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Journalist with a Mission Explains Reuben Fink's Notable Career

20—THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January 23, 1953

timately effectuated the pass-.
discussion elicited brought Mr. son at the White House in
ing of, first, the 1922 Lodge-
Fink once more to the fore and 1917.
In the small and dwindling recalled his many years of in-
Fish Resolution in favor of a
But Zionism and the hope
Jewish homeland in Palestine
for a Jewish State had a prior
circle of veteran Jewish journal-
and, second, the 1944 Taft-
ists of today, Reuben Fink is an
and stronger claim on all of
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outstanding figure, whose work
us, and in Zionism, more par-
Wagner Resolution, again de-
SKYSCRAPER
has made a lasting imprint on
claring our Government's full
. ticularly in the advancement
f/
the course of Jewish events.
sympathy with our aims in
of the political aims of Zion-
Palestine.
The first, and foremost,
ism, Reuben Fink has made
Washington correspondent for
Some of the leaders in
a contribution unique in Jew-
On the Orson at 12th St.
the Jewish press, Fink estab-
Israel are inclined to ignore
ish • annals.
Finest KOSHER CRIME
lished a precedent for informing
There are two books before the services rendered by
American and European Plan.
our people about government
me: one is "The American War American Jews in the years of
MODERATE RATES ALWAYS
affairs and enlighting official
Congress and Zionism" (New peril, uncertainty and doubt.
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circles in the capital about Jew-
York, Zionist Organization of Those of us, however, who have
ish interests. Emigration and
America, 1920), the other is not relinquished our claim of
immigration being a dominant
"America and Palestine" (New belonging to the "People of the
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preoccupation of an oppressed
York, American Zionist Emer- Book," the people of record and
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and wandering people, the sub-
gency Council, 1944). Both of history, cannot remain
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ject was of natural and imme-
volumes. were prepared and indifferent to an outstanding
diate concern to an alert news-
edited by Reuben Fink. Pre- career such as that exemplified
paperman who was also a de-
paration of these volumes was by the writings and public la-
voted worker for Jewry. Mr.
not the ordinary editorial task. bors of Reuben Fink.
Fink became thoroughly fami-
Access to high officials of our
liar with all the intricate aspects
government which Mr. Fink had,
of immigration legislation, just
and which recall his friendly
as he became an expert on all
contacts with President Taft,
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vital questions affecting general
President Wilson, and other
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cour.i.c,
,
of
statesmen, were of
Jewish welfare.
REUBEN FINK
AT 12th ST.
Mr. Fink has been attracted
inestimable value in this task.
person
50 per
to other enterprises since the tensive activities and journalist,
double occ.
By collecting and assembl-
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days when he combined high editor, and writer.
ing the views of an over-
Mr. Fink is so youthful in ap- whelming majority of t h e
school teaching in Washington,
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Reuben Fink reminds me of midable record.
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associated at the Peace Confer- presents an extensive list of
ence of Versailles in 1919. In organizations and enterprises
his quick grasp of public issues, with which the man has been
he reminds me most of the late associated, but since this ar-
Abraham Cahan, for many years ticle is not intended as a com-
editor of the "Vorwarts"; in his plete chronicle it is enough to
public spirit, surging emotions, mention here some of the im-
readiness to give aid and com- mediate movements and un-
fort to human beings in distress, dertakings in Jewish life
he is very much like the late which aroused. the interest
Joseph Barondess. Mr. Cahan and support of outstanding
represented his newspaper at public workers of his type in
the Peace Conference, and every our particular generation.
As a native of Volhynia, on
day he would be stirred up anew
by some event or report or the the edge of south Russia, see-
prospect of a story and would sawing - between Bessarabia and
concentrate • on . it to the exclu- Romania, Reuben Fink was a
sion of everything else. Baron- logical target for the appeals
dess was a member of the Com- and importunities of the three
mission from American Jewry to separate federations of Russian,
the Committee of Jewish Dele- Bessarabian, and Romanian
gations , and he shared all our Jews, and he joined each one
anxieties and tribulations, labor- in turn.
It was through the media-
ing and debating with the rest ,
of the delegates, but without tion of Reuben Fink that a
ever abandoning his sense of delegation from the Union of
Romanian Jews, headed by
humor.
Leo Wolfson, was enabled to
Mr. Fink also attended the
present the case of the Rom-
Peace Conference, on behalf
anian Jews to President Wil-
of a group of newspapers,'
English and Yiddish (he was
a syndicate in himself). I
read many of his articles
while abroad and after my re-
.turn to the United States and
I was impressed by the com-
prehensiveness of his accounts
of what was going on at the
epoch-making_Ar5.-5-,e;rioiy. The
resembiMIte- of Fink to Baron-
•de5g--- rill become even clearer
if I explain that his office at
151 West 40th Street now re-
places the old headquarters of
Joseph Barondess at 1440
_Broadway, where people came
from all over greater New
York, as well as from other
cities, to tell their troubles
and to receive help and advice
on a multitude of questions.
As they now seek out Reuben
Fink for advice and help, peo-
ple in perplexity had to go to
Mr. Barondess, even for infor-
mation, in those early and
bleak days before Mr. Fink
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