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JEWISH MIGRATION: A COMPARISON
BETWEEN 1900 AND 1937
Will Their Standard
of Living Endure?
AU too often, the unexpected
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that the standard of living to
which he has accustomed his fam-
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ICONCLUDED from EDITORIAL PAGE)
U. S. quota law of 1921, the sec-
ond of 1924 and the so called
Executive Order of 1930 not only
restricted the number of im-
migrants that may come to the
United States but placed upon the
prospective immigrant the burden
of proof as to his eligibility to en.
ter. What is he required to prove
to the American Consular Serv-
ice? He is compelled to show, by
documentary evidence, first. that
he was actually born into this
world; that he enjoys good health;
that his behavior has always been
beyond reproach; that he has or
has not served in the army of
his country and, most important
of all, that, if admitted. he is not
likely to become a public charge.
To satisfy the consular service on
these and a host of other ques-
tions the prospective immigrant
is often required to pass an in-
telligence test which involves the
giving of answers to so many
tricky questions that one often
wonders what mine or your I. Q.
would be were we called upon to
submit to such a test under con-
ditions of similar anxiety.
Migration Route Change.
It is a tragedy that these severe
restrictions and great difficulties
should have come at a time when
the need for Jewish migration is
so acute and pressing. To the or-
dinary insecurity and sporadic per-
secutions that were known to the
generation in the beginning of the
Century there was added in re-
cent years that tremendous and
relentless pressure which results
from fixed government policies
which have as their aim the brand-
marking of the Jew as the scape-
goat for all ills and the reduction,
through every possible means. of
what they regard to be a super-
fluous Jewish population. It will
be no surprise but only interesting
to add now that, for the reason
stated above, Jewish emigration
has radically changed. While at
the turn of the Century Jewish
immigrants to the United States
mainly came from Russia. Austria
and Rumania, in recent years
more Jewish immigrants came
from Germany than from any of
the East European countries.
The route of Jewish migration
and its destination have changed
too. While in pre-war days the
United States was practically the
only country to which Jewish
migrants streamed in large num-
bers, in recent years there has
been a considerable flow of Jew-
ish immigration to the South and
Central American countries, to
Mexico, Cuba and, of course, to
Palestine.
What burdens have these
changes placed upon the Jewish
agencies like BIAS, dealing with
this question of Jewish migra-
tion? Obviously, the entire scope
and character of their service
were affected by the changes.
While formerly, the principal ac-
tivity was to meet the immigrants
at Ellis Island or at some other
port of entry and to look after
I their safe conduct into the care of
their relatives and friends who
awaited them, the task now is a
much more extensive one. Possibi-
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guests will be welcomed by Mrs. ries on its activities in all the 1
lilies for immigration in various William B. Isenberg, chairman of towns which have a consider.
countries have to be discovered. the campaign, Mrs. Maurice Lan- able Jewish population.
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president of the chapter, mem-
These new conditions have made dau,
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
bers of the board, captains and
It was one of the special 2
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it necessary to establish and main-
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hardships of the "Aryan" legis- 3
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lain offices for emigrant and im-
lation in Germany that those
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migrant aid service in practically
who had taken a pre-eminent
every country of the world like
part in the literary, musical,
those maintained by the 111AS-
and dramatic life of the repub-
ICA. The wider scope of the serv-
ice also necessitated the creation
lic were utterly excluded from
and maintenance of larger staffs.
that life in the Third Reich.
