Purely Commentary

Noteworthy Candidates . . .
Campaign Issues .. A Note
on Communal Leadership

By Philip

SIOMOVitZ

The Election's Solemnity

Yet his realism did not tempt to cynicism. Rather it generated
both charity and the spirit of justice in him."
The die is cast.
I am sure that he is referring to Fred Butzel, and here we have
It is a foregone conclusion that President Johnson will be retaine d
a very interesting characterization of Fred by one of the most
in office and. that the radical right will be rejected.
incisive
minds in America. I felt that perhaps this characterization
When it is all over, Senator Goldwater. like Governor Lando n
should not be lost in the obscurity of a volume that perhaps not
before him (in 1936), will be regarded with high esteem because o f
too many read and I therefore presume to bring it to your attention.
his personal charm; and like Governor Landon. who later acknowl -
First of all, we are forewarned against resort to stereotypes.
edged the Franklin Roosevelt humanitarian and social gifts to ou ✓
Of greater significance is the reference to the civic duties of Jews.
nation and the world, Senator Goldwater may even recognize th e
In the era of the Butzels, the Kroliks, the Welts, the Himelhochs
wisdom of many who now are his opponents and adversaries. That wa s
the experience with one of the most charming„..personalities who un- there was no doubt about the deep interest of Jews, who had risen
successfully sought the presidency on the RepUblican ticket, the late to prominence in civic affairs,
Have we declined on that score? Is Max Fisher an exception
Wendell L. Wilkie, who during the war coopeimted with FDR to the
fullest. And so also is the present case of former Senator Hanry Cabot to the rule?
We are now drawing into leadership new elements. We no longer
Lodge, who was a Johnson appointee as special ambassador in Viet Nam.

Baerwald School
Ground Is Broken

JERUSALEM—Ground was
broken here, on the western slope
of the Hebrew University campus,
for the permanent home of the
Paul Baerwald School of Social
Work. The school is named for the
former chairman and treasurer
and one of the founders of the
Joint Distribution Committee.
Present at the ceremony were
Dr. Joseph Burg, Israeli minister
of social welfare; Edward M. M.
Warburg, JDC chairman; Moses A.

Leavitt, JDC executive-vice-chair-
man; Eliahu Elath, Hebrew Uni-

speak of or think in terms of German Jews in juxtaposition to Russian versity president; and members f
or Polish Jews. We are one community. There no longer are the the United Jewish Appeal Study
Hungarian and the Galician and the Russian and the Polish syna- Mission.
gogues.
A synagogue is a synagogue and is no longer dependent
The Joint Distribution Commit.
upon the national origin of Jewish groups. Leadership need no longer
tee has appropriated $50,000 to-
be based on affluence.
wards construction of the new
There is need for recognition of merit, as in the case of a Fred building. Although JDC receives
Butzel. He may have been a cynic, he may have been rough at times,
do our homes and families.
the bulk of its funds from the
As always, we are certain that the American people will not be and tough. but his roughness and his toughness wore off quickly United Jewish Appeal, it is fin-
because he was civic- and social-minded.
found wanting on Election Day.
ancing the school from special leg-
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The facts Dr. Adler calls to our attention do, indeed, raise the acy funds and not from JDC funds.
question of selectivity in leadership. The community is on the verge
In lighter vein, the story goes that Michel Goldwasser (Big
The Paul Baerwald School is the

Yet, the election must not be

taken for granted, and no one
who is loyal to himself, to his country, to the ideals for which thi
nation stands, dares to stay away from the polls. Only by such defaul •
will we lose our rights as citizens; only by abandoning our rights wil
we be yielding to the forces of bigotry that have no place in this land
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There is grave solemnity associated with the ballot box.
We must treat the duty of casting our votes as seriously as we

Mike Goldwater) became the center of attraction in Heaven. He
wondered what the fuss was about and was told: "Don't you know
your grandson Berei (Barry) is running for President of the United
States?" Whereupon he countered: "Of which synagogue?"

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Many Matters of Vital Importance to Voters
The Presidency is not the only important item on the Nov. 3
ballot. We are to choose a Governor. Important judgeships are to
be filled. Educational posts are to be assigned.
There is to be a decision on the question involving the so-called

Massachusetts Ballot which we consider a bad one for us. It would
require such long lines of voters who would have to deliberate on
their choices for official posts that many waiting in line might find
it too tiresome to await their turn.
It is true that people must learn how to choose between candidates.

of drawing in a young element: let us see if it can be a group of
leaders who will be deserving of the title.
Dr. Adler's reference to a significant book calls attention to
another fact: that the old leaders are so quickly forgotten! We could

learn so much from experience if we understood the motivations
and dedications of the men and women who were so important to
our community only two decades ago, but whose names are today
among the forgotten.

