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THE TEXAi* JEWISH HERALD
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PROGRAM OF RELIGIOUS
WORK INCLUDES PRIEST.
RABBI AND MINISTER
MORE THAN FIFTY-ONE
MILLION GIVEN BY
AMERICAN JEWS
Kmihnm’Shmujhta
By CHAS. JOSEPH
tidi mnmqge ' ore
though innyeuiate-
;i Ji'UH, ( have
qU' . ! !'•!. to, any,
and I. am u a a Me ■
A In4y resi<iijt|f in Kau Claire, VVi , I i.lml efuldr'en of
eerie ip. VnO ..doe t hat IMt-liing. ’ v a ; i • garjled a ,f(’A ,
radio talk: glwui by f’ltryd tri L-j'j r i. 1 1 . iil/le ■■*. feaieil
the w i'll tiiowri roiTCnipondiMit, b$- , kioJmiuiuIj <1 tlm
heard Ititn rat’ that ('hull' ■ Stejn- n inibt i ;,f "expi r!
•rift/, vta- a iTotesiarit... fvli.v 'had at.to■ obtain a yUat ly. t|efirietl :-t;iCus he.
way - • ‘ I.e was a Jew' am! a k I can r.i t he ri tiiiiliei' ol puzzling it’lu-
i ■ ' i xpress my op'iliam. In melitH jnVuIvcd. .
VO w "I 1 he fact, that hundred of |
JhiitUcijMl >7f oiM'is ''listerietl m” .in I'lirouah tl.v "deui h K< ■■ lew and
ih yryei,1': of < letelalol, the follow-
the talk, ■''and b< jic.vinjr that others
iiosKiblkiyii^yrlib ,hnvu iui-»uitd< r.ttvod
Mr. Gibbon ,, 1 decided- l<r. answer her
, C|,ucrj»t u./i through this enliiWrrt.
CharU'S’Sti inmetz, thi-dale gp'nigjt "f
the Geoeral Electric ftoiiipuny, was
a Jew When Mr Gibbons said that
he was a. pyiitesiant he did not' mean
follow:
inyf intere tinyr letter in received
flout, an earnest minded -Jew aoso-
, eiat.ed wit,h’ (fiat/, College in I’liila
deljihia. ' L appreciate very mtieli the
mleii t. the Writei take in me and
my w i iUnyr'-y hut I harten to assure
hiii! that I am not guilty of the lapse
I’rotc*tant in a religious sense.} charge.- me Jjril'b. I never refer-'
Stein met/, wu* a enpple, he had been , nd.to Mii-es i>i to any other great
paralyzed and this condition was in-: leader, ancient or modern, in Jewish
heritvd an his father had suffered life, as a "Wiseacre." If such "epi
similarly. Steinmvtz felt' that those
who were incurably incapacitated as
he should never marry. And he pro-
tested against such marriages being
consummated. In that sense he was
ay protestant. He wus also a proles-
tant against other conventionalities in
society, lie was an extreme individ-
ualist and was regarded by 'many as |
eccentric. When he first went with
the General Electric Company he
found a notice posted in the labora-
tories that smoking was prohibited.
He immediately notified the compn'hy
“no smoking, no Kteinmctz,” so they
revoked the rule for his special ben-
efit. Steinmett though u Jew, was
only a Jew by birth and Hiot by re-
ligion.
Z j .
Through the "Jewish Times" of
Baltimore 1 nin asked the following
question by a reader n-soling iri Wait
Virginia:
“If a Kill' mother K.n Jewess
and tier lather i.' a Gentile is she.
considered a Jewess or o Weft
tile?"
- That is a most difficult quest itfi* to.
answer and ijcjeh'l* eiitii'.ejy. upon the.
point of VieW, and what we la. all by.
tile terms l eij. The best iiulloiihtiea
define a ibn'ile (l) among t be'jews,
a- person of a Hole J eg isH', race or
faith,, (..’i .Huong 1 bo. < In I-' in ■ a.
