The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-16

and is what distinguishes democ-
racv from Nazism and commun-
ism.
8. Prevent well-meaning friends
from starting unnecessary prose-
cutiOns on charges of anti-Semlt-
ism, despite the prOvOcatiOn ana
the Justice of the cause. Even a
conviction may increase tn e
scOundrePs following by enabling
him to pose as a martyr...--MOre-
over, legal technicalities may re-
suit in an acquittaI, which could
easily be interpreted as vindica-
ton. In any event, a clever
rabbIe-rOuser on the witness stand
can reach millions through the
press whom he could never reach
with his little pamphlets and
StickerS.
9. Don't rely on arguments for
tolerance or against intolerance,
except to contrast democracy with
dictatorship. Tolerance means
putting up with anything. Every
one must be intolerant of what he
considers evil (gangsters, tyranny,
cruelty). Moreover, not only is
the plea for tolerance weak ap-
peal with all except those who
are already liberal and decent, but
in the minds of many at the pres
ent time tolerance suggests the
Jewish issue and may therefore be
taken as merely another defensive
argument of the sort mentioned
above. The question for Ameri-
cans is not one of tolerance versus
intolerance. The question is unity
against subversive discord.
10. Defend the American way
of life, which the NaziS are at
lacking by their device of raising
the Jewish ISSUE" Don't forget,
however, that to be seen clearly,
American doctrines must be view
ed against the background of their
OppOsites. This means that we
cannot rely on vague generaIities
but must present Americanism in
clear-cut contrast with its adver-
sarieS-NaZis and communist a.
like. 1t is not enough to speak
of freedom of speech" There
must be an expose of how free
dom of speech was lost in Ger
many, Italy and Russia, and how
it could today be lost in the
United States without ever repeal
ing the Bill of Rights.
II. Don't allow your anti
Nazism to be misinterpreted as
pro-radicaliSm. We must use ev-
cry means to expose the insidious
methods of the communists their
maneuver of boring from Within"
their undercover use of front"
organizations and fellow travel
ers." We must continue our un-
alterable opposition to the COM
munist doctrines, showing them
up for what they are, the under
miners of all that right-thinking
Americans cherish most. At the
same time we must not allow
proper resentment against COM
munist techniques to create the
impression that communism is the
only menace. Both communism
and nazism are today masquerad-
ing as the friends of democracy.
We, as good Americans, must
make our position perfectly clear,
namely, that it is "a plague on
both your houses"
IL. Don't talk as though the
anti-SemiteS were too great a
menace in America today. Re-
member that nazism is a foreign
Importation. The note to strike
should be: 1T MUST NOT HAP
PEN HERE. We must avoid
wrongly advertising any rise of
anti-Semitic feeling, avoid build
ing up a band-wagOn psychology
that would make men believe that
anti-Semitism is the big thing of
the moment. For Jews to exag-
gerate the danger in the minds of
Americans generally would be al
most suicidal in its effect.
13. Be optimistic and courage
GUS. Don't lose heart. America