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Sabbath Reading. of the Torah
Pentateuchal portion — Sum. 16:1.18:32
Prophetical portion—I Sam. 11:14-12:22

July 5, 1935

Tammuz 4, 5695

A Memorial to Shmarya Levin

At a recent Zionist meeting one of the
local leaders expressed the hope that trib-
utes in memory of the late Dr. Shmarya
Levin will take the form of popularizing
his works and encouraging a wide reading
of them.
This practical comment appears to be
nearing realization by virtue of the mem-
orial which is to be created in this country
in the form of the publication of all of
the late Dr. Levin's works in English trans-
lation.
It is well to recall at this time that Dr.
Levin, together with the late Chaim Nach-
man Bialik, were devotedly interested in
the affairs of the Dvir Publishing Co.
Since the death of Bialik, Dr. Levin had
single-handedly carried on the work of
advancing the interests of the Dvir. It is
to be hoped that the death of Dr. Levin
will not mean also a death blow to this
important Ilebrew publishing house from
whose presses have come the most impor-
tant Hebrew classics as well as the most
important international works in IIebrew
translations.

Vladeck's Resignation

B. Charney Vladeck's resignation as
manager of the Jewish Daily Forward
throws open to the public gaze a contro-
versy which has been raging for some time
between Mr. Vladeck and the veteran ed-
itor of the Forward, Abe Cahan. The lat-
ter leans to the right; the former, to the
left. The publishing of the series of anti-
Communist articles by Harry Lang, For-
Ward writer, in the Ilearst press, allegedly
with Mr. Cahan's consent, was directly
responsible for the open breach in the
ranks of the leading Yiddish daily,
What makes this issue of wide interest
is not alone the conflict between two men
very prominent in American Jewish life,
but rather the fact that it serves as a com-
mentary on the trend in Jewish life. The
controversy is between two extremes, and
no one can tell whether the majority leans
to the right or to the left. In the Zionist
election the party on the left was the vic-
tor because it is more active, more de-
voted, while the right-wing Zionists are
less concerned and do not even vote. Had
the latter cast their ballots, there would
have been a better chance to judge condi-
tions and to weigh the comparative
strength of the two extreme tendencies.
The Forward controversy is merely an-
other symptom in Jewish life which is
felt in every Jewish quarter—in Socialism,
in Zionism, in social service work, even
in religious institutions. The controversy's
ultimate results will therefore be of ex-
treme interest to the historian and of
great importance to the economists and
sociologists.

Not So Easy for the Nazis

Nazis are not finding it such an easy
task to besmirch the Jews and to force a
complete boycott of Jewish stores in Ger-
many.
In Munich. Nazi pickets in front of Jew-
ish stores, last Saturday, found serious
opposition when they formed cordons to
prevent customers from patronizing Jews.
There was some fighting, some window-
smashing, and Jewish stores were forced
to close. But the objective was not ac-
complished until after some resistance on
the part of honest Germans who resented
the attitude of Streicher's bigots.
The fact that the owners and some em-
ployers of the Bernheimer store in Munich
for a time fought back the Nazis who tried
to pull together the iron gates in front of
the store is an indication also of a refusal
on the part of some Jews to submit to all
sorts of indignities. It is reported that in
resisting the Nazis they shouted that they
had served in the German army during the
war and were "not going to be bullied by
hooligans."
Two things are thus asserting them-
selves:
Honest Germans are expressing resent-
ment against Nazi hooliganism;
And Jews in Germany are asserting
their self-erspect and are rebelling against
indignities and insults.

A Rebuke to Bigots

A powerful rebuke to bigots is contained
in the awards of the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation, just announced.
The foundation's medal went to Thomas
G. Masaryk, 81-year-old president of
Czechoslovakia, in recognition of his
steadfast support of the principles of
democracy, personal freedom and self-
determination. An award of $4,000 went
to the University in Exile, the Graduate
Faculty of Political and Social Science.
The Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom was granted a sum of
$3,000. Another contribution of $5,000
was voted to the League of Nations Asso-
ciation for educational purposes.
The directors of the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation were consistent in granting the
awards to people and groups who are
battling for freedom and for democracy.
In every instance, the selections are a re-
buke to reaction. By choosing the Uni-
versity in Exile for an award, the founda-
tion administered a direct reproof to the
country that exiled the noted scholars on
the faculty of this school—to Nazi Ger-
many, The citation accompanying the
award to this school states:

To the Graduate Faculty of Political and
Social Science ("the University in Exile"),
men not afraid to maintain at every hazard
and all costs their devotion to liberal democ-
racy and academic freedom, in recognition of
their contribution to the welfare of this
country in giving a practical demonstration of
the vitality of the principles of true scholar-
ship and to encourage them to continue teach-
ing, in a free land, the truth as they know it.

