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Giving Thanks for Our Bounties
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Thanksgiving Day should provide not
only an opportunity for an expression of
gratitude for the bounties with which we
are blessed; it should call for self-examin-
ation, for introspection and for a compari-
son of our status with that of the peoples
who live elsewhere than on the American
continent.
It is true that even in this rich land
there is starvation and want. It is true
that here, too, tens of millions of people
suffer from the plague of unemployment.
But with all of the suffering which is
caused by economic depressions, we never-
theless remain free men. We can speak
our minds. We can criticize our Presi-
dent. We can express an opinion. We
are free to read whatever book or news-
paper we desire.
It is as Jews that we should be espe-
cially thankful for our status as American
citizens. Before the law, we are the equals
of all groups inhabitating this land. We
are free to worship as we choose. The
swastika loses its magic powers on these
shores.
We have much to be grateful for in this
country. And because we are so blessed
as American citizens our Thanksgiving
Day must be celebrated not merely by
feasting, but in the traditional Biblical
manner: by giving our share towards the
alleviation of want, by presenting our
tithe for the relief of the needy, and at
this time especially by remembering the
millions of unfortunate fellow-Jews who
are compelled to live under the heels of
oppressors.
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Sabbath Readings of the Law
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 32:4-36:43
Prophetical portion—Hos. 12:13.14:10, or
11:7.12:12, or Obadiah 1:1-21
November 23, 1934
Kislev 16, 5695
Extremists in Zionism
It is daily becoming increasingly evident
that extremists in Zionist ranks are aim-
ing at the destruction of whatever has thus
far been achieved in an effort to create
CI
peace between the two contending fac-
Cars
tions in Palestine and in Zionism: Histad-
ruth and Revisionism.
David Ben Gurion, acting in behalf of
the Palestine Labor Federation Ilistadruth,
and Vladimir Jabotinsky, spokesman for
the Revisionists, have decided on a basis
for peace. Further negotiations are said
to have resulted in other decisions of far-
reaching importance.
But there are elements in both the Re-
visionist and Ilistadruth ranks who are de.
7 - D I termined
to undermine the peace efforts
Bl•k.
and to obstruct their own leaders in their
intended to bring unity in the
5-P ' negotiations
work for Palestine's reconstruction.
In the event that it should become defin-
itely established that obstructionists are
Ti destroying unity and peace, then it will
1
become the duty of the sincere Zionist
, elements throughout the world to repu-
diate these extremists. It is a matter of
fact that the Zionist Organizations every-
where include in their ranks sympathizers
for both the Revisionists and the Histad-
4 But the efforts of extremists must
result in the elimination of whatever sym-
pathies have thus far existed for those
elements who insist on obstructing rather
than building, of dividing rather than uni-
0.
fying Israel.
This is a time for building, not for cre-
4
ating obstacles in the path of our people.
We are entirely too busy removing ob-
3
structions placed in our road to national
1—
revival by non-Jewish enemies that we
2—I
should have to be continuously bothered
by our own destructionists. The voices of
0
extremists who are out to obstruct must
be silenced, and this influence removed
B
from Jewish life for all time, k
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5-I i
Metropolitan
Comment
THE JEWISH WOMAN AND HER LEISURE TIME
Tidbits and News
By HENRY W. LEVY
THE "BOOTLEG" ERA
The genial columnist of the
"E question of leisure time is not academic.
New York Daily Mirror and a
It has wide significance for our whole civi-
score of papers throughout the
country, Mark Bellinger, has
lization. It has vital implications affecting
gathered together a selection of the welfare of all Americans, Jews and non-
his choicest fables and placed
them between covers. The result, Jews alike. And of course by leisure we mean
entitled "The Ten Million," is free time after one's work is finished, not the
published by Farrar and Rhine- "enforced leisure" of the unemployed.
: hart. It is the history of a de-
We are here concerned with the Jewish middle-
parted period, the "bootleg era."
