April 2, 1937

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TALMUDIC TALES!

SELLIGMAN AND LEIDER

Strictly
Confidential

•
By DAVID MORANTZ
Tidbits from Everywhere
The mere knowledge of who these men are
Posed
open
the
ancient
leered.
cad
who chance to po the pitiful outward
By PHINEAS J. B1RON
philosophy
hound
In
the
Talmud
,
tato. as Beyond-elute P•ltOT larch II, 19111, et the Prot-
power to deprive me of my German birth-
folklore of the Jewish IrooPle.
lilt
sta. st Detroit. Mich., alder the at of Marsh
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right suffices to make their act appear in all
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its absurdity. I, forsooth, am supposed to
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anti-Nazi boycott movement Sol
them!
They
have
the
incredible
effrontery
to
Imam Oak.
M.
Stroock t chairman of the execu.
A wealthy land owner once em-
confuse themselves with Germany. The time
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
(Copyright. 1917, Sewn Arts Feature Illyndirst.),
tive committee of the American
ployed a large number of men to
is not for off, perhaps, when it will be of
Jewish
Committee; Edward S.
fill up a large ravine on his estate.
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Greenbaum, also active in the com-
One of the workmen, on look-
to be confused with them!
To (nitre publiestl., all correspoodence ad roe Nutt*.
mittee;
Robert
Lehman, nephew of
speeches were but like feeble gusts of wind on
This is written to the memory of Joseph Sellig-
ing into the vast depths of the
To whet • state, in less than four years,
must reach thi• office be Tuesday •Teeing a each week.
Governor Herbert Lehman; and
ravine, said:
the way of the war-makers.
man, Jr., of Louisville and Ben Leider of New
When rotating setae. kindly nee one side of the maw WY
have they brought Germany? Ruined, sucked
Mrs. Otto H. Kahn .. . The sta-
"This is so deep, we shall never
It was no boyish quest for adventure that tionery on which the Non-Secta.
York, both dead on the field of battle in Spain.
dry body and soul by armaments with which
be able to fill it." So he gave up
1 be Detroit Jenteb Chronicle NOWo eorrespondeseo on ra ► -
they threaten the whole world; holding up the
finally sent him to fight and to die, if it came to elan Anti-Nazi League announces
tb. Jewish people, bet disclaim. responsi-
They gave their lives for ideas which people
to
Wets of I
the
task.
whole world and hindering it in its real task
bility for an Indontosent of the •l.. expres.4 by tb. writers
its benefit concert at Carnegie
However, the other said: "It like me only write about or grow hot about in that; no Boy Scout's inspiration of valor.
of peace; loved by nobody, regarded with fear
matters not how deep it is. We the comfort 'of their living rooms with whiskey
"Ile went to Spain because he could not do Hall on April 27 lists these people
Readings of the Law for Eighth Day of Passover,
ion by all, it stands en the
and
cold
should be happy to have honest and soda. I have just received a note inviting otherwise under the compulsion of a faith that a among the sponsors . . . Inciden-
Saturday, April 3
brink of economic catastrophe, while its
tally, whoever got up that station-
and useful work to do and by per-
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 15:19-16:17; Num.
"enemies" stretch" out their hands in alarm
servance we shall eventually be me to be at the Y. M. C. A. next Tuesday evening world dominated by Fascism was unfit to live in," ery pulled two boners . . . It has
28:19-25.
to snatch back from the abyss so important
no union label and it includes the
a
friend
of
his
writes
me
...
"He
would
shrink
able to fill it."
for supper and conversation about Spain.
Prophetical portion—Is. 10:32-12:6.
• member of the future Commonwealth of
Says the Talmud further on the
at the thought that he might be painted in heroic name of a dead man as a sponsor,
— —
I know what I shall do there if I go. I shall
Nations;
to
help
it,
if
only
it
will
come
to
its
the late Congressman James Beck
Nisan 21, 5697
subject:
April 2, 1937
senses and try to understand the real needs
of Pennsylvania .
"If thou art engaged by the speak with bravest words: "This is our struggle mold."
