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DETROIT
JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Friday, Sept.
29, 1944
Welles. Mr. Morgenthau would change
the Reich economy from an industrial to
an agricultural. Vnfortunately, we are
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
not told whether it is to be made into a
'Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
by Al Segal
primitive agricultural community or a
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
modern one. Unless it is made into a
Pres:Gen. Mgr.
primitive community the obstacles are al-
JACOB MARGOLIS
Editor
most insuperable, for modern agriculture
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Advertising Mgr.
is so closely linked to industry, commun-
ication and technology, that it is practic-
ally impossible to separate them. Modern
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agriculture
counts heavily upon farm ma- `-
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on
Gentiles have
faced roads, are practically indispensable the Jews in a mass to
m
world out of this
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter to modern agriculture. German agricul- is called the Million Testaments and
s done
iInc., and its purpose about their soul something'
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ture would then be wholly dependent Csamt to signs'
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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub- upon the outside world for all its farm Testaments
ainnd America, are dangerous character who
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon- machine needs and road building (per _ Europe p Palestineews
0 her might be neutralized if Ch s ' '
I)
Christians o
sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by its writers. haps they will be allowed only dirt
- Lands '; Its address is 1505 Race could be made of then 1 g's
St . , , kiladelphia.
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Not unmindful of th I.
roads), even to spare parts and repairs.
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nohnains g n all goosd
tions of miyie s,owans Ipot(ii:ii).(g:
A careful examination of the proposal to
te
th
a
salvation
H
ao
heart,
f
Hrt
nevertheless, me adiiat
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
Jews, George e T.
mey d
shows its absurdity. On the other hand,
Davis, isha ec sye uGpeonnt
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
the damaged souls of
ex
executive
tsecretary,
s
r
urge
n.y
writes:
n
e
711
o(
e
rie
if Germany is to be compelled to become '' Test
fingered
pages of the New Te t iriseonn the
a primitive agricultural country, then how Wil i you not ask the ti Lord just Mrs
t that
. Dick on so graciously
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Id
primitive? Are we to go all the way
nhg
you should have in sent me. I am' not a s
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 32.
providin g more
more New Testaments selfishly quenches himself first as
back
to
12th
century
agriculture
of
Eur-
Prophetical portion—II Sam. 32:1-51, or Ezek,
Jewish peo- long as his brother is thirsty.
ope, or agriculture in the remote areas for
ow' hungry-hearted
,
17:22-18:32.
I could find
of China? Nobody could really expect
much i n
So, one morning recent) , our itnheis Yes,
t g000fd b ook for so
Reading of the Law for First Day
the refresh-
to
reverse
a
process
that
has
now
been
postman
rings
the
bell
to
t
y
e
ll
me
of Succoth,
Gentile e souls, sick in
going on in Western Europe for over a he has a package for me. It was the?
Monday, Oct. 2
their morals. Here
Jesus
Pentateuchal portion — Lev. 22:26-23:44; Num. thousand years. Yet we know that is a small box which, upon being saying (Matthew Chwas
opened, disclosed one of the mil- "Blessed are the 'n Chapter 5):
29:12-16.
what the Nazis proposed for the Con - lion
leek,
for
they
New Testaments for the sal- shall inherit the earth."
Prophetical portion—Zech. 14.
quered countries of Europe, and when vation of Jewish souls including He meant
eant thisnfotrthe
h arrogant
these proposals were made by the archi- my own. It was a gift from Mrs. who
and
L. Iw
W . Dickeson
:l
Readings of the Torah for Second Day of Succoth, teas of the New Order in Europe
of Los Angeles. compound tar
h e arrogance
Zi t i
w e
oufl. aI could pwude push
Tuesday, Oct. 3
falsehood
against
the
thought that they were impractical and aPpreltenettheaneg
'gomod-
effort
joa f
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 22 :26-23 :44 ; Num.
lady troubled on account c5 my name of their victims.
absurd.
And
it
may
be
mentioned
that
29:12-16.
the Nazis also proposed all kinds of par- sow. I am not one who can be the me liv•clii fsuls; blessed':1113. el e stsheed are
Prophetical portion—I Kings 8:2-21.
titions. We recall the grandiose plan for s o ur trheatofhetheean perfection of his of heart; blessed ar c the pepuere .
makers; blessed are ye, In
the partition of the Soviet Union into purpose to improve
m
shalll revile
ileh you and purse-
East
East
and
West
of
the
Ural
Mountains.
in
my
humble
way,
I
am
con-
cute
SEPT. 29, 1944
and all
TISHRI, 12, 5705
lman-
scious
of
its
many
imperfections
ner
of
evil
Land's proposal is, from our o r en;Airn
y
say falsely."
sh
dc
m
m
e
y
.
wife
now
and
again
p int of view, as unsound as those of Mr.
