A liferiedif t eutisk Periodical Carter. swim AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110 5 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle June 28, 1940 P urely Commentary A Time to Take Stock This is a time to take stock of our position and to make important decisions for the future. Euro- pean Jewry has collapsed with Europe. Palestin- ian Jewry is threatened. Half of our people may disappear if the insanity that is encircling the globe continues. American Jewry alone remains to carry on the traditions which have been handed down to us as a heritage. Are we worthy of this trust? What we do in America will reflect for genera- tions to come upon the future of world Jewry. We must plan. We must take stock. It is as im- portant to strengthen our position here as it is to s ave European Jewry. If we here are secure, our kinsmen overseas will have some one to look to for guidance and help. If we are demoralized, all positions will be weakened. There are 500,000 Jews in Palestine, and they, too, look to us for help and encouragement. Under the worst conditions. the Palestinian settlement will remain a solid unit, and there is reason to believe that it will continue as a nucleus for the establishment of a wholesome Jewish center for the building of Jewish cultural values and for the saving of tens of thousands who will continue to look to Zion as a haven of refuge for the Jewish body as well as the Jewish spirit. Faith in our- selves, in the aspirations and hopes of the Jew- ish people, is necessary at this time. In taking stock we must keep this in view. In taking stock of our position it is important that we should realize that the attack on Jewry is not limited to the Jews of Germany or France or of England. There are forces in this country that are out to harm us. They have been poisoned by the Nazi virus, and they are spreading the dangerous pollen. Rumors and innuendos are ar- ready harming our position. They must be counter- acted by a strong stand, by determined action; by men of vision who are not motivated by party differences. As things stand today, we are being weakened by dissensioin. One group in Jewish life declares itself in support of the Allies and endorses the program of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. But the other groups are silent. It is proof of continued division in our ranks. This is a matter on which all parties in Israel should take a decisive stand. Also; there is disunity in Zionist ranks, and instead of strengthening the morale of our people, it is being weakened. This is NOT the way to act in time of emergency. This is a time to call the bluff of the anti- Semites, to defend our position at every step, to strengthen our spiritual and moral forces. A few days ago Jacob Landau, the director of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, was a guest in Detroit. He pointed to the weakness of his organization. The news-gathering agency which, keeps us informed on what is happening to Jews throughout the world finds itself in a precarious position. Revenue from other lands 'has been cut off. One Yiddish newspaper in this country has gone out of existence and the other existing Yid- dish dailies are in finanical difficulties. The press is among the remaining elements of strength for our people and it must not be permitted to suffer. And yet, American Jews have not yet realized the importance of their newspapers in the present tragedy, and they stand aloof from their com- munity organs. It is necessary that we take stock in our schools and synagogues, in the home and in the place of business. We must be spiritually strong and moraly above reproach. We must hold high the banners which signify that we cling to au age-old Idealism which has been tried and which has NOT been found wanting. Let us take stock now, before it is too late, in order that we may be strengthened and in order that through our strength America be stronger and world Jewry safer. • "The Mortal Storm" Hollywood has produced some exceedingly pow- erful appeals for decency and justice. Few, how- ever, are as impressive as the picturization of Phyllis Bottome's "The Mortal Storm" which now has its initial run in Detroit. The picture is as strong as the book. It exposes Nazism, represents an appeal for human kindness, indicates that not all Nazis are bad and reveals that even among the Hitlerites there is doubt as to the validity of their program. "The Mortal Storm" is a very moving picture. Its story, of a family uprooted, of Nazi brutality running wild, is fairly well known by this time, the book having been a best-seller for three years. It is to the credit of the producers that they did not portray actual bestiality but never- theless indicated it well in some of the back- grounds. The manner in which the picture shows how the Nazis themselves doubt the values of the extreme enforcement of their program is impres- sive. The story is well acted by Margaret Sulla- van, James Stewart, Robert Young and Frank Morgan and an able assisting cast. You can't afford to miss seeing this splendid film. • Moshe Smilansky in London The many Detroiters who were among the thousands of American Jews to he inspired by the brief visit in this country of Nloshe Smilan- sky. president of the Palestine Farmers' Asso- ciation, will be pleased to learn that this emi- nent pioneer is safe in London. An earlier report gave the misleading informatioin that he was stranded in Genoa. That would have made him an unfriendly alien in Italy. Although he left this country nine (lays earlier than he had planned, he did not reach Palestine before the Ital- ian declaration of war, and he was stranded in Lisbon. From there he took a plane a week ago Friday to London. For a time he had planned to return to the United States for the duration of the war, but his final decision was to go to London and from there to find a way of return- ing to his home in Rehoboth, Palestine. his friends Pray that he will succeed and that he will soon enjoy the fruits of a peace to be acquired by the powers that stand for human freedom. