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The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
HARLEM CASINO IN PITTS
BUKGH ABLAZE-PUH-LE LENTH
HOT, WITH RHYTHM
BY George Fuller

PITTSBURGH, Penna.-(C)-It's
hot! Puh-lenty hot!! The Harlem
Casino here offers grand revue
with a number of well-known sing
ers, dancers and, yes mot forget
ting its star Detroit Red, cutter
upper. The show rates along with
any of the other top productions In
SmoketoWn.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
By HAROLD JOvIEN for AMP

The following listing is in effect
for the week of March 8 only! All
time indicated is Eastern Standard.
Subtract l hour for Central time;
hours for Mountain time; and 3
hours for West Coast time. AS is
the unavoidable case in radio
scheduling, all programs are SUB
ject to last minute changes ana
cancellations.
HOT INSTRUMENTAL
AND VOCAL
Louis Armstrong, Sunday, Mon
day l2 midnite. Cotton Club, New
York City.
Basin Street Chamber Music So
Blue, Sunday 4:30 pm.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

Traip) that Al Moses used to
Wrlte!" and Romeo Dougherty
used to really literally spank Frank
Schlffman anG the Lafayette The
atre in his pillar, my Observa-
tlons" week in and week out" Yes.
those were the good old days! But.
now when you pick up a newspa-
per and read where one colr,nnist
has made his rounds and passed
up mentioning Jacks Place; Dick
Wheaton's; the Monte Carlo
Small'S Paradise, and the Elks
Rendezvous, you say to yourself
What-the-helll
Recently we scanned a copy of
one of Harlem's newest publica~
tions and it daWned upon us, it's
no wonder editors refuse to pay
salaries. Some OF the stuff that
most of the boys print isn't and
cannot be rated with primary
reader. TO be neWspaperman
and a good one is to be a clear
thinker be accurate and fair. And,
most important to write only what
he holds in his heart to be true.
What / have said means only
that I'm thoroughly disguated (and
L think a number Of other writer's
are) at being linked with men who
know nothing of the Journalists
creed and the Canons Of Journal
ism. Newspaper work is a pro-
teSslon. 1t should remain as such
always.
FISTIC FANFARE: Boxing fans
throughout the country are a bit
peeVed at the recent showing of Joe
Louis against Arturo Godoy. Make
no mistake about it, some Of the
boys seem to think that Louis is
slipping. Then, too, there are some
who believe that the champ actu-
ally carried" the Chilean as a
build-up for return bout that
would net million smackers q. . Of
course, after every fight-win, lose
or draw, there is talk of what might
have been. The writer does not
agree with the fans nor does he
side with the many boxing experts
who term the Brown Bomber a
SLOW thinker. While it is true and
possibly (Who knoWsO Braddock,
Schmeling, Sharkey, Tunney,
Dempsey or any number of champ
ions and near-champions, and a
few second and third raters could
have gotten to Godoy and floored
him inside of fifteen rounds.
Now, if Luis is slow thinker, l in
sist, put my money on Louis every
time. Let me remind all of you of
what happened to Bob Pastor and
Max Schmeling when they met
Dynamite Joe in the return go. Or
have you all out there forgotten
too soon??
POEMS WERE MADE FOR
FOOLS LIKE ME
Just as the papers had it We had
| cY1ouT Won I1narO
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

hoi polloi can understand it. The
first presentation was a group of
dances done to primitive rhytlmS
Rara- Tonga, Tempo Son, Tempo
Bolero and the cuban and Mexican
rumba. The second group of dane
eS was done to native Inca and
Peruvian airs go. Then Island
songs, of the West Indian variety,
The tropics, shore excursion
was our favorite. lie Jazz Hot, with
variations of the boogie woogie
theme, the Savoy jitterbugs, and
5he barrelhouse ca Florida swamp
Shimmy) drew the loudeSt applause
as much for the costumes as for
the eccentric movements of the
dance. :. The last group, "Br'e1
Rabbit in the Cabbage Patch, bas-
ed on the Uncle Remus story Of the
bandit rabbit. was a bit drawn out
suffering from lack of intermission
The Childrens Corps de Ballet
was featured in this number and
drew murmurS of delight for its
antics at the crossroads of the
cabbage patch. . &. The costumes anQ
the sets were exceptionally well
done. - Incidentally, the house
was packed
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
BY SID THOMPSON

