it was the club- notices the other evening was one, cause he is consistent in his politics. He makes and Municipal Affairs there will be no doubt , offer of $30,000 for a lecture tour
no compromises in his liberalism. Ile is always
where he stands."
(Turn is Next Page)
said to be a good Jew who is a poor ath- house of the wealthy, it is equally as true
I
- (Turn to Next Page.
lete."
that for many years it practically served as
The trouble in Germany is a welcome the center of Jewish communal activity in
JUDAISM AS A
sign, but things are far from rosy for the Detroit. Important decisions affecting
CIVILIZATION
Jews. There will be much suffering be- Jewish community problems were reached
Dr. Mordecai Kaplan Out- Daughter of Famous American Historians, Charles and
fore we see the end of the present era of at meetings held in this clubhouse. Cam- '
Mary Beard, and the Wife of an Exiled German
lines a Program for
hate. The warning must be sounded, there- paign plans were laid at the Phoenix Club,
Professor, VieWs Bigotry of Get-man Women
Creative Judaism
fore, that there should be no let-up in all campaign meetings and dinners were held
Br sum,sN /fa 416
efforts for relief. And even after the end there and the Jewish Welfare Federation
u*
17ATIoN Tit
By MIRIAM BEARD
mr:F .
ITHa climax about to he, tain. But the significant thing is' 15 A 1,1• A liFit:0NnT104:Th
of the Hitler episode of brutality, Jews practically made it its headquarters.
nY
reached
in
the
political
and
that
no
nation
has
come
out
defin-
r
A SPIRIT hostile to women is
must never forget the lessons of this sad
If it is finally dissolved, the Phoenix Club economic crisis engulfing Germany, • itely in support of Hitler's policies.
appalling than any ever seen he-
1 ork 5555.
rising in the world. It has I
fore ' for it must prepare for the
chapter in our history.
will mark the end of an important era of a marked change in Hitler's pol- Before Hitler came into power,
Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan's
already checked her advance in I
guerre absolve, the Total War,
Russia, Bulgaria, Austria and
may be expected.
prosperity. And the end of every era must icies
long-awaited discussion of the both hemispheres: the most privi- which demands a Totalitarian
'
Reports received in Weshington Hungary were definitely support-,
re Asia,
At stt the ap p
of
Reform Rabbis on Palestine
n- State to seize upon and mobilize
also mark. the beginning of a new one. indicate that the Hitler govern- ing Germany's policies. The atti- American-Jewish problem has e leste d and
: o The freest women virnti ntur-: errverey n
adult, fmele or female, ev-
To the credit of the Central Conference Perhaps this clubhouse may yet be reor- ment is in a poor position to fol- tude of Great Britain, Italy, Tur- made its appearance at last, and I. rope, German,
the
are its
ms
of American Rabbis it should be recorded ganized to function in accordance with low a course of retaliatory action • key, Finland and Greece was un- 1 for a long time to come it prom- The reaction is spreading: it lifts acre oreineedlo foirndtubsetry ,af mil every
other nations. Despite all e•ertain.
ices to remain an authoritative its head in England and America. ' gles of the future, wtiag:duonstz-
that the rabid Jewish theologian anti- present conditions, thereby again being in against

.

talk of barring imports and inten
English-speaking women could in the air and under the sea. This
sifying the nationalistic ttndenciee,
Zionists / have learned the error of their position to serve the community.
General opinion in government volume dealing with Jewish is-
until last year look abroad re- is Hitler's avowed purpose in the
the fact remains that Germany circles here is that Dr. Hans Lu-1 sues.
ways, and are now wholeheartedly on the
voicing,
in the splendid bands of unexpurgated original of his book,
cannot divorce herself from the
In 600 pages, Rabbi Kaplan progressive
thcr, German ambassador to the I
women of other lands :" rNelepianreKaam
Palestinian band-wagon.
Stop Causing Rifts!
depqr.,':
blames
rest of the world.
covers



the
panorama
of
Jewish
international
co-operation and fel- Imperial Germany for a
United
States,
now
in
GermanyH
It is of more than passing interest that
Official withdrawal from the Vaad
failure ator
, iaonti races.
ip rat
r r i n o uo of
life
and
the
effects
upon
it
of
r
adequately,
recalled
to
lend
his
talents
to'
Was
yb
,
estrain oweo v.
While busire•es and industrial
the Reform rabbis, at their recent conven- Leumi, the Jewish National Council of
us confid en ce
. ery nerve toward victory, to crush
environment. lie deals with
our env
csnelitions
in
practically
all
Euro-
bringing
about
a
solution
to
the
aand in
thlsr
pedvireriyt artrbeency rothal t , could possibly
tion, should have adopted a resolution in Palestine, serves to widen the rift that pean countries are making gains
ture
.
atowi; the
Reich's grave problems. Dr. Lu- the factors of disintegration within
i nu r fu
twelvemonth,
which the following references are made exists in the ranks of the "Jewish commu- and indicate a more hopeful out- ther
is one of the outstanding fin
and conservation; with the eco- changed. We are
isolated;
we
are mil s
Kamer,.
Germany

