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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc.
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
P G en.
JACOB MARGOLIS
Editor
dom but which never fooled most of
the thoughtful Italians in and out of Italy.
July 30, 1943
Plain I alk...
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Military states must of necessity glorify
war and armies. Mussolini never failed
AI Segal
to
press upon the Italian people and
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the w rid at large his contempt for pe ace-
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It Seems to Me
-nut, reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. were to be performed by the 8,000, 000
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of paper only. gleaming bayonets in the hands of sis
the Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub- mighty warriors. The Fascists put on
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon- grandiose military spectacles that
as_ XX AY I point the way to pea ce rael, if gentlemen bring Zionism
sibility for en endorsement of vThws expressed by its writers tounded the superficial observer, but be- Lvl. in the American Jewish Con
- into the agenda, if there is
ference which is scheduled to b c proposal for a declaration in fa-
hind
the
facade
of
apparent
power
th
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
ere held in New York sometime i n vor of a Jewish Commonwealth.
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. was nothing sound, solid and substant iai, S eptember? Who am I to tak
Competent observers always knew th e this upon myself?
T IS NOT A my purpose to say
I have no credentials, have n 0 A anything against a Jewish
Sabbath Readinss of the Law
military strength of Fascism was ne
CoM-
place in the councils o f
gible and that it could not stand g"" official
though everybody who
Pentateuchal portion—Numbers 30:2-36:13.
Israel. I am one of the littl reads this column knows what
against any modern industrial power. ri P people who has an advantag
Prophetical portion—Jeremiah 2:4-28:3, 4.
•
e I think about it. But the issue
JULY 30. 1943
TAMMUZ 27. 5703
Negroes Blamed for Riots
over the other little people in of Zionism is one of the deep,
Fascism could and did carry on a s uc.. that
once a week he is allower
and unbridgeable divisions
h
cessful war against the Ethiopians. T e to have his say in the Jewish I wide
in Jewish life and on that issue
Fascists held demonstrations in Ro me press.
there can be no compromise that
Like most of , the othei little intellectual integrity can prove.
where hot-headed, irresponsible you th people,
I am seldom at the meet-
shouted "Tunis, Jibuti, Corsica and Nic 0,« ings. Like them, I don't like An honest Zionist can no more
his ideal than an anti-Zion-
but the actual conquering of these plac meetings which leave me horribly yield
ist
can
from his opposition.
confused. I'd rather be quiet at It is as abate
unthinkable as Republi-
t was far beyond the military power of t ne
he home
than get mixed up in con-
c hird-rate military establishment of F as- tentious affairs. We little people cans and Democrats yielding their
ism.
don't want to be big and would fundamentals and lying down to-
Prosecutor William E. Dowling puts
the blame for the disgraceful riots upon
Negroes and charges Louis Martin 'of the
Michigan Chronicle with being the prin-
rather win a game at rummy gether in a national convention.
cipal instigator of dissension in this area,
(A harmony convention be-
No
modern
nation
can
successfully
pl
home than be elected to some- tween
ay
and accused the National Association of t
Republicans and Demo-
,' thi
he
role
of
conqueror
unless
it
has
t
ng, or would rather consort crats
would dissolve the first
Colored People, saying: "They have been i
n
e
w
th
a
fine
spirit
in
a
book.
day.)
fomenting trouble with their crusades t ndustrial and technological means al id
(I have just finished the auto-
he
basic
resources
for
such
a
difficu
It is good that men stick to
It
in the Negro neighborhoods from the a dventure, Italy lacked everything. B u biography of Stefan Zweig which that
which they essentially be-
t
gives
a
little
man
a
feeling
of
start. If you want to do something con- t
lieve, but to bring conflicting
being awfully inadequate.)
he
Sawdust
Caesar,
and
it
is
really
a
n
structive in the situation you might try a
Sometime, though, when he ob- faiths into a convention called
to control the Negro press." And again t ppropriate name for the deposed Benit 0, serves the way the big men do, for the purpose of establishing
unity and peace is no way either
referring to the National Association for u hought that sound and fury could mak fi e . a little man should like to get to
unity or peace.
p
for
the
technical
and
material
de
big for a moment, to walk into
the Advancement of Colored People, the ci encies. He thought the gods had blesse , the big meeting and in a mirac- The result of bringing Zionism
prosecutor said: "That organization is h is ambitions to be a conqueror whe d ulous access of eloquence speak into the Conference would be
forthwith to shatter even the
one of the factors that contributed in- F ranee fell, but in this, too, he was mi n up: "Ah, gentlemen, much more semblance
of unity. The anti-
directly to the riot by constantly empha- to ken, and his dream of empire, even S- important than the pride of your Zionist would
at once feel like
individual
opinions
is
the
peace
sizing racial inequality and advising its li mited Mediterranean one, fell about hi a and dignity of Israel. I have come a Protestant in a meeting at
members to take militant action."
to ask you to desist from your which he was being urged to ac-
ea rs and finally destroyed him.
contentions which have brought cept the literal interpretation of
The Prosecutor charged that the Negro
According to latest reports, all out us nowhere, and find a w-iy by the Eucharist as the veritable
press "has deliberately stirred up dis- w and signs and trappings of Fascism O - which Israel may walk in the body and blood of Jesus . . .
unity of men who know that they
sension for the sole purpose of selling ha ye disappeared. If Marshal Badogli will
be respected in proportion "Well," the Protestant would say,
their yellow papers."
ca n organize a stable government we may O as they are united. I think I "I seem to be in the wrong
ex pect that all the discriminatory decree speak for all the little people church."
