TitElkiwort/Dvisti &MIMS July 21, 1939 and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE VIEVErROIVEWIMI ef RON 104 and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE esmilehes1 Weetkly by T ► e Lowish CUMMiele rulandslag C.. IM. imetee • matter MaTelt I. I ►l► . at the Po.. •flice al Detroit. Web.. ander the Act of Varga, I. tea. General Offices and Publication Building 525 Woodward Avenue r•lephonet C•dillae 1040 Cable Addresat Clarouicle UMW. OfBeet 14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England subscription. in Advance $3.00 Per Yew fc tesnre eubliestioe all corrernondeme and Dews amtlet mtt reeelt ten ogle. by Tumid.. esemeg of ee .b eeek note.. kindly as. one elk of the paper Call. eke Detrolt J•wlso Chruniel• In•Ites •orrespood..1 es mg/• ems .7( Intermit to th• Jewish people, but discleims respossl- elltty for am ladomemeet of the •Itmte *Wmd by the writers Sabbath Readings of the Law Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 1:1-3:22 Prophetical portion—h. 1:1-27 Tisha b'Ab Readings of the Law, Tuesday, July 25 Pentateuchal portion—Dent. 4:25-40, at morn- ing services—Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-10 at afternoon services. Prophetical portion—Jer. 8:13-8:23, at morn- ing services—ls. 55:6-56:8, at afternoon services. July 21, 1939 succeeded in branding them as "illegal" seekers for homes in the territory from which their ancestors were driven and which is to be kept as a barren desert if this brave knight is to have his way. It shall not be said in the Germany of the Nazis that Jews from Poland and Ru- mania and Hungary are to take the places claimed by the declassed and degraded at the hands of Hitler. Nay, it shall not even be said that all of these degraded are to find homes in Palestine, and if brave knight Malcolm MacDonald is to have it his way, the German Jews who are storm-tossed in old and leaking boats shall also be barred from entering the land the Jews dare to build as Eretz Israel. In the long run, it is not the Jewish people whom Knight MacDonald harms. It is the British people that is humiliated. When Britain learns the truth, MacDonald will be compelled to shed the armor he disgraces by his words and acts. The Unitarian Program Brave Malcolm MacDonald! BROADCASTERS BAN RACIAL PREJUDICE; MAY BAR COUGHLIN The issue of Communism that arose at Congress recently inspired an editorial in the New York Times under the heading "Youth and the Communists," as follows: Literal-minded people may find the reports of proceedings of the American Youth Con- gress puzzling. On Monday the congress voted down a resolution to condemn communism ■ s "opposed to the principles of a belief in God, the inviolability of human right., pri- vate ownership of property and internal peace." Following this a group representing , 14 of the 135 participating organizations walked out. On Tuesday the remaining dele- gates passed • substitute resolution support- ing the basic freedoms, keeping the doors of the congress open to all young people, re- gardless of race, creed, religion or political label, whether Republican, Democratic, Social. ist, Communist, Fascist or any other kind," but oho denouncing "all forms of dictator- ship, die., of whether they be Com - munist, Fascist, Nazi or any other type." Surprisingly, this resolution received sup- port from Communists, one of whom, Mr. Gil Green of the Young Communist League, stated that "communism does not stand for dictatorship but for the greatest democracy," ■ andledged his organization against "all forms of dictatorship." Mr. Green did not ex• plain what is meant by the "dictatorship of the proletariat" at the present moment, nor just how Joseph Stalin earns hi. living. How- ever, the reconciliation of Russian commun- ism with American notions of democracy is his worry, not ours. Taken at their face value, the words of the resolution are good words, regardless of Mr. Green's •ttitudea. They acknowledge every one's right to talk. They denounce forms of government which make free discussion, in Youth Congresses or elsewhere, a crime. If the young people, who will soon enough be middle-aged people, cling to these beliefs, we can be easy in our minds. In his warning that immigration to Pal- estine will be completely cut off begin- ning Oct. 1, for a six-month period, due to the large number of illegal immigrants who are coming in at isolated spots on the Palestine coast, Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald made this statement: "As many illegal immigrants are Jews from Poland and Rumania, the movement threatens to some extent our effort to help refugees," This is a most amazing declaration on the part of a member of a great Govern- ment. It not only adds insult to