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Prophetical portion—Judges 13:2-25. JUNE 6, 1941 SIVAN 11, 5701 A Danger for Democracy There is a new tendency in America now. It is based on a plea not to argue over certain issues that come up inter- nally and to let well enough alone. For instance, when an anti-Semitic issue arises, when there are evidences of discrimination in employment or in busi- ness dealings involving prejudice against Jews, we have heard Jews and Chris- tians say, "The world situation is so bad, and bigotry is spreading so rapidly, why not forget about this incident and let well enough alone?" The President of the United States, in his great address on May 27, provided the answer when he said: "Never in the history of the world has a nation lost its democracy by a successful struggle to defend its de- mocracy." Whenever you hear anyone ask you to hush up an injustice, quote these words by our President as an answer to a policy of hush-hush. Thumb back the pages of the previous files of this paper and of declarations made by liberals during the past ten years, and you will find the consistent adherence to the principle that no one has ever lost his liberties by fighting for them. President Roosevelt referred in his ad- dress to the "small group of sincere, patriotic men and women whose real passion for peace has shut their eyes to the realities of international banditry and to the need to resist it at all costs." He said in speaking of this group: "I am sure they are embarrassed by the sinister support they are receiving from the enemies of democracy in our midst—the bundists, and fascists, and communists, and every group devoted to bigotry and racial and religious intolerance. It is no mere coincidence that all the arguments put forward by these enemies of democ- racy—all their attempts to confuse and divide our people and to destroy public confidence in our Government—all their defeatist forebodings that Britain and de- mocracy are already beaten—all their selfish promises that we can "do busi- ness" with Hitler—all of these are but echoes of the words that have been poured out from the Axis bureaus of propaganda. Those same words have been used before in other countries—to scare them, to divide them, to soften them up. Invariably, those same words have formed the advance guard of physical attack." The destructive groups enumerated by the President are today serving as a shield for anti-Semites. In view of the national emergency and the tragic world situation, we believe we are justified in stating that anyone who gives comfort to these destructive influences is a traitor to democracy and to America. We must not strengthen the hands of these elements. We must not aid them by keeping silent whenever and wherever there is a manifestation of injustice. Our duty is to speak up for democracy and never to be silent when the rights of men are threatened. Remember the words of President Roosevelt: "Never in the history of the world has a nation lost its democracy by s successful struggle to defend its de- mocracy." What About Palestine? British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, in his widely heralded address in London last week, spoke of the estab- lishment of a Federation of Arab States after the war. But there was not a word of assurance in his entire address regarding the future security of the Jewish National Home in Palestine. Therefore, it is well that Jews in Amer- ica, together with our kinsmen in other democratic countries, should demand clarification of the Zionist position NOW. We are debating over the defense of Palestine. Jews are demanding the for- mation of a special Jewish military unit to fight on the side of Great Britain. (Is it possible that refusal to grant permis- sion for the formation of such a unit has something to do with anti-Zionist senti- ment in the British Cabinet? ) Jews in this country are financing children's homes in England. We have contributed large sums for the purchase of mobile kitchens to aid the war-stricken popula- tion of London. But we are left out of con- sideration when peace aims are discussed. Bevin, Attlee, Greenwood, Churchill himself, are known to be friends of the Zionist cause. Is it possible that Anthony Eden is an anti-Zionist, and that he is serving as spokesman for the opponents of the Jewish national ideal in Palestine? A grave injustice is in the offing if this is true, and it is important that Zionist leadership assert itself in the present hour of crisis. Even if Palestine should fall un- der the heel of the Nazis, Zionist aspira- tions will not die. The prayers of the faithful Jews—"May we behold a return unto Zion with mercy"—will continue in spite of all interference and in defiance of all difficulties on the road towards the emancipation of the Jewish masses. The sooner the British government is informed of Jewish determination to work towards the ultimate achievement of the ideal for the establishment of a free Jewish com- monwealth, the better for all concerned. The Nazis are again at work in Pales- tine. They are spreading anti-Jewish pro- paganda not as a means of creating bet- ter conditions for the Arabs but in order to undermine the British cause. In the long run, the Arabs will suffer as much as any other element in the land. An honest declaration is needed at this time. Pales- tine will be secure only when Jews and Arabs work harmoniously together; and the position of the Jew will become a positively creative one only upon the establishment of a free and secure home for the Jewish people. This must be made one of the aims of the present war. Other- wise, the Jewish wanderers on the face of the globe, hundreds of thousands of whom have only Palestine to hope for, will become pariahs, a position