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Voiunic VI — No, 14
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J. D.C. WORK STILL IN FULL SWING IN SOVIET RUSSIA
Dr.     Boris     Bogcn     Completes
Necessary Arrangements After
ARA Withdrawal
MAJOR WM. J. MACK NAMED SECRETARY OF J. D. C.
NliW YOKK,—With the witlidrawal of the American Relief Administration from Rn.ssia, the burden of the relief work has now fallen on the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Accord¬ ing to information received from Dr. Boris Bogcn, director in Russia of Jew¬ ish relief activities, the necessary ar¬ rangements liave been made with the various departments of the Soviet gov¬ ernment, and activities are in full swing.
"In Odessa, Ekaterinoslav, Kiev, Kharkov and several other places we still have soup kitchens in operation for adults, but these are being gradually re¬ duced  in' number and size. j'
"It IS in supplying the children's in¬ stitutions that wc lay our greatest em¬ phasis. We have supplies snfTicicnt to cover our needs till August first, and to avoid any emergency wc are acquir¬ ing .additional foodstuffs. Wc received some su.i^ar in exchange for coal that remained on our hands, and have also obtained about ijilO.OOO worth of milk, and some cocoa from stocks of the .A, R, A,
"It will interest yon lo know that the l)resent cost of a food'package, if the items were to be bought in the open market, is much more than the $10 we charge for it. The prices of sugar, fat and milk are very high. We pay as high as '10 millions (or ar, cents) for a pound of sugar. This is a temporary situation, however, and will soon adjust itself.
"I am glad to report that wc have large amounts of cloth in warehouses which will supply clothing for the win¬ ter, and we arc making arrangements for obtaining shoes, so that so far as clothing is concerned we shall be pre¬ pared for the winter.
"Thijre i,s one fear in the linearis of the children, and that is whether thcy will be cared-for this winter. There is still in their young minds the memory of the terrible winter of a year and two years ago. •! assured them, how¬ ever, that the Jews of .America will not forget them, and that the inoney will be forthcoming.
"Their faces do not brighten up and they do not prance with glee when 1 re¬ assure them. They seem to look up and there is a light in their eyes that I can¬ not describe. But T know that the words 'the Jews of America will not forget you' brings a deep and solemn prayer—such as can be read only in the eyes of . a child—such as- cannot be bought with millions in dollars, but only with the bxample of help and encour¬ agement whicli our work has brought them here."
Major Mack Named Secretary
\ew York (J. T. A.)—William J, . Mack has been named secretary of the Joint Distribution Committee, succeed¬ ing the late .Albert Lucas,
He is a graduate of Harvard. He at¬ tained the rank of major during the war and was deccn-atcd by General Per.shing, Major Mack is a brother of Judge Julian W. Mack.       1,
The Joint Distribution Committee an¬ nounces that the I. C. A. has forwarded to the Joint the sum of $02,500 to be nscd for reconstruction work in Lithu¬ ania. The inoney will be used for people's banks and loans for house building.
The sum of $2,010,000 had been ex¬ pended up to June 1 by the Joint for reconstruction work. The wide scope of the work is seen In the figures which show that Ji'iii credit corporations are fostered  by  the  Joint,
NICW YORK, (J, T. A,)—Upon .ap¬ peal i)f Congressman .Samuel Dicksleiti, IO.") I^asl Side peddlers vvcre released jvlu'u arraigned at the ICssex Street Com I IFouse before Magistrate Cobb for doing business on Sunday, Con¬ gressman Dickstein [lointed out that the alleged olTeudcrs observed Friday as the da\ of mourning for President Harding, that some of thcin did no business on Saturday, and 'that the ma¬ jority of Ihem were open only until 10 o'clock .Sunday morning, until which hour, he contended, it was perinis!id)lc to sell   food  stuffs.
ORDERED DISSECTION
OF JEWISH CORPSES
WARSAW, (J. T, A,)—The deliv¬ ery for dissection of JFewish dea,d un¬ claimed hy relatives or friends has i|)een ordered hy the Health ministry. The order has been received by the Jewish burial   society, . "Chesed   Shel   Emeth,"
JEWISH RAILWAYMEN MUST WORK ON SABBATH
JERUSALEM, (J. T. A.)—The ad^ ministration of the Palestine railways has declined to consider the demand of the Rabbinical office to permit Jewish workers to rest on Saturday and work on Sunday. The railway authorities contend that work on the railways,, par ticularly the loading and unloading of goods trains, is a puhlic. utility which requires w:ork to be done on schedule time, irrespective of holidays.
