Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1936-07-17

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume. X.VH—No.   133
COLUMBUS, OHiO. ,Jt'LY 17. 1.^36
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy toe
Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Death   Toll   Passes   200 Mark As  Palestine Dis¬ orders Enter 13th Week
,   Providentially Speaking
, Notwithstanding new.s|)apcr rc- port.s it was Louis Lipsky,- and not Morris RothetihcrK, who hisLitcd on the reforms afTecting paid workers in the Zionist Organization... This new ruling, which disqualifies jiaid Zionists'| UPA-jMF workers .from iiositions on the Zionist governing bodies, will play havoc with a nmnher of distin¬ guished individuals who have been elected to executive posts and will now have to,choose between prestige and finances... Harry J. Kahn, iKiiTiinatcd for the administrative com- miltect was challenged hfecause he holds, a .job with the United ^Pales¬ tine , Appeal, .¦...'^Kahn announced ; to the, .startled delegates that-he would immediately resign his paid position with the UPA..'. He forgot to men¬ tion that his :COiitract with the UFA was. expiring within four days... By actual count the delegates to the con¬ vention were divided, on the Rotlien- berg-Wise issue, by a ratio of three to one in favor-of Wise... The face of Rabbi .Louis^'-li Newman must he red now; for he pooh-poohed Di*. . Wise's candidacy as a mere trick, to embarrass Rothenberg.; .¦ At one time Judge WilHam M. Lewis of Philadel¬ phia loomed as the dark horse of the conventiony hecause delegates were becoming irritated at the prolonged ' caucus meetiiigs of .'the Wise snd _Rotheiifaerg groups..; Ludwig Lewi- r sohn is slated for an important posir tion ill ,the new. Zionist admlnistra- " tion....'-.
Via Short Wave .   '   Lloyd's,-   famous , British    under- ,. writers, have instructed, their agents ¦  to accept no more riot risks in Pales¬ tine...   Insurance rates on  Palestine property have quadrupled' ih the last few .weeks..," Old records found in the    archives    of    the  ,.Nikolsberg,' Czechoslovakia,    Jewish    community reveal that thc great-grandfather of. - the late Lord Reading - vvas born in that town,,... A Nazi agent has.been ¦arrested Jn   Zurich    for ^ trying   to ~^^oi3Dii~^:Hdnrtch~"Brucning,';r former :  Qerinan^  Gliancellot;,   by   doping   his cigars^.    Premier   Leon   Blum   has lost most of his, personal fortune by coming, to  the   reseiic   of   his  three ,.   brothers,* who-are  in the "silk busi¬ ness... A museum devoted to the life and work.of the late Barqn Edmond de Rothschild is' being planned by the residents  of , Rishon  Le-Zion,  which :Rothschild    founded...    The . movie world of Czechoslovakia reports that Max  Reinhardt will direct a movie .  based on the life of Theodor Her:!l.., .The only Jew in Storonoway, in the Outer Hebrides Islands off the., coast of  Scotland,  does business  under the name   of   Alastair   Mor  and   is   acr , claimed as one of the most popular- citizens.
Potpourri The executive .-secretary of a lead¬ ing anti-Nazi, organization will soon be looking for a new job... Readers of the staid''New York Herald-Trib¬ une gasped in surprise on. July 7th when they saw a line; of Yiddish type in the.middle of a column story on , the 7Cth birthday of Abraham Cahan, editor of .the Jewish Daily For¬ ward.., The Yiddish slug'contained the name of John Daniel O'Reilly, , thc , reporter who interviewed Cahan ... Professor Jekuthiel Ginsburg, fa¬ mous niathematiciarj and member of the Yeshiva College faculty, has taken a unique means of showing his grati- ' tnde to David Freedman, gag writer,, for his aid in running a benefit show for Scripta Mathematica, which,Prof. Ginsburg edits... His new hook, which will attempt io popularize cal- ,cuius aniong laymen, wilt have Freed- '¦ man's son as collaborator... Judge Jonah J. Gpldstein of New ,York was the presiding justice in WOR's radio good will court the otlier night... In a case involving marital troubles a woman recited dreaiiis, and the an¬ nouncer asked Goldstein whether he could interpret them... To which .the judge replied: "My name is Jonah, not Joseph"...