The immigration laws of these
Every Jewish artist In a thea-
countries have to be studied and
ter or cinema was dismissed;
interpreted. The minute supple-
mentary rules and regulations
no German - Jewish musician
have to be followed closely and
could play to a German audi-
impressed upon the prospective
ence; no Jewish painter could
immigrant. Petitions, affidavits
and other documents for the im-
exhibit in a German gallery;
migrant as well as for his rela-1
no Jewish writer could pub-
tives and friends in distant coun-
lish a book in Germany or write
tries have to be drawn up, in
an article for a German jour-
forms described by law, for pre-
sentation to the appropriate gov-
nal. Bruno Walther and Rein-
ernmental authorities both in the
hardt, Korda and Elizabeth
country of emigration as well as
Bergner, Ludwig and Feucht-
in the country of immigration.'
wanger were driven from the
Most of the difficulties arise from
the fact that the affidavits of sup-
country. But German Jewry,
MRS. ABRAHAM COOPER
port and corroborative proof of
for whom things of the intel-
the financial status of, for in- ;officers of the Ilonor Roll and a
stance, the American relative, are group of hostesses headed by Mrs. lect were still precious, early
Harry
Barnett
and
Mrs.
Theodore
set itself to provide an artis-
found by the Consular Service to
be insufficient assurance that they Levi n.
tic life for its own small so-
Mrs. Abraham Cooper is chair-
prospective immigrant is not like-
ciety. The aim of the Kultur-
ly to become a public charge. man of the program committee.
This means additional affidavits. Subscriptions may be paid all day band was, on the one hand, to
more supporting documents and Sunday by calling Mrs. H. Glick provide intellectual recreation
further representations before and Mrs. Jacob Mazer at 1518 for the segregated Jewish com-
8928 TWELFTH ST.
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officials. Because of this, it takes Burlingame. If checks are to be
munities, and, on the other,
months and sometimes a year and picked up, call Townsend 8-7630.
to
secure
a
living
for
the
hun-
more before a case is finally dis-
posed of.
dreds of non-Aryan artists of
Showroom Hours-9 A. M. to II P. M. Daily
Yet with all these restrictions
of all kinds, musicians, actors,
Monday mid Wednesday till 9 P. M.
the number of Jewish arrivals last
film
workers,
writers,
and
jour-
year was 15,199 of whom 9,024
nalists
who
were
suddenly
were immigrants and 6,175 non-
immigrants. Judging by the figures
thrown on the street. It had
for the first six months of the
At a board meeting held Tues- also a purpose of giving to the
current year, the number should day at the home of Mrs. M. Fin-
be substantially larger in 1937. • kel of Sturtevant Ave., Mrs. Sam-, Jews in Germany a knowledge
Thus we see that although the uel F. Heyman was introduced as of the intellectual and artistic
total of admissions is not incon- general chairman for the seventh achievement of their people.
siderable it is by far insufficient annual donor luncheon to be held Jewish history and Jewish tra-
to cope with the acute situation. at the Fort Wayne Hotel on
Husbands are often still separated Starch 2. Mrs. J. Deytshe is chair- dition were in large measure
unknown to German Jewry; and
from wives, children from par- man of reservations.
ents, brothers from sisters — a
A heated rummage store is now one of the major activities of
most unfortunate and appalling available. Call Mrs. L. Miller, the Kulturbund from the begin-
situation which should appeal to Tyler 6-9831, or Mrs. John Hay-
or Ladies' Plain
the conscience of America. On man, Tyler 6-0068, for rummage ning was the organization of
this score, it is well to recall a reservations.
lectures on these themes.
memorable utterance recently
The December open meeting A FORTUNATE ASPECT
delivered by the Hon. John J. will be held Tuesday, Dec. 28.
There have been four prin-
O'Connor, chairman of the House The program will be announced
Pick-Up and Delivery Price $1.25
Rules Committee. Said Mr. O'Con- later.
cipal classes of entertainment
—Save the Difference
nor; In my opinion America
—opera, concert, drama, and
should still be the sanctuary of
lecture.
In
the
first
years
the
Boy-
Contribution
to
Joint
all peoples fleeing from persecu-
Jewish companies could play
cott Council
tion. That was its origin. The Jews
originally fled to these shores to
the classics of German liter-
escape the horrors of persecution
Through Rabbi Moses Fischer, a ature and music; Goethe's
in Czarist Russia. Their plight in contribution of $5 has been made
Europe today is no less heart- by Joseph Feldman of 3214 Bur- "Faust" and Lessing's "Nathan
rending. Without a continuance of lingame Ave. to the Joint Boy- der Weise"—whose hero is a
that policy America ceases to be cott Council of the American Jew — Beethoven's symphonies,
the glorious creation intended by Jewish Congress and the Jewish and Handel's quartets. But a
New Phone for Pick-Up and Delivery
our forefathers."
