Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1924-01-04

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Volume VI —No.',^3
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JOHNSON IMMIG. MEASURE IS DE- NOUNCEDSTRONGLY
Foreign  ^ Lsunguaige ' Newspaper
Editors Show Opponition to Bill
at Meeting with Secretafy
REGISTRATION FEATURE
IS UPHELD BY DAVIS
Measure   is   Termed   Offensive, Insulting, and IMscriminatory
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NEW YORK. —"Offensive and dis- crimina'iory" were terms directed at thc pro-Nordic immigration bill of Rcpr(J- ftCiitativc Albert Johnson of WashipBton who, like Representative CaWe of Lima, Ohio, opposes the immigration of Jews, following a conference yesterday be¬ tween editors and publishers of foreign- language American daily newspapers and Secretary of Labor James J. Davis.
Pursuing the tactics which he used at his mcetting with foreign language news¬ paper editors, held at the Union Club in Cleveland, Davis with eloquence nnd in¬ sistence boosted the bill recently intro- . duccd by Johnson, which requires all aliens to register, but as in Cleveland, when the ques:ion of quotas was raised, declined to,discuss it on thc grounds that this is "in thc <hands of Congress."
Davis' department has .Klmittedly, however; been working on the bill whi;h requires all aliens to be registered and this legislation has been united by John¬ son with his proposal to base quotas on the 1890 census of nationals, instead of that of I»10.
That the Administration may back the 189() census plan which was des'igned to reduce all immigrants from non-Nordic •'regions of Europe to a minimum, but maintain the flow from England, Ger- fnahy and Scandinavia, was indicated by ¦J president , Coolidge's message.' Mr. Coolidge also favors registration of aliens.
, The efforts of Johnson have-been at¬ tacked in Congress and iHie charge was openly made, tIiat;jtP.,,movc do cut off immigration from Central' and Southern Europe hears the imprint not of racial ¦iSj|>^'ofc. rclj^'ons discrimination.
¦''¦' '13ayi"'acted as chairman of yesterday's meeting with 'Secretary Davis, which took place at Davis' invitation at the National Republican Club. Both the quota plan and the Davis registration proposal were attacked by- the editors. I<i the opinion of the editors, Davis' pro¬ posal for registering aliens is "unfair, discriminatory and insulting."
Secretary Davis would not discuss quotas, bttt stated that he favored sclcc- , tive measures applied in European coun- •tries. To this the editors replied that they are not against a selective scheme which JS' not discriminatory in charac¬ ter. It -was Chairman Edlin who de¬ clared that Johnson's 18!)0 census scheme was "particularly offensive and disprim- inatory." Discussing the Davis «regis- tratioti plan he said after the confer¬ ence:   ,
"When the foreigner comes here his natural inclination is to Americanize himself atid 4its children, simply from a desire to get along. But you can't cram Americanism down his throat."
It is announced that the editors have organized to fight the Davis registration and Johnson quota plans.
It was in September, 1022, that John¬ son urged that quotas of countries in which Jews are oppressed as a racial minority be reduced. In his opinion the continued adtftission of Jews may result in shnilar racial divisions here. He de¬ clared at the time that "leading" Jews in Ambrica upheld his attitude but did nat reveal the identity of his Jewish ad¬ visors. Ca<blc some time later at an in-, spection at Ellis Island expressed the belief that too many Jews are coming to the United States.
BUNDISTS    DEPLORE    OR. THODOX "HOOLIGANISM"
Cliargc   Boys  Selling  Saturday
Edition of Yiddish Daily nre
Assaulted by Chassidim
WARSAW (J. T. A.)—De¬ ploring what the paper calls orthodox hooliganism, tho Volkszeitung, organ of the Bun- dists, complained that newsboys selling tho paper on Saturday are assaulted by chassidim. The paper recites a number of instances where newsboys were maltreated by the pious for trafficking with the Saturday edition. Jewish workers are continually called upon to res¬ cue newsboys from'their ortho¬ dox aggressors, the Volks¬ zeitung charges.
The paper compares tho tol¬ erance shown in America where Yiddish papers arc' published on Saturday and where there aro no scandals.
