Nathan Greene Named as Counsel Historic Case: When U. S. Broke Trade Relations. with Russia in Protest Against to Congressman from Minneapolis Ban on Jewish Citizens Traveling to Russia Announcement has been those which are affected with By HARRY SIMONHOFF For a decade the Arab states have discriminated against American citizens of the Jewish faith. They b o y c o t t firms owned, controlled or managed by American Jews. They black- list American vessels which call at Israeli ports. Egypt closes the Suez Canal to ships carrying cargoes to any port in Israel, contrary to international law. Saudi Arabia excludes Jewish soldiers wearing the American uniform. These p olicie s, practiced quite openly with the consent of our S t ate Department, should be stopped. The time is ripe for action. The precedent for such a course has been es- tablished in 1911 when the United States of America abro- gated its treaty with Czarist Russia, as appears in the fol- lowing: In 1832 the U.S.A. and the Czar of Russia negotiated . a treaty of commerce, which pro- vided that "the inhabitants of their respective states shall mu- tually have liberty to enter the ports, places and rivers of the territory of each party . . . shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatso- ever of said territories." For about three decades little hap- pened to disturb the relations between the two governments. There were few Russian Jews entering or living in the U.S.A. After 1865 incidents began to multiply and by 1880 the Sec- retary of State, James G. Blaine, dispatched a masterly protest against the discrimina- tions practiced against Ameri- can Jews by the Russian gov- ernment. * * * For 40 years each adminis- . tration tried to induce the Czar .to permit American Jews to visit Russia. They failed. No wonder, since some of the am- bassadors themselves had im- bibed the venom of the Black Hundreds. Jews in the U.S.A. were becoming restive. By 1910 the population of American Jews born in Russia and their descendants exceeded a mil- lion. But the Taft administra- tion was dragging its feet.. On Jan. 19, 1911, Louis Marshall, the most effective Jewish leader ever to arise in the U.S.A., de- livered a powerful address be- fore the convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregation, and called for complete abrogation of every existing treaty between the United States- and Russia. A copy of this speech was sent to President Taft. More and more Americans were becoming aroused over the contemptuous attitude of Russia towards her treaty obli- gations. Speeches in and out of Congress called for action. On receiving the Marshall ad- dress and the resolution of the convention, William H. Taft decided it was time to halt the anti-Russian tide. On Feb. 15, 1911, he invited some " outstanding Jewish leaders to the White House. In "Louis Marshall, Champion of Liberty," Vol. 1, pages '78-87, the great leader gives a full account of the luncheon and the discus- sions that followed. The Presi- dent read his prepared state- ment on the passport question. Some of the excerpts are: "What I wish to invite your attention to is that this rela- tion between the United States and Russia is . . . of 50 years standing. It is a relation under which property rights have been acquired, investments have been made. . .. The busi- ness with Russia amounts to about $100,000,000 . . If this treaty were renounced they would be completely subject to the control of Russian tri- bunals, influenced as they are largely by executive policy. . . If we denounce the treaty . . . we shall imperil a good many interests which it is our duty to preserve. . . How much would this affect the Russian Jews. . . . Wouldn't we be im- periling those people . . . by ranging ourselves in. hostility to Russia." * * * In the discussion that fol- lowed Marshall stated: "We did not believe that the American people would permit private business interests to count as against the principle that all American citizens were equal and were to be free from all discrimination. . . . The ques- tion was not one which con- cerned the Jews as such, but involved the dignity of our Government when it issued its passport, and the sanctity of American citizenship." After the discussion the President said he had received a communication from W. W. Rockhill, the American Ambas- sador at St. Petersburg, and suggested that the committee withdraw to an adjoining room to read and discuss the letter. Louis Marshall writes: "We ac- cepted his suggestions and I read quite a long communica- tion in which Mr. Rockhill pre- Israel Receives More European Than American Tourists This Year JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Tour- ism from Europe in the first half of 1963 rose, compared with the same period last year, while tourism from the United States fell in the comparable period, it was announced here. Euro- pean tourism rose from 32 per cent to 41 per cent of all tour- ism to Israel, while that of the United States fell from 34 per cent to 30.6 per cent. The period included three months of tourism following a ban on charter flights to Israel, and it was assumed that the introduction of group flights from the United States failed to compensate for losses caused by the ban. Israel is almost the only country banning charter flights and refusing landing rights to such flights. All major European countries not only offer charter flights but have stepped up such services. This is done through affiliates of the official airlines, an arangement which permits them to adhere to the ban of the International Air Travel Association while disembarking Israel-bound pas- sengers at Cyprus. From there, the travelers go to Israel by boat. The only exception on land- ing rights is for pilgrimage tours from Europe and the United States, but these have fallen off considerably. The issue is expected to come up for re- consideration next fall. sented the stock arguments of Russia with respect. to the Jews, the contention that if given greater rights than they had they would exploit the peasants, and that there were reasons which made it neces- sary for Russia, in conducting her internal affairs, to deal with the Jewish problem as she had done and to withhold from Jews ews of other countries the right to enter Russia." Mar- shall then stated to the Presi- dent, "I read the letter to my associates and all of us found it very objectionable. . . . I characterized the letter as . . . a pro-Russian argument which, coming from an American Am- bassador, was highly objection- able." * * * The letter of Marshall goes on, "Mr. Schiff, who was very indignant, then gave voice to his disappointment. . . . When the conference broke up . . . and the various conferees shook hands with the Presi- dent, Jacob Schiff alone re- frained from greeting the President. As we went down the stairs he turned to me and said, 'This means war,' and authorized me to draw on him to the extent of $25,000 for a fund to carry on a campaign to bring about the abrogation of the treaty. . . . Mr. Bettman turned to me and said, `Wir sind in Golus'." Ten months rolled by and the President did nothing. He might have felt repudiated by the 1910 election which gave control of Congress to the Democrats. On Dec. 4, 1911, John N. Garner, Congressman from Texas and later Vice- President under Franklin D. Roosevelt, introduced a resolu- tion for abrogating the treaty with Russia. So did Rep. Wil- liam Sulzer of New York. Next day, Sen. Charles M. Culberson of Texas introduced in the Senate the resolution presented by Sulzer. On Dec. 6, a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall pre- sided over by William G. Mc- Adoo presented such top per- sonalities as. Governor Wood- row Wilson, Champ Clark, William Randolph Hearst, and a distinguished group of nota- bles. They urged the passage of a resolution to abrogate .the Russian Treaty. It was adopted. Many such meetings were held throughout the country. * * * Taft still hoped to save the treaty. To defeat the resolu- tion he sent a message to Con- gress on Dec. 7, 1911, and stated, "I believe that the gov- ernment of Russia is address- ing itself seriously-'to the need of changing the present prac- tice under the treaty." Such blindness in the face of a gov- ernment staging pogroms and case to prove that Jews require the blood of a Christian for their Passover ritual! On Dec. 13, 1911, the Demo- tives adopted the Sulzer Reso- lution 301 to 1. Now Taft de- scended to the tactics of a peanut politician. If the treaty must be terminated why not grab the credit for himself, especially since 1912 would be the election year for President! So, on Dec. 15, Taft instructed his Ambassador in St. Peters- burg that the U.S.A. termin- ated the 1832 treaty. made, in Washington, of the civil rights, civil liberties and appointment of Nathan M. foreign affairs interests. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Greene, 19915 Kent- field, as legislative counsel to Congressman D on al d Fraser, U.S. Representative from Min- neapolis. Greene is a 1960 graduate of Wayne State Law S c h o o 1, by Walter L. 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