Friday, October 20. 1944

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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BEHOLD THE RESPONSES

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Gentiles asked for "Behold the ‘Ai
ar Department Withdraws Military
Jew" in order to use it for Sun-
day School studies or dramatics. Objec
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By H. D. LEVICK
t ion
i to Palestne
Palestine Resolution
These included Catholics, Protes-
An Analysis of the Phenomenal Reaction to a
tants, Presbyterians,
WASHINGTON (WNS — Fol- mined upon the political rather
Baptists,
Recent American Jewish Committee broadcast.
Methodists,
and persons
of other said
1,,„i
denominations.
Some merely
lowing Secretary of War Stim- than the military basis."
In announcing that the House
Y~h rs ago I interviewed a accomplishments in the fields of
they wished it for use in their son's disclosure that the War De- Foreign Affairs Committee would
Colonel Horowitz, now dead, who human endeavor. What makes
the American JewishCommittee "church work," without amplify- partment had withdrawn its mill- resume hearings on the Pales-
was a West Point graduate and
ing. Leaders of women's clubs tar objections
to the passaire of tine resolution, which was intro-
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an army career officer. Even- Rosh Hashonahbroadcast so in- it) small towns and large cities the Palestine
resolution, Repre- lueed in Congress early this year
terestiEg to disscuss is the quali-
tually, our talk turned to anti-
sentative
Sol
Bloom declared ,...t,
„ 1 w h i ich
groups,
as tative and quantitative response wanted it for discussion
ch was abandoned when
simple
but and
revealing
statement"
Semitism,
he gave
me,
School that the House Foreign Affairs the War Department opposed it
forums
fro nt
and
lectures.
he t ermed it, "the benefit of a
men and " me n in 46 teachers stated they nee d e d i t, Committee, of which he is chair- in military grounds, Congress-
„ env , States and Canada. The response
:in :, man, would hold hearings next I Ian Bloom declared:
made to him by a brother officer proved that if this concept is as one wrote, "to foster it spirit
of tolerance and democ rac y in month On the Palestine resolu-
"I intend to call a meeting
carried
out
in
good
taste,
with
on the subject.
the dramatic force and on a nation- the classroom," and a divinity t ion calling for free and um r_
the committee on Wednesday,
This particular chap,
stricted Jewish immigration to Nov. 15, for the immediate con-
a member of wide settle, there will be people student in upper New Yor
Colonel said,
who will answer the message With urged more programs "of this Palestine and the ultimate es- sideration of the Palestine reso-
one of America's oldest fan
and lotion. In view of the approval
m ammon-
ho type in order to awaken the pro- tablishment there of a free
and the nearest thing to a rock- heart and mind and people who
wish u
plc of our country to their re democratic Jewish
of the Secretary of State and
bound, home-grown aristocrat. will suddenly "w"k". as if by sponsibilities to live religiousl y wealth.
the Secretary of War, I have
We were discussing the differ- the ringing of a telephom• in the
In
his
statement
on
the
change
and democratically."
n° doubt but that the resolu-
of position by the War Depart- --
emcee between the hooligan and lead Of night, to what is going
will be favorably Jeported
meat,Mr. Stinson declared that tion
intellectual kinds of anti-Jewish- on around them. It proved that " . . . Find it Necessary
the Foreign Affairs 1Commit-
by "
what
many
require
is
something
Argue"
to
the War Department had reached t , without , delay.
mess when he suddenly said:
What is perhaps the most sig- the conclusion that its original t e 1'
You know, I have a rather to help crystallize their thoughts
I
don't
and
feelings.
nificant
aspect
of
the
letters
from
objections to the passage of the
direct approach to Jews.
non-Jews is the spirit of frank- Palestine resolution were no lung-' Social Credit Groups to
claim to be a very educated man An Unprecedented Response
in the deep sense of the word, The Committee's program — it ness and urgency in which they er valid.
