4 Detroit Jewish Chronicle THE LEGAL CHRONCLE ,-t-; •••tt• - A.• 6trots: OFs.es •*4 Pst;:ozat:tor 14;- 52S Wcostws• Set ts 'tt• • tt:' .-sr t•t" st- • • .t• t " : t t • t * t ' " i•L t• - _ - v r• **tt t •"t-s . t• •-•t. Ilt-••• 2 Sabbath Readinrs of tbo Law Pentateuch-al p, ...rlon.—Genesis 12:1-17:27. Prophetical v,rtion—Dalah 40:27-41:1g. OCTOBER 23. 1942 HESHVAN 12, 57:3 Toward World Unity The abandonment of extraterritoriality in China by the United States and Britain should meet with the approval of all who believe that the present global conflict is being fought to preserve freedom and equality and to extend these blessings everywhere. Although Britain and the United States are unable to exercise the prerogatives of extraterritoriality at present, for the areas where they exercised this privilege are now in the hands of the Japanese, yet the important fact is that they have renounced a privilege that frequently caused us t., wonder if our practice would ever square with our professions of belief in political equality. It is reported that the Chinese are de- lighted by the renunciation. It strengthens those who have reposed their faith and confidence in both America and Britain. Had America and Britain not taken this step the pro Nazi elements in China could have used it to their advantage in view of the fact that the Indian British impasse is far from a solution. It is regrettable that the Indian dispute cannot be satisfactorily arbitrated. Cer- tainly all believers in liberty and equality are for Indian independence. Britain guar- antees independence after the war. The question now is unity and how it can be achieved without leaving too many scars. Surely, there must be men among the leaders of the United Nations who have a plan whereby the apparently irrecon- ciable Congress Party and Britain can be reconciled. All lovers of freedom must be saddened when they learn that the speeches of President Roosevelt cannot be broadcast in India. Now that the day of Asiatic tutelage and Colonialism is passing, may we not hope that when the war is over that po- litical discrimination in our own land will come to an end and that Asiatics will be accorded the same rights, immunities and privileges now enjoyed by European na- tionals who have helped. mold America. are to them as he is to all other Ameri- cans who believe that an equalitarian civil regime is best suited to our way of life. In view of the action taken by Mr. Bid- dle we may now feel reasonably certain hat any bills now before the Congress that would suppress foreign language periodi- cals; and disband foreign language organ- izations; and forbid the teaching of for eign languages in the schools. will be overwhelmingly defeated should they ever get out of committee. We do not place the guilt for the war upon the Italian people. A people whr. never wanted war; who are wearied no end and who have endured many priva- tions and hunger must react against the Nazis and for the United Nations. There is another aspect of this declara- tion that merits consideration. It was made after a careful study and a painstaking. thorough investigation of the 600.000 Ital- ian nationals in our midst. It was dis covered that one-twentieth of one per cent could be classed as disloyal, and that after we had been at war for more than 10 months. This is proof that halo- Americans and Italian nationals appre- ciate the freedom and equality of Amer- ica to an extent. not surpassed by any group in our country. The record up till now shows that the subversive agents in America are those lunatic fringers. racketeers, professional haters and spreaders of discord, who write and speak in English. Again we congratulate Attorney Gen- eral Biddle for his sound judgment and forthrightness. Inter-Group Relations PLAIN TALK by AL SEGAL • “Man in Lore" VP.OM A JEWISH SOLDIER IN L one of tre camps I have a letter about a matter of love. It .4. to - •j_, do with his having fallen a. love wan a non-Jewish girl in tne Southern town near which • e s encamped. Several times he has been on the point of proposing marriage, Put each time tne traditional in- nibitions came up and admon- ished him. She is no ordinary girl. he says. Not just one of those girls a lonely soldier may pick up. She is rarely intelligent, a graduate of ,a Southern college. Sne attends her church—Baptist --reglar:y. She is a very good Christian. indeed since she judges LH people by their own faults and virtues.. not by race or reli- gion. "What, Mr. Segal, would you do in my place?" the soldier asks. A A A Goodness me, this is horribly sudden ever, though it is some 30 years late! The idea of Mr. Segal even imagining himself falling head over heels in love so late in his life! If such a question had been put to him in the last wat i.e could have taken it in his stride. Yes, the question would not have been so cruelly out of time and place then. Mr. Segal was a fine figure of a youth then; he was adept in the gymnasium; he could run a mile around the track with no effort at all. There would have been nothing incon- gruous in the imagining himself tailing in love with a beautiful young girl and being loved in I urn. But now Mr. Segal has become a total stranger among lovely young girls. It's a new world of girls. Girls in slacks! Girls with cigarettes! Girls with lipsticks! Yet it is flattering to think about: Mr. Segal falling in love with a beauteous girl. Mr. Segal young again! Mr. Segal young inough to be a soldier. Mr. Segal a lonely young soldier in a South- ern camp and rejoicnng to have made the acquaintance of lovely young Agatha Witherspoon! He met her the evening the Baptist church had the social for all the soldier boys, no matter what religion they belong to. To lonely Private Segal the bright iights in the assembly hall of the Baptist church looked like gleams of brotherhood. In these auspices he could nt feel he was a stranger; the less so because of Miss Witherspoon. Her friendly interest in him; her quiet beauty; her bright intelligence. She asked