105 EAST SIDE VENDORS
ARRESTED, RELEASED
National Conference Called by Leaders of American Jewry
To Consider Condition of Ameri¬ can Jewry and Needs of Jew¬ ish Theological Seminary
500 LEADING JEWS IN
U. S. A. GET CALL
XEW YORK.—A national conference of leading Jews of America to con¬ sider the condition of Judaism in this country, to strengthen its religious and cultural institutions and to draw the younger generation closer to the syna¬ gogue, will he held in New York City on October 7th.
The men who arc issuing the call for the conference feel that the time has come for the Jews of America to give serious thought to the problem of Judaism in this country, which, perforce, had to be neglected since 1014 when they gave themselves over to the task of helping their suffering coreligionists in Eastern Europe and Palcsthie for whose relief they have raised upward of '?0O,OO0,O00. Among the questions that will be considered at this confer¬ ence w ill be the development and financ¬ ing of the Jewish Theological Seminary, the extension Of the work of the United Synagogue of America, provision for the adequate housing of the 10,000 rare volumes and 1,000 still rarer manuscripts of tlic Natlu'.n F,1kan Ad'er-.library re¬ cently acquired by that institution and also the extension of the Teachers' In¬ stitute of the Jewish Theological Semi¬ nary.
The call which has been sent to ."iOO leading Jews throughout the U. S, is signed by Louis ^^arshall, president of the American Jewish Committee, Dr. Cyrus .'\dler, acting president of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the American Jewish Joint Dijitribution Committee, Judge Irving Lehman, president of the Jewish Welfare Board, David A, Brown of Detroit, chairman of the National Appeal for Jewish war sufferers. Rev. Dr, Louis M, Epstein, president of the Rabbinical Assembly, Rev. Dr. Elias L. Solomon, president of,the United Syn¬ agogue of America, Rabbi Max Drob. chairman of the Jewish Theological Seminary fund, Jacob Billikopf, execu¬ tive director of the Federation of Jew¬ ish Charities of Philadelphia, David M. Bressler, chairman of the Xcw York War Sufferers' Campaign, Sol ^^. Stroock, Henry .\. Dix of New York and  Sol  Rosenbloom  of  Pittsburgh.
"For the past eight years the atten¬ tion of American 'Jewry has been con¬ centrated on the problems of relieving the suffering Jews of war-stricken Eu¬ rope," say- the call, "and the time has come whtn we must devote attention to onr domestic problems, partieulavlv those of a cultural and spiritual char¬ acter, Il has become absolutely neces- {Conchidcd  dn  page 5)
Principal Speaker at Hebrew School Aug. 26
' Prof Israel A.' Abrams of Pittiiburgh is the principal speaker of the Sium Hasefer   to   be'held   at   the   Columibus
Carlsbad Zionist Congress Votes Confidence in Administration of Weizmann and Sokolow by 146-67
Report  of  Executive  Committeov Accepted  on  Motion  of  Zeirei
Zion; American Delegation'Unanimous in Its Support
of World Leaders faid Their Principles
MIZRACHI, POALE ZION, SOCIALIST ZEIRIE ZION
VOTE AGAINST CONFI^DENCE IN WORLD LEADERS
HUNDRED JEWS WERE VIC¬ TIMS OF LUTATOV POGROM
Gruenbaum   Group   Refrains   fr^m   Voting;    Weizmann   Called
Wrecker of Cabinets; Succe^^' Will Attend Zionist Efforts,
Sir Herbert Samuet Writes Congress
(Special  to Ohio Jewish Chronicle)  '|iwhen leaders like Louis Marshall were
{Continued) 'CARLSBAD   (J.  T.  A.)—The geii-^t-
.IjrefeiTiiig   to   Dr.   Weizmann   as   "our ^i/ei^cr."    The   American   proposals,   he
,    , ,   ,       ,. , ,     ,.   ^.^i.."!-.   were  misunderstood.    "What   we
eral   debate   which   cominenccd   at   thel.-V , .    ,     , ,,.,, • .
