Priday, January 4, 1946

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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Towlen Explains
Use of Knife-Fork

By CHARLES BENSON

Page Thirteen

89r IC loci(' CON I EWHAL

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READER'S GUIDE .. .

Back in 1913, when he was 20,
Paul Phelps Morand, the great anti-Fascist writer who resides in
Edward A. Towlen lost all
Some early prospects will be watched closely. Almost eight months five lingers of his right hand, fol- this country, is the author of a volume of poetry, "The Black Years,"
a book that will give you much pain, but pleasure too . . . Ernest
to the day from VE-Day, an Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry lowing• an accident.
Hcmingway's "To Have and Have Not" will be published in Hebrew
on Palestine will open hearings in Washington. At their conclusion, the
Four years later, Towlen be- this Spring .. . The Washington News Letter issued by the ADL is
American and British members will depart for examination of condi- gan experimenting with a one
tions in Europe and Palestine. Recommendations to the two govern- armed man's knife fork. Ile has a well-done journalistic job which any true democrat should read .. .
ments will not be made before the end of April. This means that Jew- used it throughout the 28 years We recommend it . . . Maurice Samuel has finally completed his major
work, a historical novel with an Italian Renaissance background . . .
ish refugees and displaced persons will continue in their present in- since.
"Focus," the anti-Fascist novel, is climbing high on the best-seller list.
adequate conditions in Germany, despite the expressed desire of the
A deputy attached to Circuit CONTEMPLATIONS .. .
great majority to go to Palestine. Also despite the repeated statements
Judge A lucent M. Brennan's court,
of President Truman on the urgency of their needs.
I. F. Stone, the Washington expert of The Nation and PM, went
Towlen thinks his knife fork idea
An ameliorating prospect was provided by the President's pre_
to Palestine with the blessing of the Zionist Emergency Council and
Christmas announcement of the decision to expedite immigration to
returned a convinced partisan of the Hashomer Hatzair, advocating a
the United States of displaced persons and refugees in the American
bi-national state' . . . It was Moscow protests against Rudolph Raab,
zone in Germany. With an eye on Congress, the President emphasized
anti-Semitic pro-Fascist, which forced his removal from the Austrian
that the humanitarian example which he wishes the United States
cabinet . . . That masterpiece "The Warsaw Ghetto," a symphonic
to set the world should be fulfilled to the extent that our present im.
poem by Sam Morgenstern, composer, and Harry Granick, writer, will
migration laws permit."
have its world premiere at Carnegie Hall, New York, on February 10th.
"I consider," he said, "that common decency and the fundamental
It will be played by the 90-piece American Youth Orchestra under the
comradeship of all human beings require us to do what lies within our
baton of Dean Dixon, the Negro conductor ... And let us all resolve
Power to see that our established immigration quotas are used in
that in the year 1946 we will not let go unchallenged any undemocratic
order to reduce human suffering."
act by the increasing number of un-American Americans who use
racism to promote Fascism. ..
At the same time the mechanics of governmental machinery grind
on, both domestically and internationally, so that any actual movement
The Knife - Fork
of these homeless, helpless people is delayed until early spring. By
that time, the President said, he hopes that adequate consular facilities should be used in all hospitals
will have been put into operation in the American zones in Europe "so where there are amputees.
that immigration can begin immediately upon the availability of ships."
"The knife - fork I use is far
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In the same announcement the President at long last let down
the barriers which have penned in the 900-odd refugees at a War Re- simpler than anything I've heard