injury. It attempts to mislead world public opin- We concur wholeheartedly in the view ion. It seeks to paint a picture of saint- liness of the British administrators who expressed in this editorial. The basic are shutting the doors of the Jewish principles of freedom of speech, freedom Homeland in the face of tens of thousands of assembly, freedom of worship must be of unfortunates, including children for defended at all costs. As long as all ele- whom homes were already created but ments of the population will stand four- who are deprived of the right to breathe square in defense of these ideals, there will be nothing to fear from the destruc- freely. Instead of cooperating in the great ef- tive groups. But as soon as the right to fort of "facilitating" the establishment of discuss an issue freely is prohibited, other the Jewish National Home in Palestine— restrictions will follow inevitably and the as pledged in the Balfour Declaration and I entire democratic structure will crumble. the League of Nations Mandate—British The democratic ideals must be defended, officials, through their perfidious spokes- and they can be protected only by mak- man, Colonial Secretary MacDonald, seek ing our form of government a living in- to give the impression that Jews are in- strumentality for liberty and justice. terfering with a noble effort to help refu- gees. No Place Here for Hatred But Mr. MacDonald and his fellow Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New Britishers in the Chamberlain administra- York has placed strong emphasis in re- tion know that the plight of the Polish cent addresses on the need for defending and Rumanian Jews is as serious as that American democracy and on the fact that of the German Jews, the only difference subversive movements have no place in in their position being that the German this country. One of his most significant Jews must leave at once whereas the Pol- statements is the address he delivered be- ish and Rumanian Jews have the "privi- fore the New York State Department of lege" of living and suffering in their pres- the United Spanish War Veterans in which ent infernos. he emphasized that "the spirit of demo- What inconsistency—the Palestine Post cratic America will not tolerate" hat- called is "perverted logic"—in Malcolm reds which dominate European countries. MacDonald's argument! Just because He lauded immigrants who have come some Polish and Rumanian Jews have here to escape religious or political per- come to Palestine "illegally" (from the secution and declared that "in the free Colonial Secretary's point of view), there- life of America, love for their adopted fore even German Jews, whom he pre- country left no room in their hearts for tends to be anxious to help, shall not be national, racial, religious or class hatred able to enter! and divisions." First the Jewish people was penalized This address was a stirring appeal for the terrorism of the Arabs. Now the against tolerating here "the passions, the Jewish people is being penalized because prejudices, the false theories and ideals its oppressed and persecuted must find a which are making Europe an armed camp haven of refuge! and which have forced from their homes We have before us a clipping of a countless thousands to wander homeless cable sent to the New York Times by its through Europe." He continued: correspondent in Bucharest, Rumania, on Those who benefit from the blessings of June 26, which reads: democracy must not abuse the privileges of democracy. Those who are protected in their liberties by our statutes must obey those statutes, not only in the letter but in the spirit. It is contemptible for any one who enjoys the benefits of democracy to seek to undermine the principles and institutions alone have made those benefit. pos- which ■ sible. We can have no divided loyalty in this country. That great American, Theodore Roosevelt, eloquently expressed this truth BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 26. —There were moving scenes at the port of Con• st•nza today when • small Rumanian steamer left for Palestine. There were 450 Jewish refugees from Austria and Cxecho-Slovakia who were al- lowed aboard, but 120 more were left behind because of lack of accommodation. A. the ship left her mooring, ■ number of the latter sought to swim out to her despite the efforts of the authorities and bystanders to p t them. Twenty jumped into the water. Fourteen were picked up by boats; the others drowned. What is it that impels men and women to risk their lives, to make uncertain voy- ages on disease-ridden boats, to leave the lands of their birth in order to settle in Palestine—illegally? Surely it is not a desire to be spiteful to an alleged altruis- tic British plan to help the