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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

The Bomb Plot

January

19 .

• STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL 1

J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bu-
Tidbits from Everywhere
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc., reau of Investigation are to be congratu-
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post- lated on the prompt action they have
taken to prevent outrages in this country • TRUE STORY
office et Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
• WAR NOTES
similar to those which have taken place
General Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave.
This is a tale about one of
If you're one of those optimi
in Fascist lands. By exposing the Christian those
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Jews who prefer to emplo
souls who think the war ovr
Front, the Bundists• and other un-American non-Jews in their businesses . . y . tic
in
Europe is gradually peterir
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groups which had planned to terrorize He is a New York dress manufac- out, take a squint at the Pres
turer, and one day refused a job dent's new budget as submitt(
JACOB MARGOLIS
Jews and to destroy Jewish property, the to
Publisher
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
a girl with a typically Jewish to Congress . . . You'll see th;
F. B. I. helps to defend true Americanism
MAURICE M. SAFIR
. . . Now this girl had an official Washington is expectin
Advertising Manager
and to prevent the rise of tyranny on the name
Italian friend who worked in that the worst . . . The first real ba
free
shores
of
this
land.
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter
factory, and the next day—having ties, it is believed, will have ft
altered her appearance by Chang- Balkans as their locale.
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
The
statement
repudiating
the
Christian
in
g her costume, removing her
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper only.
Front, made by Father Coughlin, comes a make-up, doing her hair different- We hope you haven't miss(
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
bit too late. When the Christian Frontists ly and, most important of all, the implications of the replace
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi.
cross on a ment of British War Minister Le:
were
rioting under the Coughlin banners, wearing a large gold
bitty for an indorsement of the views expressed by the writers.
to the factory lie Hore-Belisha by blue-blood(
the Royal Oak priest was silent. There chain—returned
with the friend, who introduced Oliver Stanley, son of the 17t
were condemnations of this un-Christian her to the boss as a fellow-Latin, Earl of Derby and long a men
.
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
movement by Jews and Christians, but giving her an Italian name . . . ber of the appeasement crow
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 13:17-17:16.
Here we must interpolate a bit • • • Canadian newspapers, yo
the
radio priest failed to discourage them. of
Prophetical portionudges 4:4-5:31.
information on union rules: should know, make no secret of th
Only
when
there
was
threat
of
a
mass
Once an employe has been hired fact that it was because of hi
(Chamisho Osor b'Shevat—New Year for the
riot in the event that the Christian Front and has worked for seven days, Jewishness that Hore-Belisha wa
Trees Thursday, Jan. 25),
was permitted to proceed with a pro- he can't be fired without some let out . . . They also indicat
JANUARY 19, 1940
SHEVAT 9, 5700 posed march in New York and when his valid reason such as inefficiency that before long friend Chamber
. So, on the eighth day of her • lain may institute a special eel
name was linked with the destroyers of employment, the Jewish girl came sorship for Jewish newspapers.
liberty did Rev. Coughlin use his influ_ to work in her original get-up, Usually soldiers in the field al
The Federations' Conclave
went over to the boss, handed him sufficiently pepped up with pa
ence to have it called off.
her large gold cross, and said: triotism to make it unnecessar
There
are
others
ers who must share the "Now you wear it . . ."
for war propaganda to be carrie
Detroit Jewry is privileged to be host
d. m. .. .0 . oot
But f nGoatbis,
to one of the most important Jewish con- blame with Father Coughlin. The Catholic • REFUGEE REFERENDUM oin n Na nalzoiniag n them
i t is
i not immune from such
Truth Society
ferences of the year—the seventh annual Tru
German refugee intellectuals Joe Goebbels' chief jobs is t
Nazi wa
a
charge.
There
are others, disciples of will be e the beneficiaries of the
General Assembly of the Council of Jew-
aims
into the
the
troops of
at the fron
manuscript sale to be held by the as
drum
nobility
Fritz
Kuhn
and
Palley,
who
joined
hands
And if you want to knol
ish Federations and Welfare Funds, which
League of American Writers . .
those who have donated what
. . . his war propaganda is lid
will open on Saturday evening, Jan. 27, with the Coughlinites to plan destruction Among
manuscripts to be auctioned off well tell you that the Nazi broad
and to continue through the following and horror. Only the name of Adolf Hitler are Albert Einstein, Thomas d casters have been informing thei
people that Americans
enimaeric
A
waasns sunk
received nearly as much applau se as th e M ann, P ierre
van Paassen a
n
mention of the name of Father Coughlin Louis Untermyer.
iolriders
issued by Winston Church
Our community had an important share at these gatherings.
Hats off to conductor Erich
Leinsdorf,
the
refugee
who
has
in the forming of this Council. Mr. Henry
Arthur
Those who have studied the facts will late
stepped
into Bodanzky
the shoes at of the
the The Czechs, who constitute th
Wineman, who has been a factor in the see another example of shamefacedness
Metropolitan Opera . • . When weak point of Hitler's empir
formation of the local Jewish Welfare in Father Coughlin's last statement repu- he
got a raise recently the first lust as they helped wreck th
realm, have plenty o
Federation, was one of the first officers diating the Christian Front. Nevertheless, thing he did was to make inquir- Hapsburg
. . But to
what
mos
be annoys
sore at them
German;
what he has to say will be generally wel- ies on what worthwhile charity • reason
of the Council and to this day is one of corned,
of
all
is
that
German visitors w ill
most
needed
a
contribution,
provided he sticks to his words
Viennese waltzes are Mrs. come into their country eat In
