The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-24
uNTERMEYER SPEAKS
ON KU KLUX kLAN
CONTINUED from Page one.j

II so nappclS Iilii tHe Srt'it iHiJSf-
ity of Jewish workers in this country
are connected with, or organized in
trade unions. and 1t is therefore pos
sible to secure reliable information ms
to the activity of the Jews in various
industries | have taken the trouble to
inquire of the officials of some of these
unions. What do find? In the ladies
garments manufacturing lines alone
there are employed approximately no.
600 Jews throughout the country. While
i'm the mems and clothing lines the num-
ber of Jews employed throughout the
country is 200 00Q-thus making 375.-
alone If other allied garment trades
are considered il would appear that ut
least 5OO.0O0 Jewish workers or one
sixth of the entire Jewish population of
children are engaged in the needle in
dustry alone. There are in this coun-
try about 100000 Jewish heads of fam
lilies. Compare this with the fact that
IsiIl u Jews 'it-H-'' ''' -
needle industry alone. and decide for
Yourselves whether or not the Jews
are producers.
Practically the entire population of
the United States is supplied with
clothing by the Jews.
l have 1t on the authority of the
same officials of the trade unions that
in New York City alone with its LOO
ing men. women and children there are
nearly halfsa million Jewish workers
embracing every line of productive en-
ployment. including. among many
others. the building. metal. and printing
trades and the makers of bread and
other foodstuffs.
incidentally it may he added. that
the Jewish worker. though largely t.
not reduced the American standard OF
living but has been largely instru-
mental in many instances, in initiating
and in maintaining higher standard
VI llN 'ohhi ~ VA hh"i''p's ''- -
stances and quoting figures to prove
the assertion that the overwhelming
Majority of Jews in this country-I
speak. of course of the adult Jews
are engaged in hard work in the basic
productive industries. But even with
out Il statistical investigation II is self
evident to the ordinary observer of life
In our industrial centers that the pre-
dominant number of the Jewish popu-
-lation consists of factory workers.
And what shall we say to the state
ment that he 1.-THE Jew adds nothing
to the sum of human welfare? MS it
possible that there are people, even
among the members of the Ku KluN
Klan who are signOrant as to be led
to believe that? Is ii possible that
any one is ignorant of the great num-
Der of Jewish artists and scientists
educators and leaders, in every field, Il
number admittedly far ont of proper
tion to the total number of Jews in the
world. who are adding daily TO the sum
or human welfare.
The marshalline of all of these fncis
cannot. of course, modify the ingrain-
prosecutors who are today the most
revolving blot on the fair escutcheon
of our beloved country But 1t is well
that we should recall them for our
COLI antx. to ant n,rr .l.l. IN
the productive life of America.
Were !, however. asked to point to II
land which offers the final and complete
refutation of this charge of unproduc-
tivity against the Jewish people. and
the best evidence of their positive gem
ius for great constructive, productive
accomplishment. ! would point to Pal
estine. There we have long neglected
and abused land its hillsides bare, its
soil barren. and where it is not II
desert. it is covered with swamps and
marches. Into that land are streaming
the Jews of Eastern Europe, our home
less and prosecuted brothers from those
lands of misery. bigotry, persecution
and massacre. They are covering the
hillsides with forests. They are bring
fng the waters from the swamps to fer
tilize the barren deserts: they are maxi
ing the ancient soil yield again its
former beauty and abundance. They
are cultivating the orange and the
grape the olive and the almond. And
on the plains and hillsides of Galilce
the grain fields are ripening in the
warmth of the sun and mt the touch of
Jewish labor. Palestine which oniy
yesterday, as history goes. was a lano
sunk in medieval conditions of life,
without roads or other public utilities
and services, is fact becoming a land
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