Evening star., 1933-06-06
REPR|SAL THREATS
STIR CONFERENCE
Senator King Leads Attack
on Jewish Persecution
by Hitler Regime.

Possibility Of reprisal against Ger
many for Chancellor Adolf Hitler's anti
Semitic campaign grew today out of the
American National Conference Against
Racial Persecution in Germany.
Senator William H. King. Democrat,
of Utah, speaking at dinner meeting
of the conference last night at the
Mayfiower Hotel, warned that If the
persecution continues. II shall not hesi-
tate to introduce in the Senate reso-
luton demanding that our Government
sever diplomatic relations with Ger
many"
Representative Loring M Black, Dem
ocrat, of New York. called upon the
administration to issue instructions to
the American delegates to the Economic
Conference at London not to deal with
Germany until assurances Of religious
freedom have been given. He already
has a resolution pending in the House
to accomplish this result.
Senator Millard E. Tydings, Democrat,
Of Maryland, said 1t would not be con-
trary to past diplomatic policy Of the
United States to bring pressure to
bear" on the Reich government ito
guide her footsteps back on the path
of tolerance and religious freedom"
Fail to Agree.
Delegates to the conference, however,
failed to agree on a strongly worded
resolution calling upon President Roose-
welt to intercede with the German gov
eminent on behalf of the Jews after
former Senator william Cabell Bruce
Of Maryland delivered fiery and un-
expected impromptu speech in which he
declared such action would serve only
to aggravate the situation. Bruce's
speech was made in reply to the key
note address of former Representative
F. H. La Guardia of New York. who ad-
vocated passage of a resolution naming
a committee to call upon Mr.. Roosevelt
and urge him to demand that Garmany
establish the kind of government prom
ised President Wilson at the time of the
signing of the Versailles treaty"
Mr. La Guardia knows as well as
do" said Senator Bruce, that if Ger
many were not the brankrupt, crippled
nation that she it; that If she were the
strong, powerful nation that she was
at the outbreak Of the World War, no
sane man would suggest that our Presi-
dent send message rebuking the Ger
man government.
eff any such rebuke as that were sent
to our Government, Republicans and
Democrats alike would come together as
one many to, support the dignity and
self-respect of their own Government.
Would Aggravate Situation.
"If you do what Mr.. La Guardia pro-
poses, you are simply going to aggravate
the unfortunate circumstances of the
Jews in Germany. If you do pass a
resolution calling upon our President to
rebuke the German government, must
regretfully part company with this con-
ference"
Senator Bruce insisted that the better
move would be to adopt resolution
employing the most scathing terms
possible" and calling upon the upright,
democratic citizens of Germany to unite
in defense of their Jewish brethren
After the committee of the whole had
approved milder resolution which "in-
dorsed the spirit" of the Fish resolu-
tion, now before the House, requesting
the President to use his good Offices
and make friendly representations to
the German government" Senator
Bruce left the meeting.
Every one Of the nationally known
speakers who addressed the dinner ses-
sion Of the conference paid high tribute
to the contribution of German Jewry to
the culture and advancement of civiliza-
ton. Similarly, all were bitter in de-
nouncmg Hitler as "mad-cap," a
pseudo kaiser" whose regime will go
down IN history as dark blot on the
record Of great nation.
The conference, organized and off,
cially attended only by Christians, was
urged to continue in existence and to
strive continually toward the goal of
religious tolerance. One of the eight
resolutions adopted by the conference
expressed it as "the sense of this con-
ference that some central body should
be created in the nature of continual
tion committee, the function of which
shall be four-fold:
Il. To mobilize public sentiment
against such wrongs as exist today in
Germany to the end that they shall
cease.
2. To give assurance of solace to
all who are being compelled to suffer
unjustly because Of existing racial dis
elimination so that the knowledge of
the sympathetic spirit of the American
people shall comfort them in their
trials and sustain them in the hope of
speedy relief.
"3. To secure from Germany exact,
authentic and -'erified reports of
persecution and injustice by German
Jews because of their race or religion
and to disseminate the assembled in
formation throughout America.
"A. To cooperate with other organiza-
tions opposed, as we are, to all forms of
racial and religious persecution"
Other resolutions favored creation Of
fund in America to give support to
destitute victims of German oppres-
sion: asked that the Government let
down temporarily the immigration bars
and allow the prosecuted Jews to enter
this country; requested that, If the
State Department takes any action on
the petition of Elihu Root and Balm
bridge Colby for intervention in behalf
of Jewish judges and lawyers, other
professional groups also be included,
and recommended the participation by
the United States in the Olympic
games in Berlin in 1886 "only If as
sured that there will be no racial dis
elimination in the conduct of those
games
Richie Speaks.
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie of Maryland,
the first speaker, whose address fol-
lowed the opening remarks of Toast
master Frank J. Hogan, called the con-
ference "a symbol of civilization and
expressed the hope: May your protest
be heard whenever and wherever as
now in Germany, governmental might
and dictatorial power threaten the
inalienable rights of man"
Representative Joseph w. Byrns of
Tennessee, majority leader of the
House, said 1T behooves the present
German government to think twice be-
fore deciding to destroy a great race
in whose existence humanity itself Is
interested"
Representative James M. Beck of
Pennsylvania, an outstanding authority
on constitutional law, explaining why