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Sabbath Readings of the Law
Pentatetiehal Portion—Deut. 26:1-29:8.
Prophetical Portion—h. 60.
August 27, 1937
Elul 20, 5697
Journalistic Courage
Those who permit themselves to be de-
pressed by the views of journalistic tour-
ists who, not unlike other travelers, be-
come authorities on economics and politics
after a two-week visit in some foreign
country will find consolation in the news
about the courage of the older corre-
spondents.
Provincial journalists—the vacationists
abroad from our local newspapers are no
exceptions—become enthused over condi-
tions in Germany and prove gullible ma-
terial for Nazi propagandists. But the
older generation, especially those who have
been in Germany since Nazism began to
rule there, know better. Fortunately
the observations of the latter will survive
because they know better. The views of
the former will die overnight because they
are the impressions of tourists who hap-
pen to be journalists at home. ,
The most interesting display of loyalty
to an honest newspaperman, since the ex-
pulsion from Germany of Edgar Ansel
Mowrer, was evidenced last week when
every one of the British and American col-
leagues of Norman Ebbutt, for 10 years
chief correspondent in Germany of the
London Times, and many continental jour-
nalists went to the Berlin railroad station
to bid him goodbye. Mr. Ebbutt had been
showered with abuse by the Nazis which
could not be printed in a family newspa-
per, but the foreign correspondents in Ger-
many are unanimous in lauding the con-
scientiousness in reporting news of the
British journalist who has been forced to
leave the Reich.
Apparently there is a wide difference of
opinion relative to the color of news in
Germany. But future events will undoubt-
edly prove that the more profound student
—as the longer resident in Germany must
be—was right in his interpretation and re-
porting of news, and that the two-week-in-
a-lifetime reporter and tourist merely ut-
ters passing judgment, which will die as
quickly as his words are uttered.
333,000 Trees Replace 54,000
Where Honor Is Due
Colonies bearing the names of Miss
Henrietta Szold and Leon Blum are soon
to be established in Palestine. The names
of other outstanding participants in the
Jewish national cause have already been
similarly honored—among them being the
names of Dr. Theodor Herzl, the founder
of modern political Zionism; Menahem
Ussishkin, world president of the Jewish
National Fund; Arthur James Balfour, Jan
Christian Smuts and others.
In every instance the honor was and is
deserved. General Smuts of South Africa,
for instance, earned the great tribute given
him because of his consistent efforts to se-
cure guarantees for the security of the
Jewish position in Palestine. In the present
fight for justice for the Jew in Palestine,
he was one of a mere handful of Chris-
tians who raihed his voice in protest
against the proposed partition of Palestine.
There are others whose names will live
for all time in the record of those who
helped in the Jewish,national rebirth, and
there are two men whom we especially
recommend for honors similar to those ac-
corded the leaders listed above. We refer
to Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Col. Josiah
Wedgwood. It is needless to enumerate
again the services of these two men—one
a great Jew and the other a great English-
man. Dr. Wise is the unchallenged leader
of American Jewry, while Col. Wedgwood
is the best friend we have in official British
circles. Dr. Wise has dedicated his life to
the cause of the redemption of Palestine
by the Jewish people, and Col. Wedgwood
has been an outstanding defender of Jew-
ish claims to the right of creating a na-
tional hearth in our cradleland.
We commend for consideration by Zion-
ists the proposal that among the new colo-
nies to be built there should be two in
honor of the great work performed by
Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Col. Josiah Wedg-
wood. It would be splendid if Detroit Zion-
ists could initiate efforts for such a move-
ment in behalf of these two great leaders.
Jewish National Fund woodlands in
Palestine are more flourishing today than
they have been a year ago. During the
1936-37 planting season, 333,291 new
trees were added to these forests. These
new trees replace the 54,000 that were
uprooted and destroyed by the Arab van-
dals during the outrages of the past year.
