4 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle Detroit Jewish Chronicle and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. J \COB H. SCHAkiNE Presider Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post- office at Dutioit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Genera! Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave. Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Subscription in Advance JACOB MARGOLIS PHILIP SLOMOVITZ MAURICE M. SAFIR Cable Address: Chronicle $3.00 Per Year Publisher Editor Advertising Manager ft insure publication, all correspondence and news matter :TA st reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. Vil.len mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper only. The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub- jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi- bility for an endorsement of views expressed by the writers, Sabbath Scriptural Selections Pentateuchal portion—Num. 13:1-15:41. Prophetical portion—Joshua 2. Readings of the Law for Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, Wednesday and Thursday Num. 28:1-15. JUNE 20, 1941 SIVAN 25, 5701 Breaking Germany's Morale The Nazis have been winning battles based on morale. Theirs have been vic- tories through propaganda. But the wheels are beginning to turn in another direction. The closing of German consul- ates by President Roosevelt is a severe blow to Nazi strength, since the order also included the shutting of the German Li- , brary of Information which has been is- suing pro-Nazi literature in this country. Apparently, the Facts in Review issue of June 14, 1941, which reached us on the day of President Roosevelt's order to close the offices of this Nazi organ's publishers —the German Library of Information— will be the last of this publication. But our' government must be on guard also against the destructive influences of misled Americans who, like the leaders in the "America First Committee" move- ment, are playing the hand of the Nazis. The Coughlinites, the Christian Frontists and their allied movements of people forming the lunatic fringe remain a po- tential danger to this country's demo- cratic principles. The Nazi headquarters for the destructive elements have been shut, but their branch offices remain open. We must remain on guard against them. The entire crew of crack-pots must be uprooted as a preliminary to the defeat of the totalitarian elements who aim to enslave the world under the banner of Fascism. Results of Indifference Detroit had been assigned a quota of $450,000 for the United Service Organi- zations drive, in behalf of the six leading Catholic, Protestant and Jewish organi- zations which care for the social needs of the men in U. S. Army. But after a month of campaigning, less than a fourth of this was raised from among all ele- ments in Detroit's population. What a tragic commentary on the con- cern the community at large is showing towards such important causes in the pres- ent hour of national emergency! How is the indifference and unconcern to be explained? What is the cause of the don't-give-a-hang attitude of the people of this great city? Why do many wealthy men turn solicitors for the U.S.O. away empty-handed? Perhaps we are today reaping a poison- ous harvest resulting from planting that had been marked by lack of vision and understanding of the mutual needs of all faiths. The U. S. 0. campaign offered an op- portunity for Catholics, Jews and Protest- ants to work harmoniously together in a common cause. This cause is not a success. Perhaps it is due to the fact that the earlier inter-faith efforts have been weak and emaciated, without substance and content. This is not a local problem. It is a national issue. To this very day, some Catholics oppose inter-faith cooperation through the National Conference of Chris- tians and Jews, and periodicals like the Catholic weekly America often publish communications from readers opposing Catholic, Protestant and Jewish coopera- tion. As long as such attitudes exist, how are we to expect that the wider issue will bring forth greater tolerance? There is need for re-evaluation of our problems on this score. Locally, the inter- faith movement is marked by weak lead- ership which has not succeeded in draw- ing together the sincere elements among all groups in our population who are anxious to create genuine good-will among all Americans, for the good of America. If the weak-kneed stand in the way of true accomplishment, then a more courageaus group should take charge. Surely, failure to solidify true brother- hood must be deplored. It is time that an aggressive stand were taken to inspire the best elements in our population to strive for the type of cooperation which will make America the recipient of those benefits which stem from unity of action for the public good on the part of all faiths. Honors for Wedgwood The Jewish Institute of Religion, of which Dr. Stephen S. Wise is president, awarded high honors to Col. Josiah Wedgwood, Member of the