Make Afghans for Soldiers
Asserting that he found "there
and what I have to say may strike dramatization of the British prize- wrote about anti-Semitism.
s
"I'm not a Jew," one woman is
i ; still strong feeling on the part
The Social Credit Group wishes
you as being the result of my winning poem, "Behold the Jew,"
"
upbringing and so on. But I by Ada Jackson, a non-Jewess- from the Far West declared, but of many officers in my depart- to announce resumption of its
believe that Jews are one of the told the story of how the Jew I feel for them and would like ment that the passage of such a "semi-monthly m e e t i n g s. The
real aristocratic people of the has shared in building civiliza- to help them because we Gentiles resolution would interfere with Group has instituted as its spe-
have been and still are unfair
world. You might say that don and enriching the human to Jews. Your program was most our military war effort," the cial activity the making of af-
of War declared that ghans to be donated to the Percy
they're thoroughbreds or royalty. spirit from the ,,ays of David to
he felt that "the military con- Jones Hospital in Battle Creek.
Not royalty in the sense (if until the present. At the end of appreciated."
,
A
farmer's
wife
in
Idaho
said
si. aerations which 'led to his pre- Anyone wishing to contribute
crowns or ermine, but royalty in the program, as is customary,
"many of us Gentiles need to vious action in opposing the pass- scraps of yarn, new or used, any
that they are the descendants the Committee announced that it look
into our feelings regarding age of the resolution "arc now color, suitable for squares for
of Abraham and Moses and coy- would send a copy of the script
Jews," and a Southern girl re- as strong a factor as they were assembling afghans, kindly phone
alty ' from the viewpoint of what to anyone who wrote in for it.
I then," but that it was his judg- Mrs. Dave Pollack, president, at
they ve tried to do for civiliza- Thus far, more than 4,000 per- gretted "that my family and
find it necessary to argue in be ment
ment that "political considers- UN. 2-7183, and arrangements
tion and have done for civiliza- sons have requested one or more
pick up the
now outweigh the military, will be made to pi
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Lion. Why, the Jews had culture copies. This does not include the half of the Jews, adding that t lions
and the issue should be deter- yarn.
and breeding and a philosophy of many letters which have come is our duty to our on faith to b
life long before . . . well, you in extolling the performance of fight
beside
the Jew."
This
theme
of "arguing" or f r_
know what I mean'."
F I o r e n c e Eldridge, Fredric "enlightening" crops up consCh
March's wife, who w aA the nar- ,
A Practical Meaning
The Colonel, it seems, is not rator. It is an unprecedented 'Y' "The prejudices that exist
the non-Jewish
people "and
an-
the only Jew who rediscovered response for a program of this among
ger me,"
a Texan asserted,
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his heritage or had it p.)inted type.
The letters came from profes- I often have occasion to enlighten
out to him. And, unlike his
friend, there are Gentiles who do sionals, housewives, businessmen, some people on the many mis-
not know about it or who fail clergymen, educators, rabbis, sten- taken ideas they seem to have
Jews."
to appreciate its full implica- ographers, inter-faith workers, about
A professor
in Pennsylvania
clerks, executives, army privates "found the story of the Jewish
Of the 3,500,000 Jews of Poland a bare 250,000 re-
tions.
Many women wrote
Today, especially, does our and colonels.
significant fact in vie
of
people
so
interesting"
that
he
main.
The survivors who escaped the death chamber
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Jewish heritage take on a deep,
the
hypothesis
that
women
helped
wished
to
read
it
and
"then
hand
are
broken
and hungry humans. They are ragged and
practical meaning beyond mere Hitler ride into power in Ger- it to another Gentile to correct
rhetorics. For the Jew it means many, and in this country lend his false impressions of the Jews,
homeless and need food, clothing and medicine.
it stalwart pride in his centuried
The cry for help is heart rending.
contributions to civilization and, their vociferous support to sub- who have done so much in every
by psychological consequence, a versive groups. department."
A Y.W.C.A. worker in New
The Federation of Polish Jews has responded to the
They did not merely ask for
new and fiercer resolve to combat
copies
of
the
script
"Behold
the
England
said
the
script
would
be
call
for help of Dr. Emil Somerstein, Chairman of the
native anti-Semitism — the anti-
Jew." They seized the opportun- helpful in her "club programs
Semitism, incidentally, which Hit- ity to comment on the progr 1 and for developing a sense of ap-
Committee in Lublin. All necessary arrangements to
ler's downfall will not automatic-
, preciation of Jews."
