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Sabbath Readings of the Torah

Pentateuchal portion—Num. 30:2-36:13
Prophetical portion—Jer. 2 :4-28 ; 3:4

Rook Closksh Ab Reading of the Torah
Mowday, July 20

Nun. 28:1-115

his 17, 1936

Tammuz 27, 5696

Conscientious Objection

Even ethical matters evidently are rela-
tive. In Palestine Jews protest that they
-'do not desire Englishmen to shed their
blood in defense of Jewish colonies, and
therefore demand mobilization of young
Jews for self-defense. In Germany Jews
have protested against being barred from
army service. But in this country, Reform
rabbis, meeting in convention recently at
Cape May, N. J., declared that "conscien-
tious objection to military service is in ac-
cordance with the highest interpretation
of Judaism,"and called upon the United
States Government to grant Jewish reli-
gious conscientious objectors to war the
same exemption from military service as
has long been granted to members of the
Society of Friends and similar religious
organizations."
More than once, and this time too, we
have admired the "spunk" of Reform rab-
bis. It takes a great deal of "guts," to
resort to the vernacular, to make such
pleas to our government and to ask for
exemptive rules for our conscientious ob-
jectors. But more than once we have felt
that these rabbis were wrong, and we be-
lieve that they are especially wrong at this
time. In the first place, they had no busi-
ness to speak for the entire Jewish peo-
ple. Their resolution makes a plea as if
it were expressing all-Jewish opinion.
Secondly, there is danger in this action
because it is so easy to prove that too
many pages in Jewish history are replete
with war cries sounded by our ancestors
against their adversaries.
Had the Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis adopted a resolution which
would in strong terms advocate a pacifistic
attitude on the part of our government
and would in general urge that conscien-
tious objectors of all religious denomina-
tions be granted exemptions during war,
we would deem such action practical. But
the demand as incorporated in the Cape
May resolution appears to segregate Jews
as a group and to excuse them even from
self-defensive action in the event of war.
We are inclined to believe that the vast
majority of our people feels that we
should be prepared to share all responsi-
bilities of citizenship even if it should be
necessary to sacrifice our pacifism. It is
one thing to fight for peace, but it is an-
other matter to ask for special privileges
for JOVE on a questionable interpretation
of Judaism. We believe that the Central
Conference has erred at Cape May.

The New Zionist President

Dr. Stephtn S. Wise's selection as presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica will be welcomed by the Jews of this
country as an event that must bring much
good to the movement for Palestine's re-
construction as the Jewish National Home.
It is a source of great satisfaction to know
that his election is marked by a spirit of
unity, and that Morris Rothenberg, the
retiring president, remains a leading fac-
tor in the administration of the movement
in this country.
In a statement made in London, Dr.
Wise made it known that he is prepared
to devote himself wholeheartedly toward
the carrying into effect of numerous re-
forms, and to give of himself completely
for the advancement of Zionism. "I am
glad that all groups assented to adminis-
trative reforms, because radical reorgan-
ization is necessary," said Dr. Wise. add-
ing: "I will not be an honorary but a
real president I will give all the time
and strength at my disposal to the Zion-
ist cause. And I give assurance that mine
will be an uncompromising Zionist ad-
ministration not pro-Zionist or pro-Pal-
estine or pro-Agency, but Zionist." Ex-
pressing the hope that he will have the
,ipport of all groups, Dr. Wise declared
leis intention "to safeguard and strengthen
with maxignum support the Zionist ideal,
and to do everything in accordance with
the decision of the World Zionist Congress
held last summer in Lucerne, thus to
bring together all the different Zionist
factions in America into a united Zionist
organization which will transcend all
grou ps." Citing the experience of London
Zionists, Dr. Wise pointed out that "we
cannot afford to indulge in the luxury of
division, and that it is essential that we
have a broad and inspiring platform. I
shall do my utmost to win the masses of
American Jewry to the support of the
ideal and the practice of the Jewish Na-
tional Home in Palestine."
This i s a significant statement, and
those who know Dr. Wise's capacity for
work must realize that his pledge is tan-
tamoun t to certainty that we shall see
t wags accomplished during the com-
in unfortunate that there are
ing year- it as was evidenced at a re-
goggle,
here, who are prepared , at
ce nt z ieeting launch attaks
c upon Dr. Wise
f th e
e ma tt er is
any
time
reraeually.
The tru
that he is the outstanding Jewish leader

