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Thought-Provokin g Essay on Jews
as Writers in Karl Shapiro's New
Book, 'In Defense of Ignorance'
Chaplin's Story
Told by His Son
Charlie Chaplin's life story
usually ascribes to him a par-
tially Jewish parenthood. The
Universal Jewish Encyclopedia
states that his mother was the
music hall singer, Lily Harley.
The new "intimate portrait" of
him, "My Father, Charlie Chap-
lin," written by Charles Chap-
lin, Jr., together with N. and M.
Rau, ignored it completely.
Instead, Chap-
lin's son writes
that his grand-
mother "h a d
Gypsy blood—
French or
Spanish — in-
herited from
her mother."
The Chaplin
biography, just
published by
RandomHouse,
is an interest-
ing account of
Chcaplin
a most inter-
esting man. It paints a glorious
portrait of a great artist. It de-
molishes the stories about his
infidelity. It absolves him of
charges of Communism.
The millions who enjoyed the
Chaplin antics would undoubt-
edly be interested in the details
as presented by the great actor's
son. This biography would make
a marvelous movie.
Paulette Goddard, one of
Chaplin's wives, emerges in an
excellent light, and his pres-
ent wife and mother of seven
of his children, the former
Oona O'Neill, is his devoted
mate. Another son in addition
to Charles Chaplin, Jr., author
of this biography, is Sydney.
Another Sydney Chaplin, the
actor now residing in Eng-
land, is Charles Sr.'s brother.
An account is given of Chap-
lin's production of "The Great
Dictator," exposing Hitler, the
role played by Konrad Berco-
vici, who claimed a share in the
idea and with whom Chaplin
finally settled their score by
paying him $95,000.
"My Father, Charlie Chaplin"
is a most interesting book about
a most interesting man. It is
well written and it has special
merit for those who are inter-
ested in the theater.
Karl Shapiro, the distin- what is an American and a writ-
guished poet who won the 1945 er, "few seem to know what a
Pulitzer Prize for hii "V-Letter Jew is." "The most curious as-
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and Other Works," who is now pect of this affair is," he writes,
professor of English at the Uni- "that the Jews who are recog-
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ica." Shapiro informs us that
Jewish plus American combi-
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1. SCHWARTZ. All kinds of carpen- (JTA) — Two fraternity chap-
There is a self-searching in freedom" goes back too many
ter work, no job too big or small ters on the Williams College
this brilliant young writer. generationt not to be taken
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campus announced that, by the He tells how he was misled more seriously.
time the college opens for by Jewish intellectuals, ex-
Shapiro's "In Defense of Ig-
classes next September, they Marxists and Freudians, and norance" is a remarkably good
will have freed themselves of declares: "Whatever Jewish book, and his essay on the Jew-
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Thirteen of the 15 fraternity the American Classicists who companying discussion. Because
chapters at Williams College made it their business to it provokes thought, it serves a
BETTER THAN NEW
have already filed statements equate 'American' and 'Jew' constructive purpose.
asserting that they are "free to as twin evils. This conscious-
— P. S.
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Bavarian Dispute
The two fraternities prepar-
ing to make Williams College my mind."
MUNICH, (JTA)—An inner
wrote
this
book
"to
break
He
fraternity membership 100 per-
out of this ghetto." He poses fight in the Jewish community
cent without bias are Phi Delta
many questions, and gives a few of Bavaria, which has been
Theta and Phi Gamma Delta.
interesting answers. He tells of going on for three years, was
The local officers of the first his resentment against certain finally resolved by court action
notified college officials this prejudices. He states that "it is when the Munich District Court
weekend that they will surren- only in the last generation or issued an order prohibiting
der their national charter by two that an American Jew could three local Jews from styling
Aug. 15, unless their national write Jewishly and still be themselves as "leaders" of the
organization permits them to thought of as an American." He community.
elect members without bias.
Max Bachmann, Dr. Aaron
declares: "changing of names
has always shocked me deeply, Ohrenstein and Si e g f r i e d
even though it has always been Seidowsky complained to the
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a common practice among writ- court that community elections
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the Jewish writer in America cordance with the community's
meets with no obstacles qua charter. The court ruled in
Jew" and he provides this de favor of the officially recog-
nized Association of Israelitic
finition of a Jewish writer:
An American Jewish writer Communities of Bavaria, and
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