Labor Committee.
later dispensation of the min-
istry of culture imposed a fresh
restriction: "Non-Aryan" Jews
were not fitted to play or ex-
press the works of the Aryan
(CONCLUDED from EDITORIAL PAGE) Political parties may utilize the
German genius. Mendelssohn
Jewish question in an attempt to
reasons behind the Institute's discredit the opposition.
was allowed, but not Beeth-
JOHN R & PIQUETTE
Siores
theme is that democracy must be
T h e existence of injustice oven or Wagner, at a Jewish
l'eninals footled
made workable in order to survive against any group is always preg-
FOREST & BEAUBIEN
concert.
The
German
Jewish
and must demonstrate its superi- nant with danger to the position of
ority over systems of government. Jews. It should be remembered theater might play Shakespeare, avamommuracaramootrammizzemuragnesa
This can be accomplished not that anti-Jewish movements in Moleire, or Shaw; but not
merely by denouncing the totali- America have usually originated Goethe or Hauptmann. It is Jew, German Jewry is gaining a serve and accompanies hjs
tarian systems but by proving the in those sections of the country
fuller acquaintance than any ter to the chamber till, in the t
democratic method superior in where Jews are comparatively un- fortunate that music and drama other Jewry with the modern ar- end, by his parliamentary powers,
are
international;
and
if
the
practice.
tistic
achievement of the Jews. he defeats his master's govern-1
known but where other groups
But if the democratic system is felt the sting of persecution. The Jewish theater in Germany is There is a surprising freedom ment. The acting was braliants,
to be made permanent and real, South immediately comes to mind. restricted in one aspect it is en- about the choice of plays. Rigid the audience was intent, as audi-
the attainment of political democ- Organized movements against the larged in another. It can draw as is the control over all perfor- ences in Germany used to be, and ,
racy alone is not sufficient. With- Negro, such as the Ku Klux Klan,
mances in Germany, there is no there was a feeling of intimacy '
out economic democracy political have been directed against Catho- on the whole world except Ar- pre-censorship of plays, and the between performers and audience
democracy is always in danger of lies and Jews an well despite the yan Germany, and it can and Jewish theater produces for its which gave a special character to
overthrow by dissatisfied mama fact that these two groups are flu- does play the works of the Jewish audience dramas which the performance.
or fearful overlords. A political merically small in the Southern greatest and most modern dra- would not be possible in the gen-
100 Groups is Kulturband
eral theater, One play I saw The Kulturbund has its branches
democracy in which there operates area. The persistence of intimida-
an economic tyranny is a hollow lion of Negroes may well be view- matists of the European coun- was by a Hungarian Jew. The in a number of towns, and it en-
sham at the mercy of the subver- ed with disquiet by Jews even tries, of Ibsen, Shaw, and Noel hero was a Socialist butler. who rolls its members in every corm-
sive forces of Fascism and Com- though an anti-Negro sentiment Coward, as well as of Shakes- is elected to parliament while in munity of Jews, large or small.
munism. Workers must not only may not at a specific time be peare and Moliere. -
the service of the conservative Over a hundred organizations are i
have the right to organize but coupled with an anti-Jewish bias.