NEW YORK (ANP)-Caretak-
ers of Harlem rooming houses
have a hard lot. Paid an average
weekly wage of So, they don't get
it in cash. 1t is usually allowed ON
part of the rent they must pay
for dismal basement rooms They
sometime pay as high as 81 per
per week for these rooms.
They perforce must do all kinds
of chiselipg iii order to make ends
meet, for their jobs are SO con-
filming, particularly in the winter,
they cannot take outside jobs.
Their biggest income is from boot
Logging and transient trace. Tis
here that one finds the corr Whis-
key, home brew and home made
W ines Of the prohibition era, Here
tJo, thrives the ladies of the
evening and their competitors,
tine glamour girls"
1t may be interesting to know
that in l741, New York Negroes
were accused OF plotting to over
throw the government. When city.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
POEMS WERE MADE FOR
FOOLS LIKE ME

Just as the papers had it We had
snow, you hear?
And when it rained I got all soake
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-02
ARE AMERICAN JEWS FALLING
INTO THE NAZI TRAP!
BY RICHARD C. ROTHSCHILD
BY RICHARD C. ROTHSCHILD

EDITORS NOTE: This is
the first of two articles by
Richard G. Rothschild, chair
man of the Survey Committee
of the American Jewish Com
mittee. AS important as they
are interesting, the articles
will be the subject of discus
sion by all sections of Ameri-
can Jewry. They are reprint
ed through the courtesy of The
Contemporary Jewish Record,
organ of the American Jewish
Committee.
Anti-Semitish arOuses deep e.
motions. The outraged feelings of
those who have to combat it fire.
uuentIy lead them to adopt meth
DDS that work more harm than
good. The desire merely to "dO
something" often results in I'M
sound strategy. The purpose of
this discussion is to attempt to
formulate a program based upon
reason instead of impetuOsity.
Let us recognize at the start
that there are three dimensions
of anti-Semitism.
In the first place, there is the
social anti Semitism Whic h
springs simply from feeling that
the Jews are somehow different
in religion, in customs, etc. Here
is the sort of anti-Semitism which
we in this country used to think
of in connection with summer no
tells and clubs. This "prejudice'
has a twO-thOusand-year history,
and is tied up with all sorts OF
religious, historical, psychological
cultural and social factors.
The second dimension Of anti
Semitism is what may be called
the economic dimension For it is
evident that waves of violent anti
Semitism have always come in
periods of widespread economic
distress or historical transition
the prosecutions at the time OF
the Black Death of the fourteenth
century, the Spanish Inquisition
and the nineteenth and twentieth
century pogroms in Russia. The
Ku Klux Khan of the early 1920s
disappeared with the prosperity of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-02

us into every trap he sets, and
actually further his own vicious
detectives.
The utilization of the Jewish
issue in the Hitler technique of
undermining the demOcracies has
not of course been SO obscure. 1t
has been based on Hitler's as
sumption than many nOn-Jews
are to some extent anti-Semitic.
And it is undoubtedly true that
the prejudice, of which we have
spoken, means a widespread lack
of understanding of the Jews and
hence a latent sense of estrange-
ment-the heritage of factors and
influences dating, in many cases,
from earliest childhood. IT. e
Nazis count on this as fertile soil
for their Subversive propaganda.
If now this latent anti-Semitism
can be famed into flame by false
accusations which tie up the Jew
with all sorts of unpopular causes
and evils in the modern world
communism, international bank
ing" war-mongering, etc. a
large group is created which is
not merely passively anti-Semitic,
but actively so. If such a group
is organized comprising rich and
poor, Catholic and Protestant,
workers and employers), it is in
the beginning characterized by no
other common denomination than
anti-Semitism of it's members.
This anti-SemitiSm, however,
constitutes common interest
which not only binds the anti
Semites together as a coherent
group but also binds this group
as whole to their leaders. Once
having created this false bond of
; sympathy, the enemies of demOc-
racy can proceed to the real OBJ
jectives of their program, mar
shalling the group into all sorts
of anti-demOcratic activities aim
ed at undermining and eventually
supplanting our traditional Amer
icaniSm.
To put the matter simply, the
technique of the anti-Semites is
based on their premise that anti
Semitism can be made the initial
focal point around which to build
following-a following which
can be used to serve their destruc-
tive purposes. If the public can
be continually made aware of
some mythical Jewish menace, F."
If, moreover, the Jews themselves
can be Unanswered into a defen.
sive position, frantically trying tc
answer questions dishonesty hurl.
ed at them, the public's attention
will be distracted and the Dur.
poses of the Nazi-inspired grouns
will be furthered. Here is the
basic dilemma from which the
Jews must extricate themselves.
CLARIFYING THE ISSUE
The general who chooses the
field of battle has already won
the fight; and the same holds true
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-02

