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Scanning the Horizon
By
DAVID SCHWARTZ
The Art of Dipping
Now, that all but toiling columnists are_ lolling about green meadows and taking their morning, dips in what I be¬ lieve, poets call the "briny blue," it is in¬ teresting to recall at least one of the many interesting remini.sccnces by Re¬ becca Koliut dealing with the late Abra¬ ham S. Freidus, for years, chief of thc Jewish Division of the New York Public Library, J
A visit to.thc beach was a source of immense joy to Frefdus, but even there Freidus liad a way of his own. Freidus made it a point never to stay in for any length of time, but was continually run¬ ning in and out of llic ocean.
His reason was this: "When you stay in the ocean for any length of time, it grows stale on you; but when you run out and in again and again, you are al¬ ways getting the joy of a fresh adven¬ ture."
Books and Brown Kyes
Freidus amply merited the volume to , his memory iu which some of the re¬ nowned .scholars of thc Jewish and gen¬ eral world, have joined in producing.
Perhaps the best characterization of him was that of Stcinschneider, regarded as the foremost of bibliographers. "Frei¬ dus was as deep as he was wide."
It could hot have been said better. He had scholarship—immense quantities of it,^ therefore he was deep. And he was wide—for the physical breadth, of the' nian was symbolic of that lusty relish of his for color and the .sensory things of life.
He was no ascetic. He dearly loved to eat—as fondly as he loved to pore oyer^some philosophical tome of the mid¬ dle "^ges.
He had another obsession—^he went mad about brown eyed girls. When sev¬ eral years before his death, some of thc book lovers of New York planned a din¬ ner for him, they were puzzled how to get the guest of honor to come to it.
They quickly solved the problem by telling him that there would be several brown eyed girls present. And sure enough,  Freidus was on time.
Once Ijc explained his obsession: "I was in love with a blue-eyed girl and she failed to reciprocate." More than that, he would not say.
After that c-xperience, he reserved all of his affection for the brown-eyed. Bijur'8 Wittieism
The passing of Justice Bijur of the New   York   Sui>reme. Court   recalls   a -story  dealing -witb  the-eminent  jurist, told to nic by Bernard G. Richards. ''
Bijur was one of a number of very prominent Jews who at a conference some twenty years ago, debated a mat¬ ter, about which strict secrecy was de¬ sired.
"How can we keep the news of this meeting from being communit^ted to the public?" asked one of those present.
"Yes, how can we?'* chorused the oth¬ ers.
They pondered and pondered. :
Finally, Judge Bijur blurted out:-
"Gentlemen, it is very simple.    We'll just insert a notice about it in the Jewish Messenger" (a paper since defunct). , Mackay Story Confirmed
Readers will recall the story related in this department anent the father of Clar¬ ence Mackay, unreconciled father-in-law to Irving Berlin. The mails bring me a most interesting con6rination of the epi¬ sode from a member of the family con¬ cerned, Mrs. G. George Fox, .the wife of thc well known Chicago rabbi. Writes Mrs. Fox:
"Your story is authentic. Mr. Mackay and my great uncle, Ike Hcidenheimer, who until his dcUh was a resident of
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New Ku Klux Klan Group
Formed in Atlanta; Leader
Denies Any Anti-Semitism
In Movement
f romincnt   Southerners    Are
Working Together On Behalf
Of The Caucasian Crusade
VICIOUS    MOVEMENT    HAS ALREADY SPREAD TO FIF¬ TEEN  STATES  OF  THE UNION
Introducing the Nelvly-Elected Officers of the Aleph Zadik Aleph, Junior B'nai BVith Order
Galveston, Tcxab, were close friends, remember hearing as a very, very small child the story of Mr. Mackay and Uncle Ike's gold rush stake.
"An evidence of this friendship is shown in the fact that Mr. Heiden- heimcr's younge.st son is named- Mackay Hcidenheimer. This son is still alive and resides in Colorado."
Let's Talk About Something Else In a talk the ottier day, the well known New York banker and communal leader deplored to me the personaliUes that are so injected in the organizational life of American Jewry.
