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STI:PHEN S . WISI!:

,.O .. TY WC8T BIXTY· EIOHTH S"T .. CtT

NI!:W YORK

Tbe Preaillent The llbi te Rouae llallbingtoo , D.c.

Dear Chief:

Ianuary 11,11138.

I must tak.e up 111 th you e matter ot grea teat

moment. .t. a1 tuatioo baa ariaao in Roll!lAI.nia that 1a

moat menacing . I kno• that :>ecretar)' Bull baa ID8de a

atat•eot . There ia one tbiog that can be done , end

that abould be done, because after an 1t wea Prea1-

den t Wilson 'Obh delivered the Iewa of the Auatro-•1' 1 I •

~~~:na·:~nf wfth ~!::b!0n=~~; ~·~11

be back tran Chicago Friday, Saturday and Monde.y.

Attar tbat, it would be too la~e . Do, deer Cbiet,

g1 ve me t he oppor t unity t o bring to you acnotbing ot

the t1 rat importance.

tttb renewed congrotulatioae upon that joy­

oua aa ~•11 aa l.Dmensel:v a1gnit1cant utterance ot

Saturday night,

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NtWVORK ~'UIItf'#I~\Ut' i!f\Uif'C'

•o wt s r r.a -.'fPU ,

"nle Prealdent, \l'atm S)>rlnsa, ca.

D""r Chief:

W.orc:h 28 , 1938 (

l bava juet re turue d !"rom the duoation

or t he Elll'opean acene to come upon \he fl:-eot ge$tllrc ot

good-r.l ll •hicb our goYornment, under your loaderabip,

bea mt!e . You 11111 nner lr:no" 1tbat 1t mee.ne to millions

or tloe Lomeleaa, not only emoD6 J en, butcu you rightly

aeld l"'•terdey0aons otber peopleo, tbat tbe greatest or

all nations cares, ee you have mede clear thet America

doett care. It na a great t blng to bau done, e..~d you

ban done 1 ~· Let tbe anti-Ke• Deal beatben rfigel

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jfree ~pnagogue WEEKLY BULLETIN

DR. WI SE Just Returned from Abro3d

will prr:a.ch on

11European Jewries and Palestine

in the World Crisis"

SUN DAY MO RNING, MARCH 2i, 19J8, at 10:4j

CARNEGIE HALL

SERVICES BEGI N P ROMPTLY AT 10:·15 A.M.

Sabbath Eve Stt virn in 1h1 Synagos11~ Ho11u Chapel

Pritlays 111 ':30

tvilh Cl·tltlrm's Ch..:p•l Choir

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The deep(c:h 5ympathy o f th~ eonsrc:aatlon 1J ea tendc.d to M n.. Si1. Goldschmidt, o n the p~ulna o r hu beloved mother.

NA.Hr Mnr:a

Pa.uo•or Seder and O!rmor Friday c.nnin~r. Apn1 15, J9l8

at ai'll·thirty o'clock . , Till SYHAGOGua Houu 40 Wut 68th Street

CA•rtt0 .f2 ,)0 ,;r jtWDfl

Prc:ctfiina the Seder and Dinner ia the Soda1 lfa11 .. Pas~ovcr 5e,.... i«J will be held promptly at S:JO in tbe Audttorium, with the chnir participatinr. We u:pc:ct In un· usu21ly larac nuntbcr or ptopl~ will want to attend tbit year's Seder and bc~auu our acc:ommodlltlon.t are lhniled we warn you to mJ~ Ic:e your rcu:rvations promptly. We will be unable to fill rcaueua lor rc:scrvatior' after the capacity o f 4)1U Social Hall hu bc~n uhau.ttcd. Make rc:terYation• at Executive Of· 6cc: of the Syaa,ot-Uc • .CO \Vut 68th Street.

