December 24, 1943
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
4
Plain Talk.
causing explosions among the inflammable
Arabs.
Is it wise at this time to pursue the
.. by Al Segal
cad THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
extremist
policy
of
those
who
will
be
Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
satisfied with nothing less than the maxi-
Pres.-Gen. Mar.
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
mal demands. And do those of us, who
Editor
JACOB MARGOLIS
Advertising Mgr.
are not faced with the actual problems ,
CHARLES TAUB
help the situation any by passing resolu-
General Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave. tions that antagonize and infuriate? We
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to a ttem p t to settle funda-
the proper i tmeo
IT the weeks before Christmas
To insure publication, all correspondence and news mattei mental questions. The time to do this is
THOUGH I am writing this sew-
} weeks in advance of I a ways feel deeply moved as I
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. when the storms and fury are passed and
e
ra
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of paper only. men can sit down quietly and discuss Christmas, I know precisely what go on our streets among the shop-
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
my Christian friend, Mr. Thir- pers. I hear them saying: What
the entire question.
kettle, will send me for Christ- should I give? What should I give
3 ects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims re
bill for an endorsement of views expressed by its writers
mas. (Thirkettle isn't really his Joe and what should I give Mary
s
It is very doubtful whether the major-
and what should I give Jack?
name but in disguising him I
f
Palestinians
are
in
favor
of
strong
o
ity
This tight-faced lady is won-
as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
Entered
thought
I
should
give
him
a
name
at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. demands at this time. In fact, a survey
lie almost musical, Bering whether she should buy
office
wit a ripp g,
amiable some handkerchiefs or a mer-
would perhap s show that the vast ma- sound, for he is a most
Th ere
fore he chandise order for her neighbor.
of
moderation.
Out-
favor
melee
jority
are
in
Selections
gentleman,
ind
• I hear her say the neighbor was
Sabbath Chanukah Scriptural
Thirkettle.)
ciders, with the best intentions and most is Mr.
Yes, Mr. Thirkettles Christmas good to her the time her husband
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 41 :1 - 4 4:17; Numbers honest convictions, are much more insist-
an old custom that he was so sick last spring. I notice
gift • is
7:24 - 29.
ant
for
an
immediate
showdown.
This
is
violated in ten years. As that tough-looking man ureti
Prophetical portion—'Lech. 2:14 - 4: 7.
e has done in every one of these tiously laying a dollar bill on the
unfortunate. The outsiders should first has
h
m
Army ' s tambourine
•
ascertain whether the majority of Pales- years, NIr. This-kettle w ill send me Salvation
ather ho peful in
I
think
it
is
r
a
quart
of
old
whiskey
for
KISLEV 26, 5704 tinians want them to make maximal de- Christmas. My long experience our human race to be discovere d
DECEMBER 24, 1943
even once a yeas.
mands in their behalf, for if a price is to of Mr. Thir kettle
has's whiskey sug- being generous
be paid it will have to be paid by those gests that he
a considerable Our human race has at times
of it; for it is always whis- been awfully discouraging—its
who are in Palestine and not by us who stock
More French Drama
key of the same brand, made in malice, its false hates, its spiteful
enjoy the emotional satisfaction of pass- the year 1917, old whiskey, in- prejudices. Yes, my dear Mr.
at
Mr.
de r d
According to a report from Algiers, the ing uncompromising resolutions.
deed. So I c can feel certain that Thirkettle, I have
patience of the
French National Committee has ordered
Riots, demonstrations, convictions for the current shortage will be no the everlasting
Most High who keeps on letting
the arrest on charges of treason of Pierre- arms possession are not the way to win hindrance to Mr. Thirkettle's gen- the
earth swing in its ordained
erosity.
Etienne Flandin, former French premier; the British to our side.
I have always replied with a course.
Were He less patient he might
Marcel Peyronton, former governor-gen-
brief but most appreciative note,
something like this: "Dear Mr. have let the whole thing drop
eral of Algeria; Pierre Brisson, former
Thirkettle: Thanks again for Old as a hopeless case long ago. But
governor of French West Africa; TixIer
The Fruit of Race Superiority?
