Friday. September 7, 1945
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
COMBATTING
ANTI-SEMITISM
(Continued from Page 2)
216 Broadcasts
In the field of radio we have
wed more than 65,000 indi-
0- -,t1 station broadcasts a year,
averaging more than 216 individ-
ua l station broadcasts a day!
"Variety," t hy entertainment
magazine, presented the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee with a
special award this year for out-
standing work in the field of ra-
, 1 .kiu,
t “ . . . with dignity and hon-
or for utilizing this specialized
medium for the good of the Am-
erican people."
Advertising Media
Our series of 26 full-page ads
now running in 397 newspapers,
as contrasted with 234 last year,
with a current total of 2,000 in-
sertions, as against 1,000 in 1944,
representing a total dollar value
of advertising space estimated at
$691,520. This campaign is now
4,.ppearing as a series of twelve
posters on 1,000 billboards being
displayed in 130 cities and valued
at $250,000. It has been readapt-
ed on 16,000 car cards, envelopes,
blotters, and millions of match-
book covers.
All Newspapers, Magazines
000 last year. Material and com-
house of catalogued and assimi-
plete ideas have been furnished
lated facts — 20,000 volumes in
to writers whose books are pub-
the libraries — files of news-
lished through this division.
papers published throughout the
The Public Relations Division world — over 2,000,000 individ-
has distributed more than 9,000,- ual items of information pertin-
000 pamphlets this year, as ent to the defense program, cata-
against 3,000,000 of last! All are logues in the clipping file over a
tailored to fit the audiences to period of ten years — rare docu-
which they are directed.
ments sought by government
Through cooperation with non- agencies, analysts and writers.
profit lecture bureaus, we pre- The Division responds to a con-
sented the most noted names on tinual stream of requests for
the lecture platform to a total their recognized reliable informa-
listening audience of more than tion form newspapers, magazines,
30,000,000 people this year, rep- schools, public institutions, pri-
resenting an increase of 200 lis- vate institutions and other bran-
tening audiences over the preced- ches of the organizations.
ing year's activity.
Analysis, studies , bibliog-
raphies and other profound find-
40,000,000 Comic Books
ings are published in their regu-
This effective medium for
lar publications, "The Contempo-
reaching the younger generation
rary Jewish Record," the "Com-
and the men in the Armed Forces
mittee Reporter," "The ADL
has undergone tremendous devel-
Newsletter," and "Facts About
opment. We have received the co-
Fictions Concerning the Jews,"
operation of the leading comic
and a host of similar books and
book publishers and comic book
pamphlets . . . totaling a publica-
writers in the adaptation of our
tion circulation of onelhalf mil-
material, and have been success-
lion copies.
ful in assisting in the production
and distribution of millions of
Organizations
copies of the comic book adapta-
Labor, educational, veteran and
tion of "Tomorrow the World,"
other organizations devoted to the
5,000,000 copies of "They Get the
cause of American democracy,
Blame; the Story of Scapegoats";
willingly join with the American
3,000,000 copies of "The Leather
Jewish Committee and the Anti-
Necks Have Landed"; and 5,000,-
Defamation League in an all-out
000 copies of "Hop Harrigan."
effort to prevent scurrilous and
The Fact-Finding and Legal In- unfair attacks on any group.
vestigation Division is the emer-
Through cooperative religious
gency section of the defense pro-
organizations we promote inter-
gram. It has undergone tremen-
faith activity, channel pro-demo-
dous expansion in the past year, in
cratic material to the religious
line with the function of dealing
press, aid in the development of
with overt manifestations of anti- religious textbooks and supply in-
Semitism and organized activities formation to ministers, religious
of anti-Semitic groups. The facts
gathered by the Division are
channeled to the proper authori-
ties for remedial action and use
as a guide for the over-all opera-
GREETINGS
tions of the defense program.
The general press — 1,900 dai-
lies with a 43,000,000 circulation
— the rural press, the foreign
language press, the Negro press,
. ,he labor press—with 10,000,000
readers — receive and use mate-
rial front this division. To the
city desk go news releases —
background material, cartoons
and even comic strips for the
editorial and feature writers.
Many requests for material eman-
ate directly from the publications
which have come to recognize the
authenticity and reliability of this
division's information on content-
i porary Jewish affairs.
An Arsenal of Information
330,000 Books
The Research Division and li-
More than 330,000 cvies of brary staff maintain a store-
important books carrying our
message were distributed to li-
braries and other institutions
where they are accessible to the
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
public this year, as against 50,-
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Defamation League has establish- information and maintaining con-
ed a new group called "The stant contact between Jewish
Christian Friends of the Anti- communities.
Defamation League," composed
New Projects
of leading clergymen.
Visual Education: Preparation
of a series of 16 mm. films for
Education Does Its Share
use by schools, labor unions, civic
With educational organizations groups.
we share in the development of
Veterans' Program: Enlisting
teaching manuals and materials
the
fighting men in the battle for
designed to give American youth
a better understanding and ap- preservation of the freedom for
which they fought.
preciation of the cultural values
of the varied groups which to-
Labor Program: Bringing or-
gether comprise the American ganized labor into the fight
people. This department has been against anti-Semitism.
strengthened by the addition of
Scientific Research and Analy-
professional staff, highly trained sis: Isolating the microbes of hate
in the phases of inter-cultural and measuring the effectiveness
education.
of projects for overcoming the
disease. This new program will
Face-to-Face Level
utilize the services of the Insti-
The Community Service Divi-
sion consists of the central staff, tute for Social Research.
over 150 public relations commit-
Overseas Activities: Fighting
tees in as many cities, eleven re- infectious anti-Semitism before it
gional offices, 2,000 key men in has a chance to spread to our
1,000 cities. This Division is a shores. Active campaigns for ab-
clearing house for information rogation of Nazi legislation, in-
and service for the national or- demnification, repatriation, and
ganizations and the community related problems are scheduled
groups — adapting national proj- for 1945.
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writers for honest presentation. ects for local community use, aid-
For instance, this year the Anti- ing in local problems, circulating
To Our Friends
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