with social and political issues.
With a full realization of this, the
Nazis and their allies have, in
their world attack, chosen the is
sue of anti-Semitism, the issue Of
"civiIizatiOn against the jews"
an issue which, if one accepts it,
classes the Jews with the enemies
of mankind, and on the other hand
makes it appear that the anti
Senites are the defenders of all
the cherished things of life.
This issue every intelligent man
knows to be a false issue. What
must be done is to eliminate it.,
lock, stock and barrel, from the
public mind. The battle ground
itself must be skirted. The basic
situation must be clarified. The
anti-Semites themselves must be
put on the defensive. They must
be the ones in the criminals dock.
In place Of the spurious issue of
"the Jew versus civilization, the
true issue must be stressed, that
is, the issue of civilization versus
nihilism."
Continued Next Week }
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| the late CWenCleS. Anu 50 IL SO00'
Despondent men, out of work and
psychologically frustrated, fall
easy victims to rabble-rousers
shouting that the troubles of the
world are due to some group OF
"conspirators" preying on the
body polite. WITHDRAWING, anti
Catholic and anti-alien move
ments, and the forged Protocols
of the Elders of Zion alike repre-
sent this scapegoat psychology
which always appears in periods
OF economic pressure.
A WORLD PROBLEM
This economic dimension OF
anti-Semitism is of course related
to anti-Semitism of the first di-
mensiOn, since it is the perennial
misunderstanding which the eco
nOmic depression raises to fever
heat. Jews themselves, however.
can do very little about prevent
ing nti-Semitism of this second
dimension. For an effective cor
receive here would mean solving
the worlds basic economic prob
lems,- including. unemployment
and the periodic peaks and valleys
of the business cycle. Individual
Jews may join with others in
making contributions along these
lines, but by and large it is a
world problem, not a peculiarly
Jewish problem.
The present wave of anti
Semitism, however, is of a new
and unprecedented character. This
third dimension of anti-Semitism
arises from the flood of propa-
ganda, direct and indirect, coming
out of Hitler Germany. Economic
conditions, world wars, and a
thousand and one things never be-
fore associated with the Jews, are
today interpreted by the Nazis as
having this or that Jewish
angle"
Day after day the Hitlerites
and their anti-Semitic allies are
pouring this poison into the blood
stream of the demOcracieS. In
short, anti-Semitism has been
given a new dimension, political
dimension. in. that it has been
made the emotional spearhead of
a worldwide revolutionary pro-
gram.
THE NAZI PLAN
We are concerned primarily and
Immediately, therefore, with this
third dimension of anti-Semitism,
that is, with the strategy whereby
Hitler and his imitators are pro-
noting their own interests on a
worldwide scale. We must an
alyze carefully this anti-Semitic
strategy, in order to make sure
that our methods of combating
the evil are not such as to play
into the hands of the enemy, lead
Evening star., 1940-02-10
James 5. Ruby, Retired
Veteran, Dies al IA

James S. Ruby, IA, retired Spanish
War veteran and former superin-
tendent of the United States Sol
diers' Home Cemetery, died yester-
day at his home, 5617 Colorado av-
enue NV.
Before Christmas he underwent
an operation at Walter Reed Hos
pital and apparently had recovered,
but suffered a relapse this week.
Mr.. Ruby was born in Savannah,
Ca, and entered the Army when
he was about II years old. During
about 30 years of active service, he
engaged in Indian campaigns as a
youth in Arizona and campaigned
in Puerto Rico during the Spanish
American War.
He was retired from the Army
with rank of sergeant in the Ord
nance Corps in 1918. In 1921 he was
made superintendent of the ceme-
terry at the Soldiers Home, a posi-
ton he held until 1894. Mr.. Ruby
belonged to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the United Spanish War
Veterans.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Ellen Kenny Ruby; daughter, Mrs.
John B. D'Alboro of Brooklyn, N. Y,
and son, DR.. James s. Ruby, jr.,
professor of English at George
town University and general secre-
tary of the untversity'S alumni as
sociation.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at the Nativity Catholic Church
Monday at 8 am, followed by burial
with military honors in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Garner Bockers Pledge
Aggressive Campaign

