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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

Terror Is Stupid

Friday. August 19 1944

Plain Talk...

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The attempt by terrorists to assasinate
by Al Segal
Sir Harold MacMichael, the retiring High
Commissioner of Palestine, was regret-
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table and stupid.
The act was stupid because acts of ter-
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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub- for the White Paper about which there IT'S
inuolol dofwfheeanre, vtehie• ythsehyu,(11,1;,:..:.,sdd \ovfhea
and the way the politicians have F
jeers of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon-
in-
has been such violent debate and no
begun to do with what they like Jew attaining high political office
sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by its writers.
t e.'
a
ue• w
t feel vote.'
i (l i dJ Jewish
call se"the
to I ci
considerable violence.
heard
of
all flat- they
the excellent
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
If the irresponsible terrorists expected tared by the open competition
Frankfurter being made
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879 . to frighten the British government so that
for "the Jewish vote" in the lice of the Supreme Co lairtja,',f-
it would abrogate the White Paper they smarty platforms. I could feel like the United States.
Sabbath Reading. of the Law
a tennis ball being batted around
Pentateuchal Portion—Dent 11:26-16:17; Nuns. were very stupid. If the expected the
i. i es tu a time e
it1.1111e:i.rgs,r(f)uualls )l
two contenders. I re-
responsible groups in Palestine to ap- between
28:9-15.
play
oice in the pleasurable functions THIS
plaud
and
approve
their
acts
and
get
be-
i
Prophetical Portion—Is. GO.
of u tennis ball but my self-re- and just part in the public life,
hind them, they were again stupid. The spect doesn't permit me to enjoy to challenge the subversiv e idea
can be trhe(iisueceodunttory
AUGUST 18. 1944
AB. 29, STO4 responsible organizations in Palestine and being used as one.
of us seemed to feel
a status of
So
outside Palestine know that only by rea- happy
about it. They , gave inter- second-rate citizenship, to assert
sonable procedures and public pressures views to the public prints ab- the right of every American to
The Hunger Front
can they hope to alter Britain's present jectly thanking the platform- perform his duties as an Amer-
writers of both parties for tak- icon, regardless of his race, re-
In the days when the Wehrmacht was position on the White Paper.
ing a hand in the strictly Jewish ligion or complexion.
We
do
not
believe
that
this
abortive
rolling over Poland, Russia, France and
But only as Americans! What-
controversy over Jewish nation-
the Low Coutries it was the proud boast attempt to kill the retiring High Commis- hood. For the political parties to ever Jew uses his Jewish affilia-
of Reich Marshal Herman Goering that sioner of Palestine will harden Britain i ntervene was about as imperti- lions to serve one party or an-
as it would he for neighbors other serves neither the country
the people of Germany would never go against the Jews of Palestine. Britain rent
drop in and take sides in a or the Jewish people well.
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knows that a people cannot be indicted / 14InilY quarrel.
In conclusion, I think this is
hungry, even though all the people of for the acts of a few irresponsibles. How-
The politicians would have as good a place as any to answer
Europe starved. No longer does the re- ever, the incident is rather unfortunate 1,een equally as offending had a non-Jewish friend who has writ-
platforms contained a reso- ten me about Jews in the coming
believed in many circles their
tund Goering boast of the plenty f or because it was ointment
campaign.
against a Jewish state.
n
of Field Marshal lotion
that the a
"1 think it is a
What do they, know or really
Germans. All that has been changed.
Now Joseph Goebbels tells an audience Viscount Gort presaged a change in Brit- care about our quarrel? I am an mistake for the Jews to line
themselves up with slimy one
ish policy. This change may now be post- old journalistic hand at politics caiii
myself and know what platforms party."
of farmers that the enormous losses of poned if for no other reason than the fact are
I answer him: I, too, would
made, of. They are made of
think it was a mistake for Jews
territory in the East had created a serious that Britain would not want it to appear
or . votes in large blocks
it
-
-
a and
des--.P
sincerity to line up with any one party
a
convicitions
rand
sncerty
food shortage. This is a significant admis- that she was making a change because of have
. if it were true that the Jews
little to do with the matter