Argentina's Interior Minister Lashes Out
Against Hale and Incitement to Anti-Semitism

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A
sharp attack against incitements to
that the voters must be led to think and not to act like robots. This is anti-Semitism "violence and mis-
one year when there undoubtedly will be much vote-splitting. Yet, there trust" in this country was deliv-
is an element that can be helped by the straight ballot, and that does ered here by Minister of the In-
not obviate ticket-splitting by the voter who keeps informed on the terior Juan S. Palmero.
men and the issues in a political campaign.
He was principal speaker at a
We have already indicated that men like Charles Gershenson, celebration arranged here by the
Judge Benjamin Burdick and A. L. Zwerdling should be given serious leading Jewish organizations in
consideration for the offices they seek. There are many others who this country, for the 75th anniver-
deserve the voters' attention.
sary of the founding of Mosesville,
The Kaufmans have set a high record for service to our city and first Jewish colony in Argentina.
'tate, and Judge Charles Kaufman is no exception. He has honored That colony was founded by the
the Kaufman name and the Bench. Miny others are deserving of Jewish Colonization Association
consideration. Ben Rose has earned respect for his communal efforts.
with funds provided by the late
We have scores of friends, men of all faiths. who have honored the
Baron Maurice de Hirsch.
positions they hold in both houses of Congress and in judicial posts.
"We must root out once and
We hope the voters have studied the backgrounds of the candidates forever," said Palmero, "hate, vio-
to make certain that the men they elect to office will redeem them-
lence and mistrust. Let each de-
selves and will prove worthy of the trust we place in them.
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A serious issue is involved in the present Common Council cam-
paign. Detroit' s clergy, representing all faiths, have taken a strong stand

on civil rights. One of the Council candidates stands for curtailment of
the principles of the law of the land in defense of the rights of the
Negroes. That automatically makes him undesirable for the high city

position. That is why we must deviate once again from impartiality and
urge the election of Jackie Vaughn to the Common Council.
This has been an exciting election year. It has compelled us to
take sides and to abandon impartiality. When we will have eliminated
the threats from the extreme right — and that applies to the highest
office in the land as well as to the local Common Council issue — we
shall be able once again to return to a position of impartiality, when
men and issues will be judged on their merits and on basic differences

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first institution of higher learning
in Israel to award Bachelor's de-
grees in social work. The school,
now housed in cramped quarters
in two downtown buildings, has
graduated some 200 social workers
since it was first opened in this
city in 1958.

Jewish A gency
Sets Agenda Prior
to World Congress

JERUSALEM , JTA) — The
plenary session of the executive of

fend his ideas without offending ' unto the healthy Argentine soil,"
others. We must all pursue ideals
and do not at all represent either

of progress through united
Government policy or the wishes
efforts."
of the people of the country.
Other addresses were delivered
Ambassador Silvano Santander
by Dr. Isaac Goldenberg. president made that statement to leaders of
of DAIA, the central body of or- the Jewish community of Mexico
ganized Argentine Jewry; Gregorio who visited him to welcome him
Faingursch, on behalf of the Kehil- to the ambassadorial post he has
lah, the Jewish community of this just assumed.
city; Jack Calius, on behalf of the
"You may be sure." he told Jew-
Jewish Colonization Association. ish leaders, "that our government

who lauded Argentina's govern- is doing all in its power to fight
ment for its "positive attitude against anti-Semitic incitements.
toward immigrants"; and Israel You may be also sure that the
Ambassador Joseph Avidar.
Argentine people as a whole re-

The Israeli envoy told the meet-
ing that the immigrants who came
here 75 years ago to establish

Mosesville were "motivated by the
same national Jewish movement
which drove Jews to pioneer in
Palestine."
Meanwhile, in Mexico City the

Argentine Ambassador said anti-
Semitic incitements in Argentina
constitute "a wild growth grafted

jects such unhealthy manifesta-
tions."
The delegation, led by Gregorio

Shapiro, president of the Jewish
Central Committee, included I. Z.
Berebichez, general secretary of
the central body of organized
Jewry; Mrs. Dounia Wasserstrom,
president of the Mexican Union of
Jewish Women; and Fernando
Jeno, head of Tribuna Israelita.