' tmr who r neither .lew -nor. C'hrir-
tian; a ptjig)ln, a heathen: <.j J among
the Mormons one wlio is liot a Mor-
mon; ill in India one who is not
a Mohammedan. .So a Gentile may
he dm- of ninhy rhcCs and of. fnUWy
religion belief A Jew, we are in-
form* l, o ,y tie raeially a .lew, or
a Jew only through belief -m ..Ijrdiv
ism; that, i’n,' religHujsly. If we ad
lo re t. Ei 'j-i . i> term's then it, is
easier t'i aie.wtr the question. If a
Chri-tian and a .Jew marry, the off-,
.spring ;. y.1 tt thtdi n ligiorr. trtun-
ing make* them ll the giri in qlies
» tion- i- reiileil in the .Jewish faith she
must -be i on ole red a Jcwesf ; if ill
the Xllinsifan religion, then she must
be revogni/eih as a Chtiatian. In the
; event that lb-- parent*,arc indifferent
to reijgoai training and the girl is
reared in any faith, then siicinlly,
she is recognized as a ineinlier of
tbits" were used It mu t have been
in natnre of a. cpiotatioli. If the
Writer can point out specifically
wlo-rein I have so grievously erred I
shall make proper amends. Hilt tin-
letter is worth tlie space I give it in
ttiis Column ;
The Gratz College,
Philadelphia, (‘a.,
December .'I, I'JJU.
"Dear Mr Joseph:
"Moses, I have often felt, must
have written the IMJth I’siilm uhout
the time that he received the coni-
mitnd, ‘tiii iinto pharaoh a.n<l suy
unto him, Let my people go.' Now
when he is eighty years oTd he has
burdens anil* respoh-utVriity ami sub
ject io/1 to ellttcl to heaped upon
him for that indeed ho must have
special powers given him by the
Guardian of Israels
"At present 1 ‘atilt open to the
conviction 'that this ‘prayer, of
• Mokes the mao of God' was com-
po»e11 in that hort period wherein
.iie reproved the children of Israel
i s i prior to hi- dealb I w lien he
might ’hr- UK-Uuoil to i,ay that the
l.i third oi' lus 1 liu years wa.s the
he, i aid'loa.s arid stlo nunu ami.
(according to hie experience) the
qrn .vherj-iu the re,Ward appeared
least <>' m in I- nsu ra t e wath the toil,
an-I yet pe would not relax' in wogk
loloent-jonnl amt otherwise, for hia-
people, he would not- give up his
iaitii in God's promises.
"Thou art a sage, dear Charles
and we die told, ‘Sages, t,‘e (•areful
of your words.’ Enroll nut thyself
with a Kui ah,‘ a Dathan and an
Abiram by peaking of nur great
ti aclii'C :u. a wi-eiii't/ . -lit'atly ef-
fect can be ai liieved. without. Cast-
ing >t*ir Vii iturlhig epithets uni
deserved,
‘‘cdm-ereN' yours;
: -W.MtTlfl u A. mi;MHIT/.,"
(Continued from Page 1)
Cornell men ax a whole Cornell thua
becomes the firxt university in Amer-
ica where such co-operutive action
has been achieved to the- same de-
gree, although several other univer-
sities have now moved in the same
direction.
As an indication of the broad pur-
pose of the newly-completed alliance,
the name of the organization has
been changed from the Cornell U.ni*
versity Ohriatiah Association to the
Cornell United Religious Work. The
change was made voluntarily by the
older groups in order to stress the
united character of the work per-
formed among the students.
The organization consists of a staff
made up of the executive secretary
and an assistant and the representa-
tives of the eight religious groQps. In
the opinion of President Livingstone
Karrand, the United Religious Work
at Cornell has definitely passed the
experimental stage, and in a recent
statement h« expressed his approval
of the co-operative enterprise as fol-
lows; "1 have followed with hearty
approval the sternly progress of the
United Religious Work at Cornell. I
atn particularly glad to leiirn that
three more religious groups recently
have added men to the staff. The
plan liy which these groups are unit-
ing jn a rommon Service to the uni-
versity, while each maintains its own
distjmdive program and traditions,
ha bi-ell tested by ten years of ef-
fective co-operation here. The united
work i conducted under the leader-
; lup of Rev. Edward in a broad,
liberal nn.d helpful spirit, and, fir ac'%
cordnnce with the traditions of Cor-
nell " .
