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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
—and The Legal Chronicle
SECTION ONE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940
VOL. 42, NO. 34
This Paper Printed in Two Sections
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to Our Catholic Neighbors to Adhere New Charges
Anti - Semitic A To Call
Pope's Attach Upon False Propaganda
Directed at
Results of Coughlin's Social Justice and Priest's Vendors
C andidates in Abhorrent
of His Anti-Semitic Magazine Demand Action Against
. Spread of "Poison Pen" Propaganda Material
Europe's Jews
C ongress Race
Pro-Nazis and Cough-
linites Seek Na-
tional Offices
Avowed anti-Semites in many
of the larger cities throughout
the United States are candidates
for public offices and are appeal-
ing to race hatred as a means
of capturing votes.
Liberals see in these campaigns
an attempt to emulate the Hit-
ler program by capturing seats
in the two .houses of Congress.
Among the candidates discred-
ited by'anti-Nazi forces are Louis
B. Ward of Royal Oak, Mich.,
who resigned as director of
Coughlin's Social Justice to seek
the nomination for the United
States Senate on the Democratic
ticket in Michigan, and Dr. W.
H. Derry, former president of
MarygrOve College, who is a
candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the
15th Michigan District. Dr. Derry
has been known to deliver ad-
dresses attacking the Jews.
McWilliams'
Candidacy
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Under the heading ""Pope Denounces
False Propaganda," the Catholic Infor-
mation Bureau of the Archdiocese of De-
troit, with offices at 1234 Washington
Blvd., has issued a significant press re-
lease dated Aug. 13, 1940, and listed as
Vol. 1, No. 6, in a new series of "A Public
Service Devoted to the Dissemination of
News and Information from the Catholic
World."
This bulletin is based on a story from
Vatican City by. Msgr. Enrico Purri,
NCWC Vatican City Correspondent, un-
der date of Aug. 12, which appeared in
the Michigan Catholic issue of Aug. 15.
The Pope's views are of extreme im-
portance at this time, when spreaders of
hate-propaganda are uninterruptedly dip-
ping their poisoned pens in ink that should
be used to encourage true brotherhood
and kindly feelings among men of all
faiths.
This statement from Vatican City comes
to us at a time when a Catholic priest is
guilty of spreading the worst type of ly-
ing propaganda the effects of which have
been to create a violent school of anti-
Semitism on the shores of this country.
We consider it timely, therefore, to
The most violent of the can-
didates running on the anti-Se-
mitic platforms is "Ilandsome
Joe" McWilliams, who is a can-
didate for Congress in the York-
ville district in New York City.
This week the New York Times
editorially appealed to the vot-
ers in Yorkville to support James
Blaine Walker, Jr., for the Re-
publican nomination.
"A primary vote for Mr. Wal-
ker will be a vote against Aos- Burning of Cross at
eph McWilliams, a leader of the
"Americanism"
Christian Mobilizers of American
Fete
Destiny Party, who last month
was fined for disorderly conduct
as a result of his anti-Semitic ANDOVER, N. J. (WNS) —
street-corner speeches," the The burning of a 50-foot cross
Times wrote in its editorial head- climaxed the "Americanism" ral-
ed. "Yorkville's Opportunity." ly, sponsored jointly by the New
The editorial added: "Yorkville Jersey Realm of Ku Klux 'Klan
audiences can be found who will and the German-American Bund
cheer Adolf Hitler to the echo, at Camp Nordland, the 200-acre
just as crowds in Union Square Nazi camp.
will throw up their hats for Stal-
Approximately 1,500 persons,
in. The sober, patriotic York- including many white-robbed
ville we all know and respect members of the KKK, attended
now has its chance to answer the rally and cheered all denun-
those foolish and dangerous dem- ciations of the New Deal, Jews
onstrations." and Negroes.