lewWt lruoUiulo on Marriage and tho Family

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A Communhy Proanm · ~·

Leclure SC!rics -1938 Tuesday Eveninr, ).fa.rch 29tb, I : IS

S7nar o rue House

" BiolOGICAL h06UKS OP AlAuJAG&­b7 Dr. HannU Stone

Kc4. Dir, llttt. C.C.u.l Ci11iu C Rucuch Duruu

"Snmus AND ITS :ttv.noH TO M.\WAOI AND fAMILY LIPI"

With Motion Pictures b7 Dr. luatl Wt.hutei:n.

A~ Dlr • ._., •• •t ffttll~ U.-.. ... U...HIIIMM ef Uultll

This i.t the fifth and 12tt sutlon in lhe Couru aive.n on Tuud.ay evenings in Marclt for both the rnarried and d1e umnarried. RcglJ· ltatlon :Lnd Admluion Free. - . - ..--=-- AI.t;: Au WnooM"a - .

S<lbbalb En CbtQ>el Semco On Ftiday c'-tnin,r. Marc.h 2S,

lht Ydntit ol the followinl' will be observed :

C• rrl' Waller Mm.bctt wllle wltJI te lllu·c 11•:111oc• ef

d«4'•cd tdJII't' tud ~t tate Sul'k~ •" flit .. 1 ~:uflt•• .rt ulttd to ett'I•UftiUit • llll tft ltabiiM• t1 lur. tw.,. wcdt !WIG" te tlttt Y akrnl t. l CI pt_f. I 8111ll~rin aftftCI\UICC'o ....

COWARD ROI&HTHAl,.. P..,..aDiff.n,w aA4 lut-. '" w. u lt... &lflfc.ct a..,.

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Tbo ZJI.T. Modal lor 1937 A Rccommend1tlon

- 1"he award of the Gotthell Medal for 19J7, by the Zeta. Uet" Tau Pr&lornhy, to lhe American who did the ni0$1 fo r Jewry during the r'!.Stl )'ur., plac.« a ru~n~ibilitr upon J cwuh cditor.J. who form the bo.atd of judC"es. ro 1cl«t a pcno:~ who hat ri•htfuJiy earned national n:CQJ'nition..

Chang in• condiljons may neccs­Ahl\te tile applinlion " ' diR'nent st:mdudt for the selection o f rhe awardet.. It is advi.s:\ble that the pcr8on eho~en for 1 he annual honor should be a miln ,.,ho tlaa made • dc6nlle e:ontribrnion IC) Je:wi•h tile. It b not cn~gh that such a penon should hve spoken on l ome oc~· ,:inns in ddc.nn of Jcwiah ri_.hu. \Ve take it for granted thlt all lib~ crab condemn Eii_s-otry and drm;and IAtr anti unbia~td t rutment fo r all aro upt in the American popu l;t.· tlnn. flut cltb~ man o l r~111ea rc.h whoae 6n inct h~lp ralt.e tile Jtandartb o l the Jewith ftOPie and to clarify ogr potitlon 1n the IMf:C'r community: the naaa whose: 1c.h,larly works uc a boon to the people to whose inttruu he dedi· catu hiJ life; the peN:On \\·ho ri!-et :abo,·e partiunJhip in oroducing aomethlng that redounds to the welfare or the Je" i11h community - 1M1 type of an Individual de­lcrvu recot;nition and honor.

Oourlnc the past yur Ra.bbi J. X. Cohen made a ddin1te contnbliHion to American Jewry whh his rc­surch work ut the field of ceg. nomic dbcriminaticn, ~ilh cmph;\• •i• on Jewi!h nnemploymut. HiJ ren:~.rch \\ Ork cmbodiel1 in two brochures r ubllshe.d by the Ameri­un J cwith Cor.g-rcu, was without dnubt one of the ouutandin~: aehlcnmcnu or the put year, and be duervu rccos:-nition for this ctror1. .. &4 '"'""*' ,,... , ... ~ 1-.J•

~1'7',.:~::i. ;!!"~.":.;:4 ~':.~ ,-nrt •P.l