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Lights from
Shadowland

in America today, and his election to the
presidency of the Zionist movement must
bring great good to the Jewish national
movement.
The convention of the Zionist Organiza-
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
tion, held in Providence, R. 1., declared
Reproduction In part or whole forbid.
itself in favor of a number of important den. without pernilseion of the &oven
Arts Feature Syndicate, CopYrighters of
administrative reforms which should serve this
feature.
greatly to benefit the cause. Under the
(Copyright. 111311. & A. F. 8.)
joint leadership of Dr. Wise and Mr. Roth-
enberg Zionism should gain ground dur-
HOLLYWOOD,
Calif. — We
hear: The three Marx Bros. are
ing the coming year.

Continue Olympic Boycott!

Angriff, one of the leading Nazi organs,
has published an editorial call to all Nazis
to be prepared to act as hosts to guests
at the Olympic games. In its appeal to
"every German citizen" Angriff stated:

This Olympic Summer is a historic and un-
equaled opportunity to do away with all pre-
judices against the German nation, which is
no disturbingly capable. We must be more
charming that the Parisians, more easy-going
than the Viennese, more vivacious than the
Romans. more cosmopolitan than London and
more practical than New York.

The Nazi determination to capitalize on
the Olympics for the benefit of the Hitler
State is further expressed in the following
portion of an address delivered by Wal-
ther Funk, secretary of state in the Propa-
ganda Ministry, before the National Tour-
ist Association in Berlin:

The German hotelkeeper and the Ger-
man hotel employe, porter and chauffeur
represent in their dealings with foreigners
the National Socialist State. Under the di-
rection of the Propaganda Ministry there has
never before been developed a propaganda
campaign equal to that for the Olympic
Games. The principles of the propaganda are
furnished by the propaganda committee for
the Olympica group created by the Propa-
ganda Ministry.
The foreigner who comes to us shall
see the German people united under its leader,
Hitler. Tourism is an important weapon in
the struggle for the re-establishment of Ger-
many's world rank. Those who deal with
tourists have a significant political mission.
They must always be aware of the greatness
and significance of this mission and must
never forget that on them depends Germany's
reputation in the world.

It is clear that for the sake of props-
goads values persecution of Jews will
stop, a lively front will be presented and
the Nazis will be "charming," "easy-
going," "vivacious," "cosmopolitan," and
"practical."
But so far American public opinion has
known how to deal with such a front, and
the Olympic fund is short of its goal for
sending an American team to the Nazi
athletic fiasco. , Tradition for liberalism
continues to dominate the scene in this
country and it is possible that the Ameri-
can aggregation at the Berlin games will
be greatly curtailed. Unless Nazi funds
will be sent to cover the deficit, the cur-
tailment of the American team will be a
deserved rebuke to bigots. All libertar-
ians must continue the fight against the
Olympics by passing the word around not
to make any contributions to a fund which
will in the long run only serve as propa-
ganda material for Nazism.

A Mizrachi Founder Passes

The death in Haifa, Palestine, of Rabbi
Elias Inselbuch, formerly of Brooklyn,
serves to recall the early days of the
founding of the Mizrachi Orthodox Zion-
ist movement.
Rabbi Inselbuch stood in the vanguard
of pioneer Zionism, and together with
the late Rabbi Jacob Reines of Lida was
an organizer of Mizrachi. Throughout his
life he devoted himself wholeheartedly to
the cause of Israel's auto-emancipation,
and ended his days in the Land of Israel.
His name will be recorded among those in
the American rabbinate who gave their
best energies for the Jewish :- ..1ionai
cause.

To Become a Dictator—Be Lazy

Rudolph Hamich, plaintiff in a case in
a Vienna court charging a workman with
pocket-picking, said in the course of his
testimony: "Adolf Hitler was so lazy that
I parted company with him." The judge
had asked the witness how he lived and
he explained: "Nowadays, I live 1,y odd
jobs,•but there was a time when I did
much better. In 1909 and 1910 I was a
fellow-inmate of the almshouse for hard-
up workers in Briggetanau (a working-
class Vienna suburb) with Adolf Hitler,
and we entered a partnership. He painted
pictures and I peddled them around. He
made a specialty of Vienna views, Things
went well for a while, but then Hitler got
too lazy and did not give me enough pic-
tures, so I broke away from him and set
up on my own."
But while Hamich is totally unknown
and just one of the mass of humanity,
Hitler is dictator of Germany. The moral
might be: To become a dictator, be lazy.