"Too much cliques—too many factions —too much egotism," said Mr. Leicht¬ man. It reminds me of a story they used to tell about a great Jewish actor who was at the same time an insufferable egotist^
One day for three hours steady, he kept haranguing a group about his great abilities.
Then he subsided with: "Well, that's enough talking about myself. Let's talk about something else. How do you tike me in my new play?"
The Rabbi and Hia Wife Rabbi Felix Mendelsohn of Chicago is New Yorking it for a bit, and he tells ine he has been at' work for some time on a book of Jewish humor.. Is already about half through with it. ~ We spent several hours with him and in return for all the gossip which he brought—we will tell him one about a rabbi which has recently come to our ears. I think it will make a good story for Page 183. Or Page !84 for that matter. Really, it doesn't matter what page—very little matters anyway. But for the story:—
A very idealistic rabbi in one of the small towns of the west received a call, at a much higher emolument front a con¬ gregation in the east. He was highly beloved by his congregation, which was ^ poor one financially, and was hot able lo even approach the attractive .salary offered by the eastern pulpit.   1
One d^y, one of the membet-s of the congregation asked the rabbi's youngster, if his father had come to any decision. ;   "Well, f don't know," he said.   "Father {Continued on p^e 4)
ATLANTA, GA.—SiKinsorod by jiub- licly prominent men and purporting lo "courageously oppose the rapidly rising tide of 'racial' and 'alien' political, social and industrial conquest, activities and in¬ fluence in America," a new Ku Klux Klan type of orgaiiizaticn is being formed with its headquarters irt Atlanta, the headquarters of the now moribund Klan.
The movement is surrouhded wilh 5 se¬ crecy as to general membership as well as definite purpose and methods to be employed. It proposes to be nation-wide in scope, answering "an immediale and .imperative need," and is directed against the alien and colored elements of the country's population. To what is dci, ignated as a "select number of preferred citizens of proper prestige" an explan¬ atory circular and confidential question¬ naire containing 13 questions and titled ¦'Caucasian Crusade" are being distrib¬ uted.
The circular bears the signatures of William Schley Howard, Atlanta lawyer and former congressman as well as spe¬ cial assistant to the county solicitor in the durrent prosecution of Atlanta graft cases; Robert Ramspcck, United States congressman from the fifth Georgia dis¬ trict; Sam W. Small, editorial writer for the Atlanta Constitution; William Joseph Simmons, former head of the Kn Klux Klan; Dr. Frank Eskbridge, local physician; James I. Lowry, sjieriff of Fulton County, and Ed F. Bond, under¬ taker.
Claiming to be "strictly non-sectarian and non-partisan," the "Caucasian Cru¬ sade movement, according to the circular proposes tb "fervently foster a univer¬ sally co-ordiii|ated use of the ballot by white citizens for,the protection of our social order, for the security of our po¬ litical heritage, for the preservation of governmental integrity" and to purge the government and industry of all "alien" and "racial" influence.
Of particular interest to tho.se who will watch the attitude of the Caucasian Cru¬ sade movement on religious matters ts question 12 in the circular; "Would you like to be affiliated with a great, and the only, patriotic fraternity of your kind and creed, blood and breed; and NOT dabbling in partisan religious prejudices or industrial disputations?" Though thc latter part of the. question disavows re¬ ligious prejudices, the first part refers to tbe Caucasian Crusade movement as a fraternity of "your creed." No clarify¬ ing statement is made as to what creed is meant.
In none of the questions, however, is any request made for the applicant's Te- ligious afBliations. While none of thc sponsors are Jews it is not yet known whether any Jews have been invited to reply to the questionnaire.
The Caucasian Crusade movement, sort of new Ku Klux Ijllan that has been formed here, is in nol way anti-Jewish but is a strictly non-sectarian organiza¬ tion of an ethnic, patriotic and fraternal type, according to a statement made here to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by Col. William Joseph Simmons, former head of the Klan and a leader tn thc new movement.