This is a direct condemnation of every
effort to suppress truth, and is a most en-
couraging signal to those who continue to
retain confidence in the strength of democ-
racy and in the liberality of free countries.
Of particular interest to Jews is the
selection for the Wilson Medal of Presi-
dent Masaryk. The citation to him states:

To Thomas G. Masaryk, scholar, humanist,
liberator, President of the Czechoslovak Re-
public, the independence of which he pro-
claimed, in harmony with the ideals of Presi-
dent Wilson and with his encouragement, at
Washington, D. C., on Oct. 14, 1918.
In recognition of his unceasing struggle for
the rights of individual human beings against
tyrants who would usurp them, of classes
against social injustice and exploitation, and
of nationalities against the domination of
alien rulers.
And in grateful tribute to his example in
maintaining the devotion of the republic which
he founded to constitutional and parliamen-
tary democracy, and faithful to the human
rights, prized amongst civilized peoples, of
freedom of speech, freedom of association,
freedom of the press and freedom of con-
science.

Here, again, is recognition of the efforts
of a man who fights for freedom and for
social justice, President Masaryk is the
man responsible for the position of free-
dom retained by Jews in Czechoslovakia.
He has consistently defended Jewish
rights, was one of the defending attorneys
of Leopold Hilsner in the famous Polna
ritual murder case in Bohemia in 1897,
and has not permitted a single oppor-
tunity to pass without exerting his influ-
ence in behalf of the oppressed.
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation's
judgment in the selection of its awardees
is a vindication of American democracy
and liberality and should be hailed by all
liberty-loving people as a victory for the
forces battling for justice.

Growth of Fascist Anti-Semitism

Fight, the very interesting organ of the
American League Against War and Fas-
cism, in its current issue carries the fol-
lowing important item relative to the rise
of "Another Fascist gang of anti-Semites":

Hundreds of small organizations are spring-
ing up throughout the country which spread
Fascia and anti-Semitic propaganda. As fast
as one dies several others are born. The
latest to come to our attention is typical—
The Community Hour, of Houston, Texas.
Innocent sounding title! Its literature re-
prints excerpts from the infamous "Protocols
of Zion," long ago exposed as a forgery, and
recently again found to be fraudulent by a
court in Switzerland after thorough investiga-
tion. "Jewry threatens the world with eco-
nomic, political and religious slavery," the
letterhead of this organization proclaims, call-
ing for "militant organization" to rescue Gen-
tiles from Jewish dominance. It uses the chain
letter technique to gain members and organ-
izers. One of the tasks of the American
League Against War and Fascism is to expose
these vicious groups and show their followers
wherein the real menace lies.

We call the attention of our readers to
this item for two reasons. In the first
place, it carries the warning of the spread
of Fascism in this country and of the rise
of all sorts of stupid reactionary move-
ments. Secondly, it affords us an oppor-
tunity to call the attention of our readers
to the yeoman work that is being done by
the League Against War and Fascism,
and its organ, Fight, in battling against
reaction and against the dangers entailed
by the rise of Fascism. This movement
deserves commendation and support.

A "holy man" came to Detroit, and the
newspapers announced him as a "tzadik"
who is prepared to offer "advice" to those
coming to see him. If our contemporaries
A Daily Anglo-Jewish Paper
had dared to question the authenticity of
The London Daily Jewish Post, having this "holiness," they might have been
survived four months of existence, has branded as anti-Semitic.
earned congratulations and commenda-
Malaria was once Palestine's most
tions from its contemporaries throughout
dreaded plague. But in 1931 there was
the world.
In spite of the fact that the Jewish press not a single fatality from this malarial
everywhere has found the struggle for disease, thanks to the efforts of Jewish
existence far from being too easy, the health institutions in cooperation with the
sponsors of this daily Jewish newspaper Palestine Health Department. Thus the
printed in English have made remarkable advantages of Zionism are being multi-
progress. The make-up, the contents, the plied.
various features and illustrations make
"Let's be intelligent rather than intel-
this daily Jewish newspaper most attrac-
tive and an important factor in Anglo- lectual," is the new phrase invented in
defense of repression of intellectualism by
Jewish activities.
Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propa-
We congratulate ita publishers and ed- ganda Minister. And the test of intelli-
itors on the fine progress they have made
is the ability to use the
thus far. We hope it points to an even gence, we take it,
knout and the torturing rack.
more useful future.

