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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

Pentateuchal portion—Num. 22:2-25:9.
Prophetical portion—Micah 5:6-6:8.

Reading of the Law for Fast of Tammuz..
Tuesday, July 4

Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1.10.
Prophetical portion—la 56:6-56:8,

June

30, 1939

Tammuz 13, 5699

Independence Day

On the current Fourth of July, 163
years after the unanimous Declaration of
Independence of the 13 original United
States of America, it is proper for Ameri-
cans to read the original declaration and
the important documents that were a
natural sequence to America's freedom.
Would that these documents could be
read by the peoples from whose midst
now comes a poison that drags liberty-
loving nations back again to the middle
ages. Would that the words of the heroes
of 1776 could be- made known to the
slaves of our own time.
But these documents are important not
only for the peoples that are now being
enslaved under brutal dictatorships. They
are important for ourselves. They are,
perhaps, more important today than they
were even in 1776. Then it was the spirit
of youth, of a young republic, that fought
for recognition and for liberty. Today it
is a problem of perpetuating that ideal-
isni and of making it work in a world
environment of human distrust and wide-
spread degradation.
Therefore we turn again to the Dec-
laration of Independence to read anew
this historic statement:
"We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalien-
able Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Hap-
piness."
This was the first principle enunciated
by the brave founders of this Republic
as a background for the sacred code of
liberty that has made this land the leader
in the fight for freedom. It remains the
basic principle in the fight for human
decency.
It is impossible to observe the Fourth of
July at this time without a feeling of
gratitude for all that this country has
done to make freedom a sacred right, and
without at the same time being concerned
over the future observance of the Ameri-
can code for liberty.
The display of Coughlin's anti-
social Social Justice together with
Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" at the
pro-Nazi so-called "German-Ameri-
can" picnic last Sunday, at which the
German consul Fritz Hailer was a
speaker, is proof of the spread of poi-
110110U11
doctrines in America. It is
proof of the necessity for the renewal
of a militant American spirit against
destructive foreign dogmas. There is
need today for a fighting American-
ism in which all elements of the
population must unite against the
Hitlerites and the Coughlinites.
The Fourth of July has to be observed
in the spirit of the founders of this Re-
public, with a determination to perpetu-
ate American ideals, to fight for them if
need be, to reject slavery and oppression,
to expel that poison which threatens to
invade our shores from the countries that
are today dominated by serfdom and dic-
tatorships, to let the world know that
OUR form of government must prevail,
not that system which strives to make
serfs out of men and women.
"And for the support of this Dec-
laration, with a firm reliance on the
protection of Divine Providence, we
m utually pledge to each other our
Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred
Honor."
These are the words with which the
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence concluded this sacred document!
These are the words that we must use
today in reaffirmation of faith in these
great principles for freedom and justice.

Unifying the Community

Formation of the Jewish Community
Council two years ago was an important
step in the direction of unity.
The annual meeting of the Council
held last week revealed a strong desire
on the part of all elements to cement such
unity and to guarantee the existence of
an actions body to speak for Detroit
Jewry.
But it was equally as evident that the
spokesmen for various elements do not
approve of inactivity; that they detest
uniformity and smugness; that they as-
pire to see the creation of a dignified and
self-respecting Jewish community which
should speak and act for its rights; that
they resent an attitude of hush-hush and
sha-sha.
The completion of the first two years
in the Council's existence was marked by
frank expressions of opinion by spokes-
men for the rank and file. Freedom to
criticize was established as a cardinal
principle in a democratic society, and
'this frank attitude at once raised the
Council's standards •to a new high.
Jews aspire to unity. Jews need unity.
Jews will have unity when it is recognized
that action in the present crisis is the
criterion for cooperation, and that free

discussion is to predominate. Last week's'
meeting of the Council proved these I
points and did much to strengthen the
Jewish Community Council's position.

Turners Reject
Military Order
From the Reich

Welcome, Bnai Brith!