prime minister. Ile continues to affiliated to it. It has today same,
At the same time the Kultur-
share in the profits of industry It is possible to conceive that the
70,000 contributing members in a
producing
and must be protected against the state of mind which has no com- bund makes a point of special
in- against Jews for religious, patri- community of less than 400,000
plays which have a
hazards of unemploymest and old punction about burning Negroes at terest
for the Jewish audience, otic, tribal or other reasons. We. souls--and in Berlin it is engaged
age. Hence, leaders of the goodwill the stake may be turned with
'here dealing with the motiva- In an effort to bring up its mem-
movement have placed more and equal intensity, under the corn- either because the theme is Jew- tions of human nature which are bership to 20,000. The constant ;1
more emphasis upon interfaith co- pulsion of an effective propaganda, ish or because the writer is a are
often unpredictable and cannot be emigration of the Jews from Ger- II
operation for social justice. The against Jews, Catholics, "foreign-
classified into systems. A far- many confronts it with new prob-'I
teams of minister-priest-rabbi have ers," Communists or any unpopu- former, very often a means and sighted solution must be concerned lems not only because it takesi;
stressed the relationship of em- lar group. Education toward an not an end. The end is the estab- not only with changing systems away subscribers but also bemuses/
nomic democracy to the elimination essential justice in the dealing of lishment of a leftist political and but also with changing individuals. it drains away steadily the best.'
of prejudice. Co-operation among all human beings with each other economic order. Or, if such is not The changing of the individual is artistic forces. The creation aL:1
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish regardless of class, religion or the case, the creation of such an primarily a religious task.
the Palestine Symphony Orches-S1
bodies such as the Federal Council race is one of the prerequisites of order is viewed as the means to
But the changing of systems is tra last year by Haberman, for
of Churches, the National Catho- a sound human relations policy.
the end.
examnle, deprived German Jewr7y
.
tic Welfare Conference and the Finally, we come to the under-
There is, for example, a school also a religious task, both from of 17 of its best musicians,. al- ,
Central Conference of American lying philosophy of the movement. of secularists who maintain an ex- the point of view of idealism and though ono of the conductors;
Rabbis for social action is beton- This is that the movement for clusive concern with conomies as of practical effectiveness. As be- the Kulturbund is able to confr'r
ing more frequent, while economic more wholesome human relations solution to the Jewish problem twecn secular methods and tell- bine that work with the occasion-i;
justice has become a major theme shall have a religious basis.
specifically and the human rela- pious methods for changing sys- al direction of the orchestra es
for the human relations institutes The problem of human relations tions question generally. Assum- tems the thoughtful person must Palestine. Berlin and Frankton ;
and seminars held periodically in is primarily a religious problem ing that the adherents of this concede the superiority of the reli- alone among the communities'
various parts of the country. and of this we must not lose, school are sincere and not politi- gious method. The secular method have • psrrnanent Jewish theater.
balsepmectofofJotchtiirrforniula sight. The movement for the cal propagandists they need to ask always stands in danger of ridi- In the other places musical and
A
beterment of human relations themselves the question, will an cule or resentment, of being identi- dramatic performances have to',
is a recognition of the totality of has been criticized for over em- economic reorganization of society fled with revolutionary techniques be arranged by visiting compans,'
the human relations problem. I Oasis upon its religious aspects eliminate racial prejudice? Viewed and thus being discredited. The ies and artists.
the
revert here to the plea made at and it may be that in its early; superficially it might seem to be in religious method, on the other
The organization of artists corn-
the beginning of this article for years other elements were not suf-; the affirmative. The Soviet experi- hand, although conceivably not as
prise 1,725 active members. of
the abolition of the term goodwill. ficiently stressed. But ends to be meat, thus far at least, indicates drastic as the secular, may ulti- whom
the vast majority are musi-;
The goodwill movement has be- sought are religious, whatever that it might be possible to dispose mately be more productive of re-
clans and opera singers; Ill are ,
come a human relations movement, techniques may be employed, and of anti-Semitism by a radical eco- suits with the least evil of cone- actors,
170 are painters. Over 200 ;
It originated as a movement for the motivation upon which we nomic reorganization of society. queues. Religion, after all, car- artists are maintained in work
better relations among Prates- must depend is of • religious char- But the objection here is that most ries with it a certain measure of permanently, and a much larger .
tants, Catholics and Jews, and al- actor.