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THE FUTURE OF TRANSJORDAN

THE ORACLE

Extract from a Letter to the London Times Outlining a Solu-
tion for the Zionist Problem

Tidbits from Everywhere

I

By LORD MELCHETT

Q. What was the condition of
the Jews in Palestine before
I have just returned from Palestine, where
Zionism?—G. M. Y.
A. The Jews in Palestine be- I have been able once more to observe at first
fore the Chalutz influx and be- hand the difficulties and the opportunities of
fore 1905 were poor and under that country.
the rule of the Arabs; they had
Owing to the increasing pressure of capital-
no rights, were not allowed to
own land, could not build without ist immigrants, prices, not only of land, but of
a permit, and consequently were commodities, are reaching high levels. This rise
in values, accompanied by the acute shortage
kept in a deplorable condition.
• • •
of labor, has given rise to a high rate of wages.
Q. Give a biographical sketch of This in itself is not altogether to be deplored.
George Gershwin. B. %V.
A. George Gershwin was born in The danger is that an uneconomic cost level
Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1898. At the may encourage industrial and agricultural de-
age of 13 he began piano lessons.
velopments in countries adjoining Palestine, in
He was the first popular song writ- order to supply the Palestinian market.
er ever invited to play in Carnegie
With a far lower cost of labor, lower land
Hall. His "Rhapsody in Blue,"
first played by Paul Whitman in values, and lower taxes, attractive opportunities
1924 with the composer at the are bound to occur in adjacent territories. If
piano, is regarded as the beginning Palestine were to adopt a high tariff policy to
of a new era in American music.
correct this tendency, the Palestinian cost level
. • •
Q. What was Baron Rothschild's would rise even higher, with disastrous results
conception of Palestine as a Jew- to the country's export trade.
ish homeland?—S. D. I.
Unfortunately, even if a far higher rate of
A. In 1925, while on a visit to immigration were permitted, the development
Palestine, the late Baron Edmund
de Rothschild said: "Far from me work necessary in all the new services, and
were the thoughts of an exodus of particularly in housing, in order to fit the coun-
all the Jews to Palestine. I thought try for the additional immigrants, would again
of the establishment only of a cen- create its own shortage of labor and a further
ter as important as possible, where
there would develop the Jewish rise in values. This problem of the vicious cir-
genius and the great intellectual cle is not nese. It is strongly accentuated in
culture of our people."
Palestine only because of the small area which
• • e
is subject to such intensive development. The
Q. Have there been any other only solution is to increase the size of the area.
Jewish ambassadors to this country
It is impossible to diminish Jewry. Indeed, cur-
besides Lord Reading?—B. T. W.
A. The only other Jew to repre- rent European and world anti-Semitism is inten-
sent a foreign country in Washing. sifying the velocity and energy of Zionism.
ton was Paul May of Belgium. He
An increase in area is vital to the whole fu-
died in 1934. May was born in 1872
ture of Zionism, and suggestions have been made
and entered the diplomatic service
of Belgium at the age of 23. He that the increase should take place in Syria.
represented his country in Mexico, This would be disastrous. For centuries Jews
China, Sweden and Brazil and in have struggled under the disadvantage of mul-
1930 was appointed to this country.
tiple loyalties. To reintroduce this problem to
May was an orthodox Jew.
Eretz Israel would be a terrible disservice.
• • •
The true, the right, and the only solution is
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form as a handy Jen 1.11 reference book.
the inclusion of Transjordan within the area
Place your order with roux local beck-
dealer or write the Oracle, ear, of The
of development. Ultimately this is inevitable.
Detroit jenish Chronicle.

The Mae West of Yesterday

One Hundred Years Ago Adah Isaac Menken
to Startle the Entertainment World

r ht, 1935, Seven Atm Fcatute

A Study in Charm

ORATE, A STITOY 191
By Rollin O. 1 ■ Rterwel.
G. P. (',,hoer'. Sons. 1 W 15th St,,
New York 75).

