The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-03-20
BETWEEN THE
BOOK ENDS
by
William |. BOxerman
of Miami, Fla.
LET'S TALK 1T OVER

LEI . IALh IL OVER (W1llett,
Clark and Co., Chicago, $1.OO) is
guide to the teaching of Ameri-
can values through seminar ses-
sions It's author, Leonard P.
Aires, based it on his work with
high school students under the
sponsorship Of the Chicago Round
Table of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews During
those two and half years, he
conducted more than a hundred
sessions, comprising some 20 odd
series of seminars in as many
high schools.
The book is therefore primarily
educational but its subject matter
is of such vital interest to every
American interested in current
events that it is a "must" on the
reading list of the general public.
Actually, the book can serve
as a guide to reading as well as
a guide to discussion in the field
of better human relations.
Aires deals with five questions:
What is an American %, "Propa-
ganda and It's Analysis, "Preju-
dice and UNDERSTANDING, "Refu-
gees, and what Can We Do in
a World of Crisis 2"
Perhaps the most vital of the
five subjects of his book is the
one on propaganda analysis
Practically all of his material is
condensation Of matter from the
Institute of Propaganda Analysis
:. Aires points out how smart
propagandists fool their victims
by name-calling, symbols, phoney
testimonials, by claiming to be
just one of the plain folks, by lies,
undergraduates, overemphasis, dis
tortion.
Perhaps the most enlightening
of his chapters is that on refugees
which points out that contrary
to general opinion, the United
States hasn't been flooded with
refugees during the last few years
and refugees have not displaced
American labor.
THE GOOD INHERITANCE
We. who think ourselves mod
ern innovators, would be surprised
to learn that some 80 or 40 life
times ago, Athens too was de-
mocracy with a history strikingly
parallel to our own.
Norman Cousins, editor of the
Saturday Review of Literature,
points out the parallel in the
course of some 300 eye-opening
pages of 1.-THE Good Inheritance,
The Democratic Chance" (pub-
lished by Coward Mccain, New
York, $1,000.
When he wrote "a Treasury of
Democracy" Cousins split his
work into two parts ;. The first
dealt with the past, the second
with the present In it he pre-
scented a storehouSe of ideas from
the writings and sayings of lead
ers in the crusade for freedom.
So, in his latest work on democ-
racy, Cousins also splits his book
in two The first part of "The
Good Inheritance" details the first
war fought to save the world for
democracy-by Athens He
details it, drawing parallels to the
1912 scene, Athens fell, setting
civilization back centuries
He feels we today may profit
from the lessons of Athens.
Cousins book is an inspired one,
befitting a man Of letters who
deals with thoughts rather than
facts :. It, is book that comes
as a philosophical zephyr into a
world filled. with journalistic dis
cussions of the current scene
'The Good Inheritance" presents
the dream of a brotherhood OF
man. a United States of the World
growing like phoenix out of the
smoking ashes of the present hol-
ocaust.
The world today is much like
the Greek states of the pre-
Christian era and the United
I.;nnr the DAVIS of the