A merica ]swish Periodical Carter
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110
July 7, 1944
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The
Legal Chronicle
11
Changes in Wilsonian Doctrine of "National
.
te
Se lf-Determination Suggested by M. D. Waldman
ern democracies would be accept
ed by the world, namely, that JEWISH LEADERS ENDORSE PROSECUTOR
"the individual and not his na-
WILLIAM E. DOWLING FOR RE-ELECTION
tional
is the po litical uni t."
The "minorities treaties" of human personality of the citizen
Mr. ity Waldman declared "that
and 1920 which, with their and resulted in even m ore men-
By ALFRED KREISLER
the world has reached the stage
collateral safeguards, were set strous abuses
• of other nationali- where the traditional hallowed
Four
years
ago
public
respect crime in Wayne County, elements
p by the Treaty of Versailles ties within the orbit of its power. doctrine of state sovereignty, loo g
The Germans themselves were
for our legal system and for law in the local underworld have con-
since tional
circumscribed
by interim-
enforcement
peacemakers
u
peacemakers
as protection for all made the slaves of the party-
convention
of treaties,
an ae officers had reached spired to try to defeat him in
and religious minorities, elite which took over the
i
Count the primary election on July 11.
state." should be international agreement ty,
we re characterized as a failure
Sweeping disclosures of graft All their resources have been or-
also pointed out yield further to the more exalted
b Morris D. Waldman in an that Mr.
th e Waldman
doctrin e of national self- ethical-religious ideal
and corruption in local govern- ganized against him. Since they
o f th e
ment
th to had
y
permitted gangs cannot openly attack his record,
article
in the current issue of determination actually resulted in tity of the person whatever sane-
be and
rackets
flourish
sh unchecked which is unimpeachable, they
the Contemporary Jewish Record. vitiating the rights of minorities his racial origin, religion or po- had made honest citizens
Mr. Waldman, vice chairman of respite the "minorities treaties" litical creed."
izens acutely have instigated a whispering and
the executive committee of the and the guarantees of the League
aware
of
the
need
for
a fearless, smear campaign in an effort to
The article in the Contempo- honest
American Jewish Committee and of Nations.
prosecuting attorney. discredit Prosecutor Dowling.
l'aly
formerly its general secretary for
Jewish Record,
Mr. Waldman suggested that of the American
Jewish publication
Commit- There arose a demand for a pros- Nothing could be more ridicu-
many years, declared that, in or- in order to assure equal rights tee, also condemned the propo- ecutor who would cleanse Wayne lous and farther from the truth
der to insure equality of rights to all inhabitants "not only the sals recently
County of crime and restore a than the vicious accusations they
made to "solve the
g
y
p beloning
for peole
to minorit race state idea must be blotted minorities problem by interchange the public chose William E. Dow- have aimed at him. We must
quash these lies and frustrate
elements, drastic changes are out, but the very concept of of populations so as to bring all lin– .
g who had already won rec- their sinister scheme.
necessary in the approach to the 'national majority' and 'national persons of a particular national-
Prosecutor Dowling has always
pro blem
ognition
as prosecutolo
of the
• including changes
es in minorities' must also be aban- ity into one country, perpetuat- dreaded
Black
Legion.
championed the cause of toler-
the doctrine of "national self- domed." He proposed that "an ing the erroneous idea that race-
sponsored
determination"
Prosecutor Dowling entered ance and fairness and has been
by international bill of rights must state is a natural institution di-
Woodrow Wilson.
upon his new duties with unprece- most zealous in the protection of
be adopted for the protection of vinery ordained.
The doctrine of national self- all human beings as such rather
dented vigor and efficiency, and minorities. He stands for the
Such action
Mr • W 11
determination, based on the the- than their protection as a major-
his administration soon proved American way of life and the
ory that any ethnic group is en- ity or minority, buttressed by stated, "would result in eco- to be outstanding. Racketeers equal protection of all under the
nomic
chaos
and
human
disaster.
and gangsters of all varieties laws. He has been endorsed by
titled to have a state of its own, international safeguards more ef-
has unwittingly led to the Nazi fective than the guarantees of To the Saxon peasant of Tran- found things too hot for comfort, prominent Jewish leaders, and it
concept of race-state, "the latest the Treaty of Versailles and col- sylvania his bit of soil is more and had to close down or leave is essential to the best interests
precious than the abstract sentt-
onel most hideous outgrowth of lateral treaties. An international
town. Prosecutor Dowling and his of the community that William
ment of his being of German staff established an imposing rec- E. Dowling be victorious in the
the more recent history of na- bill of rights, though a substitute origin.