Hot Off thp Griddle Anti-Semitism has finally invaded Broadway... Clubs and organizations in the niarket for orchestras are be¬ ing circularized by a group of players offering strictly Aryan musicians and singers,,. When tlie two-mtisted schooner "Effie M, Morrisey" left New Vork on a trip to the Arctic with her veteran skipper, Captain Boh Bartlett, IicV cargo included a load of niatzolh [ireseiited by the B. Mani- schewitz Co.... Bartlett took the niatzoth to the Polar regions, because (Cotitinued on page.2)
Arkansas,   Jewish   Couple Deed $125,000 to U.A.H.C.
J KH U S A L li M . (WNS—Palcor Agency)—The,13th week of disorders in, Palestine opened witli nn unidcii- tificd mimber of casualties among a band of 30 Arabs who'engriged iii a severe battle with military detachments in Northern ^ Palestine. Military rein¬ forcements, froiii Nazareth and Safed kept up a steady barrage against the Arabs, who attaclicd ths^roops from amhiish. Arab terrorism rose to new tlaring when Isaac Cdhcii, Gi, one of Jerusalem's most distinguished Jews, was fired at twice'as he walked.past n store on Mamillah Road in Jerusa¬ lem, The attacker escaped,, but Cohen, whom the bullets struck jn thc thigh, gave his description to the police.
Violent death claimed its 42nd vic¬ tim among the Jews when Adam Lip- kin, a failway employe it Lydda, was killed when a rifle in the hand of a British soldier accidentally went off while' Lipkin". was accompanying, the soklier to iiivestigate a traffic mishap. Lipkin, who vvas 22, belonged to,an old Jerusalem family, the Abu Bassal quarter here having been named after his grandfather. The soldier was ar¬ rested, and an inquiry has been begun by the authorities.
An Arab woman and child were killedi^andfour others were wounded as jbri^nds in the North: of Palestiiie intensified their, attacks upon military and police patrols. The toll of:l<nown deaths, including the 42 Jewish vie-. tims, is well beyoiid the 200-mark, with, the exact number of Arab fatal¬ ities undetermined because many of the Arab dead have been buried without, notification pf the authorities. ; The new economic,situation cireated by the Arab:gaieral strike andthe re¬ placement of Arab .workers'by Jews was reflected at Zichron Jacob wheii, for the first time -since the war,' the j harvest, was brought in by Jewish labor alone.' 400 Jews were, taken oh to do work formerly, done by neigh boring Arabs.
CINCINNATI (WNS) — Mr. and Mrs.' R. H. Meyer of Jonesboro, Ark,, have deeded all their property tp tlic Union of American Hebrew Congrega¬ tions in an unrestricted gift amounting to approximately §125,000, the money to he U-sed to further the . religious work of the Union, it is annouiiccd. Mr. Meyer, a native of Germany, .is a retired business man who was one of thc Jewish pioneers in Arkansas. He is president of the local synagogue, which he founded in 1897. Mrs. Meyer, a native of Louisiana, is one of the prominent women of Arkansas.
