PAGe. TWO
THE JEWISH TRANSCRIPT, SEATTLE
AUGUST 5,'i GUST
Thought Of The Week
"Prince Bertil of Sweden was a guest of honor, representing his father, at a city celebration in New York a few days ago. We were on
the Mayor's Committee welcoming him. Then, a few nights ago, we attended a program of Russian, Polish, Chinese, Spanish and Negro
folk-dances at the Lewisohn Stadium at City College. No proof is ever needed of the great ethnic variety of these United States, but even
the greatest doubter would have found stimulus in the colorful pageantry of the folk-steps of these racial groups. Moreover, America is
clearly enriched by the contributions of its many 'nationalities,' the Jewish included. We are saved from that cultural monotony which
means 'Gleichschaltung' of the spirit. All power to Prince Bertil and his compatriots who bring home this lesson anew to us."
--RABBI LOUIS I. NEWMAN, New York Reform leader.
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VOL. XV. Friday, Aug. 5, 1938 No. 23
THE WRONG SIDE
EITHER major political party in this country has ever pub-
licly been identified with any movement or individual
advocating a policy of racial and religious hatred. True,
both parties in the past quietly have taken advantage of racial
prejudice in various localities for political advantage, but na-
tionally the responsible spokesmen for Democratic and Repub-
lican Parties have always repudiated such prejudice.
It is therefore only natural that John Hamilton, chairman of
the Republican National Committee, should have made known
his views concerning the political situation in his native Kansas,
where the Rev. Gerald B. Winrod, an avowed anti-Semite,
has been crusading not only against Jews, but against Catholics,
Free Masons and certain Protestants in his campa;gn to win the
Republican Senatorial nomination•
Most political observers were of the opinion that Winrod
had a better than even chance of w inning over his two opponents.
And in the event he won the nomination, Kansas Repub-
licans would be faced with the choice of repudiating their own
partyTnominee or finding themselves accused of advocating the
candidacy of one committed to opposition of everything for
which the nation and the Republican Party stand.
Under the circumstance, Mr. Hamilton had no other alter-
native than to warn the Republicans of Kansas against Winrod.
This he did in no unmistakable terms in the form of a letter
to -a Kansas voter.
Mr. Hamilton, who fought the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas in
1924 and 1928, not only denounced Winrod's views as "intoler-
ant," but declared that Kansas voters "cannot avoid the issue"
of this intolerance "whether they will or not."
He therefore warned the Kansas G. O. P. that "if Mr. Win-
rod is nominated for the United States Senate, it (intolerance)
will again be injected into the national campaign and our party
in Kansas will be on the wrong side of a vital issue and opposed
to our party policy in other states.
"We have all been shocked by the manifestations of in-
tolerance growing up in the world elsewhere and we should be
more than shocked at its appearance on our very doorstep and
therefore doubly vigilant.
"For that reason I am quite willing that my views should be
made known upon this question, as should the views of all the
leaders of our party.
"Should I have the opportunity of voting on August 2, as a
Republican acting in the interests of my party and my countxy,
I certainly would not vote for any one who has dedicated himself
to a course of intolerance such as has Mr. Winrod.
"If the reasons which I have given above for not voting for
Mr. Winrod, which are all-sufficient as far as I am concerned,
do not appeal to others in Kansas, may I ask them to consider
the possible disastrous effects which his nomination would have
upon the entire state and local Republican tickets in November."
Those are plain words.
The Republican Party has no desire to be daubed with the
brush of anti-Semitism or anti-Catholicism.
The nomination of Winrod would have been just as serious
a blow to the G. O. P. as it would be a victory for the forces of
bigotry.
The statement of Mr. Hamilton shows that the Republican
Party is aware of its responsibility.
CATHOLICS AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM
MERICAN JEWRY should be considerably heartened by the
recent efforts of responsible Catholics and Catholic organs
to warn their co-religionists against the virus of anti-
Semitism. Look at the denunciation of anti-Semitism by the
official Catholic organ, Osservatore Romano; the vigorous
pastoral letter issued by Archbishop McNicholas of Cincinnati
condemning persecution of Jews, and the splendid editorial in
The New World, official organ of the Archdiocese of Chicago,
calling upon Catholics not to sully their Christianity by being
anti-Semitic.
