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Editorials
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VOLUME

THE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

of Jewish Events

Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle

XXXIV—No. 8

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35, October 24, 1958

Panic-Inspiring
Terrorists:
Nazi-Style

Guinea Pigs:
Reminders of
Nazi
Gangsterism

Commentary
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Tensions Mount, Tat Cat' Sought

Lunatic Fringe on the Loose;
Scores of Houses of Worship
Receive Threats of Bombing

Summary of JTA Reports

Editorial

To Bigotry No Sanction:
Our Government Must Act
To End Southern Terror

A grave injustice is being perpetrated in the
Southern states of our great democracy. On racial
grounds, millions of people are being subjected to the
status of second-rate citizens, and the leaders of several
States have gone so far as to defy the rulings of the
highest authority of our land — the United States
Supreme Court — in matters involving the education
of American children.
But the bigots are not content with their discrimi-
nations against the Negroes. Because Jewish religious
13aders have shown sufficient courage and patriotism
to urge their communities to uphold the authority of
the Federal Government and to defend the courts of
°lir land, synagogues have been bombed, the lives of
--Jewish leaders have been threatened and the rule of
the darkest Middle Ages has been transplanted to this
country.
Added to the injuries in the South is the bombing
in Peoria, Ill., and the threats that have been issued to
communities elsewhere. They are indications of a
mounting anti-Semitism that abuses basic Americanism.
The situation is too grave not to be viewed with
alarm. Only in the darkest days of Czarist Russia; under
the brutal Nazis; only under the rule of barbarians in
Moslem countries, have houses of worship been dyna-
mited and destroyed.
Thus, our way of life is being endangered. If- the
terrorism that has invaded several of our Southern
states and is spreading elsewhere is permitted to con-
tinue, we will face the danger of its injection into many
other quarters. Then our democracy will be doomed.
Therefore we view the bombings as a challenge to
the affected State governments and to the Government
of the United States: not only to prevent their recur-
rence, but to make it known to the bigots in this land
that anti-Semitism has no place in our democracy, that
we shall give "to bigotry no sanction" and that every
vestige of religious bias and racial prejudice will be
declared to be contrary to basic American principles.
What has happened may be a mere episode in
American life — a temporary occurrence that is widely
discredited and condemned. But the lunatic fringe that
is responsible for it does not differ from the Hitler
pattern. The Nazi influence is evident in occurrences
in this country. Coupled with Ku Klux Klan activities,
Nazism is raising its ugly head again. If Hitlerism is
to be completely uprooted, the most urgent vigilance
must be exercised against the shocking events of the
past weeks.
Naturally, we sympathize deeply with our Southern
kinsmen and coreligionists. They are experiencing real
dangers and .are faced with sad challenges to their
status as citizens in States where the issue of segre-
gation is arousing such bitter controversies.
They have faced the issues bravely until now.
Their religious leaders have refused to be bullied by
terrorists. They are paying a high price for their
American patriotism. It will be worth it in the long run.
In the long run, justice must triumph. Inequality
must be abandoned. Those who adhere nobly to their
Jewish heritage will be blessed to see the realization
of Prophecy that justice will rule on earth and that
bigotry will diminish one day, so that man's inhumanity
to man shall no longer be a dominant factor in our lives.

A "fat cat" — a "rich benefactor" who contributed funds to finance "the
big blast" which blew up The Temple in Atlanta, Ga., is continuously being
mentioned in news reports. But it is developing that there is more than one
"fat cat" and that anti-Semitic elements in the North are financing the anti-
Jewish campaign in the South.
In addition to the five men already rounded up in Atlanta by local police,
with the assistance of the FBI, on charges of having "willfully and maliciously"
destroyed the synagogues, others are being sought.
The grand jury that indicted the five Atlantans received threats by anony-
mous telephone calls. The jury foreman was threatened with death and police
are protecting the homes of jury members. One threat addressed to the jury
said the "Confederate Underground" would "kill all of you who indicted these
innocent men."
The defendants are: Wallace Allen, 32 year old printing salesman; George
Bright, 35; Kenneth Griffin, a Georgia State revenue department employee;
Robert Bowling, 25, and his brother Richard. The latter was considered the
"central figure" sought in connection with the synagogue bombing.
All the defendants denied the charges. Griffin asserted that the Reform
temple had been bombed by "Communist Jews in an effort to discredit and
smear the growing and brave National States Rights Party." Large quantities
of anti-Semitic hate literature and at least one
letter involving another anti-Negro, anti-Jewish
Cohen Testimonial
leader was found during the arrests and ac-
companying searches.
to Spur Detroit's
In the search for the "fat cat," FBI agents
this week questioned a former Navy Com-
Israel Bond Sales
mander now residing in Arlington, Va., and
an associate of his, Harold Noel Arrowsmith,
The testimonial dinner in
Jr., member of a prominent and wealthy Balti-
honor of Harry Cohen's 75th
more family, and George L. Rockell, who served
birthday, to take place Tues-
as a naval aviation officer. They were men-
day evening at Hotel Statler,
tioned in a letter, seized by Atlanta police,
is expected to spur Israel
which spoke of the "rich benefactor" who
Bond sales here,. Abe Kasle,
financed The Temple blast.
chairman of the Detroit Israel
Rockwell and Arrowsmith, who were not
Bond Committee, stated this
arrested, admitted complicity in anti-Jewish
week. Dr. Abba Hillel Silver
activities but denied knowledge of the Atlanta
will be the guest speaker at
bombing. It was established that Arrowsmith
the dinner and community
provided Rockwell with printing equipment for
leaders will pay honor to Mr.
the anti-Jewish "National Committee to Free
Cohen for his services to De-
America from Jewish Domination" and that
troit Jewry's leading causes.
Rockwell printed a leaflet, "Integration is
Detailed Story on Page 2
Jewish," distributed in Virginia by the segrega-
tionist "Defenders of State Sovereignty."
Editorial on Page 4

Continued on Page 32

.TIPS Landmark:

Concluding the 70th anniversary year of the
Jewish Publication Society, the publications committee of the Society, at its semi-
annual meeting at the House of Living Judaism, in New York, last Sunday, acted
on manuscripts for books to be published during the coming year. Attending were,
left to right: Seated: Sol Satinsky, vice president; Lesser Zussman, executive secre-
tary; Edwin Wolf, 2nd, president; Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, vice president; Dr. Solomon
Grayzel, editor; Philip Slomoyitz, honorary vice president. Standing: Dr. Simon
Greenberg, Maxwell Whiteman, Philip Sang, Dr. Koppel Pinson, Dr. Shalom Spiegel,
Frank J. Rubenstein, Dr. Salo W. Baron, Dr. Joseph Lookstein, Leo Guzik, Jack Solis-
Cohen, Jr., Robert D. Abrahams, Harry Schneiderman, Dr. Judah Goldin, David J.
Gaiter, Dr. Azriel Eisenberg, Albert Mordell.