refugees! Every person on earth who knows any- thing at all about world conditions and about the horrors that drive the Jewish refugees to most dangerous means of pur- suing life, knows that this is a race with death, that the frantic attempts to enter Palestine are the alternatives for suicide, that the refugee plight is not limited to Germany, that there are more than five million men, women and children who must find havens of refuge else they die —and that for hundreds of thousands of these members of a nation trapped, Pales- tine is the only haven. What a brave figure Mr. MacDonald cuts in the present tragedy! He is a glor- ious knight who defends the shores of Palestine against the terrible monsters called Polish and Russian Jews. He has Even the excessive humidity of the summer months does not put a damper on the' activities of the Junior Section, Detroit Service Group. Under the chairmenship of Bud Bielfield, Sadie Beth Klein and Jerry Rosenzweig, the collection committee is reorganizing and will start active work in the early fall. Members of the steering com- mittee have been meeting to dis- cuss plans for new activities for the Junior Group to carry through during the fall and winter months. Campaigning in the Junior Di- vision is still on. Money and slips arc received daily. The Junior Division has raised $14,800 out of a quota of $17,500, and expects to pass the $15,000 mark before the first fall meeting. Freedom of Speech Ab 5, 5699 the convention of the American Youth In connection with the program for de- mocracy inaugurated by the Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice, it is inter- esting to note that the projected plan to fight against bigotry and for justice to all groups is not being limited to Unitarians. The men at the head of the Unitarian Fellowship have invited spokesmen for all religious denominations to join in this battle for decency. Under the projected plan this will be a fight by Americans for American ideals, against the injection of bigotry into the bloodstream of our de- mocracy. The Unitarians have earned the gratitude of all lovers of liberty for in- stituting this program of action in de- fense of the American way of life. JR. SERVICE GROUP PLANS ACTIVITIES when he said: "We can have no fifty-fifty allegiance in an American this country. Either • man is ■ and nothing else, or he is not American at all. W. are akin by blood and descent to most of the nations of Europe; but we are separate from all of them; we are • new and distinct nation." Our nation is more than • geographical unit of • single government. Our nation is composed of peoples of different stocks and many religions, but we are all united by an intense love of liberty.' We are • nation born of ■ great ideal. That ideal can and will be preserved for us and for our children and our children's children only if we safeguard it militantly andncompromisingly. ■ We who love America, we who love de- mocracy and freedom and equality mud dedi- cate ourselves to • spirit of understanding, of tolerance and good-will, of patriotiam and, above all things, to an unyielding love for free America. Every loyal American will endorse these views. They are the sentiments of a great American who knows the value of freedom and is instrumental, in his own capacity as governor of the Empire State in the Union, in defending the highest principles of this democracy. Only those who have inherited the hates of Europe can pos- sibly reject the ideals for American de- mocracy outlined by Governor Lehman. I .41111. ■ ItSiNCLUDED FlIttal PAGE ONE) on American public opinion. Scores Coughlin as "Compounder of Stories" Speaking over the Mutual net- work on a nation-wide hookup, Elliott Roosevelt, head of the Texas State Radio network, as- sailed Father Coughlin as anti- Semitic and a ''compounder of stories." Although censorship in any form was intolerable to him, Roosevelt said that 'it "might not be too high a price to pay if it will help insulate us against the anti-Semitic oratory of the radio priest out in Royal Oak, Mich." The President's son as- serted that as a compounder of stories Father Coughlin has few equals and that "despite the fact that his own churchmen as well as Jews have been relentlessly persecuted in Germany, Cough- lin's shrine has become a clear- ing house for questionable propa- ganda which the Nazis make the fullest use of. Most of Father Coughl in's anti-Semitic views have been taken up by the Nazis and widely quoted in Germany," Roosevelt said. PURELY COMMENTARY By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ The Refugees—Myth and Reality A movement in opposition to the admission of refugees is gaining momentum in Australia and New Zealand. An example of the type of senti- ment