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ The Ends and the Means Nazism, Fascism and Communism have been alike in that they claimed that the end justified the means. They proved that they meant business by utilizing all means, no matter how brutal and dastardly, to win their points. The Christian Sci- ence Monitor recently illustrated this destructive Macchiavellian ideology by publishing the fol- lowing as a boxed item in lieu of an editorial: BARRELS AND BOMBINGS Ends "CHUNGKING, June 12 — More than 100 Japanese planes, attacking in waves for 15 minutes, started fires today in the center of this provisional Chinese capital. Yesterday a Japanese bomb fell within 30 yards of the United States Embassy in a two-wave raid which destroyed at least 300 houses and caused 50 casualties in the city." (From an Associated Press dispatch.) Means "LOS ANGELES — Disclosure that Cali- fornia oil by the hundreds of thousands of barrels left ports here during April and May to be stored in vast tank areas of Japan— and possibly leak through Russia for use of the Nazi war machine—is arousing advocates of defense as well as opponents of aggres- siion." (From a Monitor dispatch.) No other comment is, of course. necessary. The facts speak more eloquently than interpretations in condemninr the totalitarian forces of enslave- ment and in demanding a total blockade against them by democratic governments. • What Hitler- Will Do to Vanquished The clique in this country that shouts "inter- national banker" in an effort to becloud the issue created by Hitlerism may well be compared to the group which was headed by Fritz Thyssen in Germany. They, too, were blinded into believing that Hitler will protect the industrialists. They faied to read correctly the words of Adolf Hit- ler in "Meini Kampf" which offer a policy of total enslavement to the state and spares no one. The isolationists or insulationists or pro-Nazis, who- ever they may be, will do well to study the fol- lowing excerpt from "Mein Kampf" to recognize the fate of the vanquished at the hands of Hitler: "A wise conqueror will dictate his demands to his victims in successive stages. In this way he can figure that the people who had lost all character (and any people who have voluntarily surrendered are characterless) will not see in any one progressive demand a sufficient reason to pick up arms. The more such demands will be satisfied, the less will these people think it worth while to rise against new demands." In spite of advance threats of such harsh treat- ment and humiliatiion, the French accepted peace terms. Apparently they were already crushed— by superioir outer forces and by internal weak- nesses created by treasonable Fifth Columns. But the Hitlerian way of dealing with the vanquished applies to all—nations, individuals who differ with the Nazis, industrial groups, etc., etc. It is a threat to the peace of the world, not merely to it few enemies in Europe. The hands of Hitler will be strengthened by the blind elements who do not recognize this evil. Either Hitlerism is de- stroyed, or we all suffer from its effects. The sooner all in this country, Republicans and Demo- crat alike, reogcnize it, the better for humanity as a while. JEWISH WAR VETERANS EXCURSION TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 4 Detroit Post No. 135 of the Florist, phone Ty. 6-6622. Ac- Jewish War Veterans of the cording to Mr. Cowan, a sell-out is expected. He urges those at- United States will sponsor an tending to bring their lunches, "Independence Day Cruise" on and announces that sandwiches Thursday, July 4, on the private and refreshments will be avail- boat "Erie Isle". The boat will able on the boat. leave from the dock at the foot of Randolph St. promptly at 1 Gifts to North End Clinic p. m. and will return at the same pier at 10 p. m. North End Clinic has received Ben Cowan of 3741 Coning- the following contributions: In memory of Edwin A. Wolf wood Ave., Ty. 6-2365, junior vice-commander of the post, from Ralph A. Mayer; in memory chairman of the entertainment of yahrzeit of beloved father, committee, in anouncing the boat Joseph Finley, from Mr. and Mrs. excursion, extended an invitation Saul Copin; in memory of Morris to the Jews of Detroit to par- Myers from Misses Henrietta and ticipate in it. He announces an Setta Robinson; in memory of excelent program for the day, Bertha Gomberg from Misses to include (lancing, games, prizes Henrietta and Setta Robinson; and many other features. Mr. in memory of Manuel Norman Cowan states that the capacity front Misses Henrietta and Setta of the boat is 400 and that tick- Rabinson; for the supplementary ets will be sold up to that nuns- medical assistance fund for chil- ber. Tickets, at $1.50 each, are dren from Mrs. Samuel Hart- obtainable at the . Dexter-Joy man's Club. 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Its sentiments echo the efforts of an important group dedicated to the task of rebuilding the highest ideals of the German people. But it is most important for its emphasis on the existence, in contrast to Nazism, of an important German group that fights for de- cency. Those who are interested in the underground anti-Nazi movement will find "Inside Nazi Ger- many" an extremely important publication. Its sole American distributors, the American Committee for Anti-Nazi Literature, Suite 302, 20 Vesey St., New York, deserve encouragement for the dissem- ination of this type of literature. RESTAURANT COCKTAIL LOUNGE Livernois fully completed now. Parking directly in front of Adler's. 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