RED E ,', A

CHARM.

NOTE: (In the ocraoron of the lash annItentary of the birth of
Adah Inane Weaken, lOrnitni Polital recall* the turbulent career of the American
Jewi*h besot,. The, 'irome-tp-to-See-Oe-Stintr-Time-Gier or the Mrs was • nowt
intere9ting pornonall19, as you will discover when heading the article.

nd , .te

The title of Mr. Osterweiss'
story at once reveals the trib-
ute that is being paid to the
charming Philadelphia girl who
was the model for Rebecca of
Ivanhoe, who was one of the
foremost Jewesses in 18th and
19th century America Jewish
history and who was the found-
er of the Jewish Sunday School
movement in this country.
Charming and beautiful Re-
becca Gratz whose salon at-
tracted the leading American
personages is best revealed to
us through her letters, and Mr.
Osterweiss has drawn largely
upon them. Dr. David Philip-
son of Cincinnati has compiled
these letters in a book, "Let-
ters of Rebecca Gratz," pub-
lished by the Jewish Publica-
tion Society. In a foreword
to Osterweiss' story, Dr. Phil-
ipson states that "by weaving
into a charming, connected
story the outstanding incidents
in the life of this American
woman, whose charity knew no
creed and whose humanity was
all inclusive, the author has
produced a tale of absorbing
interest." Similarly commend-
atory is the introduction to this
biography by A. S. W. Rosen-
bach, eminent Jewish book col-
lector.
Emerging from this author's
pen is a most lovely picture
of the eminent Rebecca Gratz.
But the value of Osterweiss'
story is that it also recon-
structs the life of the entire
Gratz family. The business,
political, philanthropic and so-
cial activities of this impor-
tant Jewish family are de-
scribed. We are told of the
early successes of Michael
Gratz, father of Rebecca, and
his brother, Barnard, long be-
fore the birth of our heroine
in 1781.