There
-was
no
alternative
for
his
intellectual
of the world at this hour instead of dreaming
The American Legion is help-
day, do thy' work to the best of . . . yours and mine," and my eyes shall glow
about mythical "sacred necessities."
thy ability and think of naught with valor for liberty and democracy. But I integrity. Young men of Spain who carried his ing the Jewish War Veterans or-
Yes, after all it must be helped by those
else."
ideals were dying for them. Arrogance was ganize new posts ... Commander-
ought to feel like a pusilanimous fellow, indeed,
in-Chief Harry W. Colmery has
"The dignity of labor is great.
Fully cognizant of the fact that Dr.
whom it impedes and menaces, that it may not
marching in the world and there were thousands
in the presence of these sainted boys.
furnished C. I. C. Schaffer of the
It honors man."
drag down the rest of the continent and un-
Stephen S. Wise had the distinction of
in
Spain
who
considered
that
to
give
up
life
was
J. W. V. with the names of many
While you and I were giving out hot words
"There can be no indignity in
chain the way upon which, as the ultima ratio,
being the first leader to be awarded the
earning an honest wage, what- against France, Hitler and Mussolini, Selligman
lees than to give up liberty; to die was to suffer prominent Jewish vets who would
It keeps its eyes ever fixed. The mature and
be interested in forming new posts.
Gottheii Medal, annually given by Zeta
ever the work may be."
cultured States—by which I mean those who
less than to live by decrees of dictators.
left his class room and Leider his job, and went
'7 The Refugee Economic Corpora.
A man supported by others, be
Beta Tau Fraternity to "the American who
know the fundamental fact that war is no
Young Selligman was ashamed to be apart from tion is working on a big scheme
to
Spain
and
laid
down
their
bodies
against
the
they even his own parents or his
longer allowed—treat this great, endangered
has done the most during the year for
all this. He had the comforts of Swarthmore, for Jewish settlement in South
own children, cannot feel that progress of tyrants.
and endangering land, or rather the impossible
which the award is made," we nevertheless
joy in life which the man feels
all the privileges of gentle living; they (for his America.
leaders into whose bands it has fallen, as
In time to come we may think of them as our
After many years of residence
again nominate him for the award that is
who supports himself by the work saints who perished in the flames for their faith, ideals) suffered the agony of battle and wounds
doctors do a sick man; with the greatest con-
in the Wall Street area, the J.D.C.
of
his
own
hands."
soon to be announced for the year 1936.
and
caution,
with
inexhaustible
if
sideration
and
death.
He
was
the
kinsman
giving
out
brave
executive
offices have been moved
as
prophetic
as
our
prophet
(and
wasn't
Jesus
one
It was Rabbi Tarphon who said:
not very flattering patience. But it thinks it
On Jan. 8, in an editorial under the
"The day is short, the work great, of our prophets?) who gave his life for mankind. words while the brothers perished. Ile was giving to midtown New York, where the
must play politics—the politics of power and
campaign
headquarters have been
heading "Deserved Honors for Dr. Wise"
the reward rich and the Master These two lads died for their faith no less kif speeches, resolutions; they were giving every-
hegemony—with the doctors.
for some time.
urgent."
in which we applauded a similar award,
That is an unequal game. If one side plays
Judaism has to do with justice and peace and thing.
- That plan we mentioned here to
we stated:
He had loved peace above all the good in the name one of Uncle Sam's new
politics when the other is no longer mindful
righteousness in the world); they gave their lives
Due to the extenave interest In *.Tal-
of politics but of peace, then for • time the
tandle Tales." 128 of the legends and
Last year Miss Henrietta SaoId of Jeru-
destroyers for Commodore Uriah
world and he loved it now no less. But there
for
a
better
order.
ever WO pearls of sawlom have been
first side reaps certain advantages. The an-
salem, founder of Iladaasah, women's Zionist
could be no peace in a world of dictators; war P. Levy has won the 0. K. of the
collected In an *Unsettle book of 195
• • •
achronistic ignorance of the fact that war is
P.M handromely bound In 'grained
Navy Department.
organization of Americo, was the first to be
was or their ideology.
bluevellum eloth, with groiddamped
no longer allowable results for • while, of
For a $10 contribution you can
I am particularly mindful of young Selligman
given the national service award of Phi Ep-
file, Autographed byauthor. Suitable
Joseph Selligman's intellectual integrity told get the "Synagogue of the Air,"
course, in successes against those who are
silon Pi fraternity. This year the award went
or gills sae Prise. Prow 5 1 . 50 PP"
because as a Louisville boy he was almost a
aware
of
the
truth.