This is typical of Jewish resistance to
danger. Arabs destroyed what we built;
Jews, undaunted, carried on the historic
task of reconstructing and reafforesting the
land. Vandals uprooted saplings that help
make the neglected land fruitful again;
Jews continue to build for the good of
themselves as well as their Arab neigh-
bors. It is no wonder that many Arabs are
already pleading for peace with the Jews,
for co-operation with us, for the contin-
tinuation of the great work which has
Nazi-Inspired Hungarians
made Jewish effort in Palestine stand
out as the most significant colonization
From
Budapest comes the following
project in all history.
cable:
It is right against might. Why give up
A campaign to forbid Hungarian Jews to
hope that right will triumph in the end?
use any language but Hebrew in schools,
Mr. Justice Hugo L. Black
We are not in the least impressed with
the arguments offered against the ratifica-
tion of the appointment of Senator Hugo
L. Black as Justice of the United States
Supreme Court. The cry of horror raised
by his opponents who maintained that he
had been associated with the Ku Klux
Klan was like a red herring drawn on a
lonely trail.
'To disprove the charges made against
the new Supreme Court Justice, Senator
Bankhead of Alabama read into the Con-
gressional Record a series of statements
of commendation for his colleague from
Jews, Catholics and Protestants. These
laudatory proclamations, which include one
from a Birmingham rabbi, are impressive
and convincing. It is clear that the oppo-
sition was based strictly on political lines
rather than those having some bearing on
the new Justice's qualifications for the im-
portant judicial post.
We join in congratulating the new Su-
preme Court Justice.
The Palestine Partition Problem
Differences of opinion on the question of
the partition of Palestine bring to light
some very interesting facts.
It is interesting to note that opponents
of the proposal within Zionist ranks ob-
ject to the small size of the area offered
for a Jewish state, but that the non-Zion-
Ists are primarily motivated in their oppo-
they fear the rise
sition by the fact that
entity.
August 27, 1937
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they control the purse-strings--that their
group should rule. "Till the Jewish State
is established the Jewish agency rules,"
was the declaration of Felix M. Warburg
at the Zurich meeting last week—and he
rapped the table as he said it.
It is extremely regrettable, of course,
that the present historic hour could not
bring about greater unity. It is unfortu-
nate that Mr. Warburg, while invoking
the name and the memory of the late Louis
Marshall, should have emphasized that the
latter agreed to work with the Zionists for
Philanthropic Purposes, and emphasized
that Americans always understood that
the Jewish Agency did not aim at a Jewish
State. It is our personal opinion that Mr.
Marshall, had he been alive today, would
have opposed partition in order to demand
that all of Palestine be included in the
Jewish territory, but that he would not
have stood in the way of creating an au-
tonomous Jewish center, which is the only
hope of salvation for the Jewish masses In
lands of oppression.
Happily enough, the sessions of the
World Zionist Congress and the Jewish
Agency for Palestine ended without a rift
in Jewish ranks. The responsible Jewish
leaders recognize their duty to the entire
people and are prepared to forget personal
grievances for the sake of the welfare of
all Israel. Those of us who oppose parti-
tion to the very end will continue to work
for a redeemed Palestine. Time will cer-
tainly adjust all differences—and time
alone will prove whether those who be-
lieve that the present time is an Aschaltah
d'Geulah (the beginning of the Redemp-
tion) are right in their interpretation of
the significance of the great events which
are being enacted into historic fact in our
lifetime.
newspapers, public meetings and documents
has been launched by the Hungarian anti-
Semites. As a first step in this drive they are
seeking to prevail upon the educational au-
thorities to force all Jewish children to attend
only schools where Hebrew is the language of
instruction.
This bit of news is of more than passing
interest. It serves to convince us that most
of modern anti-Semitism is Nazi-inspired,
and that the Jew-baiters throughout the
world take their cue from the philosophy
of Hitler and his cohorts.
