4 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