Dr.   Wise   Warns   World Jewry Will Resist Pales¬ tine Immigration Ban
Landon Manager Hamilton Denounces Anti-Semitism
LONDON (WNS-.Palcor Agency) —Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the Zionist Organization of America,! in an interview'with Coloiiial Secre¬ tary. Qrmsby-Gore warned that any at¬ tempt to yield to Arab violence by halting Jewish immigration into Pal¬ estine , would meet with "firm and world-wide resistance by the;Jewish people." Commenting on his interview with Mr.-Ormsby-Gore, Dr. Wise told the Palcor News Agency, that he had found the former '.'as always a sym¬ pathetic and understanding observer bf developments in Palestine, who ap¬ preciates the meaning of the Mandate and connected problems."    ,
"It is inconceivable for British presr tige that there will he a, violation of the .trusteeship of the .League," said Dr. Wise. "We must, however, bear in mind the pressure upon the Colonial Secretary in favor of Arab interests. It has :been, proposed, following the un¬ happy precedent of .1929, that Jewish immigration sholild be suspended dur¬ ing the work of the. Royal Comtnis¬ sion. ¦¦¦¦
,"Such a proposal is intolerable and if mooted by the Government 'wiH nieet
with firm and world-wide resistance of
The Arab High Cpirmiittee has told;the Jewish people. The leadership ofi the Government in vigorous.terins, inlthe. Zionist: moveraeht ift London ^isI a-new memorandum,; 'that terfninationj firm "'and ;uriyieldihg; Df.;'Weizn^anp; of the -disorders could be - brought 'David Ben. Gurion arid Moshe Shertok' about pnly-,by complete satisfaction ofiare giving the movement leadership the triple Arab demand of cessation which I find safe' and am piroud to of Jewish immigration, ban- on land follow. Until the wretched agitation; sales to Jews and establishment of ari and disorders. ;jre ended in Palestine Arab national government,' The Arab we. will be surrounded by difficulties, demands include a request for Gov-;,but finally the justice of our . cause ernment land between. Beit Vegan and ¦must prevail."
Yadjur to house former residents ;of,, „',''. ...:.-..: ^      ,
the old city of Jaffa whp had ta leave :gjjj^g g^i^ WFTH AMER-
their homes because of riiodernization demolition activities by the Govern¬ ment.
Gpvcirninent   press   censorship   has been extended by the   suspension  of
ICAN OLYMPIC TEAM
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Al Jama Al Islamia, Arabic daily., for j ^j^^ ^^^-^^ -^^jth her  six Je^vs  who
21  days.    Since the disorders began | ^jd-^^^^ tI^^,Xm(,rican colors in five
the Government has suspended virtU' ally every paper ih the country at one tiine or another,and4ias constantly in¬ creased the number of regulations under which a newspaper may be shut dovyn.
Jews   Rush   to   Liquidate
AflFairs As New Nazi
Drive Impends
. BERLIN'. ,CWNS) — With .the openiiig of the Olympic Games only a fortnight away, the movement amoiig German Jews to liquidate their businesses and flee' the country is gaining rapid momentum. There is general fear in Jewish circles that the end of the Olympic Games will -see the renewal of militant. anti-Semitic agitation. This fear is streiigthened by an orde^ banning all ;Nazi party meetings for the duration of thc Olympiad, and instructions to Nazi, leaders tp reserve their efforts for a new propaganda drive to hpgin im¬ mediately after the Olympics..
All Nazi activity ¦ against thc Jews has not been , suspended, however. Jewish homes, comparatively safe hitherto, will lose this protection as the result of a sweeping police order establishing bloc committees to make house-to-house surveys. A special department to direct emigration to Palestine, headed by Dr. Alfred Klee, bas been set up by the Berlin Jewish community.
sports on the Olympic./field. The American Jewish Olympians are: Samuel Stoller of the "University of Michigan anU Martin Glickman of Syracuse University, 400-in(:ter relay; Lt. .Harold S. Isaacson of the U: S, Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Qkla., equestrian events; KTornian Aft"itage, New York, fencing; Samuel Baiter, Los Angeles, basketball; and Joseph Goldenberg,,New, York rope climber, gymnastic events.
The Olympic tearii- sailed with a deficit of $57,700.
(To our readers) Ann Gdvedriik of Chishohn, Minn., wbo is on the womeii's. Olympic swimming team, is reported to be Jewish. We are check¬ ing on this and willinform you.