In his very important volume, "The
Spirit and Structure of Gertnan Fascism,"
Prof. Robert A. Brady makes reference
to the language question in Germany in
the following paragraph:
Dr. George Norlin, president of th• Uni•
•ersity of Colorado and visiting Theodore
Roosevelt Prof
f American History and
Institutions at University of Berlin In 1932-33,
tells of in episode i ■ which the Rector of the
University of Berlin was forced out of office
because he refused to allow the Hui student
federation, the Stodentenschaft, to post ter.
twin theses on the walls of the university. On•
of them read: No person of Jewish blood can
think German. Therefore, when • Jew writes
German, he lies. Therefore, wh
h•nee-
forth • Jewish professor or student publishes
• book or a piece of
h, he must write
oo the title page: 'I a rem Jew, and this is •
translation from the Hebrew into the Gar.
manic langu•se.'”
The Hungarian and German philoso-
phies match completely in their stupidity.
It is clear that the Hungarians are copying
a page from the German antiSemitic text-
books and are mimicking the Nazis in
their game of hate.
The number of students studying He-
brew in the New York schools is reported
by Dr. Harold G. Campbell, superintend-
ent of schools, to have increased by 50 per
of a Jewiah national
contro- cent. The trouble is that the number was
Of importance in the current
versy Is the demand of the non-Zionists- FO 'Small at the outset that the increase is
who are in a position to dominate because not much of a triumph.
Lights front
Shadowland
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
THE RISE AND GROWTH OF
THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
ADDIIrgitEfl OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE IIETIEEW
UNIVERSITY. fly Dr. Judith Is Matinee. Hebrew
University Drama, Jerusalem, reissone.
In the addresses of the Hebrew University's
president—until 1935 for 10 years its chancellor—
the
reader will find data and facts that virtually
HOLLYWOOD HOBBIES
recount the history of the great school on Mt.
Harry Einstein (Parkyakarkus Scopus in Jerusalem.
to you) says his pet hobby is col-
In these addresses are related the story of the
lecting old American silver ... He
founding of the university, the gradual growth in
is considered an authority on this
student population, the manner in which new de-
subject . . . He is an inveterate partments were created, the means used for it, etc.
radio fan and likes to play golf,
Dr. Magnes reveals that the first efforts for the
swim and to watch football, track
Hebrew University were made many years ago. He
and hockey events ... For pets he
tells how plans for it were studied as far back as
has a parrot, which he claims
1912, and earlier.
speaks Greek ... At the time Ein-
Included among the addresses incorporated in
stein left his home in Boston in
this interesting 308-page volume are the speeches
1933 to take up entertainment
delivered before the journalists who visited the uni-
work, Parkyakarkus was the high-
versity, at the opening of various departments and
est salaried retail advertising ex
- buildings, at commencements and the openings of
ecutive In New England.
new school terms, and at receptions tendered Dr.
13innia Barnes enjoys riding Magnes by the Zionist Organization of America,
swimming, golf and tennis .. Sh the American Jewish Physicians Committee, the
has dark brown eyes and her fea American University Committee, the Jewish Publi-
tures are more Latin than typical - cation Society, the American Friends of the He-
ly English She is a London lass t brew University—all in
this country—and at
you know.
other receptions in Palestine.
Vince Barnett's hobbies are fly -
There are three in memoriam addresses—in
ing and amateur photography ... memory of Prof. Joseph Horovitz, Chaim Nachman
He collects photographs and auto- Bailik and Dr. Schmaryahu Levin. The address in
graphs of famous fliers ....Barbet t tribute to the latter is a particularly fine expres-
has two brothers who are physi- sion. It reveals the fiendshin that existed between
cians and two sisters who are mar - Dr. Magnet and Dr. Levin and relates some inter-
ried to physicians . . . His wife, esting facts which throw light on the character of
the former Genevieve Meier of the great Jewish scholar and propagandist who died
Detroit, is a non-professional
on June 9, 1935.
Irving Pichal loves music . .
Sally Eilers is fond of music, too,
besides being a fine ballroom danc-
er, rider, swimmer, golfer and
tennis player . . . She always
dreamed of being an actress.
TIDE EDUCATION OF )1•Y•31•A•M K•A•F•LeA•N, By
Leonard 0. Rose. Harrold- I, Brace and Co., 353 Matti.