Young People#• Croup OtiH )fJIITfNG

Frldi\)' J!,•cning, Marcb 25th. &: 15 Syn:~.sogue Ho" '-t-

Aitlrm .,

Dr. W{Wam B. Spoflord O.W.C• l..ottcw •• , ...... mt ~ncr

s,&i«t: .. The Pruc.nt Cri:sis tn European

Poll tic•"

~JV.\ICAL Suvu:11 nv CHotv.L GlOUP

WoJuN·J ()ac;ANJZA't10W

Or. Sporrotd is one or the 1nou ttimutatiftl and cloq~cnt or the: youn.cr m(.n in the Pt\.,CttUn e ministrr,· HiJ ;~ddreu wtllllc batcJ upon h a recent trip to Europe IU.111

hll atudy of conditions in Buropean countrleJ.

AU AU WnCOMI

Locluzo- Discuwon

\Vednud~y Mo rnin.:. ~brch 2J • at 10:45

Social l bll- Syn~$OJ;UC Hou-se

DR. GOLDSTEIN wil Jf!Uk ea

"'The P rucat Critis in Jcwitl' History""

A •rut th:llnt;e hu come in tlte life of the. Jcwilh people durlnf lh• l;u,t ctcc,.dr, The tre;~tmtnt o tl',ii cri.it by Prafeuor ~h.to Uuon is one of tl1r motot clu.Urn~lnr chao .. tcrt in hit epocb-mdti11~ "'ork. '1'hc Rct,dcour. • .,d ~C11I H tc-rr of the J, wi•h Peopk ...

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DR. WISE IN LONDON

Acliona Committee Meeting

TIJ, Zio•i11 Artio111 C~mmi11u. 41 " rtrtplion btld ~~ tht I'P•/Jorf flolll,

Lo•tlow, u•• t •itlrmtrl b1 Dr. Ch4/m WtitNfllll. lltrhttl AltJt·ritOII, /lf.P., Ctlfl.

C•••ltt, tll.l'., ••tl Or. I'Pist. Or. Jr1m JtriJ. ;,. P•rt:

"l\(y word is that o f an American

member o f tht Ac lion ~ Committee ol the '"oriel Zioni~t Organization with which 1 hl\vc been associated

•ince 1898. Thl• to explnin I om no t ~ H itlcr·Zionist or an impro·

vised anti·Statc Z ioniM.

i•e ol a Jewish Natio nal Homr which we should be enabled til build in P alestine. We have do• ~ on r part in lull; you have done your work on ly in pari. Let not the wo rld, least of all the Jewish world, come to believe that the BAlfour Declaralion wM a British convenience, that the Dritisl1 Man· dote lor Palestine wa• a clever substitute for British annexnlion. Deal with us Jews a• we deserve to be dealt with . De•l with us as bccotncs Britain at its highest.'"

House of Commona Meoling

In the course or Dr. \Vise's en· gt\gc:mc:n ts in Loncton he addre~sed • meetintL of the members of the 1-"bour Party in a c.,mmittec Room in the H ouse I)( Commo nS'

"I am '-Pta.kinc: for the numer­ically lar,11e•t Jewry in the world wl1cn 1 say thnt Britain dare not

m:tkc any rropo~al to us, the ac­ceptonce o l which by Zionists on Wedncsdny, MMch 9, .

woultl co nstitute n betrayal o f the ·

Jewish pAs t •nd a surrender ol the March 27 Sermon to Presen t

Jewi<h future. We ha•·e been bat- Si!J!lilicont Summary of

tcrcd nnd mnimcd In • ·m11T1~eT-of - .• ~ · ..,.. ~- E - ·•

Ccntr~l anti EMt European l•nds. c.uropean vents .

IJut Jewr-y s lill stapds, rroud. re· Dr. · Wi.se was hurriedly aum-

,!1.01\'td, unl'urrcndcnnf. And Jew$ ntoned to Europe 1ome weeks ag-o

rlcrn•nrl o l P.nglanr only that and has been In London for the