location Camp at Oswego, New York, who were brought to this of or seen," he said. "Of heavy, That is why critics are necessary. The frequent remark about a critic,
country during the war by President Roosevelt. Instead of having to high quality stainless steel, the originating with Disraeli, that "he, the critic is one who failed at cre-
return to Europe, they may now apply for permanent admission to knife is sharp enough to cut ative work," is not true. A good critic combines good taste and erudi-
the United States, "in strict accordance with existing laws and regu- steaks, chops and other foods. I tion in the subject he discusses with a definite philosophically discrim-
lations." Their mood, when this news was given them, was reported have it sharpened about once a inating stand point. Artists object to criticism for fear that the critic
to be one of quiet, restrained thanks and relief. No high exultation, no year. I can even slice off pieces may see through the work while the layman may not notice it.
"I have long been convinced," says a famous critic, "that nearly
exuberant outbreaks. Memories of lost homes, families, friends are from a rolled roast of beef and
ev erybody resents truth in criticism. To them It is ironical and un-
not splatter the gravy.
too near the surface.
•
They want a truth accommodated to their habits and
"Eating boiled potatoes, butter- comfortable.
The newly appointed Polish Ambassador to Washington, Dr. Oscar
abilities."
Lange, at his first meeting with the press here recently, spoke of ing bread, cutting and eating pies
Must a critic tell the truth? By all means. We can enumerate too
those Polish Jews who are leaving Poland "because they find it very are a cinch. Peas are a bit dif11-
many critics whose passions and prejudices deprived them of a sense
difficult to live there haunted by memories of friends and relatives
of justice and telling the truth. Macauley was unfair and innacurate,
killed and prefer to cut ties with the past and look to the new future."
Carlyle was full of prejudices and biles. Yet their essays live. Anotole
A warning to look to the harvest of the future was delivered not
France claims there is no such thing as objective criticism, just as
so long ago by the doughty Senator from West Virginia, Harley M.
there is no objective art. And we agree with him. For a critical essay
Kilgore. "We cannot merely remove a few top Nazis and outstanding
to endure, it must have the qualities of a work of art and the critic
war criminals and rest secure in the conviction that fascism has been
must be an artist, which means he must be wholly subjective, if he is
banished from the world," he told a dinner of the American Biro-
sincere.
Bidjan Committee. Having exhaustively investigated what made the
The function of a critic is to lend freshness to things known, to
German war machine tick, the Senator repeated his conclusions: "Th. ,
spread knowledge of things new and to facilitate understanding of the
Nazis and the groups they indoctrinated . . . are still doing their ut-
works of art.
most to sow mistrust and dissension among the victorious powers and
especially between the Soviet Union and the United States. They are
biding their time waiting and working for a rift among the Allies into
which they can drive the wedge of aggression."
Cutting a Piece of Apple Pie
Fascism "employs prejudice to divide and weaken those who would
oppose them; they find allies in hate," he said.
cut but it's the same way for a
Then the Senator injected a note of encouragement for the future. person with two hands, I've
"As one who has unreservedly fought anti-Semitism and con- noticed.
demned all concepts of racism and racial superiority in the United
"It took me about two weeks to
States and throughout the world, I applaud the help you are giving learn to handle the knife-fork.
the 30,000 Jewish refugee children to start life anew in the Jewish Since then, eating is no problem.
autonomous region . . . It seems to me that the efforts in Biro-Bidjan Nor does it take me any more time
are complementary to those made by the Jews in Palestine. And both to eat than it takes anyone else."
of these efforts equally deserve the help of all dcent men and women
Towlen believes war amputees
of all faiths."
will have no more

