tedif f ' ., e,.,_. e-.
edged herself to facilitate the
MI nment of the Jewish National Home in Palestine,
dare not hang up a sign at the doors of this home warning
that Jews must not enter there.

, s e a

later than her husband,
as greatly displeased that
e was not at home to greet
pon his return and to serve
od.
Ind where have you been
til this late hour?" he demand-

Such a policy can not and will not be tolerated, either
by Jews or by other civilized peoples.
The White Paper, disapproved by Prime Minister Win-
ston Churchill before he rose to helm of his government,
stands approved only by the gentlemen of the Colonial
Office and the Arab politicians. In our own country, it has
yet to find adherents among the great masses of Christians,
and only a handful of men who have acquired their political
thinking from the Arab politicians who have advocated
violence against Jews have spoken in support of closing the
doors of the Land of Israel to the People Israel.
The Palestine White Paper, in the words of Senator
Wagner, "must be torn to bits in order that the hopes of
the Jewish people and of humanity may have a new birth
of freedom."

"I have just returned from a
short instructive and inspiring
lecture by our rabbi," she re-
plied.

"Since he pleased you so
much," answered the husband,
"I insist that you go back to him
and spit in his face as a reward
for the pleasure his lecture af-
forded you, and do not come
back to this house until you have
done so."
She remonstrated with him
but the brute would not permit
her to enter the house until she
-had complied with his demand.
A friendly neighbor offered
her a bed for the night and the
next morning she endeavored
again to return to her home, but
her husband stubbornly held to
his original stand.
In some way Rabbi Meir heard
of the unfortunate situation and
sent for the woman. When she
was ushered into his presence,
he pretended to have a pain in
eye and asked her if she knew
anything that would relieve it.
She replied in the negative.
"I have heard," said the good
man, "that a pain in the eye may
be eased if a virtuous woman
spits seven times into it. Will
you oblige me by doing so for
me?"

