A merica Awish Peril,'lira! &ter
February
CLIFMN AVENUE - CINCINNATI 30, OHIO
DETROIT JEWISH
7, 1941
CHRONICLE
and the Legal Chronicle
Junior Hadassah
League of Youth
Rally on Sunday ,
Being Organized
By Philip Slomovitz
The monthly meeting of Junior'',
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p urely
ommentary
Death Calls an American Maskil
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the foundation was removed, the, house, of
course began to c ollapse. If hatred becomes
Constitution to Be Adopted at
Meeting Feb. 24
Hadassah will be held this Sun- '
day, Feb. 9, at 3 p. m., at Hotel
Strider, with Rose Poskel, presi-
dent, conducting an open board
meeting. Every member is invited
to be a "board member" for the
day, and actively participate in
discussions on policies and prob-
lems of the group.
Final preparations are being
made by the honor roll commit-
tee, headed by Helen Waldstein,
for the honor roll victory ball, ;
which the juniors are giving this
year independent of the seniors.
on Sunday, Feb. 16, at Hotel
Statler.
On Feb. 3, a delegated group
the supreme norm of justice, any outrage
Eldar Markson of Boston is no longer among
of young people representing, nu-
the living. But his memory will Live among those
may be justified.
merous youth organizations met
If it is right for me to plunder you because
at the Jewish Community Center
who know what a splendid man he was.
of your black e yes, you may plunder me be-
to discuss a proposed League of
He was a merchant; but in line with an old
to
cause of my blue eyes. If I have a right
Detroit Jewish Youth.
tradition in Jewish life he was also a Maskil, a
destroy a JeW, I have a right to destroy an
This proposed League is to be
Hebraist of note, a man who loved his people and
ven-
Italian,
Scotchman,
Baptist,
Republican
open to all Jewish youth groups
their culture. He was a devoted Zionist and he
triloquist.
of the community with 'a specific
financed literary activities to spread Zionist and
That sounds g rotesque, but Rumania sadly
and positive Jewish interest. The
Hebraic thought.
shows it is true. Ten thousand rifles shouted ,
League plans to work in close
The late Eldar Markson made possible the pub-
it is true. The Iron Guardists murdered
cooperation with the organized
lishing, several years ago, of the collected essays
Prime Ministers, Generals, national heroes,
Jewish community, and to con-
of the philosopher of labor Zionism, A. D. Gor-
venom
and
fanaticism
as
as
much
just
cern itself with problems that
don: His charities are too numerous to 7: - With
they murdered Jews. They assassinated the
face the Jewish youth of 'today.
Incidentally, Eldar Markson was a cousin „ of
irch-nationalist, Prof. Nichola lorga, with
All Jewish youth groUps are
the late Aaron D. Markson, the eminent _Detroit
as much zeal as the c heese seller, Mordecai
'invited
to send their delegates
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educator who passed away seven years ago.
Levi.
to the next -meeting, on Monday,
Eldar Markson will be greatly missed in the
When any group in a nation bases its poli-
Feb.' 24, at 8:30 p. m., at the
tanks of Zionism and Jewish education in Amer-
tics on hatred for another group in that na-
Jewish Community Center. At
TYLER
ica, for he belonged not only to Boston but to
tion, it is working for the destruction of its
this time the proposed League
country.
all American Jewry.
will adopt its constitution to as-
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What else is there to be said,' •except to add sume its position in the commu-
"He Who Digs a Pit for Others .. ." •
that once upon a time there was a warning writ- nity.
Reuben Gold was elected chair-
The • Psalmist's warning that he who digs a pit ten on the wall of ,a palace in an ancient kingdOm
for others shall fall therein ought to prove a which
ich read: "Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin"— man of the constitution commit-
grave warning for Rumania in her preSent crisis. „ Thou halt berin weighed in the balance, hnd tee and David Ashkenazi of pub-
The examples of Norway and Holland, whose pen- :found • wanting." This inscription appeared on licity.
For additional information call
pies refuse to be fooled by Nazism and are con- the eve of the wicked kingdom's destruction. There
ducting an aggressive, albeit underground cam- is handwriting on the walls of Rumania, and other Herman Jacobs at the Jewish
paign against anti-Semitism, are too evident to nations who .oppress their minorities. But unfor- Cominunity Center.
Leader
be ignored even by the Rumanians -whOse. Jew- tunately, as in the case of Belshazzar's kingdom
Dirt
baiting at one time exceeded even that of tzarist of old, they are unable to read it!
