Ast logury for November 1968 is of Emergence Red Cross to Rebuild Nazi - Destroyed
of Anti-Senaitism, Violent Rightism, in Neu , German Cemeteries .. . if Bonn Pays
YORK (JTA)—Officials . at ' would undertake the repair of
Novel by Scaevola, Viewed as Panicky' the NEW
headquarters of the Inter- Jewish cemeteries in Germany,

destroyed by the Nazis, if the West
Had Peter Scaevola written his could occur on American soil —
assurances
German Government would meet
novel, — 68" after the San Fran- whether the rightist extremism
the costs, it was announced here
cisco Republican convention, he really has the chance again s
Many anti-Semitic quotes are
by Rabbi M. J. Rubin. president
could have been accused of basing which we are warned.
inserted: those by Mohammed, mains.
of the American section of the
his theme on the hectic events in
The narrative is told by Billy ' Ulysses S. Grant, Martin Luther,
There is more: warnings that
World Center of European Rabbis.
California in July.
Reason's speech-writer who later Pope Clement VII. Since they are
Jews are "responsible for eco-
But his " '68" was written and leaves his services, no longer able being disproved. all well and good.
Rabbi Rubin said he has also
nomic trouble.". It doesn't seem
received a letter from Dr. M.
came off the press just: before to stomach him. Then Billy Rea- But why insert the famous forgery
to matter that it has been dis-
the turmoil in 'Frisco. Therefore son begins to deliver the speeches which made an anti-Semite of
Hirsch, chairman of i\he restitution
proven that all Federal Reserve
what he writes, his warnings of he had written for him—acclaim- Benjamin Franklin? While t h e
Committee of the Bundestag,
members are Jews. And it comes
the emergence of rightism. his ad- ing- Jews as a creative force, laud- novelist mentions the ADL refuta-
lower house of the West German
to a point of Jim saying to Billy
Monitions of an impending growth ing Jewish doctors. listing the tion of that lie, the fact that it is
Parliament, agreeing that funds for
that he is looking for such
in anti-Semitism, are auguries to great Jewish musicians (Detroiter quoted at the outset as the fact
the repair of the cemeteries dese-
names, and he adds: "For - god's
be taken even more seriously.
crated by the Nazis should be pro-
Seymour Lipkin among them). It distributed by . the anti-Semites
sake. Billy, what do you want
-
a
vided by the West German gov-
While his novel is called
was done "in case the Opposition may well serve an evil purpose.
for this country, a pogrom? Do
ernment. Rabbi Rubin pointed
political thriller.." " '68" is more tries to hit•us any harder on anti-
Father Coughlin and others are
you want us to install some
out. however, that. when and if
than That: it will chill many a SeMitism."
quoted but the most shocking of
ovens?" And Billy's answer is:
the German government votes
mind and will cause fright lest
"You get hysterical . . ."
Meanwhile the methods of mak- all statements is the one related
the extremists really take over.
While the inconsistencies by such funds, that special budget
ing anti-Semitic charges stick are to the narrator. Jim, The Candi-
Scaevola's theme for Novem-
revealed: such as identifying Jews date's speech-writer who is about The Candidate con t i n u e, the will cover only the cemeteries de-
ber 1968 is that the right wing
with the business of making to leave him: "Would you like to venom seems to grow. with actual spoiled by the Nazis. There are
is just about to take over. that
hear one of our great Presidents? rowdyism, with an, attack on Jews, many other neglected Jewish cem-
money.
anti-.Jewish sentiment is ready
But when Billy Reason is inter- According to something I read. with an old lady Who was among eteries in Europe, he said, that
to erupt. that there isas of
viewed. he says he'll wipe out Bedell Smith deleted the incident the molested murmuring: "The badly need repair, and moneys for
that year's election — a move-
from the Yalta documents or it Night of the Crystal, the Night this work will have to be supplied
anti-Semitism.
by synagogues and other Jewish
ment condoning violence. Ev-
would be better known. FDR told of the Crystal . . . "
However, what purpose does
erything that is said today about
Stalin he intended to meet with
The American Nazi Party, the organizations. Appeals for such
the novelist serve by listing
the backlash is child's play com-
Ibn Saud on his way home from Birchers. others of extreme pas- funds, said Rabbi Rubin, will be
many names of Jews who are
pared with what is envisioned
Yalta. Stalin asked if he planned sions are mentioned. Does this made in synagogues during the
prominent in the entertainment
in Scaevola's novel.
to make any concessions to Saudi justify extreme panic? This read- High Holy Days.
fields and who have American-
