May 16, 1941
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IYAR 19, 5701
MAY 16, 1941
Hess's Inhuman Green Eyes
The Rudolf Hess sensation proves the
contention that one of the strongest weap-
ons for the democracies is the inevitable
rise of revolt against the Nazi terror and
the internal dissention in Nazi ranks
which is certain to speed such an up-
rising.
It is difficult to believe that the Hess
escape from Germany is motivated by
anything other than necessity for escape
from a gang of partners in crime, each
of whom is jealous of the other fellow.
We recommend as one of the most im-
portant descriptions of Hess the chapter
"Hitler's Shadow : Rudolf Hess", in Wil-
liam D. Bayles' "Caesars in Goose Step",
recently published by Harper & Bros.
The author, who lived under the Nazi
terror for six years, states that
bergh looms on the horizon as the greatest
menace to American democracy, by virtue
of his having surrounded himself with
the most vocal anti-democratic spokesmen
in this land.
Now, this prediction comes true. Lind-
bergh appears to be the idol of the Fas-
cist-Nazi forces in America. The anti-
Semites follow him around wherever he
goes. Coughlin's "Social Justice" is a ban-
ner at the meetings he addresses. The
one-time hero of America is now the
hero of the Nazis.
Dr. Birkhead has rendered a great
service to the cause of true Americanism
with the pamphlet he has prepared for
circulation by Friends of Democracy un-
der the title "The America First Commit-
tee—The Nazi Transmission Belt." It ex-
poses bluntly and frankly the Nazi front
in America. It shows the menace of the
spread of propaganda made in Germany
among unsuspecting masses in this coun-
try. It is another of Dr. Birkhead's timely
warnings against the injection of horror
and despair in this country and the ham-
mering in of the first wedges of disunity
among the American people. Let this
warning be heard, before the democratic
structure crumbles under the weight of
fear and the passion of bigotry.
"Prior to meeting Hitler, Hess had been
active politically as an anti-Semite, anti-
Communist and anti-Social-Democrat. He was
a member of the Thule Gesellschaf t, a rabidly
anti-Semitic, nationalistic group that con-
trolled a printing house and agitated chiefly
through distributing leaflets and covering the
walls and signposts of Munich with blood-
curdling denouncements of Jews and Com-
munists."
Mr. Bayles quotes an important Ger-
man cabinet member as having said: "I
can outstare Hitler, but those green eyes
of Hess are inhuman."
The concluding paragraph in this pen
portrait of one of the beasts in Hitler's
official family, who now has the protec-
tion of a democratic power, is revealing.
It states:
"On Sept. 1, 1939, Hess heard himself
proclaimed Nazi No. 3, second in succession
to Hitler. Departing from the Reichstag on
that eventful morning, he did not reveal in
his expression any consciousness of the honor
that had been conferred on him. Perhaps
because, like most Germans, he realized that
the chances of his ever becoming Fuehrer
were s light indeed. Hess, the silent idolizer,
the modest disciple, has few chances of stand-
ing up against the robust buccaneers w ho
• STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL •
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
OCCULT STUFF
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Gabby Goebbels' program fur
The prognosticators have re-
the
summer of 1941, warns Wal-
discovered the Book of Revela- ter Winchell,
includes the insti-
tions, which during the last world gation of street-corner fights in
war was interpreted as presaging these United States . . Win-
the defeat of the Kaiser . . . chell's Washington bureau, by
Now it is Hitler whose number the way, has turned over to
Uncle Sam important evidence
is identified as 666, and this is concerning the activities of Nazi
supposed to mean that Adolf will
espionage agents in this country
kick the bucket when he's 666
months old—which unfortunately . . . Three cheers for the Jergens
Company, the soapmakers, for
won't be till October 1944 . . . their reaction to boycott threats
At the risk of sounding defeatist from radio listeners who don't
we'll also remind you that the like Winchell's outspokenness
Beast of the Apocalypse is sup- against Nazism . . . The Jet.-
posed to have the claws of a genses, far from chiding Walter,
bear (the Russian bear, of offered him an additional radio
course), and to roar with program in their behalf—but his
the voice of a lion (which could schedule hasn't permitted him to
indicate that Hitler may for a accept . . . Cheers also for Mrs.
while—only a while, mind you— Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., whd re-
get the upper hand over the signed from the "Women United
British lion) . . . And, to top
these horrible omens, there's our for Peace" group when she dis-
discovery, that by dialing A. Hit- covered that the peace its spon-
ler on any Manhattan phone you sors were ranting about didn't
include peace and tolerance for
get a public booth in the Hotel the people of this country.
President . . . But don't let it
get you down.
