New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
Ian Attack OH
rews Refuted
nv Unternyer
: Attorney Challenges
! ,rs;,,rd's Assertion Race
Not Productive, in
r.lt al Hartford Meeting
ii. TO Achievements
A',D'si ','D.,sricanism in Fostering
val Hatred. He Says


Essivf q New York, addressing a
C,.s',l,. 4, -, Of Jews at the Garde
80, ?. night. attacked the Ka-KluE
Baa 2. se,cribed the organization
Iit 81. A and medieval eruption
n ? 80 -, pfe Of the nation and
= i'' 60 60. !, had recklcssly under
'irs'a '' l,,,roy the foundations on
s.,, ., :, IL. ''',r An,ricaa government 9nt.i is
a'a 81. D. denied the recent declara,
a''a' ~ ~, Ko.Klv1 imperial wizard
don q. . -, 10. are not productive peo-
ihi' Wy sea satisfies Of Jewish
p, .......', ~ '.'ta n d, United States.
t'l .''''''.,. ...,,i,s Of more than FIVE hun
| ne i..l.s .,'1''',ssI sIs.r. interrupted Mr..
yea vl,h frequent bursts Of op-
,,,,H'T ,l.. n. occasion was tho launch
80, -, s,is. for the Palestine Foun-
-. /" fsnd in Connecticut. The as as,
y. -. Va, made up Of delegates
=, ,,,seioal communities OF the
1sraham s Borden. chairman
~. ,,,,, committee for tho Psles-
J. s..s5s,Ion Fund. also spoke.
7. us,rnyer denounced the Ku-
RI, for interfering racial hatred
,,.,ys,ing a spirit Of suspicion
,...slt. The diners rose en- masse
him when he declared that men
-, whom 10 was sought 10 en-
: -, ,be Ku-Klux banner should
~ believed would be, the first 70
y,.ti.s H.
Cites Jewish War Service
,... -s.rtnr out that 250OOO Amer
=. J,,s served the United States in
60 and navy during tho late war.
\. ,r.,,myer contrastcd them with
s.Tr.Hlux knights who "go about in
i. i,.k masked. cl0akcd. hooded and
~ ,onccal.rg their identities and
-, der m.sdceds under these dis
90 Clamorous.y protesting to be
800, OF law and order they defy
4 ',r descending even 10 the use OF
rr3 feathers and 90 the base and
~ practices Of lynching mobs.'
ar3si:
"a content with those forms Of per-
y-, which. Influenced by fear, per
e.n and falschood, have become
-,y q less endemic in various parts
fas country, they have in instances
-vr,i and adopted the latest and
-,e ve.ocs forms Of Polish anti
IN. ain-the economic boycott-seek-
Y utts.y % attain that end which
could to. Be atta.ncd by all other ille-
sci Ii eovaTdly un-American prac-
tea
7 cannot leave unanswered the Sian.
r ihif DE Jews are not a productive
rTf To charge the Jews with be
= uprotuctIvc is 90 disregard all
n.fcs and 60 ignore the most Gle
-n1ry facts that are familiar 20 al
VI know anything Of the industria
? o. our country. cannot in tht
,'si amount Of time at my disposa
t.1t q complete enumeration Of tn
wigs productive occupations n
ra the Jews IN this country ar
elgtd. but a few instances viii SUI
2 70 show how utterly groundless j
> assertion.
s1ty Thousand Jewish Farmers
here are already I'm the Unite
s1s 1900 Jewish families engage
trminr. representing a population
wer 10000. distributed among tn
..,s Of the Union. They cultivat'
.rs than 100000 acres Of land, rep
,p,trr holdings 90 tho value o
.N0o0. 000. and this despite the fac
''i the cultivation Of the soil is the
r cc,unation which the Jews. be
1gi, of their peculiar history and th'
special persccutions 90 which thoy
'iv, been subject, particularly in Rus
%. have been permitted 70 enter
sus q not for the existence Of tn,
'lis o. mind represented by this i'm
',tal wizard and his outlaw crew the
tlrber q Jewish farmers in America
stgd probably be much greater
What DO the statistics Of Jewish
Immigration reveal? From the period
ls's 70 1910 almost GOO, 900 Jewish i'm.
2 grants whose occupations were
'a''itst. entered the country. OF
,e'' " 1tr cent we're reported as be.
hr KILLED and productive workers and
~ per cent AZ unskilled laborers. Tn
H'er ,. Words about So per cent Of the
's,'h inmiefants were productive
",ts'' o. one kind OF another.
70 happens that the great ma
~ " Jewish workers IN this cOun.
~. ~ IN tornected with. or organized In
n. W, Mons, and 10 IS therefore posi-
/. ~ y ",ure reliable information as
.ls idivi,y o. the Jews In various
..'.fh In the ladies' garments
--..,.l.i'i,1fing lines alone there are
~ approximately 175,000 Jews
,..ta'ri The country. while in the
s-l nd clothing lines the number
i. ~ ~ srployed is 200 .000-thus max
-. .l.yj Jews in these two needle
~ sone. II other allied garment
III ,ie considered. it would appear
- east 800 600 Jewish workers, or
80. o. the entire Jewish popu-
- q The country, including men,
"a. snd children. are engaged in
, s,tssale industry alone. There are
49, country about 100000 Jewish
h q families. Compare this with
-, that half q million Jews are
~ IN The needle industry alone,
H. as'iae FOR yourselves whether or
- Jews arc producers.
a, rllcally the entire population OF
"a ,It''ed States is supplied with
4. .g By The Jews. have IL on
4. ..-,,,ority of tho same officials OF
~ .Aos Unions that the New York
=. .'as, with its 100000 OF Jewish
~ as,ih again including men. women
aIen. there are nearly half n
~ Jewish workers embracing
~ ne o. productive employment,
d, I. the building. metal and print
q -ses and the makers Of bread
.hsr foodstuFs.
aesp High Living Standard
&. i.s,ntally Il may be added that
'sp,,..l'a worker, though largely a
sg,..ssl 70 America. has not only not
= M ne American standard OF liv-
-l nas been largely instrumental