created there is contained in the recent pronouncement by Sir Frank Clarke, president of the Legislative Council of Victoria, the Leftist Australian State, who described the refugees as follows: "Slinking rat-faced men under 5 feet high and with a chest development of about 20 inches who work in 'backyard' factories for 50 cents a week and their keep." This is, of course, not a fair portrait of the unfortunates who are in search of havens of ref- uge from oppression. The best answer is pro- vided by the Jews who have settled in Palestine. These "refugees" are in no sense different from those who plead for opportunities to live else- where. They have the same eyes, the some ears, the same dimensions. The only difference is that the Jewish communities are prepared to wel- come them, and only the inhuman policy of the British administration stands in the way of settl- ing hundreds of thousands of them in a Jewish environment; whereas other lands are brutal in their refusals to welcome wholesome elements who can make great contributions to them. In Palestine Jews have provided proof of their ability to create, and the pioneers have wrought miracles in a forsaken country. An interesting sketch recently appeared in the Hebrew labor daily Dever of Jerusalem describing the mettle of which Jewish builders of Zion are made. This sketch, picturing everyday life in the port of Tel Aviv, by Zvi Adler, under the title "In the Port ... ", has been adapted into English for the Zionist Review of London and we reprint it here as an impressive bit of evidence in defense of the men who are being maligned by the description "slinking, rat-faced": The sun hean Bonn intolerably on the hocks of lolling dock laborers, burdened sllh great loads. Some hate not set !ranted how to carry heasy eat.; they are perched on their neelm—such oorkers x111 mot last long In the port, for after carrying bunlens for teteal hours that o- ats they will become dim,. onti booed. Other. be. the Racks on their shoulders lightly. The coal-heaters orir eolorml glsmses to protect their eye, horolkerrhimett doer their mouths, and ,,told Arinklnt outer. Life is no Idyll 14 here there is hard work to II. dine. But they elm ollere formerly had sighed. Little Slid., the chosen, Ilfloo voles in a rhAnother gotols on his nules• Conte on, ollogethert Simon asks: 55 heeler mw a porter omelet: epeetiscles? ISM it le THEIR port. 'Mere ore comm., a mall lighter basin, bale, otorkers, porters, longshoremen, boatmen: there wagnothing like tills scene of 111. 11,14 a feu''nom nun. Nothing so ..... or went.— . tto ottleDing. A itolimon. misses, glues ot the badmen at work. perked-up earn goew by, Mantle a lllll ment to ' ,,stelt, end then Joins in the el.. of hereo n . sit u .1111 hie uncent bark. The ships ore loaded anti uttheoled with melodic ming, a choral amo lll mullnient to toll, In this Jeolsh port. That which has been possible in Palestine— not only at the Tel Aviv port but also in the agricultural colonies, in road-building activities, FCC Decree Declared to Be in factories—is also possible in Australia and in "Ambiguous" England and the United States. Given a chance, WASHINGTON. (WNS)—Rep- the refugees will make great contributions to resentatives of the radio indus- the countries offering them refuge. But the cards try, testifying at a hearing on are stacked against them, and libels dominate the Federal Communication Com- over truth. mission's recent ruling that It is no wonder that the masses of the Jewish broadcasters "shall render only people, as well as their leaders, are perplexed by an international broadcast which the question, "Whence will come relief?" will reflect the culture of this • country and which will promote A Story That Challenges the Conscience international good-will, under- of Mankind standing and cooperation," criti- Thousands of Jews are still on the high seas cized the decree as "ambiguous" in search of havens of refuge, but a heartless and as a "form of censorship." world remains indifferent to suffering. Tens of thousands are clamoring to be admitted to Pales- Urges Propaganda Be Met by tine, but the administration set up by John Bull Critical Appraisal rejects them. Those who get into the land under CHARLOTTESVILLE. (WNS) —Declaring that civil liberties the darkness of night are branded "illegal" immi- are today fighting a losing battle grants. That the legality of Jewish settlement in throughout the world, Bruce Palestine should be questioned in this tragic hour Bliven, president and editor of is the height of international barbarism and cruel- The New Republic, in an address ty. Dr. Stephen S. Wise put it well when he before the Institute of Public said that no Jew goes to Palestine illegally, but Affairs at the