The Detroit Jewish Chronicle joins
with the entire community in welcoming
the delegates to the 71st annual conven-
tion of District Grand Lodge No. 6, who
will assemble here for the next four days.
Bnai Brith has a long record for serv-
ice. It ranks today as one of the outstand-
ing Jewish movements in the world.
It has extended its activities to the youth
—through A. Z. A.—and to the students'
in the colleges — through the Hillel
Foundations. It has an effective civic-
protective force, in the Anti-Defamation
League.
District Grand Lodge No. 6, which in-
cludes Michigan, has been an important
factor in the advancement of Bnai Brith
activities. The convening of the 71st con-
vention in Detroit is a distinct honor for
the Michigan lodges. It is a mark of recog-
nition for long service and is therefore
rightfully hailed as an important event
for this community.
The symposium by national leaders of
Bnai Brith featured in this issue will be
a revelation to many of our readers of
the actual achievements of the movement
and the all-inclusive program of the or-
ganization. The accomplishments of 97
years speak for themselves as a tribute
to Bnai Brith.
The convention to be held here this week-
end is of special significance for Detroit
Jewry because one of the local Bnai Brith
leaders, Aaron Droock, is slated for ele-
vation to the highest office in the District.
We greet the Bnai Brith, as well as Mr.
Droock, with the hope that much good
will come out of the deliberations of the
present convention.

Jewry's Answer to Britain

On the day on which Great Britain an-
nounced the destructive plan for the repu-
diation of pledges made to Jews for the
upbuilding of the Jewish National Home
in Palestine, a cable was received from
Jerusalem by the New York Times to the
effect that the Jewish reply will be the
establishment of ten new colonies.
'This is the answer of a proud Palestine
Jewry which refuses to be defeated and
which is certain to carry on until our peo-
ple's aspirations are fulfilled.
The answer of Jews in the Diaspora
should be to provide the funds necessary
for the building of these ten colonies.
Redeem the soil of Palestine and make
it the inalienable property of the Jewish
people, through the Jewish National Fund.
This is the first sacred task of the present
hour. Plenty of land is available from
Arabs who are still in the majority in their
feelings of friendship for their Jewish
brethren. This accomplished, we should
proceed to cultivate such redeemed land
and to populate it with Jews who have no
other homes.

Culture in Palestine

Palestine is usually spoken of as a
haven of refuge for persecuted Jews. Sel-
dom is mention made of the fact that it
is also a haven of refuge for the Jewish
spirit.
The truth of the matter is that Pales-
tine has made great progress culturally
and that it is today the guiding factor in
the cultural and spiritual revival of the
Jewish people.
'The New Judaea, the official organ of
Zionism in England, in its last issue pub-
lished the following editorial:

A writer in Ha-Olam has taken the trouble
to make an inventory of all the Arabic books
and pamphlets published in Palestine during
the last fifteen year.. The period chosen is
determined by the fact that—paradoxically
enough—the only source of information on
the subject is Kiryath Seeker, the quarterly
bibliographical review of the Hebrew Univer-
sity Library, and this review began to appear
only in 1924. The inquirer finds that during
the period in question the total output in
Palestine of Arabic literature—that term be-
ing used in the widest possible sense. to in-
clude political pamphlets, Government publi-
cations, grammar books, missionary tracts,
reports of religious and charitable institu-
tions, and so forth—amounted to 237 books
and pamphlets. Very few indeed of these
belong to literature in the stricter sense.
There is one solitary volume of original poet-
ry, • few original stories or novels, and a
handful of translations from European lan-
guages, mostly of inferior detective stories
and romances. Of literary activity in the
fields of history, philosophy, science, and
everything else that may interest an intelli-
gent reader, there is no trace whatever.
During the same period the number of He-
brew books and pamphlets published in Pal•
estine was over 5,500; and these, in addition
to much original work and translation in the
domain of belles lettres, included books touch-
ing on almost every sphere of serious human
interest. There is no occasion here for re-
proaching the Arab population of Palestine,
which is still about 85 per cent illiterate. It
is largely what its masters in the past have
made it, and no doubt needs only opportunity
and encouragement to develop • greater and
more discriminating appetite for literature
than it has at present. But the figures we
bare quoted lend still further point to ■
question which there are many other grounds
for asking whether there can be either sense
or justice in regarding Palestine as an Arab
country with ■ Jewish minority, and in at-
tempting to shape its future on that basis.