Other Candidates
Arthur H. Bell, the Grand
•Other candidates wha are be- Dragon of the New Jersey Realm
lieved to be anti-Semitic are: T. of the Klan, drew loud applause
W. Hughes of California, Repub- when he accused the Jews of the
lican candidate and silent boss United States of "attempting to
address this appeal to the Catholic Church
in America, and to our Catholic neigh-
bors, to make the ideals of Pope Pius XII
workable ; to join in a crusade against
false propaganda in their own quarters,
and to assist the best elements in Amer-
ica in re-establishing a spirit of friend-
ship among all men and women in Amer-
ict.
•
Pope Denounces False Propaganda
The views of Pope Pius XII, as report-
ed in the bulletin of the Catholic Infor-
mation Bureau, are incorporated in the
release of the Archdiocese of Detroit, as
follows:
Vigorous condemnation of false
propaganda that spreads calumny
and discord among peoples and na-
tions was voiced by His Holiness
Pope Pius XII in a discourse at his
weekly audience.
The Holy Father fervently exclaim-
ed: "Would to God that history show-
ed no war provoked by a lie cleverly
diffused!"
Likening such vicious propaganda
to "poison pen" letters that stir up
Rumanians Say Jews
Asked Russia to Seize
More Land
LONDON (WNS) — Harrass-
ed by territorial demands from
Hungary and Bulgaria, the Ru-
manian Government has once
again raised the charge that the
Jews of Rumania have betrayed
the country to the Soviet Union
and are urging Russian troops
to march into northern Molda-
via.
In a move, presumably design-
ed to detract public attention
from parleys which will probably
lead to the cession of land to
Hungary and Bulgaria, Rumanian
officials are spreading stories that
300,000 Jews in northern Molda-
via and that part of Bukovina
not occupied by Soviet troops,
are clamoring for incorporation
into the Soviet Union.
Hundreds
Clubbed
The situation is reminiscent of
the time when Rumania ceded
northern Bukovina to the Soviet
Union. At that time hundreds
of Jews were mercilessly ma-
chine-gunned and clubbed on the
ground that they attacked Ru-
manian soldiers.
(Continued on Page 7)
According to the stories spread
by Rumanian officials the Jews
in northern Moldovia and un-
Bukovina have no
occupied
right to Rumanian citizenship
since they "filtered" into Ruman-
ia during the World War, prin-
from Galicia.
Bible ,.Experts Reveal cipally
'I nc report stated that fife- Mu-
Outrageous Hit.; - Inanian Government would "per-
mit" those Jews to enter the
lerite Act
Soviet Union but, under no cir-
cumstances, would it cede more
NEW YORK. — (Religious territory to Russia.
News Service.)—Bible experts, Mussolini Speeds Program for
after an examination of the
Liberation" of Palestine
Nazified New Testament, recent-
Premier Mussolini's program
ly published by the Weimar In- for the "liberation" of Palestine
stitute for Research into Jewish appeared speeded un on all fronts
Influence on Church Life, pro- this week. The Evening Stan-
nounced it to be a distortion of dard reported that II Duce has
informed the Petain Government
fundamental doctrine.
of France . that he will permit
Published under the title, "The France to retain Corsica, to
Message of God," the volume is which Italy has claims, providing
a greatly condensed version of that France cede Syria to Italy.
part of the New Testament, in-
Il Duce hopes to use Syria,
cluding only Matthew, Mark and in the event he can wrest it from
Luke, and tells the story of the French, as a jumping off
Christ as though it had happen- place for an attack on Palestine.
ed in Nazi Germany.
The Italians have already bomb-
Joint Klan,
Name Director for
Nuzis Distort
Hillel
at
U.
of
Bund Rally
M. New Testament
See ANTI-SEMITES—Page
12
Willkie Pledges Land Free
Of Race, Class Distinction
Republican Candidate for President, in Accept-
ance Speech, Condemns "Worse Than
Medieval Persecution of Jews"
Wendell Willkie, Republican
candidate for President, in his
acceptance speech at
Elwood,
Ind., last Saturday, condemned an-
ti-Semitism and pledged an Amer-
tea free of race hatred. Making
his appeal to "Jew, Catholic or
Protestant, people of every color,
creed and race , " Mr. Willkie
said:
ica, just as in my grandparents'
time. The protection of our
own labor and agriculture pre-
vents us from admitting more
than a few of them. But their
misery and suffering make us
resolve to preserve our coun-
try as a land free of hate and
bitterness, of racial and class
distinction. I pledge you that
kind of an America."