Look also at the address by Monsignor John A. Ryan of
the National Catholic Welfare Council before the B'nai B'rith
in Duluth in which this distinguished Catholic leader blasted
Nazi race theories and told his hearers that the authorized teach-
ers of the Catholic Church do not indulge in anti-Semitism.
And then there is the important educational project under-
taken by the Queens Work of St. Louis in publishing and dis-
tributing widely among Catholics a pamp hlet by Father Joseph
N. Moody entitled "Why Are Jews Persecuted?", which ans-
wers many false charges against the Jews, including the false
charge that Jews have communistic a nd radical leanings.
Catholic leadership is to be highly commended for this con-
tribution to sanity and good will.
American Catholics have not forgotten the bigotry cam-
paigns directed against them in the past, and they are likely to
feel most keenly the danger and injustice of race and religious
hatred of any kind.
JEWISH CALENDAR
5698 - 1938
Fast of Ab .............. Sat., Aug. 7
Rosh ttodcsh, Ellul .... Sun., Aug. 28
5699 - 1938
Rosh Hashonah, I st day.Men., Supt. 26
RoshHashonah,2ndday.Tucs.,Sept.27
Fast of Gedaliah ...... Wed., Supt. 28
Yore Kippur ............ ed., Oct. o
Succoth, 1st day ....... Men., Oct. 10
Succoth, 2nd day ..... Tues., Oct. 11
ltosha'ana Rabba ...... Sun., Oct. 16
Shemini Atserct ....... Men., Oct. 17
Simchas Torah ........ Tues., Oct. 18
Marchesvan ........... Wed., Oct. 26
Kislcv .............. Thurs., Nov. 24
Chanukah ............. Sun., Dec. 18
Tebeth ................. Fri., Dec. 23
Fast of Tebeth .......... Sun., Jan. 1
Who Shall Be Our "
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By PROFESSOR MORRIS R• COHEN
OST PEOPLE, and especially practical men of affairs, are apt to
be skeptical about research. The latter, of course, recognize
its necessity in their own business, but when you speak about
securing accurate information in regard to Jewish matters, they say:
"What are you going to do with it when you get it?"
To this, of course, there are many reasonable answers.
The most obvious one is that all improvements in medicine and
technology, such beneficent discoveries as wireless communication
and others which have relieved human sufferings and have helped to
make civilized life possible, have
been the result of detached and
purely theoretic studies; and
there is no reason why the per-
sistent pursuit of truth should
not be ultimately helpful in deal-
ing with our social difficulties.
We need not overstate the case.
We may well admit that many re-
searches in astronomy, physics
and pathology have as yet borne
no practical fruit in the sense
that they have not resulted in
any increase of mechanical pro-
duct or decreased the cost of
production.
Nevertheless such studies are
of vital importance and no peo-
ple can be called fully civilized
that make no provisions for them.
In the first place, it is certain
that if we do not make provisions
for such study we shall be walk- Professor Morris R. Cohen
ing in darkness and our opinions
will be baseless guesses.
It is quite clear, for instance, that many of the proposed remedies
for Jewish problems are based on impressions that have no foundation
in fact. We perhaps suffer more from false remedies than from natural
disease.
It is common sense to recognize that without reliable information
we cannot have any safe policy in regard to our difficulties.
This does not mean that research can guarantee any solution. It
may be that the basic Jewish problem, like other human problems of
life and death, has no definite solution, and the best we can achieve is
to minimize the amount of distress.
This is often as much help as medicine or any other human agency
can provide. It is certainly the lesson of ancient wisdom not to knock
our frail heads against the hard rocks of a world that was not created
entirely for our convenience and over which we have but limited con-
trol. But in any case we ought, as intelligent men and women, to have
the courage to face life and try to understand it.
Research as an aid to understanding has a value in itself and needs
no justification, except the ancient insight that where there is no vision
the people perish.
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We Jews of this country suffer from insufficient respect for knowl-
edge and understanding as values in themselves.
This is a defect which we have recently acquired. For 2,000 years,
PLAIN TALK
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circumstance that sets l)raetieally in-
superable obstacles ill tile way of
coming to ' decision.
Oh, what tmrdens are on u Jew!
Even when hc thinks of getting mar-
ried he is required to consider the
future of thc Jewish people and of the
synagogue that stands 'Lround the
corner.
He dare not fall in love where he
pleases but must consider solemnly
tile matter of his great grandson:
Shall the boy's sl)iritual destiny bc
in a church or shall he be .L Jew dedi-
cated to support the mortgage that
lies so heavily on A(latll lsr'ml Con-
gregation?