The facts contained in this editorial
speak volumes in support of Zionism as
the great factor for Jewish cultural revivi-
fication and for Palestine as a center for
this revival. Those who would undermine
the movement with arguments to the con-
trary do not know the facts and should
study them in the important paragraph
quoted above.
Detroit Jews have an opportunity, at
this time, to support the cultural move-
ments in Palestine by co-operating in
the projects in behalf of which the emi-
nent scholar, Dr. Simon Ginsburg of Tel
Aviv, is now visiting Detroit. Lovers of
Hebrew, am:I. -especially those who are
anxious to assist in creating Hebrew cul-
tural values and in the expansion of the
Hebraic movement throughout the world,
should contribute to the Palestine Hebrew
Culture Fund which Dr. Ginsburg is dele-
gated to represent here.

An order from the German
Reich seeking to compel German
nationals to report for military
and labor service in Germany
was condemned as "affront to an
American organization" by Ar-
thur A. Kuecken, vice president
of the national executive com-
mittee of the Turners (Socialer
Turnverein), Mr. Kuecken acted
in the absence of Judge Carl M.
Weideman, president of the na-
tional executive committee. and
instructed all Turner clubs in
the United States to ignore the
Nazi order.
The printed notice received by
the Turners was enclosed in an
envelope of the German Con-
sulate, 814 Hammond Bldg., De-
troit. The notice called upon all
Reich citizens who were born
in Germany during 1920 to re-
port for service. This order was
not signed, but it was accom-
panied by a typewritten note re-
questing all Detroit Turners to
post the notice in their club
lobbies and to call attention to it
at their meetings.
Mr. Kuecken said that only
American citizens are admitted
to membership in the Turner
Clubs and that there is therefore
no one who would be interested
in the Nazi order. Ile said he
had been informed that the no-
tice was mailed from the office
of Fritz Hailer, German consul
in Detroit, where it was ex-
plained that the notice originally
came from the Cleveland con-
sulate and was merely passed on
by Hailer's office to those con-
cerned.

Liberal Rumanians
Convene on July 4

Annual Picnic to Be Counter
Demonstration Against

Iron Guardists

a
counter-demonstration
against the anti-Semitic
Iron
Guartlists, who will hold their
gathering at Grass Lake on July
4, the liberal Rumanians of this
section will hold a rally for de-
mocracy on July 4, at Carpathia
Park, 16-Mile and Royal Roads.
The affair is being arranged by
the Rumanian American Central
Committee of Michigan, which
represents 27 fraternal, religious
and social clube. All liberals are
invited to attend this rally.
Among those expected to attend
this gathering and to deliver ad-
dresses are: "Hank" Greenberg
of the Detroit Tigers, Paul Deac
of the Detroit News, Congress-
man Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, J.
N. Barbu, editor' of America,
liberal Rumanian newspaper of
Cleveland, and others.
Last year close to 8,000 people
attended the annual liberal Ru-
manians' picnic.

AS

Tress Planted In
The Butzel Forest

The Jewish National Fund
Council acknowledges the plant-
ing of the following trees in the
Fred M. Butzel Forest in Pales-
tine:
Twelve trees honoring their
40th wedding anniversary, by
Mr. and Mrs. Alex II. Barnett.
One tree in honor of Herman
Bernard Berkowitz, by Young
Women's Bicur Cholem.
One tree honoring Dr. and
Mrs. M. Beckwitt on their third
wedding anniversary, by Dr. and
Mrs. 51. Falick.
One tree in memory of Nathan
Brenner, by East Side Book Club.
One tree in memory of Mi-
chael Finn, by East Side Book
Club.
Two trees in memory of II.
Welling of Petoskey, Mich., by
Mr. and Mrs. A. Heller and Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. Neyrnark of
Boyne City, Mich.
One tree in honor of Dorothy
and Rex Lidov, by Avivah Zuck-
erman.
Two trees as prizes for Flower
Day workers to Josh Miller of
Ilashomer Hatzair and Albert
Chafetz and Meyer Zeltzer of
the Ilabonim.
One tree in honor of Louis
Tobin, by Mr. and Mrs. A. Si.1
Pregerson.
To plant trees in the Butzel
Forest please call Mrs. Philin
Slomovitz, Un. 1-6972, 17417
Stoepel. •

PURELY COMMENTARY

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

"World, What Of My Son?"