' ■ ( '*——-—o-——- —■
MINISTERS QUIT ALLIANCE
REFUSE TO JOIN JEWS FOR
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
(( onl imieil frolli Page I >
could not participate' in a service
Where they would be limited ill prais-
ing Jesus Christ because of the pfos-
en■ e "f Jews. In this connection it
was recalled that many years ago
Rabbi Zh-lonkn had fled from a
Presbyterian Church when the min-
der began preaching about Jegus.
While the four ministers resigned,
occupants of the leading Protestant
pulpits iti the city contlenmed their
action mid reiterated their desire to
sit mi the same platform with Rabbis
Goldenson and Zielonka. Rabbi Gol-
denson’s addie-s on ‘‘Fellowship" was
e (Continued from Page 1)
Coolidge, and the Alfred M Heina-
heimer 1^,000,000 to 25 charitable
religious and educational institutions.
Three Christians are honored bv
The American Hebrew for their pro-
motion of better understanding be-
tween Christians and Jews in Amer-
ica durin - 192!*. These «re: Nich-
olas Murray Bullet;, president of Co-
lumbia Universit ■ A. Lawrence
Lowell, president of Harvard Univer-
sity ;and JoHn D. Rockefeller, Ja.
The presidents of Harvard and Co-
lumbia are hailed because it was at
their invitation "and under the aegis
of thedr institutions o higher educa-
tion that seminars on Protestant-
Catholic-Jewish relations were held
during the year.
"It Is u'new thing in America, anil
for that matter in all the world,” the
publication says editorially, “that
representatives of Protestantism,
Catholitlx mund Judaism should meet
in tiny most friendly manner under
such high auspices not to debate, but
to discuss frankly the misrepresen-
tation of their beliefs and practices
and, if |iossihle, to correct them. As-
suredly, seminars -uch as those held
at Columbia and at Harvard will go
a long way to prommr better under,
standing between Protestants, Cath-
olics and Jews in .America for the
sake of America,"
John lb Rockefeller. Jr,, is cited
because he is financing the ndminis
1 rid ion of the School of Religion of
I he University of Iowa, w hrbh has in
trnrfnccd into American education
for Hie first time a professor of Pro,
ti-iiantisni, a profie/o'r of Cat'holi-
'oikth and. a prolb -or 'of Juudism.
"Pioviding an opportunity for uni-'
versify -Indent* lie learn something
about nil religions," The American
Hebrew says editorially, "will go a
long way towards the uprooting of
.religious prejudices among the youth
of America*’:
The eqmplete ro^cr in 20 fields
of cultural, civic, religious, educa-
tional, toitidnal and international en-
deavor, follows:
Agriculture -■ Jacob G. Lipman,
XcW Brunswick, N. J.; Henry Mor-
genthau, Jr., New York City; E. R.
A. Heligmann, New York City.
Appoinlments and llonnrs-— Ber-
nard ,M. Baruch, New York; Michael
Fi'icdsani, New York; Sidney Hill-
man, New York; James Speyer, New
York,
ria Hfllquit, New York; Rebecca
Hoffman, New York; Samuel 'L
Rosenanann, New York; Florence
Prag Kahn, San Francisco; Herbert
H. Lehmann, New Orleans; Edgar C.
Levey, San Francisco; Max Lowen-
thal, Brooklyn; Julius Millar, New
York; Adolph J. Sabath. Chicago.
Science — Simon Flexner, New
York; Charles M. Chukrow, Ithaca;
H. J. Corper, Denver; Joseph Kap-
lun, Princeton; Paul A. Kober, Ne-
wark; Charles B. Meyeri. New York;
Mrs. Oscar 8. Straus, New- York;
Charles Weyl, Philadelphia.
TheatreJacob Ben-Ami, New
York; Herbert Fields, New York;
Theresa tlelburn, New York; George
S. Kaufman, New York; Philip Moel-
ler, Ntw York; Elmer Rice, New
York; Samuel Raphaelson, New
York; Arthur Richman, New York.