All human considerations are abused-by this Paper, and
it must not be permitted to become a reality, The voice of
hUmanity speaks to England and demands that this black
document be destroyed. The conscience of the England of
Shakespeare and Milton and Balfour and Lloyd George and
Churchill should dictate that unjust decisions of the period
of Chamberlain's Munich will be abrogated and that home-
"Coughlin -Is Back" was the three-word scare headline,
less Jews will be guaranteed those rights which are the
occupying half of the first page of the March 16 issue of
indestructible heritage of all human beings.
the New York Post.
In the story on which this headline was based, Victor
Riesel reported from Detroit that the Rev. Charles E. Cough-
lin, "silent since the government banned his Social Justice
It is of more than passing importance that the editor of magazine from the mails, is making political speeches again."
the Gallup Poll, William A. Lydgate, is to be the guest speak-
Mr. Riesel tells of having heard an address Fr. Coughlin
er at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation delivered to 1,000 of his followers in the auditorium of the
and five of its affiliated agencies, on Sunday evening.
$5,000,000 Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak and that
In view of the anxiety that exists relative to the position he charged "in his old blood-and-thunder Coughlin style"
of minority groups in the post-war era, the announcement that "it matters not what military force wins this war."
* * *
that Mr. Lydgate will reveal hitherto unpublished facts from
the Gallup Poll confidential survey of public opinion on anti-
This revelation renders an important service to our
Semitism should draw a large audience of interested members Government in guiding it towards tracking down those ele-
of the Jewish community.
ments which seek to undermine the unity of our country. If
The Federation's annual meeting is becoming an event of it is true that Fr, Coughlin is reviving his anti-Semitic
She hesitated but he insisted
constantly increasing importance. Since the Jewish com- crusade, and that he attacks America's Allies, as Mr. Riesel that she do as he requested.
charges,
then
this
is
a
matter
for
the
Government
of
the
munity's entrance in the War Chest, its responsibilities to-
After she had complied, he
wards local, national and overseas agencies are assuming an United States to deal with, and we sincerely hope that action said:
will
be
taken
promptly,
even more vital aspect. The Federation must be prepared to
"My fine woman, go now to
There is little justification, however, for panic. and fright your
face the issues with which we will be confronted after the
husband and tell him that
in
Jewish
ranks.
While
Fr.
Coughlin
probably
enjoys
the
you have spit in Rabbi Meir's
war. It has to concern itself with the problems created by the
new
epoch
of
notoriety
provided
for
him
by
the
N.
Y.
Post
face, not once as he demanded,
war and the demands that arise from changing conditions
resulting from the transformation o Jewish communities in- and by PM, we admonish our readers to remember that Fr. but seven times."
Coughlin would be compelled to modify his talks if they , After she had gone, some of
to war-time functioning agencies.
were to be delivered over the radio or before a public the rabbi's pupils expostulated
Communally-minded men and women have reason to gathering outside the domains of his own church. He must with him on the wisdom of per-
look forward with keen interest to the evaluation of Federa- have taken advantage of the freedom he enjoys in his own mitting the indignity they had
tion affairs which will be presented at Sunday evening's castle, and we must have faith that our Government will just witnessed.
meeting.
"My pupils," he answered, with
know how to deal with him if he'insists upon poisoning the
minds of his parishioners against the Allies of our country. a gentle smile, "I would not re-
* * *
gard that as an indignity. With
What most naturally disturbs Jews is the fact that anti- the exception of vice and wick-
edness, no act is disgraceful that
Detroit's Palestine Labor Committee, which is conducting Semitism, instead of decreasing, is on the increase,. and that promotes the peace and happi-
the annual campaign for the Histadruth—Jewish Federation the battle against Nazism has not prevented the spread of ness of mankind."
of Labor in Eretz Israel—under the functioning name of Nazi ideas in this country.
For a handsome 195 page, auto-
In the battle waged on anti-Semitism by Christians as graphed
Gewerkshaften, has reason to feel proud of its latest accomp-
gift volume containing 128
lishment.
well as Jews, we are encouraged by incidents like the one of these tales and 500 Pearls of Wis-
dom. send $1.50 to David Morantz,
of The Jewish News, or phone
Having risen from an income of $3,000 a year, in 1931, to which took place in the Central Methodist Church in Detroit care
PLaza 1048.
$50,000 in 1943, every indication at this time, on the eve of a week ago.
Gerald L. K. Smith, leader of the America First Party
the final event of the 1944 campaign, to take place next Sun-
day evening; points to the certainty that $75,000 will be raised who recently announced that 11is group will meet this month
this year.
in St. Louis to nominate a candidate for President, injected
This triumph represents the realization by the Jews of his views at the Detroit church meeting at which Dr. Max
America of the important role played by Jewish workers in Lerner, the guest speaker, reminded hiS audience that this One-Volume History of the
Jewish People Written by
the reconstruction of Palestine. Serving as the vanguard for community had been "plagues by Smith and Coughlinism
Jewish colonization work, the labor movement has guided and race riots." The boos and hisses which greeted Smith
South African Lawyer
that there is very little love anywhere for rabble-
JeWish pioneers towards the path of devoted* effort in bdrain- indicated
rousers.
Under the title "The Epic of a
ing the swamps, reclaiming the waste places and making the
* * *
People: The Story of the Jews,"
_desert blossom forth as a symbol of the love Israel possesses
We feel confident that Fr. Coughlin would receive a a South African, attorney, A. Ad-
for the Holy Land.
similar welcome wherever he might go—except, of course, dlesori, has written a very read-
The men and women who have made possible this suc- among his immediate parishioners.
able one-volume history of the
cessful venture deserve the congratulations of the community.
Nevertheless, we must be on guard against the spread Jewish people.
Just published by Bloch Pub-
of venom, and we must urge our government not to permit
rabble-rousers to divide Americans on racial and religious lishing Co., 31 W. 31st St., New
issues. Adolf Hitler is made happy by such divisions in our York, this history should serve
Member of Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Independent Jewish ranks, because it helps Nazism, Fascism and the terrorism the excellent purpose of reaching
those Jews who have found diffi-
PresS Service, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Religious News that stems from Japan.
Service, Palcor News Agency, Bressler Cartoon Service, Wide
culty becoming acquainted with
Coughlin's
ecclesiastical
superiors
as
well
as
our
govern-
World Photo Service, Acme Newsphoto Service.
the 5,000-year-old history of their
Published every Friday by Jewish News Publishing Co., 2114 ment must act against the menace expounded in Royal Oak. people because they needed
Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, 26, Mich. Telephone RAndolph 7956. Sub-
We await such action • while retaining . faith that the something more compact than
scription rate, $3 a year; foreign, $4 a year. Club subscription of one American people will never tolerate the Coughlin or the
Grzetz, Dubnow or Margolis and
issue a month, published every fourth Friday in the month, to all
subscribers to Allied Jewish Campaign of the Jewish Welfare Smith way of life. Both have been repudiated. Should they Marx.
Federation of Detroit, at 40 cents a club subscription per year. seek the public's verdict on their latest outbursts, they will
"The Epic of a People" covers
Entered as second-class matter August 6, 1942, at the Post Office surely be repudiated again.
the history of our people up to

The New Coughlin Scare

The Federation's Annual Meeting

A Triumph for Labor Palestine

`Epic of a People'

THE JEWISH NEWS

at Detroit, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAURICE ARONSSON
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
FRED M. BUTZEL
ISIDORE SOBELOFF
THEODORE LEVIN
ABRAHAM SRERE
MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ
HENRY WINEMAN

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor

VOL. 5—NO. 1

MARCH 24, 1944

This Week's Scriptural Selections:

This Sabbath, Rosh Hodesh Nisan, 5704, the follow-
ing scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion: Lev. 1:1-5:26; Num. 28:9-15; Ex.
12:1-20.
Prophetical portion: Ezek. 45:16-46:18.

the year 1939 and the happenings
at that time in Palestine.
Dealing briefly with every
period in our history, Mr. Addle-
son has written in popular style
and the manner in which he has
covered the story of the Jew un-
til the outbreak of World War II
should commend his book to a
large reading public.