NEW YORK (WNS)-l'3cnounc- tiig th'e injection 01 the religious issue into the pres identical campaiK'n, John D. M. Hamilton, cliRirnian of thc Rc- publiciiii National, Committee, in ;i press interview hcle di-scussed recent references to, his arid Governor Alfred Landon's attitudes ; toward anti-Schii- tisni. It is well kilowii here that Mr, Hamilton's statcmciit to the pres.'? was ihtcnded as an answer to ,a growing whispering campaiiJn to tlic effect ttiat he had discriminiitcd again.st New York Republicans .M the Jewish faith. M*-. Hamilton's rijniiirks were, how¬ ever, addressed to the Democrats, who, he cliairgedt were.-responsible for the introduction of th6 Jewish issue.
Answering qufifijions on his aiid Governor Lahdon'Sj alleged anti-Semi¬ tism, Mr. Hamiltdri said:' "There is not, an iota of tnijh in such a thing and it is a deliberate attempt by those other people .to tfirow a dust- cloud when they know, tlieir ship is sinking. Wc have a red het^ring in every cam¬ paign, and j^pparefitly this is the first such attempt. ,1 = want to get. this straight once and tfor'all. Governor Landon is jrist aff; tolerant as I am. Wc both fought he Ku Klux Klan openly. -It beat me for the governor¬ ship of my own state, You'knpw it is one thing to talk iiiid discuss intoler¬ ance in a big dity-tike New York, but it is. another thing\'to go out and fight hooded night riders, and that is what I was up against'out there/ During my campaign for ;public ofiice J .had the support ofeVery repritable Jewish leader" in the stEite,' It is a dangerous thing to inject race, color of creed as an issue in a campiaigii, and the Demo¬ crats have seen fit to'do it,
"Well, if they wp.nt to do that, we'll show them a few .things. I and Gov¬ ernor Landpu both hope that such an issue will be taken out' History, will show that during the Democratic con¬ vention iii 1924 in Madison Square Garden in New .Yprk, when the plat¬ form riiakers were; dodging' the Klan issue, Governor jL'andori had already been in the .field figliting against the Klan irt 'his^^bwnr^i^tCiV /
Mr. Hamiltdri, reviewing hts activi¬ ties during his political career, toltl reporters that he was, formerly a law partner of a Jew,: Mprris' Friedberg. He also related that he had engaged a Jew as his secretary long before this campaign started. Replying to' thc qucstionpf a reporter as tP why the Democrats had injected the religious issue, he said: "They're.just trying tP catch votes. , They're working it both ways. One way in the East and another way in the "West. In the West they would have it appear that Lan¬ don's middle name;-Mossriian, is Jew^ ish.";.:
At the conclusion of the press con¬ ference Mr. Hamilton made a state¬ ment, which is believed to refer to the
Christians, Jews Moiirn
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman
Sentinels of Republic Again
Linked to Anti-Jewish
Propaganda
KANSAS   MINISTER   REVEALS
EXTENT OF FASCIST
PLOTTING
, NEW YORK (VVNS)—thc Sen¬ tinels of the Republic, whose alleged anti-Semitic activities were recently whitewashed following apologics'by its leaders, ard "still engaged i,ii spreading anti-Jewish propaganda; it was as¬ serted by the Rev. L, M, Birkhead of Kansas City in an interview in which he disclosed that .more than 100 anti- Semitic and Fascist organizations with a membership of 4,000,000 are at. work tile United States.' Warning that the, activity of these gi-oups is alarm¬ ingly .sirnilar to that of the Nazis be¬ fore thcy gained power. Dr. Birkhead said that only an "American Ilitler to assume control"; is necessary and, "the danger of a Fascist coup would be imminent."
Charging:" tliat these organisations are supporting the presidential candi¬ dacy of Governor Landon "because all the other-parties do not meet with their racial! and political qualifica¬ tions,", Dr. Birkhead explained that "Father" Coughlin |s not acceptable to them because he is a Catholic; and President Roosevelt, constantly . de¬ scribed by them as, Rosenfelt, is actu¬ ally anathema to thein. His adminis¬ tration is often described as the 'Amer¬ ican Jew-deal.' ¦ Thc< fact that these organizations' are. supporting Laiidon has given the responsible, Republican leaders mUch concern, but through tire West and Middle "West petty Republi can politicians are distributing their literature and propaganda."