Other people are allowed to fall ill
love in accordance with the wl,isper-
!ngs of their ardent hearts.
Let us eonsidcr the case of ()le ()l-
son the Swede and Abe Levy both in
love with Mollie McGuirc who from
the beauty of her countenance gives
out dazzling flashes of a fine inlcl-
ligence.
Ole, looldng at Mollie, suffers ollly
the delicious p%llgS of ]OVC. If he h,qs
HELPING STRANGERS
In the middle ages hoslfilality for
poor Jewish travellers bee.ram 't
necessary hrRllch of C(llnlnllllRl or-
g'tnizati(m. The l)oor wayfarers were
divided Ul} nmong the various house-
hohls ,f the town. After the Cru-
sades hospitality t)ee'une a necessity
for many Jewish (:emmunities hnd
been ruined, others re{lueed t<l beg-
gary and it good many seho(lls were
thus forced to close. A class of
travelling m(mdicants and a class ,f
poor ilinerant students grew Ul I, but
the medicval Jew never lost sight of
the principle that the table wqs the,
altar and the meals provided for the
poor were the best offerings to God.
any doul)ts at all they have to do
only with the question, "Am I really
deserving of a gM so divine (she is
really next to the angels) as Mollie
McGuire?"
Olc's rapt eyes, looking into the'
future, do IlOt contcml)late any men-
ace to the destiny of the Scandinav-
ian race in his marriage to Mollie
McGuire.
What does it matter to Ole that
they nmy have tcn children all of
whom may turn ()lit to be more like
Irishmen?
Ills eager vision sees only 't vista
of hal)Illness whieh he is sure will
carry him and Mollic .all the way to
tile gol@n wedding.
Not so Abe. lie looks at Mollie:
"Oh, her eyes 'm; like lights from the
stars and her face is a reflection of
sunrise and her soul is nothing less
than God llimself.
"With her I shall bc hapl)y 120
ye'trs and cve,l after thai, our h'q)l)i-
hess shall continuc amid the intcr-
stella,' Sl)aees where p.mt(tise lies."
But ill a moment Abe falls <)tit of
his rhal)sody and his halllliness gets
devoured Iiy ethnic, religious and
social ln'obhms, lle sca,'cely dares
think of his own hal)illness at all.
Oh, he thinks, wh.tt will my mar-
rying Mollie McGuire mean to the
(h;st.iny of the ,lewisll l)e(ll)h!?
llis father long ago warned Mm
thal; an interna'u'rying Jew was like
t Illllll who Ilulled the (,,ornerst(ine
frmn the fmmdati(m (if the house of
Israel.
Abe feels as if the whole= house of
Israel were on his haole as he wends
h(nnewnrd fr(nn his evening wit.h
Mollie. It will (.,rasll if he but kneels
to Mollie to llrOl)(ise to her.
"lh,l isn't my (,wn happiness first
of all?" he nsks rebelliously. "Must
I carry the Jewish people? Is it my
business to llrescrve the Jewish race
the Jews have admired scholarship and have looked up to the 1
Chocham as a leader in the community.
But, in this country, which has relatively recently been coi
from nature, and where people have had to build anew the P
basis of civilized life, it has been practical man who has bee
admired.
The result is that the scholar, the contemplative person,
regarded as a nut (I think that is the official name).
I remember a professor of my college--to be sure, a prof,
military training, but I think he was typical of American instrU
addressing the student body one day and saying: "If you wa!
a he-man, go in for football ; if you want to be a nut like Einstei
to the books." ,.
Practically, this means that in American national life schG
not accorded a very high place. We do not even trust them to r
educational institutions, but usually put men of property on
preme governing boards.
Some of you may remember the astonishment when Wl
college professor, was proposed for the presidency of the coun
Recently there has been a great recognition of the need of s!
in government and a natural reaction against "brain trusters."
But it is well to remember that those called to fill promi{
sitions, and this includes our college and university preside
not our foremost scholars, but rather men of executive or a
trative ability. I am not saying this by way of complaint.
There is nothing that the true scholar, scientist or artist
more than to be allowed to do his own work in peace and quiet;
But I wish to note that we Jews in imitation of Americ$
have gone much farther and have made no room at all for the J
in our communal affairs, leaving the communal will to be deter
entirely by gifted orators, journalists, or men of affairs whoS
anthropies give them deserved distinction.
