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Which Course Would You Pursue?

Chronicler, columnist for the London Jewish
Chronicle, recently carried the following item
on "Blitzlerieg" among his observations:

It was in the High Road, Tottenham, last
week, after the raid warning in the London
area had sounded. An air-raid warden, obviously
Jewish, was engaged in his duties when a burly
passer-by loudly commented: "It's you Gold-
steins and Goldbergs that's causing all this
trouble. It's you we're fighting for." The war-
den, a small and unassuming man, paused in
his task, looked at his critic, and then landed
a terrific blow on his chin which sent him
reeling to the g round. The critic just picked
himself up and made off sheepishly.

In the same column, under the heading "When
All Were 'Broke' ". Chronicler wrote :

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A true story with a moral comes to me from
orrespondent. A Jewish friend of mine in
a c
the R.A.F. (he says) was housed at his camp
with nine others, one of whom was a big fellow
from the Borough district of London. On enter-
ing the room "Ginger" made a derogatory re-
mark about Jews and inquired if there were
any there. My friend replied that he was a
Jew. "Ginger" said: "When I meet Jews in
the Borough, I push them off the pavement."
However, my friend, who is anything but ag-
gressive, forbore to reply. Towards the end of
the week, when everybody was "broke," my
friend received a present of c igarettes from
home. He offered them round to all, including
"Ginger," who, after ov ercoming his surprise—
and s uspicion—took one. Nothing else was said,
but some clays later a visitor said something
unpleasant about Jews in g eneral. "Ginger"
went straight up to him and declared: "We've
got a Jew i n here and if you want to say any-
thing about them come outside and say it to
me." He left no doubt as to what would hap-

pen then!

It is now generally admitted that occasionally
the fist leaves a better impression than honeyed
words. But here are two instances in which both
the fist and the honey did their tricks: Apparently
situations vary, and neither the smooth tongue
nor the mailed fist should be excluded when
dealing with ignorance and rowdyism.

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Disarming the Anti-Semites

One thing is certain about the anti-Semites:
they are not invincible.
With the din of war drums in our ears, we
turn back the pages of contemporary history to
read of an occurrence in July, 1929, in Paris.
It is Pierre Van Paassen writing in his column,
The World's Window, in the now defunct New
York World:

ANTI-SEMITES DISAMIED
The antl-Sonit le disturbances In Poland and lAth-
tutnitt recently—in the latter count ry the mid) Rig myth
of ritual murder had been reused—had a prompt
repercussion In Paris. A mast dentonst ntt lott was
organized in the Salle Wagram and all that Is liberal
In the French capital flocked there one evening to hear
the speeches. However, the "cantelots du Rol," I he
,young Royalist troops, who are avowedly anti - S(411H it.,
decided to break op the meeting. In serried ranks
they marched to the hall, 500 strong, all armed witIi
canes. Their appeantnee caused a sensation on t he
Champs Elysees and I heir shouts of "Down At it it the
Jews!" "A mort l" made people shudder and go indoors
with all sorts of horrible visions troubling I heir peat.:
of mho'. However, at the Salle IVagram stood M.
Chlappe, the little Corsican Prefect. The chiefs of t he
Camelot PI parleyed with him. "This Is it public meet -
lug," t hey said. ''Vou have no right to keep 114 !"
"I have no intention to keep you out, either," said the
Prefect. "But you must comply with t he reguktt Ions."
.1,nd t hen he showed them n large notice Iliad had been
put up by the police In a hurry and Which said: "Um-
brellas and walking /411C105 to be left at I he vcstairc"
that-checking plate). So the Royalists left t heir st leks
behind and came In. For three hours they had to sit
t here and listen to t he speeches and riot once did they
interrupt the speakers. Their ant I-Scmit le ardor and
courage, apparently, laud also been left In the yes-
t ni re."

The lesson is a simple one: let the anti-Semite
have his way and he gathers followers and
strength and courage. But let him be greeted by
the strong arm he deserves, and his influence
crumbles.
There is only one way to deal with the anti-
Semite : firmly, determinedly, without making
concessions. The history of battling anti-Semitism
in the past two decades will reveal that there
has been weakness in the ranks of the decent
people who thrived on the hopes that the bigoted
will see the light, that they will repent, that
they will crumble under the force of the incon-
sistency and indecency of their own acts. What
we and our friends overlooked is the fact that
hatred thrives on hatred and that is is possible
to gather a following when you give a mob
something to hate. Therefore, it is time we ad-
mitted that the tactics of the past were wrong.
that strong methods must be adopted in dealing
with the forces of reaction, and that there i3
nothing more damaging than to make concessions
to them.