Jews are worried. They are concerned about
the future of their children. They are harried by
the thought: "What has the future in store for
ourinpotshteeritthyi?r'd .
year of Ilitlerism in Germany,
Edgar Ansel! Mowrer was expelled from Nazi-
land and returned to this country for a lecture
tour. In the course of an address he delivered in
Detroit he related the feelings of many out-
standing Frenchmen who, he said, arose every
morning and shuddered at the thought of the
morrow when they looked at their children.
This feeling has now found root in the hearts
of Jewish parents. They shudder at the thought
of the morrow. This feeling of despair is worse
than the attitude of the French. With the latter
it is merely fear of war, which, terrible as it is
in itself, it merely temporary. With the Jew it is
fear of an endless economic warfare that strikes
at the root of social, political and economic rights.
It is a war of the spirit, of poisoned minds, of
people who harbor prejudices because corrupt
human nature must have a scapegoat upon which
to unleash all hate and pent-up emotions.
A great deal is at stake. Jews are in the
thick of the fight for freedom. Jews must seek
knowledge and often succeed in acquiring aca-
demic successes. Jews are ambitious. But a jealous
world sometimes denies such rights, especially in
times of storm and stress, like the press. When
Jews refuse to sacrifice principles and ideals, it
is all the worse for them.
In the June 1939 issue of the Jewish Frontier
(a splendid issue dedicated to Dr. Albert Ein-
stein on the occasion of his 60th birthday), Marie
Syrkin, eminent Jewish poet, describes the feel-
ings of a Jewish parent in a poem entitled "My
Son Who Is a Jew." We quote it for its signifi-
cance today in considering the painful problem
of our posterity:

My son is dark:
The gang on the corner can spot him at
'
• glance.
My son is bright:
He studies late for marks and knowledge.
My son has seen ■ vision:
He goes to meetings and marches in
parades.

Shall I say to my son,
"Dim your eyes, and your hair, and your

gladness"?
Shall I say to my son,
"Close that book"?
Shall 1 say to my son,
"Let others carry the banner"?

World!
What of my son?

"My son's" future in a world torn by strife,
hatred and human indecencies is the major prob-
lem of the Jewish people.
•

Can "It Happen Anywhere"?

PAGE

Threats to Freedom

The Christian Register issue from which we
quote references to the activities of Fascists in
Norway also carries an editorial on "Another
Threat to Liberty" and an article on "Incipient
Fascism in Faneuil Hall." In the former it quotes
a statement by Dr. Louis C. Cornish, president
of the International Association for Free Chris-
tianity and Religious Freedom, who comments
on a "memorandum concerning the purpose of the
government to restrict broadcasting after Nov. 1
to such statements only as will make for Inter-
national Good Will," and points out that such
action would prevent Americans from speaking
in defense of the downtrodden, including the op-
pressed Jews in Germany. Dr. Cornish declares that
of all attacks on American liberty since the
United States became a nation "this is the most
insidious and alarming." He urges that indi-
viduals and organizations protest against such
a devise to their congressmen and senators and
asks: "The fundamental question is, are we to
continue a free people?"

