The Denver Jewish news., 1923-06-13

pricty presuppOses measure OF faith
in the efforts of the party Of the see
onh part. Great Britain. Justice Bran-
sleis. Honorary Chairman of the CO',Il-
eli, in spenking OF the TROUBLES and
difficulties before u.s. said. -Tlic main
difficulty TINT / had In understanding
was the doubt. which Jews felt not
there lin Palestine). but elsewhere. as
10 whether the task that we Zionists
were setting before ourselves was one
that could ie accomplished" And 80
Justice Brandcis had no hesitancy in
speaking of himself and his colleagues
MS Zionists. But DIR. Charles Levy of
Milwaukee was determined to lay the
ghost Of Zionist politics." and insisted
the resolution i,e Withdrawn. And the
resolution was withdrawn. necessitating
on the morrow nm explanation which
failed to explain.
1t is not only with reference to this
resolution. which was ruled out Of or
c.l ont Of order. hut In resolutions held
la lp In perfect order and adopted
without single hitch that the Pnies-
tine Development Council exercised
crution bordering on ambiguity. For a
Council OF men dedicated to aid In the
npbuilding ef Palestine. as the PaleS-
tine Devclopment Council individually
is not to mention that the ultimate
Jewish hope IL the erection of the
Jewish Homeland IL to show an alarm
ing lack Of fortitude and plain-speaking.
TO encourage the sOcial-ecOnOmic de-
velOpment cf Palestine ~ as to develop
there within u comparatively short
time a prepontlerating body Of self
supporting Jews devoted to high Jew.
ish isleals''. AZ one Of the resolutions
reads, Is Nothing more nor less thnn
Is implied In the guarded wording Of
the Balfour Declaration. To purpose
ily. albeit fgurtively. avoid using the
language of, the Balfour Declaration.
which the Congress did not hesitate to
use Is In the opinion Of many of the
Councils friends IN exasperating de-
lection.
These extrncrasnary proceetsines ARE
|cvea mare RsYplsxihsr < sfs,pataS tn tsp
Of the frnnk proclamation issued by
Mayor Hyland Of New York in favor.
&c the Kercn Hnyesosl. 1t gives the
Mayor particular pleasure to note the.
success which has attended the efforts
of the campaign Of the Palestine Foun-
dation Fund Mayor Hylan says in his
proclamation OF Mny 25. This fund"
he says. "is devoted to the up-building
of Palestine. the ancient Jewish home
land" And later. the Mayor urges
upon our citizens to remember gener-
ously on that day (May 2.D the Pal
estine, Foundation Fund (Keren Hny-
cs0tl) so that the largest sums may bc
realized FOR the upbuilding Of the an
cicnt land OF the children Of lsrael."
Advisedly or otherwise. the Mayor. he
cause perhaps Of raciai peculiarity Of
his. fails to take note Of Ggeat Brit
aims share in the upbuiltling Of the
Jewish Homeland. But the Mayor may
he excused. More than the warm en-
!
thusinsm Of benevolent neutral could
not possibly he expected Of one In his
position. There Is no excuse for nvOw
ell Zionists, or any other Jews. for
railing In acknowledged an honorable
debt of gratitude
No one expected n declaration from
the Council nnd 1t would not have been
missed IL 1t had not been introduced.
hut to throw II out on any ground what
soever, was to expose the Council to
the undesirable notoriety and misun-.
derstanding. which fell to it. Il,
From reading OF the daily papers,
the conclusion IL imesrapable, painful
and humiliating as such conclusion
is, that Jews In conspicuous places and
On conspicuous occasions, are trying to
ride in on the publicity wave produced
by the -fOr-P President boom. There
is danger of 1t becoming an epidemic,
spreading to all Jewish public gather
ings, for someone with a publicity
sense to move a resolution denOuncing
Ford as menace. If there were any
sensible person in the country who did
not believe the Jews regard Ford as Il
n,ennce and his presidential ambitions
u contemplate piece of impudencc.
these proncuncements might have some
justification. But Jewish leaders of II
certain type will not be sweryed from
course leading to good and effective
copy And so the Birth Abraham Con-
vention in Atlantic City vote the Liz
zie" manufacturer nuisance. The
Federation of Hungarian Jews did like
wise, going n bit further i'll directing
its President to mobilize all liberal
forces in the United States against the
Detroit Jew-maniac. For the moment
at leust Ii nnnCnrS that SO long rs