THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 22, 1982
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FDR Tapes Maligned '40 Opponent Wendell Wilkie
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million men at work.' That's
very, very nice. 'I'm going to
put nine million men at
work.' And after he's said it
30 or 40 times, he's made a
real issue of it. Willkie's the
fellow who's going to put
nine million men to work —
I'll vote for him.' It's the it-
eration—promise, promise,
promise every single morn-
ing, noon and night. After
awhile people get to believe
it.'
The sensation thus
created may once again
provide a summary title
of "Strictly Political" as
an assignation for FDR,
in view of a record worth
recalling.
It is not only because of
the views expressed by
Wendell Willkie in his
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in which he emerged as an
admirable liberal, but espe-
cially because of the re-
corded activities and senti-
ments of the Republican
candidate for President in
1940. The FDR views, re-
surrected from secreted
tapes, overlooked basic
facts. So did the partisan
Judge Rosenman.
In May of 1940, during
the Presidential campaign,
this commentator was with
Willkie who then made
some strong comments on
Zionism, the relevance of
Jewish statehood, the need
for relaxing immigration
rules for escapees from
Nazism.
One of the sessions this
commentator had with
Willkie was during his visit
in Detroit when he spoke at
the Book Cadillac Hotel.
The meeting was picketed
by the arch-bigots of the era.
The Jewish News report of
that incident related the fol-
lowing:
"Wendell L. Winkle,
standard, bearer of the
Republican Party, and
Mrs. Dudley C. Hay, Re-
publican National Com-
mittee Member for
Michigan, indirectly
came in for distinct hon-
ors on Sunday, when the
reception that was ar-
ranged for Willkie was
picketed by followers of
Gerald L.K. Smith, in
front of the Book Cadillac
Hotel.
"A group of about 20 men
and women, who were iden-
tified as Smith followers,
paraded in front of the hotel,
carrying banners repudiat-
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concerned in 1940. It was
over the issue of a Third
Term.
One of the most distin-
guished Jewish leaders,
Abba Hillel Silver, cam-
paigned vigorously against
FDR's quest for a Third
Term. He was among
Willkie's strongest suppor-
ters. A headline during the
campaign in the Cleveland
Press stated "Silver r
Third Term,
Willkie." The article and
subsequent ones quoted
Rabbi Silver extensively.
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LUDWIG LEWISOHN
An interesting recollec-
tion: Dorothy Thompson,
who in that period was
among the staunchest of
Christian Zionists, was in
Detroit to address an anti-
Nazi rally at Olympia
Stadium. She was greeted
by an audience of 12,000.
That very night, Ludwig
Lewisohn spoke at the Sab-
bath Eve service at the Bnai
David synagogue on 14th
and Elmhurst.
As the two friends met
afterwards at the Statler
Hotel, she told him and
this commentator that
Willkie was distressed.
Willkie had recently
asked her Why 80 percent
of the Jews are support-
ing Roosevelt. Willkie
emphasized his life-long
record of liberalism and
friendship for the Jews:
She replied, her words
being from memory:
"Wendell, if you knew all
Roosevelt did for the
Jews, you'd wonder why
not 95 percent."
The judgment of the
many factors for FDR, for
Jews, for Nazi sufferers, is
now being rendered.
As to Willkie: He did not
give any indication of being
of the Hitler-mind or a Fas-
cist. Those who knew him
treated him as a liberal. His
record of his life does not
support the exposed FDR
tapes.
Negating a President
ticklish business. Tai
into view is the fact that
FDR was a shrewd politi-
cian. What was taped was
stated during a political
campaign. Therefore this
judgment: the new sensa-
tion is "Strictly Politics!"
.
RABBI SILVER
"Smith's secretary, Bar-
nard L. Doman, is said to
have arranged the picket
line."
Of unusual interest is the
linking of the report from
which this is quoted with an
accompanying photo. It was
of Wendell Willkie and
Henrietta Szold, the foun-
der of Hadassah. Regretta-,
bly, the aged clipping is not
reproducable, else the photo
would have added current
value. The photo lines read:
"Wendell L. Willkie and
another eminent Ameri-
can, Miss Henrietta
Szold, are shown here ex-
changing views on the
Jewish position, during
Mr. Willkie's visit in
Palestine."
"Sammy the Rose," as
FDR often called his adviser
Judge Rosenman, and FDR
himself were politically
,
Name Changed
GROSSINGER, N.Y.
(JTA) - - The annual meet-
ing of Hillel staff officials,
attended by more than 150
campus professionals, voted
to adopt a new name, the
Association of Hillel and
Jewish Campus Profession-
als.