The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-31

A~N~k Vi 1AOdC1uS dcrOSS
\ :. the court yard from
\HH our neig bOrS'
w apartment at the
II beach A young
boy was singing. In my par
tally awakened state, my senses
half deadened by sleep it seemed
that the boy must have returned
to earth from centuries past
"Peace on earth Good will
to me-en. GlOree-ee :" his
soft voice echoed through the NOR
ming. How unreal were his SEN
timentS. how unreal the sweet
strains themselves! Il could
have told him SO much that would
h We surprised him. Those
things, boy, could have said, be-
long to the past, at that mythical
time when men believed in the
principle Of brOtherly love and
when Gods law and his command
ments were accepted by the multi
tude. Yes, 1 know, boy, that was
only thirty days ago, your age. q.
but million slaughtered men and
a weeping continent separates
your time from mine Go back,
boy, you are OutmOded. The
very fact that you sing shows
that Go back!
Unreal everything seems
unreal. The operators in the
beauty salon which I frequent. :.
they always seem so easy going. :.
Could it have been Grace who was
telling me of the architect who
lives in her apartment house and
who speaks only German in. his
home. The architect is employed
in the Naval base, and we all
agreed with her that he is prob
ably a spy. Three weeks ago
anyone who would have made such
a statement would have been ridi-
culed. E. Now things are running
in the opposite extreme. {. We are
calling everyone a spy.
Commissioner Anders wants to
I register all aliens. there is
probably a commissioner in every
city who wants to do the same
thing and who has the strong
backing of public opinion. In
the hysteria of the moment we
are walking right into the trap
laid by the powers behind the
fifth columns =. Their spies don't
come among us with the open as
sertiOn that they are foreigners.
-. More often than not they are
not aliens, but American citizens
born and educated here. They
are here before us, not hiding
around the corner, but running
for public office and having a
most evident influence on society.
From BFadentOn, Fla, comes a
magazine openly sympathetic with
the NaN cause. In every large
city there is q German consul.
In Jax he is accepted in high So
cial circles and is a member of a
prominent law firm. And right
before our noses Herr Sam b.
Nelson, running for the state leg
islature, sprOuting Jew-baiting
Nazi propaganda, shoots his mouth
off and is hailed by an American
audience. And the bunds in Or
landO and Miami goose step in
open daylight and fly the swasti-
ka. These are our fifth COL
umns, not the alien who has lived
in perfect faith among us and who
would be glad to aid the forces
OF democracy should this country
be invaded.
ON THE PERSONAL SIDE
Congratulations to the Jacob
WeiSses on the occasion of their
golden wedding anniversary.
We are glad to hear that Joan
Hellmann is recovering from the
recent appendectomy she under
went in Atlanta. She is now
convalescing under the care of her
parents, the ]. J. Hellmans, who
are summering at Jax Beach.
Sorry to hear that Rose mrs.
Isadore) Gartner is ill. The
resulting resignation from her
newly elected position as presi-