him whether he be- longed to any church. Private Segal replied yes, he belonged to a synagogue in his town. each other on account of religicr. . . . "Don't you feel that wa about it. Mr. Segal" This was exactly in line Private Segal's own ideas. H. could regard Miss Witherspoon spiritual kin. kin. Hi: was soon ad- dressing her as Agatha. She no stranger to be addressed co: :- ly, distantly as Miss Witherspo„ A A A Private Segal was frankly in love. He became conscious of one bright moonlight evening in the fragrance of gardenias on r. quiet lane in which he and Witherspoon were strolling. fle took her hand. "Agatha . . . " he began ten- tatively. But no! The ghost of the an- cient ancestral shammos (he has been frequently mentioned in this column, was plucking at his coat sleeve . . . "Alfred, what are you about to do? Alfred! Stop and think! You are about to propose marriage! Think of your ancient inheritance! The faith for which many of us died! Alfred! You mustn't put aside your ancient inheritance for the moment's pas- sion. Think!" Segal's heart replied that he was deeply in love and that Aga- tha was the finest of girls, and what could the ghost of an an- cient shammos know about love, and, especially, about Agatha? The ghost of an ancient shammos should stick to his duties in the synagogue on high. "But, Alfred, think! This in- heritance that all your people have carried so faithfully even unto you. You are about to break the chain of our faith. Don't." "Agath," Segal continue d, "isn't this a beautiful evening?" Wayne University has established two fellowships for the study of Jewish-Negro relations in Detroit. Mrs. Eleanor Paperno Wolf and Alvin D. Loving are the recipi- ents. The Jewish Community Council and the Detroit Branch of the National Associ- ation for the Advancement of Colored A A A People are jointly furnishing the funds RIVATE SEGAL REMAINED for the work. in love, though the old sham- Detroit and Wayne County are excellent mos kept plucking at his sleeve every evening he called on Aga- laboratories for the study of inter-group tha. He could envy other soldiers relations. The findings should help all in- who had been falling in love all terested agencies that are working among over town. They didn't have to wrestle with their consciences, the Negro and the Jewish populations to suffered no spiritual pangs at all, formulate plans for satisfactory group re- weren't haunted by old, old ghosts when they went calling on their lations in this polyglot metropolis. girls. Detroit has had its share of racial con- There's always a Jewish prob- lem coming up young Segal flicts. The influx of hundreds of thousands thought almost resentfully . . . of workers from other states is not cal- "Why can't I, too. fall in love without any ideological strings culated to lessen antagonisms. If the fel- being tied to me?" . .. It seems lows are able to ascertain the causes of so hard for a young mind like Segal's to understand what to our conflicts and antagonism they will have older wisdoms is perfectly clear. done a splendid piece of work. I fear that Private Segal was giving too much of his strength We should like to see fellowships es- in wrestling with the :ghost cf tablished for the study of Italo-Negro, the shammos at a time when he Polish-Negro group relations. should have been giving every- thing he had to get ready for While this research work is being done. A A A Hitler. it is our fervent hope that more and better The whole matter was definitely work opportunities are afforded the Ne- HE SAID SHE WAS ALWAYS put off when Segal's division sud- gro workers of our communities. If the glad to hear of a young man denly was ordered to pack and Negro has been less enthusiastic about belonging to some church no mat- be off to the embarkation center. our way of life than the more fortunate ter which. She thought it was Ile had time only to call up Miss See SEGAL—Page 13 among us, it is because he has too often simply awful the way people hate felt, and with good reason. that he is discriminated against in the matter of em- The Duce Must Be Flabbergasted ployment more than in any other rela- Attorney General Francis Biddle has tionship. rendered a great service to the cause of the United Nations when he changed the status of Italian nationals from that of Ichud Repudiated alien enemies to that of friendly aliens. The concurrent conventions of the Zion- We do not know whether he expected ist Organization of America and the favorable repercussions in Italy but it is reasonable to expect that there will be Hadassah repudiated the Ichud program repercussions in Italy that should help and necessarily, by their unanimous vote, the United Nations' cause immeasurably. repudiated Dr. Judah Magnes and Henri- A definite act of this kind is of greater etta Szold. This action does not mean weight and effectiveness than any num- that there will be any break in Jewish- ber of promises that are to take effect Arab relations or that there will be any want of friendliness and cooperation, ac- if and when peace comes. cording to those who oppose a hi-national Even though we are at war with Fas- cist Italy, we say in effect, to the Italian state in Palestine. It means that every people, we are not at war with you, but effort will be made to facilitate the un- with your irresponsible, strutting, Duce restricted immigration of Jews to Pales- and his henchmen. All the sputterings of tine with the objective of becoming the the propaganda bureau in Rome cannot majority group. Should Dr. Magnes and Miss Szold want alter the fact that they have become in- tegrated with the fabric that is America, to continue their work for a bi-national despite the fact that they may read and state, it is obvious, after the decisions of speak Italian they are not tainted with the conventions, that they cannot do so fifth column or Fascist ideology. Musso- within the framework of the Zionist lini is as much a boasting, ridiculous fig- movement. © The National Jewish Monthly. B'nai S a a P