Pa te Two

Purely
Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

VACATIONISTS AND `HOODLU/VIISM'.
As our people begin to plan their Sum-
mer vacations, it is advisable that they
choose their resorts wisely and try to
avoid situations which may prove em-
barrassing to themselves and to their
families.
Our readers will recail the sad inci-
dents of the past Summer in communities
in Northern Michigan. They were panic-
inciting, and the hurt that was inflicted
upon a number of our young people
wounded the entire American Jewish
community.

The disgusting occurences of last sum-
mer are reviewed in a report in the
last issue of Hebrew Union College
Monthly. It was written, under the head-
ing "Call It 'Hoodlumism'," by Erwin L.
Herman, an HUC rabbinical student who
occupied the Summer pulpit at Petoskey.
Mr. Herman recounts the story of the
attack upon the Hay Fever • Club at Pe-
toskey by a gang of boys, the threats to
the patrons of a Jewish-owned hotel in
that community and the unfortunate inci-
dents in Charlevoix.
One of the repeated attacks occurred
on Rosh Hashanah, and Mr. Herman, who
charged the police with laxity, reports
that "by Yam Kippur, most of the thou-
sands of visiting Jews had left Petoskey,
many swearing never to return. But in
the books of the local police, the instance
was written off merely as another case of
`Hoodlumism'."
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COPYING NAZI TACTICS?
Mr. Herman especially—and justifiably
—takes exception to use of the term
"hoodlumism." He refers in his report to
the conference in Charlevoix between
Jewish leaders and the city officials and,
ridiculing the "apology" proffered by
Charlevoix's mayor, warns against our
falling for the term "hoodlumism." He
says:
"While all this was transpiring, a prom-
inent rabbi sat across the table from the
Anti-Defamation League representative in
the presence of the town's mayor and
scoffed at talk of anti-Semitism. 'Hood-
lumism,' he called it—and for the sake of
peace, we were all willing to tag it thus.
Less than a week later, the tag was torn
off."
Less than a week later, there were fur-
ther outbursts in other communities, the
most serious one in Petoskey.
All we need to do is to look into the
background of Nazi tactics, which also
had their beginnings in "hoodlumism," to
recognize the validity of Mr. Herman's
warnings.
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THE THOUSANDS WHO "FLED"
At the moment, we are especially con-
cerned with the peace of mind of our
prospective vacationists.
Mr. Herman reports, with reference to
the attacks upon Jewish youths in "Char-
levoix the Beautiful," that—
"Less than two days after the prolonged
street brawl that marked the beginning
of demonstrations, almost the entire visit-
ing Jewish population of Charlevoix, num-
bering several thousands, had vanished.
They had returned home, rejected from
the comforting climate that many of them
had known and enjoyed for three decades
of summers or more. Streets that so re-
cently teemed with humanity were de-
serted. But so were the stores—those
commercial enterprises whose owners sud-
denly realized that. from the purses of
the Jews their own purses had become
fat and only lean months faced them."
In this frank paragraph lies the prob-
lem, but not the solution.
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THE THREAT TO AMERICA
You can't blame a Jew. for evading
a resort where he once has been snubbed,
and where the safety of his children was
threatened.
But by merely fleeing you do not solve
the problem; nor do you save America
that way.
Should Jews choose to stay away from
Charlevoix, others may come in their
stead. But temporarily it will mean loss
for the Charlevoix business people.
It is the old story: the anti-Semite at-
tacks the Jew and at the same time hurts
the Christian.
The solution to this problem must,
therefore, come in an American way, in
an honest approach, by people getting
together, by their facing issues and by
refusing to label a manifestation "hood-
lumism" when it is actually evidence of
the poison that has crept into our systems
from abroad.
It all began when our own State of
Michigan condoned the spread of anti-
Semitic advertising material in behalf of

discriminating resorts. Such sanction

THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 3, 1946 1

The Duty of All Classes

An Endorsement of the UJA Appeal

By WILLIAM GREEN

President, American Federation of Labor
My personal knowledge of the suffering, persecution, hunger and poverty which
has been experienced by millions of Jewish people in Europe inspires me to extend
personal and official support and approval to the appeal for a contribution of
$100,000,000 for rescue, relief, rehabilitation of Palestine and refugee service during
the coming year. The noble purposes of the several organizations which are blended
into and united in the United Jewish Appeal commend themselves to those who
are deeply touched by human suffering, both at home and abroad.
The story of the atrocities perpetrated upon Jewish people prior to and during
the cruel war and the days which have followed the defeat of Nazism and Fascism
have touched the deepest emotions of all who are moved by humanitarian senti-
ments. No period in the history, of the world has been characterized by more brutal
and inhuman treatment of innocent people than the period which has intervened
since the persecution of the Jewish people in Europe by those who established
Nazism and Fascism abroad. This period will ever stand out as a blot upon our
civilization.
Now, it becomes the duty of all classes of people to respond to the call of the
moment for help, succor and assistance for persecuted Jewish people who have
miraculously survived the suffering, punishment and brutal treatment which has
been imposed upon them. Through funds supplied as a result of the United Jewish
Appeal refugees will be accorded new opportunities to reconstruct and reestablish
themselves, many of them in a rebuilt Palestine dedicated as a. Jewish national
homeland. This reconstruction of human life, the rebuilding of Palestine and the
establishment of a Jewish national homeland will depend very largely upon the
response which will be made to the United Jewish. Appeal. Let all respond whole-
heartedly and in full measure to this great and humanitarian appeal.