Ben Stein Passes Away After Illness Of Many Months
Well-Known   Business   Man   of Orthodox Jewish Community Dies at Age of Fifty-seven
JEWISH ENVOYS DESCRIBE GREAT WORK OF *'ORT"
Recount   Manifold   Activities   in
Behalf of Jewries in Many
Parts of thc Diaspora
PALEStlNE      MAY      HAVE OWN   GOVERNMENT   IF IT RECOGNIZES BAL¬ FOUR  DECLARA- TION
37 COLONIES SAVED
FROM STARVATION
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CAREER OF LOCAL JEW¬ ELER' is vK^LOGIZED
ZANGWILL EXPLAINS CHURCH CONFLICT AS "WE MODERNS" OPENS
WASHINGTON, (J. T. A.).-Israel Zangwill in a curtain speech at the opening performance of his new play, "Wc Moderns," at the National Theatre tonight, referred to the current conflict in the Christian Church after he wished his audience i Merry Christmas. Speak¬ ing on Christmas Eve., Mr. Zangwill said it was not theology that distin¬ guished Christianity but its spiritual content. The Madonna, he said, repre¬ sents motherhood, and Christ, sacrifice.
There was a good-sized audience at thc opening of the p!ay, including a considerable proportion of Jews, The play was warmly received and Mr. Zanc^will who was obviously thc chief interest of the audience, was applauded until he was obliged to respond. He recalled that,he was in tho same theatre 15 years ago when his "Melting Pot" was produced, during which Theodore Roosevelt was present.
Ben Stein, l.i85 Bryden Road, a resi¬ dent - of Columbus ' for the past two decades, passed' aw;iy to the Great Be¬ yond last Saturday night at 10 o'clock. His host of friends although aware of thc seriousness of Mr. Stein's illness were sorely stricken. His 'jlmmediate family was overwhelmed with.grief.
'He'who had been a loving father and a. loyal <and devoted'husband, at last succumbed to a p'ernicious disease which had been sapping his health and strength for over
ranks
A conscientious. God-fearing Jew, im¬ bued with a love for his people and an abiding faith in its future, he always manifested  a  sincere  interest  in  every
NKW YORK, (J. T. A.). —Casting a gl.incc at Uie work the "Ort" has accomplished during the past ffcw years) wc come io tlie cohclusion, based on actual facta, that the work done wqii of great usefulness. ' '"¦' ;
During these years we succeeded in saving 5,300 Jewish children frotil- the demoralization of thc ntarkct p1<ac^ atid street life, more than half of whom,yvrcre pogrom or war orphans. Oirf orgaiiizfl- tion has cslablishcd these' children in <18 trade schools, contEiiniit'g 87 work¬ shops, 'in Poland, Lithuania, t^i^iii, and Roumania, ',       ''     ,  V
Aside from this, the organization -hfij supported and saved from cxtinctioiij 27 professional schools in Soviet Rus"^, iiia, in the provinces of Kiev, Charkoff' and Odessa.' Beside ihcsu trade schools for children we have organized a net-1 work of technical evening; couifses for' adults, one Tcchnicum at Vilna;, endow¬ ments for Jewish bojif-sludcnts, "and also provided the tcchnic.il personnel for various professional educational institu¬ tions. These profeasionaK schools and educational workshops ',fhc "Ort" has' provided with. all the necessary tools' and machinery. The" amount spent by the "Ort" during the past''year fqr trade'- education reached thc sunt of one mil-. lion and eight hdndred -aitd fifty thou-
DAMASCUS (J. T. A.) — Great Britain 'Would ' agree to the establishment of a "Na. tional Government" in Palestine provided this government recog¬ nized the Balfour beclaratSon containing the Jewish national home pledge as interpreted ih tho former Colonial Secretary Churchill's White Paper, the Y Aliph Ga, an. unusually well- l informed Arab newspaper says f . il loarns. In response to King Hussein's demand for a native government for Palestine the British Government, the Aliph Ba declares, | has proposed an amendment to 'the AnKlo-Acab Treaty now ponding acceding to the demand for a native government if tho Zionist, pledge was honored.
