22—Friday, July 29, 1966
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Seymour Markowitz Candidate for Legislature
Seymour Markowitz, a Detroit tablished to cope with problems
Anti-Semite Poet Ezra Pound Given
Notables' Accolades on 80th Birthday
For more than a decade, from
the time that he was indicted, in
1943, for treason—two years be-
fore he was brought to this coun-
try to be tried on that charge_
there were debates, feature ar-
ticles, discussions, on the topic of
the obsession of Ezra Pound. Many
an article was titled "Is Ezra
Pound Insance?"
He was declared insane after be-
brought here
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for trial from
Italy and the
c h a r g e against
him was dropped.
He returned to
Italy, and they
affirm his insist-
ence that he was
never insane.
And in 1948 he
even won the
Bollimgen Prize
for Poetry.
In spite of his
)4broadcasts from
Italy against his
< native land, the
::United St ate s,
'regardless of his
venomous attacks
Pound
on the Jews, he still is hailed the
great poet.
That's how one must size up
"'Ezra Perspectives," a volume of
tributes to him, published by Hen-
ry Regnery Co. (114 W. Illinois,
Chicago). The volume was edited
by Noel Stock. Included are num-
erous essays, including articles by
same of the world's most em;nent
figures, in tribute to Pound on his
80th birthday.
Some of the essays were written
before the charge of treason was
conferred upon the world-famed
author who may have escaped the
gallows because of the insanity
ruling.
There is, for instance, the piece
that was written in 1932 by Ernest
Hemingway, who wrote: "The best
of Pound's writing—and it is in
the Cantos—will last as long as
there is any literature."
There is an essay in the "Ezra
Pound Perspectives" by Christine
Brooke-Rose in which she touches
upon the anti-Jewish attitude of
Pound. In a footnote to her corn-
ELECT .. .
SEYMOUR
MARKOWITZ
State Representative
Republican-16th Dist.
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attorney, has filed for a seat in the I of the Northwest community.
House of Representatives, for the
16th Representative District.
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Markowitz is a member of the
ment on Pound's anti-Semitism she
Detroit and Michigan bar associa-
refers to:
tions. He is also a former mem-
"Del Mar's interesting and ber of the Michigan Corporation
sympathetic lecture on 'Usury and Securities Commission.
and the Jews,' delivered to the
Young Men's Hebrew Associa-
tion of San Francisco in 1879,
which received great applause,
and which he shows how the
Church and the early Christian
monarchs, by closing all the
other trades to the Jews, forced
them into usury because, though
forbidden, it was useful to them.
Del Mar is one of Pound's main
sources on the history and nature
of money."
His Volunteers for Romney for
President Committee, the first in
the nation, was founded by Marko-
witz.
Markowitz is also the founder
and president of the Northwest
Detroit Redevolpment Corpora-
tion, a non-profit corporation es-
Kasoff as 'Qualified'
Veteran attorney and civic lead-
er Irwin J. Kasoff has been given
a "Qualified" rating by all the in-
dependent rating committees in his
bid for a seat on Wayne County's
Circuit Court.
As a practicing attorney since
1948, he has represented several
labor union locals and is presently
general counsel for the United
Steelworkers of America. A Detroit
resident since 1919, Kasoff is a
graduate of the Detroit College of
State Rep. Daniel S. Cooper has
- announced h i s
candidacy for re-
election to the
legislature from
the 69th District
in the Aug. 2
primary.
Cooper was
voted the most
outstanding new
Democrat in the
House of Repre-
sentatives by the
Michigan Press
Poll.
Cooper
Vote Loud and Clear For
Otherwise there are no refer-
ences to Pound's anti-Semitism,
although from the point of view
of poetic criticism and the judg-
ments on Pound's life the essays
are mainly objective. -
But the new book does revive
the interest in Pound's anti-Amer-
ican activities during the war, his
anti-Semitism, his likes and dis-
likes.
He had dealings with many,
sought a correspondentship through
Walter Lippman, met with rebuffs
in his time as well as acclaim.
Now his bigotry seems to be for-
gotten! "Ezra Pound Perspectives"
is mostly filled with accolades.
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16th District.
Stacey received business admin-
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Wayne State University. He is a
partner in the legal firm of Nuss-
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has been an attorney for 15 years.
During World War II he was
second lieutenant in the Air Force.
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delegate.
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