Popeye. He is a congenial old He seemed smiling the other
de Vignacourt, former French deputy, and
gentleman with whom I expect to morning in the sunlight: The
Very
few
will
remember
the
names
of
Andre Albert, former French deputy. The
have some delightful evenings. street was crowded with Christ-
aforementioned gentlemen were all con- Captain Wilhelm Langheld, Lt. Hans Ritz Yseoausrosn w. i .th. best
best wishes of the mas shoppers, each absorbed in
her generous purpose to complete
necte d with the Vichy regime and, as and Police Cpl. Reinhart Betzlan, but
(Of course, Old Popeye is not her kindly plans for Christmas.
many
will
recall
with
horror
the
stories
I
far as can be learned, they are charged of brutal murder to which they confessed. the real name of Mr. Thirkettle's In the smiling sunlight
patient
with treason because of what they did
whiskey which, in deference to thought I detected
The ill-starred trio were hanged in the advertising department, I do Father beaming: "Yes, My chil-
while connected with Vichy.
feel free to reveal.) dren are all right, after all. They
Kharkov
on Sunday morning, Dec. 19, not
The French seem to have a flair for the
But this year after I have un- can be kind. The way they exert
dramatic. It is not so long ago that a with 40,000 people witnessing the grue- wrapped Mr. Thirkettle's gift, themselves to do gentle things
rather bizarre and dramatic trial was some spectacle. They were convicted upon after I have sampled Old Pop- at this season. The cup of their
held at Riom. The accused at that trial testimony furnished by themselves, in eye's mellow quality and rolled generosity runs over. My good
on my tongue and have per- children!"
were Leon Blum, Eduard Daladier, Rey- which they admitted that they had slaugh- it mitted
I f I
its liquid gold to traverse
SEEMED brooding hope-
naud, Gamelin and others, who tered Russian men, women, children and the length
of my aesophogus, I 1_1E fully in the sunlight: Oh,
.
charged with responsibility for starting wounded Red Army soldiers.
. Thirkettle in LA
shall \yrs e to
ehnedy. -1,10 euyl d wteurren only we
w
The
three
hoped
to
escape
punishment
anorxin
the war against Hitler. This trial exploded
who may think I am t
in
had
in Der Fuehrer's face. It just simply would by placing the blame on thethigher-ups-- presuming too much I should say the immensity of time which
not stick and the trial just ended nowhere. Himmler and Hitler. According to them, that five years ago Mr. Thirkettle only begun. One must be patient
H.
sort of vow. He told me with children. It takes a long
The trial of Flandin et al may never mile, r Himmler and company not only made as a long
as he lives, provided long time for them to learn.
take place, but if it should we expect it knew what they were doing, but approved that
prohibition doesn't return, he in- Should He, the Father, get angry
an encouraged their brutal activities.
to be just as absurd a performance as the and
tends to present me with a bottle at His children who do have all
good in them?
We who have lived under normal hu- , of Old Popeye every Christmas this No!
Riom trials.
He would keep on waiting
How can these men be guilty of treason man conditions for the better parts of as a manifestation of his good sill
t‘hv kindnesse foonrcee.
k n e the
w no ail
to the French government represented by a lifetime are simply appalled by the will.)
l ■
Childrena d
Afktetr all these years of IIr.
Th
the
the Committee of Liberation when the whole business. There is a note of unreal-
fa year might in time come to
gwe nter ossoi t. I
fulness
of
being
kind.
The
kind-
ore
-
alleged treasonable acts were committed it Y about the thing which plagues and shourld ti reep 's ly i h ny ithingf erne
than the formality of thank you. ness that knows no single day
before the Committee of Liberation came --
s ays. Th e
perplexes.
mi that a I t
s unates
Mr. Thirkettle should have some - but 'll
makes
of
How
did
the
Russians
get
the
trio
to
all
he nothing
I
into being. These accused men were loyal
nerosity
g
thing
of
my
understanding
of
_
to the government of Vichy, which was confess their crimes? This ability on the Christmas and its ts implications of the color of a brother's skin; it
the brotherhood. I have been roll- does not take into account the
confessions
a government recognized by the United part of the Russians to extract confessio
.
the matter over in my mind, race from which he stems; it
ime
me
m
r
i
from men and women charged with c
States and Britain.
and should I write something like scorns the falsehood that is ut-
Perhaps the whole thing is a hoax, for . has i ntrigued us for many years.
tered against him; it hates only
this to Mr. Thirkettle:
malice that would hurt him. His
The procedure of conviction upon one's
we are informed that the accused are to
I I I
DEAR
Mr.