He would regard forced o
tionality states," said Mr. Wald- for 'minorities treaties,' " he said,
rd of bringing criminals to jus- primary election on July 11.
man. Ile continued: "The core "would go far beyond the pro- transfer to German soil as a en- mice, obtaining convictions in
lainity,
as
would
the
Polish
peas-
more
than 83 per cent of a total
of Nazism is nationality self- tection of those belonging to mi-
determination. It is encrusted, nority populations. It would cov- ant in East Prussia were he of 51,829 cases prosecuted in
Michigan Resorts
moreover, with odious, irrational er the rights of all human be- forcibly transplanted somewhere an 18-month period. A policy of
For
Your
Vacation Stop At
excrescences manifested in the i ngs as persons, including those in Poland. The average human strict impartiality was put into
anti-Christian — and un-Jewish— belonging to majority popula- being even in Eastern European effect. No longer were influen-
Grand
Park
Hotel
apotheosis of the state (personi- tions. National self-determination countries, where nationalisms teal persons able to obtain spe-
Opposite l'ark—Near Beach
have
been
cultivated
by
propa-
cial
favors
or
immunity.
Regard-
fled in an infallible symbol called should give way to human self-
SOUTH HAVEN, MICH.
the Fuehrer) which destroyed the determination."
less of race, religion or national-
into fanatic frenzy, is, In less
The only large newly modernized hotel
the final analysis, more concerned ity, all were assured of the same
near beach. All activities. Operating on
Reviewing the record of "mi-
the European Plan.
getting food and security. fair treatment and honest appli-
norities rights" in Europe since with
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Joseph Goodman
First, ordinary men want freedom cation of the law. The prosecu- Sam Ager
the First World War, Mr. Wald-
from want and from fear, then tor's office was again respected
man
stated
that
history
has
Mendelson's Atlantic I* proved the " 'minorities treaties' freedom of religion and freedom by law-abiding citizens — and
of speech. Granted these four feared by lawbreakers.
RESORT HOTEL
to be impracticable. The newly freedoms, men will not fret much
Michigan Resorts
itialit on the lake
Realizing that the continuation
established states, based on ra-
Private Bench
over
the
fact
that
the
govern-
of
William
E.
Dowling
in
office
"Once
at Weinstein's, Always
cial homogeniety, regarded their
Tennis—Golf-
ment is in the hands of persons imeans the end of organized
at Weinstein's"
ethnic
minorities
as
obstacles
to
All Games
of other nationalities."
their development into full-
Cement Government
pier for fishing, only
fledged nationality states. The
100 yards from hotel.
County Auditor Hafeli
governments of these states felt
Rooms with or with-
SEGAL
RESORT
responsible primarily, of not
out Private bath.
Is Product of Detroit
solely, to the majority-people of
Free Golf to our
"The BEST and most
(Continued from Page 4)
their countries and regarded the
guests at the South
Active during the last 11 years
REASONABLE"
minorities as quasi-alien and sub- religionists were generally so
haven Country Club
ordinate elements to be assimil- busy with their extra-mural af- in local government administra-
Write for rates or
All modern conveniences. Hot
tive
posts,
Ray
Hafeli
can
well
ated or liquidated or evacuated— fairs. It was about time the
and cold running water in every
phone South Haven
511
the treaties notwithstanding. The haberdashers and the columnists, be termed a home town product.
room. All sports available. Pri-
He
was
born
in
1899
on
a
farm
65 North Shore Drive
safeguards established in the the tailors, the dressmakers and
vate Beach Famous for Finest
South Iiaven, Mich.
owned and operated by his fa-
form of League of Nations guar- the doctors spoke up.
Food.
PHONE 797
ther in Hamtramck Township, now
antees proved quite ineffective.
Straight through on U.S. 31
Judaism was made for them a part of Detroit adjacent to
Every ethnic group in Europe and not they for Judaism and
great business center of Har-
had been awakened to national they should have much to say the
SOUTH HAVEN, MICH.
Michigan Resorts
per and Van Dyke.
consciousness; and some which about its pattern. Its pattern is
Ray
Hafeli's
contributions
to
had never enjoyed territorial in- too much like a surrealist night-
"a little bit of heaven"
Wayne County Government dur-
dependence began to press for a mare today.
ing the last decade have found
nationality-state of their own.
Yes, I am presenting the haber-
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The treaties, the state constitu- dasher's program for Judaism to him acting as administrative
tions, and the guarantees of the all who may be concerned with head of the C. W. A., a post
Only Swimming Pool in South Haven!