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

November 1, 1940

The Coming Election

On Tuesday, when we cast our ballot for our
choice for the Presidency of the United States,
we shall not be disturbed by various rumors
regarding racial and religious prejudice; net.
shall we be bound by strict party alignments. We
are not frightened by threats of dictatorship in
this country aroused by the third term condition.
We are only slightly disturbed by the fear injected
In the current campaign by the pressure that
comes from the Axis powers.
There is only one thing that matters in the
present critical period : the responsibility for di-
recting the affairs of our Government must be
placed in experienced hands. This is not a time
to invite danger by assigning crucial matters of
state, especially those dealing with foreign affairs,
to novices.
We have said that we shall not be bound by
party ties. There are able men on the ballot repro-

seating both of the major parties. On both tickets,
there are candidates seeking election, or re-elec-
tion, who have earned the confidence of the con-
stituents. The voters should know, and if they
do not know they should learn, how to split the
ballot. One need not be bound by party ties re-
quiring a single check on a long ballot when
there are men of ability who have been tried in
office and found capable and who therefore merit
re-election.
This Tuesday is a genuine holiday for the free
people of America. We shall be able to go to the
polls with heads erect, as the masters who are
about to decide who is to serve them, not as serfs
who are compelled to shout "ja, ja." This free-
dom imposes great responsibility upon all of us,
to select men and women for office who will strive
to perpetuate this freedom and to prevent the
rise of any semblance of danger for the demo-
cratic ideal and the American system of gov-
ernment.

The Abominable Factors in the Campaign

Planting of trees in forect of
Palestine is acknowledged by the
Jewish National Fund Council of
Detroit as follows :
In the Fred M. Butzel Forest:
one tree in memory of Yetta
Goldie Lax by Mrs. R. S. Sklar;
one tree in memory of Ephraim
Ticktin by Kvutzah Haplomin in
"Gan Ticktin."
In the J. H. Ehrlich Forest:
one tree in memory of Sarah
Bernstein by her son, Ralph Bern-
stein; five trees in memory of Dr.
J. Levitt by Mr. and Mrs. S.
Schwartz; two trees in memory
of Joseph A. Siegel by Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Benjamin; one tree
by Mr. and Mrs. Morris Zack-
heim in memory of Benjamin
Frumin.
In the Meyer Berlin Forest:
one tree honoring recovery of
Mrs. Rebecca Brenner and one
tree honoring Bar Mitzrah of Leo
Cousen by Sisters of Zion Miz-
rachi.
To plant trees in Palestine
Forests—the J. H. Ehrlich For-
est, the Fred M. Butzel Forest,
the Meyer Berlin Forest or the
Shipliakoff Forest—call the chair-
man of the tree committee of the
Jewish National Fund Council of
Detroit, Mrs. Alexander W. Sand-
ers, Hogarth 0967, 12342 Broad
street.

Many of the occurrences in the present political
campaign are most regrettable. They have hap-
pened before, and will be repeated again, but
it is doubtful whether there ever before was as
much ferocity in mud-slinging as was in evidence
this year.
Egg-throwing at the Willkies is objectionable
and must be condemned ; but so, also, is the
horrid attack upon the President's family. The
manner in which Mrs. Roosevelt is being abused
is totally unworthy of the American spirit of
gallantry and fair play.
The pamphlet issued by a Negro committee ac-
cusing Mr. Willkie of race prejudice is an unfair
piece of campaign propaganda. But what about
the "I AM A JEW" leaflet accusing the New
Deal of race hatred and making the prejudicial
comparison of Roosevelt with Blum? This silly
leaflet, the language of which does not indicate
that an informed Jew had penned it, belongs
to the same realm of un-American campaign liter-
ature as the Negro article.
Then there is our old friend John L. Lewis who
made an appeal for Wendell L. Willkie and di-
rected a special plea to the "members of the
Christian church." Are we too sensitive when we
raise an objection and venture to ask Mr. Lewis
whether he knows that considerations in a politi-
cal campaign in this country are not traditionally
based on religious affiliations of our voters?
A word to General Hugh Johnson, one of
whose columns accused the Jews of seeking to
launch this country into war against Hitler. His
hatred for President Roosevelt has blinded the
former NRA chief's vision and has caused him
to dip his pen into venom. What a pity! He is
not a man who suffers from race or religious hatred.
Nevertheless, in his attempt to encourage the de-
feat of the President for re-election he has writ-
ten a column which may do immeasurable harm
to the 4,500,000 Jews of America. General John-
son has not judged us correctly. It is not true
that Jews, much as they hate Hitler, seek to
plunge this country into war. Jews are in favor
of sending all the aid we can to Great Britain
and to help in Hitler's defeat. General Johnson
and Wendell L. Willkie are committed to a similar
program of support for the democracies. Why
single the Jews out for attack as war-mongers?
Why, even though you have repudiated Coughlin,
adopt Coughlin's language to suit your political
prposes? Must the devil always quote "scripture"
( in this case it is Coughlinite "scripture") to fit
his purpose?
There have been unfair manifestations in both
political camps. When displays of temper are
shown by the ordinary person, it is understand-
able, even though subject to the same severe
condemnation as if resorted to by the most in-
telligent. But when the guilty persons are classi-
cists like Johnson and Lewis, their acts are inex-
cusable.

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Hitler Contributes Sizable Sums to British
Red Cross

(Christian Register Special War News
Service)

The news that Hitler is contributing money
to the British Red Cross is indeed surprising
--hut then Hitler always was unpredictable
( by others). However, here is the evidence,
taken from the classified advertisement sec-
tion of The Amateur Photographer (London) :

Hitler's Pamphlets Dropped in England,
very limited quantity for sale at 10s.
each; a souvenir that will increase in
value ; all proceeds to Red Cross.—Peach-
ey, Dorset House, Stamford St., London,

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