June Clayworth's hobbies are
eon Ave., New Sorb (13.).
swimming, diving, horseback rid-
ing, singing and playing the piano
There is a laugh on every page in this unusual
She speaks Italian, French and book which is a compilation of the stories about
Spanish . . . Boating and swim- Hyman Kaplan of the beginners' grade of the
ming are Jerome Cowan's favorite American Night Preparatory School
for Adults.
diversions.
Originally published in the New Yorker, these hu-
Luise Rainer, who they say is
morous tales relating to the use of the acquired
making the great Garbo look to her
idiom now form one of the most entertaining vol-
laurels, is interested in farming umes published in years.
and hopes to live close to the soil
Ilyman Kaplan loved to sign all his essays in red,
when her film career ends ... She
green and blue letters, interspersed with stars,
is planning to buy a farm in the
thus: 11•Y • M'A•N K•A•P•L•A•N. He explained
East, possibly in Pennsylvania or
that "de name is by me pot pf mine composition,"
Connecticut,
and before he began to expound his philosophy, in
LEROY'S LUCKY NUMBER
defense of the underdog, in rebuke to an enemy or
Mervyn LeRoy, film producer, in defense of a friend, he at once jotted down the
consider 62 his lucky number. multicolored and multi-starred moniker.
Kaplan's "lieu Kay!" expresses his goodnatured
Years ago, when in vaudeville, he
and his partnes were given $20 acquiescence to fact when he learns that
for a day's performance. Once a he is wrong. He is not afraid to try anything when
theater manager, unaware of the it comes to giving an exhibition of his mastery of
amount they had been getting, of- English. The opposite of new he labels "second
fered them $62 for a perform- hand," and the verb "to fail" he declines "fail,
ance. Since then they demanded failed, bankropt." The plural of cat is "Katz" and
$62, at least, a day, and they nev- the conjugation "die, died, funeral" is merely an-
other of his natural Anglicisms.
er received less.
Mr. Parkhill, the teacher of Kaplan's class
NEWS BITS
("soch a fine Weber"), stands in awe of his pupil,
Playwright Ben Hecht, whose unable to fathom the unusual personality who stag-
new writing contract with Samuel gers him with his new creations weekly. To Kaplan
Goldwyn is said to call for the he is Pockheel, a much admired man. The very
biggest payment ever recorded in concluding sentence in the book, a postscript to an
an individual writing contract, is essay, indicates the esteem in which he is held:
to return to New York early In "ps. I dont care if I dont pass, I love the class."
October to start rehearsals for his
There are some truly fascinating gems In the
new play, "To Quite and Back," in book. For instance: "By Thinking is Humans mak-
which Sylvia Sidney will be starred ing big edvences on Enimals. This we call Frog-
by the Theater Guild ... Hecht will ries." Here is another perfect example of llyman
first prepare the screen play for Kaplan's mastery of his new language: "He
throat
"Sweet Land of Liberty," a musi- the ball real fast."
cal picture based on the Federal
And each of these masterpieces is signed with
Theatre Project . Speaking of
the snany-colored, starred and provocative by-line:
Federal Theaters reminds ua that "By 11•11•M•A•N K • A •
P•L•AsN."
Yasha Frank is enjoying tremen-
Thus a new character is created in American
dous success as a producer with
literature—and the language is used as she has
the Los Angeles Federal Thee-
never been spoken before!
ter Project . . . His productions
"The Education of Hyman Kaplan" offers a Rood
at the Greek open air theater and
evening's enjoyment—whether read alone or for a
in local theaters are winning the
group. And it makes a very fine gift.
acclaim of critics Yasha form-
erly was with B. P. Schulberg in
the movie business.
Edmund Golding, one of Holly-
wood's topnotch film directors, has
been rewarded for his outstanding
work with assignments to direct
JACKSON, MISS.—(NCJC)—Completing several
four additional First National fea- years' research into the funeral practices of the
tures ... Goulding has an enviable world, Robert Griffith, a young Jackson historian, re-
record as a director of heavy vealed that only Christians and Jews manifest no
money-making films. •
outward signs of fear when someone has died in the
Grand National Films has signed house.
