The Denver Jewish news., 1919-11-26
|LO.B.A. Relief Commit
tee Answers DR.. Getner

(Translated from the Yiddish for the
Denver Jewish News by Sol Wolf.
The following letter has been sent
to the vorwaerts, New York, for
1 publication in it's columns:
Editor Of the '.vorwaerts :"
Knowing that your paper always
stands for truth and justice, we, the
Denver Relief Committee. /. o. b. A..
request you to kindly publish the fol-
lowing letter in your paper:
| In your issue of October ~ there
appeared an article written by DR..
Getner, who, passing thru our city.
visited the Sanitarium of the J. c. II.
S. In his article which covers five
columns, the Doctor describes in detail
all that he saw there, and the deep
impression that the Sanatorium made
on him, He also tells how much he
enjoyed his dinner with its delicacies,
consisting of chopped onions and eggs,
cuchmbers, solbotzes and latkes,
which were served him at the Sana-
torium. So far, 50 good. Being anxi-
GUS to pay generously for his fine
meal. the good-hearted doctor tries to
praise that Institution by throwing
mud and beiittle another hospital.
which Is one of the granAest and
nobiest Jewish institutions in the
world, ",The National Jewish hospital
for C6nsumptives" And this is what
the doctor says:
There is another Jewish hospital
in Denver. known as "The NATIONAL
that has 125 patients. But 81. these
dots are copied from your paper-''tlIat
hospital derives it's support from the
richer Jews. our German cousins, who
do not understand and don't want to
understand the spirit OF the sick. It's
whole administration is absurdly Sc
vere-.Laecherlich Streng,' and the un-
fortunate ones feel like prisoners
there.
ats disciple" continues the doctor.
sis something fearful, so one of the
patients in the Sanitorium tells me-"
He said: 1T WIS impossible for me
to stand it any longer it looked to me
as if I~were in military prison in
Russia. 1 left them and waited four
months until was admitted into this
Sanatorium. Before left that hos
pital they introduced a sort of cafe
terra where the patients, holding their
dishes in their hands, had to stand
| I'm line for long time waiting to get
their portion. 1t often happens that
patients start to cough and spit in
to your facet a..
Now, Mr.. Editor. Reading thru this
libelous slander, we could fully under
stand what our Rabbis meant when
they explained the words "A venomous
tongue is mightier than the sword. '
because, sny the rnbbis. "a sword kills
only those within reach, while pOis-
Unous tongue kills near and far, even
thousands Of miles away"
Your 260.OOO subscribers scattered
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. not
knowing the true conditions in Denver
may believe what the doctor says, but
we Denver Jews know the truth. and
we are willing to give 1t to them thru
the medium of your paper. We shall
answer the doctors accusations ana
attack, section by section.
First--The National Jewish hos.
pital has 1866 patients, Is Of whom are
non-Jews. This coincides with the
teachings of our Rabbits" .Nosnun
Zetokah le'Akkun mipne darkai Sho-
lom." Give literally to the poor of
non-Jews and live in peace with the
worldv
Second-The National hospital II
not kept up by our rich German cons
ins. but by the Jews of America. Rus
sian, Polish, Hungarian, Galician ana
Rumanian Jews are contributing an
nually to that splendid institution just
AS the German Jews are.
Third-The administration is moi
strict; the discipline is not like thai
in Russian Military prison. and thf
unfortunte sick do not feel like prison
ers, because the Officers OF that institu'
ton do understand fully well the
spirit, the low and broken-down spirit
of their patients: they understand
thoroly that their patients are MOI
professional Schnorrers." but honest
upright and hard-working people
whose health was undermined ana
ruined thru overwork in the sweat.
..
shops in the East And in order u
raise their drooping spirit, to make
4 them feel comparable, cheerful an'
hopeful in their hour of despair the
management has Introduced moving
pictures five times week; also con
certs and literary evenings as Otter