DeGaulle Victory Hailed in Israel;
Mendes-France to Try in Run-Off
Rabbi Adler's W ritings Compiled in Impressive
Work; Edited by Goldie Adler and Lily Edelman
Mendes-France, who was prime
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Israeli circles, refusing formally minister in 1954, has been off the
to comment on the results of Sun- national scene since he was run
day's French elections because over by the Gaullist bandwagon
they did not want to take a posi- in 1958 and 1962. However, in
tion on internal French affairs, Grenoble, he scored almost 34
showed satisfaction nevertheless, per cent of the vote in Sunday's
here, with the results of the bal- elections against 38 per cent given
loting, which returned Gen. the Gaullist candidate and 21 per
cent for the Communist nominee.
Charles de Gaulle to power.
The Communists had agreed
The same circles were also
gratified over what seemed to be previously that, in case of a run-
- they would shift their votes
a victory for the French Jewish off,
statesman, former Premier Pierre to Mendes-France, thus probably
Mendes-France, who appears now insuring his success at the polls
to have put himself into position next Sunday.
French Jews were assiduously
for a political come-back after this
coming Sunday's run-off elections wooed by candidates of deGaulle's
in his constituency of Grenoble. party.
Couve de Murville told an as-
Other political and public opin- sembly attended by a large num-
ion, however, unrestrained by for- ber of Jews that France would
malities, were outspoken in voic- do all it could to bring about re-
ing their satisfaction over the re- unification of Jewish families
sults in the French national bal- which have members in the Soviet
loting. Both evening newspapers Union. He also said he hoped that
Maariv and Yedioth Ahronoth the existing pact between t h e
— hailed the elections as an aug- European Common Market and
ury of the continuance of friendly Israel, which expires next June
Franco-Israeli relations in the fu- 30, would be changed into a better
ture.
agreement for Israel.
In Paris, Le Monde, the influ-
A committee of coordination for
ential daily newspaper, hailed the Jewish deportees, a French Jewish
Israeli newspaper reactions favor- organization representing thous-
ing the de Gaulle victory at the ands of such survivors of Nazism,
French polls. Le Monde endorsed addressed a special appeal to all
The Israeli newspaper views, de- French Jews to vote for the candi-
claring that de Gaulle would be dates of the de Gaulle list. The
"good for France, the world and committee also sent thousands of
Israel" because de Gaulle "has letters to Jewish voters, urging
many times given proof of his them to vote for de Murville, Roger
friendship to Israel."
Frey, Louis Joxe and other de
Jewish organizations in Paris Gaulle ministers.
The letters stressed that Jews
said that they will continue to
should not forget what Gen. de
support Gaullist candidates in
Gaulle had done against the
Sunday's run-off elections. Can-
Nazis during World War II and
didates for the Chamber of Dep-
what his government was doing
uties, who failed to receive
now to bar renewal of Fascist
absolute majorities in last Sun-
parties in France. The commit•
day's national balloting, are to
tee also made a point of remind•
get a second chance during the
ing French Jews that Gen. de
run-off voting.
Among those who will be on the Gaulle had once described Is-
run-off lists are Foreign Minister rael as "a friend and ally of
Maurice Couve de Murville, a pro- France."
The meeting at which the foreign
Gaullist, and Mendes-France, an
minister spoke was one of a num-
anti-Gaullist, in Grenoble.
It was predicted here that some ber of such gatherings organized
of the run-off candidates, especially by the committee and other Jewish
Couve de Murville, stand a good organizations. Many of these meet-
chance of re-election thrOugh the ings are being held in Jewish
backing of the "Jewish voices." homes.
For nearly two decades, Rabbi
Morris Adler addressed his con-
gregation in the columns of the
bulletin of his synagogue, Sharey
Zedek—the S. Z. Recorder — in
weekly messages that appeared
under the heading "May I Have a
Lily Edelman
Goldie Adler
Word With You?" Now, under the
same heading, appropriately, the
major selections from these
columns have been incorporated in
a volume issued by. Crown Pub-
lishers.
Compiled by Goldie (Mrs. Mor-
ris) Adler and Lily Edelman, the
selections in this volume, which
makes its appearance on the first
anniversary of the death of the
eminent rabbi, include major ad-
dresses delivered by Dr. Adler, the
essay that appeared in Harper's
"What Is a Jew?" and scores of
other noteworthy essays.
Mrs. Edelman's introduction is
a deeply moving tribute to the
martyred rabbi. Commenting on
his "humane, humorous rab-
binic chats," she points out:
"Rabbi Adler himself had been
assembling favorite pieces, under
assorted headings and in multiple
notebooks, in order to meet re-
peated requests from farflung
colleagues and friends and occa-
sional feelers from would-be
publishers."
She presents the collection as
"worthy of the memory of Morris
Adler" and pays him this added
tribute:
"For him nothing human was
`Tammany Tigers-9 Men Who Ran New York'
There were nine men who ran
New York under Tammany rule.
During their dominating influences,
many things happened, many
events occurred, to influence Amer-
ican politics.
The dramatic story is told in an
exciting book by Alfred Connable
and Edward Silberfarb, entitled
"Tigers of Tammany," published
by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Aaron Burr, the first Tammany
boss-1756-1836—who had triumph-
ed over Alexander Hamilton in a
duel and who was the only U. S.