University of Vir- Jews are kept out of Palestine illegally. In the meantime untold hardships are suffered ginia, urged that problems aris- ing out of irrational prejudices by the boatloads of men and women who must find homes somewhere and who risk everything masquerading as intelligent judg- ments be met by critical thought they possess and their very lives to settle in Eretz Israel. The New York Times corespondent in as the best protection against international propaganda of a Bucharest, Rumania, sent his paper a copy of a subversive nature and as the letter written by a young Bukowina Jew who surest bulwark of democracy entered Palestine "illegally" to his parents, de- itself. "Our problem," mid Bliv- scribing the difficulties that are suffered by these immigrants, their want and starvation and the en, "is to train ourselves to recognize propaganda, and when constant state of panic into which they are being we recognize it, to suspend judg- thrown. The letter reads: ment until we can analyze its purposes dispassionately." LONDON. (WNS)—In order to compete on better terms with Germany and Italy in the "war of words and nerves" now being waged by press and radio, the British government will mend more than £300.000 in building up its propaganda machine. "tine group. consisting of about 40 to.. men and noon., left lIncharest anti arrited Conetensa monk), where me Isere lodged In a entail hotel. It was said I1,1,,would last only few )100ry1, hnt we hod to stall too dude before we were emberiord on Feb. 21, at night. "The next nielot fie ehanget1 oor ship and on the new one tte found not letter limo 700 Jeolgh eml- grstals 5/.0111 Poland. %%dhow' any Incident 0111. /1111P • rrhed at ('ornitli direeve), where orocre forced lo stop for a oeek. After Ie.'. eornith the night of March 10 or had our Mot entastnophe. ..Exeryltody....ping hound!), .hen, ooltsg to the negligence of Si,. eaptain, our ship etmndrdan a rock. Signet. asking for helpoere Immediately .of ont am the outer flooded the 11011) of the Half a mile THE JEW'S INSURANCE POLICY (CoNCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE) rabbi, my grandfather, seated in his Talith and Tephilin, the mourning of the lamentations impressed on his patriarchal ap- pearance, was absorbed in the Midrash of the Lamentations. To him came Naphtali, enraged with conduct of the Chassidim and carrying in his hands the stickers which had been thrown at him, and the hairs which had been Plucked from his beard. Even in his great excitement Naphtali was awed by the majestic figure of the rabbi and he stood motion- less at the door until the rabbi looked up. "I have come to complain of the conduct of the 'eshoim'," cried Naphtali, in tones of ex- citement. "See, holy rabbi, what the r'shoim (the wicked ones) have done to me!" and he ex- hibited the signs of his mistreat. ment, the stickers and hair torn from his beard. "Whom do you call the r'shoim?" asked the rabbi, delib- erately. "It is not allowed to apply evil names to Jews." "Why, the Chassidim! They are really eahoim, for on the day of the great Jewish disaster they do not engage in mourning a p n ra el nk gr ei, e! but rather in childish "You know what the Talmud says," spoke the rabbi slowly and meditatively. " 'Judge every man with an eye to the justification o f his actions.'" "But what justification can t here be in such conduct—making holiday of the day of the tem- ple's destruction?" "Sit down, Naphtali," com- manded the rabbi, "and listen to a story." Naphtali seated him- self and the rabbi began as fol- lows: when I was rabbi of the town of L—, there came to me an honest member of the community, named Meier, who bewailed his lot with tears and bitterness. A great fire bad bro- ken out on the street and his • small house had burned among the rest. This had left him penni- less, without any means of mak- ing a living. Who he told me that his loss was only 1,000 gulden, I told him that I could recompense him for his loss. I then inquired as to other losers in the disaster. I learned to my sorrow that Moishe Chaim, a very much respected and chari- table member of the community, had lost his house, valued at 50,000 gulden. I was very sorry, for I knew that beside his loss Moishe Chaim was oppressed by many debts. Even as I thought of the matter my , Shames an- nounced that Moishe Chaim was at the door. He entered, and at the sight of his smiling face I thought that the news I had heard could not be true. "'Moishe Chaim,' I said, 'I heard that you had suffered a great loss. I am glad that it is not true.' "'It is true that I have lost not only my house but my ex- pensive furniture also,' said the man. "'Then how is it that you are smiling while Meier, whose small house cost only 1,000 gulden, is