But
woe
to
the
people
paid.
Adder.
order.
to
Dahl
Morsels,
him to go and he went. He went with no heroic a 15-minute program broadcast
to Dr. Stephen S. Wise, who is proclaimed to
Crow.. tilde.. Kama My, Kaaba
neighbor of mine and because he was so young.
which, no longer knowing what way to turn,
be the man "who has made during the year
fanfares, no boasting of valor; went quietly, even Saturday at 9:45 a. m. from Sta-
ends by seeking its way out through the
He suffered his martyrdom at the age of 2G.
tion WLW, Cincinnati, to say kad-
the most distinctive contribution to the cre-
secretly, from his classroom. Swarthmore asked: dish for your departed relatives
war
hated
of
God
and
man!
of
abomination
He
came
frorn
a
gentle
home.
The
Sellimans
ative life of the Jewish people."
Such • people would be lost: It will be so
"What has become of gelligman?"
. . The program will soon be
So well deserved Is this award that the
of Louisville are leaders in the Jewish community
vanquished that it will rise again.
heard on a coast-to-coast hookup.
Next heard of him he war in Paris, on his way
reasons in the citation are deserving of quo-
Jacob de Haas died a poor man
Fuehrer, Fanatic, Faker and and in the general life. His father, Joseph to Spain ... "I'd rather die than live in a Fascist
The meaning and the purpose of the Na-
tation. This national distinction went to Dr.
Selligman, was a chairman of Louisville's United
despite all the rumors that cer-
tional-Socialistic State is this alone and can
Flunkey
Wise in recognition of his being president of
world," he wrote home ... He died in the defense tain wealthy Jews were helping
To
put
the
German
people
in
Jewish
Campaign
in
1935;
is
a
member
of
the
be only thin
the Zionist Organization, the inspirer of the
him.
form for the "coming war" by ruthless re-
world Jewish Congress, president of the Jew-
By PIERRE VAN PAASSEN
executive committee of Louisville's Conference of Madrid.
Since his death a poem of his, poignant and ABOUT PEOPLE
pression, elimination, the extermination of
ish Institute of Religion, rabbi of the Free
of Jewish Organizations. In the time when Louis-
The editors of the Biographical
(Copyright.
1937.
R.
A.
F.
to
make
of
them
opposition;
every
stirring
of
with
a
prophetic
cast,
has
come
to
light.
Ile
was
Synagogue of New York, editor of Opinion
ville politics was very dirty he was courageous
Encyclopedia of American Jews
an instrument of war, infinitely compliant,
Magazine, leader in Civic Affairs Committee
speaking to God. He was youth wondering and
Fiorello La Guardia's pictur-
owes us two hours . . . On the
sicklied
over
by
not
one
critical
idea.
fettered
against
civic
corruption.
of New York as well as numerous other Jewish
esque remarks on the subject of
speaking to God and asking questions:
strength of their statement that
by blind and fanatical ignorance.
People in Louisville who remember this like to
and civic activities. The citation further states
Adolf Hitler before a convention
Clyde Beatty, the pintsized lion
He said to God:
Another meaning and purpose, another ex-
that the causes in which Dr. Wise is active
of the American Jewish Congress say: "The boy's trait of fighting for his beliefs
tamer, is Jewish, we spent two
Not ours to Mk you why, ohms we are done,
cuse, the system cannot have; all the sacrifices
"if detailed, would become a roll of all that
women have produced quite a without reservation was inherited from his
hours back stage at the circus
The little time we spent before the sun
of freedom, justice, human happiness, includ-
is worthwhile In American Jewish life."
rumpus. But in all the comment-
waiting to interview what we
Wu bought so dearly, with mrh wealth of grief,
father."
leg the secret and open crimes for which it has
These are no exaggerated reasons for the
aries I have read it seems to me
thought was a modern Daniel
Noch wseted hoe., such sad, betrayed belief.