He meant this o for cruel hands
that
lacerate
the
hearts
of
their
Morgenthau and Mr. Welles. Admiral Nor did I put the New Testa- neighbors; for cruel hearts
Three Plans
Land would divide German foreign trade ment aside as something that I meditate evil against their broth-
d e up in a more leisure ers; for evil-makers who, like
We shall be regaled and probably sur- among the victorious allied powers, but c oul
We
heotu hrd uncle probably forget alto- microbe-carriers,
ahead to poi-
he
does
not
propose
that
the
same
vie-
gether . leafed through its pages son men with the go venom
feited with plans for the emasculation of
of their
torious allied powers should not se 11 t o t at on t ce. They
The were not unfamil- own hates.
Germany to prevent her fr om again the Third,
ng qu ckly
rd, or whatever Reich it may be. ar o me and m y fingers
1 f 1
breaking the peace of the world.
Foreign trade is a matter of exchange urned to chapters and verse sithat
OW
OW selfish it would be of
I
had
long
rearded
as
good
eth-
Among the many we have read and of goods and services among the nations. ical teaching for Gentiles, and
me to keep this Testament
heard . we feel that consideration should If Germany is to be a purchaser
privily for my own comfort and
h Jews for that matter.
she
guidance when there were so
e given to those allegedly proposed by must also be a seller.
1 f
1
many Gentiles badly in need. I
see,
I
am
lase
fellow
who
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the
The three plans are an attempt to re-
know well my own delinquencies
b
e
much
npn
ee
n
d
tile
osn
Treasury; Sumner Welles, former Under- verse century-old trends. They are predi- accoaunt e o f the us o
but then I, the Jew, never had
e
Secretary of State; and Admiral Em ory cated upon the assumption that by fiat just
persecuted anybody and I had
as George T. B. Davis of never
gone about to foment hate
Land, head of the Maritime Division. We you can destroy the skills, knowledge, Million Testaments Campai gns
in
the
world. I had hated some
w
are not persuaded that their plans merit science, and technology of a people. We 0fe..ie ivss. The e dw on ta n tyh s es N individuals as ferociously as any-
way many of the
consideration because of their soundness know of no case where it has been done Gentiles have been behaving is one could hate, but I had never
or ' reasonableness, but only because of without the complete disintegration, or quite awful. Their malicious been guilty of the sin that enve-
hates, their wicked prejudices, lopes an entire group of people
the important official positions they hold enslavement, of the whole population.
or have held.
the
filthy falsehoods they spread in the foul wrappings of hate
Even if the proposed plans could be against
their vile per- and contempt. I had never spread
Sumner Welles believes that a tripar .. carried out, we still believe that they secutions neighbors,
of neighbors whose race falsehoods against classes of peo-
tite division of the Reich will help to would materially retard the rehabilitation or religion or complexion they ple whose religion was not like
mine, or whose complexion was
Y'd,, onfiever
make the Germans pacific. Henry Mor- and reconstruction of the ruined continent she et :liak:. ben
not of the same bright color as
guess
genthau, Jr. believes that if German of Europe. The science, skills, technology Christian teacing a
'gainstY eaalrl stheat
industry is destroyed and the Reich made and work disciplines of the most highly
See SEGAL—Page 9
over into an agricultural country, that the industrialized country of Europe is needed
war-like spirit of the Teutons will be so to rebuild Europe. All of these should be American Jewish Conference Submits
weakened that they will never again used, and we believe will be used.