Dr. Birldicad also asserted that all these organizations are. interrelated, that they,: use., Uteratiire eraanatitig from a cdmmoii sbiafce arid'bre direcitly or indirectly connected with Julius iStreichcr, and they all lise the same technique of blaming cverythingon the Jew^. ! Among the prgatiizations cited by Dr, Birkhead are th? White Shirts and Crtisaders, led by, Harry Jung, ¦who has already climbed on the Lan¬ don ijandwagdn; the.'; Black Legion, which he said is hot broken up but merely" driven underground, and oper¬ ating :under the name of the United Brotherhood of America, or American Patriots; the Christian Vigilantes; the Friends'of the New Germany; Robert Edward Edmundson; the American National Labor Party; a group which publishes the American Gentile, a paper    in odeled    ori    Streicher's
NEW YORK (WNS)— Cliristiiin .¦md ,lew alike arc mourninfr thc Rev. Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman, minister, au¬ tiior, lecturer and uncompro-
Rev. Ur. S. P. Cadm.nii
mininK foe of religious bigotry and iicrsei-ul ion, "vvho died ,it Cliamplain Valley Hospital in I'laltsburjf al the a);e of 71. Known to millions of radio lis- i eners for his ntdio sermons. Dr. Cadman achieved an inter¬ national reputation throuffh his lifelong eiTorts to eradi¬ cate racial and rcIi|;ious prej¬ udices. He was one of the founders of the National Con¬ ference of Jews and Chris¬ tians, chairman of the Ameri¬ can Christian Committee for German Refugees and an ac¬ tive supporter of thc United .Tewish Appeal. Since the ad¬ vent of the Nazi ren^imii and its persecutions in l!)33 he had been in the forefront of those urRing organized Chris¬ tianity to protest, Dr. Cad¬ man was a militant opponent of American p.-^rtiicipation in the Hcrlin Olympics, and a Ic.ider in every movement,to uproot anti-Semitic organiza¬ tions.
SAMUEL PARKES CADMAN
The Monarch of True Christian Good Will Passes
Ily BEKNARD POSTAL
fhs pa.sinar of iho Kcv. Dr. S. .Parken ihody of America.    Biit never before
num"bero7 JewishISt^'f"'^;;  the .Rev, Gerald Winrod, Republican .workers:"in   New   York State who for one reason "or another
dissatisfaction.ot a.numoer u. Jew,»u|^^j^^ ^^^^.^^^^ TheRevealer and "The
are not being given an active part in the Landon campaign, "I want to say," he declared, "that the Republican Party, is/not going "to be stampeded into building. uP' an organization on racial and religious grounds, I shall select, men. "and women for my co¬ workers not because of the color of their hair or the church they attend, but because of what thcy can do in politics."        . ,
Jr. Hadassah Regional Board
Luncheon aiid.Meeting to.
be Held Sunday
Jr. Hadassah Planning Affair For Yom Kippur Night
The local Junior Hadassah is plan¬ ning a big. affair for "Vom Kippur night, Saturday, Sept, 26, Prepara¬ tions are 'now being made to make this an outstanding event in the or¬ ganization's social calendar, Watch the Chronicle for fiirther announce' ments.
A luncheon" and .meeting of ,the Central States Regional Board of Jr. f-Iadassali will be hold Sunday (to¬ morrow), at the . Dcshlcr-WalHck hotel, with Miss Pessa Polasky of Cincinnati, O,, Regional President, presiding. The Columbus 1938-37 Board Members are invited to attend.
.Reservations can he made by call¬ ing Miss Janet Wasserstrom, E"Vcr- grecn. 392'l,
Ahavas Sholom Supper and Riiffle Tomorrow Night
C. J. W. Will Entertain With Book Review and Tea Monday
• the CoUinilnis Chapter Council of Jewish Women will entertain non- members of the organization Monday afternoon at 2:"0 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Robert Levy,, 78 S. Drexel Ave, the, affair will be in the form of a hook review and tea.