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Ihirteenth   Zionist   Congress   yesterdayfjivm.l-     .¦   ,,     t     -i      ^
:_.. 4._ .tt,'** ^' ^^''"^ ""^ Jewish masses.  Through
tVjvej-fn   Hayesod   new   people   have
liecn   discovered   and   gained   for   the
iY,!ioni.st' movement.    If the Zionist  Or-
lias developed a strong oppos-ition to the-i?^ Wei/.inaim-Sokolow leadership. The opposition may be bulked under two heads : those like Deputy Gruenbaum of Poland who is oppo.sed to Dr. Weiz-t. mann personally, and an' opposition emanating from disappointment and dis¬ satisfaction with Zionist^ progress.
The most impassioned attack on the Weizmann-Sokolow regime was deliv¬ ered by Deputy Gruenbaum. At the end of it he received an o\ation from those
I'/.iMi/.atioii has made no appreciable >iir)gress since the Balfour Declaration ^.1, is because there is a constant attempt ¦i'i wreck our united leadership. The j^.clt anrl the Rightare fighting over the i.,;s.ashruth question, and clear issues arc '.n.ule uiiclear. The American Jews ex- ,;lfcted that from this Congress a ine.s-
,    •,<¦¦¦, ,   tVf^ would go out that theZionist Or
in agreement with hun and was warmly \,„„; „,-      ¦ ,    , ,,   ,
,  , ,   ,   , .        ^, pni/ation is ready to accept a I Jew
congratulated   by   opponents.     Charac-   ¦' ' j . i       » j  >«
terizing the present conflict in the Zion¬ ist   Organization   as   a   "constitutional
Hebrew Schools on Sunday, August 20, at 2:30 p. m. Prof. Abrams is super¬ intendent of the Hebrew Schools of Pittsburgh.
one," Deputy Gruenbaum accused Dr. Weizinann of having precipitated a crisisjn the Executive Committee which is threatening to wreck his Cabinet as it was wrecked at the .Twelfth Con¬ gress, Dr. Weizmann wishes to create gods that he might destroy them, Gruen¬ baum asserted, referring to the Presi¬ dent's extension policy.
"We wish no expressionist politics;' nor do we .share in Dr. Weizmann's defeati-st feeling," Deputy Grucnbatim holly asserted. "Wc decline to surren¬ der otfr principles or make illusory sac¬ rifices. We refuse to say the mass movement will not build Palestine. Wc can co-operate with what bodies and under what conditions ^yi^ wish, btjt,. ti-itrc is no l!eed""'fof' eapitiiialion. \v'*. demand the Agency be responsible to a common body; otherwise, we shall have irresponsibility and chaos. We demand furthermore the Zionist leaders be re¬ sponsible to Congress."
Continuing, Deputy Gruenbaum said the reconstruction of the Jewish Home¬ land was a miracle and one does not tamper with miracles. The unemploy¬ ment in Palestine, he said, was respon¬ sible for emigration from the country, an emigration which is causing chal¬ uzim to grow afraid.
"All this which has its roots in eco¬ nomic depression need not depress us. The political situation has changed ad¬ versely. In the past, the Government in London was firm, but Jerusalem was bad. Now London is also bad." All this being true, and the moment being unfavorable, he insisted it was time to ftrow in people, and not great snlon Jews,
"I speak as the conscience of the former democratic faction to which Dr, Weizinann formerly belonged," Deputy Gruenbaum said in pleading for the preservation of the movement as a peo¬ ple's movement.
Deputy Gruenbaum replied also to Dr, Weizmann's statement of the day before that the leader was not in accord with Gruenbaum on the policy of the Zionist Organization in the Diaspora, "The people and land have always been insep¬ arable. We cannot surrender our na¬ tional work in the Diaspora. Fortu¬ nately, Dr, Herzl received'nothing from Baron Hirsch or Baiton Rothschild, If he had, the Palestine task today would have been in the hands of the Ica, and not the' Zionist Cpngress, We cannot and shall not surrender the principle of national self-deliverance., If this is the price we arc to pay for the extension of the; Agency, lef Dr. Weizmann say so. There arc two ways for us to follow: illusions or idols, or the.way that leads to God and people," the speaker con¬ cltidcd his impassioned plea.