Joseph Selligman, Jr., was a brilliant student
blithely been responsible, can justify them-
honors heaped upon Dr. Wise. Even those
that the mayor's essential point
But Beatty informs us that he is
Not ours to ask why You, who had the wealth
selves only by the ideal of absolute fitness for
who disagree with him as well as those who
was altogether overlooked. La at Swarthmore, a writer who gave evidence of
a full-blooded Aryan and that he
To waste • billion Oars on empty space,
war. So soon as the idea of war, as an aim in
dislike him—and because he is so outstanding
Guardia was not merely wise- fine gift; editor-in-chief of the Swarthmore Manu-
so advised the editors. •
Could and al one cold world, one dying sun.
itself, disappeared there would be nothing
cracking or throwing pithy epithets
it is inevitable that he should have enemies—
Robert Moses, New York's ag-
For those who might and meaning In Your grace.
left of the system but the exploitation of the
around. He sounded a grave warn- script, the school's literary publication. He was
must admit his greatness. The judges who
gressive Park Commissioner, is
ing by pointing his finger directly of the inquiring generation that grew up since
people—it would be utterly senseless and
acted in behalf of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity
being talked of as the white hope
Not our. to ask why, of the endless ante
at the Reichsfuehrer. The mayor the war and looks critically at the current life
are to be congratulated upon their choice.
superfluous.
of the anti-La Guardia forces for
Loa *pent on tearing galaxies apart,
did not merely call Hitler "a and questions the wisdom of the elders and taps
And to tell the truth it is both of these:
mayor of New York ... Although
The reasons advanced for the Phi Epsi-
Tau gate but one short doe, one bitter dol.
brown-shined fanatic," but "a
uperfluous—not only because
Moses took a shellacking in 1934
s
senseless
and
lon Pi honor are applicable also in the
To those who have your Image In their heart.
brown-shirted fanatic who is men- at the foundations of society to discover if they
war will not be permitted to it but because
when he ran for governor against
II Is not we shall sek. We shill be dumb
acing the peace of the world." Hit- are as good as they ought to be.
award to be made again this year by Zeta
Lehman, his friends feel he could
with its leading idea it itself effects the oppo-
Bak In the malting that Yon ,drew no from.
ler the war-monger, Hitler the
Young Selligman's ideals were libertarian and
lick Fiorello getting the support
Beta Tau. Dr. Wise is the outstanding
site of what it is striving to attain. No other
flunkey
of
Knipp
and
Rheinmetal
He
called
his
poem
"Unbalanced
Budget."
of anti-New Deal Democrats.
people on earth is so entirely incapable of
political rather than economic. Last summer he
Jewish leader in America. Untiring in his
• • •
and the Farben Trust, who is
Don't be surprised if Franklin
standing
a
war,
so
little
in
condition
for
one.
journeyed to Idaho with the Swarthmore peace
efforts to serve his people, he has virtually
throttling
the
spirit
of
freedom
in
That it would have no allies, not • single one
Joseph Selligman and Ben Leider! We must P. Adams, the columnist let out
the great German people in order caravan, made speeches for peace. But when
dedicated his life for Israel's good. He
by the New York Herald-Tribune,
in the world, is the first consideration, yet the
that it may become a willing in- children in Madrid were dying by bombs, words remember them as we remember our great ends up with the New York Times
smallest. Germany would be alone; terrible
deserves, therefore, to be the first man to
strument in his hands for the of peace became only like dust in the. mouth; spirits.
or Post.
of course, still, even when abandoned. But
be awarded the Zeta Beta Tau medal
( PLEASE TURN TO ....TEXT PAGE)
most terrible ,of all would be the fact that
more than once. We name him for this
she had abandoned herself.
honor.
