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Friday, February 16.

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Bigots Are Made, Not Born,.
3ction, Not Words, Needed

By RABBI MORRIS ADLER
Congregation Shaarey Zedek

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VpROTHERHOOD WEEK—We endow it with every appearance of respectability and focus upon gain
it every measure of social approval. The Pr esident of the United States, in association with troubl
We
other distinguished leaders in government, church and industry, lends his name to its observance.
in look
Rabbis and ministers exchange pulpits during th is period , and newspapers are not niggardly
assigning it space. Yet it is obvious that the of fort expended does not yield the desired results we se
that
and bigotry is hardly affected..
no real brotherhood in all
be
can
Prejudice and intolerance are of people the sense of being de-
for the hum&
as rampant as before. Is it be- nied rights or opportunities is without a movement and other stand
social reform of such
cause active dislike of those who multiplying aggressions by per-
times
differ is an inherent and there- petuating frustrations. There are injustices.
3) Lastly parents and church- discot
fore ineradicable human charac- numerous other factors involved
that
, in the bigotries and hates of es must become more conscious feelin
teristic? Is there
:0
. people. However enough has during 12 months and not alone what
no way of trans-
" been said to indicate several ele- Brotherhood Week, of their par- come
forming the idea
ments in a program that will ticular responsibility in this
St
of brotherhood
address itself to the actualities area. Religious presentations or satir
into a mighty
teachings which seek to exalt
of the tragic situation.
char
instrument for
1) A program a i m i n g at one's own creed by discrediting man
the conquest of
Brotherhood cannot remain aloof other faiths are impregnating have
hatred and dis-
from action. The attitude that minds with bigotry. Bigots are has
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crimination?
often prevails among those who made, not born.
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Those of us
One does not inherit prejudices for
are engaged in good-will work,
hell
who are inter-
that education is sufficient, has from one's ancestors. One is in- men
ested in the im-
missed the meaning of the grim fected with them by one's neigh-
WE
o f Rabbi Adler
provement
human relations must recognize cyclone of hatred that claimed bors, family, fellow-worshippers, a sh
millions
of
victims
in
our
time.
teachers
and
companions.
certain inescapable facts, else
The conversation at the dinner histo
2) Action must be directed at
prow
our endeavors will be doomed
to remain in the lofty but in- the minimization of discrimina- table, the instruction in the Sun- Raci.
effectual stratosphere of high tion. nit very presence of dis- day School class, the legitimizing ered,
wishes and noble rhetoric, re- criminatory practices intensifies of unfavorable generalizations been
prejudices and gives them the about other groups in our "re-
placed in a trust fund to main- mote from the arena in which authority of the accepted and the spectable" circles—all these add of "
duce
men lead their lives.
tain the structure.
real. .'air Employment Practice considerably to the strengthening stick
Ford stated that "It seems to
First, it can hardly be denied Legislation is a "must" on the of hostilitiel towards others.
us there are few causes more that our tolerance messages and
In a time when our country grea
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worthy of assistance today than addresses are evaded by those agenda of any organization bat- must mobilize its material as
men
one dedicated to the elimination who are prejudiced and bigoted. tling for human rights.
well
as
moral
resorces,
and
when
3) We must seek to remove
of bigotry, of racial, religious and All too often our propaganda is
all of mankind must achieve to I
other differences in our socie- directed to people who are fairly those inequities in our society better inter-group, inter-nation gain
keep people from enjoy -
whit
well-disposed to their neighbors, which
ty."
the
educational and econ- and inter-racial relations or face thei
Ing
Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, presi- while those who are ridden by
destruction—no
program
can
be
dent of ,the National Conference hate remain unreached and un- oink opportunities, the social too costly or too difficult which atta
status, the sense of belonging
said that "the contribution is of touched.
pesee .auc
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and participation to which' all holds forth the promise or
major importance in the mobili-
Secondly, we must remember
understanding.
ho'
zation of science, education, in- that facts and sweet sentiments free men are entitled. There and
for
dustry and religion to set men are not of themselves sufficient
cal
free from totalitarian chains of to alter the patterns of behavior
tyranny and exploitation."
or the attitudes of people in
prc
The gift come from Ford Mo- whom bigotry is ingrained.
gel
tor Co. funds.
We tend to treat prejudice
as if it is exclusively the pro-
hu
.CONTEMPORA •
• PRIMITIVE
duct of ignorance, to be elim-
E
inated by proper information.
SI
met
GEORGE
EDWARDS
By
in
This view ignores the power-
Bra
Former President of the Common Council
ful emotional dynamic of hate
of
America
"America,
which is successfully immune
edu
Grace on Thee;
shed
His
God
to the intrusion of such propa-
mir
And
crown
Thy
good
with
Brotherhood
ganda as runs counter to the
mir
sea.
to
shining
sea
From
deep emotional bias character-
anc
is
at
istic of the prejudiced person- NEVER HAS THIS prayer seemed so appropriate as

