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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.

JACOB H. SCHAKNE

President

Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

General Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave.

Telephone: Cadillac 1040

subscription in Advance

JACOB MARGOLIS
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
MAURICE M. SAFIR

Cable Address: Chronicle

$3.00 Per Year

Publisher
Editor
Advertising Manager

fo insure publication, all correspondence and news matter
rust reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper only.

The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi-
bility for an endorsement of views expressed by the writers.

Rule of the Jungle

Benito Mussolini has opened wide the
last gate of the jungle.
The wild beasts may now well look
with surprise upon crazed mankind and
wonder over the extent of destruction
made possible by crazed humanity.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini rep-
resent the jungle. Whatever is ,left of
mankind is challenged once again to im-
prison the insanity they represent behind
iron bars of circus cages.

Methodists Attack Anti-Semitism

Christians of all faiths have been called
upon by the General Conference of the
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Methodist Church to expose the un-
Pentateuchal portion—Num. 4:21-7:89.
Prophetical portion—Judges 13:2-25.
American character of anti-Semitic propa-
SIVAN 8, 5700 Banda. This call is a follow-up to an
JUNE 14, 1940
earlier appeal in which the Methodists
Family Feud Must Be Avoided declared that "a denomination of 8,000,-
000 can stand as a bulwark . . . against
It is saddening to read the evidence of the racial hatred now manifested in anti-
a feud existing in the Ziorilst Organiza- Semitism."
tion of America. At a time when there
The Methodist conference had this to
should be determined unity and a desire
to avoid internal conflicts, two groups say in its annual report:
"Anti-Semitism is one of the banners
have again come forward with differing
viewpoints. One desires a reorganization around which the anti-democratic forces
of Zionist activities in this country ; the are being rallied in the United States.
other, claiming to be in favor of a re- We, therefore, call upon our fellow
organization program, charges malicious Christians and our church organizations
intentions on the part of the present ad- to expose the un-Christian character of
this propaganda, its nature and its
ministration.
sources,
from pulpit and platform and on
What a pity that the differences that
the
air,
in
printed matter and by the pas-
existed in 1921, at the time of the split,
sage
of
resolutions.
We plead for the tri-
at the Cleveland convention, that caused
umph
of
good
will
toward
all races, reli-
the Brandeis-Mack group to abandon
gious
faiths,
and
minority
groups. We
leadership in the movement, should be
pledge
ourselves
to
work
for
an enlight-
revived at this time! Dr. Solomon Gold-
ened
and
tolerant
Americanism.
In par-
man's adherents are being charged by
ticular,
we
charge
ourselves
with
the
duty
their opponents with raising old isues in-
volving the feud of nearly 20 years ago, of endeavoring to eliminate race prejudice
and there is no one to discourage such a and race discrimination."
Good will circles are being formed
feud among brothers!
throughout
the land. One has just been
There is no earthly reason why this
organized
in
Detroit, with prominent
conflict could not be avoided. Perhaps it
is not too late, even now, to effect har- Catholics, Protestants and Jews as
mony in the movement. Palestine is to spokesmen in an effort to cement better
this day the bright spot on the Jewish relationships among all elements in our
horizon. Those who have read the state- community. The Methodist declaration
ment issued by Moshe Smilansky, the should serve as a splendid text in guiding
lovable leader of the Palestine farmers, the activities of these groups.
issued just before he was compelled hur-
riedly to return to his home in Rehoboth,
Jews and Their Newspapers
should have been touched deeply by his
Theodore F. McManus, Detroit adver-
confidence, by his call for unified action,
by his plea for undiminished effort in be- tising man, has made known a proposal
half of Palestine's redemption. A family to unite all Roman Catholic diocesan news-
feud within Zionism will not help the papers in a Sunday publication with an
estimated circulation of more than 1,000,-
situation. It will hurt Palestine.
Zionists who are concerned that har- 000 to be edited "according to the rules
mony and a cooperative spirit should pre- of normal religious human conduct."
Comparisons ordinarily are odious. But
dominate must get together and avoid this
conflict. Justice Brandeis himself, whose in this case it is worth comparing the stat-
name has been drawn into the contro- us of the Catholic newspapers with the
versy, must step in and urge the abandon- Jewish. The Catholics have established a
ment of strife. There is no earthly reason strong press. Every community has a
for it, and a family feud should be newspaper that receives unstinted sup-
port and that publishes not only news but
avoided.
important features of interest to Catholic
readers. This is not the case with the
Wanted: Calmness
Jews. The only attempt to organize a
This is not only a war of speed and of daily English-Jewish newspaper, in the
steel. It is also a war of nerves. When the form of a small bulletin, failed for lack
final battle is fought in favor of the Allies of support. The weekly community peri-
—a result about which we are confident odicals, like ours, are struggling, with the
in spite of the present reverses—it will result that they have not progressed and
be a triumph of right over might, of calm- that most of them are colossal, failures
ness over hysteria, of reason over hatred. from the point of view of content and
make-up.
The forces behind the front lines, in-
This is a matter that deserves the con-
cluding the peoples not now directly af-
fected by the war, are also involved in a sideration of all Jewish communities. It
fight. Most of them, and we in America, is a pity that an important matter such
are included in this group, are becoming as the Jewish press should not have the
consideration and support of the Jews of
panicky. It is a condition to be avoided.
England and France have won the first this country. The Jewish newspapers de-
skirmish in the war of nerves by keeping serve encouragement. They are not get-
calm. They will win the war because they ting the full measure of it. Jews have
know the value of cool-headedness in time something to learn from their Catholic
neighbors.
of crisis.
It is a lesson for all of us. We must
keep calm and collected. We must avoid
Return Your Medals!
hysteria. Right will conquer over might,
just as justice ruled against former robber
Three men of prominence were award-
nations like Assyria and Babylon. The ed and accepted medals from Adolf Hit-
rule of steel and injustice is certain to be ler. One of them, Thomas J. Watson, presi-
short-lived.
dent of International Business Machines
Be calm! Don't become jittery. There Corp., last week returned the decoration.
will be an end to the dictates of Nazism. The other two, Charles Lindbergh and
This warning can not be repeated too Henry Ford, still retain them. They
often. Those who stand for he rule of should return them because they are sym-
reason against the dictates of the jungle bols of war and hatred and a lust for
dare not feel otherwise.
blood.