League of Nations did not solve his idea : That, for the sake of which brought him in close con-
tact with the thousands of unem-
It Is under auspices of State Health Dept. these problems; on the contrary,
ending the confusion, the author- ployed Detroiters caught in the "where vacation dreams come true"
they aggravated them."
TO OUR PATRONS
itative Voices should try to get first grip of the depression. In
He said that there is no basis together on a statement on what
South Haven's Finest Resort
Ite take this means of thanking you for
for the acceptance of "the idea being a Jew is really all about. this connection, a commendable
Your past patronage—and assure
you that
record
of
disbursing
the
enor-
80 Acres of Playtime Paradise
your stay with us this yearviill be as pleas- that nationality and territory I think he presents a very fair
mous sum of $13,551,722.19, dur-
ant as In the past with the same courtesies form a natural synthesis." Point-
sketch of a good Jew. I invite ing his administration of C.W.A., • A gay, friendly crowd
and service necessary for an enjoyable va-
ing out that the "American state the rabbis to improve on it if
cation. Sincerely
was established, and when his • Swimming, tennis, golf, horses
is neither a race-state in the East they can.
RUBEN LEVIN.
books and records, balanced to • Handball, ping pong, archery
European
sense,
consisting
of
a
---
I observe particularly that in the penny, were turned over to • Dancing, concerts, movies
Dietary laws
majority nationality and many the concept of this simple-hearted
observed
minority nationalities, nor a state man the Jew is no politician ; he the Federal Government, he was
Planned Activities
the recipient of a citation for a
of equal rationalities in the has no ideas of separatism; he big
Trains at Bangor
job well done. He also served
Rooms with Bath
Bus at
sense of the Soviet example," he is no aspirant for statehood.
under the administration of Gov-
Superb Food
South Raven
There has been a lot of con- ernor Frank Murphy as liquor
expressed the hope that the
tea will meet all
Write for folder
American political conception of troversy—some of it bitter—over control commissioner and, later,
trains and busses
Phone 789
the statement of principles issued as Chief Deputy Register of Pro-
upon notification.
the United States and other west- by the Reform congregation in
bate Court.
% Houston, Tex. Some of it sounds
a bit dogmatic but, anyway, the
congregation is to be commended BUY WAR BONDS
— SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN —
for being the only Jewish group
in the United States seriously
to consider what being a Jew is
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all about and settling the matter
at least in its own mind to its
On North
own satisfaction.
R
Shore Drive
Anyway, these Houston people
Spacious grounds lined with beautiful trees and lawns.
know which way they are going
while other organized Jews floun-
Excellent food. Friendly atmosphere. Dancing on our.own pavilion. All games
Everything necessary for a complete enjoyable vacation available for our'guests
der in confusion, doubt and inde-
Telephone SOUTH HAVEN 348 or write, B. ROSENSON,
cision. The children of these
South Haven, Mich
others, as they grow up, may
not allow themselves to be both-
MICHIGAN RESORTS
ered with a Judaism that seems
to have nothing to do with a An Exceptional Place To Dine -:-
-:- An Ideal Place To Live
way of life. They may walk out.
"Vacation Land for Everyone"
1
WEINSTEIN'S
—
LEVIN'S RESORT
FIDELMAN'S
osensona Lake Park Resort
Private Ilat its—Shom era—Dunning Water in Every Boom
Dan ci ng— Salmtning—Tennis—Golf—llorse
Since 1906
Hack Riding
Mort Furay Has Impressive
Civic and Labor Background
The Schettler Drug Company
Quality counts in times like these. Now, more than ever,
are people coming to SCHETTLER'S for their medical needs.
Certain qualify is a wartime necessity.
BARON'S Resort
Th e Schettler Drug Company
Grosse Pointe
TEUBE11$
Mort Furay, candidate for
State Representative from De-
troit on the Democratic ticket,
has an impressive background of 56 NORTH SHORE DRIVE
civic and labor service.
SOUTH HAVEN, MICH.
Mr. Furay is remembered by
MICHIGAN RESORTS
thousands for his effective work
during 1937 as president of the
There's Nothing Finer Than
Renters and Consumers League,
an organization for the protec-
tion of the tenant-public and
The Most Exclusive Resort In
every-day shoppers.
South Haven, Michigan
Mr. Furay's effective work in
Rooms with private bath and show-
behalf of the public has been
er. Children's dining room and gov-
interwoven with his Labor activi-
erness. Playgrounds, private bath-
ing beam. Men's and women's sola-
ties. He entered the labor move-
riums Concert orchestra.
ment in 1936, joining the UAW,
"The Only Cabaret in Town"
and rose to important posts
a Acts of Vandeville--Dancing
quickly.
Nightly
Detroit
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