Vice President to be indicted for
murder and who had to escape to
a European exile; Marilyn Van
Buren, Fernando Wood, William
Marcy Tweed, Honest John Kelly,
Richard Welistead Croker, Charles
Francis Murphy, Carmine Gerald
DeSapio and J. Raymond "The
Fox" Jones are the nine men in
this story.
Many people were involved in
Tammany politics. Numerous his-
tory-making occurrences are on
the record, so ably compiled by
the two authors of this book.
Even when under attack, Tam-
many Hall commanded the respect
of Democratic leaders. Franklin
Roosevelt sent them annual greet-
ings even though Tammany op-
posed his nomination. Adlai Stev-
enson did not reject its support. "It
was and is many things, some my-
thical, some dormant," the authors
declare.
Many important names—such as
David Dubinsky, Judge Joseph
Proskauer, and Stanley Steingut
—figure in this historical record.
In reference to the candidacy of
Judge Jonah Goldstein for Mayor
of New York, when he was de-
feated by William O'Dwyer, the
authors mention that he was "an
ex-Tammany man."
Of special interest is the story
of the impeachment of William
Sulzer as Governor New York
and the comment that "Tam•
many was now linked with the
assassins of Sulzer as well as the
killers of Herman Rosenthal (in
the famous gangsters' case)."
The authors state: "As a Con-
gressman, Sulzer had spoken
against anti-Semitism in Russia,
which earned him the support of
such prominent Jewish business-
men as Herbert Lehman, Henry
Morgenthau, Sr., and Jacob
Schiff. Lehman contributed $12,-
000 to Sulzer's gubernatorial cam-
paign, $5,000 of it to Sulzer for
his personal use. Schiff gave
$2,500."
Then there is the account of Al-
fred Smith's candidacy for Presi-
dent, the influence of the Ku Klux
Klan, the failure fully to repudiate
the KKK, etc.
"Tigers of Tammany" is a par-
tial history of American politics.
It is a revealing document about
famous men. In summary, the au-
thors present their case in three
interesting observations:
"In New York City today, ar-
tists and intellectuals who dabble
in politics frequently sign their
names to anti-Tammany adver-
tisements. But Tammany once
boasted of its own literati: Aaron
Burr's Princeton classmate Philip
Freneau, whose long poem The
Prophecy of King Tammany' was
a favorite at society meetings.
the youthful William Cullen Bry-
ant, in later years a Republican
convert, published a literary an-
nual in league with the editor of
the St. Tammany Magazine.
Tammany proposed Washington
Irving for Mayor and sent his
alien. Unlike many professing men
of faith, he really did believe, with
every fiber of his being, that man
is created in the image of God and
as such has the potential and the
obligation to do good and 'to act
brotherly.' Children, family, the
home; friends, conversation, de-
bate and mutual criticism; read-
ing, meditation, study; involve-
ment in the world's work and busi-
ness; the self-renewing wonders of
God's universe and the daily
miracles of man's individual acts
of generosity or courage—these he
extolled."
The various essays collected for
this work have been subdivided
into corelated sections and have
been incorporated into 14 chap-
ters, headed: Freedom and Law,
War and Peace, Negro and
White, Christian and Jew and
Anti-Jew, On Being American,
On Being a Jew, On Being
Human, What Religion Is, To
Believe and to Pray, To Live and
to Die, To Know and to Do, Jew-
ish Life in America, The Human
Comedy, Purely Personal. These
appear in four sections headed
Man and Society, Man and Man,
Man and God and Purely Per-
sonal. Supplementing them is a
brief biographical sketch of
Rabbi Adler.
Each of the book's sections is
preceded by an explanatory note
written by Mrs. Edelman, evaluat-
ing impressively the contents. The
first group, for example, contains
the explanatory note that Rabbi
Adler "saw the struggle for free-
dom as never-ending, one which
has to be rewon in every genera-
tion."
Commenting on the collection
under the title "Man and Man,"
Mrs. Edelman points out: "De-
spite his faith in humanity, Rabbi
Adler was well aware of man's
weakness and his propensity for
evil . . . Nonconformity, dissatis-
faction with the status quo, criti-
cism—these he saw as useful tools
in man's striving toward a life of
worth and dignity."
Thus, down the line, the collec-
tion of essays, "May I Have a
Word With You," is not only a
gathering of opinions by an emi-
nent scholar but also an analysis
of the man and his ideological
approaches to human values as
well as to human failings.
In these assembled articles are
included essays that appeared in
various • magazines, addresses by
Rabbi Adler on Law Day, at a
Brotherhood event in a church, a
radio address during Rabbi Adler's
chaplaincy in Tokyo in 1945, his
views on Zionism and Israel, an
address at a memorial service for
Dag Hammarkskjold, a variation
on an address he delivered on
several occasions - on "Alternatives
to the Atom," comments on the
life and works of the late Hayim
Greenberg, and a score of other
addresses and evaluative com-
ments on Jewish and World sub-
jects.
Among the essays is a "Tribute
to a Teacher—In Memory of Theo-
dore H. Baruch." In the volume
also is Rabbi Adler's famous essay
on "The Rabbi." There are en-
comia for other noted leaders.
"May I Have a Word With You?"
is a noteworthy work the publica-
tion of which has been encouraged
by the adult education department
of Bnai Brith which Rabbi Adler
headed as chairman for several
years and to whose commission
Mrs. Adler was named last week.
Mrs. Adler will autograph the new
book at the J. L. Hudson Co. on
Wednesday.
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