,

June 14, 1940

• STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL •

Tidbits from Everywhere

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

• WAR ECHOES

• THIS AND THAT

Latest rumor about town is
that Hitler has offered Palestine
to Mussolini as a reward for ent-
ering the war on the Nazi side
. . The man who years ago ad,.
vocated President Roosevelt'sv
defense program and who has
proved his ability to mobilize the
country's resources has not been
named on the President's. defense
board . . . We mean 'Bernard
M. Baruch, who bucked the Kaiser
in the first world war. .. Among
those whom the war has stranded
in Europe is Fritz Strenghold,
Who once was M-G-M's Berlin
manager, and later was moved
to Rotterdam, where he is now
stuck . . . The irony of it is
that for years now Strenghold
has been Hollywood's best bet for
helping to get relatives out of
Nazi clutches—but now that he's
in trouble himself nobody can
conic to his aid . . If your local
stores start showing special il-
lustrated war bulletins in the
windows, please be advised that
the cartoons are work of our
good friend Harry Hershfield .. .
Latest import from France is the
following, brought in duty-free
by Charles Boyer . . . A Ger-
man, it seems, inserted in a news
paper an obituary notice telling of
the death of his father, adding
that "God has called him to a
better world" . . . The next day
the bereaved son found himself
in a concentration camp, for criti-
cizing the government.

.

• FIFTH COLUMN COLUMN

Frankly, we don't believe Con-
gressman Patman's charges
against Carl Byoir, the publicity
wizard . . . Patman claims, and
Walter Winchell supports him,
that Byoir has been working for
the Nazi government in this coun-
try . . . The truth, as we under-
stand it, is that Byoir did repre-
sent the German railroads during
the first year of Hitler's regime,
but after some of his friends ex-
pressed their horror that a Jew
should have any dealings with the
Nazi government and, worse still,
try to create good will for Ger-
man tourism, Byoir cancelled the
contract . . We simply refuse to
believe the new charges . . . The
G-men, incidentally, are finding
Winchell a great help in their
search for Fifth Columners . . .
Walter's widespread information
service often brings them valuable
dope . . . His latest is the dis-
covery of the whereabouts of the
central paymaster for the Nazis
in these United States .. W. W.
also sounds this hopeful note on
the future of Nazism—namely,
that the new broadcaster of Ber-
lin propaganda aimed at America
is a gent who some years ago was
active on Broadway publicizing
vaudeville . . . Winchell suggests
that perhaps the broadcaster will
succeed as well with Hitler as
he did with the five-a-day stuff,
which is practically extinct now.

.

DARK JOURNEY

Orchids to Harry Warner, of
the film's Warner Brother,, who
has sent 20 fully equipped am-
bulances to France . . . Did you
know that Dorothy Arzner, Holly.
wood's only woman director, drove
an ambulance in the first world
was'? . . . Returned to America
from the European theater of war,
where in more peaceful times he
was active in the case of Libe ra l
Judaism, is Rabbi David J, Selig-
son . . . He has brought along
a charming English wife, and
hopes to be permanently eAab-
lished in some American Jewish
community before long . • . The
World's Fair administration still
can't get over the shock it suf-
fered when the Palestine Pavil-
ion proved itself this season's
best attraction at the Fair .
It is outdrawing even Gypsy Rose
Lee—which must prove that Pal-
estine has a lot of "it." . •,
Warning to all "honorary Ary-
ans": Mrs. Franz Lubinr was
one of you, by virtue of her mar-
riage to the famous Aryan play-
wright, but the "honor" was re-
voked some time ago, and she
was put to work scrubbing
streets.

• ABOUT PEOPLE

Hats off to Eddie Cantor, who
raised $14,000 for his summer
camp for poor children by means
of a special preview of "Louisi-
ana Purchase," which brings Irv-
ing Berlin's music back to Broad-
way for what promises to be a
long spell.
Tilly Losch, the German danc-
er who had to leave her country
when Hitler came in, is reported
to be working in a torpedo fac-
tory in England.
Congratulations to Lothar Metzl,
co-author of the refugee revues
"From Vienna" and "Reunion in
New York," on his marriage to
Beatrice Brill . . . It's a real
literary union, for the new Mrs.
Metzl, an author in her own
right, is also the niece of the
late playwright Samuel Shipman.
Two former members of a New-
ark high s..:hool orchestra arc
producers Samuel Schumlin and
Jed Harris of Broadway . . .
Both played the fiddle.
Clifford Odets is reported to be
stepping out again with his first
girl, Dena Glanz . . Dena is
the daughter of A. Glanz, a staff
member of the Jewish newspaper
the Day, and has been working
as the secretary of the Peretz Ver-
ein, the Yiddish writers' union
. . • In the meanwhile Clifford's
ex-wife, Luise Rainer, has found
a new boy-friend in the person
of Gerson Kanin, the gifted young
director who makes A-1 films on
tiny budgets . . . Friends sus-
pect that a romance is brewing.
We wonder whether the slight
paralyte stroke George Jessel 'suf-
fered will interfere with his plan
to become part-owner of the
Brooklyn Dodgers.

By BRESSLE

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