Restricted immigration, however, is an important policy of the new order, be said. He explained that the order is ab¬ solutely non-sectarian and non-partisan and "the use of the term alien in the Crusade's literature refers to mentality that is not in perfect harmony with the ideals and principles of America. The movement stands for very carefully se¬ lected and restricted immigration. It has three qualifications for membership: the applicant must be white racially and sen¬ timentally, must be loyal to the United States and must be of acceptable and de- ctnt reputation."
The movement has been quietly under way for 12 months and thus far has spread to about 13 states, not being lo¬ calized in. any one section and has a membership of several thousand. Col. Simmons declared. The seven prominent Attantans whose names are signed to the circular as a committee of initial corre¬ spondence are all active in the move¬ ment, Col. Simmons said, in spite of the statement published here today over the name of Sam W. Small, asserting that he had not authorized the use of his name in this connection and did not be¬ lieve in capitalizing sentiment at so much per head. t:^'^
Although quietly conducted up to ihe present things will begin popping soon. Col. Simmons asserted.
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Writer Blames Old Testament for Low Ethics of Moderns
These are the officers of Aleph Zadik Aleph, junior B'nai B'rith Or.der, elected at the seventh annual conclave at Oak¬ land,   California,  July   15th.
Seated left to right are:—Joseph Ka- resh, New York, past grand president and member of the Supreme Advisory Council; Aaron Tollin, Chester, Pa., president; and Isadore Weiss, Oakland,
Calif.,  junior   member   of   the   Supreme Advisory Council.
Standing left to right arc: I, Gilbert Karchiner, Memphis, Tenn., sergeant-at- arms ; .Joseph Lyons, Winnipeg, Canada, vice-president; Morris Linsky, Detroit, Mich., treasurer; Adrlel Fried, San Francisco, assistant sergeant-at-arms; Milton ^afhr, Chicago, chaplain; Mayer
AIpcrowitE, Sheboygan, Wis., scribe; and Sol Labow, Monessen, Pa., grand secre tary.
Aleph Zadik .Meph has 18D chapters throughout thc United States and Canada ai.id is growing rapidly. All Jewish' boys between the ages of 16 and 21 are eligible to join.
The 1!>31 national conclave will be held ill  Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Come and Attend Zanesville
Jewry's Basket Picnic and
General Good Time
BOOMS MEYER BLOOMFIELD
AS NEXT SECRETARY
OF LABOR
Affair    Will   l^e   Place    At Smith's Grove On The West j Pike Bieyond Hopewell, August 10th
The annual basket picnic of the Jew¬ ish community of Zanesville and vicinity will be held Sunday, August 10th, at Smith's Grave on the West Pike, be¬ yond Hopewell.
This affair is looked forward to every year by the Jewish people of Zanesville and surrounding towns, large delegations coming from Cambridge, Coshocton, Lan¬ caster, Woodsfield, Glouster, and Colum¬ bus. A good time is always in prospect. The Soft Ball Game between the married men,and the single men will start at 11 a. m. There will be races and games for the men, women and children and prizes will be given for all contests.
Novelty toys will be given free to the kiddies, while there will be both ,con¬ tract and auction bridge for the ladies. Smith's Grove which is an ideal spot for this affair is located on tlie West Pike 10 miles from Zanesville towards Columbus on the Licking and Muskingum County lines. It is one quarter of a mile from the road in a beautiful secluded spot with all the facilities for an ideal: picnic.
Every Jewish family in Zanesville and surrounding towns is extended a cordial invitation to be present by the committee of which Mr. Sam Cornell is chairman.
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NEW YORK prominent New York lawyer and voca- tiniial expert, is, recommended to suc¬ ceed Seci;etary of Labor, Davis upon the iiittcr's rej'ignaiion-of' hi^ Cabinet post;. by Roger W. Babson, financial statis¬ tician and economist, in a letter published in the current issue of the Jewish Trib¬ une.