Invitations have already been, is¬ sued, yet should anyone wish to at¬ tend who has iKtt received one, she may contact Mrs. Sam Meisner at IIV, 65.13, who will make reserva¬ tions.
Professor; Harlan Hatcher, author and professor of ,English at Ohio State University, will give the book review.
Defender, two anti-Semitic sheets, at Wichita, Kan,, and the Black Shirts, an organization which charges" that Federal relief is in the hands pf Jews trying to-starve" out Gentiles. . While in the East Dr. Birklieail in- tciids. to organize a movement to, ex¬ pose and combat these organizations.
United Jewish Fupd Will
Make Real Effort to
Reach  Goal
~ Members and friends of the Ahavas Sholom .Synagogue are invited to at¬ tend the Jitney Supper and Rafffe which will be held at six o'clock Sun¬ day-evening .(tomorrow) at the Syna¬ gogue.
Those holding tickets for the $10.00 prize being raffled tliat evening will want to attend this affair. A pleas¬ ant evening is assured all guests.    -
Volintr Society Picnic to Be Given at Edgewater Park
Edgewatcr Park, fully equipped to assure varied entertainment and a hi¬ larious good time, has been chosen by the Voliner Society as the site for its picnic to he given in, the near future. Watch for further details concerning the event in the Chronicle.
Cadman leaves a bis void in' thc interre- liSious good will movement. In thia article Mr. Postal eketdies hia Ufo and -wortr^ i dGdicnted to a better understanding be¬ tween Jews and ChristiaiiB.
-Tte Editor..
The death'of the Rev. Dr. Samuel j Parkes Cadman stills, the voice' oi a! celebrated and courageous American, Christian clergyman whose entire Ufc was a symbol of the .old-fashioned American, ideals of. religious liberty. (yi all the advocates of interreligious and interracial. good will Dr. Cadrnari was, the most consistent and. cflEcctive. Nbt given to serisationalisrii or hys¬ teria; he was rightly , regarded as. the father of, thb organized movement to bring about closer relations and deeper Understanding between Christian and JeVv. An uncoiriprbmisirig foe of preiv udice and persecution in every .form, he was in the vanguard of those who felt that religious bigotry was a nega¬ tion of Christianity. - As a sincere Christian he strove to educate his cp- religioiiists to an appreciation of .Jew¬ ish problems^
Born in England, where religious liberty is the keystone of the arch of British freedom, Dr. Gadman came to the United States in the 1890's as a young man in,his twenties^ lie com¬ pleted his education, in this country, receiving his Doctor of Divinity de¬ gree from Wesleyan College in Con¬ necticut. His first pulpit was the Met¬ ropolitan Temple in New York, oyer which he presided from 1895 to 1901. In the latter year he. was" called to the pastorate of, the Central Congre¬ gational Church in Brooklyn, a pulpit he.retain.ed.for the rest of his Hfe.
No ordinary cler^man content merely to shepherd his flock, Dr. Cad¬ man was destined to. become one of the great American churchriien of hig time..Among, Christians he was knowii as a minister who combined the spirit¬ ual ideals of the church with the prac¬ tical, sense of a leader". He was always alive to the problems of the day and
Ah the Chronicle goes (o press workers are still calling on Coluin¬ bus prospects on behalf of the United Jewish Fund Campaign, the S31,000 quota having not ai yet been reached.
Have you made your contribu¬ tion to thiH great cause? Please give these loyal workerb all yon can aud help to make this drive .a Buccessful one. Keinember that your contribution goes to all out side Jewish causes, thnt there will not be another drive in Columbus for Jewish efforts this year.
Giving to this drive you will help the Joint Distribution Comniittee in their relief work throughout Eu¬ rope and the American Palestine Campaign in helping exiles to set¬ tle in- the Holy Land, us well us many worthy institutions in this country.