British House of Commons, by bestowing upon him the degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters. It is a highly deserved tribute. Col. Wedgwood has consistently defended Jewish rights—in England, in Poland, in Palestine—during the past quarter of a century. At the risk of making himself unpopular with the governments in pow- er, he has interceded in behalf of the Jewish people by making interpolations on the floor of the House of Commons, by demanding that Britain live up to her pledges to Jewry in Palestine, by protest- ing against indignities hurled at Jews at home or abroad, whether in Rumania or Germany or Poland. Col. Wedgwood has earned the grati- tude of Israel, and the Jewish Institute of Religion has interpreted the entire peo- ple's mar kof respect by awarding a de- gree to a great philo-Semite. "Ham" Fish Should Explain Reports of the America First Commit- tee meeting held in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, are that Congressman Dewey Short picked up the cry of the Build and the Christian Front of "America for Americans," as an excuse for alien-baiting, and that Rep. Hamilton Fish spoke of the role of "inter- national bankers" in dragging this coun- try into the present war. It is reported that this reference was greeted by the Coughlinite audience with cries "The Jews! The Jews!" According to the re- port, Congressman Fish smiled at this demonstration and continued: "We don't want any alien philosophies in this coun- try. This is a Christian American nation, and we want to keep it both Christian and American. America for the Americans— that should be the cry of the America First Committee.' Rep. Fish owes an explanation for per- mitting himself to be a weapon in the hands of anti-Semites. Also, he should explain why he has begun to use the language of the bigots of this country who, under the cloak of "Christian-Amer- icanism," would not hesitate to import pogrom-tactics to this country. Congressman Fish was the co-author with the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of the Congressional Resolution giving America's endorsement to the movement for the establishment of the Jewish Na- tional Home in Palestine. He has spoken at meetings of protest against the perse- cution of Jews. He has appeared at Jew- ish gatherings avowing friendship for the Jews. But when he appears at meetings packed with Coughlinites and permits them to shout blame at the Jews every time they are able to pick up an anti- Semitic slogan, he causes the undoing of all the good he has ever done in behalf of persecuted groups. Rep. Hamilton Fish should explain. Notable Days on Jewish Calendar 5701 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz - Wednesday and Thurs- day, June 25 & 26 Fast of Tammuz - - - - Sunday, July 13 Rosh Chodesh Ab - - - - Friday, July 25 Tisha b'Ab - - - - Sunday, Aug. 3 Rosh Chodesh Ellul - - - - Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 & 24. June 20, 1941 .'.Heard in the Lobbies:. By DAVID DEUTSCH DEFENSE SIIAKE-UP conservatives make When changes, the creaking can be heard for miles. Big news is the internal shake-up within the American Jewish Committee, where all has not been as rosy as the very prim letterhead would indicate. Morris Waldman, veteran secretary, has been bat- tling the all-powerful Survey Committee for loads of months. He's won out and the group which was compared to the Polit- buro in its influence is to be only a memory shortly. Sidney Wallach, English-Jewish press graduate, is to be named asso- ciate secretary, and Harry Schneiderman, diminutive, dark- complected assistant secretary, is to be secretary to the executive committee. The complete reorgan- ization of the extensive staff of the most luxurious of the civic- protective defense agencies will result in the setting up of five committees—on domestic affairs, headed by wily Wallach; foreign affairs, with experienced Wald- man in charge; internal affairs, still undetermined; public rela- tions and research, bossed by Schneiderman, and community or- ganization, with baldish George Ilexter doing the supervising. PUT ON THE SPOTLIGHT There's a Dies Committee job awaiting the American Jewish Congress or a similar body. To ferret out the aid-to-Hitler boys in the Social Service Employes Union, who were the sensation of the Atlantic City parley of so- cial workers. Most of the mem- bers of the Union in New York are Jews and quite a few have responsible posts in directing Jewish social service activities. Blow-up came at Atlantic City in a definite split between Survey Graphic and its competitor, Social Work Today, Communist-slanted organ. For the first time Chris- tian liberals raised eyebrows about the Jewish boys and girls who denounce Roosevelt for aid- to-Britain and demand "peace". Philip Klein, instructor at the New York School of Social Work, who went along with the Stalin boys, in a 1940 proclamation de- manding "peace", led the revolt in the union, but he didn't get much support. . . . What say Jewish social agencies in every city