Bennett Cohen to write a treat-
"That does not imply, of course, that people have
ment for a film based on a Collier not become martyrs in other religions. Islam has of-
magazine story, "Wallaby Jim," fered its share and the Jains of India, forbidden to
which Bud Barsky is producing ... take life, have deliberately starved themselves until
Felix Bernard and Irving Bibo are t hey died, but in all cases a tabu has attached itself
writing the musical score for like a spectre to the body,
"Wallaby Jim of the Islands" for "The Christians and the Jews, free from super-
Barsky ... From Grand National, stition in their regard of death, do not have any
we also learn that a romantic com- fetishes or charms that will ward. off evil at the
edy, "At Your Service Madame," grave Take any other religion you might name
by Albert J. Cohen and Hans and I can point out hundreds of tiny exhibitions
Kraly, has been purchased for early of genuine fear.
filming. •
"Throughout history, the Jews have been the same
Just as Arthur Alexander, co- way. I would like to find any other people who have
nroducer with his brother, Max. left open the graves of their dead for several days
left Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after death has occurred. Usually the ancients could
after treatment for a kidney ail- not close them quickly enough, And you find no rec-
ment, M. II. Hoffman, another ord of them binding the legs of the body. Their be-
GM' film maker, entered the same lief in a resurrection has been pleasant, not a night-
institution—and for the very same mare. The same way with Christians, Catholics and
reason.
Protestants.
(Copyright. 111).
e. A. F. &)
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE
BY 1-14 Y*M"A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
Praises Funeral Practices
of Christians, Jews
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PURELY COMMENTARY
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
By PH1NEAS J. B1RON
Jewish Automobile Manufacturers
(CopyrIght. 113/. fl. A. Ir. •1
News of the death in Chicago of Oscar J. Fried-
man is accompanied by the comment that he is
"believed to have been the only American Jew en-
gaged in the manufacture of automobiles." This
pioneer is said to have made gasoline-driven cars as
early as 1899, and later switched to electric auto-
mobiles. He abandoned the automobile field in 1901
when he sold his interests.
This pioneer may have been one of the few Jews
engaged in the manufacture of automobiles, but he
was not the only one. Detroiter** will recall that the
late Bernard Ginsburg, who was one of the most
charming Jewish personalities in Detroit, manu-
factured auto trucks at the beginning of the present
century. It Is true that his activity in the auto-
mobile field did not last long, but he nevertheless
was a pioneer auto-maker.
SCOTCHING SCOOPS
That "sensational scoop" in the
Yiddish press about secret nego-
tiations between the non-Zionist
American group and Arab repre-
sentatives is not a betrayal ea the
part of the non-Zionists; but a be-
trayal of confidence on the part
of the so-called acoopsters . .
There were conversations between
several Arab leaders and non-
Zionist gentlemen on the subject
of a peaceful relationship between
the two races in Palestine . .
These conversations were private
talks, a mutual sounding-out
which might have led to a con-
crete proposal . . . he premature
publicity destroyed those peace-
ful prospects . . . There is. how-
ever, an ironical climax to the
Zionist cries of horror at these
negotiations . . . Just when Dr.
Weizmann threw up his hands in-
dignantly about these "separate
and unauthorized negotiations,"
something happened ... The Lon-
don Jewish Chronicle published a
"secret document" written by
none other than Dr. Weizmann,
telling in detail of the Zionist
leader's conversations with Orms-
by-Gore a few weeks before the
Zionist Congress convened . . .
In that document Weizmann ac-
cepts partition provided a few
boundary lines of the Jewish State
be changed . . . For the Zionist
president to accept partition in a
conversation with the British
Colonial Minister before the Con-
gress had expressed itself on the
subject was anything but straight
politics Weizmann's face must
be red now whenever he speaks
about the "Arab negotiations in
New York."
TIPS TO YE EDITOR
•
Yiddish-Speaking Negress
Mrs. Emily Maynard, 45-year-old Negress of New
York, has enrolled In a WPA adult education proj-
ect in Yiddish in order to be able to converse with
her Yiddish-speaking friends. This is not as exciting
news as the releasing news agency's report would
paint it. The truth is that there are many Negroes
who, by association with Jews, have learned to
speak Yiddish fluently.