Calling attention to the growingly acute unemployment situation, Mr. Bab- .son points out that Mr. Bloomfield has "unique practice of counsellor on em¬ ployment stability problems to various corporations. That sort of service is needed in the government. He has been the confidant of Presidents Harding and Coolidge, and I think he enjoys thc con¬ fidence of President Hoover. Samuel Compers, in his autobiography, speaks of Mr. Bloomlield in high praise. A life¬ time of concentration on industrial sta¬ bility problems, in terms of their human as well as economic meanings, fits one of the present emergency."
Mr. Bloomfield was born in Bucharest, Roumania, in 1878. He was educated in the College of City of N, Y., Harvard University' and Boston Law School. In 1S05 he was admitted to the Massachu¬ setts Bar and .settled in Boston. He has been lecturer at various universities, spe¬ cial professor at Boston University, head of the Industrial Service of the U. S. Shipping Board. Emergency Fleet Cor¬ poration, European representative of the "Saturday Evening Post" and industrial
si>ecial mission for the War Depart¬ ment to Porto Rico, in 1912 he went to Europe for the U. S. Bureau of Educa¬ tion, and iu 1922 he was sent to Russia by President Harding. He is the author of several books and the editor of vari¬ ous economic and industrial series an. volume.^;.
ROUMANIAN ENVOY IN BER¬ LIN SAYS THE REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM ARE EXAGGERATED; SEES ORDER NOW
BERLIN. (J. T. A.)—The opposition press in Roumania and the foreign news¬ papers are confusing two problems m their reports of anti-Semitic disturbances in Roumania, newspaper correspondents here were told .today (July 26) by M, Tasca, Roumanian ambassador to Ger¬ many. The troubles are Roumania's in- teriml political affair and have nothing to do with anti-Semitism, he-declared.
Pointing out that the attack on Dr. Constantin Angelescu, assistant minister of the interior, was made by a Macedo¬ nian student because he was dJssa^sfield with the government's treatment of the Macedonians, the Roumanian envoy said that the disturbances were due to the peasant's resentment against usurers and while they were not considerable the press had exaggerated them.
M. Tasca said that his government had already established order and that the Roumajiian people do not have any anti- Semitic sentiments. _ He stated that there is no cause for anxiety because thc gov-
advi.sor   for   various   corporations   since  ernment is punishing all irresponsible ele 1020.    In 1911  Mr. Bloomfield went oU'ments.
JEW    NAMED    ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF NEW YORK
BOARD  OF   EDUCATION
NEW YORK-Morris Warschauer, since 1023 executive clerk of the building committee of the Board of Education of City of New York, was yesterday (July 23) apiwinted assistant secretary of the Board. Mr. Warschauer became con¬ nected with the Board of Education iri 11)07 as an ofhcc boy. Four years later he was assigned as clerk of the commit¬ tee on buildings. When this committee was merged with the .committee on site he became clerk of the new body.
Mr. Warschauer who is a member of the Bronx council nf the Federation .for the Support of Jewish Philanthropies in New York has been connected with Ihe building and sites bureau of the Board of Education for a longer period than any other individual. He has outlasted half a dozen municii>al administrations.
ANTI-SEMITE KILLS JEW IN BESSARABIAN TOWN
BUCHAREST. (J. T. A.)—Sholom Landau, a prominent Jewish leader of Bessarabia, was shot ^nd killed today in Uriev, Bessarabia, 'by former Professor Machedon, a notorious anti-Semite. An immediate investigation has been ordered by the local officials.
Are You Getting Ready for the Great Event of the Season?
Hello, Abe! Hello, Morris! Hello, Jack I Are you getting ready for the great event of the season? I mean the long-heralded picnic of Zion Lodge, No. 62, B'nai B'rith.
The committee on arrangements is preparing a wonderful program for your entertainment and delectation. You cannot af¬ ford to be absent from this affair, for everybody in town and many folks from out-of-town will be there. Young and old, male and female will turn out for this happy occasion.
You want to know whereS.jit is going to be held? Why, out at good old Oak Park on Sunbury Pike "where the fragrant breezes blow and the clouds are as white as snow."
All the old timers will be there. Old Jack Myers and great Big Leo of F & Y fame; eve'n "Mutteleh" Horkin will he there, but not to pull teeth. Brother Spiegel has also made arrangements to attend with his retinue of servants, maids, and butlers.