in which Nazism seeks to place our people. It is not unfair to put the question to British government today: Are you again appeasing in Palestine? And if you are, do you realize that the sad position you are in today is directly due to a destruc- tive policy of appeasement with the wrong elements among the Arabs, dating back to 1920? This is a time for plain speaking. There is ground for believing that Churchill and the Labor members of his Cabinet are friendlily inclined towards our people. Let them translate their concern over the status of the Jewish people by reaffirm- ing the traditional position of England in favor of the creation of a publicly secured and legally assured Jewish homeland in Palestine And let there be an end to Munich tactics in Palestine as well as throughout the world. June 6, 1941 • STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL • Tidbits from Everywhere By PHINEAS J. BIRON NEWS COLUMN TIDBITS The rumors that Dr. Chaim Weizmann intends to fly to Pal- estine soon are unfounded . . . The head of the Zionists will stay on these shores the better part of the summer Typical of the British way of muddling through is the latest development in Eretz Israel . . . Instead of giving arms to the Jews of Palestine the British have, for the first time in the history of the Holy Land, plunked down an income tax on them. Look out for an interesting series of articles in the New York Post . . It will be by George Backer, publisher of that paper, and will give his impres- sions of England, whence he is expected to return this month... We're all for the U. S. army get- ting all the troopships it needs— but it does seem a shame that the S.S. Siboney had to be taken from the Lisbon—New York run for this purpose . . . The Si- boney had been sold out for months ahead, and thousands of refugees who had held tickets for this boat are now stranded for additional months to come... All of which greatly aggravates the refugee situation in Portu- gal, where thousands of Jews are concentrated awaiting a chance to escape from Europe. Andre Maurois, nee Herzog, whose properties in France have been confiscated, for some rea- son or other still enjoys visiting the French Embassy at Washing- ton . . . Is he expecting to be offered "honorary Aryanism?" An interesting sidelight on the New York matrimonial market was provided at the recent con- vention of the shatchonim . , One in every 10 Gotham mar- riages during the month of April was the result of a shatchen's efforts, it was revealed . . . We don't quite see why Hedy La- mares public should be so sur- prised at the fact that she has just patented an invention that may prove of value in warfare... After all, wasn't Iledy's first hus- band, Fritz Mandl, then a mu- nitions king? . . . Incidentally, that new pipe which can be cleaned with soap and water is the invention of a lady by the name of Mrs. Roberta Ruben ... Now if somebody will only in- vent an efficatious pipe of peace . . . Talking of pipes reminds us that Dr. Albert Einstein—at least so the story goes—is so inveter- ate a pipe smoker that when he runs out of pipe tobacco he will break up cigarettes or cigars for the makings . . . Which is just another way of saying that the difference between pipe tobacco and other forms of the smoker's wood is merely relative ... Pure- ly relative, too, is the bargain being offered by a real estate broker in behalf of the estate of the late Max Annenberg, who was the circulation manager of the New York Daily News . The item that is up for sale is Annenberg's 500-acre Arizona ranch, which once cost a quar- ter of a million dollars, but which will now be sold for a smaller sum . . . Indicative of the grow- ing tendency to seek temporary escape from the world's troubles, New York Jewish youth groups will hold a convention the week- end of June 27 at Andren's Mountain House, Haines Falls, N. Y., and have decided to bar any speeches and resolutions ... They will devote themselves en- tirely to dancing, dining, divet- digging and dunking in the lake instead of debating, deliberating and discussing . . . For two of the boys the Mountain House convention will be the last spree for a long time; they report for army induction two weeks later. WEEKLY GIGGLE Via the trans-Atlantic grape- vine comes the story of the Lon- don East End Jewish family who came home after an air raid to find their house in ruins . . . The Nazi bombs had brought milchig and fleishig foods and dishes into a single treif mass, so that practically nothing was edible . . . Only a packet of tea and a but slightly dented tea-pot offered a ray of hope—but even that ray vanished when it de- veloped that the stove was so completely wrecked that it was quite impossible to boil up water for the tea . . . Then it was that one of the neighbors ran up to the family and told them to get away quickly, as a delayed in- cendiary bomb had started burn- ing in the back yard . . . At the news the whitebearded old grand- father of the family murmured a brocha . . . "Now we'll be able to make some tea," he joyfully declared. ABOUT PEOPLE Soon to be drafted by Uncle Sam is Gottfried Reinhardt, Hol- lywood producer and son of the famous director Max Reinhardt. Oscar Serlin, producer of "Life with Father," is now working on a new project, which will dra- matize the history of the Asso- ciated Press. THE RIGHT ROAD Notable Days on Jewish Calendar 5701 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz - Wednesday and Thurs- day, June 25 & 26 Fast of Tammuz - - Sunday, July 13 - Friday, July 25 Tisha b'Ab - Sunday, Aug. 3 - Rosh Chodesh Ellul - - - - • - Rosh Chodesh Ab - Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 & 24. . — 044.407 Courtesy of The Synagorar Union of American Hebrew Congregations Bernard SrgsT