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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

October I, 194'

of Attila and Tamerlane have we read
of
an army or a people running amuck.
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
'ublished Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc. These were allegedly barbarian and sav-
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
age hordes of men of a different world
Pres.-Gen. Mgr.
by AI Segal
JACOB MARGOLIS
Editor
who had embarked upon the destruction
Seneral Offices and Publication Bldg., 5,15 Woodward Ave. of a world alien to them.
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In
the
case
of
the
Nazis
we
have
no
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such motivation. The peoples of Europe
My Cousin
io Insure publication, all correspondence and news matter are all more or less akin, despite the
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. Aryan superiority dogma, yet they act
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of paper only.
with the same brutality and savagery as
Die Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
did
the armies of Attila and Tamerlane. TN Washington I met an Arab ber of the human family he could
cts of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon-
and I bought him a cocktail and not toles-ate oppression of any
We
are stunned by these outbursts. We
sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by its writers
ask ourselves how deep must the sense he bought me one. I heard later other member. Yes, he should like
that, being a Moslem, he sh ould to do something for me, the Jew.
Zotered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post- of frustration of these modern barbarians
not have let a cocktail enter • hi s
What should a man do for his
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 18;',. be to make them act like this. This should
system, contrary to holy Mo slew Poor, oppressed cousin? Certainly,
make us pause before we commit our- laws. But it was a very good
goo d he should take hills into his hou se
Reading of the Torah for the First Day of selves to any policy. that may breed such whiskey sour with the right ay- and give him shelter. There's
oring and he enjoyed it and A li a h plenty of room on the old estate
Rosh Hashonah, Thursday, Sept. 30
sense of frustration.
himself approved, it seems, fo
and he can't begrudge a cousin.
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 21; Num. 29:1-6.
Many oversimplify the whole matter and let the law-breaking Arab ge r_he
I on
"So," said the Arab, "you come
Prophetical portion—Sam. 1:1-2:20.
say the Germans are different from other his way instead sof striking him pbaaciekstitnoe sifter o 21:0 1 00 hon
y e sa es rt s eil u
ulld
lead in the cocktail bar.
Reading of the Torah for the Second Day of men, and offer the easy solution of corn-
He
was,
indeed,
an
Arab
i
n
welcome
you.
I
say
to
you
make
lete subjugation of the entire nation.
, whom Allah or Jehovah could wel I yourself at home, cousin, and we'll
Rosin Hashonah, Friday, Oct. 1
If we accept the Nazi claim in reverse ( lelight, for he was a very
e try to get along, you and I."
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 22; Nuns. 29:1-6.
and admit that the Germans are different, g entleman. I hope only that 1 "Yes," I told the Arab, "that's
Prophetical portion--Jere. 31:2-20.
we are faced with a difficult problem. It my Zionist friends will del i ht nn a generous view of it."
also after they hear what he . ."Precisely," he replied, "but
can be solved only by extermination. Who t him
OCTOBER 1. 1942.
hinks about this and that atu I generosity is a two-way thorough-
TISHRI 2. 5704
would undertake the extermination of a e specially about Zionism.
fare."
people? No. We cannot accept the idea He started off by calling rise his
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Rosh Hashonah 5704
of extermination, for we do not believe ousin. He felt we belonged to the T.4 E thought it wasn't very gen
ame Semitic family, and w hat A emus of me to say that 1
The prospects for a happy year in the Germans are different. The reason a re we fighting about, anyw ay? was going
to - take the old home-
for
this
abnormal
behavior
must
be
dis-
H e said cousins needn't love e
5704 are much better than they have been
ach stead over as my own as S0011 ;IS
covered,
and
when
discovered
we
must
0
ther
if
they
don't
want
to,
since the rise of Hitler to power in 1933.
but I was strong enough . . ."to make
see to it that these reasons, and not the , a 3 t t least they should respect e ach a Jewish state out of it."
This does not mean that boundless joy people,
her's rights. If they respec ted
are exterminated.