Dr. Hantke urged confidence in the Weizmann-Sokolow leadership, al¬ though he said in the course of his re¬ marks burs was a "great people with little leaders." The intensity of the Zionist work alone w'iir decide to what extent the Balfour Declaration will be realized, Dr, Hantke insisted that the chaluzim spirit must pervade not only the hard pioneering work but -should also permeate the economic endeavors. The Zionist Organization, he said, was strong; it. was the central office that was weak. Dr. Hantke concluded with a glowing tribute to officials of the Zion¬ ist Organization. '
Declaring that lack of enthusiasm was due to suspicion, Jacob Fishman of Ne\v York said he failed V Account for this suspicion  in  Zionist  ranks  at  a time
i^'\w are ready to aid in the up-building f    I'alcstine,      Such    a    course    will jj-rcngthcn the Zionist authority; a con- wary course will discourage it,   Ameri- f jm Zionists do not fear new elements, -,(.'oalition governments arc being formed ifrerywhere.    If we find it is impossible t'i co-operate with the men we desire to Tj)in  us  we  will   return  aga^ii   lo   the Jionist party.    The Ainerican% too, are apxious to see a World Congress, but ¦yfcars arc necessary for its preparation. Inc extension of the Agency means a -gtaclual World Congress," J   JAIorris Meyer of London spoke in de¬ fence ,of   the   Administration,   calling iUjon ~the  delegates   "lo   follow   Weiz- ffmann wjiose achievements  were siiper- llnjman."        .   -
I tV Btorm-brtiko.out at..the Congress 'jftorda.'^ki'iliimvfeb^i' MeV(ir Berlin, dead 'of the Mizrachi in America, and the left wing laborites engaged in an exchange of charges.
The verbal clash started when Rabbi Berlin   charged   that   the   "left   wing wdre  putting  obstacles   in   the  way  of orthodox   "chaluzim"   who   desired   to settle in  Palestine,
"The revival of Jewish life and cul¬ ture in Palestine means more people and where there are people, there is also money," said Rabbi Berlin, "The pres ent depression in Palestine is due to the lack of enthusiasm. The LeftAVing are hindering the entrance and employment of orthodox chaluzim.
Rabbi Berlin's charge against the left wing was follow-ed by numerous protests from the laborites. The Mizrachist leader continued undaunted, accusing the Zionist Organization of seeking to give the organized laborites a monopoly of the work of Palestine;
"Your chaluzim are strike breakers," the laborites shouted at Rabbi Berlin, who hurled back, "Your left wing workers attack and beat pur chaluzim."
"It's a lie," volleyed back the labor delegates.
Ben Zevi, one of the vice-presidents, who was occupying the chair during the debate wa^ unable to. restorf order Charges that Ben Zevi was partial in his rulings during the debate accentuated the confusion. Herman Struck, the dis tinguished Mizrachist and artist, de¬ manded that Ben Zevi either maintain an impartial attitude or else relinquish the gavel. Defending Ben Zevi, S. Kap- I.inski declared that the Mizrachists jliould accustom thcm.selves to endure Socialist chairmen at Zionist congresses, W'hen order was finally restored. Rabbi Berlin continued his address, concluding with the demand that the Zionist Execu live pay greater heed to the religious .side of Zionism
WARSAW (J. T. A.)—Not less th:m IOO Jews were victims of whom twenty were seriously wounded, of the recent mob outbreak at Lutatov, it was reveal¬ ed today following the presentation of an interpellation on tlie mass.icrc by Jewish members of the Sejm.
Jt was also shown that thq leaders of the pogrom wcre well known and re¬ spected residents of the township. The police have found some of the loot stolen by the pogromists from Jewish households.