JEWISH MARKET SECOND
LARGEST IN NEW YORK WITH
EXPENDITURE OF $375,000,000
Slings to Slinl Slant
(Continued from page I)
stores, . .'(()()() stationery and cigar
at ores, (WiUO kosher butcher stores,
700 shoe stores, 275 hardware stores,
250 paint stores, 250 furniture
stores, 150 electrical stores, 71 the‘-
ntres and several thousand dry
goods and specialty shops are located
tlie Jewish sections and cater ex
By Milton M. Schayor
By Milton M. Schayor
Fire! Fire! Fire! Did you see the
great fire yesterday when 931
homes, 5 churches, G schools, 15 hotel
buildings, 1 hospital, 6 department
stores, 2 theatres, 8 public garages, 3
printing plants, 3 dry goods stores
and 96 farm buildings were destroy-
ed? In that fire ^7 lives were loet,
nine being children under 10 years
bf age. That happened yesterday
and the day before. It will happen
again today and tomorrow and for a
thousand tomorrows, unless the great
American public learn the terrific
cost of carelessness. We allow a
small city to be burned up each day.
There is a sound way to save the
nation's wealth. Do not destroy it;
Is your basement and your garret
clean?
-
One of the many functions of the
Rockefeller Foundation is to provide
a good living for outstanding stu-
dents, so thut the talented scholars
may pursue their work, free from
FOR BEAUTIFUL AND
USEFUL XMAS GIFTS
Sm the Duplay of
UNUSUAL ^
CARVED PIECES
at the
SWISS
WOODCARVING
SHOP
1118 Capitol Av4mue
d
San I a h*
edent by presenting an annual
income to Dr. Isidor Singer, one of
America's outstanding Jewish schol-
ars. Dr. Singer, who was the editor
of the Jewish Encyclopedia, is now
engaging himself in promoting a Jew-
ish ‘‘Hull of Fame;” Many of the
leading Jews of America have pledg-
ed themselves to contribute it sub-
stantial-amount annually to the Dr.
Singer Fund. I know of no better
place where, anyone can invest a few
dollars, a year, in the promotion of
Jewish ideals, than in this most
worthy endeavor to keep Dr, Singer
active in Jewish affairs. Mortimer
I,. Skiff, New York, is treasurer of
the fund. Subscriptions should be
sent to Wm. H. Short, Secretary, 51
Chambers Street, New York City.
expemirtiires for living in these stores
is S iV.'t,(toll,out) annually.
"There an- 11 Yiddish theatres in
Greater' New York. There are 12
Jewish hanks with 60 brunches in the
Jewish sections and they have total
n oHtei ,.f more Ilian $500,000,000
of which about $75,000,000 arc in
niiv iiig. .e counts.
"The .1 i-ws uf New York are large-
ly engaged in mercantile and'
.fdonkl junisuii \ a large numi
them are skilled artisans- employed
in the in i dle, shoe ami textile indus-
tries. . These trades are highly union-
ized und the workers employed earn
proportionately higher wages than
workers in other industries."
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SAYS BRITAIN WOULD HAVE
TO PROTECT PALESTINE
EVEN THOUGH NO ZIONISM
' profes-
iiber of
* Am Jacob Epstein, New York;
S'»S- b>Th“ j“r»l‘pap^f Lozowick,
.. ........c ik.. f.......ux.t.x.v JV-w T<>rk;
u.-j one of the finest speakers ever
heard here:
The general reaction to the resig-
nation of the four ministers who are
from small congregations is that it
was ill-advised and in bad taste. It
wus also pointed out that one of the
ministers who resigned had suggested
Rabbi ,\ Goldenson ns the guest
speuker.
PRESENT RODIN MUSEUM
TO PHILADELPHIA
(Continued from Page. I )
Mayor James J. Walker of New
York and Mayor Harry A. Mackay
of Philadelphia were among the
other 'speakers. The latter, in ac-
cepting the museum from Mrs. Must-
baum and Morris Wolf, co-cxecdtor
of the Masthatim estate, who pre-«
sided, said in part;
“Jules E. Masthaum did much for
his city and country which will stand
as permanent tributes. Whatever he
touched, wiis elevated and enriched.
