New Britain herald., 1926-01-04
WISE REINSTATED
 BY LARGE VOTE
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(Contlnucd rom First Iage) plorcs the unfortunate controversy in Jewish lilo arising from inaccu- rato and unauthcnticated reports of q sermon delivered by pr, stephen s, Wise on December 2o,
 "The Zionist organization as such has consistently roirained from in- torvening in religious or theological discussions or disputes, and there lore we do not enter upon a Consid- eraton of the merits of that address, Nevertheless in view of the hasty action and incorporate language employed by certain of his critics, which have magnidcd the contro. vcrsy 10 dangerous proportions, Il becomes necessary 10 affirm that We who havo known and collaboratcd with Dr, Wise for more than qu9r- fer of century, could not and do not believe, in tho light of his pub lie record as a Jew and a Zionist, that he ever intended to enunciate views at variance with the tr8di- tional Jewish faith and attitude with respect 10 other religious and their founders.
 "Wo note, moreover that in re sponse to an inquiry addressed to him from many quarters, including the rabbinical assembly of the Jew ish Theological Seminary of Ameri- ca, Dr. Wise categoMcally denied his authorship of two specific state ments, enormously attributed to him, which have been largely responsible for the misunderstanding which has arisen,
 "Dr Wise's lifelong and inestima- able services to the Jewish cause Tn general and his historic contribu- tions to the success of the Zionist movement in particular; his courag eous battle against anti-Semitism in all it's manifestations; his consistent public denunciation of apostasy, in ter-marriage, and all forms of dis l loyalty to the Jewish people and it's faith, have elicited spontaneous and unqualified expression of conil- dence from Jews in all parts Of America, in Europe and in Palestine in which we wholeheartedly join. We, therefore, instruct our repre- sentatives on the executive commit ] tee of the United Palestine Appeal l 10 vote against the acceptance of his 1 resignation as chairman of that , committee and to pledge him the continued and undiminished cooper ation of the great body of American 1 Zionists.
 After the resolution was seconded there was q concerted attempt at disorder at which President Lipsky warned the meeting anyone who in- terrrupted the speaker would be sent i out of the room at once. However during the course of the meeting this edict was not strictly observed, as | frequent outbursts of emotion greet ed almost every speaker.
 Bublick interrupted with a de- nunciation of Wise in Yiddish and Lipsky declared that he did moi think his statements represented the feelings of the majority
 Dr. Guralnirk, an editorial writer on the Jewish daily News, stated il Yiddish that the organization should not accept Rabbi Wise's resignation Dr. s. M. Mlarned, free lance writer moved that the adoption of the res olution be made unanimous. H' made 1t clear that theological view! were not to be discussed and stated as a minority who have been op posed all their lives the Jewish ract should not disgrace their own leader
 So far the speeches had been of { pacific vein and the degree of in tcrest varied Some of those pres ent were plainly bored some wcr' dozing placidly, while others wer' looking on with keen interest.
 Mir. BubliCk arose and in Yiddisl he began an oration which was fire qucntly interrupted on points of or
 der and points of disagreement. Hi
 main objection to Wise was tn statements which he later denied.
 was the editors contention that.
 Wise's lecture 1t was meant tha
 Jews should intermarry and go { Christian churches. He quoted Dl
 Cadman, who stated that Rabbi Wis
 had started great movement an
 was doing a great and pionec
 work.
 Dr. Cadman Quoted
 Wise is leading the children ( } Judaism into the church." declare