In the Jewish section of the and flashing eyes.
Invitations
famous Pere Lachaise Cemetery poured in for her to play in every
in Paris there stands a granite city of America. Her fame also
spread to the Continent. During
column. One side bears the the 1860's there was scarcely a
words: "thou knowest," and its person who had not heard of her
other side the inscription: "Adah sensational performance in "Ma-
Isaac Menken, born in Louisiana, zeppa," in which she rode up a
United States of America, died mountain strapped to the back
in Paris, August 10, 1868." Un- of a white horse. In previous
der that slab of grey stone lie the performances of "Mazeppa" the
mortal remains of the first Amer- custom had been to use a man or
ican woman whom all Paris loved , a dummy in the thrilling horse-
the incomparable Adah Isaac leap scene, but Adah wanted the
Menken—dancer, actress, poet- sensation to be hers. In this
ess, sculptress and Jewess—a scene she wore tights, the first
magnetic and colorful personal- 1 woman in the history of the
ity who combined in herself the American stage to do so. The
talents of a Dorothy Parker, the effect on the public was startling.
bravado of a Mae West, the dar- She became the center of an in-
ing of an Amelia Earhart and I ternational controversy. Moralists
the physical attraction of a Peggy and puri^ta denounced her and
Hopkins Joyce. In her day, this demanded her arrest, while art
beautiful, exciting and brilliant lovers rallied to her support.
Learned to Road Hebrew
woman was the toast of two con-
tinents, but today, 100 years after
It was at this time that she
her birth, she is virtually un- married John C. Heenan, then the
known.
heavyweight champion of the
Born in New Orleans in 1835,
she was the oldest daughter of world. Later she also became the
an Irish immigrant merchant and wife of Orpheus C. Keer, the
his Creole wife. Christened Do- satirist of the Civil War, and
lores Adelaide McCord, she was James Barclay, California ship-
something of a child prqdigy. Be- ping magnate and Wall Street
fore she was nine she knew Latin, promoter. But none of her mar-
English, French and Spanish, riages equalled in happiness her
and when she was 12 had trans- days with Menken. To her short-
planted the Iliad into French. lived life with the Jewish musi-
Schooled in the dance, her grace cian is traceable her ardent Ju-
and beauty won her a stage en- daism as well as her literary fer-
gagement in a dancing act at the vor. When Nathan Rothschild
French Opera House at New Or- was admitted to the British
leans. Still in her teens, she ap- House of Commons, she wrote a
peared with her sister, Josephine, famous article which was trans-
under the name of Bertha Theo- lated into several languages.
dore. Leaving the theater for a Rothschild thanked her and pro-
while, she went to work as an : claimed her "the inspired Deb-
English and Spanish teacher in ' orah of her race." Dabbling in
a girls' school. Teaching was ' verse as a young girl, she re-
dull business to her and in 1852 vealed herself to be a poetess of
she joined a "traveling hippo- genuine talent. She was a fre-
drome" and became a proficient quent contributor to the Ameri-
equestrienne. Adah soon tired can Israelite and corresponded
of being • circus performer, and , with many of the great and near
in 1853 she appeared as premiere great of her time. Adah Men-
danseuse at the opera house in ken the poet and literary figure
Mexico City. On her way back glowed as brilliantly as Adah
to the United States she spent Menken the actress. She also
some time at Liberty, Texas, learned to read Hebrew and tried
editing a weekly newspaper. her hand at sculpture. In every
There she wan captured by In- city that she played she was idol-
dians, escaping death by a ruse. ! ized. When she came to Dayton,
1 Ohio, she was named captain of
Embraced Judaism
When she was 21 she met Al- the light guard. In San Francis-
Rebecca, one of 10 children,
gold miners tossed thou-
exander Isaac Mention, a devout , co the of
dollars worth of gold is described as a person of un-
Jewish musician and merchant , sands
onto the stage after her per- usual physical beauty, possess-
from Nashville. They fell des- , dust
perately in love and were mar- formance of "Mazeppa."
ing great charm and a noble
When
she arrived in London character. Interwoven in a
ried in Galveston April 3, 1856.
Adah publicly embraced Judaism she was received not only as a description of this fine person
and although she was later di- great actress but also for the stir
vorced from Mention, never aban- 'she had made in the literary Cir. is the story of her refusal to
doned her Judaism. It was then clas of the time. Swinburne de- marry her devoted lover, Sam-
that she adopted the name Adah scribed her as "the world's de- uel Ewing, a non-Jew; her
IOW Menken, a name which sub- light." Dickens was proud to
friendship of many years'
sequently brought her the title have one of her poems dedicated
of "the divine Jewess." Marital to him. To her London apart- standing with Washington Irv-
ments
came
Dickens
and
Charles
I
ing, as well as with the latter's
ties began to bore her before
long and she permitted a quarrel Roade. In Paris her admirers fiancee whose untimely death
with her husband over her taste included Dumas Pere and Gaud left a deep mark of sadness;
for cigarettes to break up their tier. In America she was an in-
marriage. After her divorce she timate of Mark Twain and Jos- , her philanthropies and her so-
(juin Miller. Legend has it that ' cial activities which drew the
never saw Menken again.
Soon after she made her debut she was the mistress of both Du- leading men of the time to her
as an actress in Milman's trag. mas and Swinburne, but this is salon.
edy, "Fazio," in New Orleans. only one of the malicious tales
Later she played with a Shakes- spread about the woman who
pearean troupe, supporting the brought kings. poets, bankers LITERARY SHAVINGS
famous tragedian, James Mur- ' and prize fighters under her ir-
doch, and also appeared in Ha- resistible spell. Although Vic-
Gilbert Seldes has turned over
vana. Although her acting re- torian London was outraged by
ceived increasingly impressive no. her so-called indency, all Lon- to Bobbs-Merrill Co. the manu-
tires. she did not really ret warm don streamed over Westminster script of his latest work, "The I
praise as an actress until she ap• Bridge to see her. Despite the Freedom of the Press."
I poured in Albany on Juue 7, abuse of prudish London, she had
1861, in a revival of "Mazeppa." long and repeated runs there as
Emil Ludwig's next book will
Instantly she was ■ success. well as in Paris and Vienna. Call- be a biography of Masaryk to be
Critics raved over her pale ing herself. the "Royal Bengal called "Defender of Democracy"
beauty, her form, her dark hair I (masse Tt:1194 TO NEXT PAGE )
which McBride will publish.