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 10 R.-
Contests for national convention
delegates in both Republican and
Democratic ranks were in prospect
today as q result of eleventh-hour
filings for the Illinois presidential
primary April 8.
Petitions for Vice President Gar
ner were filed yesterday. Supporters
of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia
filed his name with the secretary Of
State last night few hours before
the deadline. The election Is not
binding on convention delegates.
Mr.. Gamers petitions were filed
by Julius F. Smietanka, Chicago
collector of internal revenue during
the Wilson administration. He prom
ised an aggressive campaign" on
behalf of the Vice President.
With Mr.. Smietanka was Emil
Hurja of Washington, magazine edi-
tor and former election specialist for
the Democratic National Committee.
Mr.. Hurja said he had finished a
survey that showed the trend was
away from Roosevelt" with Mr..
Garners chances excellent"
Gov. Henry Horner last night
abandoned his announced plans to
seek third term. Democratic lead
ers selected State Chairman Harry
Hershey of Taylorville to run for
Governor on q harmony" ticket.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Card party and dance, La Fayette
Chaper, o. E. S., Willard Hotel,
8 pm.
Banquet, Washington School Of
Law, Mayflower Hotel, 7 pm. /.
Dinner, Association Of Bank Wom-
en-, Mayflower Hotel, 7 pm.
Dance, Washington Cosmetologist
Association, Hotel Twenty-four
Hundred, 10 pm.
Dinner, Phi Lambda Epsilon Fra.
ternity, Wardman Park Hotel, 7 pm.
Dance, Acacia Chapter, o. E. S.,
Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner dance, Continental Life In
surance Co., Carlton Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, Washington Chapter, Lin
coin Memorial University Alumni
Association, Ambassador Hotel, 7:30
pm.
Dinner, Alpha Omega Alumni
Club, Ambassador Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Convention, American Jewish
Congress, Willard Hotel, all day.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, Bartenders' Union, "Old"
Local Is, Annapolis Hotel, 2 pm.
Tea, Lambda Chi Sorority, RA.
leigh Hotel, 4 pm.
Dinner, Beta Chi Sorority, Ra-
leigh Hotel, Z pm.
Meeting, Christian Spiritualists.
Raleigh Hotel, 8 pm.
!. Dinner, Progress Club, Hotel
Twenty four Hundred, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Two Men Plead Guilty
To South Bend Sabotage

~ kQe ANSOClkCeQ EESoS.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 10.-Two
men pleaded guilty yesterday to State
charges growing out of sabotage OF
property of the Indiana & Michi-
gan Electric Co. and third man
was formally charged. Federal war
rants against them and a fourth
man also were issued.
Parrish E. Freeman, 80, Joliet,
ILL.,, pleaded guilty to a charge of
carrying dynamite for unlawful use
and Frank S. Lung, Is, South Bend,
pleaded guilty to charge Of un-
lawful use of dynamite. Circuit
Judge Dan Pyle granted their re-
quest for an investigation Of their
cases by q probation officer. Bond
was set for $4,000 each.
John A. Marks, 36, Michigan City
Ind, was charged in two counties
with conspiracy to commit felony
in connection with the series OF
dynamitings which damaged the
company's power tower in Northern
Indiana and Southern Michigan.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
400 Delegates Open
Jewish Congress
Here Tonight
Practical Relief Program
For War Sufferers
Will Be Presented

At least 400 delegates from 73
cities were gathering in washington
today for the American Jewish Con-
gress called to hear reports on con-
ditions in Europe and to formulate
plans for the relief Of war victims.
The congress, which will open to-
night in the Willard Hotel, will hear
reports from DR.. Nahum Goldman,
chairman of the Administrative
Committee of the World Jewish
Congress, and DR.. Maurice L.
Perlzweig, chairman of the British
section of the same agency, who
have come to this country to pre-
sent practical program for the
relief Of war sufferers. Louis
Lipsky, vice president of the con-
gress, also will speak.
The visitors also will discuss
measures to be undertaken in behalf
of European Jewry in preparation
for peace. While the plight of
1000, 900 Jews in Europe will be of
first importance, it was said, the
congress also will consider good
neighbor relations in the United
States to curb anti-racial propa-
ganda and alleged discrimination
against Jews in employment.
Speakers at banquet tomorrow
night will discuss the probable
status of the Jew after the war.
They will include Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Senator Warren Barbour
of New Jersey, Vladimir Hurban,
Czecho-Slovak Minister to the
United States; DR.. Goldman and
DR.. Stephen S. Wise, president of
the congress, who will preside.
The symposium on good-neighbor
relations in the United States will
be held Monday at a luncheon to
be addressed by Bishop James E.
Freeman of Washington, Senator
James M. Mead of New York and
Rabbi Edward L. Israel OF Balti-
omre.
Lawrence Koenigsberger is chair
man Of the Washington council.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Non-Furm Foreclosures
Reach 13-Yeur Low

