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Jewish History in the Making
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exodus plan aimed to
.,! 100.000 German Jews
. , ;ir .s to Palestine and other
11 u- Joint Distribution
It,., ;md the United 1’ales-
\, >j teal. which engaged in
drives last year, refused
Averted from their immediate
; ,d did not join in this new
The aggressive campaign
the auspices of Hadassah
,, xt r si00.000 for the Youth
which enabled hundreds of
Jewish children to be
! ,n Palestine. The volunteer
of Eddie (antor, noted
i;iir diaii. in this connection were
, x t r. mely valuable.
Mu anti-Nazi boycott maintain-
iN unbroken front. It was
indoiibtedly helped by various
j.,\eruiiieiital actions against Ger-
n\. melt as the ban on the use
of (lerinan steel for TWA projects,
t|„ refusal to enter into a cotton
barter pact with the Reich and the
imjHisition of heavy tariff penalties
Mi, German goods dumped on the
\inericaii market. A number of
\inrriean universities refused to
participate- in the celebration of
Ih-tdelhcrg’s 550th anniversary, al
though Yale, Columbia, Cornell,
Michigan and Harvard, among
others, sent official representatives.
Harvard, however, again refused a
scholarship from “Putzi” Hanf-
daongel. Hitlers press adjutant.
Kven Hollywood felt the impact of
Nazi influence when it refused to
make a film of Sinclair Lewis’
M-nsitional novel of Fascism in
\meriea. “It Can’t Happen Here”.
1 he year also revealed a renewed
organized anti-Semitic movement
whioli in some instances assumed a
definite political character. Not
withstanding the fact that they
have been discredited in years past,
tlu Silver Shirts, the Ku Klux Klan
ami similar bodies resumed their
campaigns against American Jewry.
I he disclosures of the activities of
•he Black Legion horrified the
nation. Following the example of
buropeaii Fascists, a number of
organizations bluntly injected anti
semitism into American politics.
I he whispering campaign alleging
that secretary of Labor Perkins is
a Jewess, the attempts to cut short
Governor U-lmian’s political career
'enaiiH- of his Jewishness, the
'nation of un anti-Jewish party in
( hieago by a defeated mayoralty
candidate, the conversion of the
rrieiids of the New Germany into
a so-called American body to enable
diem to play a role in politics, the
"iganization of the Christian Party
<uul the American National Labor
l arty and the attempt to brand
New Deal as “a Jew-deal”
'nnd all be listed as manifestations
!s disconcerting tendency. The
prominent political pro-
hig<-msts of this political anti-Semi-
vere the Sentinels of the Re-
Tather Coughlin, the Rev.
T Hf. OUTHERN ISRAELITE *
Gerald K. Smith, political heir of
Huey Long.
These un-American outcroppings
had the effect of strengthening the
liberal forces, which did not hesitate
to speak out against concealed or
open Fascism in America. Fore
most among these staunch defend
ers of old-fashioned Americanism
were Governor Earle of Pennsyl
vania, President Conant of Harvard,
Judge Collins of the New York
Supreme Court, the Rev. Dr. L. M.
Birkhead, Sinclair Lewis and his
wife, Dorothy 'Thompson, and Gov
ernor Curley of Massachusetts,
whose vigorous action against the
president of the Sentinels of the
Republic drove that organization
into oblivion. Mayor La Guardia
of New Aork, disregarding his offi
cial position, utilized every op|M>r-
t unity to combat Nazism and racial
discrimination. As chief magistrate
of the C ity of New A ork he ordered
the arrest of Robert Edward Ed
mondson, anti-Semitic pamphleteer.
Further evidence that the nation
resented the petty racial-prejudiee-
mongers was provided by tlu- un
precedented ovation accorded Gov
ernor Lehman at the Democratic
National Convention and the na
tion-wide gratification when he de
cided to be a candidate for a third
term.
Jewish leadership in tlu- I’nited
States lost a number of its most
beloved national figures, among
them Bernard S. Deutsch, Peter
Wiernik, Judge Otto Rosalsky, Pro
fessor Richard Gettheil and General
Milton Foreman. The death of
Dr. S. Parkes (’adman, champion of
religious freedom, created great
sorrow among the Jewish com
munity.
Despite the undeniable disunity
among Jewish leaders and the in
crease of anti-Semitism in the
United States, one can say that
Jews strengthened their position as
useful and constructive factors dur
ing a period of economic, social and
political transition.
ROVMANIA
Roumanian Jewry lived through
a year of repeated anti-Semitic
outbreaks. The Peasant Party s
uncompromising opposition to anti-
Semitism, the collapse of repeated
efforts to create one united bloc of
anti-Semites and Fascists and the
restraining influence of Trench di
plomacy prevented a possible
Fascist putsch. But economic dis
crimination against the Jews was
accelerated. Jewish lawyers were
systematically disbarred, a com
mercial and professional numerus
clausus w r as rigorously enforced
and the opportunities open to Jews
in the small tow'ns were steadily
curtailed. By and large the lot of
Roumanian Jewry remained critical
and desperate.
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