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JEWISH ELECTIONS
That small historic river, the Jordan, cannot
Max Reinhardt for the first time
forever be the barrier between abounding pros-
in his life travelled by air from
perity and the penury and privation with which
Holywood to New York only be-
the population of Transjordan is afflicted. I cause he did not want to disappoint
Prof. Albert Einstein who had come
see clearly the political difficulties which affect specially to New York to be pres-
this solution, but remain convinced that these
ent at a Reinhardt luncheon .
Meyer W. Weisgal, producer, was
will give way before economic necessity. As
the fellow who got Reinhardt to
and when this solution becomes effective the
break his life-long rule, an achieve-
whole Zionist picture will change.
ment which the friends of Rein-
There will be the advantages offered by an hardt consider a miracle. . . At
entirely different area of immigration; an outlet the recent elections for the World
for the millions of pounds still awaiting pro- Zionist Congress the employees of
the Z. 0. A. in New York voted
ductive investment; and elbow room for both almost
unanimously for the Labor
Arab and JeW. There will be an area of land ticket . . , In one New Jersey
Zionist district 80 per cent of the
to be brought into fruitful cultivation which will
require the outlay of the energy and ability, and Hadassah women also voted for
the Labor ticket and two Iladas-
the capital, of one, if not two, generations.
sahites cast Mizrachi ballots .. .
The political future of such an area is a Ludwig Lewisohn, who is a staunch
matter of outstanding importance, both to the believer in "Zionism above parties,'
British nation—who have given much to Pales- was responsible for the 58 to I vote
in Burlington, Vermont, in favor
tine and much to Jewry—to the Arab population of
the General Zionists . . And
of Palestine and Transjordan, who have so much
you want to get an idea as to
to gain, and, above all, to the Jews, to whom it
what General Zionists think about
Group B sponsoring the Revision-
means freedom and salvation, as opposed to the
principles look at the election
ever-recurring risk of misery and oppression in ist
results . • . Ticket No. 4 (Jewish
some of the countries in which they now dwell.
State Party) got less than 500
There is only one organization capable of votes ... .
handling such a situation. Jewry has seen many
Does France love Hitler? . .
Empires come and go, and the rise and fall of Just listen to this: ... Albert l'it-
ois, French newspaperman, is a
great nations. But until the development of
perfect physical double for Hitler
the British Empire no system has existed which . . . The other day Pitois strolled
could give freedom with protection, command down the Promenade des Anglais at
loyalty without oppression, and prize honor Nice where many German Jewish
exiles are recuperating from Nazi
based upon mutual respect.
concentration camps . . . In no
Transjordan must ultimately, through sheer time a screaming mob formed and
economic necessity, be included in the area now a whole legion of French boys and
girls attacked fit Pitois, convinced
being reborn and which can be made happy and
Herr Hitler had come to Nice
free, as a self-governing institution within the that
incognito .--.. The police finally res-
wide and generous embrace of the British Em- cued the unfortunate Frenchman
pire.
. P. S.: M. Pitois has decided
The League of Nations could not object to to cut off his mustache....
a suggestion which is in full accord with the MATRIMONIAL "BLISS"
Adrienne Matzenauer of the
spirit of the system of mandates, and it is highly
famous operatic Matzenauer fam-
unlikely that any other nation would view such
ily, has been secretly married to
a natural development with an unfriendly eye.
(Mean TURN TO NEXT PAGE)

Author of Biography of Rebecca
Was Born
Gratz Thus Describes the
Heroine of "Ivanhoe

By BERNARD POSTAL

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

(Cop) right, 1935, by • A.

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Makers of German Surgical Instruments
Fail in Effort to Recapture U. S. Trade

The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi
League to Champion Human
Rights, Inc., of 729 Seventh Ave.,
New York, reports among others
the following interesting develop-
ments as the result of its boy-
cott activities.
With the inception of the boy-
cott against German goods, one
of the first industries affected
were surgical instruments. For
some years past American makers
had been supplying this market
with such articles as could be
produced by mass production
methods. But for the finer in-
struments into whose cost highly
skilled hand labor was the major
factor, the Germans had almost
a monopoly. Their lower labor
costs permitted them to sell the
finer instruments at far less than
American prices, despite an al-
most prohibitive duty. Once the
boycott became effective the
American manufacturers attempt-
ed to replace all German products
and they were to a large extent
successful. But many items
simply could not be made in this
country at anywhere near their
former cost. To cope with this
situation some of the largest
surgical instrument importers
turned to other sources of sup-
ply to take the place of the Ger-
man instruments which they were
loathe to handle and which both
the trade and the medical pro-
fession were refusing to buy.
Finally after much effort such
• source was found in Japan.
Ever on the alert, the Japanese
manufacturers improved the qual-
ity of their products until today