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help immediately have been made.
and
its
theme.
ally uproot or leave inspiration-
"I am a Gentile and I feel very
Some
said
it
was
an
"emotion-
ally homeless. For the Gentile
experience" for them, and strongly about this gap that
YOU CAN SAVE THE LIFE OF A POLISH JEW
it means a concrete awareness of al
New Year. Common adjectives seems to be growing between our
t hese contributions and it ready many Gentiles wished us a Happy peoples. I am taking a course in
FOR $4.00
instrument with which to coun- used were "heart - warming," anthropology. which helps me to
teract prejudice.
"magnificent," "sensitive," "in- understand other religions. Please
For $4.00 the Federation will send a package of food
This is not theorizing. The
American Jewish Committee, on spiting," enlightening," "stirring," send me a copy of 'Behold the
and vitatnines direct to the Jews of Poland. Your name
"touching." Verbs included "en- Jew•' I would like very much
the (lay before Rosh Hashonah, joyed," "cried," "shamed," "mow- to show it to my teacher and
and the name of the recipient will appear on the pack-
presented a program, "Behold ed." my class." This was from a
the Jew," over the coast-to-coast
Southern university student.
age.
id
network of the National Broad- Ar Amazing Letter
Both Jews and Gentiles wished
casting Company which drew an
One girl in a large Northwest-
emotionally deep-dyed response the Committee success in its work ern city wrote a long and rather
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f ro in Jews and Christians of combatting anti-Semitism, and
many of them extended their o f_ amazing letter listing four
3
pounds
of fats.
throughout the country.
is it a new concept. fers of assistance with money, sons why she , First,'
wanted
a copy
of
Neither is
she
begins,
pounds
of sugar.
3
It was long ago recognized that affiliation or participation in the the
script. I have a younger broth ,
"because
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1 pound of cocoa.
one of the effective ways of fight- ork.
one
is now meeting people
er
ing the fire of anti-Semitism— A well-know n temple in a large much
2 pounds of Farina.
or, for that matter, any kind of Midwestern city wanted copies of who tell him not to have muc
prejudice—was to hose it with the script for use in its youth to do with this or that playmate
/ 1 2 pound of chocolate.
a torrent of knowledge, truth and activities program. Rabbis want- because he is Jewish. Secondly,
ed it for sermons. Teachers in I would like it for a boy I met
1 pound of soap.
out
Jewish Sunday Schools said it recently. He asked me to go
3
pounds of condensed milk.
—FRIDAY-
would provide 'exciting" material with hint and I refused. I sus-
for classroom study. A great Pect that he thinks it is because
1 pound of fruit extract.
WXYZ-7 P.M. ,EAtZ' many Jews simply said they want- he is Jewish and I am not. The
And other items.
ed to read it because they wished real reason, however, is that I
ALL FOR $4.00
(o re-realize their heritage, once heard anotlyn• girl ask him what
again enjoy pride in their antes- descent he was and he mumbled
something about being French
try and find new courage to stand Canadian. At that moment I
up against bigotry and "do some- could not help but hate him, for
DO NOT DELAY. The starving Jews of Poland
thing about it."
if he is ashamed of what he is,,
cannot wait. Save as many lives as possible.
The letters from Gentiles were then he surely would be afraid
phenomenal in content. A fairly of what he believes, and what
typical letter—from a man in good is a 1111111 who will not stand
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF POLISH JEWS
Calif ornia—said :
for what he believes?
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she goes on, "I
would be proud to be a Jew with would like it for my best friend
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who cannot conceive of anyone
Like many Jews,
a number
of
being
of any
other faith but her
Enclosed find $4.00 for a Food Package which I
t
own and will not believhat
people of so opposite afaith can
authorize you to send to the starving Jews of Po-
be good. Individually, the Jews
land.
are nice, she admits, but as a
race they have earned the ignom-
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iny which has been and is being
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reread whenever I am tempted
to
saw
this
or
that
person
is
lack-
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cause he believes differently than
I do."
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF POLISH JEWS
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