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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle, 1941-09-12

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

Detroit
Jewish Chronicle
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

.

.iblished Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.

JACOB H. SC:l

President

entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
,ffic e at Detroit, Mich.. under the Act of March 3, 1879

;simnel Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave.

Telephone: Cadillac 1040

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Editor
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must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of paper only.

The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon-
sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by the writers.

Sabbath Scriptural Selections

Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 26:1-29:8.
Prophetical portion—Is. 60.

SEPTEMBER 12, 1941

ELUL 20, 5701

Zionism at the Crossroads

Judge Louis E. Levinthal of Philadel-
phia assumes the role of president of the
Zionist Organization of America under
most trying conditions.
Marked by displays of hatred and dis-
trust, the sessions of the convention in
Cincinnati witnessed a determined effort
on the part of the administration in power
to ride rough-shod over the minority, to
eliminate those whom they dislike, and
to reduce opposition to a minimum.
Judge Levinthal at the outset becomes
a victim of tragic circumstances. He is
challenged to strive for peace and for
amity. If he does not succeed, the largest
group in Zionism will stand in danger of
being temporarily disgraced.
At Cincinnati, Zionism found itself at
the crossroads. Bitter strife entered at
a time when cooperative action should
have been the answer to imitation of the
seeds of discord which have been strewn
over Europe.
Serious crossroads must now be bridged
by Zionists, and either leadership will be
worthy of the genius of the movement for
Jewish national rebirth or Zionism as
an instrument will be temporarily dulled,
as it was so bluntly done in Cincinnati.
Purges, the whittling down of the rights
to self-expression on the part of a minor-
ity, the reduction of the dignity of a great
movement to a position of bitter strife,
are to be condemned. We do so now.
There are historic lessons which serve
as an aid to eliminating differences.
American Zionists will yet learn the les-
sons experienced by European Jewries
that internecine wars are reprehensible.
The two opposite roads will be merged
when that lesson is learned in its entirety
and when differences of opinion become
too trivial to interfere with efforts for
2alestine's reconstruction.
Power in all its temporal aspects is
unworthy as a weapon to compete with
just dealings and tolerant attitudes. The
assumption of excessive powers by any
groups, but more especially the democrat-
ic forces in Zionism, must lead to dis-
grace. The rabbis in the movement, some
of whom have emerged as intolerant and
uncomprimising, should be the first to
emphasize this. May the Zionist rank
and file assert itself so that disgrace
should never come to the great movement
for Jewish self-liberation.

Intolerance and Insanity

Speaking at Williamstown, Mass., at
the fourth biennial Institute of Human
Relations at Williams College, under the
auspices of the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, Dr. David M. Levy,
noted New York psychiatrist, described
intolerance and its attendant dangers. He
said that intolerance in "full bloom" may
completely wreck the personality of an
individual, and that the tighter the grip of
intolerance the more "delusional" and dis-
torted will the intellectual functions be-
come, even to the point of insanity.
Which should lead people to ask why
it was necessary to resort to such tech-
nical description of an approach to in-
sanity. Is there still some doubt that the
intolerant are insane?

Our Sympathy to the President

In the death of Mrs. James (Sara De-
lano) Roosevelt, America loses a most
colorful personality.
Her son, the President of the United
States, is today the leading factor in the
world in the fight for democracy.
She did much to inspire him, and the
entire democratic world shared her love
for him.
We take this means of extending our
sympathies to the President on the death
of his mother.

The Veterans' Task

The Jewish War Veterans of the United
States have just concluded a most inter-
esting convention.
Plain words were spoken at their ses-
sions in Buffalo.
The isolatonists, the un-democratic ele-
ments, the anti-Semites, were attacked in
no uncertain terms.
While the veterans were in session, the
U. S. War Department issued a statement
that two per cent of the men in the serv-
ice are Jews.
We believe that the figure is a gross
underestimation of the actual number of
Jews in the service.
We believe, also, that men in the serv-
ice ought not to be listed in accordance
with their religious affiliations, for the
sake of keeping Church and State apart.
The Jewish War Veterans have a re-
sponsibility to make known the true facts
—as they have done adequately in the
past. And they have the duty—on a par
with all of us—of fighting for an Amer-
icanism which makes no distinction of
citizens in the service of the United
States based on religious, national or race
lines.

Wendell L. Willkie

Those who supported Wendell L. Will-
kie for the Presidency of the United
States are now in position to say, "we
told you so", based on assurances that
he is a powerful factor for defense of
democracy and for aid to Great Britain.
But there are some who go a step
further. They say that had Willkie been
in the White House today that he would
not stand for the presence of a large
number of isolationists in government
circles, tending to undermine morale in
this country.
The charge of the decline of the morale
of men in the service and of others in
government employ is very serious. And
the implications in references to the mili-
tant stand of Mr. Willkie are a challenge
to the occupant of the White House.
This is a time for speedy action and
not for mollycoddling.
Our Government must act—and there
should be an end to the lowering of the
morale of our people.

September 12, 1941

.'.Heard in the Lobbiese• .