which En~~:lond is bound to grant, past fortnicbt in connection with

the possibtlity of the e•tablishmcnt the work ol the World Zionist Or­

or a Jewish Nntional Home upon canization, also preaidinc over the

term• which will make possible an sessions of the Executive ol the

imrniqration dictated by the biller World Jewish Concreu.

necessi ti es of Jewish life in Eastern Or. Wise is due back on the

Europe. We • re not asking Eng- "Queen Mary." Inasmuch as the

land 10 for~wcar i tself, we arc ask· congreaation c.ou1d not join in

ing Englarul to redeem it s aolernn celebration of Dr. Wise's birthday

promi! c. or is there not any longer on MarGh 17, the C.·Ongrcaation wBl

such a thmg as an inviolable prom- r ather in great numbera on the day

i:roc in the present political wnrld. or his first sermon, Sunday morn-

.. Poor a-. we arc, we :are still too inr, Mareh 27, in order that he may

rich ami coo pnud to heg. And be greeted in the pulpit by his loyal

before it is too lnte, we non-Brit- and devoted followers. They will

i~hcrs, who have loved England, indicate by their presence their

who have tnl5ted England, who support or his couraa:cous utter­

have known of En~:l and's grea t ances, and will come to hea r his

ROO•I will to the Jewish ptOillc, turn address, which wi': be a firsl-ha.nd

to J; nglarrd's Gove rnment nor! to report or present day political con­

the En~:li<h people and say to rlitions in relntion to Palestine and

them: ' \·ou ha\"C' m;ule th ic prom· the Jewries of Europe.

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FOR THio ?RESS l4AY 4 , 19~9

:;;TATE:~LN'f BY H\l,IUW.Bt.E MYHOII 'f..YuOR, VICE. CH,.IRIMN ANO

Ai!WCAN RE.P~ ... 11'1o1'1Vf..; OF 'rH1 INTtRCOV<::RN­

Jil:NT~<L COJ..U'M'El. I)N •'0"171C.IIl. f<EloUCF.f:S .

Todey U1e President r eceived Ml' . '4yron Tnylor , Vice Chairl!ll.n

lind Americnn representative of tho I ntA>r f':,V&nllllent.ul CoiMIH tee on

Political Rei'ugeea; Mr . Ja!lles C. oibcConbld Che1r:1Wl of the Presi:Jent ' o

AJvi sor;( Co·~'llittee on Political Rofllgees ; judge :;emud I. Roscrunan ,

Judge Jose:>h Proskauer , Mr . ~e•1i~ L. Strauss, Mr . Henry l t tleson , Mr .

Sol Str oock, t.!.r. Pr.ul Rac r\ot:ld , illr . !Iathan Str~>us , tlr . l)eorge \'arren ,

arul R£bb1 St.eoher. S. f.ise .

After u general rli scuseion of tho refugeo .,.uestton Mr. T'V'lor

j!flVe a rovier.• o f the Mrk of the Tnt.,:,rgovornm~nt..;l Commi ttee on PoHticd

Refll~ees to date, 1n v:hich h< fL"• :IC~o crovit to th~ t.hirl;t-t.Yio governments

re_)resenled on tlle Co=h.t~o :l! <cc<>. ·Us'>i'l:' 1-. <10 fz.r !IS lui.: ~en 'lOssibl<"

the objuct ives us outlin~d at lh~ F.vian Co•,fcrenee .

ilr . Te;;lot• o:.tl .olr . Mberor••lJ Lb•:n s~<li t.hut they ""r" hu:>•'Y tn

ruj):>rt t.lklt t.bc l't..r~lts r;!ll 300n bu '<no•n of t.:1e e >lun::i d •ork done b-,1