Intellectually reduced and humbled, morally
gutted, inwardly rent, in deepest mistrust of
its leaders and all the harm they have done
Celebrates His 65th Birthday on
to her in these years; prof:wittily uneasy her-
By HON. SOL BLOOM,
April 9 •
A Study of German-Jewish Immigration to South America
course, but full of fore-
self,
ignorant,
of
Member of Congress from New York
Zionists throughout the world will
bodings of evil, she would go into war not in
First non-baptized Jew to
-mourn the death of Jacob de Haas.
the condition of 1914 but, even physically, in
By DR. BRUNO WEIL
The stirring of racial and reli- an attack to Franklin is not only
become premier of any country.
that of 1917 and 1918. The 10 per cent of
Whether they agree with him or not, there
Acting-President of the Central Verein of German Jews
direct beneficiaries of the system—half even
Represents France's greatest gious antagonism in this country a violation of the truth, but mali-
is no denying the fact that he wrought
to
enough
by
various groups is a crime cious insult to the memory of one
o f th em fallen away—would not be
(Copyright. 1937, seven Arts Feature ityndkate)
wine-growing district in the
great things for the Jewish national move-
win a war in which the majority of the others
against every American. It stabs of the great men in the world's
Chamber
of
Deputies
but
is
ment. He was one of the first coilabora-
would only see an opportunity to shake off
The social, economic and politicalstatus of the German-Jewloh e migre. In South
at the very heart of a nation history, and a complete distortion
himself a teetotaler. Is a con- founded on liberty democracy and of the character and intelligence
the shameful oppression that has weighted
America, their prospect., the p.sibilltles for incensedi mmigration and
tors in Zionist affairs with Dr. Theodor
other significant data en Ile Germankilewish rot. are presented here for
them
down
so
long.
A
war,
in
other
words,
of Franklin.
noisseur
of
fine
wines.'One
of
Herzl. It is due to his efforts that Justice
the first time In role and of • series of two articles by Dr. Well, one M the
religious freedom. It is the most
which after the first defeat would turn into
Helped Synagogue Campaign
mastading leaders of Genes. Jewry, wh• Just returned from • lour of
France's most cultivated gour- deadly menace that faces us today.
Louis D. Brandeis was drawn into the
Month America.
Franklin was one of the broad-
• civil war.
mets. Snails, oysters, tripe, The people of the United States est-minded men who ever lived, a
movement. As a leader in American Zion-
No, it Is Impossible. Germany cannot make
should
be
aroused
to
an
under-
pickled
eels
and
English
pud-
ica
has
absorbed
21,000
Jewish
figure
who was truly cosmopolitan
ism for more than a quarter of a century
in
South
America
has
a
Jewry
this war. And if its dictators are In their
standing of what is going on, to
history that dates back to the immigrants from Germany, or dings are his favorite dishes. horror over the vicious campaigns and world-minded. His life was an
right minds, then their assurances of readiness
he made an enviable place for himself
about
20
per
cent
of
the
total
exemplification
of understanding
Spanish conquistadores and the
for peace are not tactical lies uttered with •
Inherited his father's silk busi- in which the press, radio, public
among the Zionist pioneers.
wink at their partisans, but spring from a
Portuguese discoverers. But of emigration from the Reich. This ness together with his four platforms, schools and universities and charity and kindness, and in
Mr. de Haas was a powerful writer. He
the early Jewish settlers nothing is an astonishingly high percent-
faint•hearted perception of just this impossi-
are being used to spread the propa- addition, his intelligence made
was undoubtedly one of the most brilliant
remains but some names and the age. Figures for North America brothers, but never took an in. ganda of hate for democracy, for him immortal. It would be incon-
bility.
tradition among many families are much smaller, while no Euro- terest in it. Was once wealthy American traditions, and for hu- ceivable that he, of all men, could
Jewish journalists, and more recently he
But if war cannot and shall not be—then
that they have Jewish blood. The pean country has as large a num- but he put his fortunes at the man freedom. The seed of racial have taken such a ridiculous at-
why robbers and murderers? Why isolation,
made definite contributions as an historian
contemporary Jewish community ber of Jewish emigres from Ger- disposal of three of his brothers and religious bigotry must be
world-hostility, lawlessness, intellectual inter.
and biographer. His biographies of Herzl
only that
did has
Franklin
not make
in South America, however, is many. Palestine surpasses South
destroyed,ip the fruit it will bear the Not
attack
been ascribed
diet, cultural darkness, and every other defic-
and Brandeis are important reference
relatively young—much younger America as a country of emigre in an attempt to save their busi- will poison the very air that we
iency? Why not rather Germany's return to
to him by the haters of the Jews,
than comparable Jewries in Eu- absorption. That nine-tenths of ness. The fourth brother, Rene
works for Jewish students, and "Pales-
Europe, • reconciliation with Europe, • vol-
rope—owing its origin to several the immigrants have gone to
is art director of the Monte breathe. but during the Convention of 1787
tine: The Past 2,000 Years" is the most
untary entrance into • peaceful European sys•
History shows us that every na- made a statement that is almost
Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina,
be-
waves
of
immigration
which
all
the
Inward
accompaniments
of
Carlo
ballet.