Under his inspiring leadership, the-
ater music became gym phony orches-
tras, and he contributed advanced
art for the matfses. Philadelphia ac-
cent- this gift, and while saddened
by “the death of her eminent citizen,
still rejoiees at the privilege of , hav-
ing known hiiji. The world today ia
richer because he lived. U will he
our honor, our responsibility and our
privilege to keep and maintain this
edifice as one .more sacred shrine of
liberty, of charity, of free oppor-
tunity to the people of the United
State*.’’ ,
The nnnouitcciiM-nt of Dr. Judah
Mngne: , dean of tTie Hebrew Univer-
sity in. Palestine, -that he desires a
spiritual mid eiiltuial Jewish center
created in Palestine,- and so far as
be 11 e..nc. ineoi I o I'.'iinqui-1) pur po-
' lit,:, .il a. pii'.!ti"'n has ijevehipevl a sit-
nation ihut will have a I'.nv reaching
the group iti which the parents nitive. j.effee't iijiO-n Ihe entire i»xuy< of Zion-
If the husband who is u Gentile- do- (km. I Ins 1 .1 tunc that ealjs for
cides to throw bis lot with the people I sound thinking, cud judgment and,
of bis wife's faith, who happen to. permit u- to ay, tail and diplomacy
he J. ws, then in all likelihood the I of till- hlgiu 1 :otd.*r, Whether Dr.
ehiUlrcn will he regarded as Jews. I^fiigni- . feu*-right.p.r wr*Wg, Hus tttueh
If the Jewess seeks to escape from I must lie -'llid in favor of th.e e who
her Jewish social tieg and associates I have »o hiiicrty criticised libii, as an
with her hu bahd’s people then the 1 out standing leader Ire should have
children will come to be regarded ns I conferred with' other leader- t epre-
Gentile’s. sending the .varjiiue phases of Zion-
ism, he,foie a ."latement was issued;
That Id mV mind was a -ei'ioiis error
in jiidgmt id. It ig eqiiHU-y an error
in judgment' fin llis qpponvtit* to fly
off at a tangent, become hysterical
and hitter fq stieh a degree that even
non-Jewi?.h magazines and .newspa-
pers have seen fit to.eriticise their at-
titudfl. "...
. ,’,'r-s-:/ -
-
There have Imeti many instances
of similar cu'ses and it is difficult to
make an absolute statement regard-
ing them. For example; Josep Pulit-
zer, the lute owner of the New York
"World," Was. I believe, the child .of
such a mixed marriage. Ho in turn
married u Gentile and hia Children
today arc regarded as Gentiles. But
the world still seem* to regard Ptllt-
K:'. *or as a Jew. That is the attitude
taken by the majority of the Jewish
Press. But that does not necessarily
establish the fact that Pulitzer was
a Jsw. The non-Jewiah world, it
seems to me, hag just as Valid a claim
xv to him. The confusion arises because
' the Jews themselves are not aura
whether there is a Jewish race, and
in fact the Reform element take the
definite position that' we are Jews
by religion only. But this has cre-
ated confusion, and contradictions
without number. I know Gentile
girls who bave married Jews and
those children are being reared as
|B such cases the world ac-
them as Jew* without question,
started out to say It nil depends
‘'■“"•‘■RiuSt
belmv
FIVE BILLS CONCERNING
ft, IMMIGRATION OFFERED BY
CONGRESSMAN DICKSTE1N
(t 1 uiiinui'd from Page !)■
to follow within a year, otherwise Ihe
visa would he invalid. Thik'htfl aims
to prevent a ^ partition of families.
j lie three remaining lull* offered
by • Congressman Dickatein would
grant niiu-quota stains* to husband,
wife and parents of American citi-
zens, repeal thut provision of the de-
portation law which prohibits the re-
entry of all deported aliens and sub-
stituting in place of it a'provision en-
abling deportees to re-enter within
uw year after deportation or before
at the discretion of Ihe secretary of
labor, and non-quota status for im-
migrant refugees given’ visnsffu'ior to
July I, 1924, but denied admission
because of c-xhuUsted quotas.
‘ Mr. Dickgtein declared that the
foregoing- hills represent the mini-
mum imimgration relief which should
he adopted by congress at this ses-
sion, and that, he will press for bn
early hearing liy the Immigration
committee on those bills.