The Fruits of Anti-Semitism

A report from Berlin states that the
Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden has
found it necessary to start additional
courses in Hebrew as a result of the in-
tense desire among German/Jews to know
the language. It is stated that more than
14,000 adults and young people are al-
ready enrolled in these classes.
It is evident that anti-Semitism not only
arouses race consciousness but also in-
creases interest in their own culture among
Jews affected by persecutions. But the
surprising thing is that although these ef-
fects of Jew-baiting are known throughout
the world they do not appear to influence
those communities where such ..prejudice
is only slightly felt.
The question must be asked: is this due
to our extreme confidence in the eventual
triumph of liberal principles, or is it in-
difference?

out at MGM daily rehearsing for
their new laugh film . . . Benny
Fields and Larry Adler have been
signed for specialty numbers in
"The Big Broadcast of 1937."
Fields has made a sensational re-
turn to stardom on the stage, and
is now in constant demand by pro-
ducers. Adler is known as the
world's leading harmonica player,
and recently returned from a
European tour during which he
received an honorary decoration
from the King of Sweden.
Otto Klemperer, noted orchestra
conductor, believes that Harop
Marx's ability in music is as great
as his talent as a comedian, and
has invited Harpo to play the
harp with the Los Angeles Phil-
harmonic Orchestra at Hollywood
Bowl this Summer.
Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler will
close their Encino, Calif., home
and spend the rest of the summer
in the East. Jolson is "mayor" of
Encino, you know.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Hollywood celebrities and their
real names are listed in the Motion
Picture Almanac for all to read.
A brief glimpse at advance proofs
gives us the following: Ricardo
Cortez used to be Jack Krantz;
Ben Bernie—Benjamin Ansevitz;
the four Marx Brothers are really
Arthur, Julius, Leonard and Her-
bert; Al Jolson—Asa Yoelson; Ed
Wynn—Edward Leopold. Did you
know that the weekly payroll in
Hollwood's motion picture indus-
try totals $1,500,000; that 28,000
persons are given steady employ.
ment in the production of films,
besides 10,000 extras who are al-
ways available; and that 80,000,-
000 to 85,000,000 tickets for movie
theaters are purchased every
week in the U. S. and you are only
one of 11 potential occupants of
the seat to which the ticket entitles
you? Well, we didn't either, till
the Motion Picture Almanac's
statisticians informed us this week.

WORTH READING

(Copyright. MI. 8 A. F. 8 )

NOTE: Upton Sinclair, outstanding liberal and man of letters, received, the other
day, an eight-page folder headed with the words "This is worth reading." Fearless

PROVIDENTIALLY

writer that he Is, Mr. Sinclair exposes, for the benefit of the Seven Arts Feature
Syndicate and The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, this new evidence of race discrimination
by undercover organisations in this country.

Notwithstanding newspaper re-
ports, it was Louis Lipsky, and not
Morris Rothenberg, who insisted
on the reforms affecting paid
workers in the Zionist Organiza-
tion . . . This new ruling, which
disqualifies paid Zionist-UPA-JNE
workers from positions on the
Zionist governing bodies, will play
havoc with a number of distin-
guished individuals who have been
elected to executive posts and will
now have to choose between pres-
tige and finances . . . Harry J.
Kahn, nominated for the adminis-
trative committee, was challenged
because he holds a job with the
United Palestine Appeal ... Kahn
announced to the startled dele-
gates that he would immediately
resign his paid position with the
UPA . . . He forgot to mention
that his contract with the UPA
was expiring within four days ...
By actual count the delegates to
the convention were divided, on
the Rothenberg-Wise issue, by a
ratio of three to one in favor of
Wise ... The face of Rabbi Louis
I. Newman must be red now, for
he pooh-poohed Dr. Wise's candi-
dacy as a mere trick to embarrass
Rothenberg ... At one time Judge
4Villiam M. Lewis of Philadelphia
loomed as the dark horse of the
convention, because delegates were
becoming irritated at the pro-
longed caucus meetings of the
Wise and Rothenberg groups .. .
Ludwig Lewisohn is slated for an
important position in the new Zion-
ist administration ...
VIA SHORT WAVE
Lloyd's, famous British under-
writers, have instructed their
agents to accept no more riot
risks in Palestine . . . insurance
rates on Palestine property have
quadrupled in the last few weeks.
Old records found in the ar-
chives of the Nikolsberg, Czechos-
lovakia, Jewish community reveal
that the great-grandfather of the
late Lord Reading was born in
that town.
Premier Leon Blum lost most of
his personal fortune by coming to
the rescue of his three brothers,
who are in the silk business.
The only Jew in Storonoway, in
the Outer Hebrides Islands off the
coast of Scotland, does business
under the name of Alastair Mor
and is acclaimed as one of the
most popular citizens.