I For it was during the days of the class home-maker or housewife who is not en-
Noble Experiment that Bellinger gaged any gainful occupation or who does not
became a Broadway columnist, assist her husband in his business or professional
and it in of the speakeasies, the activities. She is the woman whose age lies be-
rackets and the loves of that time
tween the thirties and fifties, with children and
that he writes.
One of O'Benry's collections of family responsibilities.
short stories is called "The Four
The middle-class Jewish housess'fe or home-
Million," a title representative of maker attends to the routine duties of her
New York's population at the household, seeks to beautify her home and make
beginning of the century; "The
it more comfortable, or she may be in the for-
Ten Million" of Ilellinger's title
are the myriad masses of metro- tunate position of having household assistants to
politan New York today or they do these things for her.
might represent the ten million
persons throughout the United . There can be no objection to these activities
States which number approxi- of the middle-class housewife in seeking to beau-
I mates the size of Ilellinger's na- tify her home. Unfortunately, however, the re-
tional newspaper audience.
sults of her efforts are frequently anything but
Ilellinger frankly stems back satisfying. If we could teach the average middle-
to O'Ilenry and DeMaupassant.
He is a devotee of the surprise class woman the simple rudiments of home-mak-
ending, the complete reversal ing and the average middle-class woman the sim-
that is the punch in all of the ple rudiments of home-making and give her a
best works of O'Ilenry and in sense of aesthetics and good taste, we might by
many of the efforts of De Mau- the same token instill in her a desire to express
passant. Ilellinger's stories,
though, are generally shorter than herself in other Constructive and artistic ways.
are those written by his predeces-
How Woman Spends Her Time
sors. Geared for the confines of
What does this middle-class woman do with
a newspaper column, they are
her free time? She follows the old archaic view
often more narrative fable than
that woman should spend her spare time seeking
short story.
to escape boredom, so she looks for pleasant and
A FEW RAISINS
In connection with surprise time-consuming diversions. She is interested in
ending technique of the short escape leisure, not leisure time activities for
story, I am reminded of a story the enrichment of life. She has usually no
often told by a former journalism philosophy of life and therefore no philosophy
instructor of mine, the late James
Melvin Lee, chairman of the New about leisure.
York University School of Jour-
The average woman in this group to which I
nalism. Dr. Lee, a practicing ed- refer has a choice in the use of her leisure time.
itor before he became a teacher,
had some personal experiences What does she do with it? She plays bridge,
with O'llenry, but the story he goes to the movies, shops or goes bargain-
loved to tell was of another ed- hunting, visits or engages in a few other similar
itor's experiences with the great social amenities. She is to a great extent a
American short story writer.
slave to commercialized recreation. You will
O'llenry was not one to write agree that these are, generally speaking, activi-
for the joy of writing. To him,
it was hard work, although a ties of uneducated leisure and represent an abso-
means to a good living. A spender, lutely non-productive consumption of time. These
he was always in debt and very pursuits are certainly not what we would call
often magazine editors, eager for purposeful activities, or activities which could
one of his stories, would give be classified under the heading of cultural habits.
him an advance even without
It would not be true to say that this woman does
knowing the idea of the story.
The editor of this story had not occasionally read a book, but her choice of
done just this. Press time was titles is not significant. She wants entertainment
approaching; an O'Henry story and absorption, not food for reflection.
had been announced. But none
This middle-class woman to whom I refer re-
was forthcoming from the author.
The editor had to have his story. fuses to face the problems of a changing world.
He went with a friend to visit There are threats of another war, attacks on our
his author at the lintel Cale- democratic institutions, an increasing growth of
donia—a not well known hotel Fascist philosophy and propaganda, an unem-
these days that still exists today ployed group of more than 10,000,000 men and
on 26th St. between 6th Ave.
and Broadway— and while the women, out of work through no fault of their
friend occupied O'llenry the ed- own, and other manifestations of a badly dis-
itor rifled O'Benry's files for a ordered social system.
story. Triumphant, he left with
During the World War this woman found
several.
