Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1939-03-31

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Volume 18.   No. 1,5.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1939
Dovoted to American and Joivlsh Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By PHINEAS J. BIKON
NBC To Broadcast Special Passover Program By U. J. C.
MP-TOP TIPS
Don't be surprised if Uncle Sam soon sends Brother Hat Adolf another hot note, on the subject of that American vessel seized in a German poi t a couple ot months ago, and now on the way to becoming a Nazi train¬ ing ship , . . Canadian Mounties please note: Your country is serving as a spy base for Nazis workini; on the North American angle ot Hitler's Weltreich plans . - . Their mam efforts aie di¬ rected against the Umted States, "but Canada's vast open spaces also are a consideration . Tip to the Duce: Otto I of Germany took over the Czechs a thousand years ago Just aa Hitler has done now . . . Then he acquired the Italian crown—and when the people of Rome rebelled, he sacked the city Aside to map- makers: Before issuing your next- atlas, Jiut dotted lines around Danzig, the Polish Corri¬ dor, Alsace-Lorraine, Roumania, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Switzer¬ land and the Italian Tyrol . . . Ali these regions have German populations that Hitler may de¬ cide to annex one of these days , . . And if any of our readers have relatives in those coun¬ tries we'd advise them to get their affidavits of "support ready for the time when said relatives •will acquire refugee status ..The    Swiss,    incidentally,    are
fffiSgfjrJyijr'Slia-fiiigr for tntf~«vDr»ti- - t>3f hiding away all the gold in tlieir country . Authentic sources state that Hitler's throat cancer will prove fatal within two years at the latest , . . But suppose Europe's Nazi cancer proves fatal earher? ABOUT PEOPLE
What worries Hendrik Wiliem van Loon about the Nazi ban on his books, announced last weelc, is that it came so late . . He feels the Nazis should have recognized their opposition to him years ago . Probably he doesn't make the proper allow¬ ance for the thickness of Nazi skulls . . . Did you know that Viadhnir Hurban,; the spunky Czech Minister to Washington who has refused to hand his Legation over to the Nazis, fought in Palestine during the "world war? . . -. Clap hands for -architect F. Cunningham of Washington, who has refused to -continue as associate architect for the proposed new- German embassy building in Washing¬ ton, and frankly told the em¬ bassy that he doesn't like to •work for such' people . . . Win- ^ chell, by the way, asks what the ' Nazis need a new embassy for —nobody who's anybody would go to visit them .. . Among refu¬ gees expected here in the near future is Mrs. Arthur SChnltzler, widow ' of the famous Viennese author . . . Most unusual collec¬ tion we've heard of is that of I. . Warshaw of Albany, who hoards ads of all kinds—posters, in¬ voices, catalogues, newspaper and magazine advertisements and what have you . . . A. re¬ liable informant tells us that the autumn will see a new edi¬ tion In the Sylvia Sidney-Luther Adler menage ... Radio an nouncer Andre Baruch has turned out to be the champion male amateur cook in. these United States, his specialty be¬ ing a tasty dish called eggs a la Baruch . . . And authoress Thyra Samter Winslow won, second prize in a recent amateur culin¬ ary contest. (Copyright 1939.) ,
Dr.   Stephen   S.   Wise,   and   I.
Edwin GoMwnsscr to  Speak
Sunday from 2:00-2:30 p. m.
A special Passover broadcast will be piesented by the United Jewish Appeal tor Retugees and Overseas Needs tomoriow (to day, Sunday, April 2nd) after¬ noon over the Red Network of
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Dr. Stephen S. Wise
the National Broadcasting Com¬ pany during the half-hour per¬ iod from 2 to 2 30 p. m
The guest speakers during this holiday program will be Dr Stephen S Wise, Honoraiy Chairman, and I Edwin Gold- wa='!er.   National  Treasurer  of
the United Jewish Appeal, ihe	
jamhijis.(3»(jatiip.i.lgujatAwsd£a^s.fIZi three foremost Aagenoles ^o aid refugees, pioviae rehef and rehabilitation for Jews m Cen tral and Eastern Europe, pro¬ mote immigration and settle- m'ent m Palestine and assist the mtegiation of lefugees coming to the United States These ac¬ tivities are carried on by the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the National Coordinating Com¬ mittee Fund, Ino, which are repiesented in the United Jew¬ ish Appeal.
