The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-05
JEWS WILL FIGHT
SUNDAY BLUE LAWS
|,
800 Congregations in Sabbath
Alliance Send Notice to
Legislators.
JUDGE SEES RED TAINT
Mitchell May Warns That Re-
strictiOns Will Cause Wave
of Discomfort.
JUDGE SEES RED TAINT

The Jewish Sabbath Alliance of Amer
lea has resolved to wage an energetic
campaign against the promoters OF the
Sunday blue laws, on the ground that
the legislation they propose would pc
in direct, contravention of the Constitu-
tional guarantee of religious liberty.
A set Of resolutions condemning the
proposed laws has been adopted at
meeting of the alliance and II fntehds
TO make itself heard in protest by means
OF broadcast literature and mass meet
ings william Rosenberg, executive Sec
rotary, said yesterday:
what these opponents of the seventh
day call the American Sabbath is noun
ing more than a subterfuge. There is
no American Sabbath, just as there is
no European Sabbath. But there Is
Christian and a Jewish Sabbath.
There Is no reason which permits
legislators to decide religious questions,
and even at the present time the laws
on the statute books of the State OF New
York are the greatest injustice to large
portion of the citizenry of this country.
,phe alliance will make every effort to
amend them so as to allow the seventh
day observing citizen equal rights with
the citizen observing any other day
800 Congregations Act.
More than 500 Jewish congregations
have pledged their support to the alli-
ance and letters will be sent to every
legislator in the country asking him to
assist in preventing the passage of the
blue laws.
The Rev. Carlyle b. Haynes, pastor
of the Seventh Day Adventist Temple.
announced yesterday that his church will
withdraw all support from the Anti
I H. IAo a1aD a.
eide to throw its strength TO the Lords
Day Alliance the organization which is
favoring the blue laws. Mr. Haynes
wrote as follows to William II. Ander-
son. superintendent of the league
IT notice that the president of the
Anti-Saloon League has a prominent
position in the Lords Day Alliance and
L understand that other officers of the
league also are officers of the alliance.
This certainly gives the appearance of
close connection between the two organ
| izations, and we wish to know and feel
| entitled to know whether any Of the
money obtained for the purpose OF sup
pressing the liquor traffic is used for
any other purpose If any portion of the
funds is diverted to the Lords Day AL
| lance in an Ubiquitous attempt to set
aside the principles of American liberty
by starting a campaign for Sunday legis-
Il
un- Christian. unconstitutional and un-
| just. to say nothing Of beinga revival OF
| the bigotry of the Dark Ages. we do not
care to have a part in such a campaign
and will withhold our support from both
organizations"
BOIshevfst faint Seen.
| Judge Mitchell May of the Kings
| County Court, addressing a Grand Jury
Yesterday. advised them that the agita-
ton for blue Sundays has the taiit of
! Bolshevism.
1.-THE intention of law" said Judge
May, was to establish peace and hap
piness and coontentment and not to re-
strain citizens unreasonably in their
I freedom Of action.
Long ago men recognized the advise
bility OF keeping church and State apart,
so let us go slowly before enacting anti
| quated, discarded and unnecessary laws
that may bring down upon our heads
/ feeling of discomfort and unrest and may
fan the flames of Bolshevism. We can
not by law make people religious. We
cannot make them respect law by more
! law. But we can easily create a feeling
OF resentment. and Bolshevism is mere
ly a method of expressing dissatisfaction
with the existing order of things, and
It's supporters are people who have suf-
fered. or feel that they have suffered
as result of discrimination oppression
and injustice"