16 December 19, 1941 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle Sincere Chanukah Greetings Jefferson Linen Supply Company THE SENSATION OF THE YEAR: HOW TO MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK THROUGH TRUE COMMUNICATION Introducing the sensation of inition of the word, simply is the year: S. I. Hayakawa's "Lan- not there." guage in Action," a Harcourt, Thus, confusion of the term Fitzroy 1135 Brace & Co. volume which has "Jew" is explained in the same 2624 Elmwood been chosen as the December way as Prof. Hayakawa explains Book-of-the-Month selection. confusion of the term "WPA It is a sensation for many rea- worker" with "Shovel-leaner". Proper treatment of words is sons. It is highly entertaining, and the author's sense of humor what the author asks. There is A Joyous Chanukah to All is beyond description. It is very warning against absorbing false instructive, and even masters of and lying words, which is equiv- English will learn something alent to breathing a poisoned air. ALICE PARKO, Mgr. Hayakawa's "Language in Ac- about our language from this book. It contains a great lesson tion: A Guide to Accurate Permanents, $3 and up in democracy, since the author's Thinking," is effective. It can Ladies' Hair Cutting purpose in this book is to indi- be read and re-read, it can be 11322 DEXTER BLVD. cate that democracy can be made picked up at random and en- Near Collingwood most workable if the American joyed, in its entirety or in por- TO. 8-0616 for Appointment people will learn how language tions. Its entertainment and in- can be turned into a true com- formation are splendid, and as munication between free people. a guide against false thinking There is a chapter, for exam- it is a valuable contribution to ple, on the Jews, and the author democratic thought and action. gives some very logical explana- Sincere Chanukah Greetings tions of prejudices arising out of Indict Race-Hating Klan the very term "Jew". He tells of Officials the "affective connotations" in Pittsburgh. (JPS)—In an in- Christian interpretations and of the fact that although Christian vestigation of the Ku Klux Klan prejudices against certain prac- in this city, an Allegheny County tices, money lending, for exam- grand jury, charging that the ple, disappear, the "affective Klan was "un-American," in- connotations" against Jews con- dicted James A. Colescott, Na- tional Imperial Wizard, and four tinue in the popular minds. 196 FERRIS AVE. other Klansmen on charges if On this score, the author, S. I. illegal solicitation of funds nd Highland Park Hayakawa—Canadian-born, Eng- common-law conspiracy. TO. 8-8718 lish teacher to university students in Wisconsin, at present profes- Look to First Sugar Crop A. J. SIHLER, Prop. sor of English at Illinois Insti- tute of Technology in Chicago— JERUSALEM. (JPS-Palcor)— is worth quoting. He writes on The first sugar crop to be har- the subject of the Jews and the vested by the Keren IIayesod reactions to them on the part labor settlements will be taken in the coming summer, it was of Christians: "The word 'Jew' came to have proudly announced by the Mer- Chanukah Greetings to All increasingly powerful affective kaz Chaklai of the Histadruth, connotations, expressing at once which has been conducting ex- the terror felt by Christians to- periments in sugar-cane and beet ward non-Christians, and the re- sugar cultivation for the past sentment felt by people every- two years. where toward money-lenders, who are always felt to be 'grasping,' 'unscrupulous' and 'cunning'. The moral objections to money-lend- ing disappeared, of course, espe- cially after people began to found new forms of Christianity, partly in order that they might 8053 MILITARY AVE. freely engage in that profession. Nevertheless, the affective con- TYler 5-5758 notations of the word 'Jew' sur- vived and have remained, even to this day. They reveal their continued existence in such uses of the term as these: 'He jewed me out of ten dollars.' Go on Chanukah Greetings To All and give him some money; don't be such a Jew.' . . . "Let us return now to our hypothetical Mr. Miller, who has been introduced as a 'Jew'. To a person for whom these affective connotations are very much alive Appraisers - Engineers -and there are many such—and Industrial Surveys who habitually confuses that A recognized authority for which is inside his nervous sys- tem with that which is outside, 25 years Mr. Miller is a man 'not to be Registered Appraisers— trusted'. If Mr. Miller succeeds U. S. District Court in business, that 'proves' that 'Jews are smart'; if Mr. Johansen 823 PENOBSCOT BLDG. succeeds in business, it only proves that Mr. Johansen is CAdillac 6654 smart. If Mr. Miller fails in business, it is alleged that he nevertheless has 'money salted away somewhere.' If Mr. Miller is strange or foreign in his habits that 'proves' that 'Jews don't A Joyous Chanukah To All assimiliate'. If he is thoroughly American—i. e., indistinguish- able from other natives—he is 'trying to pass himself off as one of us'. If Mr. Miller fails to give to charity, that is because 'Jews are tight'; if he gives gen- Detroit's Newest and erously, he is 'trying to buy his Most Modern way into society'. If Mr. Miller lives in the Jewish section of town, that is because 'Jews are so clannish'; if he moves to a lo- cality where there are no other Jews, that is because 'they try to horn in 'everywhere'. In short, Mr. Miller is automatically con- In the Heart of Chinatown demned, no matter who he is or what he does. "But Mr. Miller may be, for all we know, rich or poor, a wife beater or a saint, a stamp col- lector or a violinist, a farmer or REAL CHINESE a physicist, a lens grinder or an orchestra leader. If, as the re- STYLE DISHES sult of our signal reactions, we put ourselves on guard about our including money immediately upon meeting Mr. Miller, we may offend a Egg Roll and man from whom we might have profited financially, morally, or Fried Shrimps spiritually, or we may fail to no- tice his attempts to flirt with Open Until 4 A. M. our wife—that is, we shall act complete inappropriateness CL. 3154 with 1343 Third to the actual situation at hand. Mr. Miller is not identical with HARRY CHUNG, Mgr. our notion of 'Jew', whatever our notion of 'Jew' may be. The 'Jew,' created by intensional def telephones in Germany, even for Jews Barred from Phones GENEVA. (JPS)—Jews have emergency calls in case of sick- been barred from using public ness or accident. 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