Critical developments m Cen¬ tral Europe and the broad scope of relief and reconstruction mea¬ sures which must be undertaken immediately to rescue - many hundreds ot thousands of vic¬ tims of oppression yill be dis¬ cussed by Dr. Wise and Mr, Goldwasser diiring the Passover broadcast.
In addition there will also be a musical program of selections marking the observance of the holiday. •
Promote Inter-Faith Understanding In American Colleges
NEW yORK (WNS) — A de¬ tailed progiam for the promo¬ tion of understanding and co operation among Protestant, Catholic and Jewish students m the more than 1,000 colleges and universities thjoughout the country has been developed by the recently organised College Work Department of the Na¬ tional Conference of Christians and Jews which is under the direction of Heibert L Sea- mans, newly appointed secre¬ tary. A program entitled "The American Colleges and Cultural Relations" declares that "the National Conference will seek to encourage experimentation and the exchange of experiences in legard to the most helpful ways and means of developing understanding and coopeiation among student members of re ligious groups Rather than at¬ tempt to establish a national col¬ legiate 01 ganization the confer¬ ence "prefeis to facilitate an ex¬ change of experience and mater¬ ials, and to cooperate -wrtth existing denominational and other religious agencies," it de clared.
¦ NEy^ YORK (WNS)—What the American .people think arO the reasons for anti-Semitism is revealed by the Fortune maga¬ zine survey which sampled public opinion on the questions ot whether there should bo increased admission ot ietugee=!, whether hostility to Jews is growing m this country and what are the leasons tor'anti Semitism The conclusions of these studies, pub¬ lished in the April issue ot Fortune reveal that Americans over¬ whelmingly oppose opening this country's doors to retugees; a third of them believe that anti Semitism is growing m the United States and less than half ot tlie gentiles blame the Jews tor anti- Semitism
The first question If you were a member of Congiess would you vote yes or no on a bill to open the doors of the U S. to a larger number of European refu¬ gees than now admitted under our immigration quotas' The reply ot persons polled was over¬ whelmingly m the negative—83 per cent against opening Ameri¬ ca's gates, 8 7 per cent in favor, and 83 per cent who didn't know
"The minority who advocate lelaxed Immigration laws is so small—mostly under 10 per cent —among various classifications of people,  by  income and age
and place and occupation, that the variations are of little im¬ portance," Fortune declares.
The second question- Do you believe that in this country hostility toward the Jewi.sh peo¬ ple IS growing or not' The ques¬ tion IS similar to one aslced in the Survey five months ago (November 1938). The answer IS still no Of people with opin¬ ions on the subject a good ma¬ jority do not believe that anti- Semitism IS on the march in the U S The nation doesn't want immigiants but it doesn't think It has an active dislike for .lews. Following are the answers:
Growing hostility Hostihty  not  growing Don't   know
April 1939 332% 457% 211%
Nov   1938 32 5% 52 5% 150%
Seder Ceremony, AprU 3 Will Mark Start of Passover
Scores Coughlin As
Nazi-Inspired
Propagandist
NEW YORK (WNS) —Father Charles ,. E. Coughlin's radio talks have increased • anti- Semitism and "caused a decided backlash ot anti-Catliollc preju¬ dice in America," according to the Rev. Walton E. Cole of Toledo, Ohio, a student of propa¬ ganda technique. Addressing the Institute of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, Rev. Cole asserted the "radio priest" was a propagandist and an "im¬ passioned debator" rather than an analytical student. He cited Father Coughlin's use of Nazi- supplied sources in linking Jews with Communism and added: "My experiences in spealcing be¬ fore forum audiences and in conversing vvith many people Of various religions, convinces mc
Passover, the Feast-ot Unleav¬ ened Bread is the Jewish Spring Holiday, with its story of re¬ demption It will open with Seder Services at sundown, April 3, in homes of Jews throughout the world
The oldest holiday in the Jew¬ ish calendar Passover had its beginnings iri the early Spring festal celebrations- of shepherds and farmers. A new significance was attributed to the festival, when in addition to being a feast ot supplication for a good year, it was made an occasion ot thanksgiving for the redemp¬ tion of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.'