its vice presidents. Others have had a and does not continue to advocate resort Eleanor
Roosevelt's favorite popu- the good food for which Czecho
share in the Council's work. to force in the Franco way". Father late music. Slovakia has long been famous
and which, of course, Nazis coul(
The community at large will have an Coughlin must go a step farther. He must • HERE AND THERE
not get at home.
denounce
terrorism,
he
must
support
opportunity to become more closely ac-
for startling revelations • CHIT-CHAT
quainted with the work of the national American ideals of fair play, he should on Look
the identity of the Bund high-
high-
Federations during this conference. It is keep silent if he can not resist the tempta- er-ups,
e b re un p s o the o b n i s g lie K
Composer Kurt Weill had noth
eno h u aa t nv fide t
tion
of
constantly
inciting
to
religious
and
even religious leaders
an opportunity which the communally-
in la
g to do with "Key Largo," the
racial hatred.
the Kuhn outfit p lay in which Paul Muni is now
niladed must not fail to make use of,
with the wherewithal for its un- starring, but its success ben(
The
F.
B.
I.
has
exposed
the
destroyers
This assembl y gains in significance by of Americanism. Some of them are behind American activities . . . James fited him to the extent of Mt,
Wheeler-Hill, who long served as . .
It seems that a year age
virtue of the appearance at its sessions of the bars, others are sure to land there. the
Bund's
secretary, is Weill lost that sum in a Florida
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Thank God for free America! We are now
to tell all.
gambling joint which he visited
Blanca Holmes, Hollywood star- together with Maxwell Anderson
World Zionist Organization and the Jew- free as long as our free institutions con- gazer,
insists that the constella- The playwright decided to do a
ish Agency for Palestine, who is recog- tinue to function and as long as it is pos- tions indicate that Hitler will play on Key Largo, using a sim1
nized as world Jewry's outstanding per- sible to locate those who are guilty of continue to go strong during 1940, lar gambling scene, and promised
sonality. Prevented by weather conditions fomenting strife among the people of though Goering will gradually Weill that if the play grosser
from arriving in time for the National the United States.
catch up with him in popularity more than $20,000 in its first
. . . Have you observed, inciden- week he would pay him the $115
Conference for Palestine, held recently in
tally, that it's Goering and not . . . As you guessed by now, the
Washington, Dr. Weizmann's appearance
Hitler who is the center of the play has been doing very well.
In Defense of the Alien
at the Detroit sessions will be watched
peace talk that occasionally rises Mural painter A. Hirschfeld
over the war rumbles? . . . It's who had some money coming tic
with great interest throughout the world
Acceptance by Dr. William Allen Neil- because the Gestapo discovered his him for work done for the
because of the significance of the delibera-
with a plot to over- Shakespeare - Mendelssohn-Good
tions at these meetings to efforts in behalf son, president emeritus of Smith College, connection
throw Hitler that Fritz Thyssen man show "Swingin' the Dream,'
of
the
co-chairmanship,
with
Ernest
Hem-
of Palestine's rebuilding in this country.
left Germany in such a hurry. tried to collect after the show
ingway, the noted author, of a movement they
say in Switzerland .. . Be- closed by attaching the proper-
May the deliberations at this confer- to be known as the American Committee hind the plot, which still is ties ... Now he's wondering what
ence result in great constructive effort in for Protection of Foreign Born, has elic- thickening, are the survivors of to do with a couple of kettle-
behalf of the important Jewish causes ited many endorsements and commenda- the German world of big business. drums.
which are included in the Federations' tions of this important project to defend
programs. aliens against undue abuse. This move-
THE MIDDLE MAN
ment, and its leadership, prompted the
New York World Telegram to state edi-
Villard's Fight for Justice
torially:
In Jewish ranks there has been wide-
"Kicking around the aliens in America
spread disappointment in the past few regardless of individual merits has become
months over the manner in which the a widespread demagogic device. It is
tragedy of the Jews in Eastern and Cen- time enlightened citizens rallied to express
tral Europe has been ignored in the daily their disapproval. Such a distinguished
press. Fear for dreaded propaganda has name as Dr. Neilson, along with the oth-
caused editors to ignore the frantic cries ers of unquestioned patriotism and in-
for help that come from millions of Jews tellectual eminence, should be of the
who are being trampled under foot by the greatest help to this cause. Hardly a sin-
Nazis. gle thoughtful citizen would deny that
But at last a voice is being heard in for every Fritz Kuhn, for example, there
the Christian world. It is that of Oswald are scores of useful aliens in America
Garrison Villard, who assumes the role whose arrival here was a benefit to the
of an Emil Zola with a new "J'Accuse" country. Yet in feverish times of war and
which he hurls at the aggressors in Eu- propaganda it is so easy by a mere slip
rope and those in this country who are of the tongue to group them all as un-
deaf to the pleadings of the sufferers. Mr. desirables. More than 70 so-called anti-
Villard's articles in the Nation serve to alien bills were pending in Congress, Dr.
arouse Americans from their slumber. His Neilsen has pointed out. The movement
letter to the New York Times in which for sanity and decency toward aliens is
he urges protests and asks that attention true Americanism."
should be focused continually "on the
These are encouraging words. At a
plight of the Jewish victims of Hitler bes- time when everything that smacks of for-
tiality" is a significant part of a campaign eign birth is belittled, and at a time also
to awaken human sympathies in the pres-
hen some destructive forces like the
ent horrible tragedy.
Bund abuse the privileges of American
Mr. Villard has inaugurated an import- hospitality, it becomes necessary to em-
ant campaign for truth and justice. Will phasize the good that the average new-
other prominent Christians follow his lead comer brings to America. Statements like
and let their voices be heard against the the one just covered therefore render
worst massacre in history now being per- great service in perpetuating the most
petrated upon Jewry? sacred American ideals.

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