The chief character in the novel,
Arabia. .Our noble President re- er of Scaevola's " '68" is willing
ized them, abandoning those of
the former governor of Illinois.
plied that the only concession he to beware, but he is left with the
Solomon originated the custom
their parents'?" Might not that,
William A. .Reason. is a dema-
thought he could make was to give feeling that the very warning of washing the han6 before meals.
in itself, serve to arouse preju-
gogue who is ready to accept the
Ibn Saud the five million' Jews against extremism in the novel is —Sabbath 14.
dice long before the emergence
support needed to put him in the
in the U. S."
entirely too extreme. It is diffi-
of the right-wing victory? Why
White House, no' matter where it
Jim replied. "That's a joke. son." cult to' accept fear. And " '68" THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
should such a listing conclude
stems from.
but the libel, if it is a libel, re- inspires panic.
—P. S. 20 Friday, September 4, 1964
with the query: "I wonder what
. 68." published by W. W .
In
Norton Co. (55! 5th; N.Y.). Billy
Reason is portrayed as using every
means to justify the end.
The basis. of 6urse. is the con-
tainment of communism, and the
fear injected. the : hatreds aroused.
are indicative of the demagoguery
resorted to. •
To emphasize his intention that
his novel serve as a warning
against the rising tide of rightist
hat reds„ Scaevola quotes. as an
appendiX to. his story. the follow-
ing from Walter Lippmann:
"The only solace for the Na-
tion's shame and grief can come
from a purge of the hatred and
venom which lie so close to the
.surface of our national life. We
have allowed the community of
the American people to be rent
with enmity. Only if and as we
can find our way back.into the
American community will we
find our way back to confidence
in the American destiny."
Portions of the hook. the reader
is admonished by the publisher,
are based on facts. and "statements
made throughout by real persons.
living or dead. are actual quota-
tions or have been attributed to
them as described in the hook."
Thus. many references to anti-
Semitism are actual quotations
and some of the data is factual.
For example. there are refer-
ences to charges that .Jews are
communists and the Anti-Defama-
tion League's records of swastika
dabbings in 1959 are quoted. At
this poi,pt 'there is reference to
a statement made in 1931 by U. S.
Ambassador to Germany James
W. Gerard: "If ever the American
nation gets the idea that the
Jewish race and Communism are
synonymous there is the possibil-
ity of a pogrom in the U. S. that
will make those of the czars look
like a small parade.' This state-
ment, the novelist states, was "in-
nocently disinterred by a liberal
Dr. Flexner, working desperately against
Among the great pathfinders in thescience
journal."
time, isolated the causative bacterium
of healing one must count Simon Flexner.
But The Candidate in this
and inoculated experimental animals with
After taking his degree.at the University
novel is ready to use all forces
it.
He developed a curative serum and de-
. of Louisville, in 1889,. he pursued his
for his purpose. He is amenable
termined how it.might most effectively be
medical studies in Europe. He then be-
to the anti-Jewish sentiments
used. Until the advent of the sulfa drugs,
but he is careffil, he hides it.
came Professor of Pathology at the Uni-
some thirty years later, Dr. Flexner's
he goes to the site of a New
versity of Pennsylvania. ,
Yor10 synagogue that was
serum was the standard treatment for
But Dr. Simon Flexner's life was soon
wrecked and there are headlines
spinal meningitis. For this work Dr. Flex-
to be bound up with the world-famous
acclaiming him: "Candidate Aids
ner achieved international fame.
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-.
Rescue at Bombed Synagogue."‘
Recognizing the urgent need for trained
search. From its inception, Dr. Flexner
In view of the Shocking devel-
scientists in the United States, Dr. Flener
was the director of laboratories—from
opments descried here, one won-
initiated the National Research Council
1903 to 1935—and, coincidentally, the
ders whether Scaevola• is not too
fellowships in physics, chemistry and the
panicky, whether he is not arous-
director of the Institute itself—from 1920

ing fears unnecessarily. While one
mustn't say "it can't happen
here," lest we become too com-
placent, it is inconceivable that
the possibilities portrayed in " '68"

to 1935.

Soon after his appointment as director
of the Institute. an epidemic of spinal
meningitis raced through New York City.

biological sciences.
Simon Flexner died in 1946, but the
Rockefell'er Institute to this day bears the
imprint of his mind, character and energy.

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