ICA TRANSFERS JEWISH
FAMILIES TO ARGENTINE
Prague.—*(JTA)—The lea has
commenced the transfer of Jewish
ESBS S WSS3S*.
t the practlealitie* of a situation Qf farn||ieBy0mprise the firat
transport. Preparations for others
are p$ing made.
is, and always
He has . shown
Magm-s ha* been,
will he an idealist.
that the practicalities of a situation
interest him very little when they
come into conflict with his ideals. It
has been difficult for him to hold a
pulpit because he insisted on always
being an extreme -individualist and
if the ideas of a congregation did not
meet with hia so much worse for the
congregation. He sometimes reminds
me of those Christians who try to
harmonize the teachings of Jesus with
Jhe fact; of daily life. They are so
far apart that they are impossible
of realization. I recall once upon
a time when Magnes was a member
of the American Jewish Committee,
how ha angered and shocked his col-
leagues because of his attitude to-
ward Russian Bolshevism. He abso-
lutely is honest with himself and will ut rani
never compromise his convictions at
any- price. I Imagine if occasion re-
quired, he would as calmly sacrifice
himself for his ideals as would
Ghandi. All this is or ought to be
known to Jewish leaders In (his coun-
try, and that whatever attacks they
make on Magnet will have no more
effect on him than water on a duck’s
back.
Judah
likely to put to the teat all thw states-
manship that la to ba found in Zion-
on mm man wuicr on a owes s
But one thing is jure, that
Magnes’ position will tend to
a division in Zionism that ia
P
iks.
; Frank II. Schwartz, New
Yqrk; Maurice Fi oaken, Spain.
Aviation —, Daniel Guggenheim,
New York; Benjamin B. Lipsnor,
Chicug'V III.; Banjaniin Roth, with
Byrd Expedition, "Little America."
Bench and Bar- Jeanette G. Brill,
Brooklyn; Henry II. Butzel, Detroit;
Albert Gohn, New York; Irwin Un-
termyer, New York.
Uhrintian* and lews in Mutual En-
deavor — Nichoias. Murray Butler,
New. York; W. H P. Faunee, Provi-
dence, R. I.; Enamel J. Jack, Yon-
kers, ,N. Y'.; A. Lawrence Lowell,
Boston, Mass.; John I). Rockefeller,
Jr. New York; Mary Sachs, Harris-
burg, Pa.
Civic Benefactions Isaac. W.
Bernheim, Louisville, Ky.; Harry E.
Boroughs, Boston, Mass.; J. Clarence
Davies; New York; Samuel X. Gay-
lord, Detroit. Mich.; Mr. and Mrs.
Murry Guggenheim, New York; Sen-
ator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim,
New York‘ Ralph Jonas, Brooklyn;
Albert I). Lasker, Chicago, HI.; Lu-
cius N. LiUuui'i', New York; Abra-
ham C. Ruti-hcskyj Bostoh, Mass.;
Samuel R. Rosoff, New York; Julius
RusenwnUI, Chicago, III.; Joseph
Samuels, Prowlehec, R. I,; Simon
Stein, Rochester, N. Y.; Max Wein-
stein, New York; Philip Weinstein,
New York.
E d n v a ti o n —- Maurice Bisgyer,
Washington, D. C.; Mornoe K.
Deutsch, Stiti l-'rancisco. ”
• Educational Benefactions Paul
Block, New York; Max Epstein, Chi-
cago; William Fox, New York; Ed-
win A. Flitislier. Philadelphia; Adulph
S. Ochs, New York;’ Mrs. Jacob H.
Schiff, New York; Mr. and Mrs.
Percy S'.. Straus, New Y’ork.,
Industrial Antruism—Louis Bam-
berger, Newark, N. J.
International Welfare—Mr. and
Mrs. Gcpr.'fe Blumentha), New Y’ork;
Ambassador Harry F,. Guggenheim,
N'l-w Y'ork and Culm; Albert Kahn,
Detroit; Salmon O. Levinson, Chi-
cago; Dnvi.*.l Surnoff, New York;
Mortimer L. Schiff, New York.
Judaism— t'yrqa Adler, Philadel-'
nflia. Pa.; Bernard S. Deutsch, New
York; Maurice 11. Harris, New York;
Rehekah Kohut, New York; David
Lefkowitx, Dallas, Texas; M. S. Mur-
golios, New Y’ork; David Philipsi/n,.