Declares Race and Religious Hates Imperil Civilization
Says   Christians   Unddr   Solemn
Obligations  Not  to Destroy
Jewish Religion
REV. CANON CHASE
URGES CO-OPERATION
NEW YORK, —That the very foun¬ dations of civilization are now imperiled because of racial and religious an'tag- oni.iins. Rev, William .Sheafc Chase, rector of Christ Church, Bedford ave¬ nue, Brooklyn, declared in a sermon yesterday on "How to Unite Jow and Clirislian," in which he urged that Christians are under solemn obligations, not to destroy the Jewish religion "but to unite the Jews unto themselves by bonds of sympathy and love for the ac¬ complishment of God's purpose on earth,"
It is the duty of Christians, Canon Chase contended, "to consider what they can do to unite in friendly co-operation with the Jews for the establishment of God's  loving will  on  earth."
"Three promising fields of endeavor present themselves. We should empha¬ size the things on which the Jew and the Christian arc agreed, and' postpone the aggressive discussion of the things on which they differ until more .(viendly relations between them \iave been  established.
'^'HVe' all accept [lie I'cn' Cominincr-' ments and the two great commandments lo love God and our neighbor. If any Jew hate a Christian he is disobedient to llic teaching of his own religion. If any Protestant hate a Roman Catholic he i.-> false to his religious standards. If a Roman Cathplic hate a Jew he breaks the law of hia church.
BROWNACCEPTSNEW **JOB" TO ASSIST IN SEMlNARYCAMPAiGN
Becomes Chief Advisor in Effort
to   Raise   Fund   of
$1,000,000
MARSHALL'S PLEA WINS DETROITER FOR CAUSE
WEIZMANN AND SOK-
PLOW ANSWER CRITICS
CARLSBAD (J. T, A,)—The ques¬ tion of a vote of confidence to the pres¬ ent Zionist leadership has almost dis¬ placed the much debated Agency issue, at the sessions of the Congress Friday and Saturday night;
The Mizrachi by a two-thirds ma¬ jority decided against voting confidence in the Administration, [The Poale-Zion and Zierie-Zion radical- groups together number 18 delegates, also voted against giving a vote' of qbnfidence when the question, comes up. The Gruenbaum faction decided to abstain from the vot¬ ing.
At the meeting Saturday night,  Dr.
Soloweitchik declared that extension of
the Zionist .activities was undoubtedly
essential,  provided  the Agency  is  the
{Continued on page  1)
".Another method of uniting Jews and Christians .is hy emphasiziiii; .Xmerican ideals of law, liberty and democracy and seeking to unite citi¬ zens in a 'great movement lo put God and our country above private sectarian and racial interests. There are evil men in our land who, from love of money or power, are seeking in the name of persoiKil liberty lo destroy .American law and insrtitutions. Lavvs are not made to take away our liberties but to protect our rights. For any American to protect such rascals in their evil prac- li'.-CN because thcy belong to ouf church, seel, synagogue, party or race, is the act of a traitor to American institutions and  ideals, , I
"Tho Jew and the Puritan wcre the greatest friends of the Sabbath. The difference of tho day on virhich the Jew. and the Christian celebrate the Sabbath ought not to, prevent Jew and .Christian from co-operating to protect the Sab¬ bath   from  unscrupulous  business.
"The third method of uniting Jew and Gentile is by emphasizing the teach- jng of the greatest of Jewish prophets —that the hi.ghcst spiritual life of man¬ kind can be obtained through realiza¬ tion of true brotherhood and ,by sacri¬ ficial service lo each other, 'Not by might, not by power, but by my spirit,' saith Jehovah of Hosts.
"Jt may not be possible for us by tlu'olo„'ical argument to convince the Jewish rabbi of the Messiahship of Je¬ sus, but Isaiah and the other greatest of the Jewish prophets certainly did not have any idea that the people of Israel were to live for themselves, isolated from the world, the favorites of Je¬ hovah,
"Isaiah had no idea of Judaism as a self-satisfied; egotistic people living for themselves. He thought of her as hav¬ ing a mission to the whole world, say¬ ing that all nations should come to Judaism to learn of God's ways and to launch the day when the nations shall beat their swords into plowshares and shall not learn war any more.
