Friday, September 4, 1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Six

"'Washington
In Lighter Vein Is Like That"

The Week's Best Stories

Disraeli's Importance
Benjamin Disraeli was famous
in literature and politics for the
keenness of his pen and sharp-
ness of his wit. This was illus-
trated in a conversation with a
companion as they strolled along
the bank of the Thames. Upon
being asked the difference be-
tween calamity and catastrophe
he replied curtly, without hesi-
tancy: "If my opponent fell into
this river, it would be a calamity,
but if I fell in, it would be a
catastrophe."
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Polite Little Children
Our contemporary, the South
African Record, relates the story
about a Jewish leader who re-
cently examined the children of a
Hebrew school.
Having completed his task, the
leader complimented the children
on their scholarship and said:
"May God help you to become
truly learned in the Torah.
The children, who were as po-
lite as they were proficient in
their studies, shouted in unison:
"The same to you."
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Definition of Nazism
"What is the meaning of Naz-
ism?" asked the teacher in a pub-
lic school class in Berlin at the
beginning of the Nazi regime. To
her chagrin nobody knew the
answer. At last little Julius Loewe
raised his hand.
"Nazism," he said, "stands for
beauty, purity and sacrifice."
"Excellent," exclaimed t h e
teacher. "By the way, Julius, you
are Jewish. How is it that you
of all people knew the answer?"
Julius explained: "Only last
night I heard my mother say
that she hoped Hitler would be
a SCHOENE, REINE, KAPORE.

t Citizens' Council
Extends Activities

Non-Partisan Group Active in
Behalf of Sen. Brown and
Gov. Van Wagoner

•Activities of the Michigan Citi-
zens' Council, a non-partisan
group organized recently with
Benjamin Levinson, mortgage
broker, as chairman, and Joseph
Holtzman as treasurer, gained
momentum this week.
This group, formed to support
the candidacies of Senator Pren-
tiss M. Brown and Governor Mur-
ray D. Van Wagoner, for re-elec-
tion, is a non-partisan organiza-
tion in which Republicans and
Democrats are active.
Among those whose aid was
enlisted in this movement during
the past week are Abraham Coop-
er, Charles Hamburger, Sol Ro-
senhaus, Sam Hechtman, John
Higgins, Alger Shelden, Ralph
Burton and others.
Mr. Holtzman reported pro-
gress in activities of the commit-
tee and said that an important
announcement will be made next
week.
Mr. Levinson quoted prominent
leaders in the Government as
stating that Senator Brown and
Governor VanWagoner are im-
portant to the administration in
the present war emergency.

LONDON (JPS) — The well-
known Agudist leader, Rabbi
Moses Eckstein of Sered, Slovak-
ia, died on his way to a concen-
tration camp in Poland, it was
revealed by the Agudas Israel
Organization here.

Huge Rally in Jerusalem; Soviet Del-
A Review of W. M. Kip- Bond Strengthened
egates Give Assurances; 10,000 Pounds Given
linger's New Book
to Russian Red Cross in London

By RABBI LEON FRAM
"Washington is Like That" is
a deservedly popular book. It
exerts the same kind of fascina-
tion over the reader as John Gun-
ther's "Inside Europe." Indeed,
W. M. Kiplinger
seems t o have
:studied Gun-
ther's books.
L i k e Gunther,
he stresses per-
sonality, filling
the book with
piquant personal
sketches. It
must be said also
that, like Gun-
Rabbi Fram ther, he writes in
a liberal spirit.
Labor Problems
That liberal spirit is manifested
in his treatment of labor prob-
lems, agricultural questions and
various majority - minority rela-
tionships. It is best exemplified
in his chapter on "Jews in Wash-
ington."
After stating that accurate sta-
tistics on the subject are unob-
tainable, Mr. Kiplinger goes on
to say, "Four per cent of the
population of the United States
is Jewish. My own opinion is
that the number of Jews in Gov-
ernment does not exceed this pro-
portion."
He then proceeds to explain
how the myth has arisen that
there is a disproportionate num-
ber of Jews in Government of-
fices in Washington. One explan-
ation is that the Jewish four per
cent is concentrated in a very few
Government agencies. These
agencies are not, like the State
Department, remote from public
contact. They are such as the
Social Security Board, the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission,
the Department of Labor, the
Department of Justice, and the
National Labor Relations Board.
These departments and agencies
are in immediate contact with
the public. The concentration of
Jews in these conspicuous places
creates the impression that Jews
pre-empt all Government offices.
"Friction Agencies"
His second explanation is still
more interesting. Mr. Kiplinger
tells us that not only are the
above named agencies exposed
constantly to public view. They
are also what he calls "friction
agencies." They have to do with
unwelcome Governmental con-
trols over business, with reforms,
and with investigations. Men who
resent the controls and the in-
vestigations concentrate their re-
sentment upon the Jews who are
so prominent in the activities of
these offices.
This Jewish chapter in Mr.
Kiplinger's book has just been
re-printed in the Reader's Digest
for September.
It is therefore very important
for us Jews to consider whether
we shall accept Mr. Kiplinger's
analysis and solution of the prob-
lem. His analysis is undoubtedly