GAGS AROUND GOTHAM
WEEKLY GIGGLE
Broadway is calling Hitler the
Going the rounds is the report perfect example of a success
A Good Community Service
on the conversation between story . . . From paperhanger to
Mussolini and Hitler .. . "We're crepe-hanger in one generation
In reviewing the activities which set getting
along okay, aren't we?" . . . Another gagster whom Adolf
the stage for the Allied Jewish Cam- Musso was saying to his partner would like to gag is proclaiming
. . "Our armies have smashed that the Fuehrer is crazier than
paign, the work of the speakers' bureau, . through
the Balkans, and we're ever . . . He used to think he
which functioned under the chairmanship right on the tail of the British was Napoleon—but now he thinks
of Rabbi Leon Fram, must not be over- in Africa and Iraq, and nothing he's Hitler . . . Which reminds
can stop us now, can it? . . . us to pass on the story of the
looked. Scores of the ablest men in the You and I are going to drive the performer who, during an en-
local organizations and congregations British out of Africa and Asia, gagement in Berlin, grew weary
and we're going to be the rulers of having Nazi hoodlums hiss his
have covered a large number of meetings of the world, aren't we . . . best acts . . . He finally posted
and have spoken to many thousands of We'll be the bosses of everything, a sign announcing that he would
we?" . . . Hitler looked give a thousand marks to any-
people whom they prepared for the ar- won't
clown and patted Benito's pate body who would feel impelled to
rival of solicitors for the drive. It was . . . "Sure we will," he assured boo his new finale . . . And then
. . . "But how about shining my fooled the customers by making
a good job, and the head of the speakers' other
shoe now? . . . " the centerpiece of the finale a
huge photo of Adolf himself .. .
bureau deserves commendation.
Sign observed in an off-Broadway
Rabbi Fram's distinction as pulpit ABOUT PEOPLE
side-street shop window: "Give
preacher, educator, good will ambassador
In all the excitement about until it hurts Hitler".
to the non-Jews, are factors which went a Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane",
long way in giving power to the army which is at last making its ap- THIS AND THAT
of pleaders for the causes included in pearance on the nation's screens, The first Reshevsky-Horowitz
tend to forget that the
the drive. Jointly, they accomplished an people
author of this controversial pic- match was played in his pent-
important preliminary task in the work ture is none other than Herman house in the East Seventies, and
a galaxy of celebrities attended
of mercy in which the community is now Mankiewicz.
Al Jolson, insists a columnist, The chess players sat under a
engaged.
know his true age because picture by Picasse, the famous
Perhaps we should recognize it as note- doesn't
the silver cup on which his birth- Spanish painter who is now lan-
worthy that when a man, or a group of date was inscribed was lost when guishing in a French concentra-
men, plead for the cause of justice and his family came to America . . . tion camp . . . Incidentally, we
humanity for a single group, they in- All this is a build-up for the an- were right about Horowitz's
that Jolson is now strength . . . As we write two
evitably reach a larger community. The nouncement
47 . . . Well, our information, games have been played, and
plea for the sufferers who are aided by which comes from no less an au- both of them resulted in draws.
the Allied Jewish Campaign must reach thority than the "Biographical An unusual solo instrument
a very large community of Christians who Encyclopedia of American Jews", made its radio debut a couple
is to the effect that Al was born of weeks ago in Henry Brant's
know how to appreciate the value of gen- at
Washington, D. C., on May 26, "Grand Concerto for a Ten-Cent
eral participation in the fight for the 1886
. . . Which means that his Whistle" . . . The instrument
democracies when Jews set out to save fans can start sending him their was of the common brand your
the remnants of their suffering kinsmen best wishes right now for his 55th youngsters are accustomed to
buy at Woolworth's.
abroad. Their saving will mean the rescue birthday.
would certainly fight for the leadership,
should it descend to the third successor. Ad-
mitting that Hess would be a highly accept-
able Fuehrer, one burly Nazi commented
following Hitler's announcement of the suc-
cession, 'Hess would never have a chance.
Himmler or Ley would shoot first while he
ran home to see if his permit to carry a
pistol was in order.' "
The last sentence especially speaks
volumes in explanation of the latest epi-
sode involving this green-eyed Nazi. Even
before he had a chance to assume higher
powers than he had prior to his flight,
he already faced the danger of gunshots
from his partners' pistols. It is evident
that all is not well in the internal ranks
of the Hitlerites. Which goes to prove
what those of us who retain faith have
contended all along, even during the dark-
est hours of the present war—that the evil
powers are destined for defeat and that
justice must triumph in spite of all the
sacrifices that will be demanded of us in
this fight-to-a-finish for the humane and
democratic cause.
Dr. Birkhead's Warning
Five months ago, during his visit in
Detroit on the occasion of which a gang
of hoodlums attempted to break up the
peaceful meeting he addressed, Dr. L. M.
Birkhead, courageous head of Friends of
Democracy, warned that Colonel Lind-
of an element that will eventually prove
a power in combatting Nazism.
When the drive is over, the appeal will
not end. Men like Rabbi Fram, when they
appear as speakers before Christian
groups, carry on a mission of good will
and enlightenment which must bear fruit
when the present cruel conflict is over.
The hands of such pleaders for justice
and brotherhood should be strengthened.
"REVOLT IN THE DESERT"
Arab-Jewish Relations
A Palcor Agency report from Tiberias,
Palestine, states that in furtherance of
the program of cooperation and under-
standing between Arabs and Jews, the
Jewish Agency appointed 12 teachers of
Arabic for Jewish schools in settlements
around Tiberias, which is a strong Arab
center.
This is a commendable program as a
result of which many Jewish children in
Palestine are being instructed in the lan-
guage of their neighbors, the correct as-
sumption being that mutual understand-
ing leads to peaceful relations.
Without outside interference, and with
the elimination of Nazi-Fascist agitators
and propagandists, amity and good will
between Arabs and Jews is possible. A
victory for the democracies and repudia-
tion of the scandalous acts of the former
Grand Mufti and his cohorts will go a
long way towards making such a pro-
gram possible.
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'by BRESSLER