t'to several C'>:t:nicsions v'lich hu•tr. be~ .. sent out w e:o::>lore the possi ­

bilit;ios for lurgu acale ~ettl~m·mt of ,>ollticot rc.f'llgoes in 1\ritiDh

Cui..na , t.be DoMhiC:ltl Rnpublic , IJlS I sl..:nd or IAindiUlllO in thot PhiU:>:>ln~s,

US Y.Cil liS i:t Ol..~er 6reus , 1:1ey 1n1icateJ t.'l ... t it •as t.'leJ r belief t.bot

SllOu.id t.neHc re.>Orts prove favorlblo, :>rogrt•ss t.ortrd a .:>erMnent :soluti on

ot' tn<" rf'fueee ?r.,blem will b6vc bee" Mtll , t.ho"gh ut t.be C;tmo tiiM thC".f

warnell ag!linst undue im,~thnce , seying U~ttL l.u ordAl' to insure ulti,nnte

aucceos ehort !"'"1ods ,r ox,eri:r.unl.l.tio~ "'.;J he necosStti"J before '"'IY g!'cct. "'~ss settle ''"ts CLn be %e>o . As t.:>o Intergovcrnoentnl Co_,itt<:e

h~c C-'ntinuall,y un'l!Jasizod, it h~c not c.sk~J n:>r :toes it e xj>()ct "-DY

country to 'llbkE' .!II)' C,hanges in it.a nxi uti~•· t••lllllgrotion legteltit.bn .

l.lll:le~lCtC C·JOSiclontion •. aS (l\V~n til ;>lo.n~ fornlll.utad for

tho i.nplo1aeatation tv prtvut<> in •ividut~lo ~:nd :>rganhutbr.s of the

C1.ntlncinr, and execution or s.:J~l.l<mon1 .>ro,l~c~ ..

T:-1"' .,rt.sJ ;~t~r.t. r·x,Jrcs::od .;rcj. t !'a t.isf~cti~n 'i th t..ho ~ork

thu t, had been done lr. t· .o fl.cc r r :ill flcu l tlo.::J an1 S6 id th~ t h" ho ,lid

t'lC.t rspit.l ~rogross 'I;OUld bn maoo .

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AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS liO WIST <lod STREET NEW YOU CITY

Tha ::treridant. 'f'he ·,'th1 tt l{OUSO

i'faahin,toc, o. c.

orn'c or n.c l"'tutOUfT 40 -eatS ;tr•et.

t ba'f8 j··•t utwoed r t": ~·edoo an4 J &.oat t.ll yo1.1 hOI' d-.p h•• b"n "'1 uthhotlm in f"iftdlq U..t e•ery untlon ot ,your na!:'.e at puhUc Wl6etlnf,1 e'YOke4 " w~tra a.nct •nthu­at .. tto !'$&penal . oxect.ly l U:e tJvt; t uolcod bJ t~ :.tUtiCD f:l 1tte n..U taf t!w Vo:liOa~ Prosldent . J fta trulr haflf\Y to t1?'d that the ''edo•n reopl • kr.o• wh•t your contr ibu­t1Gn has been, on the ~n• hand. to tho OIU.Ite ot ~ood-noir,hbor\Jn••• and two, to tho o~uaa of fh,fondin' and a1nteJn1r.t ht.ent~n frood.o1n. It all tnl'd& ma ·nry hllfiPY fll\4 l fotl T fllUitt aon6 you thh word ot ,.rett1 n, , mor o oapo­oially beo&uao ' h«tve not had tho prhilo,_o or uoinr ~u in a lonr. t.llne .

With •roest ,roet11'lt 111nd ol)nrntulationo upon the goat and prot hotio tr!u:np~ "r Jtorth Atrio-~ am Guadaloau l ,

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llovauber 26, 1942

!lear Dr. Tliee:

The Preai dent loaa uked me to ec­knowledge your letter or lloveui•or twentieth. Ito was thtlighted to have th1a account ot your obaervationa in kexico, and daapl,y appreciate• t.he • arm t0l'lll8 in which you apoka ot the attitude ot the Uexican people to•ard the cauae ot sood neishborUneaa and the cauae or .lll&in­taining tond defending h...n b-fl8doa. lt t.he Pnoaldant '"'1'1! not overtthal.Md "ith wortt, he ttould Jlllke personal ackno•l~t.

