'THE JOURNEY HOME'
`Atomic' Cartooning
Popkin's Latest
Book Is Story of
Air Force Officer
Z.
Ben Yomen Describes Art
Of Newspaper Drawings
EDITOR'S NOTE: The author of this article was selected as
instructor for the special Cartoon Class which will be sponsored by
.the Jewish Community Center of Detroit in cooperation with The
Jewish News, beginning on Oct. '7. Students may enroll for this
class now, at the Jewish Center. Mrs. Edward Quint is chairman
of the Center Art Committee. Louis G. Redstone is chairman of the
cartoon class committee. Mrs. David Werbe is consultant.
"Poisoning the well"
By BEN
The special Cartoon Class
sponsored by the Jewish
Community Center of Detroit,
with the cooperation of The Jew-
ish News, offers great possibil-
ities to boys and girls, young
men and young women, with
ability to draw.
In discussing the art of car-
tooning. I can not help but think
of the atom bomb.
If this may sound as a pecu-
liar twist or a jump over the
boundaries of logic then let me
explain it and bear with me.
It goes like this: you hit upon
an idea and then you are ready
to go to town on it—but that is
not enough. You must split the
atom of your idea, to release the
energy of a cartoon, and with it
to disintegrate that which you
are fighting againgt or to build
that which you believe in. And
only then the art of cartooning
becomes a painless, speedy, and
effective process of reflecting
the pen-points of our life. And
just like the atom bomb—it
lands, it delivers, it clinches.
Especially, it was so recogniz-
ed during World War II, when
it was imperative for people
everywhere to support the causes
of democracy and progress. • The
government agencies sent out
cartoons to the nations news-
papers urging them to help in
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 7, 1945
The name POPKIN has been
famous in Jewish public relations
activities for many years. The
late Louis Popkin was known as
one of America's best publicity
men. His wife, Zelda Popkin, has
similarly gained fame as a writer.
Mrs. Popkin's national reputa-
tion is built on a series of mys-
tery stories, and her six publish-
ed mystery books have been good
sellers.
Her latest work, "The Journey
Home," published by J. B. Lip-
pincott Co., Philadelphia, is her
first novel — and it is an ex-
cellent work.
"The Journey Home" is the
story of Lt. Don Corbett of the
U. S. Air Force who is on his
way home to New York from
Florida, on a 21-day leave after
seeing action in Europe. It is an
up-to-date story which exposes
conditions in Florida, the conflict
between civilians and military,
the difficulties in travel, the de-
sires to "make" the attractive
women on the road.
Very Human Book
The different characters on the
day coach — a reservation for
which was secured by the hero
of the story at a scalper's prem-
ium — make excellent reading.
Their reactions to the tragedy
that results from the train crash
make "The Journey Home" a
very human book.
The story concludes in a genu-
Me love affair between the serv-
iceman and the woman with
whom he came in conflict on the
train.
For Jewish readers, the Pop-
kin novel has special interest in
view of the anti-Semitic angle
injected during discussions on
the train. When Lt. Corbett tells
one of the women passengers—
who later apologizes — that he
is Presbyterian, she comments:
"Jews ought to be extra careful
what they did now because it
was all on account of them we
were having this war . . . "
Thereupon the serviceman de-
clares:
Jews Fighting Too
"I'm ashamed of my country.
People like this aren't worth
fighting for . . . " The apology
that "I just want Mike Back"
gets this response from Lt. Cor-
bet: "Jews are fighting this war.
They're dying. Like, Catholics,
Protestants, Mohammedans, Ath-
eists. To make a safe world for
your kids. And they've taken the
beating. The very worst beating.
The first from Hitler. While you
and I sat home and said it was
none of our business."
It is an effective argument and
it is indicative of the impressive
contents of the entire novel.
John Amery, British Fascist,
Is on Trial for Treason
LONDON (JPS)—John Amery,
British Fascist, appeared in court
here, charged with treason to
His Majesty's Government.
Amery, the prosecution stated,
signed a proclamation, distribut-
ed between 1941 and 1945, in a
camp in St. Denis, France, urg-
ing all Britons to join the fascist
"British Legion of St. George,"
to "answer the call to arms in
defense of our homed and child-
ren and all civilization against
Asiatic and Jewish bestiality."
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YOMEN
the scrap drive, recruiting, war
bonds, armament production.
Anti-semitism, fascist plots,
political rackets, red tape, and
red herring were promptly ex-
posed with the help of cartoons.
And the cartoonist—whether in
uniform, creating "Sad Sack" or
in civilian dress, drawing edi-
torial cartoons such as the one
reproduced here—became a fight-
er for democracy, an essential
worker.
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