bewailing his lot?' "'Because,' whispered Moishe Chaim in the ear of the rabbi, 'because I possess an insurance policy for 70,000 gulden, with this money I will pay my debts and build a new house and buy new furniture to replace the old, but Meier, who has no in- surance policy, must really be unhappy even though his loss is only 1,000 gulden.'" After the rabbi had finished, Naphtali asked him, "Why, rab- bi, have you told me this Motif" And the rabbi explained as fdl- lows: "Tisha b'Ab is the day of the destruction of the holy temple with all its furniture, an it is re- lated by the prophet Jeremiah, 'There is gone forth from the daughter of Zion all her splen- dor, the magnificent things which have been in the days of old.' But the Chassidim believe Is Named Director of Cornell's Hillel (CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE) frotn our ship ito• on uninhabited island and the 'WM- sengers xere rolite). there, 'Ti,,. next morning another elan mane to our rescue; nt* Mat chip otio tronsporting boo. 111111411,1% Id I Citechmslotakia, oho completely Mint the small simmer. These unfortunate people had been on the sea for srt. tteeks, had had to fight oillt Glom. and "ere full of term.. Resides, they had nu more food on board. there the .hip look the direet1011 Of Palestine "IT and 011 the tIrst night tte blot the eltatwe to lard 600 pers.., mostly . lllll en, children und peolde. At 5 o'clock in 1h ...truing .e 1111f1 IO Interrupt Si,. landing operntions, and to ur ship return. III the open sea with the Intention of noming back the next elenitm Ito land the rest of the Pasocnttm. "11 e allpf.ched the shore in the dark. The captain stoniest and the hoots itere loorred. At thatmoment oole sea Melton. illuminated. The contain gale ,,hair orders to .eigh !Indoor and the ship Imtk to the ora again at the ',retest imomlble speed. moist goards for lamb raml ,,tenet itoultlee-eun follotted UPI In lire an us, hut meild not eolotorc os. board the ship ired people steer still est,. I olth neither ostler nor ',rotted., and oilhout any pats ,gulp. The captain 1.1110 of approonching the 4• 00,d decided to Morn to Greece. A terrible storm tont. out day. our only food wos dr, bread with and for or ttaler. merit. In Greece the mph.. bought food, '1%1..11 but to on houllicient quantity for the passengers. So me lad Ito pnoislo. with our last 11 e remained In Is IIIVOk 1.111. 1 for ten days and rapt., nod men time changed. to Palmtlne, “The neat Imptala refused to take al that .lien we orriteel in the oeighborhood of Cyprus ue had to Illre a wailing ship. At a distance of the miles front Paleslitte 405 emigrant. tient on board that guinea ship, ohere they or tte pocked the sardines. I It- fortatmlely the nonlenti I NIETO,. Awn. MI5 alt. that Mehl. Only the neat night, in intleseribable difficulties, watt a I lll effected, lout the .•.tenger. mere left will,a,,I luggage, half-started and some el en loo In 1110 1111111111M! the re lllll Ming 410 lomsett0eno .alting aboard the -burrfor the return of the 'mill. it 111111e back they all went on locoed it, hut ship. bowline was possible on that Mehl "The next nIght AO pos.ngers otos.Int.& but the that n111101Inced the possibty or landing sud- ▪ denly rtired tool the soiling ship wits once lllll re °bilged to lake e o l sea. Ile! Si,. ittramer her gone and se *tree miter or food. 111110011, left In the next nleht failed. so that "An attempt to nor leader deaths! to gall Inv Syrian coast f,'r protlftiono Title trip look 10 Ionic.. At Nom on it,. Syria. roost we got tom protisions und otter three thug xr afflict' in Si,. neighborhood of the PaltetIne coast to act fie landing. It one the night of Well It 1.1111 Limed, oho n ot Into the anus or the Enelish seised the nailing eltip cool took um to ornssted Haifa "a high official of the pollee sins our savior. Ile Iloilo olot also Intertentsi In Jerusalem and nest • result of his IntertentIon and off a strike of 314 remain in the to 'rt. hours in Maths we more allowed to rem A few dup. litter we were interned III quarantine. After Is thorough medical reuntinolion and the U.11111 Inocula- tion or oere released... A more touching story of human hardships is yet to be told. It is common knowledge. Britain knows it. The United States government knows it. France knows it. It is common knowledge in that are ruled by dictators. But the conscience the democracies as well as the governments of the world apparently remains unmoved. A hard-hearted world refuses to become sympathetic. • A Comment on the "Food" Item The Commentator's good friend, Osias Zwerdl- ing of Aim Arbor, was the first of a number of readers to comment on our item on "Food" in last week's column. Mr. Zwerdling writes: "It might interest you to