On getting back to his office to many things to do. She was caught by the glamor
and the adventure of war. She was enveloped
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T
A Basis for Unity
FO
S/
COIIhIENT
I
T
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
By MRS. MARY G. SCHONBERG
Executive Secretary, National Council of Jewish Women
(J ra SP•thl Gorton:soden)/
The proposals made by the special com-
mittee of the American Jewish Congress
for the formation of an united front in
American Israel and for unified effort in
planning the proposed World Jewish Con-
gress merits serious consideration.
It is true that the plan has its faults.
If it presumes to obligate the American
Jewish Committee and the B'nai B'rith to
a consideration of the World Congress
plan, then it may nullify its efforts for
unity.
But the mere proposal for unity is com-
mendable. We are so deplorably divided
that our position appears helpless and
hopeless. At a time when a single Jewish
body should have the authority to speak
in the name of the entire people, we find
inner conflicts unbecoming a people sup-
posedly tried in many fires and therefore
well-trained in self-defense.
'The organizations to whom the Con-
gress plea is directed are obligated to con-
sider it seriously and to co-operate in such
plans as will eliminate differences and
divisions in our ranks. We must press
for a unified front in order that order may
Palestine Honors Rothschild
A special Palestinian colonization pro- arise out of the present existing chaos.
, jest, to be known as the Edmond Colony,
1 4:
will honor the memory of the late Baron
Intolerable Persecution
Edmond de Rothschild.
Lady
Astor, maintaining that the per-
The Keren Kayemeth Le Israel, the
LEWI
Jewish National Fund, makes the an- secution of Jewish children in Germany is
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nouncement that all the funds gathered for intolerable, makes an interesting state-
the Jewish National Fund in Palestine dur- ment:
Lodi
"Literally, I cannot read what is hap-
ing the current year 6695 will be used for
AL,
author
pening to Jewish children in Germany
this project.
ones
of the
mann
in Vr
Of all the tributes paid the late Baron, without seeing red. I do not want to say
secrets
a
word
against
Germany,
but
I'm
sore.
this is the most deserving one. No other
tion
tit Niko svisra
Mr. IA
individual has contributed as much to the We do not want to hate. If Germany is
ton , or
development of Palestine. There is no hating Jews she is bound to suffer, because T EGAL brains in Washington marks, therefore the use of these
return
other chapter be the history of Palestine's ;hate is a poison. If I were a Jew I would
are scratching their heads registered marks within the coun-
month
these days trying to figure out a try makes the German commodity
ly,acti
reconstruction which has been dominated get every child out of Germany, but I way
through which Germany will price level higher than it is on a
in the
as much by a single individual as has the grown-ups must stay to endeavor to pull be able to buy American cotton gold mark basis which is recog-
the country around.
and sell more of her goods in the nized in international trade and
Rothschild chapter in Zionism.
Lady Astor's view is unusual, in spite United States. Working on a def- exchange.
Taking Into consideration the popular-
inite proposal of German cotton
The plan proposed by the Ger-
ity of the Jewish National Fund among of the fact that what she proposes is sc. buyers, the legal lights are dust- man
(repo •
cotton importers involves
tually
being
carried
out;
namely,
that
ing off old law books and digging payment for Ameri c an
Palestine Jewry, it is to be expected that
a vce or ts tio n to
inside
their
pages
in
an
effort
to
children
are
being
taken
out
of
Germany
C onversion
the proposed honor in the establishment
reach a verdict.
these
marks
into
dollars
would
while
their
parents
are
forced
to
remain
of the new colony will be sufficient to set-
arltau
the whole thing is be at a discount. To overcome
tle a large number of Jews who crave to there. But the proposal nevertheless in Apparently,
n Int
the lap of the Treasury De- this, the Germans suggested that
pOnili
go to Palestine. This effort is certain to smacks of a certain amount of heartless- partment and it will probably be the registered marks be used by
This
up to Henry Morgenthau Jr., Sec- American buyers for the purchase
be the most lasting tribute of all that are ness in that it calls for the separation of rotary
been
of the Treasury, to make of goods in Germany.