they are equal in every way to
the German. And, even more
interesting, they were able to
sell their instruments for even
less than the German prices.
Naturally, the German manufac-
turers and the German connected
importing houses became alarmed.
Their trade was slipping away
fast. Doctors and hospitals were
turning to American and Japan-
ese supplies.
Something had to be done and
as they did not dare come out in
the open with a campaign against
American manufacturers, they
evolved a typical plan of Ger-
man trade strategy. They start-
ed a fight against the Japanese
competition. Not in their own
name, of course, but working
through a trade association they
called for a boycott against Jap-
anese instruments as menacing
the American industry! They
could not attack the quality of
the Japanese productions. That
would have been too obviously
false. But they could and did
suggest that the low prices of
the Japanese manufacturers
would result in damaging the
American makers. They waved
their flag, they set up a hullabo,
aided thereby by a handful of
American manufacturers acting
as their cats-paws.
Fortunately, this pretty little
scheme has failed. Brought to
light by active supporters of the
boycott, it was checked at its in-
ception. Hospitals and the pro-
fession generally were informed
of the true facts of the situation
and the German scheme to re-
capture their lost market has
fizzled like a damp squib.

Lost Relatives Are Traced by
International Service of has

There is still no cessation of
The other case is the finding
the work of the Hebrew Shelter- in the Bronx of a son of Jacob
Sturman
of Buenos Aires, Ar-
ing and Immigrant Aid Society
who have not heard from
(HIAS) 425 Lafayette St., New gentine,
each other for 20 years. The
York City, in bringing together father was getting on in years
units of families that have been and his one great desire was Is
disrupted. One of the tragic re- learn of the whereabouts of his
before it was too late. All he
sults of the wanderings of Jews son
knew was that his boy was some-
intensified by the conditions aris- wheres in the United States.
ing during and after the war is Friends sympathizing with the old
that members of thousands of man
him to call at the
Jewish families became separated, HIAS advised
- ICA office in Buenos
losing all trace of one another. Aires, which he did. The few
They come to HMS offices in all facts obtained from him were }C-
parts of the world with appeals loyed to HIAS, New York. Lands-
to locate the whereabouts of manschaft organizations were
these lost relatives. The follow- contacted with the happy re,ult
ing are two typical cases, one as stated above.
originating in Harbin, China, and
•
the other in Buenos Aires, Ar-
g entine, in which places the Jewish Marriage Ceremony
H ias-Ica Emigration Association
(HICEM) maintains offices.
• The Jewish marriage is a sol-
Rifka Abramovna Machnoveky
was left an orphan when quite emn consecration as well as
young and, being the oldest in joyous ceremony. The Hebrew
the family, looked after her name for the ceremony is -con-
younger brothers and sisters. All secration," and both bride and
but Rifka were subsequently
brought to America by relatives. groom come to the ceremony
Rifka remained in the old counJ fasting, in symbol of self.punh -
try and became an actress. In r cation. The bride is veiled, as
travelling about - with the com- Rebecca veiled herself when the
pany, she lost track of her near
,
ones. She had married in the met Isaac. A canopy is required
meanwhile and at the time of to suggest the ancient palanquin
Gen. Denikin's pogrom in 1890, of the bridal procession. Bride
her husband and children were and groom taste of the sacramen -
massacred. At the beginning of
this year Rifles was in Vladivos- tal wine "which rejoices the heart
tok on her way back to Moscow of man." The bridegroom Wes
and whilst in the former city ap- the bride a ring as he tsars the
pealed to the HIAS-ICA Bureau words of betrothal: "Behold ,
in Harbin to try and find her thou art consecrated to me by
relatives in America. Harbin im- this ring, according to the law
mediately• wrote to HIAS, New of Moses and of Israel." The
York, The HIAS machinery here ancient form of marriage con -
was put into operation with the tract is then read, seven bless -
result that after 30 years separa- ings are chanted over the bride
tion the brothers and sisters who and groom, and •the ceremony
have Americanized their names closes with the smashing of
were located and the family re- glen as a reminder of the suf-
united.
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