Birth of a Nation

(Sagittarius in the London New Statesman
and Nation)

Strictly
Confidential

The Kingdom of Transjordan will be sov-
ereign and free
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
For Abdullah ibn Hussein was a model
Copyright, 1946, Seven Arts
Mandatee.
Feature Syndicate, Inc.
Salute to Transjordania no more in lead-
UNUSUAL
DIPLOMAT
ing strings.
Jan Galewicz, the new Polish Consul
As this Asia Minor Emir joins the minor
in New York is perhaps America's most
Mespot
interesting member in the Consular
Corps . . S. L. Schneiderman tells us
One Mandate bud has blossomed
that this 35 year old diplomat is one of
One- Mandate bursts in Flower.
Europe's in o s t notable underground
The rest remain embosomed
fighters . . . He escaped death by a split
In the Mandatory Power.
second in a gas chamber . . . He lost his
For Palestine a warder,
wife, his brother and his sisters . . . His
For Togoland a warden
father died before his very eyes during
But we're trusting lawanorder
the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto . . .
To Abdullah of Transjordan.
His exploits as a guerilla fighter in Po-
The Togo aborigines are being gently land read like a Hollywood thriller. He
stood on the ramparts of Warsaw . . . He
trained
Their urge towards self-government m
_ ust was a prisoner in Treblinka camps . . .
Handsome and dynamic he is an- untiring
be awhile restrained.
The Cameroons for full self-rule are not worker . . . There is only one thing he
can no longer do . . . And that is to smile.
yet nearly ripe,
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Nor undeveloped squatters of the Tan-
ganyika type.
QUESTION
Is it true that the news letter of the
The Pasha and the Mullah
Russian State Party, ostensibly published
Ejaculate "Eureka!"
by one Ruth Fischer in New York, en-
But they're sore about Abdullah
joys the support of several prominent
In Arusha, Tanganyika.
communal leaders who pose as liberals?
Still under superintendence,
. . The newsletter is the most rabid
Their outlook they must broaden
World War III propagandist sheet we
Till fit for independence
know of.
Like Abdullah of Transjordan.
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VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY
While- Britain slowly educates the back-
Congratulations to the Central (On-
ward Cameroons
Abdullah rules his nomads on transjor- tario) division of the Canadian Jewish
Congress. It achieved a brilliant legal vic-
dan's sovereign dunes,
And such enlightened policies Abdullah's tory when Mr. Justice Keiller Mackay, of
the Supreme Court of Ontario, handed
reign adorn.
The Mandate is relinquished that a nation down a decision rendering "void and of
no effect" a restrictive clause in a land
may be born!
sale . . . convenant which stipulated that
the land was "not to be sold to Jews or
"Unfair," say Wahis planting
persons of objectionable nationality" ..
In East African plantations,
The Canadian Jewish Congress, by per-
"Unfair," say Ewes chanting
mission of the court became a party in
In their Gold Coast Reservations.
the legal proceedings on behalf of the
But advance must be impressive
Jewish community . The C. J. C. fought
And. Great Britain must stand
the case through and won . . . If you are
warden •
interested in the case get the book "A
Till all Mandates are progressive
Victory for Democracy" published by the
As the Kingdom of Transjordan.
Canadian Jewish Congress.

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meant approval of bigotry. Dr. B. Bene- READER'S GUIDE
"All For Mankind" is the title of Leon
dict Glazer won a v i c t or y for de-
cency by securing a ruling against further Blum's book, written in a Nazi concen-
spread of such literature. That's the be- tration camp . . . It will be published this
fall.
ginning. It is not the end of the fight.
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Hebrew Union College Library possesses
one of the finest collections of editions
WE MUST FACE THE ISSUE
and translations of the Talmud ... It is
No one has a right to ask his fellow- certainly •
the finest in this country and
man to take a vacation in an environment
includes the earliest and very latest edi-
that threatens his security.
tions of this monumental work.
Jews certainly should shun going where
"Le Flambeau" (The Torch) is the
they are not wanted.
name of the French yearly publication of
But all of us must face issues and re-
Yeshiva University . . . Its 1945 issue just
alities. We must not avoid a fight for
out features a moving article by Capt.
justice, since we can hope to win the fight
Robert Gamzon on French Jewish Youth
by facing it.
during the war . . . It deserves wide pub-
The Charlevoix situation proves con- lication in English . . . "Le Flambeau" is,
clusively that the triumphs for bigotry in our opinion, the best edited college
spell ruin for a community. The rise •of publication in America.
intolerance can prove the undoing of
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America. This must be avoided at all
PERSONALITIES
costs. Americans, regardless of race or
A New York veterans' group -gave a
creed, have their just rights to residence
and pleasure in this, our land; just as post war award to Shmulke Bernstein, an
they have the rights to labor and to : east side delicatessen owner . . . Shmulke
love, to contribute to their country's shipped more than 150,000 salamies to the
boys overseas.
wealth and to share in it.
It is reasonably certain that Rabbi Na-
To this end, let the battle go on, with
than Peritman will be chosen rabbi of
the determined view that bigotry shall
Congregation Emanuel in New York . .
be uprooted and that Nazi ideas shall The Rev. Dr. H. Goldenson will be made

