The Denver Jewish news., 1920-05-19
l. O. B. B. Convention Held in
Cleveland

sort and his heir likewise nave Deel
killed. while Others of the House OF
Romanoff are fugitivcs or captives III
he hands of the prolctariars: contend
ing peoples of Russia rule. notwith-
standing opinions differ us to whether
for good or evil.
Il know of no way better to illu-
strate the transformation in the worlds
affairs which has occurred since we
last met-the utter unpreparedncss of
all of us for the cataclysm. Empire;
Lave crumbled; millions of lives have
been sacrificed: disease and starva-
ton have exacted tribute beyond our
power to comprehend. Science has
been made the instrument of murder
nj no point to the last degree of bar-
barity has civilized man paused in the
ATTEMPTED attainment of his ends; and
from the resultant chaos, which is still
incompletely dispersed. new nations
have sprung, new ruler, risen, new
theories of government have been
evolved. new liberties decrccd. old lib
critics restored-to what end. 10 man
may say.
IF we accept as established, tho the
theo!ogian's principle. that in the
quest of the spiritual goal to which
humanity at large aspires. no back
ward step is ever taken that all
change is progrcss-then we must re-
concile ourselves to the disaster which
l,,s r4, h, I
believe the proposition is sound: that
out of evil good will come.
Consider. if you will. the annals Of
the war. replctc with sacrifice of one
human life for another the highest
altruism, believe. the human heart
is capable of expressing. Shall we
then say the cnnobling effect of such
deeds is lost. that the bond. in which
the proximity of death links men, will
he sundered at once their peril is at
AN end? ] think not.
But there is, too, a more general
manifestation of the change thru
which the consciousness of all the race
is passing. publcists and men of bust
ness and Industrial affairs denominate
the phenomena unrest" Act it seems
to me that there is in 1t something
finer, than they express btsa term that
has come to imply the mere seeking
selfishly of more money and more in
fluence. 1t seems to me that there
is in it the germ of new and more
democratic order of society. in which
educational and cultural opportunities
will BIZ more nearly equal. and with
the maturity of which will come Il
broader intelligence. and Following this
now tolerance IN thought and a
greater mobility of purpose. For per-
ccive that as those who ~dwell i'll So
ciety's lover strain seek the higher
and better planes of life, there is
tendency by those who dwell above
them to recognize their right to their
aspirations : and Notwithstanding the
millennium does not appear. trend
toward greater economic and social
justice is established.
Our organization was dedicated TO
such an end--to the assistance of those
less fortunate than ourselves, to inc
purposes Of charity and to the reaii|a-
ton in fact. rs well ms in principle.
that there exists brotherhood oil
man.
Recommendation of gtcat import
ancc were included i'll the section Oh
the message devoted to the work oi
the .Anti-Defalnation League. AFTER
reviewing the work of the Iehgue. ME-
Eruus pointed ont that the handspring
which today actuates til" ahti-Senll'e
has the power to function as dyna mi
cally as when its energ. was l"osea