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Levinson,
Peace
Russia.
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Will Rumania learn a lesson from history and.
Advocate, Dies
: Has Anti-Semitism Been Checked?
realize the seriousness of the Psalmi§t's warning?
Salmon 0. Levinson, who be-
Will Rumanians realize that a nation can not sur-;,
. the'. February issue of .the Hebrew Union Col- came famous for his peace plans
vive if a portion. of that nation—be it Jewish' loge
Monthly, in its leading editorial entitled and as a collaborator in the draft-
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or Catholic or Protestant—is persecuted?
"False Prophets," takes . exception to the state
Psalmist's admonition finds excellent appli- m ent made by Dr. Salo W.' Baron on. Nov. 17, ing of the Kellogg-Briand pact to
Mon:
that "it is quite possible that .anti-Semitism, Sunday
outlaw war,
(lied
Chicago
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cation in an article in the Christian Science Mo
at the
age in of
75.
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m, under the title "Hatred rather than advancing, has been 'checked -in 1939. "
Digs
Pit."
Markha
tor
by a R.
H. Mr.
Markha
is eminently well quasi
Since that time, the annual report
of the
.. In 1917,
this went
internationally
stated
that Ameri-
anti- ramous
lawyer
to ' Europe
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fled to discuss the subject he deals with. He has can
c ' Jewish Committee for 1940
to aid in advancement of n peace
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LEADER
is
not
just a cleaner
written a series of articles for the Monitor on the Jewish agitation in - America "s truck a new low,
• ., pacts. He originally supported' the
various groups which make up this nation, and his of disrepute during the ,past year."
—LEADER is a specialist in
'-' League of Nations,. later opposed
observations served to cement good will among all
cleaning Rugs, Carpets . and
Hebrew ' UniOn College Monthly's „comment on it 'and then 'advocated entry of
elements in the American melting pot. His "Hatred Dr. Baron's analysis was that "the facts show this country into the World Court.
Upholstered Furniture..
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Digs
Pit"
is therefore
a splendid observer
commentary
from a the
pen
of a dispassionate
and a that, far from being curtailed, the activities of He recently advocated outright
LEADER
our native 'merchants- of . hate' • have increased gifts to Great Britain to aid in
man
who is
without
rancor.
reprint
"Hat- considerably." While':this may be too pessimistic the victory of the democracies
.Carpet Cleaning Company
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a Pit"
in the
hope We
that
it will his
reach
enough Rumanians, and others who are in danger an attitude to, adopt, •we: are inclined to agree that over dictatorships.
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of joining their ranks, to bring some relief from hatred of Jews• has not din* ished.
There were numerous' incidents in tile past few
oppressive bigotry in the world. Here is Mr. Mark-
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months which provided proof that the Coughlinitus,
ham's article:
the Bundists and the spreaders of hate' in numerw
Rumania is a sad and glaring example of
ous other quarters have not abated their -activities.
how a social fabric unravels. The main cause
Joseph E. McWilliams, in spite of the repudiation
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of this disintegration is hatred. When the
he received at the. hands of voters in the German
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Rumanians began fanatically to hate Jews,
Parking in Rear of Store
section of Yorkville in New York City, appears to
they dug the abyss into which their nation
have • enough funds to continue his anti-Semitic
barrage. Trouble-makers in Philadelphia and in
is falling.
What is happening in Rumania is not at
Detroit gathered sufficient strength to create dis-
turbances at meetings for democracy—at a Quaker
all u nique. Just the opposite. It is an ex-
ample of the universal working of hatred.
meeting in Philadelphia and at an American
What characterizes Rumania is that hatred
Jewish Conress meeting in Detroit.
KOSHER
as a political policy is working in an espe-
Also, in a column he wrote for the fascist
cially swift and dramatic way. In most re-
Restaurant and Dining Room
newspaper Publicity published in Wichita, Kan.,
spects, Rumania is not radically dissimilar
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the anti-Catholic admirer of Coughlin, Edward
Ca•rIng to Bridge Parties and Banquets
from France, Yugoslavia, Hungary, or the
James Sp-lithe,. advocated emulation of Hitler in
rrivate Dining Boom for Parties
United States. It is a richly endowed country
America and launched an attack on Jews. Robert O
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with a heterogenous population. Among the
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Edward Edmondson has not slowed up his presses
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Rumanians are many Jews, Hungarians,
for the dissemination of hate-arousing propaganda. O
Germans, R u ssians. With such divergent eth-
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The work of the anti-Semites goes on. Cough- 1 2)=01= 1 0=0
nic groups c o-operation was difficult, as it is
linite salesmen are still on our street corners. The
in many lands.