not be permitted to grow on our soil.

Rabbi Emeritus before long.

Between
You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1946, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

SUMMER DOINGS
A busy Summer lies ahead for Zionist
leaders in America . . . They are engaged
in an election campaign for the forth-
coming World Zionist Congress, and, at
the same time, must resume intensive
political activities in Washington . . .
Such work was at a standstill during the
Anglo-American i n cLu i r y committee's
study . .. Now that the report has been
completed there is much to do in Wash-
ington . . . Especially since the report
has proven the extent of American in-.
fluence on the Palestine issue . . And,
particularly, because of the role which
the United States is to play with regard
to the Palestine question at the Septem-
ber session of the United Nations As-
sembly in New York . . . A Zionist dele-
gation may soon visit the White House
to express thanks to President Truman
for his initiative in recommending the
admission of 100,000 Jews to Palestine • ..
Action is expected in Washington on se-
curing American ships for speedy trans-
portation of the 100,000 Jews from Europe
to Palestine . . . Ground work must be
laid for discussions which will develop at
the U.N. meeting with regard to the
Palestine Mandate now that the League
of Nations has transferred the Mandate
to the United Nations.

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ZIONIST TRENDS
Many Zionists in this country will
probably be disappointed to learn that
Dr. Chaim Weizmann may not attend
the forthcoming World Zionist Con-
gress . . . He indicated as much to
American ZioniSt leaders . . . He is
leaving Palestine for England in June,
and he doubts whether he can be in
Palestine again in August in time for
the Congress . . . Incidentally, Dr. Weiz-
mann is against holding the Congress
in Palestine . . He would prefer to
have the Congress held in Geneva . . .
Because of his health he does not in-
tend to seek re-election to the presi-
dency of the World. Zionist Organiza-
tion . . . He privately advocates the
formation of a praesidium of three,
composed of Dr. Abba. Hillel Silver,
David Ben Gurion and Prof. Selig
Brodetsky . . . Prof. Brodetsky will
probably not be acceptable to the Miz-
rachi who will seek to have their own
represenattive as the third member of
such a praesidium . . All indications
are that the .Z0A suggestion that the
Congress be held in the . United States
has no chance of being accepted by the
Worl• Zionist Executive . .
Zionist
Laborites, in this country and in Pales-
tine, are determined to hold the Con-
gress in Palestine, and will apparently
have their way . . . Don't be surprised
if the Zionist Laborites in the United
States send the largest delegation to
the Congress . . . They are away ahead
of. the ZOA and other Zionist groups
in the sale of Shekolim . . . Their suc-
cess is due to the fact that leaders of
labor unions are helping them sell
Shekolim to every Jewish union member.
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THE ANTI-SEMITIC FRONT
Police officers throughout the United
States are to be given training in race
relations . . . . Courses are expected to
be instituted in the major cities, at the
request of local mayors, in order to lessen
the danger of race riots . . . Joseph
Kluchevsky, a member of the faculty
of the National Police Academy Of the
F.B.I., has been named chief consultant
in the new service, which is being. pro-
vided by the American Council on Race
Relations . . The first course will be
opened in Minneapolis.
Gerald L. K. Smith, who was sentenced
by a Chicago judge to 60 days imprison-
ment in connection with his anti-Semitic
and "patriotic" activities which led to a
riot, is now trying to cash in on the in-
cident . . . He has sent out a circular let-
ter seeking funds for his wife since he
"thinks" that every day of his life • "may
be the last" . . . Adopting the role Of a
martyr, he claims that he does not doubt
that he is marked for assassination."
Professional anti-Jewish propagandists
are getting more and more funds .
The Rev. Harvey W. Springer of Engle-
wood, Colo., announces that he is erecting
a $28,000 printing plant for the. publish-
ing of his inflammatory sheet _ "Western
Voice" . . . The Rev. Arthur . Terminiello,
Smith associate and suspended priest, just
started a new hate sheet "The Crusader"
in Birmingham, Ala. . . . In Philadelphia, (
a new "nationalist" publication, "Na-(
tional Progress," has made . its appearance
.
On the other hand p,. Hamilton
Brackett of Atlanta was defeated for-+V
Democratic nomination for Gong -,7/'

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anti-Semitic platform.