acec in D Jo ec w nsmA elsi k Govt. to Delete
Canadian
`11
t, Fight Hate Mail

the Jewish Agency opened here
Sunday with an agenda indicating
that fir-reaching decisions on the
future of the Zionist movement
OTTAWA (JTA)—The Canadian
of opinion based on the policies of opposing parties in a country that would be taken at the gathering.
This will be the last plenary ses- Jewish Congress urged the federal
has a good , two-party system, rather than the shocking pressures
that sion of the Jewish Agency execu- government to remove the words
are accompanied by appeals to hatred and to the negation of the Ameri-
two founding races" from the pre-
tive prior to the opening of the
can ideal of equality for all races and all faiths.
amble to its Royal Commission on
26th
World
Zionist
Congress
Senator Goldwater, quoted in the Washington Star, Dec. 3,
Biculturalism and Bilingualism, to
Dec. 30.
1961: "Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we
The session was scheduled to ban hate literature from the marls
could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to
and
jail its proponents and to raise
sea."
make final arrangements for the
Zionist Congress, including ap- the question of anti-Semitism in
Yet the Arizonan went to Madison Square Garden on Monday,
proval of its agenda and discus- Russia at the United Nations.
and the rousing ovations he received showed that his supporters
The Congress also asked the gov-
are good sports.
sion of a four-year plan to be
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submitted to the delegates. It ernment to urge West Germany to
also was to discuss next year's amend its criminal law so that the
An Insightful Note From Rabbi Adler
budget and programs for immi- German statute of limitations will
We are indebted to Rabbi Morris Adler for the following thought-
gration .to Israel and absorption not apply to war criminals. Under
provoking comment which should lead to discussions of numerous
present German law, war crimes
of new settlers.
basic issues involving all of us:
cannot be prosecuted after next
Other items on the agenda for
In re-reading Reinhold Neibuhr's "Pious and Secular America"
May.
which appeared in 1958, I read again his well-known essay which the plenary session were coopera-
The views of the Canadian Jew-
created some discussion at the time of its appearance, on the rela- tion with the Israel Government, i sh Congress were put before
tions of Christians and Jews in Western civilization. He said some measures of common concern and Prime Minister Lester Pearson and
very insightful things in that essay, and it has rema*bly stood up Zionist work in Jewish communi- members of his Cabinet by Michael
in these years. The essay was originally read as a paper for the ties outside of Israel, the position Garber of Montreal, CJC president,
joint faculties of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Union of such communities in "emer-
n its annual submission to the gov-
Theological Seminary. He makes a point that when we accept a gency areas" and cooperation with ernment. The Congress' views on
stereotype, we generally accept one who is not representative of other Jewish organizations.
sraeli-Arab tensions were simul-
It was disclosed that the Jewish
the best qualities. And he tells how in his own town there were
taneously submitted in a joint
two Jews, one a man of high respectability, the other evidently not Agency has decided to invite to appearance before the cabinet with
on such a high level. It was the latter who was taken as the typical the forthcoming Zionist Congress
the United Zionist Council.
rather than the man of distinction and character.
a delegation of 50 representatives
The CJC said it was disturbed
of
Then he refers to an experience he had when he was a young
Jewish youth organizations
Pastor in Detroit. He mentioned the fact that the Christian com- throughout the world. This is a last year when the Royal Com-
mission on Bilingualism and BI-
munity does not sufficiently recognize the Jews' Capacity for civic new development in the history of
cultnralism was appointed with
virtue which, as he puts it, "equals and frequently exceeds that Zionist Congresses.
terms of reference that men-
of the Christian commnnit y." Then he tells this little auto-
More than 500 delegates from all
tioned an equal partnership be-
biographical item. I quote: "My first personal acquaintance with parts of the world will attend the
tween "the two founding races"
this capacity was occasioned by my experience as a young Pastor Congress as well as fraternal dele-
— English and French.
in Detroit where I served as the Chairman of the Mayor's Commis- gations from Jewish communities.
Garber pointed out that while
sion on Race and had as my Vice-Chairman a Jewish lawyer who
one could become a member of a
combined the sophisticated knowledge of human nature with a THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
culture, one had to be born into
broad challenge. He was realistic,- almost , to the , point of
cynicism.. 2—Friday, 'October 30; •964 -
a Prace.," , The- brief - urged the gov-

ernment to amend the terms of
reference to assure the Canadian
people that nearly one-third of the
population is not to be deprived of
its equality as part of the nation.
The CJC suggested amendments

to the Criminal Code of Canada
making it a crime, punishable by
two years in prison, to incite vio-

lence or provoke disorder against
any class of persons, or against
any person as a member of any
class in Canada.
It also suggested that the public
mischief provisions of the code be
widened to include statements in-
tended or calculated to promote

hatred and contempt of, or hostil-
ity against, a group of persons by
reason of their particular race,
nationality or ethnic origin, color
or religion.
The Congress brief said the use
of the mails to promote hatred or
contempt of any group of persons
for their race, nationality or ethnic
origin should be banned. But the
brief stressed that a clause should
be put in the code making clear
that legitimate argument over
controversial social, political, e'co-
nornic and religious q u e s tioas
could continue.
Present at the interview were
Prime Minister Pearson, Foreign
Secretary Paul Martin, Justice
Minister Guy Favreau and Secre-
tary of State Maurice Lamontagne.
In addition to Gaber, Sydney M.
Harris of Toronto and Saul Hayes
of Montreal also participated.