I do not doubt that many of these leaders are possessed of
deal of shrewd wisdom.
But a man may be a persuasive orator or well informed a
in business affairs and yet not have the requisite insight into
that require long historical and other study.
Moreover, while we cannot ignore the lessons of experienc
men of affairs accumulate, it is not good to be guided in pra¢ ti
fairs entirely by practical people•
For the man who has his nose to the grindstone in the
place cannot usually see far enough.
We need also other worldly people who look ahead and are
enmeshed in the immediate situation. This historically has
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But today the Jewish people are divided with regard to r! o= eOmpl(
• el as ,,
and we cannot all accept the rabbL who may be very good for r -d: ' Aff
comfort, as an authority on the crucial social, political and e¢0 reeted b
problems which face us. .. me to'
physicists or economists carry on research and publish the rst
their studies, subject to the criticism of those familiar with tl
and competent to pass judgment.
No people, it seems to me, can have genuine self-respect if
afraid to look at the facts of their actual situation•
4 I 4 By ALFRED SEGAL
and to bring up generations to SUl)- Abe Levy to tile heart as he I
l)ort our synagogue?"
The more he thinks .tbout it the
more imI)ious he gets.
Then the ancestral ghost speaks to
lfim: "Abe our son! That you should
spe'd¢ that way? Yes, if you marry
Mollie McGuire wire will keel) holy
the synagogue and who will guard
the Torah and who will say kaddish?"
"But my hal)pincss • • doesn't that
count for anything? Shouhl I give
up my happiness for the Jewish
destiny?"
"Abe our SOIl!"
An{l wh'tt will the community say
if he marries Mollie McGuire?
lie will be called a deserter 'm(1 a
traitor wh(i severs the line of Israel.
lie will be all unlmried dead lnan ill
Israel.
"Yet my own happiness • • "
Thus Aim swings I)etween love and
the summonings of Jewish desti'w.
But Ole feels no responsibility at
all for the future (if the Seamlinavi,u,
r'tec. If he thinks of racial origins ill
the least it is to consider that an
h'ish girl and a Swede ought to make
a hal)py mixture.
"We're all people," s.tys Ole, "and
what> the hell's the diffel'cnee."
(lie proposes to Mollie and she
tskes him and they live together
forever afterward as h'tpllily as it is
p(msible for married people to live.
They give lfirth 1,o ten chihh'en of
whon nine hlok h'ish, but Olc is
satisfied enough t)ecause the lnst one,
Genevieve, looks Sea,ldi,mvian.
This coml)letes the con|entment
he derives from seeing that all the
<lthers h.vc the twinlding h'ish eyes
(if Mollie.
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1 (as I consider this lU'°P (Isal to
mar,'y E.T.D.'s daughter) am "ff-
flictcd by thc same distress that stabs
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Mollie McGuire. _
I might bc enjoying the la C
of courtship, what with thcse!l
days being so lovely and tho|_ ,
k, s !' eSlden
l)erfect under starlit s 'c • 1
Instead I brood" "What ,,.
• • q[O
come of the Jewish people f
her? Is it not my business totl.Sl,
carrying the house of Israclt]ll --'"
I might bc canoeing witb.lrersoi 1
the sparkling river where cV
ping wavelet would laugh ! Dcial
enchanted hearts, la t --"
on in the Isa'tc M. Wise Ter0
who of his generation will tale
work of contributing to the
against anti-Semitism?" I, Ip
My rapt heart i)rotcsts: ''
al)surdityI This contlict 1)etS
son.d hal)piness and a pcoP?J S
tiny! What othcr peol)lc, e#
Gernnum, take racial dcStl I l*ranc
seriously?" . 8MIT
But this is only the Mai
speaking impiously; ccrtal
not the safe, well-(
that a Jewish writer is
give out.
N(l! I shall not marry
daughter if for no other
th'tt my wife won't let me.
(Copyright, 1938).
HOW GHETTO
Many exl)lanations have
fered as to the deriwltion
Ghetto. The term is first
sl)eaki,g of the Jewish
lt'dian cities. One ex
th'tt the word (speAlcd
Italian Jews) was derived
Hebrew word GET, 'bill of
the ide. of exclusion or
thereby being expressed.
exl)humtion traces the
Venice where a separate
ter existcd in 1516.