&oriel;
being proposed in memory of Palestine's children from their parents, for the con- the final decision. Agricultural
• • •
was
greatest benefactor.
tinued suffering of the parents while the leaders especially those from the The thing
that has government
al11110
children are provided with a haven ofc otton-producing South, are ex- officials in Washington worried is
teeniely anxious over the out-
refuge.
roirligt
centered around the question of
come.
Nazi Kindness
Samit
• a a
There appears to be no end to the trag-
whether the purchase of goods in
To the humor in the Nazi situation must
Italy;
The
story
of
all
the
Waahing-
Germany with registered marks
again
be added the claim of the Bitlerites that edy which is created by the rulers of pres- ton i nterest
ent-day
Germany.
al w as
no one is forced to belong to any of Adolfo
(Germany has its roots in the fact and the gale of theae goods In
relief
that in previous years that court. the United States would consti-
organizations,
hal ,
try bought about 10 per cent of tute dumping. The fact that on
Dr.
Weizmann's
60th
Birthday
registered marks
The Trans-Atlantic Information Service
60 k
the cotton sold by the United a gold basis, the
are cheaper would make it pos-
cuclr
reports that a Biller youth leader, Wey-
States.
Now,
because
this
coun-
Dr.
Chaim Weizmann's 60th birthday
to bring into the
r el
u
for buyers
man, speaking before young women work- should tic a signal for worldwide felicita- I try refuses to buy foreign goods Ode
tales extremely cheap
high
and in great measure because of United Stales
ers in factories at Murienburg, East Prus- tions to this eminent Jew.
goods
that
might
work injury to
tioo
, the boycott against German goods,
high
sia, stated:
is unable to buy Amer- domestic businessee.
A great scientist, an able linguist, an :Germany
Jew:
that the
suggested
It
has
been
"We compel none of you to come into inspirer of the Jewish masses, Dr. Weiz- ican cotton and pay for it. Her Import-Export Bank, headed
the
by
depleted financial status has
the fold of the Bund Deutscher Macdel man') is unquestionably the outstanding caused
011 c
Germany to impose severe George N. Peek, might be used as
000
(Nazi Federation of German Girls). You leader in Jewry today. Granted that his restrictions on exchange no that if a depository for the funds in-
volved, might underwrite the risk,
1110
must find out for yourselves where your opponents are justified in blaming him for good. are sent to Germany, the and
handle the exchange problem.
with
sellers may have to whistle for
place is. But we say at the same lime that Cofill. $211011/4
inat
At the present time, the pro-
made to Great Britain, it their money.
.,u must belong in the future to gut organi- nevertheless remains
the Bureau of
Germany's critical plight was pouf is before
a fact that the foun-
-
wation which serves the state,
recently
explained
in
Washington
dation for the present structure in Pales-
There are others who point out
some of that country'. leading
"A recent order of the leader of German tine was built under his leadership as by
importers. This group of that the United States cannot ex.
Labor k'ront points out that every member president of the 'World Zionist Organiza- cotton
F es
men came to Washington and pert to carry on trade wills Ger-
o f a G erpian Labor Front between the ages
ade
an
offer t. buy 600,000 many under current exchange
tion. Aside from the fact that he is di-
disparity, which is due to this
I ll 11
b
of 14 and 18 years must also be A member rectly responsible for the issuing of the ales of cotton if it way could country's
abandonment of the
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d payment.
e found to facilitate
of the Bitter Youth Movement. if nut, Balfour Declaration to the Jewish people, It was pointed out to Washington gold standard and Germany's ad-
herence
to
it,
although on a basis
he or she will be expelled from the Labor Dr. Weizmann, who is primarily a cultural officials that the whole exchange
I,. hot. Again I say that nobody is forced Zionist, is In reality the founder of the situation in Germany was so with modifications.
blocked that there was no possi•
The cotton-growing South has
us, but I cannot understand Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
.19 bow"
bility of stetting dollar exchange. lost much of its foreign market
To overcome this obstacle, the during the past two veers largely
why you talusa to join us."