If the Negro did not suffer from racial of
s who are quite sick and tired of
If a resolution for Zionism
inequality, then there would be some point wi the Fascist regime will be repealed being in a rough-house."
arried, anti-Zionists would feel
In
such
a
mood
of
pretending
th
the
same
speed
as
they
were
in
the
to the charge that the National Associa- t er
t
to be big for a moment I take hat this Conference was none
tion for the Advancement of Colored Peo- ar ritories,occupied by the United Nations it
upon
myself
to
point
the
way
°
mies.
f their persuasion, and where
pie contributed to the dissension ; and the
to peace in the American
are peace and trinity if a consid-
Michigan Chronicle could be condemned
For all practical purposes, Italy is out Conference.
erable and influential number of
for stirring up dissension. But as long as of the war. The actual armistice will only It seems to me the Conference Jews can not march along?
l
racial inequality is a fact, we may hardly
ec uate the unwillingness of the Italian will break up in another rough- If a resolutions for Zionism
expect the National Association or the people to continue in a conflict for which house if gentlemen insist on fails, then Zionists can feel that
Negro press to meekly accept the in- they never had any heart or stomach.
pressing their Jewish ideologies. an ideal most precious to their
equality and say and do nothing about it.
Let us be very frank with each hearts has been repudiated, and
The end of Fascismo does not necessar-
Before we accept the statement that ily mean that Nazism will fall with the other and come at once to the where are peace and unity if
point: No peace will come out of a large number of men feel
the Negro press "has deliberately stirred same ease and suddeness as did Fascismo. the
Conference, which is dedi- denied?
up dissension for the sole purpose of sell-
cated to peace and unity in Is-
The Nazi military police state is a genu-
ing their yellow papers," we would have
See SEGAL—Page 9
to have definite, clear and unassailable ine military police state and not a coun-
evide ce,, and the mere declaration by terfeit as was the Fascist. The Nazi mili-
tary state had the technological and in-
the rosethitor is not sufficient.
dustrial basis plus the resources needed
The over simplification of the causes of for the building, development and reali-
the riots will satisfy few people. The old zation of such a state.
cry of agitation that has been the favorite
The conqueror Nazi state had the will
standby in labor disputes does not ex
plain the fundamental cause of the race - and -the power to achieve the conquest
riots in Detroit and elsewhere. The agita of much that belonged to others, but in
tion carried on by the American Associa - due time the Nazi aggressors will col-
tion for the Advancement of Colored Peo- - lapse, because the opposition has such
ple and Louis Martin of the Michigan superior technology, industry and re-
Chronicle may have created some dissatis- sources that the Nazis will have to crack
faction among Negroes, but to maintain and crumble.
that this agitation caused the riots is to
ignore many factors that do contribute
A Heartening Message
and have contributed to racial disputes
and discrimination.
The President, in a message which war
The National Association for the Ad- sent to the Emergency Conference To
vancement of Colored People and the Rescue the Jews of Europe, heartened the
Negro press will no doubt continue to gathering when he declared "Our endeav-
emphasize racial inequality and, until they ors will not cease until the Nazis are
both offend against the law, the proba- crushed".
It is perhaps graceless to complain, but
bilities are that they will continue to
"stir up dissension". Should they desist when conditions of the Jews in all Europe
front4these activities they would have no are acute, we feel impelled to ask,
reason for existence.
"What can be done today to rescue these
people from the foul clutches of the
We are hopeful that a sociologic and Nazis?"
psychologic study will be made that may
Cannot something be done for those
help us to understand why the riots oc- refugees in the satellite countries who
curred in our city.
were to be released if and when the nec-
essary arrangements were made for their
emigration?
It seems to us that Hungary, Roumania
Fascism Collapses
and Bulgaria would be rather anxious to
After twenty years Fascismo has come do everything within their power to curry
to an inglorious end with the deposing of favor with the United Nations, now that
Benito Mussolini as the Duce and the they see what is happening to the Axis.
head of the Italian State.
Why cannot this situation in the satellite
The modern Molly Pitcher will
Fascism° was a bogus military p olice countries be exploited to the utmost; to L. _ gust
9th when brigvies of Mollvs greet ou thro ughout the nation on
tag every buyer of War Bonds
state that held the Italian people in thrall- the end that the thousands in those coun- and Stamps. They will carry on the tradition
of the Revolutionary War
tries may find a safe refuge?
heroine who has gone down In history because she aided her fighters at
Molly Pitcher Tag Day, Aug: 4,
the battle of Monmouth In 1770.