The article on "Incipient Fascism in Faneuil
Hall" by Robert C. Dexter is even more alarm-
ing. The author describes how reactionaries are
opposing progress, and relates that when propon-
ents of liberal legislation, such as good housing,
sought on an occasion to present their views in
Faneuil Hall, "the historic cradle of American
liberty," they were shouted down. Mr. Dexter
reports: "The great lack in the hearing was the
voice of the intelligent, thoughtful middle-class
group. If there is any social question on which
there is practical unanimity of opinion, it is that
bad housing is the mother of crime, disease and
wasted human lives, and yes, so for as i can see,
there was but one clergyman present at the hear-
ing and he spoke against increased appropriation
for housing."
One does not have to go to Faneuil Hall in
Boston to realize how reaction is spreading. We
see evidences of it here and elsewhere whenever
the hatred of the New Deal program dominates
over the better judgment of people who should
be on the side of progress, but who instead scoff
at legislation aimed at improving the people's
lot. That is why there is justification for the
following statement with which Mr. Dexter con-
cludes his report in the Christian Register:
"The fact that this occurred in Boston and
that such rowdyism and mob activity took place
in Faneuil Hall is not in itself so disturbing,
although it is bad enough. The real cause for
alarm is that the ignorance and the selfishness
which this group exemplifies exists in every
community and is a fertile breeding-ground from
which the Father Coughlins, the General Mose-
ley, and Gerald Winrods secure their following.
This incident and hundreds of others like it pre-
sent a challenge to those of us who believe in
reason and human decency. Not many of such
folk were present at Faneuil Hall this afternoon.
Not many in any part of the country take an
active and intelligent interest in public affairs.
If this apathy continues, I fear that in a few
years those of us who believe in tolerance and
decency and fairness to all human beings, but do
nothing about it, will be faced in our own
country with the same black despair which has
gripped our fellows who showed the same in-
difference in other countries many years ago,"
This is a timely warning, and it echoes senti-
ments we have expressed again and again in
these columns. But what do our hush-hush friends
have to say to this sound statement? Will they
continue to remain indifferent to growing dan-
gers? If they do, then they lose the right to
speak as leaders of people who look to them
for guidance in time of crisis.
•

Erika and Klaus Mann, in their touchingly
fascinating book "Escape to Life," speak of
Rout liamsun's "sympathy with Fascism in gen-
eral and National Socialism in particular." They
emphasize the truth that "the great writers and
artists of Europe are against Fascism," but they
point to some exceptions. "We are thinking,"
they write, "of really startling and sensational
cases such as Knut Ilamsun, who lives so com-
pletely out of the world up there on his northern
homestead that he has lost all power to realize
what a civilized human being can bear and what
must be frankly recognized as unbearable. Per-
haps the crabbed old genius flatters himself that
he is no longer a civilized human being; he cer-
tainly does not behave like one. It may be his
good right to sing the praises of the Third Reich
in public, although his admirers may feel some
surprise at his making such emphatic use of that
right. All the same, even old friends of Ilamsun
must have felt cold shivers down their spines
when the author of Hunger, Pan, and Growth
of the Soil suddenly took it into his head to
insult and scoff at a martyred prisoner, Carl von
Ossietzky, who had at that time not yet received
the Nobel Prize, but was already interned in a
concentration camp. Must a man inevitably be-
come vile when he turns his face against prog-
ress? It would almost seem so . . . In any case,
decent-minded intellectuals in all countries have
declared themselves for progress, for anti-
Fascism."
But since this was written the pro-Fascists
have attained a measure of success. Perhaps it
is due to the lethargy of the liberals. Perhaps
it is due to the excessive venom of the reaction-
aries who are frightening the seekers for truth
and progress. In any event. the Fascist idea is
invading democratic countries, and the forces
that stand for freedom had better wake on be-
fore it is too late.
The June 22 issue of the splendidly-edited
Christian Register, Unitarian organ published in
Boston, carries an editorial under the heading
"It Can Happen Anywhere" in which it discusses
the spread of Fascism in Scandinavian countries.
"Of all places in the world," the editorial states,
"In Love With Kicks in the Face"
"Norway now seems to be breaking out with the
characteristic rash and fever: it is incredible and,
Charles Edward Russell, the eminent philo-
let us hope, the symptoms are local and super- Semite, president of the Pro-Palestine Federation
ficial. But the fact is that a few weeks ago of America, speaking of the manner in which
fifty Norwegian Intellectuals'—authors, profds- Jews were being betrayed in Palestine, once
sors, former ministers, military men, politicians warned: "It will be of no use to try to do any-
and editors—signed a public letter addressed to thing for a people resolutely in love with kicks
Denmark, written in a scurrilous style and setting in the face."
forth as a 'thesis' the words: The Norwegian
This statement is applicable to the position of
People's Demand: Greenland for Norway. And Jewry on every front throughout the world today.
Right Away And That Goes for the Faeroes."
It is also applicable to libertarians who are in-
The editorial proceeds to point out that there is active in the struggle for freedom. People must
no legal international justification for either de- stop being "in love with kicks in the face" and
mand; and "even if there were it would not ex- must put up a strong front against bigotry and
cuse the tone of the letter which refers to the a strong fight for liberty. Otherwise liberty will
Hague tribunal as a swindle, accuses the Danish die on the scaffold of man's inhumanity to man.
•