"The Christian should emphasize the fact that he accepts this vision of Isaiah as coming from God and is seek¬ ing to bring it to pass, here in America an<l throughout the world. The Chris¬ tian should emphasize the fact that he desires, not to destroy Judaism, but to assist her to realize her highest des¬ tiny." ¦   ,
By A; H. FROMENSON
David A. Brown has a new job—an additional job.
It is necessary to get in the qualifying term "additioiial" immediately, lest the impression be created that he has dropped everything else for the ticw piece of work he has just agreed'to un¬ dertake. He is still chairman "of the $11,000,000 national appeal for war suf¬ ferers and, as he solemnly pledged him¬ self over a year ago at the great Vic¬ tory Conference in Detroit, he intends to stay on that job until every dollar of the still unpaid pledge is paid, "Until every dollar is in the till"—is the way he puts it.
And iio\y, in spite of his protests, in • spite of his' resolutions, he has con¬ sented to aid the powerful and distin¬ guished national coinmittee, headed by ¦ Louis Marshall, which, under the direc¬ tion of Rabbi Max Drob, will endeavor to raise $1,0(10,000 this fall for the in¬ stitution which is the head and the soul of conservative Judaism—American Orthodo.x  Judaism,
Brown Didn't  Want  It
Brown didn't want this job.    Months ago, way back in the early spring when the   seminary   and   United   Synagogue' authorities' decided   that   such   a   cam¬ paign must be liad if the seminary was to  remain a going concern,  graduating rabbis who would combine Jewish tra-    ¦ dition   and   American   inspiration,   who would carry the torch of Judaism for¬ ward in the spirit of^he sainted Solo-- inon Schechtcr, Brown was approached. He was asked to take the chairmanshijJ.
He urged every reason that even his enemies—if  he has ahy worthy of the . name—would   have   urged   against   the   . idea.     He  told   the  committee   frankly, that   if   he...belonged  to. .aiiV-.^iwa.^,^! -J<^viKry,\-.it'-«'iM''~the^-l*r¥W»e^'.l'!?=sttgiyeiF^ is a trustee of Temple Beth El in De¬ troit,'of .which Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, a  former president of the Central Con- feri'iice" of -American Rabbis, is the spir¬ itual leader.    He felt that by accepting t'he chairman.ship,  assuming  that  every other objection   was  met,  he would be creating an  anomolous  situation,
"I can't take ii—I must not take it!" he declared. "I have a man's size job whipping in all of the pledges that are . 'till outstandin.g. J must whip them 111 because unless every dollar that was promisctl for the relief of the starving, ¦iick, rqined Jews, to shelter the Jewish orphans of Eastern Europe is' paid up, 'he whole work of relief is-in danger of being nullified. J have given nearly two years to a campaign which I had every' reason to believe would b.e over in si.x months. That 1 have promised-1 would see through to the finish!"
The committee from the United Syn- a.gogue of America that asked him to lead the seminary campaign couldn't "draft" him in the dramatic manner he was drafted by the Chicago conference. Round-table tUscussions don't lend themselves to that sort of thing. Es¬ pecially when one has such powerful arguments for "defense" as Brown had.
Appeal  to   Louis  Marshall
But the commiltee refused to accept Brown's refusal, They appealed from Uis decision lo Louis Marshall, who in-' vitcd Brown lo spend a week-end with him at Mr, Marshall's summer camp at Saranac Lake.
".\n invitation from Mr, ^farsliall is a command, so far as I am concerned," is how David \. Brown explained it. ".And when he asked tne to 'come and see him, I went just as soon as I could. Without beating around the bush, Mr. Marshall told me that he was convinced it was my duly lo grant the request of the seminary committee, that if I did I could count on him for all the support it is ipossible for him to give in order that the campaigii  should succeed.
"He dcscqibed to me the great pos¬ sibilities for tbe Jewish Theological Seminary, through the training of edu¬ cated and modern rabbis, as well as efficient and pedagogically well-equipped teachers, to develop in this country a generation of Jewish young men and women who would be a credit to their people and their history, who could bring about a real Jewish renaissance but lacking religious inspiration in their homes and virile religious leadership in the synagoguge may drift away from their ancient moorings. The Jew wants to he proud of his people. He wants them to be worthy of the great oppor¬ tunities that have come to them in America—and wants them to be worthy of America.
{Concluded on page 5)