list there is justification also for stating
cotton importers re• because of this country's unwil-
"There are clear implications in this bit that if Dr. Welzmann's policies were a bit German
vealed that they had come in con- lingness to buy more foreign
t carries with it a warning more aggressive, we might not have tact with • number of tints and goods. As si result, there Is (ear
that j1 one does not belong to the German achieved as much as we have in Palestine. Individurla in the United States in the South that these niarkets
who would like to buy from Ger- will be lost forever. And AO she
Labor Front—the jfitler labor party—he
At the present time, he is the guiding many certain kinds of goods, in- southern cotton interest/ us
:at not secure work. The isaplications may genius in the efforts to settle German- cluding fertilizers and optical clamoring for action. The Gar-
supplies.
man proposal sounds good to
•• jtjyep an even more threatening inter- Jewish refugees in Palestine.
•
them. In this proposal they i.e
Jt
carries
with
it
the
hidden
retation.
It
His
birthday
Is
an
occasion
for
sincere
Now, Germany has etort of a an opportunity of getting rui of
al.
500,000 boles of cotton fast-s•l
of
Nazi
liberty,
Of
course
one
celebration
and
for
an
expression
of
hope
1
system.
Internally,
she
fr.
two-price
.1e to stay out of Ow Sitlorite organ!. that he may be spared for leadership in is on a registered mark basis. In ear the 200,000 that they expert
Germany
to take under ;gaunt
eyes of the world the Is on a
post!ons. Hut the punbibtnents for su c h Jewry for • long time to come. Israel the
gold mark basis. The registered eschangs rbalcultics.
lklopyr16114. sus ,tTA
needs this illustrious son.
pan-siiiiigio to smother istory,
marks are cheaper than the gold
.
BY-THE -WAY
(Copyright MI. J. T. A.)
A SAINTLY RABBI
in the mass propaganda and hysteria. She sacri-
ficed time, energy, funds, opportunities for a
personal life, for what she believed was a conse-
crated cause.
Certainly this is just as challenging a period,
and this woman, we insist, handicaps the plans
for building a better world because she has
not discerned the significance of the fruitful use
of leisure time.
Education Must Be Guiding Principle
When you speak to this woman of the import-
ance of a program of unemployment insurance,
of extending old age pensions, of the importance
of public support for slum clearance programs, of
working in behalf of national legislation that
will curb the artnament makers and help lessen
the dangers of war, or of the importance of
American participation in the League of Nations,
or adherence to the World Court, or of the im-
portance of establishing a permanent Disarma-
ment Commission, or of a program of planned
social control, you speak to her of things which
are foreign to her knowledge. She has few if
any ideas of what constitutes a program for
social reconstruction. She is only superficially
informed of the social experimentation now going
on in Washington.
It becomes quite obvious that education must
be the guiding principle for the woman of the
leisure class whether she is Jew or Gentile. Only
by so doing can she make herself a worthy
member of her family and community.
The Jewish middle-class woman has a real
role to play. She must be made conscious of
her responsibilities and the necessity for her
participation in every variety of educational,
artistic, social and spiritual endeavor. It must
be proven to her that she can get more com-
pensations and satisfactions through education
than she had ever dreamed of, and that as she
learns and develops she will become the bearer of
culture to future generations.
A Program for the Women
This Jewish woman must learn the art of con-
templation and the art of thinking as an individ•
ual, and not simply to repeat the thoughts of
other members of her household.
There are thousands and thousands of Jewish
women in the group to which I have referred to
whom these implications of the proper use of
leisure time for the Jewish woman and her family
have never been made either emphatic or dra-
matic. It is to these women that we make our
special appeal.
Such a national organization as the National
Council of Jewish Women, which I have the
honor to serve as executive secretary, can absorb
every moment of the leisure time . of the inter-
ested Jewish woman along the lines of Jewish reli-
gion and education, of the study of problems
affecting the peace of the world, of developing
constructive programs for social servivce, civic
betterment and national public welfare. This is
only one of many organizations which point the
way to the fruitful use of leisure time of the
American Jewish home-maker. This and other
organizations seek ever to increase their spheres
of usefulness and to enlarge their opportunities
for enriching the lives of American Jewish women
through the proper investment of their leisure
time.
I was just reading an old work.