(Copyright, 1936. 8,ien Arts Feature Syndli ate)

The other day I received an envelope ad-
dressed in red ink, marked "personal and im-
portant." When I get a letter marked like that
I know that it is personal to the other fellow and
important to him, but never to me. This one I
found had no name, either inside or outside. It
was postmarked "Escanaba, Michigan." I learn
from the atlas that there are more than 13,000
persons in that town, so it would be quite a job
to find the writer.
It is an eight-page folder printed on brown
paper. Across the top is the statement "THIS
IS WORTH READING," and then comes the
heading: PROTOCOLS of the meetings of the
LEARNED ELDERS OF ZION.
Then comes the text, interspersed with run-
ning comments of some person unknown, and at
the bottom of the last page I learn that the
price of the document is $.50. From by ex-
perience with printing jobs, I should assume
that in quantities the folder can be produced for
half a cent. So you see somebody is making
a living. Who it is, we are not told. Nowhere
on the document is the name of any printer or
publisher.
Evidently the thing is being peddled around
by some secret organization; and it happens
that just at the time it came to me there burst
out in the newspapers an account of a nightmare
organization known as the "Black Legion," which
had just murdered a man for attempting to
withdraw from it. There are said to be about
135,000 members of this Black Legion in the
State of Michigan, and undoubtedly there are
some of them among the 13,000 inhabitants of
Escanaba, Michigan.

"The Protocols"

Cultural Work of J. D.

—

A Wietched Fraud

C.

in Poland

By 1. M. NEUMAN
Editor of the HAINT of Warsaw, Poland

One can learn much about the
state of health of Jewish children
from the letters received by the
office of the .1. D. C. in Warsaw.
Urgent calls to send certain fats
for children, whose state of health
is in danger, come frequently frorn
schools in many towns.
I often heard Americans, who
were visiting Poland, ask why the
Jews should have their special
schools. Why must the J. D. C.
provide for them? Why do not the
Jewish children go to the public
schools, maintained by the Polish
government?
These questions are probably
correct in principle, judging from

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

EDITOR'S

It appears that this nightmare organization
is formed for the purpose of opposing Jews,
Once again Hollywood's leading Negroes, Catholics and Communists, and since it
lights will show their skill at base- works by terrorism and in the dark, it is to be
ball when they compete against expected that its literature would bear no means
each other in a big benefit at of identification, and that persons who mail it
Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, on
over the country would put no return address
July 18, for Mt. Sinai Home for
on their envelopes.
Chronic Invalids. As last Summer,
one team will consist of comedians
I do not work in the dark, and I put a re-
and the opposing nine of Leading turn address on my envelopes, and I put the
Men. A howling funfest is in store
publisher's name on the literature which I send
for the thousands expected to wit-
ness this unique charity event. out.. What I have to say about the "Protocols
Harry Ruby informs us that Eddie of the Learned Elders of Zion" I say here, in a
Cantor will captain the Comedians,
publication which also bears the names of its
whose line-up will include, among
others, Jack Benny, George Jessel, editors and responsible agents.
These "Protocols" are a wretched fraud
the Marx Brothers, George Burns
and Sid Silver. Ruby hopes to get which was contrived by some of the Tzar propa-
Clark Gable to captain the Leading gandists of old Russia, to stimulate pogroms for
Men's Nine, which will take field
with stars as Bing Crosby, Lew the same reason that the Fascists of Germany
Ayres, George Raft, Dick Powell and the anti-Semites of America stimulate them
and others. What a field day for I —in order to distract the attention of people's
the autograph seekers!
minds from their economic troubles, and lead
Who is the promoter behind this them off on a false scents • The origin of these
huge undertaking? None other
than Yasha Frank, who staged "Protocols" has been fully investigate and es-
last year's ball game so remark- tablished in a book which anybody can read in
the public library, entitled "The Truth About
ably well. He deserves a big hand
for getting so many stars to do the Protocols of Zion," by Herman Bernstein,
their bit for a Jewish charity— published by Covici Friede, New York City.
and for creating no much new
There is no more vile and stupid notion
business for liniment salesmen and
now circulated in America than the notion that
first-aid kits.