rtary
victory.
p e H ltle
look, Germany finds herself in an anctal experts in Germany, rank-
mr condemns
nity of Bretz Israel.
to Palestine:
nomic, political and cultural menaced.
Unsettled state.
for wasting
ing in this respect with Dr.
The reasons given for Mizrachi's action
"We express profound joy and sat-
aspects of the problem; with
What does this reaction mean? time in Museums and concert halls
Reports received in Washington Schacht, president of the Reich,.
.,et s u not
nt pie ld
thf-
to t e
so t Hitt , and in cultural pursuits, that
isfaction at the economic, cultural and
:ere that the Assefath Hanivcharim failed from Department of Commerce bank. He formerly was chancellor the current versions of Jude-
sion that we face merely a return might have been profitably em-
representatives in Germany reveal of the Reich and president of the
social progress of the new Palestine.
to bring all parts of the Yishub into the that
to old-fashioned domesticity, to e :Sepo;
d h on the drill-ground. 715
for the first months of this
He :
i N sm
eolOrR th eo fd o o rm
x;ist e
WitC
h ot n h se ers ea fft i c y t e s , the cozy sentiments and ideals of pr
We rejoice to note that Palestine i s
Palestine community and that the Histad- year Germany imported goods Reichshank.
to make no such mix-
In his conferences with high
takes:
g
t
h
oeV
of
Zionism
and
Palestine
on
i
f
c
otroerv
amounting
to
1,925,4110,900
marks
ia
e
r
n
.
ATgeb.oseTh
procl a ims
s
proving a haven for many of our peo-
rilth. Jewish Federation of Labor of Pales-
)
Officials, Dr. Luther prob-
Reich
gone
and exported goods totaling 1,-
idartalasgeanid his goal to be the mobilization of
ably will be in a unique position. Jewish life. A great portion of
tine, is controlling the Vaad Leumi.
ple and we urge the mandatory power,
r German down to "the tint
ae n ti r r m e r rna
747,000,000 marks. This repre-
p
t acre
d product
p ro rpe o
t f e e o v ery
been
this
volume
is
devoted
Co
He
has
in
the
United
States
a
dis-
s
Fair•minded Jews must condemn Miz- sents an adverse balance of 177,- for some tiny and far enough
an
in these days of stress and crisis for
until the whole nation .
cussion of Dr. Kaplan's own such as the world never saw be- with one mouth, bre
marks against a favorable,
Israel, to facilitate in every way the
rach's action and will not be convinced by I 900,000
a
thes the
from German to gain an ex-
' burning
one of 263,000,000 marks a year away
attitudes,
his
proposed
versions
fore
and
may
never
see
again.
In
prayer: "Lord, bless our
I he two arguments advanced for the action ago. A major factor contributing cellent perspective of the world
settlement of an increasing number of
of Judaism as a civilization and this hour of universal economic battlesl"ub
attitude
toward
littler
policies.
In
Jews in Palestine in accordance with
of the Orthodox Zionists. If unity is to be to the unfavorable trade balance is this respect he should be able to as • way of life.
I crisis and impending universal
Subjection of Women
e boycott against German goods
war, we cannot hope to reinstate
the program of the Jewish authori-
acquired, and if all groups are to be in- th
to the discussions. AUTHOR'S PROGRAM
As women have, or are supposed
by other countries hecause of Hil- contribute much
. • •
!those ideals. We cannot all hope
cluded in the community, this unity will 1 ler's policies of anti-Semitism and
tie
The conclusion to "Judaism to re-turn to homes, in an age when to have, a natural antipathy to
Representative Sol Bloom of
society h as not
ulesa arnlied how seer, their subjection is regarded
Fo • those who doubt the significance of not be achieved by a division in the ranks, persecutions. • • •
New York is an authority on Wash- as a Civilization" is a chapter
ts ine c ie make
t
s h ome
ot )f. e se t r
resolution there is added proof of a but rather by solidifying then, and by as-
as a first step in the new type of
this
Now the Ilitler government is ington and Lincoln and has been of 12 pages in which the author
echange in attitude on the part of the Cen- suring the participation of all elements in engaged in some deep thought. Up- so recognized by Lincoln Memorial sets forth his program for a
Return to Barbarism
preparedness by the Fascists in
I•niversity
et
Cumberland
Gap,
'Germany,
Italy and Japan. A
leaders
,
permost
in
the
rinds
of
S'V'e face return to barbarism.
tral Conference toward Zionist effort in Jewry's official council. The second argu-
creative Judaism. After point -
i c a la ,s t aic edxprbession of this view
is the problem of finding ways and Tenn.
,,
It
is
to
barbarism
that
Fascists
was
the resolution which greets Menachem ment is even less impressive. It would re- means of meeting the threat of ere- Re•egnizing Representative Sol ing out that in the shirt time
:mild reduce us.
They would e
professor of
Ussis kin on his 70th birthday. It is one main unconvincing if conditions were re- nowt. paralysis. rhe Reich is in Bloom s devotion to the memory of that the Jews have lived in the
Berlinma lleniver asitNaziP reor b f ensiso r
have
Al-
critical financial condition and a W ashington and Lincoln, the uni- erindern world many Jewish con- :Z:evrsiinnctntet‘.Ohrttswereign,
feed Baeumler, Yfo
thing to approve of the reconstruction of versed and the Mizrachi were in control of ■ way
e
out mart he found. From all versity recently conferred on the
plause. In his "Mannerbu n gd u4P
ncl-
Palestine. But when the birthday of an the situation, with the Histadruth quitting indicatioss the Hitler government New Yorker the honorary degree ceptions have become unintelli• .tb.ruatrsalolf sa
p v r e ' . t ng nr e !sign. 21"01
" , Wiesenschaft" he d e n n u n c e s
outstanding leader is trade the subject the Jewish community cold because it can• will have to de some relenting and o f doctor of laws. In conferring the gible to them. Dr. Kaplan de- wriglltd, g reim cItuhrnavle
p an:7111. , asofsirTe en us toseneirking to o m a k e
e onvem,nriint only the legael w
degree,
Chancellor
John
Wesley
marked changes in policies
clan's that "the only adequate
of congratulations by the entire conference not dominate. This is not the way of de- !enforce
rabmtroddeurs n imer.
i
ems and
ht fore other m o ons will aid in ear- Hill made the followipg citation:
substitute for other-worldly Md.
to divert their minds a l
but the respect
in m
of Reform rabbis, it gives the appearance mocracy, which calla for rule by majority. ' legalise situation
"In recognition of his pre-em-
dmiirr1
fe
e n:itni t i t', r inter-
sh Zees.
,.•