WASHINGTON.—The long-awaited first year of peace is now
with us.

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Book Review

Archbishop Pays Tribute To Jewish Soldiers

. difficulty in
mastering the knife-fork than he
did. Ile ties his own tie and shoes,
shaves and dresses himself. He
can do these almost as rapidly as
a person with two hands. He also
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drives a car.
Without even looking the clerk said No .. Just like that!
Wherever Towlen, a bachelor,
The same thing was going to happen to one and another of these goes, he carries the knife-fork. In
young Christian ladies when they came to some hotels with the Jewish a restaurant, he removes it from
names of their husbands. The gentleman thought it was strange what its leather sheath, dips it in water,
wipes it with his napkin, and is
seine people will do deliberately for love.

LAIN GfALK

A lady remembered an occasion when she went to look for a place ready to eat.
Towlen is a native Detroiter.
in one of the better apartment houses of the city . . . "I don't look
Jewish particularly, do I?". She turned her face this way and that in One of six sons, he has three
order that all might have an opportunity to survey its lineaments which brothers who are physicians, all
she has believed were a reasonable facsimile of those of Mona Lisa. of them either World War II vet-
"Everything seemed settled," she said. The rental agent told her erans or still in the service. His
he would be ready to sign the lease in a day or so . . . And then what father was the first president of
do you think happened? . . . In a couple of days the rental agent Congregation Beth David here in
Detroit.
called her up.
He was sorry, he said. He had forgotten at the time he spoke to
her that someone else had asked for the apartment. Well, that's the
way it was.
The lady remarked that it was a constant pain to be Jewish. She
couldn't understand these five girls wanting to be Jewish when they
could keep on being comfortably Christian. "You have to take it when
you are born that way but deliberately to become Jewish!"
Rabbi Reichert hadn't taken the five young ladies into the Jewish
fold offhand. They had had to take a course of study of Judaism. He
JERUSALEM (JTA)
Repat-
hadn't asked them to become Jews; he had been meticulous to tell nation
of the nearly 300 Palestine
them about the historic disabilities of Jews. At the end he had ex-
Jews
confined
in
a
British
concen-
mined them on their knowledge of Judaism. He had required tint
each of them write a brief essay on why she wanted to be Jewish. tration camp in Eritrea, and a ban
He let me read several of these essays. There was the one written on future deportations were de-
by Miss K F
Her subject was, "What Judaism Means to manded at a plenary session of
the Jewish National Council.
Me."
A similar demand will be sub-
"Judaism to many people is merely a descriptive word applied to
a science of religion or an escapist theology—a theology devised by mitted to the Government by the
many people to be used as a desirable means of gaining religion or a municipalities of Tel Aviv and of
Petach-Tikvah, following resolu-
reasonable facsimile . .," she wrote.
"Judaism is a means of personal life; an expression of personal tions to this effect adopted by the
municipal councils of the two ci-
experience, a token of personal relationship with God and man.
"My greatest treasures are my ideals—the thoughts, aims and ties.
dreams by which my life is directed. Judaism is an inward treasure, a
The resolutions also requested
form, a light which is the basis of all ideals in life.
the appointment of a public com-
"In my own life Judaism shall act as a bonding influence upon mission to reconsider the arrest of
these things which I cherish dearly, mainly, the everyday desire of innocent persons in Palestine. In
happiness.
presenting this request, the may-
It is regarded as a code of principles and ethics meant to lessen ors of Tel Aviv and Petach-Tik-
evil, misery, to increase happiness, knowledge, joy, and a growing vali will point out to the Govern-
friendship among men and the fellowship and peace among people. ment that numerous Jewish fam-
"These things guide my life and those affected by my actions-- ilies have been ruined by arbitrary
and to this goal I shall continually strive, to be worthy of Judaism arrests made only under the au-
which I am truly happy to accept as my faith."
thority of subordinate police of-
I give Miss K
F
's essay to those who think of Judaism ficers.
as a disability that keeps them out of the better hotels and apartments;
A group of 140 Bulgarian Jews,
to those Jews who think of Judaism as a political party; to rabbis one of the last groups to be ad-
who preach all around the bush and never get around to Judaism as mitted under the White Paper
a decent way of personal life.
quota, landed here this week from
Thanks to Rabbi Reichert for showing the girls the right way of the Rumanian vessel "Transyl-
Judaism.
vania."

Palestine Council
Demands Return
of 300 Deportees

His Eminence Alexei, Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov, discusses
with Dr. Ralph Sockman of Christ Church, chairman of Russian Re-
lief's Interfaith Committee (left), and Rabbi Israel Goldstein (right),
former president of the Zionist Organization of America, the church
in Russia after a meeting of leading clergymen and laymen of all
religious denominations at the Hunter College Playhouse, New York
City. In his speech the Archbishop paid special tribute to the Jewish
people. "One must not forget to give their due to the sufferings which
befell the Jewish people in this war," he said. "The historical Wailing
Wall of Jerusalem seemed to move right up to every faithful Jew. I
want to underscore and take note of the fact that the Jews within the
ranks of the Red Army have shown military virtues. Just as the rest
of the multi-national people, they defended with their bodies the Rus-
sian land," he concluded.

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