in the country begin asking how many of their executives are sabotaging the national defense effort? They might go down the list of those who signed "The Statement of Principles" of So- cial Work Today in January, 1940, asking for "the mainte- nance of peace". . . . Among the signatories were Clarice Freud, Jewish Social Service Bureau su- pervisor of Pittsburgh, Alice Liveright of Philadelphia, Harry L. Lurie, executive director of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, Reuben Res- nik of Dallas and quite a num- ber of others, some of them ac- tive in CIO and others buddies of known CP members. Remember the goat flying on the ceiling with a tallith floating near the ground? Sounds cock- eyed, but so is the painting of Marc Chagall. The Jewish sur- realist, the Talmudist of the palette, is on the waiting list in France for passage to America. Here's hoping his visa number is preferred. WHAT KIND OF ORTHODOX? Joe Schwartz, genial JDC ex- ecutive, is telling this one of the long-bearded, long-coated rabbi of Brussels who wanted to get a visa for Brazil and had no luck. He heard about 2,000 visas of- fered to the Holy See for Catho- lic refugees. Joe was astounded when the rabbi told him that he had applied for one of the coveted papers. "But how could you, so obviously a Jew, ever ex- pect to qualify for one of those visas for Catholics?" Schwartz asked the rov. The rabbi, bland- ly unaware of the difficulties, said that he had asked for an application for a visa and filled it out. "In the space where it asks nationality, I said 'Polish,'" he explained to the JDC worker. "Where it says race, I put in 'Caucasian.' Where it asks occu- pation, I wrote 'preacher.' And in the space for religion, I put in 'Orthodox'. Do they have to know what kind of Orthodox?" RABBINICAL CONFERENCE OF THEIR OWN The Bnai Brith can now form an organization of rabbis of its own. At the third biennial con- ference of Hillel Foundation Di- rectors held in Chicago, 42 rab- bis showed up. Altogether there are 55 of them holding down Foundation and B. B. Council- lor posts. Just another sympton of B. B. growth since finger- waving Henry Monsky put his smile and his rich, resonant voice at the disposal of the organiza- tion. The - first conference of Foundation Directors had seven rabbinical attendants. WEIZMANN IN HOLLYWOOD Social lion of Hollywood this month is goateed, dapper, Sven- galian Chaim Weizmann, who had them all eating from his hands one night at the home of Harry Warner, where Louis B. Mayer, Walter Wanger, Lee Marcus and the other film moguls sat with mouths open as Weizmann ex- pounded his plans for a post-was' world. San Francisco too tipped its hat to the Zionist leader when exclusive Commonwealth Club, luncheon hang-out for the Golden City's Christian biggies, bid the world Zioinst proxy to tell them what's what among the Jews. • STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL • Tidbits from Everywhoro By PHINEAS J. BIRON ABOUT PEOPLE Ben Cohen, legal adviser to the American Embassy at London, wants to return to his post rather than accept either the Securities Exchange Commission chairmanship or the Solicitor- Generalship of the U. S. . . . Which may mean that Morris Ernst, who had been slated as Cohen's successor at London, may have a chance to become Solid- tor-General. Ben Hecht is aching to write a comedy about some of our Jews who are afraid to be Jewish. Cartoonist Milt Gross feels that now he has achieved the rank of a true immortal . . . He's just heard that the Nazis have burned the "Nize Baby" sketches with which he used to amuse us years ago. It looks as if major league baseball would be losing another of its Jewish stars soon to Uncle Sam's league . . . This time it's Morrie Arnovich, New York Giants outfielder, whom the draft board want to see. Samuel De Caceres, brother-in- law of Benedict Spinoza and an- cestor of essayist Benjamin de Casseres, was a most influential poet and preacher, and the editor of a Spanish edition of the Bible, although he lived to be only 32 years old. WAR ECHOES Leslie Hore-Belisha, former British Secretary of State for War, is slated for a comeback in the next reshuffling of the Churchill government. The best and most fearless ex- pose on the Petain Government in France is the series published in the New York Herald-Tribune by Henry Bernstein, famous French Jewish dramatist in exile here . . . Bernstein proves, with quotations from the late Marshals Jeffre and Foch and other lead- ers of the Allied effort in World War Number One that back in 1918 Petain was ready to sell out Britain, and was prevented only by Foch's taking over of the command. FILM NEWS Columnist Jimmie Fidler wants it known that he's not a Nazi sympathizer or an admirer of Hitler, and that his recent state- ment that Hollywood would one (lay make a hero of Adolf meant simply that the Fuehrer would some day be the central charac- ter in a historical film. An assignment in London for New York's afternoon tabloid. PM, may be screen writer Doro- thy Parker's next job.