,rri .
would-
t; d .re. .•
inence in law, history and political ration which formerly motivated
the
minority
cannot
be
tolerant,
it
becomes
acceptance
If
a
of including the Zionists in
r t..u'
theater,
ideals that were eqtetssnacsh '''' lt i r t6et 'a
the loyalty of the Jew to his so- muli I
The German government's view. science, his epochal eervicee as di-
n ease
a menace.
in cthe
family
lutist
is
not
definitely
rector
of
,the
United
States
George
and
supported
by
cial
heritage
is

creative
Ju-
of Zion.
w
ti
rch i
feisa too
t n o d a srt
nit "eniie
knightl
nig, t b ho. i t n h bf tar
Mizrachi must reconsider its action, lest any of the important European Washington Bicentennial Coinmis-
y chivalry
arra s toshll
t by
Is the GermannIewish situation respon-
out- e
some Measure
the bursuti to
al and boys; he would suo sti re the
influence Zionist proven. Such countries as Russia, sion, his influence and distinguish- deism." Ile proceeds
sible for this change in attitude on the part its withdraWal should so
line
what,
in
his
opinion,
Jews
might
of
warriors.
And
we
should
"Mannerbund,"
the
league of men
I', land, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Czech, ed leadership as member of Con.
of the Reform rabbis? If it is, it is a justi- thought that the rift it is causing will oslasskia, Rumania, Belgium and gress from the State of New York. must do to render Judaism ere- then be back juet where we start- which unites males young and old
and
will
jeop,
Finland
are siding with Franee. his contribution to social and eco-
in intimate association. An enor
ed. in the Old Stone Age.
alive:
fied motivation ; at least, if we are to be- spread outside of Palestine
”...„3, mi ous somber of Natis openly pro-
ardize the Zionist program In the Diaspora The attitude of Great li•itain, nomic progress, his parentage of
nn
I. They must "rediscover Ju-
lieve the statement made by James G. Mc-
Italy, Austria, Hungary arid Bul- higher education and his adherence
c aim one between men and boys
FaT
s
chis
i
st
is
id
i
slede
dedicated
fo
d
r
ic
ecast.
to
mill-
'"
1 garia toward Germany is uncer- ■ to the ideals of Abraham Lincoln.' •
( Tarn to Next Page I
Dona 'd, League of Nations High Commis- as well as in Bretz Israel.
tarism•
This militarism is more.
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