sion on the . part of Goebbels, but whether terrorist
acts.
A platform is a compound of po- were lined up that way. I pre-
Let us hope that this will be the end
cupidity and pap for sins- sume you mean the current myth
he had made it or not it would have be- of terror in Palestine. It : is definitely not litical
plenndervo
.s n ignorant of that the Jews are sticking to-
o - nsly
..,
ioosevelt.
titeenise.
come apparent to everybody in a short a Jewish method and should never be
gen tlemen
. 11:1(1)11:),It
g my Jewish h fia nds
of the facts of life could get
for it is unreasonable to expect the used by us. We have been the victims of some
are many Roosevelt-haters who
feel gratified
p . ‘ ti by th • is l
farmers of Germany to fill the enormous Nazi terror for so long that we should politicians to drag the Jews, as hate Roosevelt as thoroughly as
gaps in the food supply caused by the know how ugly and reprehensible terror Jews, into their campaigns, to noose of the best Roosevelt-hat-
the non-Jews. In some
loss of the Ukraine, the Baltic States, is, and should never use or countenance it. herd us together on one side or era of among
the private Jewish convoca-
the other for their purposes. Our
Poland, Normandy and Brittany.
self-respect must resent the idea tions I have found myself almost
The food shortage may do more to
surrounded by Roosevelt-
of a "Jewish vote" to be bought
Vicious Propaganda
by political blandishment.
hasten the end of the war than the al-
haters.
I should deplore Jewish block-
The politicians seemed encous-
leged attempts on the life of Hitler by ,Under Secretary of State Edward R. aged
by time congratulations 'and voting just as 1 would deplore
the
military
clique.
When
men
and
worn-
Stettinius
expressed
satisfaction
when
he
the
thanks they were given for the Catholic block-voting or Baptist
en who are called upon to produce muni- learned that the Mexican government trick resolutions about Jews they or Christian Science or any other
tions, transport the armies, dig the coal planned to establish "open ports" pat- put in their platforms. Yes, sure, block-voting in which Americans
and do all the other necessary work to terned after our Fort Ontario open port the Jews fell for it, it appeared. voted religiously or racially. May
/ / / e should feed the Spirit of '76 which somehow
carry on a total war are seriously under- at Oswego.
THEY didn't seem to mind be- has managed to rescue us from
It
is
reliably
reported
that
the
Inter-
fed, they can hardly be expected to fill
the same.
cam- most of our national follies save
fed,
1 ing a dragged
them
little more into
of the
national Red Cross had urged the Presi- paigns and maybe we
us from that.
quotas.
The discontent caused by hunger and ant to widen the scope of the oper,
There followed that New York'
starvation will produce reactions among t wit' — aitd admit many more refugees incident which was obviously Rabbi Fram to Lecture
the German people of today not dissimilar than originally contemplated.
used as a hook to hang some At Christian Youth
News comes from Sweden that the Jewish votes on. It must have
to the reactions caused by hunger and
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been mortifying to Dimly Jews Camps Week of Aug.
near starvation in 1918. How long it will Swedes are ready to accept 10,000 Jewish as
it was to me who want to be
take to reach the 1918 starvation hunger children from Hungary.
Two Christian Youth Camps,
counted as an intelligent voter,
Items such as the foregoing give one a not as a child to be soothed by held under the auspices Of Con-
stage it is difficult to say, but the fear
regational Churches of Mich-
not as one of those
of
of the threatened hunger and near star- lift and make us realize that the well lollypops,
backward
immigrants
for whose
We'll probably
get more
of igan, will hear lectures by Rabbi
vation will probably cause much dissatis- springs of • human kindness and mercy votes politicians like to give beer Leon Frans of Temple Israel, on
the religious basis of American
faction and may even lead to sabotage have not dried up.
parties.
On the other side of the picture the
and industrial dislocation. The all power-
this Irons both parties in the next discussions on the subject at the
ful and ubiquitous Gestapo can do many Tar Heel Fuehrer of North Carolina, three
months unless our self-re- democracy. The Rabbi c onference,
will lead
things; but its violence and threats of Senator Reynolds, announced that he spect takes politicians by the Benzonia High School
violence will not feed the hungry masses. wc..ild begin a campaign to prevent the scruffs of their necks: "See here, Churches of Charlevoix and Iron
This is a weak spot in the Nazi armor United States from setting up additional we want no more of that. We're ton during the week of Aug. 27.
not
a lot
cattle any
to be
herded