Much more sensational was the class in Yiddish
conducted about six years ago by the North End
Clinic of Detroit for a group of non-Jewish nurses
and social workers. In a class of 12 only one young
lady was Jewish. The students in this class were
motivated in their desire to learn Yiddish by a need
for understanding the Jewish-speaking patients.
There was splendid progress shown by the non-
Jewish Yiddish students in both the written and
spoken word of the language—thanks to its able
instructor, Abraham J. Lachover.
•
The Philosopher on the Fairways
The Pessimist on the golf course the called him-
self the Philosopher) must have had a bad break-
fast. lie upbraided us for being too. serious, for hav-
ing faith in humanity. "Human nature is bad," he
shouted. attracting an audience, "Why take people
seriously? Humans are no good anyway."
This Philosopher on the Fairways will appreciate
our favorite story about our cousin who made his
annual trip to New York around Chanukah time.
He went to his favorite tailor and ordered himself
a new pair of pants. When the week of his stay was
up, the pants had not yet arrived, and he returned
home without them. The following year one of the
first to greet him on his return visit to New York
was the tailor, and under his arm he carried a pack-
age out of which he drew the pants ordered 12
months earlier. Whereupon the cousin elided him
gently: "What sort of tailor are you, anyway? Does
it take a whole year to make a pair of pants? Why,
It took God only six days to make the world." "Yes,"
admitted the tailor, "you are right. But let us be
frank. You say it took God only six days to make
the world. Well—look around and judge. See for
yourself. What a world! What a rotten world! And
now, look at this pair of pants!"
Our Philosopher must not become too morose.
Look around Chaver, you'll find a few good things
worth cherishing in this world. And you can help
make things just a bit better by tolerating your
fellow man.
•
We have it from reliable au-
thority that Senator Royal S.
Copeland has a brother in South
Africa whose name is Caplan.
Amid all this palaver about
Senator Hugo L. Black, new Su-
preme Court Justice, having been
a friend of the Ku Klux Klan, no-
body seems to remember that he
is the same fellow who exposed
the anti-Semitic Sentinels of the
RepUblic and threw a panic into
the pseudo-patriotic biogtry
spreading groups.
Is it true that the Non-Sectar
ian Anti-Nazi League spent $8,-
000 on advertising in the Catho-
lic press and got only 85 replies
Homes on Cooperative Plan
and practically no cash? . . .
Complaints about the spread of discrimination
Speaking of the Anti-Nazi League
against Jews in the rental of homes continue to
reminds us that our managing pour in daily. It is a frightful situation, and if we
editor is laughing out loud at
were to inaugurate a campaign against prejudice
Boris Nelson, executive secretary
every time a justified complaint is made, we would
of the League . . . A week ago have to fight half the world.
Nelson raised holy hob because
One of the complainants makes a practical sug-
our m.e. reported in • news dig- gestion. Jews, he insists, should band together when-
patch that the G-men were inves- ever possible and build homes of their own on a co-
tigating the Nazi camps ... Nel-
operative basis. By grouping in accordance with
son had a letter from boss G-man their social and financial standing, he maintains,
Hoover to deny it . . . But did an amicable partnership, can be created by groups
you see the papers? . . . Laugh
ranging in numbers up to 50 who can live in har-
that off, Boris ... Which reminds
mony, and without being driven by the dreaded
us that some organization ought landlord fear.
to look into the reports that the
There is much to be said in favor of this pro-
Raymond Whitcomb tourist people posal. The cooperative colony idea for the building
are refusing to take Jewish pass- of apartments or homes on the cottage plan is not
engers on the Normandie, which
a new one. There are a number of coperative apart-
they chartered for a South Am- ment houses in New York owned by Jewish groups.
erican cruise .. , Whitcomb, if
Some have succeeded admirably. Others have failed.
our memory servo us aright, spon-
It is an idea that is certainly worth experimenting
sored a Jewish cruise to Palestine
with.
a number of years ago There
•
is also a charge against the Swed-
Rental, Employment Discriminations
ish Shipping Line to the effect
It is easier to counsel calmness In face of the
that it doesn't want non-Aryan
rising. tide of discriminations than it is to practice
business.
