The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-23
RAGE HAIRED CONDEMNED BY
MEN OF MANY SECTS.

Dry: Goods Economist, whatever their
origin or their religion, will heartily
endorse the protests. in which men of
the highest standing in this country
have Joined, against any attempt to
foster distrust and suspicion of our
fellow citizens of Jewish ancestry and
faith To those of us who are not
Of Hebrew birth but who number
among our oldest and warmest friend
ships those, formed socially US well as
in business. with numerous men and
women of the Jewish faith, such at
tenpts appear not merely unwarranted
nut preposterous. It is truism so oft
repeated as to have become n platitude
that the great majority of the civiliz
ed people of the world derive from
Jewish sources practically all their
ideas as to religion and morality.
1t is not too much to say that in
the sacred boOHs Of the Jewish people
rest in no small degree the sources of
that love of liberty which has been
so great a factor in tile development
civilization. In the United States, more
than in any other Scrntry, men and
women of the Jewish race and faith
are fulfilling their duties as citizens
and as upbuilders and in these tasks
they evince no less integrity, energy
and loyalty than are displayed by their
fellow citizens who have sprung from
other stock. 's 49,
Apart from what has been accom-
plished by Jews and is being done by
them today in politics, finance, indus
try and commerce, one has but to
glance at the splendid charitable and
philanthropic institutions established
and maintained in this country by men
Of Jewish blood and faith to realize
how great an asset to this country
the Jew has proved himself. Nor is
this any sporadic or recent. develop
mcnt. The splendid record had its he.
ginnings in the early years of the Re-
public.
Moreover, if after viewing this rec
ord there are any who feel that the
Jew in modern life may have made Il
name for himself only in peaceful avo-
cations, we urge them to look up the
record of the men of Jewish faith
who ms officers or in the ranks, in tn"
British, the French and the American
armies, fought in the late war for the
preservation of freedom and Of civil-
zation.
Considering the Jew even in the
light of an immigrant the great, out
standing fact about him Is that he Is
assimilable. Almost invariably he be
comes citizen of the Republic. In
the second generation. at least. he diff
fers little, except in his religion. from
his fellow citizens of Gentle birth and
upbringing.
The Jew, moreover, is not pro
sclyter: he is content to have his re
iigion and let others have theirs. MOI
does he ever hesitate to meet on com
mon ground the men and women OF
other creeds or of no creed.
All things considered. it seems the
most natural thing in the world that
so many of our conntrs's leading mer
of other than the Jewish faith: Pro
testant Roman Catholic Or whatever
clergymen and laymen. ptblicists and
teachers, statesmen and editors. have
as above indicated, emphatically CON
demned "the publication of IA number
of books. pamphlets and newspaper ar,
ticles designed to arouse distrust OF
our Jewish fellow citizens"
Such protests will doubtless be
multiplied and idanfinitum, culminat'
ing in a great wave of public opinion
that will show Individually how the
great heart of the American people OF
other than Jewish blood and faith
beats on this important question. And
to those, if any there be. who are still
inclined to condemn the jew or to
foster in their own bosoms, or in those
of their neighbors. any tendency to
anti-Semitism or any other form OF
race hatred we offer the following
advice, expressed in the words Of the
great Jewish leader and teacher. Let
him that Is without sin cast the first
stone."-Dry Goods Economist.
CORDIAL RECEPTION FOR SIR