The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1920-09-22
Important Conference of Anti -DefamationL League
B'nai Birth and Other Leading Jewish
Organization Held in Chicago
WORK UNDERTAKEN SEMITIC PROPAGANDA
AND DISSEMINATE TRUTH REGARDING OVERCOME
SI.ANDEROUS ATTACKS.
Professor GOtthard Deutsch Selected Chairman of Com
mittee to Answer False Charges.

Chicago-.>n all day meeting at
tended by representatives of the Cen
tral Conference of American Rabbis.
the Council Of Jewish Women. the "x-
ecutive committee of the B'nai Birth
and the governing board of the Anti
Defamation League was held in Chi
cagO Sunday, September :.
The Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis was represented by Drs.
Leo n. Franklin. Felix a. Levy and
Jos. II. Stolz. Mrs. NJ. L. Purvin rep
resented the Council of Jewish Wom-
en-. The following members of the eX-
ecutive committee of the B'nai Birth
and of the governing board of the
Anti-Defamation League were in at
tendance: Adolf Kraus, Judge Sam
Deutsch Rabbi Eugene Mannheimcr
Sigmund Livingston. Judge Philip
Stein, Julius II. Meyer, DIR. Gerson II.
Levi. DR.. A. d. Weilcr. A. B. Seelcn-
freund, Leon l.. Lewis. DR.. Harry 4.
Kraus, Henry Monsky. Gustavus Loev-
niger, and Hiram d. Frankel.
A complete report showing the pres
ent status of anti Senitism in Euro
pcan countries AID in the United
States was presented by the secretary
of the league. together with state
ment in detail of the various steps
already taken to counteract the effect
of the vicious anti-Jewish propagaI-
da now being carried on in this coul-
try. \ program designed to mitigate
so far as possible, the efforts of those
who are enden voring to stir up racial
animosity was adopted and the vari-
GUS steps already taken by the eve
cutives of the league were approved.
The committee had before 1t for ex-
animation the Dearborn Independent
articles, as well as articles from oth-
er magazines and newspapers or n
similar nature. several anti-Semitic
books recently published. one contain
ing nearly five hundred pages written
by an eminent historian in which the
lew is blamed for the failure of the
peace conference. another being a new
version of ''1hc Protocols designed Tor
American consumption and containing
one hundred and fifty pages of gar
bled quotations from Jewish authors
intended to demonstrate the auth"h-
ticity of the document, numerous mag
nzincs. articles and newspaper clip
pi:,gs. and a complete set of the mate
rial emanating from the English anti
Semitic bureau rs published in the
New Witness. National Review. the
London Times. Morning Chronicle. The
Spcctator, and other English puhlicn-
lions, and as reprinted in the Ameri-
can and Canadian press. was present
ed TO the committee for examination.
The following resolution was adopt
cd:
"Whercas. it has been ascertaihed
that a publication known as The ITO
tocols.' containing a vicious hoax IN
tended to arouse hatred and prejudice
n cainst the Jew in the United States
has been given wide distribution i'll
this country as well as in European
countries and
"Whcreas, we have learned that
copies of that publication have been
sent to public libraries. newspaper Of
fices. members of congress. governor
of states. mayors of cities and other
public officials thruout the United