mails arc still free for the dissemination of pro-
Nevertheless, many Rumanians made noble
Nazi propaganda, most of which is aimed at the
efforts to establish harmony and maintain a
Jewish people.
regime of democratic fairness. They saw
It is true that Coughlinite literature • does not
that was the only possible course for a na-
have
many customers, and that sentiment against
enemies
without
and
withi:t.
tion assailed by
peddlers of bigotry has increased. But these
Rumania's old Liberal Party was as good as
<EV
groups have not capitulated, and it would be a
old American parties in many cities, counties,
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mistake
to
overlook
the
dangers
that
still
lurk
and states. The Peasant Party had some high
in the darkness created by un-American elements
aims and some exemplary leaders. The Peo-
which cheer Hitler and boo Roosevelt, Willkie,
ple's Party was not without ideals. The Social-
Stimson and other American leaders, as was the
a
time
useful.
Some
of
ist Party was for
case at a meeting in Detroit a short time ago.
Rumania's journalists were among the most
Occasional correspondence reaching us, from
enlightened in Europe. Rumanian writers were
anonymous writers, provides additional proof that
very gifted. The situation was far from hope-
You Will Do Much Better
propaganda from Royal Oak incites the minds of
less.
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spreaders of hatred. The nonsense, for instance,
However, it was very difficult. Confusion,
that was spread over four pages of rambling
selfishness, venality abounded; elbowing and
charge that we are trying to displace the "Star
grabbing were common. There were so many
Spangled Banner" with Irving Berlin's "God Bless
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wrongs and reforms were so slow that many
America" could only come from a reader of So-
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people grew discouraged and impatient. They
cial Justice, since the Coughlin organ has found
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it necessary again to mention us by name on the
clamored for direct a ction. One group actu-
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score of our recent reference to the Berlin song.
all y advocated the "impaling of all crooks."
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Another, the Iron Guardists, also advocated
It is useless, of course, to argue with a misled
person who reads into a frank discussion of an
violent action, especially against Jews.
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issue an attempt to displace the national anthem
Jew hating became for many a n ational
with a popular song. Furthermore, we do not pro-
policy. Thus the unravelling began. Hun-
pose to take the trouble to argue with a person
dreds, then thousands, then hundreds of thou-
who does not see fit to give his name and address
sands bega n to outlaw Jews in their hearts.
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They considered it a virtue to rob, torture,
in a letter. But the fact that this communication
came from Brooklyn, N. Y., where Social Justice
mt:rder Jews. Objective norms were swept
is said to have some sort of circulation, is good
away. Some Rumanians usurped the right to
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proof of the point we make—that an inciting note
condemn and execute their fellows. They did
by the Social Justice writer is sufficient to arouse
this with awful arrogance and terriffice fervor.
MORTGAGES
APPliOVED
a follower who' sees red whenever a Jewish issue
But why only Jews? Were all crooks Jews?
Of course not. So Masons were included;
is created for him by an American fuehrer.
then Marxists; then democrats, "the fathers
Congressinan John D. Dingell was kind enough
We invite your mortgage business.
to show us anti-Semitic literature mailed to him
of Marxists."
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It will receive our careful considera-
from Detroit. There is a direct tie-up in this
This widening of the c ategories gave Ru-
chain of anti-Semitic propaganda. The pro-Nazis
tion from incepfion to completion.
manians a right to hate a nyone whom they
are making capital of a Congressional debate in
omething
worth
plun-
opposed or who owned s
an attempt to stop aid to Britain. Anti-Semites
a fellow
dering. One could even "eliminate"
utilize this debate for their vindictive purposes.
Iron Guardist by calling him a friend of
The chain of hate-spreading propaganda has not
Jews or of Masons.
been broken. The anti-Semites are fooling less
That actually happened. Iron Guardists
people, but they are fooling enough Americans
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attacked the army as it attacked Jews. They
to be able to remain a force for evil in this
as
they
murdered
Ma-
great land. If their influence is to be destroyed,
murdered nationalists
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for the good of all Americans, it is necessary that
sons. They execrated distinguished patriots
COM-
libertarians -should not become blind to reality
in their press exactly as they execrated
and should not be fooled into believing that the
munists. Their only n orm became "my hat-
red."
danger from bigots is over.
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