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board reported today that fore
closures Of mortgages on non-farm
property declined to . 13-year low
IN 1899.
Three of the IL Federal Home
Loan Bank districts tied for the
largest percentage decline with ~
per cent. These were Cincinnati,
which includes Kentucky, Tennessee
and Ohio; Topeka, which covers
Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and
Oklahoma, and Portland, which In
cludes the Pacific Northwest.
The board said residential con-
struction in cities of 10000 or more
population had an aggregate value
Of $1,044, TOT 800 last year, the high
est total since 1929 and a gain Of
about IS per cent over 1888.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
The Temptation Topic
OF Rev. H. <. SNYDER

At Atonement Lutheran Church
tomorrow at II am. the Rev. How
ard e. Snyder will preach on "The
Temptation" At the vesper service
the Rev. James T. Powers will speak
on Unanswered Prayer"
Lenten services are being con-
Quoted every Wednesday at 8 pm.
The study course meets on Mon
day nights in the parish hall. The
subject Of MY Christian Beliefs"
Is discussed, with opportunity for
questions. Monday night the sub
ject will be 'The Holy Spirit" and
The Sacraments of the Lutheran
Church"
The confirmation class meets
Wednesday at $3.50 pm. in the
parish hall. An adult class is being
formed and new members will be
received into the church on Palm
Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Maryland 10 Register
All Employed Youths
BY the ASsociated press

~ the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 10.-Every en-
ployed person in Maryland under 10
years of age will be registered and
the date Of birth certified to prevent
violations of State and Federal child
labor laws, John M. Pohlhaus, COM
missioner of labor and statistics, an
nounced yesterday.
The order will affect many thou
sands" of persons and involve a
terrific amount of work." Mr.. Pohl-
haus said, but he asserted it would
safeguard employers as well as en-
ployes against violations.
Baltimore youths will be regis
tered at the commissions Office. In
the counties youths will be regis
tered by county health officers.
Youths under 16 years of age found
working in interstate commerce will
be ordered dismissed. Maryland
laws allow the employment of youths
In non-interstate commerce at IA
years of age if a special permit is
obtained. Otherwise they must
be 16
Some jobs-such as pinboys in
bowling alleys-are not open to
youths under 16.
Mr.. Pohlhaus disclosed his Office
had conducted an investigation Of
bowling alleys in recent weeks and
learned that a large number of
youths employed had misrepresent-
ed their ages to the employers. AL
were dismissed.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Father-Son Banquet
Guests Hear MchuH

The importance of doing some
thing now for the children of Amer
lea to prepare them for the future"
was stressed by Federal Security Ad-
ministrator McNutt in his address
last night before 1870 persons at
the annual father and son banquet
of the Foundry Methodist Church,
Sixteenth and P streets NV.
The meeting was sponsored by the
Foxall Sunday School Glass, with
Boy Scout Troop No. Al also being
entertained.
There is the National Youth Ad-
miniStration and the Citizens Con-
servation Corps which are promoted
entirely to teaching and instructing
the youth of today for a useful place
in society tomorrow, Mr.. McNutt
said. These boys will get good work
habits and later take their places
in the world"
Karl L. Trever, president of Foxall
class, touched on a recent attack
on McNutt when he said he had
found Mr.. McNutt very friendly
10 lA0Or.
The Rev. Frederick Brown Harris,
pastor of the Foundry Church, in
troduced Mr.. McNutt. Raymond j.
Bellamy was POSTMASTER.
The program included Lincoln's
address at Gettysburg in recitation
by Raymond Bellamy, jr.; ITO the
Fathers" by Robert Trever, and
ITO the Sons" by Art Brown.
DR.. H. c. Byrd, president of Mary
land University, and w. H. Richard
son, Scout master of Al Troop, were
present.
The Rev. Eddy l.. Ford, director Of
religious education of Foundry
Church, gave the benediction at
the conclusion of the meeting.