Leon's
father
in-
tern with
important work on the subject written
lion in which religious prejudice exactly the reverse of this attack,
gan a half century ago. where the bulk of Jewish popula-
went unchecked has suffered, and although it had no direct refer-
justice, well being, and human
freedom,
'
Jewish population figures are tion is concentrated, and only troduced the collapsible opera that nations today which have no ence to Jews. When proposals
from the Jewish point of view.
decency, and • jubilant welcome from the rest
hat
to
France.
His
grandmother
meager, being limited mostly to one-tenth to those countries which
We have disagreed with him, due to his
of the world? Why not? Only because • re-
against prejudice and were being made regarding notes-
but few Jews is due to the was a celebrated radical. His safeguard
persecution are on their way to eery time of residence before
estimates of the ICA, offers exact had
pro-Revisionist sentiments, but we liked
gime which in a word and deed denies the
a
statistics. There are now 260,000 fact that Jewish migration is al- first wife was the sister of Paul destruction. A law that has never person was eligible
rights of man, which seeks above all else to
him nevertheless. Furthermore, Jews who
most
always
a
family
migration,
to Congress,
Jews in Argentina. Brazil, terri-
remain in power, would stultify itself and be
Dukes, the composer. His sec- seen an exception is that when a he said that he was not against a
value genuine culture had a true admira-
tonally
larger,
has
from
55,000
with
one
member
of
a
family
nation
interferes
with
a
man's
re-
abolished, if, since it could not make war, it
time of residence, but
tion for his talents and sincerity. His name
to 60,000 Jews, while Uruguay's following another to the same ond wife, the former Theresa lationship with his God, or perse- reasonable
actually made peace? But is that a reason?
Jews number 30,000. Thus the place. This raises the question Pereira, was a war nurse and cutes a roan for that relationship, would be very sorry to see any-
will live among the pioneers in the Zionist
I had forgotten, Herr Deken, that I am still
thing
like
illiberality
inserted in
three republics on the Atlantic whether Jewish immigration to interior decorator. Ile has one either the nation ceases its inter- the Constitution.
addressing you. Certainly I may console my-
movement.
Coast account for the bulk of South America in the future must
son by his first marriage, Rene, ference, or goes backward.
self with the reflection that you long ago
More
than
this,
during
the
The virulence with which Jews
Jewish population in South Amer. manifest the game character.
d to read this letter, aghast at language
an automobile engineer. In his have been attacked through the period of the ratification of the
ice. Of the countries on the west- Jewish organizations should en-
which in Germany has been so long unuttered;
Constitution
of
the
United
States,
ern side of the continent. Chile deavor 'to investigate whether youth he wrote a book advocat- centuries has done much more than in 1788, Franklin led a list of non-
terrified because somebody is bold enough to
has 15,000 Jews; Peru, 1,600; those republics which are now in- ing trial marriage. Could have bring tremendous suffering to the
Jewish contributors to the building
use the German tongue with the ancient free-
Distorters of truth continue to harp on
Ecuador, 750; Colombia not more habited by only a handful of Jews
dom. Als, I have not spoken out of arrogant
been a great poet. Andre Gide members of the Jewish race. It of a synagogue in Philadelphia by
the old bogey, communism, in defense of
than
2,500;
Bolivia
less
than
100.
might
not
be
able
to
absorb
larger
has
been
instrumental
in
hamper-
the
Mickveh Israel Congregation.