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Ford Co. Gives Million to NCCJ

NEW YORK — (Special) —
Henry Ford II donated one mil-
lion dollars to the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews
last Wednesday.
The gift will be used to con-
struct and maintain a "world
brotherhood" headquarters near
the United Nations Bldg. in New
York.
The gilt was timed to coincide
with the opening of Brotherhood
Week, Feb. 19.
Construction on the two story
building will begin within 90
days utilizing $800,000 of the
money for land and construction.
The remaining $200,000 will be

• SONTATA • RENAISSANCE

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We Must End•Bigotry
to, Sell Democratic Ideal

NEVER

ality.
Thirdly, we must not overlook
the fact that behind most aggres-
sions there is frustration, and
that the aggression cannot be dis-
pelled until the frustration is
eased. These frustrations, where
they are not caused by person-
ality disorders and unique home
situations, are socially-produced.
A society that gives numbers

point in world. history. For against the threat of
world disaster which atomic war would mean to victor and
vanquished alike stands only the hope expressed in the ideal
of brotherhood.

enE
of
tha
ed
da!

For once it seems certain that the .Communist papers in Asia
the idealists are also the realists. which cite every lynched Negro
For no one any longer argues that as fresh proof that the United
O
States can never be trusted as a
we can live alone
friend of the colored peoples of
and without con-
a
the world.
cern for the rest
The fact that roughly two-
of the world.
EXOTIQUE-RENAISSANCE
thirds of the world's population
Brotherhood in
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has colored skin brings home to
BY
our d a y means
us how vital a factor the success
support for two
CULISTAN
N
of the fight for civil rights in the
proposals — one
United States is to the victory of
applicable to our
democracy in the world.
o wn country—
DECORATOR'S SHADES: French Carmel. Barley Beige, Cinria-
mon, Fernmist Green, Parakeet Green,
one applicable to
On the world scene the concept
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Majolica Rose, Cloud Grey, Steel Grey.
Edwards
world
affairs.
of
world brotherhood today is
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first
in
your
community
to
the
RALPH
J.
BUNCHE
Act now, and you can be among
By
First in our own nation which centered around the United Na-
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be the proud owner of a carpet by Jacques Fath. And when you
There is wide-spread know- we seek to set up as a shining
say, "My carpet is an original Jacques Fath," how happy you
will be, knowing that you have the last word in style ... carpet
ledge in the world of the imper- example of democracy, we need tions. And the United Nations
by a top name in the field of fashion . . . carpet loomed
is currently engaged in a fight
x styled
fections of American democracy, to strike down religious and racial
by Gulistan in the renowned Renaissance weave. One of the seven
for its very existence.
glowing colors will be perfect for that room of yours!
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of
the
anti-democratic
racial
and
r as ■ religious attitudes which weaken bigotry. If the world is to be-
Those sunshine patriots who
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lieve that democracy is a creed now are crying for us to get ci,
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our unity and sap our strength.
Clearance Sale of Remnants and Roll Balances
fit for export. certainly the United out of Korea fail to remember he
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of Well-Known Makes.
It is unfotrunate that they are States must be able to show that that the issue there is not a gr
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FREE ESTIMATES — EXPERT INSTALLATION
there. Our enemies, of course, ex- she practices at home what she battle for real estate, but a fight fo
0 aggerate; we couldn't expect them preaches abroad.
against unprovoked aggression.
Every example of religious big-
to do otherwise. But to our
They fail to see that a surrender Vi
friends, and our friends are otry, every violation of ciyil
to aggression in this instance is
0 many, these imperfections are rights will be exploited to the an open invitation to aggression is
fullest by the Communist forces
puzzling.
in every other free nation which tt
It seems to me that our answer where such stories will do the borders on the Iron Curtain lands.
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greatest
damage.
must be—and it is the only answ-
World wide cooperation to re- tl
Thqse who feel that discrim-
er worthy of a democratic society
sist armed aggression against an b;
ination
against
Jews
in
job
op-
—to
exert
every
possible
effort
to
K
otherwise defenseless small na- 01
eliminate un-democratic practices portunities or housing accom- tion is essentially based on the
mat-
and un-democratic attitudes, to do modations is just a private
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all that we can do to close the gap ter and not the business of the democratic parliament.
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between our professions of dem- United States government may
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be surprised to find the stories
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that our flag flies beside the flag
This is the only way that we of local bigotry published in of the UN in Korea. The hope q
0
Communist
leaflets
in
France
iv
4:1 can achieve our maximum na-
of the world lies in our making
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FRI., SAT. EVES. - BUDGET TERMS ARRANGED
tional strength and unity and or Germany.
• ()PEN THURS., Established
a Quarter of a Century
And those who oppose Federal them both symbols of world
fully discharge our international
laws against lynching should read brotherhood.
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• BARBIZON
responsibilities.
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• FR IE Z E T T E

Let's Practice
Our Preaching

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LINOLEUM and

CARPET Co.

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