Sidney Hillman and John L. it. We are flooded with complaints: Owners of a
ewimming pool in the northwest section will not
Lewis, big bosses of the C. I. 0.,
are at odds over what attitude purchase supplies from Jews. although Jews in
the C. I. 0. should take toward hordes bathe in their waters; insurance companies
Roosevelt ... Hillman favors con- refuse to employ Jewish girls and will not give
tinued support, while Lewis is in- Jewish agents the better beats; owners of one of
the best known dairies In Detroit were frank In
clined to be less friendly.
informing Jews who came to rent a home they
HALL OF RELIGION
own that they will have nothing to do with Jews.
The rabbinate, which bitterly These instances can be multiplied by the dozens.
opposes calendar reform, is heart-
It is therefore easier to speak of boycotting the
ily in favor of any reform that offenders than it la to pub into practice such re-
will prevent Rosh Hashanah from taliatory measures. We have a fight on our hands
coming during the Labor Day because bigotry raises its ugly head so often. But
week-end, as it does this year ... we hope it will never become necessary to pub-
Because of the early High Holy lish the list of discriminating American firms. As
Days there'll be thousands of long as there is life there is hope that the bigoted
empty pews in urban synagogues, will chess* their tactics. The oblective is to
while the Jewish summer resorts achieve fairness for the Jew, not to find means of
will do a rushing business.
retaliation.
Speaking of Women
Notes on the Jewish
Feminine World
scribed. Mr. Liepmann refers to
the Invention of gas warfare by
Fritz Haber, the eminent Jewish
By DIANA KLOTTS
Heinz Liepmann, well known scientist who won the Nobel prize
Women's Editor, Seven Arts
for the synthetic production of
for his previous works dealing ammonia which is of enormous
Feature Syndicate
with Nazi activities, has written value to agriculturists through-
his best book. "Poison in the
out the world. Though he disputes SIXTY IS YOUNG
Air" is a work of research, and is
the claim that Haber was the In-
From the delicate threads of
at the same time an impassioned
ventor of gas warfare. Mr. Liep-
plea to peace lovers to fight
a cherished but distant dream
mann maintains that he "is cer-
against the horrible danger of the
is woven a comedy conclusion
tainly its spiritual father." lie
forthcoming poison gas wars. It
writes:
to the simple, creative life of
is a well written book. and it is
"The
facts
notwithstanding,
Mrs. Esther Moskovitz of Phi-
couched in a style that reads like
a romance—the romance of the there will always cling to Fritz
ladelphia, who, though 60 years
development of a most horrible Haber's name the horrible charge
old, has only recently discov-
scientific era as a result of which of his having been the inventor of
ered her latent ability as an
human safety has been endan- gas warfare.
"Furthermore, Haber suffered artist
gered.
a
fate
akin
to
that
of
Schwarz,
Born in Achokov, near Odes-
Mr. Liepmann. who Is known
to Detroiter** not only through the inventor of gunpowder, and sa, she was 17 when she came
his books but because of his dra- that of Nobel, the inventor of dy-
to this country, and soon mar-
matic appearance here three years namite. Being • Jew and driven
ago. when he described his suf- from his country by anti-Semitic ried. Two boys and three girls
furies,
he
perished
by
his
own
kept her busy, so busy that she
ferings in a Nazi concentration
camp, traces his theme to the dis- hand."
had little time to Indulge her-
Haber warned against excessive
covery of gunpowder by the
self.
Deeply rooted was the
Franciscan monk Berthold use of poison gases. But the Ger-
mans
committed
the
error
of
using
vision,
the hope of • lifetime
Schwan and the alchemist Con-
stantin Anklitzer in the 14th cen- it extensively. Mr. Liepmann re- that some day there would
tury. lie relates how Belgrade— lates how the Allied generals met
spring into blossom product of
and Christendom—were saved by to . express their indignation
the surging creative force she
the invention of Hunyadi, and rainst gas warfare, and how they
makes reference to the fact that decided to repay the Germans in harbored in her bosom But
always It was "tomorrow" —
all early discoverers of poisonous kind.