During the seven days of the festival, only "matsos" (un¬ leavened bread) is eaten in com¬ memoration of the haste of the people when, fleeing from Egypt they did not have time to await the rising ot their dough. Though celebrated in the Temple when Jerusalem was the religious center of Judaism, the Passover holiday afterward be¬ came and has remained primar¬ ily a holiday observance In the home.
The Seder Service retells the crossing of the Red Sea when the Children of Israel escaped from their oppressors. Matsos still take the place of leavened bread for the duration of the holiday. This year especially the Pasfiover will bring a message of hope to many who suffer- from the modern Pharaohs of despotism.
stir up race and religious preju dices. They not only increased anti-Semitism in America, but they have also caused a decided
thftt the effect of Father Cough-1 backlash   of   antl-Cathqlic   feel-
lin's addresses last fall was to | ing."
The number of people who be¬ lieve that Jewry is shpping into dig(avDr.^has, increased by only a negligible percentage. But those expressing doubt on the subject have mcreased consid¬ erably, at the expense of the majority who believed that the Jews have nothing new to fear from U S public opinion This may mean that people aie sens¬ ing at least a greater insecurity for Jews m Ameiica without ac¬ tually putting it down as a grow¬ ing public dislike for them This much appears in the analyses of the leturns In November only one bieakdown yielded a ma¬ jority ot people with opinions more inclined to believe that there is growing anti-Semitism than that .there Is little of it.
There was a small maiorlty Itt cities ot more than a million. Now people vrho IhbDlt that - hostility toward Jdwo ik gi-jtV--'" ing constitute majorities ot peo¬ ple with opinions among the fol¬ lowing groups: white-collar workers, the inhabitants of the Northeast, and people In all cities rafiging from populations of 25,000 to over a million. In other words, all the urban popu¬ lation of the U. S IS now inclin¬ ed to believe that anti-SemitLsm IS on the increase; the town, village and rural population does npt Vital, of course, is the opinion of the people who are most directly concerned with the question—tlie American Jews themselves. Their answers com¬ pared with their Protestant and Catholic compatriots follows:
Growing hostility   	
Hostility not growing Don't  know   ..........
Jewish
40.5%
.51.3%
8.2% „•
CatWWic
39.2%'
42.4% :
18.4%  .:
Protestant
31.5%
40.5%
22.0 7o
The Survey suggests that per¬ haps the voice of Father COugh-
Scientists To Boycott Nazi-Made Apparatus '
CAMBRIDGE; (WNS)—A boy¬ cott of German-manufactured scientific apparatus and supplies has been voted by the Boston and Cambridge branch ot the American Association ot Scien¬ tific worlcers as an exprpsslon of "disapproval of the Nazi atti¬ tude toward science and scien¬ tists." The organization which represents more than 100 scien¬ tists on the stSfts of Harvard University, -Massachusetts Insti¬ tute of Technology and neigh¬ boring educational institutions, voted to co-operate in the boy¬ cott with other chapters of the organization. A committee ot scientists reported , that about $10,000,000 worth of German scientific equipment was import¬ ed into the United States last year and that abput 80 per cent of this equipment could be ac¬ quired trom other sources.
Un, now again oh tho air, has had something td do with the greater dlsppsitloii among tho Catholics to Imagine that there may be a Jewish question heit The third question: What do you feel Is the reason tor lios- tility toward Jewish people here .and abroad? This question also was put to Jews as well as to non-Jews and was divided into three categories—reasons favor¬ able to Jews, unfavorable, and external and neutral. The re¬ sults by category were as fol¬ lows: favorable to Jews, 12.8 per cent nationally as against 35.6 per cent by Jewish respondents; unfavorable, 42.3 per cent na¬ tionally as against 19.1 per cent by Jews; external and neutral, IG.l per cent as against 44.fi. Those without an opinion total¬ led 43.3 per gent nationally as against 22.9 per cent among Jews. According to the survey it appears that less than half of the reasons given for anti- Semitism in the world were anti- Semitic In their, general sen.se, that is, were critical ot thu Jews as Jews. Among the, people giv¬ ing these answers may be pre- (Ouutlnued on Vage i}
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