Lack School Accommodations

Tidbits from Everywhere

By UPTON SINCLAIR

HOLLYWOOD STARS
PLAY BALL

The cultural work of the Joint
Distribution Committee in Poland
is but a small part of its general
activities. There is a rooted opin-
ion that bread for the poor, or aid
for the store-keeper, must come
`-tore the education of the child.
But Jewish schools in Poland, in
addition to their educational func-
tions, performs the function of
feeding and clothing the children.
Customarily children consider
school as a burden and they are
happy when school closes. In Po-
land it is different. The Jewish
children remain at school much
longer than school regulations
prescribe. The child comes from a
poor home, either in a basement,
or ina garret. Often eight persons
sleep in one room. A single bed
for • child is considered a luxury,
and not everyone can afford such
luxuries. During the winter the
dwellings remain unheated. For a
child as poor as this, the permis-
sion to remain in a school that has
light, clean rooms is a great privi-
lege. The child is also fed at school.
Very often the J. D. C. money as-
signed to • school is used directly
to feed the children. Local com-
mittees in Poland are also con-
cerned with providing food for the
children. It is cusomary too for
wealthy high school students to
send in food for the poor children
in the elementary public schools.
Each bite of bread is actually di-
vided. It often happens, that •
poor child has not the heart to eat
the entire roll given to him and
hide, one-half of it to bring home
to his sick mother.
Then too, a child that goes to
school is under the medical super-
vision of the school doctor. The
number of anemic tubercular chil-
dren among the Jews is very large.

Strictly
Confidential

American standards, but one must
know the situation in Poland in
order to understand why the Jews
in Poland must maintain their own
schools. I will attempt to clarify
this matter.
There is a law in Poland to pro-
vide free education for all chil-
dren. Parents are fined for keep-
ing their children out of school.
School is compulsory, but actually
there arc a million children in Po-
land, who can't be accommodated
in the available schools because of
the lack of both buildings and
money. It is therefore quite nat-
ural that large numbers of Polish
Catholic children cannot be accom-
modated in the schools and it
stands to reason that Jewish chil-
dren will certainly Be affected by
these difficulties.
Besides, the Polish schools are
Catholic. And it is rather difficult
to house non-Jewish and Jewish
children under one roof, especially
in the smaller towns. The Jews in
Poland are religious and observant
to a great extent. Parents do not
wish to educate their children in
the Polish Catholic spirit, but
rather to educate them so that
they will gain an understanding of
Jewish history and become more
closely bound to Jewry.

Jewish Teachers Displaced

For a time the Polish govern-
ment established the so-called Jew-
ish Sabbath Schools. These schools
were not Catholic, being wholly &R-
eigned to Jews. The language used
was Polish, but the schools were
closed on Saturdays. Jewish reli-
gious teachings were included in
the curriculum. The teachers were
Jews.
Many Jews were not very happy
over these schools because neither
Yiddish nor Hebrew was taught.
Judaism received very little at-
tention. Nevertheless the Jewish
masses gladly sent their children
to these schools because they were
maintained by the government and
were tuition free.
People believed that these schools
would grow. But the reality;
proved otherwise. The schools are
decreasing. The Jewish teachers ,
are being replaced by Polish I
Catholic teachers.
Years ago the idea prevailed
that if the Jews would assimilate,
their political status would Im-
prove greatly. Now It Is obvious
that great sections of Polish so-
ciety are opposed to this idea. Tbel