Memorandum to Secretary of State Hull
plunge the world into war. Admiral Land
To those who believe these plans have
N
NEW . YORK—Nullification
offers a plan whereby German trade any validity, we say: The unification, in-
of Jews, the American Jewish Con-
would be divided among the victorious dustrialization and foreign trade of Ger- or discriminatory laws and meal- ference believes that the imme- •
es
against xtishe JteivIvish diate restoration of all rights for-
United Nations. All the plans seem to us many did not cause the war. Unification, populationtegy
to have the stamp of the narrow, special industrialization and trade can be bless- ties, and the restorationaaof or rmeegruIrsiteenjtooyeg e reconstructionproe-
cuorosainod it
preoccupation of these official gentlemen. ings if used for the benefit of the people. rights formerly enjoyed by Jews Jewish life in Enpe
Mr.
inif mediatelyy upon the lib
Mr. Welles, as former Under-Secretary of In the hands of war makers, robbers and o im
e
ration therefore recommends the fol-
State, thinks in terms of political sub- exploiters, they can be and are used for lied forces rowpaesanuragreeda in a the Al- lowing measures to the govern-
orces
division. Mr. Morgenthau thinks in terms war purposes, but in the hands of pacific orandum submitted to Secretary meAnts
nitend Natiorni s. ut.
A.
soon Uas a area i . E .
of taxes derived from larger incomes, and decent, and fair men they can and do of s tate Eur-
Hull by the ope is liberated or occupied b y
American Jewish Conference.
Admiral Land thinks in terms of corn _ enrich the lives of all.
the Allied forces, the government
of
In
rig
a
dId
ti
t
fn
i
ll l d dh h o f ievnoid
o
merce. The perspectives of all three are
We suggest that the industry, trade and
f r e re ill t i h e, re: t a t *t i o n o governing auority
in tha t
th
ua
e
area
too limited and superficial.
shall declare null and void,
unity of the German people be integrated memoran dum called fo r the
h rein- with retroactive effect, all dis-
Mr. Welles either has forgotten, or into the community of a Federative Euro- statement of a ientte rights
criminatory laws and measures
o o of enacted
chooses to forget, that not very long ago Pean system. It is really much more log- cor mamniuznaat l, religious and cultural
against the Jewish pop-
what is now the Third Reich was made ical and has the virtue of being in step pogpulationienenjowyele d ha the Jewish ulation by the German civil and
ft
after the first military authorities, their allies
up of 300 little dukedoms, kingdoms, with the trends in politics, economics and World War,
and their satellites. The govern
principalities, and yet the Germans en- science.
The text
e memorandum to authorities in the liberated
follows:
gaged
gaged in wars. It was not until 1870
areas shall, restore to the Jewish
1. After World War I, the populations in those areas all the
that Germany became unified. The ag-
More Survive
Pe legally possessed constitutional and treaty rights
gressive spirit of Bismark's Germany
Belgium and Bulgaria have joined the equal citizenship status with the which they formerly enjoyed.
flared long before the unification. More growing list of liberated countries that rest of the population. They also B. Citizenship shall be restored
important, however, is the fact that the their statute books and have promised enjoyed the right of community to all those who have been de-
organizations and in some coun- prived of it. Restoration of citi-
trend in Europe for centuries has been
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We Get a Gift
H
Y 0 h Ud
toward
It was not of
accidental
restoration
confiscated laws
property.
that the unification.
complete unification
Germany the
have
removed of all all anti-Semitic
from
and Italy took place in the latter part The problem of restoring confiscated
of the 19th century. It was the culmina- property will take time, and in many
tion of a process that had started with cases, may involve long drawn out suits,
the commercial, industrial and transports- for it must be borne in mind that much
of the confiscated property has no doubt
tion development in Europe. We suggest been transferred to non-Jewish nationals
that if there is any validity to the split- in France, Belgium, Holland, Bulgaria,
ting-up formula, then why not do a good and elsewhere, and that in many cases
splitting job and split the Reich into 300
a valuable consideration was paid for it.
parts.
Good law and equity will not permit
Mr. Morgenthau, Jr.'s alleged plan has
less soundness than the plan of Mr.
(Continued on
Page 5)
tries certain specific rights that zenship shall also be extended to
were derived from the Minority persons displaced from their for-
Treaties.
mer countries, unless they them-
2. In several
countries, how- selves refuse such restoration.
ever, some of these rights were
C. The governments or govern-
later abridged or abrogated, des- ing authorities of the liberated
pite the guarantees stipulated in areas shall restore without delay
national constitutions and inter- all the rights of communal, re-
national treaties. The Nazi re- ligious and cultural organizations,
gime in Germany in particular which the Jewish populations in
has pursued this policy unrelent- those areas enjoyed after the
lessly and has destroyed Jewish first World War. These authori-
citizenship and group rights first ties shall further facilitate the
in Germany and then in those early re-establishment of Jewish
countries which came under its community organizations, which
domination or occupation.
is indispensable to the rehabilita -
3. Apart from future mess- tion
of the uprooted Jewish POP -
urea to improve the status of ulations.