If you would like to have ^ worker cull for your cimtributiun, iust phone AI>. B228, or mail it to tho United Jewish campaign hcud- quarters, 150 East Broad St. Please make your checks payable to Simon Lazarus, treasurer.
had the organized Christian churches of this, or any other country under¬ taken a'_ systematic effort tb uproot anti-rSfcmitism,, to combat racial prej- , udices and tp war ori bigotry in every.- fprm. This. Commission, of which Dr. Cadman was chairman, did a mag¬ nificent' job in laying the groundwork for- more extensive .activities' in the field of interr^eligious and interracial cooperation.
From the Commission on Religious Relations between Jews arid Christiatis, there  developed   the  more '§jiiblliorir"'r" Nationar Conference   of   Jews   and /; Christians.' The trail of uriderstariding hewn   out.by   the   Commission   ¦was ' broadened arid expanded into a great highway of. education in. the field .of intergroup relations by the Conference. As one of the chairmen of the. Cpu- ference. Dr. Cadman labored to eradi¬ cate ignorance, as the first, prerequi-: site tp understanding.,  The principles, laid down by Dr. Cadman and his as--,  ,. sociates have  since been  adopted as    ¦. the guide posts for the development of   ;-¦-. a healthy mutual  esteem arnong the various races and religions that make up the American people, Brought into being at a thnc when the more militant fqi-ms'of Jew-baiting in" this country,': were quiescent, the National Confer- ¦ ence,   a   product   of   Dh   Cadman*s   [, vision, has long  since justified itself ! as  an ,invaluable  instrumentality, for  , helping to expose the fallacious'bases   ¦ of prejudice and clarifying the factors that make for racial and .religions mis- .understandirig.
Three years, ago, whpa the Hitler madness enveloped Europe and even some sections of the American people. Dr. Cadinan, then nearing three score . . and ten, showed that his lifelong ef¬ forts tP bring- about.harmonious,rela- , tipns between Jews and, Christians were not. circumscribed ,by national boundaries but were deep-rooted and
  _^  _    .universal.   When in 1933 the question
keenly,aware of the role the church a^'ose whether the Jews, faced with an, could ahd should play in meeting tUein. | organized and world-wide assault on Tt was not his" idea of the ministry
[that the clergyman's function ended at the threshold of the church. His was a broader vision of responsibility. He took the lead in pointing the way toward a,n advanced program of social justice in the church. It was he who pioneered in turning the church into new and untrod paths of human rela¬ tions.
Tt was this social consciousness that led him inevitably into the front ranks f those who combated the forces of darkness and hate that threatened the teachings pf Christianity. Dr. Cad- man's first niajor achievement in be¬ half of religious liberty was the Com¬ mission on Religious Relations be¬ tween Jews and Christians; This body, organized as an integral part of the powerful Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America during Dr. Cad- man's presidency of, that body, was something unprecedented. There had of course been individual Christians, laymen' as well as riien pf the cloth, wlip had spoken out vigorously against attempts to inject old-world racial and I religious   l)rejudices   into   the   social
their, very existence, would be left standing alone or whether Christen- , dom would l^ft^lip its voice in behalf of a persecuted people, it was Dr. Gad- man who spoke first. His was the first voice in , American Christianity, to speak put in protest, nobly and bravely. In a historic message tP the Christian churches of Germany he .: warned that Hitler's attempt to de¬ stroy the Jews was a grievpiis wrong against Christianity, arid he urged the. Christians of Germany to speak out. As the chairman of .the American sec¬ tion of the Universal Christian Coun¬ cil, the central body ol all Christian, sects except^the Catholic Church, he was instrumental in having the Coun¬ cil issue a ringing call to Jhe Chris¬ tians of the world to rally to the sup¬ port of the suffering Jews.
Since then he has labored^-unceas¬ ingly to mobilize Christian public opiniPii to an appreciation ;0f the mag-. nitud6 of. the crime being committed against civilization in Germany. His niost challenging move was a call to Protestantism and Catholicism to issue (Continued on page 4)
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