"After all," he said, "I've been
will be the lot of European Jewry during
e a eh others' rights there would
The
outlook
for
the
conquered
people
n othing to fight about, wo be guarding that home these 2,000
the new year, but it does mean that the is
uld years. It's mine you've been away
dismal. Only when the last German th ere? •
threat of physical extermination will be
all those years. Of course, I hay-
soldier
is
disarmed
and
made
harmless
"Yes. cousin," he said, "tha t's en't fitted it with hot and cold
removed. All this is predicated upon the
,th
e only way for cousins to get running water and shower baths
belief that when the year 5705 rolls will the orgy of destruction end.
al ng."
and basement rathskellers, but it's
around that the Nazis will be defeated
"I," he went on to say. "wit s a
my home and I love it, but now
CO usin of his who left Palest
and peace will be established among the
ine you say you intend to take it
The
Visit
of
Rudolf
Hess
ev
er so long ago to make my o wn
nations.
w ay in the world, and I've be en over and run it yourself. You may
put hot and cold running water
The trials and troubles of Israel will
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Anthony Eden, Britain's Minister for pr etty nearly every where .
not be over, however, but as compared Foreign Affairs, disclosed the reason for You've been away some 2,0 00 . in and give it other conveniences,
bt I love it just as it is and I
to what has been endured they will prob- the parachute visit of Rudolf Hess in Ye ars."
don't intend to let you take it
He
himself,
however,
chose
ably seem insignificant.
to over, my dear cousin.
May, 1941.
st ay with the old homestead. P
Let us all get as much solace and hap-
"You live in Ohio, don't you?
After the invasion of the Soviet Union ha ps it was a mistake, he thoug er-
Suppose now, the Indians return-
piness from these brighter prospects, but by the Nazi hordes it was pretty much If he had gone out in the wo- ht.
Id,
to Ohio and said we'll take
let us not forget the great job of rehabili- an open secret that Hess came to Britain as had. he might have an ale e- ed
this state over as soon as we get
tri
e
refrigerator
and
knives
a
nd
tation, resettlement and rescue of the with a peace offer, in return for a free fo
rks. As it is, they still to ke strong enough. We will govern
years to come.
hand in Russia.
me at with their hands and tear it this state.
think you would like
And this job of rehabilitation, resettle-
The Hess affair proves once more the ap art with their fingers in the o Id "I don't
You would say that the In-
ment and rescue will tax 'all our energies, inability of the Nazis to understand other ho mestead, and they know not h- that.
dians may come to Ohio and work
in g of refrigeration even in i
ingenuities to the utmost. To mend the people. Hess came to Britain reasonably na
ts and earn their living there, but
tural
form.
(He
himself
is
on
broken lives and relieve the poverty of convinced that the British would agree ten spo•arily away from the o ly the idea of their taking over the
the Jews of devastated Europe will re- to his peace terms, and equally convinced pla ee and will be glad to get hac ld k state just wouldn't appeal to you
quire the cooperation of the Jews in all that Britain would not hesitate to allow ho ne, despite that the cocktai Is as fair. You might even resent it.
"Well, that is the way I feel
the free United Nations countries. This the Nazis to have their way with the a s• e so good here.)
about your taking over Palestine,
He
is
fond
of
the
old
home,
d
cooperation can be achieved if we will Soviets.
spi to its lack of modern maven e- my beloved cousin. I want to keep
i-
keep our eyes on the major problems and
The astute and not too scrupulous Joa enc es . . ."I would happily die fo on loving you, but how can I do
• lo not permit special interests and per- chim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign it even if there isn't 't •rafts
it when you say Palestine is your
t,ei-
and you're going to fill
sonal slants to divert us from the main Minister, was certain the British would to r in 100 square miles. There country
are in one's native land certain it up with your brothers, sisters,
objective.
not fight, and on the strength of his as- hill
values that have uncles and aunts until there are
Rosh Hashonah is a time for stock- surances the attack on Poland was no n t sonderable
hing to do with refrigerators enough of you to take over tile
j have to fight you,
taking and objective evaluation. It is the launched. Ribbentrop did know a section
I other modern conveniences• country. I'll just
to my regret, for I dearly
time when men should attempt to envisage of Britain, the Cliveden set, but he did "A nd that brings me back to you, I much
eve to get along with cousins.
a world in which strife, turmoil and bitter not know all the people of the British my cousin."