Few read it today. It is the
Memoirs of Sir Moses Montefiore.
And in it I came across a beau-
tiful story.
Sir Moses tells how on enter-
ing the town of Sated, l'alestine,
he attempted to do special honor
to the rabbi there. And he ex-
plains why. Ile relates that
shortly before his visit, a robber
band of Druses had seized this
rabbi, had tied his hands aid
feet and then, brandishing a
knife, threatened to cut him to
pieces unless the rabbi obtained
a certain sum of money for them.
The rabbi replied that he could
not get the money.
"Then you must die," said the
Druses.
"Then I have only one request
to make. Please grant it."
"What is it?" asked the Druses.
"Please give me a little water,
that I may wash my hands and
recite a prayer on the justice of
God in all his ways."
The Druses, Sir Moses relates,
were so taken back at this saint-
liness that they released the rabbi.
I AM CHALLENGED
L. M. writes me challenging
my statement that Karl Marx was
an anti-Semite.
"Karl Marx was a Jew," he
writes. "How could he have been
an anti-Semite?"
Well, I might answer in Israel
Zangwill's words—that every Jew
is a little of an anti-Semite.
BUT HERE IS THE PROOF
But Karl Marx was more than
a little anti-Semite. lie was, in
my opinion, quite a big one.
Perhaps the best story that re-
veals this is that of his relation-
ship with his colleague, Moses
Bess, who besides being a Social-
ist, was also among the first
modern Zionists. Bess, it will
be recalled, was the author of
"Rome and Jerusalem," which is
today one of the classics of Zion-
ism.
Despite the fact that Hess was
a leading Socialist theorician,
MPr
liked to call him the
''Yidel." Ile also liked to dwell
on Bess' first name, Moritz, which
later Hess changed to the truer
Jewish, Moses. Marx liked to
dwell on this Moritz business be -
cause it immediately identified
Bess as a Jew—and that was the
best way that Marx knew of slur-
ring a person.
And I can think of no better
reply than that which Item made
to these slurs.
"Yes," he said, "I have changed
my some from Moritz to Moses.
I wish my name was Itzig, so that
I could really call myself that."
That, it seems to me, was a proud
and noble reply—one of which
Karl Marx would never have been
capable.
• • •
HE WAS NOT TOO PERSONAL
Perhaps part of this was not
to much anti-Jewishness as just
a general meanness. It seems to
me that Karl Marx was far from
a likable person in any sense of
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Rothschild's Farewell
To Palestine Yishub
A Plea to End Prejudice
Test of 1925 Address in Which
Philanthropist Said Hi. Son
Would Carry on Work in the
Homeland.
Everett It Clinchy's Vigorous Appeal to End Bigotry
Made in His "All in the Name of God"
ALL IN TUE NAME OF COD. ity Eve,tt it. Clint hr. John
Day Co., 318
Fourth Ave., New York I $2)•
By EDMOND De ROTHSCHILD
I thank and pray God, Who
has blessed me with years and
privileged me, in the evening
of my life, to see with my own
eyes the wonderful spectacle
of the rebirth of Eretz Israel.
When I look back on the stretch
of almost half a century since
I began my work and when I
recall how Palestine appeared
In those days, a rock, barren
land, full of thorns, it seems
to me that I am in a dream.
In those days I also witnessed
the terrible sufferings of the
Jewish people in Eastern Eu-
rope, humbled under the weight
of persecutions and bloody po-
groms. And though Palestine
was also in a pitiable state at
that time, it was nevertheless
my opinion that the only 6/11V11-
lion for Jews lay in bringing
them back to the Holy Land.
For, I was convinced that only
in that country would their
moral and spiritual qualities and
their ability to work be fully
developed and realized. I hoped
the Jewish people would start ■
new life In Eretz Israel.
I never thought that all the
Jews could settle In Palestine.
It was my belief that It was
important to create a center
where the Jewish genius and
the great spiritual culture of
our race might develop, and by
its development reset favorably
on the condition of Jews
throughout the world.
