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By Bernard Postal In this article Mr. Postal gives the first complete review of all the Jewish men and women who have become associated in one capacity or another with the New Deal of the Roosevelt Adminis tration in Wash ington. Professor Femx Frankfurter has declined a number of important Positions. P ERHAPS the most pointed contrast between the lot of the Jews in Germany and the position of their co-religionists in the United States is afforded by comparing the Hitlerite gov ernment’s policy of deliberately and ruthlessly eliminating from every phase of Germany’s pub lic, economic, industrial and cultural life those Jewish men and women of talent who have labored to make Germany great and respected with that of the Roosevelt administration, which has selected more Jews to fill influential positions than any previous administration in American history. In shaping the policies of the “New Deal,” Jews are being accorded an unparalleled opportunity of serving their country in its hour of need. How r ever, before we take a look at some of these Jewish “New Dealers” and before we ap praise their contribution to the concerted program of national economic recovery, it is necessary to take cognizance of the grossly libelous rumors that the Roosevelt administration is a “Jewish” ad ministration because of the number of Jews as sociated with it. In this connection it is there fore valuable to quote in full two paragraphs from a recent issue of the Kiplinger Washington Letter of Washington, D. U., an impartial finan cial service which is in a position to be well in formed on this very question: “Jews—We have had many inquiries from this country and abroad on Jews in the new government, indicating widespread whispered rumors of a ‘situation.’ Facts: More Jews oc cupy influential positions in relation to Roose velt administration than in any other previous administration. Examples: Baruch (outside), whose ideas influence Roosevelt. Moley, John son, Peek and others. Frankfurter (outside), whose ideas influence a score of aggressive young lawyers here and there in government service—some Jew's, some not. Morgenthau, who has equivalent of cabinet position. Straus. Warburg, Ezekiel, Wyzanski, Frank, Wol- man, Sachs, Swope, Schneiderman, Hillman, etc., etc. “Do they hang togetherf Do they form any single coordinated sphere of influence? No. All have their different spheres, some times overlapping. Are they ‘radical?’ Most of them are ‘liberal,’ but the fountain source of the most ‘advanced’ political philosophy is rather among officials with Anglo-Saxon names. Do they have material ‘influence?’ IN THE NEW The Men and Women Who Help to Carry Out the Recovery Act o * * * Herbert H. Lehman Now Governor of New York—is re peatedly mentioned as a likely successor in the event of Secre tary It'oodin’s resig nation. Jesse I. Straus Now A mbassador to France—led the way in organizing the business men. No, not much. They aren’t partic ularly strong in the party organiza tion. Very few of the political-in fluence lawyers of Washington are Jews. Do they have intellectual in fluence? Yes, a lot of it, mainly as advisors, but so do many who are not Jews. Most have judgment of people, and of popu lar mass psychology. “Significance of Jewish influence in Roose velt Administration: We see none; perhaps you can.” So much for the bogy-man of the sinister and all-controlling influence of Jew’s over the Roose velt administration. In dealing with those Jew’s actively participating in framing and carrying out the New’ Deal legis lation it will be simpler to separate them into three groups: those who w r ere prominently identi fied w’ith Roosevelt’s fortunes before he became President; the members of the “brain trust”; and those who by sheer merit have found themselves drafted into the growing army of men and women helping the Roosevelt administration, in official or unofficial capacities, to instil new strength into the nation’s economic life by means of the national recovery program. Attention w’as first called to Roosevelt’s close association with Jew's long before he became Pres ident. During Mr. Roosevelt’s first gubernatorial campaign in New’ York in 1928 he became ac Bernard M. Baruch II ho recommended the appointment of his former associates. quainted with Samuel Rosenman, then! a member of the State Bill Drafting I Commission. Impressed w’ith R<*m j man’s ability in gathering campaign material, Mr. Roosevelt appointed Rosenman his personal counsel. It wa-! in the course of this relationship tha* I Mr. Roosevelt came to appreciate Rosenman’s judgment and he stx>n charged him with a multiplicity of con fidential and responsible tasks. When Roosevelt elevated Rosenman to the Supreme Court he admitted he wa* “cutting off my right arm.’’ That thi<| was not idle flattery is evidenced h\ the fact that Judge Rosenman owns a photograph of Assistant Secretary of State Raymond Moley, which is in scribed “To Sam Rosenman, founder and head of the Brain Trust.’ The inscription aptly summarized Rosen man’s service to Roosevelt because the now famous “brain trust” came into being during Roosevelt’s years as gov ernor. Even now Judge Rosenman is frequently called to Washington to con sult with the President. Rosenman w r as not the only Jewish j advisor of Mr. Roosevelt while he was in Albany. Henry Morgenthau, Jr-j who served as State Conservation Com missioner, was constantly called in bv Governor Roosevelt for advice anJ help, and during the presidential cam paign Morgenthau did a great deal m mapping out the Rooseveltian appeai to the farmers and in drafting the j Democratic party’s agricultural plank After March 4th President Roosevelt turned to Morgenthau as the logical candidate for the chairmanship of the Federal Farm Board, a position which clothes him with great authority under the recovery program. M f - Morgenthau is also the generalissimo of the co ordinated farm relief forces and a member of the Roosevelt “super-cabinet.” Another pre-election associate of Mr. Roosevelt was Jesse I. Straus, now ambassador to h ranee It was Mr. Straus who led the way in organizing the business men of the country behind Roosevelt > candidacy for the presidency. After Roosevelt wa> re-elected governor of New’ York in 1930 by - in overwhelming majority, Mr. Straus launched 3 nation-wide straw vote among business men determine w’ho w’ould receive their support in the presidential election of 1932. His probe revealed tremendous support for Roosevelt and on ti e has*' of this survey he sponsored an intensive campaign to organize Roosevelt-for-President clubs t ^oug out the nation. The result is history’. A$ one '' the more liberal and advanced merchants of * country, Mr. Straus w’as prominently me: tiofl«f as Mr. Roosevelt’s Secretary of Commerce t ;tl „ mately he became the first of the “New diplomats and he is now’ (Please turn to p< [12] » THE SOUTHERN ISRA LlTE