Cincinnati; Mariuz H. Ransom, New
York; Harold F. Reinhart, London;
Mrs, Maurice Steinfeld, St. Louis,
Mo.; Estelle M. Sternberger, New
York; Mrs. Robert Szold, New York,
Literature Anita Brenner, New
Y’ork; Adolph de Castro. New Y'ork•
Edward N- Kllsbcrg, New York;
Waldo Frank, New York; Aben Kan-
del, New York; Horace M. Kallen,
New Y’ork; Isaac I.andmun, New
York; Lillian Lauferty, New Y'ork:
Ludwig Lowisohn, New York; Walter
Lippnmnn, New York; David Loth,
NeW York'; Robert Nuthan, New
York;* A. A. Robaek, Boston; George
Seldes, New* Y'ork.
Music—Ernest Block, Son Fran-
cisco; Arthur Bodanzky, No wYork.
National and Civic Welfare:—Ber-
nard M. Baruch, New York; Mr*.
Kidney C. Borg, New York; Mr«.
Howard S. Guns, New York; Aaron
Rabinowitz, New York; Dudley D,
Sicher, New York; Stmuel Unttr-
myer, Now York.
. Palestine Rehabilitation—Grigori
Benenson, New York; Louis D. Bran-
ded, Washington, D. C.; David A.
Brown, New York; Sol Lamport, New
York; Isidore D. Morrison, New
York; Nathan Straus, New York; Fe-
lix M. Warburg, New York. t
Popular Citizens—Milton Binzwan-’
gsr, Memphis, Tenn.; Otto H. Kahn;
New York; Ben Silting, Portland;
Nathan Spiro, Danbury, Conn. ^ .
Purflic Office-—Isaac Bacharach,
Atlantic City; Gilbert Bettman, Cin-
cinnati; Peter Gllck, Pittsburgh; Mor-
(Continued from page 1)
date, lie concludes that the trust
is one not only for resident Jews,
but for all Jewry, and therefore there
can he no question of merely bal-
ancing the claims of the resident
Jews and resident Arabs against each
other.
In a chapter called, aptly enough,
‘‘Seed Time," Mr. Sidcbotham re
marks that "reaction in men’s minds
after the war inclined them to com-
piomise with o-pposition, and the de-
lays in the Palestine settlement can-
firmed that tendency. Sir Herbert
Samuel, the first high commissioner,
was under’its influence, and perhaps
misread the Arab character, which
may lie one reason why succesisve
attempts at compromise had the op-
posite effect from what was in-
tended'.
He briefly discusses the incidents
at the Wailing Wail which he claims
were the prelude rather than the real
cause of the Arab rising against the
Jews.- Nevertheless, it is his belief
that Lnglund need not be disturbed
about the exaggerated difficulties of
maintaining order in Palestine. The
problem, says Mr. Sidehotham, is not
military, -but purely one of police.
"Not only was the police force too
few in numbers, but its composition
was too Moslem, This is a mistake
thut can be easily remedied, for there
is no lack of loyal suppbrters of law
and order, por are there even isolated
cities of Jews incapable of self-de-
fense. The administration took un-
due risks( which it need not have
taken, and must not take again.
Rightly handled, the problem of in-
ternal order', js munageable without
assistance from outside."
Mr. Sidcbotham lays quite effec-
tively the bogey of Palestine as a
burden to the British taxpuyer. lie
proven that the only achievement of
the administration there has been in
finance, and that even this has been
done at the cost of leaving to the
Zionists all the initiative in the pro-
gressive development of the country.
It is not true (lint the British tax-
payer pays for Zionism, says Mr.
Sidehotham. On the contrary, the
balance of the account is heavily on
Hie other side, since Jewry all over
the world is subscribing heavily for
work which, but for Zionism, would
have to be paid for by Great
Britain.
in conclusion, Mr. Sidcbothum
makes the interesting statement that
eVcn if there were no Zionism. Great
Britain \wuld have to protect Pales-
tine, for it is necessary to the safety
of the Suez Cunul. He points out
that Great Britain is oxcecdindly
lucky to have concluded an alliance
with Zionism thut is so advaiuagcpus
to British interests. “It is impos-
sible to put any limit on the success
that the Jew may perform as medi-
ator between East nnd West, and
we, if we are wise, may bn the bene-
ficiaries^" be declares.
DE HAAS, ZIONIST CHIEF.