learn what the in- telligent non-Jew thinks. Last spring, Rabbi Ber- nard Heller, several Jewish students, Mrs. Zwerd- ling and I were guests at a dinner given by the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ann Arbor where several hundred. non-Jews were present, and all were served broiled fish. It was not on Friday. I leave all comments to you." Mr. Zwerdling (he is deservedly one of Michi- gan's most revered Jewish leaders), has written his own commentary. A Christian church has shown the kind of respect for Jewish guests which Jews themselves have on occasions failed to show to themselves and their traditions. Only one other comment is in order: Self-re- spect begets respect. Self-respect should dictate to Jews not to abuse their own traditions. • Admonishing Dictators in Rhyme The ancient Prophetic warning to a dictator of old, "Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin", ("you have been weighed in the balance and found wanting") finds en echo in a modern bit of verse. Writing under the heading "Mene, Mene, Tekel!" in This Week, Ada Jackson's warning for a dictator in rhyme follows: Listen Hitler. There were others— When your puff-ball hour is done Men shall name you with them, saying Pride was there, but roots were none; Vanity swol'n to a mountain, Arrogance that leapt the sun; Forwardness that built on quicksand; Vaunting schemes, doomed as begun— A dusty tale, a bitter tale; And told of many another one; God's Hand wrote its end along A palace wall in Babylon; There was, likewise, Alexander, Attila the bloody Hun; Hannibal and murdered C Philip of Spain, Napoleon— These warnings never grow stale, because there are always aspirants to dictatorships who need to be admonished of their inevitable fate. Wagner-Rogers Bill Doomed to Failure WASHINGTON. (WNS)- The Society of Friends (Quak- ers) were said to be making desperate efforts to rally sup- port for the admission of 20,000 refugee children from Germany, in spite of the fact that sponsors of the Wagner- Rogers bill have admitted the bill cannot pass at this session of Congress. Both the House and Senate Immigration Com- mittees are against the bill and it is conceded that ex- clusionist forces have the up- per hand. Representative Car- oline O'Day of New York mid that while there is an over- whelming amount of sympa- thy for the bill outside of Congress, there is very little support to be obtained in the House and Senate. She con- demned the attitude of those member, of Congress who al- lowed the unemployment prob- lem in the United States to deter them from approving a measure designed to aid suf- fering children of Germany and Austria. It was believed that the bill would never emerge from the House com- mittee unless the Senate passes it first. in the promises of the prophets, and right after Tisha b'Ab they celebrate Shabbos Nachamu, the Sabbath of Comfort, by reading the prophecies, 'Comfort ye, comfort ye; my people, mid the Lord, break forth in song, ye ruins of Jerusalem arise, arise for thy light is come, it shall break forth as the morning dawn, instead that thou was for- saken and hated, will I render thee an excellency and an ever- lasting joy.' "Thus the Chassidim possess an insurance policy and expect instead of the old Temple. a new one in time to come. 'Greater shall be the glory of the latter house than the former, said the Lord. 'Awake, awake, 0 Zion, Jewish student centers main- tained at American colleges and universities by Bnai Brith, was announced here this week by henry Monsky, president of Bnai Brith and chairman of the Na- tional Hillel Commission. Rabbi Polish succeeds Rabbi Ephraim Fischoff, who resigned to accept a call to the pulpit of Temple Beth Miriam; Long Branch, N.J. A graduate of the Hebrew Union College in the clam of 1934, Rabbi Polish has been spiritual leader of Temple Judah, Cedar Rapids, Ia., since his or- dination. Ile was the founder of the • state-wide Jewish teachers' organization in Iowa and of the Cedar Rapids branch of the Na- tional Conference of Christians and Jews. A member of the edu- cational commission of the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions, he has just completed a syllabus on Jewish history which will be published by the Union. During his student days in Cincinnati, he was associate ed- itor of the Hebrew Union Col- lege Hebrew Monthly, a national vice president of Young Judaea and founder of the League of Jewish Youth. Rabbi Polish is the son-in-law of A. II. Friedland, director of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cleveland, superin- tendent of the Hebrew schools of Cleveland and one of the greatest Hebrew educators of his time. KUHN IS ARRESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS frONCLUDED Mtn! PAGE ()NEI told him. 