Will Jim Thomas be there? Why sure, the Mayor will be there; the Governor too. Even Warden Thomas has made his reservation; in fact all the good fellows from around town and vicinity will grace the program for the festivities, on Sunday, Au¬ gust 31st-, at Oak Park.
In speaking about the annual picnic Brother Ben Neustadt referred to it as a red letter event. He urges every Chronicle reader to reserve August 31st for the biggest jubilee in many a summer. Games of all kinds and contests of all descriptions have been arranged for. For further particular? see forthooming is¬ sues of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
John T. Flynn Launches Tirade
In "The Forum" Against
Teachings of the Ancient
Hebrews Regarding
Business
ADVISES AGAINST THE USE!
OF OLD TESTAMENT IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NEW YORK—One who follows tht Old Tcstjimciit faithfully will be implii- cated almost by necessity, in a loWrorder of ethics, is the ,.Shesis of thc article "God's Gold," dealing with the subject of religion and business, which is con¬ tributed by John T. Flynn to the July issue of "The Forum." . .
"My own impression is that thc husir nessman's religion is no offspring of Ili$ business instincts. It is the other way round. His business instincts are the children of his religion," is the conten¬ tion of thc author, who claims that "t^te most vital part of our present day re¬ ligion comes from the Old Testameiit. In the early days of Christianity an ef¬ fort was made to apply the principles of Jesus to life and it resulted in a social order which was almost communistic. This lasted until' a Roman emperor was converted and the Christian religion be¬ came a state religion ' aiid Christian bishops became interested in state sub¬ sidies and rich benefits. After that, the Christian religion began slowly to dis¬ appear and Europe went back to the OM Testament for its morals and its ethics."
Says New Testament Ethics Richer
He holds the ethics of the New Tes^- ment are "infinitely richer in spirituality and in elevated philosophy." He regards those early Hebrew gentlemen," as he terms them, "as the worst cijlleclion oi heroes to hold up for the imitation of the young niind." He cites a number of rich Atnericitns who achieved their for¬ tunes by following the ethics of the Old Testament claiming that there is "a good deal of hypocrisy among businessmen.... Rockefeller was a pious boy long before
he   was   a  millionaire   businessman	
John Wanamaker and John D. Archbold and many other businessmen flaunted re¬ ligion a bit ostentatiously in their later years."
After citing examples from the stories of Abraham and his act of deception on Pharaoh, and then on Abimelech; and Jacob's deception of Laban; and Joseph's "pretty trick" when he became "famous for one of the most complete and ruthless grain-orners in history"; he presses the point that it is "impossible to read thc Cld Testament without getting the im¬ pression that religion was pretty much a matter of burnt offerings, of killing the bullock properly, separating the fat and washing the inwards accordng to the law; a religion of hosannas and praise- giving; a religion of glorification. This is the religion which was ladled out to the young people of the'fast generaton and which the business man received along with the rest of the faithful. And ^s these .business men grew in years and intellectual power, their energies were consumed in their material pursuits. They had neither the time nor the disposition to stand off from their early religious idea."; and scrutinize them."
Excludes Old Testament Turning to the question of Bible read¬ ing in the Public Schools, he advises teachers to exclude the Old Testament: —"I, for one, would oppose its use in schools because it is a bad moral influ¬ ence?'
Concluding his article, the contributor to the "Forum" expresses the opinion that "Perhaps it will be a gain for so¬ ciety when his (the businessman's) re¬ ligion of praise-giving is done for;^ when the businessman who wants to^be religious will have to find refuge in a re¬ ligion with fewer hymns and mote ethics."
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ATTENTION,  MEMBERS I    OF THE ROSB E. LAZ¬
ARUS SISTERHOOD      .
Join us in our vacation day celebration on Thursday,. Au¬ gust ¦14th, in the lovely garden of Mrs. Isaac Wolf, 1441' Madison Avenue. , Refresh¬ ments will be served from 3 to 5.   All members are welcome.
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