DISTRICT GRAND LODGE NO. 6
OF BNAI BRITH WILL CONDUCT
THREE-DAY CONCLAVE HERE

(CONGLUDED t'iliiM

statesmen of being a 'gang of Jews,' and threatens
to send a Norwegian warship to Greenland and
the Faeroes, take off the Danes and pack them
home."
"It may seem incredible (the Christian Regis-
ter continues) to English readers of Knut Ilamsun
that this distinguished novelist and 'self-made
man'—he was once a street car conductor in
Chicago and so should sympathize, one would
think, with 'the underdog'—should be one of
the signers of this letter. However, we had
heard some months ago that Ilamsun now that
he is old and rich has turned Nazi. In justice to
Norway it should be said that there is nothing
official or inspired behind this outburst. It is
simply an outbreak among Norwegians of the
prevailing disease of the day. It will probably
not spread. But as an example of the infectious
nature of fascism it is worth recording."
It is also worth studying. There is danger
that authors and others who are now old and
rich may have acquired minds that are fertile
for Nazism and Fascism. Indeed, if it has happened
to Knut Ilamsun it may happen to others who
are ageing in wealth. If it is happening in Nor-
way it may happen anywhere else. Therefore
the poison must be checked. The liberals must
become more militant than those who would de-
stroy liberty. The libertarians must become ag-
gressive, because freedom is at stake today.
•

Aleph Zadik Aleph membership
"to preserve, protect and defend
the democracies in which we live
and of which we are woud to be
citiiens, against any and all
forces and persons who threaten
or would destroy their existence,
from within or without."
Introduced by delegate Gerald
Cohen of Atlanta, Ga., chapter,
the resolution setting up the pro-
gram for the fall season carried
out in part the recommendations
of Jack Spitzer of Hollywood,
retiring grand aleph godol (presi-
dent) of A.Z.A., that next year's
10 Point Program on Youth and
programs stress patriotism and
Democracy Adopted by Aleph
citizenship. The program as
Zadik Aleph Convention
adopted reads:
epee,- with
fey
t. ontinue
PORT JERVIS, N. Y.—Estab-
force at on rommand Cornmuni.m. ran-
lishment of classes in democracy
""'" 1:=
and democratic ideals in the Inlmlral to Orr 71;17m.'" •:7 rree
and free people.
school, and colleges of the
Inter-
t. Promote Inter-reels!
and
I United States and Canada as a religious gem] will a n meeting..
of Menden. and exehonge
means of preserving democracy M.1,11.411101
xlidt• nit h other youth ermine of
and the promotion of annual every denomination-
citizenship days for new citi zens for x. inE t;71:1;71::
to dramatize for youth the sig- zeuth.
R. Initiate sal reoperate In all pme-
nificance of citizenship in a de-
Dent ineomets for nmIntainIng lib-
mocracy were recommended by retie. foe all, regorallem of rare, cre ed
the 16th annual convention of or coor.
R. Further expention of the A.Z.A.
Aleph Zadik Aleph, the junior riI
lie) ',coat Troop. not encourage. all
Bnai Brith, in a unanimously
7 eAl•h bor. to -ea. the Arent
re”ement.
adopted 170-point program on
Enloe, the A.Z.A. program of
youth and democracy. Endorsed elertotle rchication foe zooth.
7 Broaden the scope of the mount
by 700 delegates representing 317 1,7.e.
',nth awl democracy. rallies,
chapters in every state of the hien are timitmut to 1,s-os the otteo-
I oo et toting people on the li mporlimee
Union and in every province of of
demorraey •nd democnd e Institu-
Canada, the program pledged the tions.