MIA. TEEN TO NEXT PAESI I

the Jews are to blame for our present-day
troubles. The Jews have their faults, like the
other races and groups of human beings have.
And like all other races and groups of human
beings, they have their heroes and their saints,
and their great minds. I mention Albert EM-
stein, and I might mention a hundred others.
There are Jewish bankers, of Course, but
they are not a bit more greedy than the Gentile
bankers, and if anybody doubts that, let him
read the book "Upton Sinclair Presents William
Fox."
It is true that there are Jews in the New
Deal administration, and maybe some of them
are giving the president bad advice. But they
are not giving any worse advice than many Gen-
tiles whom I could name.
Neither is it true that our troubles are all
due to the Negroes or to the Catholics or to
the Communists. The Negroes were brought to
America against their will, and they are not to
blame for what has been done to them.

Must Establish Justice and Tell Truth

The Catholic doctrine of a fixed revela-
tion seems to me a greater barrier to human
progress, but we can overcome that barrier by
rational argument, and we do not have to re-
sort to tarring and feathering, nor to circulating
anonymous lies.
Likewise, I think that the Communist idea
of a dictatorship in America is a blunder. But the
way to meet that is a very simple one—by es-
tablishing justice in America, and telling the
truth while we are doing it.
So much for race prejudice and religious
prejudice. People are born Jews and they cannot
help it. Many are born Catholics and it is hard
for them to help that. The thing to do is to
tell them the facts, and explain our troubles,
and lead people's minds out of darkness and
confusion.
Take Father Coughlin, for example. Ile is
not confused because he is a Catholic, but be-
cause the American people are confused and do
not understand the part that our money system
plays in perpetuating poverty. I see that Father
Coughlin is now out against Roosevent, saying
that Roosevelt's policies are leading to infla-
tion and Socialism. And yet, Father Coughlin
himself has been demanding inflation ever since
he began talking over the radio! I am afraid
Father Coughlin is going to be rather lonely
during this election campaign!
Also, I see that Professor Moley has come
out against the President and his policies, and in
favor of big business and its American Liberty
League. I do not happen to know whether Ray-
mond Moley is a Jew, but I hope not, because
I wan to jump on him hard! In my book telling
the story of the EPIC campaign in California,
I said that Professor Moley in his comments
on EPIC had shown himself "at once ignorant
and bigoted." I congratulate President Roose-
vent upon having dispensed with the advice of
Professor , Moley. If we can get all the reac-
tionary minds out of the administration, we may
see the New Deal really beginning to count for
something.

IF I WERE THE
ZIONIST LEADER

By AL SEGAL

I am a mere Ignoramus In the
politics of Palestine, and re-
yard me as one who can be no
more than an outsider looking
In.
As a humble outsider look-
lag In, I am distressed to we
Jews perishing on the threshold
if the ancestral home. I see
ITIAAInt TTRYI TO NEXT PAM

POTPOURRI

The executive secretary of a
leading anti-Nazi organization
will soon be looking for a new Job.
Readers of the staid New York
Herald-Tribune gasped in surprise
on July 7 when they saw a line of
Yiddish type in the middle of a
column story on the 76th birthday
of Abraham Cahan, editor of the
Jewish Daily Forward . . . The
Yiddish slug contained the name
of John Daniel O'Reilly, the re-
porter who interviewed Cahan.
Prof. Jekuthiel Ginsburg, fa-
mous mathematician and member
of the Yeshiva College faculty, has
taken a unique means of showing
his gratitude to David Freedman,
gag writer for his aid in running
a benefit show for Scripts Mathe-
matics, which Prof. Ginsburg edits
. . . His new book, which will at-
tempt to popularize calculus among
laymen, will have Freedman's son
as collaborator.