distress
end
a
con-
presumption, but out of a
Thus far the countries visited on numbers. That, it would appear, was his classmate. He was a ins progress, in disorganising na- During his whole life, in fact, he
their reactionary and dastardly un-Amer-
cern from which your usurpers could not free
this tour we find 350,000 Jews is first a problem of organization, collaborator with Proust, De- lions, and in injuring men, women made contributions to churches of
ican movements. Fritz Kuhn speaks of me by decreeing that I am no longer • Ger-
in the three eastern republics and which is solvable, and• second a bussy and Gourmont to the and children of all faiths, races all denominations. lie numbered
man; • mental and spiritual distress from
Jews in Germany as the gloriously-treated,
about 20,000 in the others. Para- matter of finances, in the solu- Revue Blanche. Once knew all and nationalities.
among his friends men of all
for four years not an hoer of my life
assistance of
which
A False Charge
and describes his organization's program
guaY, which was not visited. had tion of which the
has been free; struggling with which I had
of Victor Hugo by heart. His
The enemies of the Jews, hav- creeds and races.
1,200 Jews according to the Hilts- Jewish organizations in t h e
as being directed against the communists.
One of Franklin's favorite top-
day by day to accomplish by creative work.
home Is a veritable museum of ing no reasonable or legitimate
verein's 1930 booklet, but to this United States is indispensable.
ics throughout his life was liberal-
The pressure was great.
But Anton Jacobs, a leader in the German-
figure must be added ■ certain Only a small part of the Jewish books and art objects. Collects cause for attack, resort to bare- ism of thought and understanding
And as a man who out of religious diffidence
American League for Culture, German
immigration since then. And ac- immigrants came directly from old miniatures and porcelain. faced fabrications regarding them o f others. He particularly resented
will seldom or never bring himself to utter by
count must also be taken of the Germany. the majority consisting Loves to read Western cowboy —concoctions made of thin air. prejudice and persecution. This Is
anti-Nazi organization, has effectively
mouth or pen the name of the Deity, yet In
These misrepresentations go to
fact that the government has ex- of those who emigrated from Ger-
hurled the lie at Kuhn and his fellow-Nazi
moments of deep emotion cannot refrain, let
any lengths, as their makers are well illustrated by one of the most
pelted some immigrants while many since 1833 but who fiat stories. Is an enthusiastic turf-
me—since after all one must leave some things
propagandists when he called attention
not hampered by the slightest re- picturesque incidents In his life,
talented
duelist
a
others left voluntarily because went to various European lands man and
which was an ingenious way of
—
unsaid—end this letter with the brief and
to the fact that Carl von Ossietsky, Nobel
they could not make a living. where for varions reasons they Fought only one duel. Was the , gard for truth or decency. Most impressing on others his oft-ex-
fervent prayers God help our darkened and
' of them fall by their own weight,
Add
to
these
figures
the
1,000
could
not
remain.
No
one
knows
Prize winner, and Thomas Mann, the
certainty the numerical rela- first man to speak out against because they are obviously untrue, pressed feelings on religious tolera-
d esecra ted country and teach it to make its
Jews of Venezuela, which Wall for a
tion. lie wrote in imitation of old
greatest living German writer, are neither
peace with the world and with itself!
also omitted from the itinerary. tion of the direct and indirect the Treaty of Versailles. Be- and the others are quickly demon- testament language a parable on
and we get a round number of immigration from Germany, al- fore Hitler came to power strated to be baseless. Yet even the subject, and read It to his
Jews nor communists.
There
is,
after
all,
little
sense
arguing
the
crudest
of
manufactured
sto-
It is Thomas Mann who has adminis- with agitators like Fritz Kuhn, Gissibl, 375,000 Jews in South America. though leaders of various aid so- Blum .was Germany's greatest ries does harm, because the ignor- friends as if it were a chapter
or somewhat more than one-third cieties estimate each (croup at
from Genesis,
tered the Nazis the most stinging rebuke. Spanknoebel,
half the total immigration. champion of arms equality with ant, the thoughtless, the heedless,
Goebbels, and their ilk. of one per cent of the 90,000,000 about
Strahan told the story
The dean of the University of Bonn had
The indirect immigration is now France. Le Populatre, his paper, and those in whom prejudice has
people on the continent
Thomas
Mann's
gentlemanly,
logical,
sin-
of
this parable, and quoted it in
written him that his name was stricken off
directed c chiefly by the Ilicetni is the only Socialist organ per- been built, tend to accept them full, in a letter to the London
21,000 from Germany
cere
statement
condemns
them
all
to
the
without
verfication.
