Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1932-11-19
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JEWISH METHODS.
PUNS ON EDUCATION.
FROM RUSSIA.
Cecil E. Newman

Last Sunday evening over radio sta
ton WCCO we heard Rabbi Albert |.
Gordon of Minneapolis deliver an in
tensely inspiring and interesting adj
dress. It was straightforward ap-
peal for larger practice of racial
and religious tolerance in America.
In addition it was masterful and
thoroughly intelligent appeal against
determinations and injustices prac
ticed against the Jews; the first of a
series of Sunday evening goodwill
talks by Rabbi Gordon. These lee
lures may be secured free, in printed
form by writing the above named ra
dio station.
We find the ever energetic and re
doubtable Jew with his centuries O.
historic background, culture and
phenomenal progress, constantly or
the Job, even in enlightened" 1882
on the job against intolerance. Agains
the intolerance of Christians who
preach goodwill, love of fellow man
and practice the complete reverse
Therein should be a lesson to the
American Negro. If the Jew with all
his obvious advantages, over the Afr
american uses the radio in showing
the injustices, determinations, denial
of opportunities practiced against
him and at the same time illustrating
the lack of justification; the unfair
ness of it all-surely the Negro
should begin to avail himself of the
same means. No fair minded intelli-
gent listener could hear Rabbi Cor
don's dispassionate plea for a fuller
understanding of the country for the
Jew and his contributions to the world
without realizing how great the need
for greater racial and religious
tolerance in our America.
White residents of educationally
backward Louisiana incensed and
Jealous over the establishment Of the
first U. S. Negro Catholic University,
Xavier "U', New Orleans with mag
nificent new buildings. solid copper
cutters, chromium equipment in labo-
ratory, ETC., with promises of an even
tual $5,OO0,O00 endowment. Non-sec-
tartan 1t is the first real liberal arts
school established by the Catholics for
Negro youths.
Hungry whites suffering from the
current depression grumbled as the
school was built, murmurred louder
when it was dedicated and its first
students enrolled for classes. A ia
vorite pun, used even in the Louisiana
daily paper, designed to poke fun at
the curricula which included the usual
classical courses was "Is Yo Did Yo
Greek <Yit" The retort perfect to
the cracker" pun was. embodied in
a letter to Time Magazine by Horace
Mann Bond of Fisk who insinuates
that on stroll on through the aver
age southern white college campus
one may easily overhear "Ain't You
all done that there Latting yit?"
A long, long, awaited letter from
Homer Smith, former Minneapolis
boy, now making good in Soviet Rus
STA gives many interesting sidelights
on that great country and its most
discussed and cussed governmental
experiment. Parts of his Informative
letter will be reproduced here in sub
sequent issues. Mr.. Smith or should
say as the Russians say, Comrade
Smith is consultant in the rational
ization department of the Soviet Pos
tai system. His present task is to
establish special delivery" system
for that country as is in vogue in
America. The Russians heretofore
had no special delivery service.
THEN THE BIDDING BEGAN.
Nobody can tell me how to run my
business" he said to the auctioneer
few moments before the sale of his
plant began.-Spinal Colyums.
OF 13,21s,s2S foreign born white
persons above 10 years of age in the
United States 1.304,oS4 or 80 per cent
are illitsrate.