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|)r. Stephen S. Wise Attacks Millionaire Leadership of Jews
>tabbi   of   Free  Synagogue   De-
clares Young Jews of Today \^    are Products of Zionism
District (irand Lodge No 2^^^^^    OB. B. Launches Campaign For $25Q,dOO For New Infirmary Building For National Jewish Hospital For Consumptives
Great Home of Healing at Denver Reflects Honor Upon American
Jewry — Hospital's Wonderful Achievements During the Last
Twenty-five Years — Institution Now Has Twelve Buildings
and AccommodationjdFor 185 Patients-—Nathan L. Dauby
of Qeveland Starts Campaign With $5,000 Contribu-,
tion —District Grand Lddge Gives $2,500
WHY THE HOSPITAL NEEDS NEW INFIRMARY BUILDIN<^
AT ONCE IS EXPLAINED BY E. J. SCHANFARBER,
CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
TAKES A FLING AT
JEWISH FRATERNITIES
/NEW YORK, (J. T. A.). —Declar- sand francs and,,tdgctherVwith.the.sum»fJng i,e had no deep respect for Jewish previously spent, two arid?one-half n)ilT|>^-raternities, Dr, Stephen S. Wise of the lion francs. ;      . -'¦"" •    ^*^|tcntral and Free Synagogue, speaking
An important place in tht work of thc|Wsterday morning- before the Conclave "Ort" is" to provide'.tools to JewisM,f;the Alpha Mu Sigma, a Jewish Fra- workers. In Lithuariia a1pne-l098 loangsirmty,' at the Hotel Martinique, at- ¦were "made, distribi!Wd,_aWftng,4i) dtie,^^ the "leaderbhip  of Jewish  mil
To defray tlic cxpcnsf of constnu-titig a new "iiifirniavy buil(lin{? for the National Jcwjsli Ihjspilal for Consumptives al Denver, Colo¬ rado, District Grand T.odyc, No. 2, I. O. B. B., h.-is launclied a cam¬ paign for $"250,000.
E. J. .Scliarifarbcr of tliLs city has volunteered to act as cliainiian of tlie campaign coniniiltce, whicli is composed of .some of tlie leading Ben Briths of thc district. Nathan L. Dauby of Cleveland, J'resident of the Hospital, has started the campaign with'a jjersonal contribution of .$5,000. Thc District Grand Lodge has donated .$2,500. The Cam¬ paign Committee is confident that when the Jews of the Middle West will become flrily informed /" re thc great work of thi.s exemplary in¬ stitution, their wholehearted cooperation will be Jiianifested in a most ijcnerous manner.
Few hospitals in this country during the same.shprt period of time have accomplished as much as thc National Jewish Hospital.   Its record i.s one of which all Jews may be proud.    It has been a pioneer in na¬ tional tuberculosis work, commanding attention   from its  very incep- ,' tion twenty-five years ago.
Because of its immediate success people suffering with tubercu¬ losis came to it by the hundreds from all parts of the country. Today the hospital has 12 buildings and accommodations for 185 patients, and during the twenty-fjve years of its existence has cared for about five thousand patients. Men, women and children of many kinds and many classes have been among these iive thousand patients, and you should know about them.
and VDlhynia'ieOQ-'ha'hd^rs  "'ady; ;,,3, .-^j^^ compared the present  life
AN APPRECIATION
The Board! of the Directori of ' the ' Columbu* Hebrew School, as well as the faculty of this institution, are sharing Ihe grief and sorrow of the family of the departed Mr. B. Stein, 1585 Bryden Road, who was a very attached parent to ' his family and a devoted mem¬ ber and zealous worker of the Hebrew School.
Mr. B. Stein was intimately connected with the Hebrew School from its very start. He was elected first treasurer and held this office until the last moment. When already con¬ fined to his bed, his , greatest pleasure was to talk of and make plans for the benefit of the Talmud Torah, which was very dear to his heart. Having been a life member of ,this in¬ stitution, his name will remain inscribed forever not only on the marble tablets of Ihe Tal¬ mud Torah Building, but also deep in the hearts and souls of his friends and co-workers. Board of Directors Colum¬ bus Hebrew School.
cause for the-public good. To charity he gave liberally and in an unostenta¬ tious   manner.     Never   did   the  needy
knock at his door but found in him a ami\ r-txiva i  r*  r>
staunch   friend   and   supporter.      His   "^'^^r^.iyt™ :£'¦_"•, ~;
and an honest means of existence for 15,000-souls. Upon this work thc en¬ tire sum of over two trillion francs was spent.
The "Ort," however, points with spe¬ cial pride to its work in the cause of Jewish agriculftlral establishment.
Thanks to the effort of the "Ort" 37 Jewish colonies, in the south of Russia were saved from 'starvation. Aside from the 850 tons of seeds and 11 car¬ loads of farming utensils that were sent to them in thc course of the past year, wc bought (iSO tons of rye and wheat for them in the past spring. In the regions of Charkofi, Kiev and Odessa and in parts of White Russia, 9,000 Jewish farming families were settled. These re¬ ceived on credit the following: 52,000 poods of potatoes and 26,000 poods bread- seeds. The Jewish colonists of South¬ ern Ukraine reqeived 1,353 horses, 307 plows, 310 rakes and close to 200 va¬ rious implements, while 375 dwellings and wells were repaired.