Jews are not quite ready to re- authority which ensures respect number receive help. During the
though this interfaith emphasis is
That both the objective and the linquish their Jewish idealism for for its message. If the
religious four years of its existence the:
still paramount, the movement has motive of the activities of the Na- the haven of a Communist totali- technique is not as aggressive
as organization has expended Rrri.4
been placed in the position of hav- tional Conference of Jews and tarian paradise. The problem, the secularist it is compensated by 4,000,000, and more than half
ing to work for better human re- Christians are conceived in reli- rather, is whether the economic de- the fact that reaches those individ- of that has gone in salaries. Memo- I
lations among all sections of the gious terms is indicated in its con- terminists can achieve a satisfac- uals whose conversion is most bers pay a motet monthly sub- •
people
stitution which puts it as follows: tory solution under the democratic necessary to social change. There scription, for which they are en - i
The all-inclusiveness of the con-
"Believing in a spiritual inter- system. The answer must be stated is something to be said for • tech- titled to attend either one ovens:
cept of justice and the intents.- pretation of the universe and de- in the negative. The human relit- nique which influences the kind of and one lecture or one
pendence of human relations is evi- riving its Inspiration therefrom, tions problem is composed of a people who need changing most. performance and one theatrical
concert. 1
dent to the observer The Chris- The National Conference exists to variety of factors of which the Aldous lluxley has pointed out The fortunate, no doubt,
may.
tian-Jewish problem is, in essence, promote justice, amity, under- economic is merely one, There is that the most effective propaganda subscribe for both aeries and
a problem of justice, Its solution standing and co-operation among no denying its status as among the is not that which converts the pro- have the instruction of the lee-
will be hastened in proporti'm as Jews, Catholics and Protestants in most important factors. But the net people who later make history. Lure as well as the recreation of
the ideal of justice becomes a real- the United States and to analyze, fact remains that there are other The religious method is likely to the play. the concert. and the
ity among men and will be retard- moderate and finally eliminate in- elements indispensable to an effec- be more efficacious than the secu- opera. No person may attend sa
ed as long as injustice character- ter-group prejudices which disfisp tire solution. The economic ap- lyrist not because it converts the performance unless he proves that
izes the affairs of society. To work ure and distort religious, business proach. and the secular solution masses, who are already convinced, he is a Jew. Tht restriction ap-
for justice to Jews alone without social and political relations, with generally, therefore, may be indi- but because it may move that plies even to visitors The re-
regard to its attalnment for other a view to the establishment of ■ rated on the major premise that it group which is most likely to come striation may be a necessary pre-
"tours is not only imurneti , •1 hat social order in which the religious views the problem from an incom- to leadership in the future.
caution of the authorities of the
unsound. For, the position •f the ideals of brotherhood and injustice plete perspective. It is an over-
The difference between the reli- Reich. If the Jewish theater were •
Jews is influenced to some degree shall become the standards of hu- simplification.
gious solution and the secular so- open to the general public it
by social, political and economic man relations."
The human relations problem is lotion of the human relations might prove too attractise_
factors over which they have no
It may be argued that it is pos- to • large degree a human prob- problem, as of many other prob-
control, so that the equlTasium is sible to achieve more wholesome lem which will exist apart from lees, is the difference between
likely to be upset at me• given human relations upon a generally system of politics or economics. truth and half truth. The secular
moment by abnormal co•crt'oe• in secular level. There are movements The solution of the secularists solution is • partial solution. The
those spheres. Activity on 5 1, • Dart in existence today organized upon takes no account of the psychic, religious solution attempts to deal
-f labor, for example, messy gllmu - • secular nlane which are directed the psychological and the purely with the totality of the problem,
late eounter-activity on th• n.rt toward the eradication of rare religious factors involved. These 'Mee religion, unlike secularism,
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issue is introduced. A e-n-te.e•nt ferenee between these movements final solution. For there is no life. Its techniques. even when ap-
against Communism rosy h• ma- and the religi-us movement, how- guarantee that when the political plied to secular factors, are the
-•paltered by irrespon•90 ,- •-• --ti ever, is that the achievement of and economic Utopia arrives move- most ideal to bring about the ends
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