Thirkettle:
children
would come around to
be housed in a luxurious villa. In any own confession without the testimony of lop(
again for perennial that in time.
event, these troublesome French politi- the accuser is rather alien to us, and we al- Thanks e thanks
wtehei k i -_
h e were
e su r they
wii 1 ing Ho
o . the (i exam-
tui k o .is l for
, ore always find it difficult to believe pt
ea n y e j
ld y
Popeye;
O
C
thei r
tha
t
w
make
cians will be out of turbulent French poli- „
good
therefore
to
erei
of
ness would forget no one this
—
without
reservation
that
are
confessions
I
hat
Old
Popeye
imp.
t
tics for some time.
bri ht with kindn es=
How aces
The whole affair is good drama with are as free as they are made to appear. Though Christmas is not a Jew- season
am
t e g l e —
. f - g , lik e h
of Til il s e ir
ish holiday I share with you its . v‘
But this is of much less consequence than gentle idealism. In a mood of
a touch of the comic.
sunlight, so that he could
this
the alleged fact that men can commit su ch fantasy I find myself wishing for know them as His kinsmen. Yes,
heinous crimes against innocent men, wom- an everlasting Christmas—Christ-
Hulda Settlers Sentenced
en and children, just because they had mas in June and Christmas in they were His children. There
hope in them.
The Hulda settlers who were convicted been indoctrinated with the dogma of October and Christmas in March was Well,
my dear Mr. Thirkettle,
in
fact,
all
the
year
—Chrktina9
of illegal possession of arms were given race superiority.
See
SEGAL—Page 9
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Is it possible to so indoctrinate a peo- 'round.
severe sentences ranging from two to six
years. Such severity may be indicative of pie with their superiority that they can
* *
nervousness on the part of the British murder those not of their group without t
,
PONDS
OVER
AMERICA
authorities, or it may have been imposed compunction.
Or, has the theory of total war warped ' I
because they believe that severity will
put an end to illegal arms possession. a people to the point that the ruthless
Whatever the reason may have been, extermination of civilians is considered
Paying tribute to its
Hoosier Monument
fighting men who fell
the fact remains that a condition of strain necessary in order• to win the war?
on foreign fields dur-
and stress obtains in Palestine that will Whether the reason be racial superiority
ing World War I, In-
not be eased until some modus vivendi is or total war, we still cannot bring our-
diana has erected at its
capital of Indianapolis
found that will reasonably satisfy all the selves to believe that there` are many
this striking War
parties concerned. Germans who are so sa disti, depraved
Memorial.
be per-
It is a simple enough matter to damn and degenerate that they could
and verbally castigate the British au- suaded to kill innocent women and chil-
thorities. We are persuaded that such a dren because it was approved by the
policy will accomplish very little. It may vicious psychopath Hitler.
The Nazi race doctrine has thrown man
give the protestants some emotional satis-
faction, but that will not satisfy even our back to the period antedating the rudest
civilization known to man.
Our dead have left
minimal demands.
Let us hope that the darkness that
their own memorials;
Once and for all there must be a recog-
the starved and hound-
nition of the hard facts; that we are faced has descended upon mankind will soon in
ed people of captive
with a condition and not a theory. The dispelled. We all have responsibilities
Europe can do little
fact is that Britain is engaged in a total this matter and all the blame should riot
more than hope and
pray, but to free Amer-
war and the Arab world is highly intran- and really cannot be placed on one peo-
Your
War
Memorial;
scans is left the choice
sigeant. Even if Britain wanted to carry ple. We are all to blame and are all
of their own future. ,
U. S. War Bonds
out its commitments of the Balfour Dec- responsible. Let ii act more wiAely arid
laration, there is a grave question whether humanely in the future so that this night
she could do so at this time without mare may riot be repeated.
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
FOR CHRISTMAS