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German Situation Ruthless Extermination Continues; Jewish Leaders Sponsor German Boycott SAMUEL UNTERMYER . . . “// not a boycott . . . you lack . . . courage to fight.” . . . T HE speech of Chancellor Adolf Hitler to the re assembled German Reichstag in which he stated the German attitude in regard to disarmament and security has done much to dissipate the interna tional suspicion with which the Nazi regime has been looked upon. President Roosevelt is said to have given the Nazi leader the perfect opportunity for making a speech which showed Germany the innocent victim of a malicious world. Couched in admittedly conciliatory terms, the speech of Hitler was universally applauded s the press, although France and Great Britain re served opinion, pending the further action of the Ger mans at the disarmament conference. I he papers that applauded the Nazi leader for the moderation of his tone seemed to ignore the irony con cealed in his words. “Our nationalism,’’ Hitler said, Is a principle that binds us universally as a Weltan- '•hauung. While we cling with boundless love and faith to our own people, we respect the national rights other nations out of the same feeling, and it is our heartfelt desire to live with them in peace and friend- 'hip I herefore the idea of ‘Germanization’ is unknown to u* At another point he said: “It is not wise to rob the peoples of economic possibilities of existence with- mit taking into account that the human being is de pendent upon them and now as before exists as a tutor demanding the right to live. The idea of render- mg useful service to other peoples by destroying eco nomically a people of 65,000,000 is so absurd that no- <>dv <an dare today openly to expound it.” In the meanwhile, the German Government is pro ceeding ruthlessly with the elimination of Jews not nb from professional life but even from industry as a* commerce. In many cities, Jewish employers are ving forced to dismiss their Jewish employes and hire non-Jewish substitutes. The Christian employ- rr ' ar e compelled to dismiss their Jewish workers. The ! °>< *t against Jewish shops is maintained practically •n ♦ force in the smaller towns. Nazi “cells” see to n that customers are warned away from such estab- 'htii- nts under threats of violence. The situation re- • so tense that in the towns, life-long friend- •>etween Jews and Christians are broken up, be- the latter fear to be seen conversing with their h neighbors. pite a rising tide of Jewish indignation, neither ague of Nations nor any member of it has taken •ncrete steps to bring about a modification of the h position in Germany. On the other hand it is f that there is a subsidence of the non-Jewish ''C athy for the Jewish cause. This is attributable e counter-propaganda of the Nazis which is be ship cau* D the any Jew Pate By Robert Stone coming increasingly effective. Some Jewish leaders at tribute it to the unwisdom with which the Jewish case is being presented in certain quarters. Although these leaders favor a silent boycott in various lands against German products, they believe that the public, strident boycott agitation has alienated many non-Jews. In the meantime, the boycott movement, launched by the American League for the Defense of Jewish Rights and the Jewish War Y’eterans’ Association, has increased in strength and scope. Doctors, painters, merchants, salesmen, importers, department stores have all been enlisted in a tremendous effort to impress the German authorities with the strength of the Jewish protest against Nazi persecutions. A typical reaction to the speech of Hitler among Jews was voiced by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise when he said, referring to the reported satisfaction of President Roosevelt with the address: “President Roosevelt may be for peace. I am for war. We think, we feel this is one of the great crises in Jewish life. The last word was not spoken by Hitler. There is more to be said. There are nations living near to Hitler who may not be inclined to place the same faith in the word of Hitler that is placed on this side of the Atlantic.” ▼ New York, N. Y.— The Jews of America were c alled upon to buy nothing made or improved in Germany or exported from Germany in a resolution unanimously adopted by a huge audience of delegates attending a meeting at the Astor Hotel as the representatives of hundreds of Jewish organizations at the invitation of the American League for the Defense of Jewish Rights. Indicating that the boycott measure is one which must have the support of every Jew who avows his race or religion, speaker after speaker, Jew and Gentile alike, declared that the commercial war against the Reich is the only weapon left in the hands of the Jew ish people, and that it must be wielded until "all the anti-Jewish laws, edicts and policies have been wholly repealed and renounced.” Fiorello H. I.aGuardia, former Congressman of New York, called upon his listeners, who applauded him wildly, that Germany's exports to America should be reduced to “zero" in the com ing year. James W. Gerard, former United States Ambassador to Germany, established the keynote when he declared: “I want you to know from me as a Gentile that there is only one kind of Jew the Gentile despises and that is the Jew who denies that he is a Jew. If I were a Jew, with all your tradition and history behind you, I'd be damned proud of it. I lived in Germany for four years and I saw during the World War the cold, calculating cruelty of Prussianistn and that it was something new, that is, since the old Germany. “When the English oppressed this country with their trade regulations, my ancestors knew that the best way for the first attack was economic. When a ship laden with tea came into Boston Harbor a few who didn’t approve dressed up as Indians and threw it into the harbor. We are in this fight for humanity, but first of all your people will have to stick together. You have to show' your power and you have to do it in an economic way. The Gentiles in this country are for you.” Samuel Untermyer, noted attorney, who has been pleading for a boycott for some weeks, used the oc casion to make a sweeping attack upon the American Jewish Committee for its alleged supineness and cow ardice. Calling the Hitler Cabinet “the most astound ing assemblage of irresponsible, semi-savages ever gath ered together,” Untermyer said that the Nazi persecu tion of the Jews had made boycott inevitable. Ad dressing himself rhetorically to the American Jewish Committee, he said: “To the few timid, credulous, well- intentioned souls among the American Jews who have no defensive plan whatever to offer, but who are un willing to commit themselves to a boycott, I repeat the question: if not a boycott what are you going to do? Are you going to sit idly by while your brethren in Germany are humiliated, degraded, deprived of their rights of citizenship and kicked out of their profes sions and employment and left to starve? You are no more peace-loving than the rest of us. The only differ ence between us is that you lack the will and the cour age to fight!” Dr. Samuel Margoshes, Editor of The Day, declared that “we must force into the open those who should be with us in this movement. Where are the Jewish gov ernors? Where are the Jewish Congressmen? This is no time for pussy-footing. Whoever is not for us is against us.” He warned that Jewish public officials, no matter how highly placed, could not take refuge be hind their so-called public position without incurring the “anger” of their fellow-Jews. Other speakers were Henry Hunt, former mayor of Cincinnati; Louis Lipsky, Dr. A. Coralnik, who organ ized the League, and Jacob dellaas. STEPHEN S. WISE "I am for war” The resolution that was adopted read, in part, a4 follows: “ The protesting and appealing voice of humanity proved futile. It is amply clear that fhe present rulers of Germany cannot be affected by moral suasion, and that the only means of combating the policies and acts of the present regime in Germany is an economic boy cott of goods, products and services emanating from Germany. “Now, therefore, we, the delegates representing trade, social, fraternal and religious organizations, in confer ence assembled at Hotel Astor, New York City, this 14th day of May, 1933, conscious of our grave respon sibility in taking this action, and deploring its neces sity, "Do hereby solemnly proclaim it is the duty of every Jew and Jewess in the United States of America to boycott all goods, materials or products manufactured, raised or improved in Germany, or any part thereof, all German shipping, freight and traffic services, as well as all other resorts, and generally to abstain from any act which would in any manner lend material support to the present regime in Germany. "It is specifically understood that the foregoing measures are directed exclusively against the goods, products and services of the German Reich proper, and shall continue until all the anti-Jewish laws, edicts and policies have been wholly repealed and renounced. "Be it further resolved, that this conference directs that the American League {Pirate turn to page IS) * THe SOUTHERN ISRAELITE