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their tickets immediately by con-
tacting Ben F. Goldman, chair-
man of the banquet committee,
308 Murphy Bldg., Cherry 3372.
In addition to the regular
business meetings on Thursday,
July 4, memorial services will
be held with special music and
songs rendered by the choral
group. Preceding final reports by
the convention committees on
Tuesday afternoon, election of
officers will be held.

,717.7.1 . * 144;1111;

Saturday Sabbath Is
Legal in Michigan

LANSING. (Religious News
Service) — Goy. Lured , D.
Dickinson has signed a bill
making Saturday the Sabbath
for persons who conscien-
tiously believe it to be so,
and thus started the capitol
wondering whether legal tan-
gles will ensue from the act.
The law was one of the
briefest of the recent session
of the legislature. It states
merely that in the application
of Michigan statutes to indi-
viduals "who conscientiously
believe the seventh day of the
week ought to be observed
as the sabbath," this Sabbath
or seventh day shall be con-
strued as including the period
from sunset Friday evening
to sunset on Saturday eve-
ning.

IL Continue to otmerve the brood
rat a,..lhlr scale all national and Po
triotie hollile). and celebration, be an-
propriate exercises and ceremonies.
a. Expand the A.Z.A. coupe. In coral
rillaennhip and encourage annual citiren-
chin dr". for ',Pa citirron to rtrarnallne
la youth the emponniklitim of citizen-
ship in demaerney.
11). Encournzie the eetahliiihment of
dame. In dernorcacy and democratic
II In the mehonle and colleges aa •
prettiest mraos of preserving demarcate.

LONDON (WNS)—Half the
British population is boycotting
foreign goods, according to ■
survey recently made by the
British Institute of Public Opin-
ion which revealed that the boy-
cott for the most part, is direct-
ed against German merchandise.

"MOSES AND
MONOTHEISM"

leONCLUDE!'t FROM

PACE ()NEI

the recently published "Moses
and Monotheism" by Dr. Sig-
mund Freud.
At the outset Dr. Freud proves
himself to be inexpressibly gen-
erous far outstripping the
boundary prescribed in the Tor-
ah for the exercise of this noble
quality. With boundless gener-
osity Dr. Freud GIVES away no
less
a personality than Moses,
the Father of prophecy, the first
Emancipator and Law-Giver of
Israel, to the—Egyptians!
It is not with the veracity or
falsity of this thesis or rather
this hypothesis that I take issue.
It is against the wisdom and ad-
visibility of publishing such anti-
religious and anti-Jewish con-
cepts that—supported by the very
words of Dr. Freud himself-1
beg to raise my voice in all
humility and with all energy!
Dr. Freud alone states in his
prefatory that the reason he
delayed publication of his book
for 20 years was because he
was afraid to hurt the religious
sensibilities and susceptibilities
of the powers to be, and further
he didn't want to give aid and
comfort to the new enemies of
Israel by disseminating such con-
cepts. But in what regard slid
the times change for the better
for Israel that Dr. Freud Corn:,
out at the present with his anti-
Jewish and anti-religious doc-
trines? What greater comfort
and help could Dr. Freud give
to our enemies than by denuding
and robbing the majestic tree
of Israel of its most outstanding
and most beautiful crown-
branches? The whole system of
Nazism, the cruel and ruthless
discrimination against the Jews,
is based upon the theory of the
inferiority and unoroductiveness
of the Jewish race. Depriving the
Jew of the credit to have given
birth and have produced Moses
is a mighty comfort to the
Nazis, who, starting out with
the same clue, do their utmost
in their campaign to deny descent
of Jesus from the Jews and
"Aryanize" him!