In order to attain this, It was
first necessary to lay the proper
foundation on the land. The
earliest pioneers fought bravely
against the ravages
dine
and againkt the natural &Meal-
ties of the country, but they
finally conquered. Mall vil-
lages
sprang up, and their grew
Into large colonies.
People uud to say to me In
thou days, "You are building
oa sand." But the sand turned
out to be the cornerstone of
the great Yishub. Fields were
•LEsse Tl'ItN Tu NCXT PAGE
Everett R. Clinchy, executive
secretary of the National Confer.
ence of Jews and Christians,
makes an impassioned plea for
tolerance and justice; he pleads
for the end of racial and religious
prejudice in this most interesting
volume.
But even if this plea were elim-
inated, and the book were merely
confined to the historical data, to
the descriptions of efforts that
have been made to secure justice
for downtrodden peoples and re-
ligions, there would be justifica-
tion for this volume and it would
deserve a large audience.
Throughout the volume, Mr.
Clinchy describes the oppressive
laws which existed in this country
until comparatively recent years
against both Catholics and Jews,
the numerous reactionary move-
ments which persecuted these two
religions, the secret organizations
and 100-per-centers who sought
American experiment is to suc-
ceed, if we are to achieve at ever
higher levels In this country a
true and free democracy, with
equal rights and opportunities for
all, we must learn cordially to ac
cept the fact of cultural plural-
ism and to adapt our pattern of
behavior to it."
"February Hill," a Great
First Novel
Rumor and pathos are com-
bined in Victoria Lincoln's first
published novel, "February (fill,"
just issued by Farrar and
Rinehart, 232 Madison Ave., New
York $12.50).
Robert Nathan said of this
story: "It isn't a funny book.
It's a beautiful book." John
Chamberlain, writing in the New
York Times, said: "'February
Bill' is more fun than a barrel
of monkeys." Lewis Gannett
wrote that only if his friends are
worthy of it, he will recommend
them "February Hill."
Thus, "February Hill" is be-
coming one of the most talked-of
books of the year. A great dis-
covery by reviewers who have
been cheered by i it and therefore
now cheer it in return, Victoria
Lincoln's masterpiece boosts the
high-rated stocks of Farrar &
Rinehart, who already have to
their credit "The Folks," "An-
thony Adverse" and other great
the extinction of Jews and
Catholics.
One of the very important chap-
ters in this volume deals with
anti-Semitism. With the permis-
sion of the publishers, secured for
at by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, this chapter is reprinted
elsewhere in this issue. Mr.
Clinchy reaches the conclusion
that anti-Semitism is not dead i n
this country, that "it is in sea-
son, of stormy economic weather
that chronic religious and racial
prejudices are revived an d
work s.
plotted."
It is a charming family we
Dr. Clinchy points out that the
in the February Bill shanty
present economic depression in meet
n F all River—and the approach
sion during which racial and re. to their problems is marked by
liglous hysteria has met with so a poetic beauty. With a Harvard
little support. Ile outlines the man married to an immoral wom-
work of the American Protective an who supports him at her
Association and other movements "trade"; with the life of this
as having been much more dam- couple, together with the group
aging than some of the modern surrounding them in this family
movements which have been mo- picture, presented to as in a truly
tivated by bigotry.
sentimental setting giving us ■
"While Nazis were duping their human story in spite of thedegen-
followers with a summons to meet eracy surrounding the charactera
—we are treated to a great novel.
the depression with hatred. and
It almost becomes a privilege
setting one group against the
A merican,, refusing to be to read "February Hill." So great
tooled anin, seemed to have the is its theme, its language, its man-
sense to realize that Protestants, ner of approach, that Miss Lin-
Catholics and Jews were all in coln deserves the acclaim given it.
the Nine economic
boat, and that
"I cannot and do not forget that
all would float or sink together,"
Dr. Clinchy declares.
historically the Roman Church is
Dr. Clinchy reaches the follow- my mother, and that the Jewish
faith is the mother of us both."—
ing conclusion:
"If what has been called the Rev. Boynton Merrill, minister of
Americ a is the trot major depres-
Second rhurch, Newton, Mass.