The opening address of Solo-
mon Kaplansky, veteran Labor
leader, expressed the hope that
"we shall remain allies after the
war and our common victory."
Similar sentiments were convey-
ed by the message sent from the
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
in Kuibyshev.
Allied, Zionist Flags Mingle
The interior of the Edison Thea-
ter, where the Conference was
held, was decorated with flags
of the Allied Nations and the
Zionist colonies, on which ap-
peared Hebrew and Russian in-
scriptions reading: "Greetings to
the Soviet People And The Red
Army," "Eretz Israel Is the Cita-
del of the National Social Renais-
sance of the Jewish People," "Our
Greetings to the Millions of Jews
in the U.S.S.R." The hall was so
crowded that many people were
unable to enter.
Welcoming the official Soviet
delegates, Paul Mikhailov and M.
Petrenko of the Ankara Embassy,

factual, his solution is well in-
tentioned, but it is bad.
Suggests Solution
The way to remedy the over-
crowding of Jews in the "fric-
tion agencies" of government is
to open all other agencifs, public
as well as private, to them. It
would be interesting, for instance,
to know if the number of Jews in
the State Department amounts to
even the four per cent, which
Mr. Kiplinger regards as the
equitable ratio.
We Jews have made a terrible
mistake by accepting so supinely
the establishment of Jewish quo-
tas. We know that such quotas
exist even in state universities.
We Jews must never agree that
in America either school enroll-
ments or Government positions
can be established on the basis
of a quota system.
Mr. Kiplinger is a fine liberal
journalist. But this cheap advice
to Jews to refrain from seeking
the best jobs they can possibly
obtain is unworthy of him.

Mr. Kaplansky emphasized that
their presence was an earnest
pledge that the Soviet Govern-
ment wished to establish closer
relations with Palestine and its
labor movement.
Hope For Recognition
Expressing the hope that the
Soviet Government would allow
Palestine Jewry to come to the
aid of the Polish Jewish refugees
now in Russia, he said: -
"We are ready to help Russia
unconditionally and we hope that
Russia will recognize us as we
are—Zionists, builders of a home-
land for our tortured people. Who
other than the Russian people are
capable of appreciating our work
and our vision?"
While Mikhailov's ad d r e s s
made no mention of Palestine nor
of the Jewish people and its suf-
ferings, the converse was true
of the message sent by the Jew-
ish Anti-Fascist Committee in
Kuibyshev which was signed by
all its members. It conveyed
greetings to the Conference be-
ing held in Palestine, where pul-
sated the spirit of Judas Maccab-
aeus, Bar Kochba and the great
poet, Yehuda Halevy.
Soviet Envoy Visits Agency
Mr. Petrenko paid an
official visit to the Jewish
Agency. He was received by Dr.
Isaac Gruenbaum, member of the
Jewish Agency Executive, Dr.
Bernard Joseph, Legal Adviser,
and Eliahu Dobkin, deputy mem-
ber of the Executive in charge
of immigration.

Message From Palestine Jewry
LONDON (JPS-Palcor)—Hope
for close relations between the
Jews of Palestine and those of
Russia and an account of Pales-
tine Jewry's struggle against Fas-
cism and the story of its miracu-
lous development were conveyed
to Ivan M. Maisky, Russian Am-
bassador to London, by Berl
Locker, adviser to the Jewish
Agency Executive in London, in
presenting a check for 10,000
pounds for the Russian Red Cross

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