Is a new Passion play to be
born with the subject of the
Jews killing Moses the "Man —
Messiah" after they have killed
Christ "the Divine—Messiah?"
Dr. Freud states that he may
now safely publish his book, be-
cause he lives "in free, generous,
hospitable England." I wonder
whether he gave an account to
himself whether all the Jews
live in "free, generous, hospit-
able countries," where no evil
can befall them and no revenge
will reach them for the revolu-
tionary anti-religious teachings
of Dr. Freud?
Fellow-Jews: Let us be care-
ful in handling, reading, approv-
ing and disseminating the new
books of Dr. Freud. "There is
poison in the pot and in the
pottage," says the Bible!

UNITY FOR ACTION
URGED AT ANNUAL
COUNCIL MEETING

(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)

of the committee on discrimina-
tions was presented, in printed
form, by James I. Ellmann.

Discuss Policy
During the discussion on ques-
tions of policy in dealing with
anti-Semitism, spokesmen for a
number of landsmanschaften crit-
icized the Council for having
failed to inaugurate a radio pro-
gram
in defense of Jewish
rights, and condemned the sil-
ence of Jewish leaders on im-
portant issues.
The speakers emphasized the
need for united action, and
urged more militant attitudes en
Jewish questions.

Greeting to Yishu•

T h e
unanimously
Council
adopted a resolution presented
by William Hordes expressing
the community's good wishes to
the Yishuv in Palestine and con-
gratulating the Vaad Leumi, the
Jewish Agency and the pioneer-
ing builders of Palestine on their
courageous and determined stand
for a Jewish National Home in
defiance of all interference.
Another resolution _commend-
ed H. R. Knickerbocker, corre-
spondent for Universal News
Service, for his illuminating arti-
cles on the problems of the refu-
gees.

Roosevelt Urges Heritage Defense

ICON, LUDED :ROM

PAGE ONE)
could be taken would not exceed
Vogelstein in memory of his a few thousand.
parents, Heinemann and Rose
Brazil Will Admit 3,000
Vogelstein. His father was a
on Plea of Pope
Jewish historian and clergyman
of the liberal school.
RIO DE JANEIRO ( WNSI-
The Deutsche Buchhandlung, At the request of Pope Pius XII.
in the Yorkville section here, one the Brazilian government will
of the three largest dealers in accept 3,000 refugees from Ger-
Nazi literature in New York, many who are Roman Catholics
has been forced to close from of Jewish origin. The president
lack of business. Ilerbert Jur- of the Immigration and Coloni-
gens, erstwhile proprietor, zation Council, Charles Munir.
blamed the Jewish boycott for said all of the refugees were at
the failure of the I9-year-old present in Germany, many of
business. Fifteen years ago the them in concentration camps.
owner was a Hungarian Jew, They are expected to begin ar-
Gustave Kennessey, who was riving here shortly, acording to
forced, with the rise of Nation- Muniz who said that an appeal
al Socialism in Germany and from the Pope to President Get-
anti-Jewish sentiment in York- ulio Vargas had brought prompt
ville, to sell out to German in- permission for their eventual
terests.
entry.

Plan for Refugee Colony in

Cuba Will Deport 52 Refugees

China Held Unlikely

HAVANA (WNSI—A Mani -
festo was issued here by the Na-
tional Association Against Racial

CHUNGKING (WNS) — A
plan for colonizing 100,000 Jew-
ish and other refugees from
Europe in China's undeveloped
southwest, as proposed by Jacob
Berglas, a German textile indus-
trialist and philanthropist now
residing in Shanghai, was given
little hope of materialization fol-
lowing an announcement by a
Chinese government spokesman
who said that German Jewish
refugees might find homes and
occupations in the interior of
China, but that the number who

Discrimination condemning anti-
Semitism as an attempt to incite
the public against Jews. The as-
sociation, headed by Dr. Fern-
ando Ortiz, an attorney, pointed
out that most of the Jews who
have entered Cuba during the
Past few years have not become
public charges.
Meanwhile a presidential de-
cree ordered the deportation of
52 Jewish refugees who have
been held at the Tiscornia immi-
gration station since May 15.