By DAVID DEUTSCH

ACCENT ON ACCENTS

SINCLAIR LEWIS DIRECTS
A
JEWISH PLAY
Have you noticed the big ac-
cent on accents which some of
Sinclair Lewis, who has giv ,, a
the leaders of the Z.O.A. are up novel-writing for staging and
emphasizing these days? Take acting in plays, has had a bit
of a tussle with the Anti-Defa-
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, for exam-
ple. Statesmen in Washington mation League over a new pro-
duction on Jewish life cal•,'
Lewis
and London find his British "The Good Neighbor."
was
deeply
the play
enunciation only imperceptibly
and
said it moved
was a by
portrait
of
marred by a slight Russian ac- a "humble Jewish woman whose
cent. But a Wall Street broker, humanity is such as might re-
whose "th's" sound like Dead make this confused world." But
the ADL disagreed sharply and
End East
Side Americanese
has called for its discontinuance on
started
a crusade
against all for-
ground
that the position.
play would
eign accents in Zionism, British the
injure
the Jewish
As
included. The result is that Zion-
Produced in Connecticut
The
ists are playing the "accent Good Neighbor" features such
game"
and
many are accent
wondering
and famed
ar-
whether
a Yiddish
will seasoned
tists as Anna
Appel Jewish
and Gus-
bar them completely from Zion-
tav Shacht, whose son, Daniel,
ist
membership
• . Maybe is
crackerjack
man for
speech
tests will be . inaugurated
the a United
Jewish field
Appeal.
for all those who want to renew
their membership.
GRACIE ALLEN AND
REMEMBER LINCOLN
BORSCHT

The most prolific man on The perennial question of
Broadway today is George S. what radio stars do when they're
Kaufman, who looks more like not making faces at a mike is
a deacon than a super-successful answered very thoroughly by
playwright. Now Mr. Kaufman Gracie Allen of the Allen and
is not only a rip-roaring drama- Burns rib-tickling combination.
tist. Like Sinclair Lewis, he has Let's give the mike to Gracie,
the actor's itch to shine in front the farmerette: "The north end
of the footlights. One day Mr. of the garden is coming along
G.S.K. decided to rehearse a very well. I'm raising a nice
part in one of his own play;. crop of Adam's apples for cow-
All this was done on the q.t. boy actors, and soon we hope
because a professional actor had to have enough corn to open
already been assigned the rose. our own radio station. I've got
The day of the opening of the over two acres planted in beets
new play arrived and G.S.K. was and don't know exactly what to
very confident and very much do with all of them—but George
pleased with his progress. lie says the borscht is yet to come.
was about to walk up to the My potatoes were coming along
actor studying his part and tell nicely until yesterday, when th.y
him that he was going to be fell with a thick, sickening spud.
replaced when an anonymous We have a nice field of mush-
note arrived backstage. It was rooms, too. They look exactly
addressed to Mr. Kaufman and like collar buttons but you
it said: "Remember that Abr:t- wouldn't recognize them, because
ham Lincoln was shot in a thea- they don't have a bureau over
ter, and he was only an inno- them." . . . Talking about farm-
cent spectator!" The note wilted ing reminds us that George So-
poor Mr. Kaufman's histrionic kolsky, the author, has a 300-
ambitions, and sadly he shuffled acre farm at Otis, Mass., which
over to the actor to wish him he calls "Ming Fang," the name
luck in his part.
of his first wife.
PLAYING BOTH SIDES
CALLING DR. LEVY

It can now be told that some
of the more prominent leaders
of the opposition to the Kauf-
mann administration in the Z.O.
A. had privately assured the lat-
ter that they were fully support-
ing him all the time.
Those who want to bet that
there will be no continuation of
the United Jewish Appeal in
1942 can get no takers right
now. The tug of war about per-
centages and ratios will begin
very soon after Yom Kippur.
Symbolic, eh what?

The United States Navy has
called Dr. Leon Levy, president
and manager of Philadelphia's
Radio Station WCAU, to service
in the reserves as a lieutenant
in the Communications Bureau
of the Intelligence Division. Dr.
Levy, who is also a director of
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tem, is going to devote his lunch
hours and evening time to direct-
ing the business of Station WC
AU. His brother Isaac, also a
CBS director, will help Lieuten-
ant Levy carry on.

THE DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S FREEDOM MUST TAKE PRECEDENCE OVE1

EVERY PRIVATE AIM AND OVER EVERY PRIVATE INTEREST..."

Discrimination

U. S. Week recently carried the follow-
ing editorial statement under the heading
"Good News for Hitler":

Chicago's Armour Institute has an engi-
neering defense training program under the
direction of the federal government.
Last week it graduated a class of 84
students.

The Buick Motor Co. sent a representa-
tive to look over the class. He interviewed
all the graduates, giving 1 minute to each
and asking their name, religion and birth-
place.
By the end of the week 744 graduates had
received written notice that they were hired.
Of the 10 Negroes in the class—all with
high grades—none was hired.
Of the 230 others rejected, practicall y all
were Jews, also with high standards in their
work.
Two Jews were hired.
The anti-discriminatio n committee of the
CIO Industrial Union Council of Cook
County is calling for an investigation. It has
also taken the matter up with the Flint
local at the Buick plant.

Apparently this is only one of the nu-
merous examples that may be quoted to-
day to indicate the existence of discrim-
ination in employment.
U. S. Week is right when it says that
this is "good news for Hitler".
The fight for democracy has to be car-
ried on everywhere—and the American
front is not excluded.

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