Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-12
NOT A VAsLK.
By George A6s.

T.. gcsted, when presented nysesf ss . contributor, that possibly AiSat wish to adopt the fable form @a write in the homsly vsrnaeutsx sf the streets. If I seem to disTssArs this suggestion from maH fos vhoM have q msst overwhelming SseArs' it is because the uss of ths soilo- quial American speech. as dsstin- guished from the precise and fsTnal vocabulary of our British allies, might seem to imply . playful aa4 banterinK treatment of situakson which Is pretty much devoid of play fitness.
 One of the immediate rsArfaHse- ,nents of this war has Seon to blov away. as If by shell. lot of rsiA and conventional barrisv which Ai- vided and separated Yaess and rsli- sions and so-callel. "ciassss. The fact that Nicholas komanox vas stood up against a wall and shot by his own soldiers may be set dewA as one of the surprises Of the war but if you want real miracle. observe Sol Rosenfcld, formerly of the Eas1s Clothing Store, now installed as . se- cial favorite in the recreation circles of the Knights of Columbus!
 The Nebraska plowboy and the ex- uuisite dancing man who used to hang around the Biltmore arc Aow "Buddies" together and caked with the same mud It Is unbelievable, but 1t Is true.
 The artificial areas may be rs-es- tablished aftor the war Is over but just now the dust of a common sss- vice has made us all one color.
 So far as war helpfuiness is con cerned there Is no difference eetwoen the Jew and Gentle as pYsssnt ex- cept that the Jew gives in larger amounts.
 Some persons who are annoyed by the masterful assertiveness of the Jewish race in tho world of trade and among the learned profession say that the Jews are too absorbent in their ambitions. They go cut to har- vest the entire crop. This seems An wrong to spectators who are sitting under tho trees. resting.
 Tn my campaign to feed the hun gry or lift up tho stricken or shelter the homeless 1t Is taken for granted, as a mattor of course, that the Jews will do their full share and then oversubscribs . Attle. They are ae- customcd to de things in biz way md are not dismayed by ordinary tasks.
 Now they are Up against an cxtrs- ordinary task: an undertaking, vaSt in proportions, hedSed in by appal- link handicaps. The American Jewish Relief Committee is endeayorinE to save from starvation six million Jcws who are the helpless victims of the German Terror. Between the com mittee in New York City and the un- fortunate refugees or penned-up pris. oners that they are trying to help are open seas and devastated prev inces and great armies locked h battle.
 It can be done and the committee will do it. It will get money and food to the helpless victims. oven If in the farthor and remote parts of EuropN if it is backed up and supported hers at home.
 I have lived in several towns but cannot remember the name of . place in which Jews were exempted from contributing to Gentile funds. Tho call of humanity knows no foreign language, no racial dialect, no fav- ored accent.
 If every citizen of America who has been somewhat directly the bene- flciary of Jewish philanthropy should now come forward and help the American Jewish Relief Committed the necessary funds would be ready tomorrow. They should como Tor ward.