Artists - Awake and Sing

The Golden Age of American Culture

By FANNIE HURST

(Copyright, 1936, 8. A. F. 8 )

I get a great deal of pain
from reading what Zionist
leaders say from time to time
about the tragic events in Pal-
estine.
They make a sound as of
saber-rattlers. Certainly they
are not behaving like the sons
of prophets when they say tru-
culently: "Nothing can stop us
in Palestine. Immigration into
Palestine shall go on. We shall
continue to acquire land in Pal-
estine. The Balfour Declara-
tion shall be fulfilled."
This is not merely an af-
front to peace in Palestine.
Their brash words serve as a
rallying cry, and only several
weeks ago 500 Jews of Poland
fared forth at one time for a
pilgrimage to Jerusalem. One
thinks of the rapt children of
the crusades who at the call of
priests and monks took up the
road to Jerusalem to redeem
the holy sepulchre, and came
only to death.
Isn't it about time to ask:
"Where are we going? And is
it homeland where the return-
ing wanderer trembles under
the shadow of guns? And by
what means can we have peace,
or an armistice at least? For
this is war."
And Israel is no warrior, no
bomb-thrower, no machine-gun-
ner. It Is becoming to him that
he in his own land shall ful-
fill his role as prophet of peace.
• • •
I am writing as no politician
or statesman in Zion; and, In-
deed, some of my friends say

SPEAKING

EDITOR'S NOTE:

America's distinguished novelist her e hail s , in
an impacsionate article, the help given by our government

to the thousands of starving artists, writers, musicians, actors
and painter.. Miss Hurst believes that the "various Federal
cultural projects revive hope, ambition and inspirational fey..

vor in the various arts."

The silver lining to the present tables, contribute conspicuously to
depression has been a long time the development of a civilization.
showing itself, but finally it is be-
Make no mistake, this present
ginning to gleam through the
has proved, is
banked clouds of our troubled Administration
horizon. Men and women who have proving itself and will doubtless
continue
to
prove
itself alertly
had their pens, brushes, 'scalpels,
musical instruments, masks and aware of the importance of this
kind
of
mental
vitality
which re-
hands into desuetude are being
sides behind the frontal bone. Do
wigs rudely struck from their not
forget
that
for
years
Amer-
enabled, by the paternalism of the
sculptors, actors, authors,
Federal cultural projects, to re- ican
painters, men and women in the
vive hope, ambition and inrpira- vocational arts, have been practi-
tional fervor in their various arts. cally starving to death. When the
Throughout the United States of wheels of Industry slowed down,
America the government Is help- the wheels of the arts stopped. The
ing to make possible the renas- Administration's measures to meet
cence of the Theater. No one who this paralysis have been challeng-
has watched, with sickness of ing.
spirit, the spectacle of this noble
Painters have been put to work,
institution succumbing to such in- sculptors, designers, etchers, water
roads an the depression, the mo- colorists, photographers. Public
tion picture, the radio and what- buildings are simultaneously be-
not, can fail to thrill to this sud- coming the beneficiaries of the de-
den vitalizing of the fainting art pression and of the latest talent
of the spoken drama.
of the nation.
If the so-called depression had
Murals and friezes, the result
developed nothing more than this of WPA Federal Projects, relate
one streak of silver lining to the their narratives not only in stone,
dark clouds, then It would not have but in symbolism. They Symbolize
been all in vain. There is no tell- the nation's call to art.
ing to what this renascence of the
Writers cannot so easily be regi-
Drama may lead. Out of such stuff mented. But as stop-gap thousands
may concqvably be born the ulti- of authors are being assigned to
mate drama of the subsidized catalogic or research work; corn-
Theater.
pilation of guide books and tasks
In New York City, In smaller of at least a compatible nature.
cities, In towns, village. and even whereby Is accomplished the dual
hamlets we have evidence of the purpose of tiding over and keep-
new-born vitality. Thanks to the ing the mental engine lubricated.
governmental leg-up, thousands of
of Musle &MVOS
Only first-hand research into
unemployed actors, playwrights
and ceuntless persem ■ connected appalling conditions could properly
with the
ea er In various caps- e nable the average person to
: cities are none more climbing realize the amount of secret suf-
aboard the lugger, with resulting fering that has been endured
performs:wee In stimulating that among musicians during the period
I critics and public alike have their of economic slump. Paradoxically
ears reeked for what new and next enough, that highly inarticulate
I In this adventurous young enter- group artists, the musicians and
, prise, the WPA Theater move writers, went down most silently
of all to their severe punishment,
mint.
enduring, even starving, rather
Alert Asledoistratle a
than let their predicaments become
Man may not be able to live by known to the routine pellet Awn-

his cultural development alone, but cies.
there Is no doubt that It is the
At the providential lifting A the
natural vitamins which, even as WPA baton, concerts, 1
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