The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
Being Mistreated
BY JOSEPH IT. BAIRD United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, March 22 - CUP |- American diplomats in Germany were working today on the bigges reportorial assignment ever given them "complete report" on the mistreatment of Jews by Chancellor Adolf Hitler's brown shirted "Nazis."
 Secretary of State Hull ordered the report. after three Jewish lead- CTS pleaded with the American government to look into the plight of Jews under Germany's new dic- tator.
 The inquiry will cover the treat ment of all Jews under the Hitler regime, German Nationals as well as Americans.
 State Department officials were
 uncertain, however, as to what &C., ton the United States might take | if the report showed widespread persecution of Jews in Germany. The government can and has protested mistreatment of Amer ican Jews in Germany. Ambassa- | dor Frederick M. Sackett recently
 was assured by the German foreign | offices that Americans would not be molested. | TOT lIlG OAlLSu 0IdISS tO pAOeSoS mistreatment of German Jews l would be a different matter. Under | ordinary international usage, no government is supposed to be con- cerned about the treatment an- l other government accordS its own | citizens.
 However, there have been ex- l captions to this principle. The | United States some years ago pro- tested to Turkey the mistreatment
 of minority groups. Hence it was considered possible that a broad l protest might be made to Ger many on humanitarian grounds. l Representative Celler, democrat, l N. Y., said he would introduce resolution asking the state depart
 ment to take action. Proposals | also were discussed for relaxation
 of United States immigration quo- | tas to permit persecuted Germans | to find a safe haven in this coun-
 try.
 The three Jewish leaders. includ-
 ing Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New | York city, well-known humanitar- ian, painted tragic picture of the suffering of Jewry in Germany. 1 Hardly had Wise and his com. 1 panions = Bernard s. Deutsch or New York city, president of the Jewish congress, and Max Rhoades, | Washington attorney = left the
 state department last night before | the order to investigate was sent to the Berlin embassy and Amerl-
 can consuls throughout Germany. l Wise said he hoped the report would not be confined to official | information obtained from the Ger
 man foreign office, which he feared would be biased. He wanted the American envoys to seek unoffi-
 cial, impartial information.
 | Nationwide Protest
 New York, March 22 - UP)- American protest against persecu- tion of German Jews by Hitlerites assumed nationwide proportions today as a dozen cities planned
 Jewish Gentile mass meetings to voice indignation.
 The American Jewish congress.
 fearing protests might get out or hand, moved to prevent the Jewisn war veterans of the United states
 from calling a boycott on German
 goods. The congress did not op- I feet to the boycott as a weapon, hut thought other methods should
 be tried first.
 A petition signed by 35 national lv prominent Christians calling up- on the German government to stop
 attacks against all that civiliza-
 ton has gained for tolerance and
 understanding since the middle ages" was made public by the in- ter-faith committee. The signors included Newton D. Baker, John w. Davis, Alfred E. Smith, Bishop
 William T. Manning. the Rev
 Harry Emerson Fosdick, Bain- bridge Colby, the Rev s. Parkes Cadman, James w. Gerard, George W. Wickersham. Senator Robert
 Wagner, and Senator Royal 5. Copeland.
 The Jewish war veterans passed a resolution calling a boycott: They announced they had obtained can- cellations on orders with German factories amounting to $2.000.00O. | The American Jewish congress