conducted
by the
Congregational
resent
as of insult
effort
to All
during the
past
week he has
free ports like the one at Fort Ontario.
and Goebbels knows it.
into the voting places. We vote been teaching at the Michigamme
We are not surprised by the action of as Americans, not as Jews. We
He knows that the Gestapo can make
Retreat, at Presbytery Point,
the people accept defeat despite the Senator Reynolds. He is running true to (they are found in evry cani- conducted by the Congregational
I (mosso .
joefwsJews Churches of the Upper
myth that dictatorship can only endure form. His brand of Nationalism differs handle uspolitically
ienss-,
as
Let us take hold too,
Rabbi Frans has been i snr
as long as the dictator is victorious. He very little from the Nezi. His exclusionist
..pic le)s
aus
uet
oh
Yt
dn
er
ia
utn
th
sris
scet.
ng tlit
knows that an army trained on the theory theory is based upon the theory of native paign) who, as political "spokes- and
stereaC
d
prostitute
.
p
of no retreat, can be retrained into a white supremacy. All who belong to any I)
Janes,
ffil
t
the
hh
of
the
Detroit Round Table of
for .
,
geetil:: Jewish
.They
e
n.
affiliation.
tio
a
tio
Catholics,
Jews and Protestants
s
defensive army that can and does retreat other racial or national group would not
ttees
oimmii
thei ‘r
for thousands of miles. He and Hitler and be permitted to enter the United States, lend
whose appeal is obvious y direct- Cl,, ;stuns •ind Jews
Jews. '
Himmler all know that overwhelming or- and if he thought it feasible he would ed to the so-called "Jewish vote." During
. Frans s a bsence
. • . Rabbi
'
of
from the
the National
city, the Conference
Sabbath Eve
ganized force can compel people to do probably try to deport all who do not They give out statements which, and
many things, but they know equally well belong to his white, Protestant racial because of the importance of their
S , ry ices of Temple Israel ,sat arc
and
lsonn.
.
its being
.•
names, are made to appear
conducted
by o fficer
you cannot satisfy human hunger group.
e oc;((,)rn‘gr,•ii.riday
outgivings of the Jewish peopl e. ,,,embers of
The
propaganda
of
Senator
Reynolds
e
This is false pretense. Over their
of held every
with appeals, threats or cajoling and
to prevent the opening of additional names
ig.Rool3nolit of Eastt
letters
tters are sent
ni
t(a
surely not with machine guns.
9t. Boguhlte‘aatrd8:30d(n
prestige
)m Jews, as 1,,
Influential in
wer e . influential
h eir names \stn.
days the German people will, in all prob- is using the mendacious argument that t swaying
votes Jewishly this way Grand Blvd,
ability, begin to think in terms of deliver- the "settling of the refugees is only an or that. This is chuzpa.
ance from the threatened hunger. They entering wedge," and that ' once the foot This is not to say that Jews Let us then live happily,
must have no part in political thou 1 we call nothin our own
will, in all probability, begin to hope for is in the door that thousands of refugees campaign
—Dhanganapada .
g 1 "
s Indeed, this is par-
another "stab in the back" incident. The will follow and once they are here they ticu
Jews , as
..a time 'for lif
Nazi leaders no doubt know how the will never be returned." We must remen- Americans, to express their right- He who stints the profit ne has
,,,,a b
part in American ' e. The
a many
my groups and organizations f u l larlyt
h bar that
people feel, but this does not deter Joseph
his wealth will s
prejudices of these times made, _.----
Goebbels from asking for more sacrifice in America are opposed to the entry of hateful
have been pushing Jews aside;
—Fo-sho-ling-tsan-king.
and greater effort on the part of the immigrants and are silent or not opposed unfortunately the Hitlerro ,- spent
-:
and lost.
to
the
"free
port"
idea
as
long
as
they
ews fine is
being
of grinding Jews
• p
c.cs'
already overworked German farmers.
ot the
Though exalted, forget n
here.
The hunger front, which Herman Goer- feel certain that the refugees are here attempted here
holy.—Jitsu-go-kiyo.
hd grah‘tv- nnegd injtoewsspirhitauvleti gbheeetn.
ing was certain would never have to be only temporarily. Should these groups w it Fri
v i
faced, may soon become as ominous as and individuals be convinced that Rey- toes, afraid to be seen or heard He who has done what i< varga•
rig
nolds is right, they will raise their power- in public life. They have ins- is free from fear.—Uslana
the second front in France.
The Hunger front has been the decid- ful voices against this humanitarian ac- posed upon themselves precisely Our deeds. whether g,,,,( I O r
ing front. in many wars and may yet be tivity of saving the innocent victims of the civic disfranchisement that evil, . . . follow us as stidows.
g.
Nazi brutality.
—Fo•-sho-ling-tsan - k in
the enemies of Jew would its-
in this one.

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