The colonies situated in the neighbor¬ hood of Pastov.and Makarov that had been destroyed in the late pogroms, as well as all the colonies, in the Balta (Concluded on page 7.)
TO REWARD FORD
FOR ANTISEMITIC AID
BUDAPEST, (J. T. A.). —Henry Ford will be rewarded for helping in thc linancing of the anti-Semitic movement under thc auspices of the Awakening Magyars if and when a bill now pending before the Assembly becomes law.
The bill provides f(>r the duty-free im¬ port of machinery and farming iniple- ments with special reference to agri¬ cultural machinery in the Ford plants.
glorious    deeds  ¦ will    perpetuate    his memory with blessings.
Mr. Stein was born in Russia fifty- seven years ago. He came to Colum¬ bus twenty years ago and opened a jewelry store. By persistent application and good business judgment he built up a prosperous trade. In all his dealings with customers and wholesalers he ex¬ emplified the principle of the Golden Rule. Consequently he made many friends outside of Columbus as well a.s in the city proper.
Funeral services were held .Monday afternoon, a very large number of friciicis and acquaintances attending. Rabbis I, Werne and E. Pelkowitz both reviewed the career of the deceased and declared that he had lived the life of an ardent son of Tsrael. Rabbi Pelkowjtz said that Mr. Stein's untiring effo(-ts on behalf of the Talmud Torah will en¬ shrine him among the list of Columbus
3 MONTHS TO WIND UP
WARSAW, (J. T. A.). —Three inouiths' grace has been given tVe Ameri¬ can Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to liquidate its relief activities in Poland, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns. The order permi'tting the Commif ec to remain an additional three momths was issued by Minister Soleaneing, who ib understood to have reconsidered the previous decisiion to have the Comniittee leave Poland by January 1st.
Jews wlio gave their bust that Jewish education may be propagated.
Mr. Stein was a member of the fol¬ lowing orders:. The Elks, the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights Of Pythias, and the Knights of Joseph,
He is survived by his widow, Rose; threi? sons, Philip, Max, and Ezra; three daughter?, Mrs. Moe Fliess, Mrs. Harry Silberstein, and Mollie Stein.
were only two, other Jews in his class.
"In those days," he said, "the Jew ill the American college was a rarissima avis, rather than a 'rah-rah.' Then the jews .were under the influence of Dar¬ winism and the internationalism of 1848 "and were inclined to regard their evolu¬ tion riot as a hypothesis but as a dog¬ matic, new revelation. At that time there was a tendency to a belief that tlie Jews were not a race but a rclfgion.
"These factors," he said, "led to a tremendous conflict between the younger and ti\i older generations, and the younger generation was impatient of the methods of their elders." He said that' the present young Jews, whether they realized it-or not, were the products of Zionism atfd that the aim of Zionism had been "to convert Jewish youngsters into real young Jews."
Dr. Wise said he had no deep respect for  Jewisli   fraternities.     He   charged
There has been the recent immigrant who came to .America ready to work hard for the prosperity it offered, and who, found himself as a result of his hardships physically unable to take ad¬ vantage' of his/golden opportunity — with, body ,r;tckwl'~with ^ain and mind, truJTed "tfy^trfatiniayMriei/t-lfi«"'J»rtti<>«»ar Jewish Hospital was for him a refuge and, a rctreatl
There has been the mother broken with the heavy burden of a large family and to her the National Jewish Hos¬ pital gave rest and care, and ultimately restored her to her children.
There has been thc young man and thc young woman, bitter with the mem¬ ories of poverty and hardship, fired with thc ambition of our race for better things, who have sacrificed even food for an education, and who have reached their'goal with health .shattered, unable to go farther. Thc National Jewish Hospital offered them the promise of rest, food and comfort, temporary peace "from financial problems and' ultimate restoration to health. It placed their feet on the pathway of success.
These men and women, old and young, foreign and American-born, ignorant and educated,  had one thing
The Other'Side of Ihe Picture
-Now let me show you the other side of this pictuVe^-i-let me show you the daily life of the hundreds who arc not- in thc hospital. Think of these mfcn, women and children, and tliefe are hun¬ dreds of them on GUI' wafting li.stV's^at-
wh||j|| the only vital, active, living force wittHii them is the spark of,hope, burn¬ ing brightly in their breasts that they may be admitted to the National Jew¬ ish Hospital without delay. Picture their haggard faces, their shrunken limbs, their deep-set eyes glowing with fever, their withered hands stretched out in impassioned appeal to the Na- {Confinued on page 4*'
Are You?
The National Jewish Hos¬ pital for Consumptives at Denver needs $250,000 for a New Infirmary Building.