Declaring for a strong Amer-
ica, Mr. Willkie charged that the
Roosevelt administration is fol-
lowing a course of destruction
"like the Blum government in
that "the present
Administration cannot lead you
to victory against Hitler, or any-
else." He promised "by re-
turning to those same American
principles that overcame German
autocracy once before, both in
business and war, to out-distance
countrie s
and our own — i s Hitler in any contest he chooses
the most tragic in human his- in 1940 or after. And I promise
that when we beat him, we shall
t cwr. Today there are millions
of f refugees who
beat him on our own terms, in
desire sanctu•
ary and opportunity in Amer- our own American way."
"My
grandparents lived in
Ge rmany. They were support-
en of th e democratic revolu-
Cons in that country, and when
the revolutio ns failed they fled
to . the United
mi
France,"
and
States. How
fa-
ller that sounds! Today, also,
People are being oppressed in
Europ
Europe.
e . The story of the bar-
vamps and worse than medie-
v el persecution of the Jews—a
!ac e that
has done so much to
improve the culture of these
See DISTORTION—Page 2
See BUND-KLAN—Page 12
RABBI JEHUDAH COHEN
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Ap-
pointment of Rabbi Jehudah Co-
hen, now executive director of
the Jewish Centers Association
of Los Angeles, as director of the
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at
the University of Michigan, was
See EUROPE—Page 3
"The Fifth Colunm Is Here",
Is George Britt's Wfirning
Eminent Newspaperman Exposes Activities of
Nazis, Communists and Anti-Semites
in This Country
"If America is the great coun- they are, how they were organ-
try we have believed, it must ized, the manner in which they
prove itself in the face of snip. use anti-Semitism as means of
ing Fifth Columnists by accept- acquiring recruits and followers,
ance of a great role. Our coun- and what the Fifth Column seeks
try must be strong not merely to achieve in this country at the
in arms but in tough unselfish direction of Adolf Hitler.
courage. If we can achieve real
Mr. Britt charges that "a mil-
dedication to our historic role, lion Fifth Columnists—and that
Made Compulsory by the details of suppressing a is cold official estimate based on
Fifth Column can be arranged. investigation—walk the streets
Specific Act of
The real decision for security in and have the run of American
Congress
a hostile world is that we shall homes, offices and shops, their
match our wealth and favorable hearts black with hostile inten-
As part of the National De- location with an original zeal for tions."
fense program, a nationwide reg- liberty and equality, and flaming
Known as "Sab Cats"
istration of aliens will be con- readiness to battle for that in-
Describing how the Fifth Col-
ducted from Aug. 27 through heritance."
umnist works to destroy Ameri-
Dec. 26, 1940, by the Immigra-
Thus, George Britt, one of the can plans for defense, Mr. Britt
tion and Naturalization Service most brilliant American news- brands him as a traitor and points
of the Department of Justice. paper men and editorial feature out that the Secret Service in
Registration will take place in writers, warns in a book, "The the last war used to call him a
the post offices of the nation. It Fifth Column Is Here," publish- "Sab Cat." Spies and "sab
is expected that more than 3,- ed this week by Wilfred Funk, cats,"
he
says,
operate
500,000 aliens will be registered Inc., 386 Fourth Ave., New York. "where the information is." He
during the four-month period.
A Complete Revelation
warns that Germans are operat-
Registration is made compul-
In his complete revelation of ing through hotels, as waiters
the Fifth Column's activities, Mr.
See REGISTRATION—Page 12 Britt shows how they work, who
See BRITT—Page 6
See HILLEL—Page
6
Registration
Rules Listed