Historic Detroit Circular Found, Rockwell's Harangues and Attacks on Leading
ReCailinor World War I Prayer Americans and on Jews Arouse Protests;
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CBC Program Exposes Bigotry of U.S. Nazi
Canadian and Detroit television can Jews, drawing a distinction showing the taped Rockwell inter-
viewers were up in arms last Sun- between execution and extermina- view on Sunday by CBC, Canadian
day over the 12-minute filmed tele- tion and denying that 6,000,000 Legion members registered their
vision interview with George Line- Jews were -exterminated in Ger- objections. There were 25 pickets
oln Rockwell, commander of the many. His figure was 500,000. That, who paraded in protest
against the
American Nazi Party, through the of course, was the right thing to do program in Toronto outside the
facilities of the Canadian Broad- for Hitler and Rockwell! CBC studios Sunday night.
casting Corp. In Detroit the show
The general feeling is that while
was viewed on Channel 9.
Rockwell remains a menace, the
Prior to the presentation of the Sunday program exposed him in
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program, the Detroit station was the ludicrous role of the self-
Master of Ceremonies
deluged by calls from many who proclaimed Nazi who has maligned
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protested against giving a platform America's most distinguished
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the calls were former concentra- who filed protest against
tion camp inmates and survivors
from the Nazi holocaust, who in-
dicated that a Rockwell is remin-
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the small number in his party he is
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a menace to humanity.
CBC argued that by present-
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not advocating Rockwell, that it
was making it possible for the
people to recognize the type of
menace that is represented in
this portion of the radical right.
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An interesting circular recalling
Detroit community events during
World War I was discovered this
week by Michael Michlin, a prin-
cipal of one of the United Hebrew
Schools branches, among his pos-
sessions.
Michlin is gathering historic
material and valuable letters he
has received from noted world
leaders during the past 50 years,
for presentation to Israeli archives.
Among them he found a circular,
"A Hebrew Prayer for Peace,"
recited in local synagogues at the
request of President Wilson.
It will be noted that the prayer
was based on numerous quotations
from Tehillim—the Psalms—and
the Psalms quoted are listed un-
der the top line Tefillah—prayer.
Also quoted are portions from
Isaiah and Micah and other
sources.
The gist of this prayer, trans-
lated for The Jewish News by Ber-
nard Isaacs, superintendent emer-
itus of the United Hebrew Schools,
Thus, the program went on, and
while there are those who argue
that there is an element that falls
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prey to the Rockwell type of prop-
aganda, the general feeling was
that Rockwell aroused revulsion,
that he emerged 'in the crackpot
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have seen and heard the Nazi ad-I
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vocate the murder of innocent peo-
ple.
is as follows:
Rockwell contended during the
"Lord of the universe, look down program that 80 per cent of the
and see how our land is laid waste, Jews are Communists, but he
our homes in ruins, the ground placed them in good company—
saturated with the blood of in- commencing with Franklin D.
nocent men, women and children. Roosevelt, whom he branded a
Dead bodies are strewn every- communist, President Eisenhower,
where, with no one to bury them. who was called a card-carrier of
the left, and even Senator Gold-
"Merciful God, the voices of Thy
water, who was dragged into the
children cry out to Thee from the picture maliciously.
ground. Bend Thy ear, 0 God, and
Actually, what .Rockwell said on
put an end to this frightful that program was a repeat of what
slaughter. Have mercy on Thy he had ranted about when he was
people, if not for our sake, then in Detroit on June 10. 1963. At
do it for the sake of Thy name.
that time, too, he branded respon-
"Let the vision of our Prophets, sible Americans and said, as he
Isaiah and Micah, that nation shall did - on Sunday's CBC program.
not lift up sword against nation.' that he expects to be President of
be fulfilled speedily, in our own the United States in 1972—and
that then he'll take care of the
time.
"0 God, hear our voice and Jews.
During his visit here last year
grant us peace, now and forever.
(Jewish News, June 14, 196S),
"Blessed art Thou who blesses
he attacked The Jewish News
his people with peace."
editor whom he branded as "an
It will be noted that the circu-
instigator."
lar was printed by Luries' print-
On the program last Sunday,
ers, who were then located on An-
Rockwell was quite outspoken in
toine street.
his glorification of Hitler. He said
he favored the execution of Ameri-
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The Criterion Club will hosts its
first open house 8:30 p.m. Sunday
at Cong. Beth Moses, announces
William Fleisher, club president.
Occasion will be the organiza-
tion's annual Masquerade Ball and
"parti-gras" with music for danc-
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march and prizes.
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