In a descriptive chapter on
gases and ganpowden died vic-
surely there would come some
"How Europe Will Perish." Mr.
tims of their own creations.
Llermann lists gases suitable for less occepied tomorrow. There
The author makes it • point to
warfare. Ile warns that were stockings to be mended,
prove that many of the discoveries chemical
suck gases are being prepared to hungry stomachs to be fed, •
came as a result of a search of
slaughter the populations that bruised knee to be bandaged,
means of making gold. lie ails will be affected by the coming
how Johann Friedrich Boettger.
a tear to be appeased. Esther
out to make gold for Augustus of wars, and relates the horrible ef- Moskovitz had no time to be
fern of the terrible gases. He
Saxony, instead discovered the fa-
warns that poison gas experi-
an artist .. .
mous Saxon porcelain.
ments will begin on animals and
But as the children grew up,
The beginning of the use of
will then be tried on humans
there appeared manifestations
poison gases by the Germans dur-
There is a description in "P011-
ing the last war is similarly de-
(
maim
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The First Guggenheim
How an American Dynasty Was Born
By HARVEY O'CONNOR
The fascinating story of how Meyer Rnerenbeim, an immigrant Jew, Marled the
world famous (Ingsenhelm indostrial empire with • nnadirr's yea I. told
In ihi• And of font articles taken fans Mr. O'Counoris
book. "The
Gossenhrime,. wilich the Kr.. Arta Feature steeliest. and The Detroit
JenivIt (bre/nide preaent by exclude, encasement with Cartel-11'6.de,
r•blishers.
Along muddy lanes from shack to
shack in Pennsylvania's dark and
grimy anthracite region trudged
young Meyer Guggenheim. Tee
wind blew and the rain soaked
through his brown beard, trickled
down his neck, sopped into his
socks. His pants sloshed against
his ankles.
On he trudged, stooped under
a heavy knapsack, bent to the ele-
ments, like his ancestors for cen-
turies in Switzerland and Germany.
At doors of wretched shanties he
beseeched, in meager English:
"Shoe strings, glue, lace, ribbons,
stove polish, everything for your
home I have with me, very cheap."
The rain blew into the barren
room. the baby whimpered, the
miner's wife frowned and banged
the door. "The dirty Jews," she
muttered, as had Christian house-
wives in Switzerland and Germany.
The plight, twenty-year-old
youth sighed, walked down the
path, and headed for the next door.
By Friday night he was back in
the crowded little house in Phila.
delphia where lived his father, his
three sisters, the Widow Myers—
now Mrs. Simon Guggenheim—and
her sons and daughters. In the glow
of the candles he sat down to the
ritual repast, next to his fifteen-
year-old stepsister, Barbara. It
was good to be back, sheltered, sur-
rounded at last by friendly faces,
cheered by the sound of a language
he understood. Good, too, to be
sitting next to Barbara, confidante
of his hopes, whoee warm faith in
his worth buoyed him against the
sharp realities of his working life.
On the long voyage across the At-
lantic they had planned their fu-
ture: ■ nice house, friends, chil-
dren, music, an end forever to the
haunting fears and the starved life
of fettered Switzerland.
And what was happening? Over
there, the Guggenheim family had
escaped from peddling, the badge
of the race, to a shop of their own.
They sold it for a song to come to
the land of opportunity, and here
they were, back where they started.
Pack on back, knocking at doors,
scratching out • living.
True, they were alive, and
shackled only by lack of money, not
by laws and rigid racial barriers.
They had arrived in Philadelphia
nearly penniless, knowing no Eng-
lish, dependent on the helping hand
of sympathetic fellow-countrymen.
There was food on the table, for
which all bent their heads in rev-
erent gratitude. There was fire on
the hearth. They had never had to
take charity, except for some cere-
monial matzoth given to Father
Simon by the Hebrew Relief Asso-
ciation for his first Pa.sover in the
strange land. But after a year's
onerous work, with Simon at fifty-
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