New-York tribune., 1911-12-18
:IEWS HEAR GAYNOR
IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE
Cheers Greet His Praise for
Loyalty to Faith During Cent
urleS of Oppression.
HE PROSPECTS ORTHODOXY
Urges Them TO Get Back to the
Land, and Finds They Relish
the I6ea-Crowds Almost
Block Rivington Street.


Block Rivington Street,
N5yor Gayuor's big green limousine, in
easing the Mayors sacred form as daintily
As q jewellers box holds a gem, ploughed
hating and honkinC course last night
through the human flood i'm Rivington
street and came 10 q stop before the Syna-
eoeue Shaau Shomoyim The Mayor had
come 10 address the First Rumanian-
American Congregation on the occasion of
~, tenth anniversary, and Of the third day
of the Feast of the Maccabees.
There crowded into the synagogue two
thousand of The population of the quarter,
while three thousand more pressed the
police lines. cutting of the entire block be
tween Orchard and Ludlow streets. The
>tore<ccpcrs I'm the block. whose shops
hrazed welcome after a Saturday of slum-
Her ciamored i'm vain against this police
regulation. hut the tenement inhabitants
above them placed their Chanukah candles
iu Oh, windows So that even while engaged
iu PRAYER they could see the Mayor shouid
he come forth during their devotions.
Jacob Katz. president of the East Side
Property owners Association. had escorted
trr N'avor over from his Brooklyn nome
and ou the way warned him against remoV-
Ing his hat IN the synagogue. and thus as
haDoline the Covenant. So the Mayor
with his high silk hat on his head, sur
,.ouuded bv a reception committee similarly
adorned stood ike a mitred bishop above
his congested audience. lie said to them:
yoY are the oldest people in the world.
Va, come down i'm an unbroken line from
the twilight of the world. Where your M
tOry lceins. fable ends. You coIile I49ite ~
after fable. Your history is one OF tnC i,'-
earliest histories that We have ana ouilA
sU these centuries and all these ages slnce
,tt have a written record OF your HlSIolS
you have continued in an unbroken hIe. IL
First. YOU were people among ,l,on, noul
selves with an army, with GoNeIHIlSi Sil I, !.
with a literature, with everythlnS lHd'
goes 10 make a nation. But IN the PIoSE
ress of time YOU were broken up, you fnit
fercd many changes. And rnallE you Iei. i
heavily the hand of Rome, Whlch ta toun
Jerusalem. And since tnat ume you H"'e
been dispersed all over the world
But wherever you vent was almost 90
inS 10 say YOU hrolsht EOutsei'CS Eels Ss weii
as arytiuG else-v heTcVer YOU Went EOII
brought certain principles oI rellsiq}n on az u
CIVILIZATION with YOU. and YOU gave lheIl ~
the rest Of the world
Chief Thing Jews Stand For.
What is the chief thing that you stood
for i'm the beginning Of the world, ana nave
stood for over since and have carried az
over the world " nat was the chief thlnE,
ana is ,he chief thing Why. from the
very bCciuuing You taught mat IheIe "'9
one everything God-Just one co.,
At this point the congregation applauded
vigorously, capring and crying ont. The
Mayor continued i'm the same strain for
space, and each time he mentioned God his
hearers Interrupted with applause Then
he turned his attention 10 the history of
the races persecution in Europe, adding
oI believe. however. now that you are
entirely free and safe I'm every nation or
.urope save one. and that one VIII he
brought 10 fits senses very soon, ! think
B.afening applause followed this remark
Tho Mayor went on.
originally vour ancestors were I'll farm
..s .urfCuIturaGsts They had their HOOKS
OFF sheep and herds of cattle dh4 ~
-oHed and they redped, ana ptOplC
NOW. How is IL these Jews are MOI ldrII.a e.
-... why. dear. me- YOU were driven on
.f .U tho farms Of the Christian WoIIo.
Thai is why Won arc not farmers-because
son were not permitted 10 De laIili11' l1 tboso
Tou could not own lsnd during az u.s.
.arfuIes What YOU did own you mao 80
lave it IN the smallest compass you coulo
.,t +. in so that whom there came d decree
frat YOU had 90 leave YOU wanted 10 IAN
l.r eyorvtbing YOU had and get away q
.i.r a. possihle. You could not take your
land with YOU so YOU did not have your
land. You had your wealth. in 'le S'''''
,-f ,DmpaSS YOU could put ~ li.
Bur 4 hope that in this great Tree Cou!l-
tl.. where YOU are at perfect hbefJy 70
frg land and where YOU 90 hOld lduu III III
'., cities i'm large Nalue-l GO iiolS rll%c u, 'tIc
wI begin to- teach your chudreh no" .IIo
idea # going back 20 the farm ana pecoln-
..r .arm,rs iL this country as soon as pOs-
-Ule
Tho Mayor was plainly tickled at the en-
tHHs.asm which greeted this suggeSuon'
showing the seed OF his doctrine had al
t..dr found a. Judgement. TO have you
give such long applause to that SAID ne
elias done me more good than any INNS
t..t has happened 90 me in a year Ilc
continued:
There 49,, many OF your race here with
..-F..rf.. who .eudIy, apI make a very
Iunr 'iN.n. rn1 could do much better out
Du al Httc farm on Long Island or up III
1.. state or somewhere thrOughoul the
country F thought. maybe, you might HoI
AZ. tD bean. mD say tHdt, but see the COZ.
CsSfy-tlet l9u are glad 10 nave me say l.
hro ~ Was while YOU we'e farmers tI,ai
- IaI Nogr prophets and your poets ana
Eorr historians. and produced those script
Ur,- which for IOftiucss of conception, Tor
.ot.trr and for religious feeling and for
s..mtv have not been surpassed TO thls
oa. iH t..s WJrie. M
Hat. taken up your ancient Bible, VIII
fH. Hebrew oD one page and the EngilSil
translation ON the other. ana ! have turned
over to the TWcnty-third Psalm luSt Tor
0r. selection. and. as my voice iS Stlll Dad,
as you perceive. just TO spare IL VIII nave
s"meHo|, read that for YOU
Louis nsimant chairman Of the conerc-
cation took thc book from the Mayors
hand -rd read the Psalm first in English
end then u Hebrew. Tho older heads in
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