Very aincaraly youra ,

STNPIIKN !WILY Secretary t.o t.he President

Dr. Stephen s. Wiae,~ 40 h at 68th Street, lle11 '(ork, N. ! .

AMERICAN JEWI SH 330 WEST 42nd STREET

STEPHEN S. WISE. P~ESIOB'T CARL SHERM ... N. CHAIRMAN. EXECUTIVE OOMMilTEE

NATHAN D. PERLMAN } VICE-PRESIOEN~ LEO H. LOWilZ LOUIS LIPSKY, CHAI~MAN, GOVERNING COUNCIL

CONGRESS ", N EW YORK C IT Y -~ ~ '

CABLE A DDRESS "CONGRESS' TELEPHONE LONGACRE 5·2600

M. MALOWIN FERTIG, CHAIRMAN. ADMINISTaATIVE CO.,.,ITTEE

JACOB LEICHTMAN. T~EASURER

The Presidont The fthite Rouse \"lashington, D. C.

Dat\r u r . President:

llc>veni>er 20, 1 942

On behalf of the Aueriean JewiahCongre&a and the .'iorld Jewish Cone;r es& , I h8ve tbe ho~express to you the deep e.etiafr.ction of Azner ie.on Jews and inde~ ~ose groupa i n .1orld JtPtry whott we r epreaent, over tho promptnesa tith which you nave requested the "abrogation ot al l laws

{I ond decre&s inspired by Uazi Gover nment or Ntl~i ideologists i n Uort h Afr ica . " lt is our h01le that your requeat will be tolla"Hed by prompt action t o tlbrogate those l e.ws of which some er e specific~ anti~ ish, some anti-all en, and sOO& , whil o gen1ral in chnreeter, ar~d9vi$e o diseritniroRte flg&inst the J en's . Such o.etion will bring r~flase to 30, 000 Jewish inh~bitants or Nor th Afr ica t~tho, through no foult of their onn, have become the '1'-icti.tt.s or Na ti- inspired oppression .

We ha ve felt , si.noe the adoption of the6e laws, that they did not repre ­sent the spirit or Frane!': q,nd thRt our own GoverDI'II8nt not only -would re­tuse to a s sent to their mttintenanee but would tit the eRrli6st poasible rnon1ent GlOVe to conoel or abrogate those laY1l ess and undemocr-Atic r egula­tion& .

We &r~ proud to thlnk thet it la our Govern~~cnt o.nd our krmy wMch hava struck the first blow against $ntl-d~ocratlc aggres~ion in Marth Afr toe and we are confident that the &bror~tion of those enti- Jewish l~ws is the first step i n the march or the United ND.tionu against th• hi.deous lows and preetic<"~ s ot the Jfar.i and Pasclst t'et:;imea .

I am, dear JAr . President . with d,epert grotitude &nd re ::~peot to our country • s leader ftrtd C0Jm10.nder-1n· Ch1er,

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~uslti>•ston

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luPCRATI•r I str tJu arront C~1~r -1 CrliCit~ T HuR DAY TO

URGE llESCLoJT I\Hl IIIO I C AT I~C YOUR I'CilSOfl i.l. -llD AOI.II .. I JTRAT I•jN

.:iUPPOI>T OF' :! I Otll &T PllL'.;R AU sr S IJCS YO IIi! \ DHORRENCC OF' N A.: I

CHIll($ .\r, AI VCT J EWS 41:0 VOUfl PIJR,•O!,[ TtiHOII~H II AFI fiC~ Ul'l!;(

SOAR:> TO rrF'[CTUAl£ MAY I ~U'4 RCSCIJ<: JE II~H C I VI L IIIII& . :'LEA~£

REPLY LAKf. I LAC I II IJ . Y. ,.F'f ( CT I ON A TC CRF I T I IICS .

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