"We can get along, though. We
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partisanships no longer dominate our Isles. He thought that all power was in H E said he liked me. He thought o can get along if we respect each
thoughts and actions.
the hands of a small group, just as in won I had done a good job in the e ther and our rights. We could
•Id since I left Palestine 2,000 d yen govern the country together
It is very difficult to do this when there Naziland, and that this small group could
emoct•atically, each having his
is nothing but strife, turmoil and bitter settle all questions. Had he realized that yea rs ago. I had been of consid- j ust
portion of government. What's
era
ble
use
wherever
I
had
gone
w
partisanships, yet at the time when men governments in Britain can be changed
rong with that? But when you
ny
long
travels.
He
had
reason
tell
m
rededicate themselves they may hope to by the electorate. he may have advised "' 4 1 . eel proud of me, his cousin
it's going to be your
I:,
I'll have to cut your
achieve some measure of calm and rea- Hitler differently.
et he, also felt sad on account
o f
throat, my sweet cousin., in the
sonableness.
One wonders whether the Nazis were in t me. The way I've been treated interest of justice and democ-
he
world!
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."In
the
Christian
We make this plea for tolerance at apprised of the discussion that preceded
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thil ' . Id!" he exclaimed. "Do you racy,"
this time because we have seen so much Britain's declaration of war. If they had v`'
He said he shouldn't like • to co,
k the Christian world will
a
„,
• turn Christian?"
intolerance. We make this plea for non- been informed they knew that the leader
my throat and in token of that he
partisanship because we have seen too of the opposition, Arthur Greenwood, was
hough he was no Christian, ordered up another whiskey . sour..
much partisanship.
more insistent upon a war declaration than he could not feel foreign to my He raised the glass . . ."I drink,"
Jews have a right to differ and to ex- was Neville Chamberlain, the then Prime pain , he said. First, he was a he said, "not to Arab power, not
- eons in of mine; then, as a mem-
press differing points of view without Minister. Arthur Greenwood was th
ea
being called vile names.
See SEGAL—Pag e 13
er of the Labor Party in Parliament and
It is well to remember that the record he spoke tot:iris constituents. British labor
lives and opinions change. Whether we at that time had a greater fear of and
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hold fast to our opinions or whether we detestation for Nazism than any section
change them, let us make a record in the of the British public. British labor knew
"If they mean to have
coming year and the years of the imme- what Hitler had done to the unions and
war, let it begin here,"
Lexington Green
diate future that will do us credit.
what punishment he had meted out to the
Capt. John Parker cau-
There is enough to do for all of us. labor leaders.
tioned his 60 Minute-
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men on Lexington se
The salvaging of' the remnants of Euro-
When Hess arrived so unexpectedly in
pea ► Jewry is the greatest task ever un- England
Green, just before they
there were, no doubt, a number
fired "the shot heard
dertaken in our long history of misery and of anti-Bolsheviks who would have been
round the world." '-,j
sorrow.
willing to sacrifice the Bolsheviks if only
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May we have the strength, courage and the British Empire would be saved. Hess
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perseverance to do it.
probably believed these anti-Bolsheviks
and empire-savers controlled Britain. He
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did not know that all of Britain distrusted
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the Nazis and even though some may
a-
1 0EN
The madmen of the Third Reich are have grasped at the chance to save the
empi're,
they
knew
that
Hitler's
word
certainly carrying out their threat to c
Czechs, Dutchmen,
shake the world, before they leave it, 5 could not be taken for anything; that as
Danes, Frenchmen,
oon
as
he
had
finished
off
Russia,
he
according to the repoits of the destruction would turn on them.
Norsemen, now living
of Naples.
under the Nazi heel,
remember their free-
The Nazis, however, will go on misun-
All of us have read of individuals run-
and cherish their
Back the Att aclr,Buy dom
ning amuck: killing, burning, pillaging lerstanding other people. They will still
lost memorials now re-
until exhausted. but not since the days continue to believe that all men are actu-
placed by the black
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ated by motives such as theirs

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