AND NOTED ARAB, DEBATE
PALESTINE SITUATION
(font irtued from. Page 1)
Do< Haas saw a solution in the
patient working out of the problem
of conflicting interests which he was
sure would eventually culminate in u
peaceable intermingling of the J^s
and Arabs in Palestine. He wound
up with an eloquent description of
what this Wailing Wall symbolizes
to the Jew, both as a factor in his-
tory and an expression of religious
faith and a symbol of national con-
tinuance.
The cause of the riots recently was
the bone of contention between Bi-
hani and De Haas. The Arabian
claimed that the thing simmered
down to the fear of his people that
If yie- Jews •, were allowed to place
so much as a' screen dt the wall more
and more rights would eventually be
theirs till finally they erected a syn-
sacred Arabian property.
*“tnia asser-
agorue
Mr. De Haas scoffed at*
tion, stating that the mere placing of
a screen at the wall which was to
separate the men and women at their
The problem of Jewish boys, seek-
ing a nfe.dica) education, is becoming
increasingly difficult. Prof, Frank
Gavin „of the General Theological
Seminary, discussing this discrimina-
tion, said, "Jewish graduates seeking
training in American medical schools
are finding it so difficult to be ad-
mitted in accredited schools that they
are going abroad to study. This year
(100 American Jewish boys have gone
to the Edinburgh University.” .. Pro-
fessor Gavin’s figures- show that from
one New York college, whose student
body is from 75 to 80 per cent Jew-
ish, that, the number of graduates ob-
taining admission into New York
medical schools from this college has
shrbrik from 68 to 42 per cent in the
last five years. In lp28 not a single
graduate from this college was ac-
cepted by the best known medical
school in New York. Surely, here is
a case that calls for immetfiate,
strong and well tempered action.
"The Day," a prominent New York
newspaper, which has most severely
criticised Dr. Magnes for his speech
regarding Palestine, now says that
Ihis (Dr. Magnes’) statement to The
Day has clarified his attitude toward
the problems in Palestine. His words
are not.so horrifying as previous re-
ports made us believe and not so
far out of the way. ... We, there-
fore, make this revision and say that
Dr. Magnes’ words are not anti-Zion-
istic, not anti-national and new or
revolutionary but merely tactless and
superfluous." All of which confirms
the statement previously made, in this
column, that the question of Zionism,
pro or untl, is one of the hardest
things upon which to roach a conclu-
sion based only oh facts.
Just so the America Jews may not
be, under the impression that the
Soviet government is making martyrs
of our Russian co-religionists, the
following is quoted from a Catholic
paper;
“In Soviet Armenia churches have
been desecrated; priests have been
whipped, publicly humiliated and re-
viled, and in at least one case buried
alive. The residences of Apostolic
administrators have been broken into
and papers confiscated, translated
and published in un effort to embar-
rass priests. Extreme measures have
been resorted to to break down thee
children’s faith in God and to build
up a reverence for Lenin.
"Monsignor Bagardian, a venerable
man, was subjected to particularly
cruel treatment, as he was dragged
from his house at midnight every
.fortnight to be interrogated. He was
treated so brutlaily that his health
was badly impaired.
"It is with emotion that I think
of the fate of the Catholic rector,
Anthony Katanjian, Who, through his
apostolic work, had aroused the fury
of the Communist authorities and re-
sisted all attempts to intimidate him.
“But he was qparged with hiding
'arms in his house and was impris-'
onetf. After being whipped merci-
lessly, to coerce him to become an
apostate, he was taken one night to
a field and told to dig hia grave.
When the grave was dug, he was put
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and the dirt plied
around him up to his neck. Then
e g
in it standing up
around him up t<, ■„» ».«>*.*. *1.*..
they shot at him as though they in-
tended to kill him, but in reality only
to add to. his anguish. The priest
bravery awaited death, and his per-
secutors, when they raw they could
not break his eobrage, took him out
of the grave and returned him to
prison. By this time the people were
aroused to such a pitch that they
compelled the authorities to release
the priest. Since, then, however, he
has been in prison more than he has
been at liberty.”
So you see, they do not limit their
activities only to Jaws.
prayers on the Day of Atonement,
constituted a flabby excuse for the
conduct of the Arabs.
De Haas insisted that under no cir-
cumstances should th* Balfour Dec-
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