'You can't use that kind of language here.' "'I don't have to keep quiet,' Kuhn replied. 'If you knew who I am you wouldn't tell me what I have to do.' "Plasse told him, 'I don't care who you are, if you don't abide by the laws and ordinances of this place you'll have to suffer the consequences.' So he took Kuhn back to the station house again. "We had to lock Kuhn up at 1:30 o'clock this morning to cool off. Shortly after 5 o'clock the others in the party asked about bail and we asked them how much they could scrape up. They had $54 and we took that. It's nominal bail, for profanity and drunkenness." Chief Templeman said that al- though Kuhn had talked with his companions in German, he had sworn at the officer in English, relapsing into German only when he was back in the police station and had lost his temper over his arrest. "It was good English, in dic- tion, anyway," the chief added. "It got him into .the lock-up for four hours." Neal Propaganda Scored NEW YORK.—L. M. Birkhead, national director of the Friends of Democracy, made public a letter to Secretary Cordell Hull urging that the State Depart- ment demand of the German Ambassador an immediate sus- pension of propaganda reaching this country from Germany. Mr. Birkhead complained of an increasing dissemination in the United Statea of the publica- tions of official German propa- ganda organizations such as the Fichte Bund and the World Service. He asked the State De- partment to investigate. Among the pamphlets that Mr . Birkhead cites are reprints of Hitler speeches, laudatory char- acter studies of leaders in Ger- many and an unfavorable corn- parison of the democratic sys- tem of government with the Nazi system by Joseph Goebbels. propaganda minister. Complete 10 Years of Bellefaire Children's Home Life in Cottages When trustees, directors and local representatives of the Jew- ish Orphan Home in Cleveland assemble for their 71st annual meeting on July 22 and 23, they will celebrate 10 years of resi- dence in Bellefaire's cottage home. The Jewish Orphan Home was founded in 1868 by Bnai Brith. Its first wards were chiefly Civil War orphans. It has rendered 71 years of child care service to the territory comprising Districts 2 and 6 of the Bnai Brith, cov- ering' 16 states of the Middle West. The Home is maintained by individual subscriptions, a per capita allocation from each Bnai Brith member's dues, Federation and Welfare Fund allocations, in- come from endowments, and by remittances from relatives of the nut on thy beautiful garments, 0 Jerusalem.' They also believe the tradition of the Talmud that on the very day of the destruc- tion of Jerusalem was born the Messiah, the redeemer, which is indicated by the fact that the 9th day of Ab coincides every year with the first day of Pass- over, hence the day of the de- struction with the day of the re- deeming of the Jewish people. Therefore, they can allow them- selves ■ little sport on Tisha b'Ab. But you, Naphtali, and your associates who do not be- lieve in any redemption, do not expect to hear the voice which brings good tidings to Zion. You have no insurance policy, you must lie on the earth bewailing the eternal 'Churban'. For you there is only Tisha b'Ab and no Shabbos Nachamu." Naphtali arose and walked out. To the people who were anxiously awaiting the results of his com- plaints to the rabbi, he exclaimed with tears in his voice: "The Chassidim threw thorns at my body; the rabbi has thrown them at my heart." children, when they are in a po - sition to contribute. Maurice A. Enggass of De- trait is a member of the govern- ing board of Bellefaire. Sees Russo-British Treaty as Present Hope of the World Threat of Alliance Between Hit- ler and Stalin Discussed by Emil Ludwig "Hitler would get along better with Stalin than with Chamber - lain. One can only hope that Stalin would refuse if the Fuel'. rer, in a moment of pressure, should apply to him for aid. To me, the possibility of Russo- German coalition is a constant and horrible sight. A Russo-Brit- ish alliance, although sure to be only temporary at best, would stave off a Soviet liaison with Germany. Because of this, and— since there is no chance of revo- lution in Germany in time to prevent war— because it is the last slender means of avertinc a general European conflict. alli- ance of Britain and Russia is the immediate hope of the world." This is the conclusion reached by Emil Ludwig in his interesting, article, "Stalin vs. Chamberlain.' in the Aug. 1 issue of Look Magazine, now on the news- stands. Hebrew Schools' Vacation Starts The United Hebrew Schools closed for a month's vacation be- ginning Friday, July 21, and end- ing Sunday, Aug. 20. Sessions will be resumed Mon- day morning, Aug. 21.