milted to be circulated in Nazi
the roll of honorary doctors. Mann's reply,
The statistics of Jewish immi. which maintains a well-onranize
A current example of the type Chronicle for April 14 to 17, 1764
position they rightfully belong to: the low-
published in the Nation, is a new est strata of humanity. If only the entire gration from Germany to South network of branches throughout Germany. Plays • good game of hate-propaganda against the in which he wrote:
America since 1933 are of par- South America. These branches,
J'Accuse, comparable to Emile Zola's fa-
interest. On the basis of financed by Hicem, often furnish of bridge but rarely indulges. Jews, is the charge that Benjamin
with • Pr17•;ew Nat'l: A P.'7
civilized world can be made to read ticular
Franklin advocated, during the ee
thromboa Farrow
data furnished by the various the newcomers with small same Speaks English and German
mous document that helped reopen the Thomas
f% SA Lr
I m....... dirv.“
Mann's letter! It is a statement
of money to provide them with with difficulty. Is very near- framing of the Constitution of
as
local
immigrant
aid
committees
Dreyfus case.
the United States, the exclusion of es. GP. big less177, 'hie ..r
The
that
should
be
made
available
to
liberty-
of Jan. 1, 1937, these figures are necessities upon their arrival.
Takes notes volumin- Jews from citizenship. The audac- sad ortirity. I. every p•Mie :dated
The famous emigre, an exile from his
various
me
aman sae
peoples everywhere in the tens of as
follows: 10,000 to Argentina, aid committees
ity of this entirely false charge for WI ;seta draw: the
8,000 to Brazil, 600 to Uruguay, countries and cities assume chant% ously, anywhere and on any-
tomerrr
fatherland to which he had dedicated his loving
sloe• happened te ten m the
millions of copies. If it is thus made ac- 8,000
proserolien.
talents, in .his reply to his Nazi corres- cessible to intelligent readers. Nazi propa- 1,000 to Chile. 150 to Peru, 250 of the Immigrants after their ar- thing. Rarely makes a speech is breath-taking.
Iriend,
In
all
the
records
of
the
Con-
maretadIng so enlarged a pis
without some reference to his
pondent, tells how he hesitated to speak
each to Ecuador and Colombiatival.
vention of 1787 which framed the
beat 5, benrootea • dal net fall to
Succeseful Integrities
Jewishness. Wears pince-nes Constitution there is not one word age may enanoronade samara
and not
up in defense of justice in Germany. He ganda will receive its death blow. Because only • handful to Bolivia
a bur-
These
committees
have
Sc.;,,. • peatice se obviously wr-
Paraguay
and
one
of
Germany's
noblest
sons
has
spoken,
to
more
glasses. Is bald•headed and uttered by anyone against the mansard toe very Menlo of berma•
describes how the "disquieting challenge" and he has at once condemned the worst many
is
beyond
their
means
I
Venezuela. Thus it appears that den which
Ity. At aunts, in support of who ,
scholarly-looking. Ilia walrus Jews. More than this, if by any
!
be
avowed. he rolled ter a Pow,
18,600
went
to
the
three
coon-
and
consequently
seriously
inter-
rang in his ears: "that I and no other must in his country in the eyes of civilized be-
taming to the book of Grads
immigration. especially ! mustache makes him fair game chance there had been an attack, W
tries
which
had
already
had
the
force
with
real we foams:
in clear terms contradict the ugly falsifi- ings, and has at the same time restored
the last man from whom it would
f or csrtostists. His secretary's
ries
where
an
ego--1
in
such
countries
1. AM tt ease to mew Mter three
populations.
have come would have been Ben-
cation" which the early conception of Ger- the good that is among the Germans to its largest Jewish
lama, tha Abram. al r the
analysis of t hese nomically weak Jewish common- name Is Blumel.
jamin Franklin. To . ascribe such IPLaasa TCRE 1'O EXIT PACI111
ro
WEST
room
many was now suffering. Then comes the
figures shows that South Amer- sutzers maw

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For Gottheil Award: Dr. Wise

OF MY CHEST

From Berlin to Buenos Aires

The Late Jacob de Haas

Thomas Mann's Rebuke to Nazis

rightful place.

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