Are you going to do your part?
them  with not having meant anythina^*" common — they had tuberculosis and in American or Jewish life.    They were not, in his opinion, finely or serviceably
Jewish. The Jewish problems in Amer¬ ican, life were baftling, and leadership was needed. Thc tendencies in the earlier day'' had been for the educated Jew to live on thc Jewish community.
"To supplant the leadership of Jewish millionairedom with the leadership of the Jewi-sh mind and spirit, that is the task for American Jewry," he said.
For the American Jew the problems of Palestine and other wrongs of the Jews in Eastern and Central Europe \vere not so great a problem as the problem of leadership. The Anierican Jews were doing nothiiig for Zionism and the vast majority of them were indifferent to the problems, of their race.
"They don't know enough to care and they don't care enough to know," he said.
leadership in America was to raise the loadershi pin America was to raise the stigma of 'shame thai was resting upon the Jews today," Dr. Wise said. l"orn<i.Wly Dr. Wise never read the crime stories in the newspapers, but now, he told his audience, he read the story of every homicide and robbery that ap¬ peared in order to see whether Jews were involved.
they could not pay for the treatment, and the National Jewish Hospital took them in and cared for them
Let me give you one or two specific cases of the work which thc Hospital is doini' — and you will realize what a wonderful work it is.
"The    Hospital    Teaches    Them    lo Smile Again"
A mother, father and son came from an eastern city, the parents both sick with tuberculosis, the son with a pro¬ nounced tendency. The father has left the Hospital restored to health, and is now establishing himself in a warmer climate so that he ciii make a home for hi'i wife and child. The boy is well nourished, healthy and happy, and there is no further fear of tuberculosis for him. The mother has improved and it is the hope of the Hospital physicians that by the time her husband is settled she will bk fully able to^make a happy and comfortable home for ber little 'family.
During the past year a little boy has learned to smile again. He was sevcii years old when he came to the hospital, three years ago. Since he was eighteen months old he had -suffered with a tubercular ankle, and he came to the Itospitiil on crutches. Can yon picture the face of a child which during-ihild- liood's happiest years has not known the presence of a smile? Such was this boy's face. A face without a smile when he ciune to the hospital to¬ day he is happy and animated, the live¬ liest of the youngsters in the,Children's Pavilion. A voice that three years ago was laden with suffering and despair is today the most eager on the playground. This boy has thrown away his crutches — life smiles for him — and he smiles back at life.
Sixth Birthday Celebration of Local C. J. W. Held at Templ&^i
The vestry rooms of the Bryden Road ' Temple were filled to capacity. laSit Wednesday afternoon, January 2nd, on the occasion of thc sixth birthday anni¬ versary of the local section. Council of Jewish Women, which was celebrated in a most unique manner. Mrs. Jerome Koha presided.
The pageant of the History of the Growth of the Council which was given at thc St. Louis Triennial formed the program,of the afternoon. This pageant was one of the most beautiful and in- .¦ipiring things ever put on iby any ttf the local Jewish Women's organizations. N'ot only was thc posing splendidly done but the costumes and the lighting ef¬ fects were lovely. Mrs. Emilie Sullivan (Mrs. J. Clarence) directed the pageant and took charge of the stage lighting. Credit is due Mrs. Max Harmon, chair¬ man of the Entertainment Committee, and Mrs. Simoti Lazarus who assisted her in making this entertainment pos-^ sible. Those who took part in the pro¬ gram  were:
Chronicler '...Mrs. Louis Harris
Picture — Congress of Religions 1893
Council of Jewish Women	
 Mrs. Lawrence Lowenstein
Judaism Mrs. Alex Levin
Buddhism Mxn. Sadie Leopold
Catholicism Mrs. Max Goodman
Protestantism Mrs. Julia Steinfeld
Confuciaiiism Mrs. Max Goldmon
Picture — Social Service
Nurse Mrs, Al H. Harmon
.Mother with Babe. .Mrs. Clarence Isaac Picture—Junior, Auxiliary  ¦
Council of Jewish .Woiti'en	
 Mrs. I^i'wrence Lowenstein
Pro;.{re.ss Mrs. Fannie Marks
Juniors..Miss Hilda Rich, Miss Selma Zeiger, Miss Alice Loeb Picture — Education
Art Miss  Leah Kyser
Literature Miss Dorothy Mitchell
Science...,- Mrs. Ralph Rosenthal
MUsic Miss Mina David ,
I'^norauce Mrs. Edwhi Kraus
Picture — Immigrant Aid '      iConrluifd on page 7.)