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The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Schultz OF
Hibbing spent the weekend with rela-
tiVeS.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

VIM. Anderson and Eleanor Poshak,
accompanied Jack Poshak to Hibbing
last Thursday.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

Mrs. Peter Backstrom OF superior
visited her daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Hussey, and granddaughter, Gloria.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

Mr.. and Mrs. George Edwards and
daughter returned Monday from q
summers stay at Seattle.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

lily were weekend callers in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Curnow and son,
Clayton, spent the weekend in Vr-
ginia.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

1t. John Pechek OF Long Beach is
The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

Mr.. and Mrs. David Berglund spent
the weekend in Rice, MINI.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

was examined and indicted in the house Of
the high priest, Caaphas, According to Luke
Jesus was questioned on the morning follow
ing his arrest. Saint Luke does not mention
that the high priest accused Jesus Of bias
phemy
When Jesus was brought before PLATE he
was accused Of being a rebel against the state.
He was supposed to have melted the people
not TO pay tribute to Caesar and TO have set
Himself up their King.
II Jesus had been accused OF basphemy
says Dr. Zetlin. the Romans would not have
tried Him at all The Jewish Sanhedrin, or
high council, would have passed judgment in
such cases.
The only reason He was tried by the
Romans was because He was accused of
having violated a Roman law. AS matter
Of fact. the Romans didn't bother their heads
over religious matters at all
The major clue to the Roman reason for
trying Jesus lies in the first question PLATE
asked the Saviour. He asked Him whether
He was the King of the Jews"
To this Jesus replied:
Thou sayest."
He did not affirm or deny. For this
reason PLATE was not convinced that Jesus
was a political offender
According TO the Gospel of Saint John,
when Jesus was brought before PLATE, the
Roman leader turned to the priests and said:
Take We him, and judge him according
to your law
PLATE must then have believed that the
charge against Jesus was of religious char
acter.
But the Jews answered that Jesus was a
political offender and they refused TO try
Him as such.
Maybe the high priest thought PLATE was
playing politics with him-that if the Jews
g ~,
they had no legal right 10 do. PLATE would
crack down on the whole nation.
PLATE may have had some such scheme
up his sleeve, because both Phlo and Josephus
early historians, state that PLATE was treach-
erous and tricky.
When plate offered 20 release Jesus, the
high priest had every reason 10 suspect a
trap. lie didn't want to be charged later with
sharing in a conspiracy against the State.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

EE~HE Jews for eighteen centuries, have
been reproached for the cucihNion Of
Jesus To this day they are still called
occasionally Christ Killers A grave charge,
fraught with sorrow, suffering and misunder-
standing!
With these words. Professor Solomon Zeit-
lin Of Dropse College Philadelphia, and
, Yeshva College New Yorkrop discussion
Iof the puzzling problem of who is TO be
blamed for the crucifxon in his book WHO
Crucified Jesus ?" published recently by Iar-
per and Brothers, New York.
Is the blame TO be placed on one nation or
race? Or. Zeitln asks. Is one man 10 be
accused?
Or. Zeitlin sought his answer TO those
questions in a decentralization 'yf the Gospels
and early Church writings and he found that
neither the modern Jew nor his ancestors
was responsible in any way whatsoever for
the death Of Jesus"
Jesus was the victim Of a cruel pagan
imperialism which is much alive today as
it was in the days Of arfeaent Rome, he
believes.
The story Of the trial and crucifxon are
we'll known TO students of the Scriptures.
Jesus was identified by the kiss OF Judas,
arrested and was brought before the Jewish
Sanhedrin This council then turned Him
over to Pontus PLATE, the Roman Procurator,
or Governor who alone had the right to try
anyone for capital offense.
Jesus was condemned as political rebel,
because information had been received by
Pontius Plate that many considered Him the
King of the Jews" Therefore, He was exc
cuted in Roman fashion by crucfiXion. An
inscription was placed at the top of the Cross,
calling Him the King OF the Jews
Dr. Zeitlin explains, however, that the
Gospels do not agree. Even the first three,
known as the Synoptc Gospels, are fun of
disagreements.
The reason for this is because they were
not completed until late in the first century.
John the Fourth Gospel was not finished
until some time in the second century.
In the period which elapsed between the
crucifixion and the writing Of the Gospels,
NEW items were brought to light and inserted
= the manuscripts The writer's, in fact, were
waiting until they got all the facts together
before they considered their writings TO be
in final form.
Then, too there were two schools of
thought in those days one was led by Saint
Peter, the other by Saint Paul. The followers
Of each could not agree even on the manner of
the procedure in the trial of Jesus
According to Matthew and Mark Jesus
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Not the Jews. But fhe Romans Are to Be
Blamed. Says Prof. Solomon Zeitin. Noted
Bible Expert. for The Evidence Shows That
Jesus Was Convicted Of Political Crime

Dr. Zeitlin also calls attention to a state
ment by Luke that not all Of the Jews present
at the trial wanted Jesus executed, for he says
There followed a great company of people
and of women which also bewailed and
lamented him"
Saint John states that the Jews however,
could not agree with Plate They told him
that they-h a law and by their law Jesus
ought TO die because He claimed 10 be the
Son of Cod There is no reason for such a
claim either in the Bible or Talmud.
But Jesus was condemned by PLATE and
crucified on wholly political grounds
The penalty alone, says Or. Zeitlin, would
indicate that Jesus was crucifed for a politi-
cal crime
The fact that the Roman soldiers confis-
Gated His garments supports this theory In
the case OF crimes against religion, the Grim
inal's property belonged to his'heirs In the
case of crimes against the State the property
belonged to the State.
superficial reading of the Gospels gives
the impression that the Jews were responsible
for the crucifiXion. A close reading proves
the contrary, says Or. Zeitlin.
The high priest who actually delivered
Jesus TO the Roman authorities was compelled
to do so. If he had not he could have been
accused Of being an accessory to the rebels.
Most likely, Caiaphas. the high priest, was
NGulSllIEf SuEEtSlS Ii L4tllllil, Itduy 10 sen
out Judea TO the Romans for personal gain.
He calls attention TO the fact that in our own
times there are many similar cases-trators
who turn over their own people to the Nazis,
either for personal gain or because they are
compelled to inform the conquerors of at
tempts against them.
The Gospels do not accuse the Jews of the
death of Jesus. They say only that the Jews
rejected Jesus The Gospel of Saint John
does lay the blame for the crucifixion on the
Jews. but il must be remembered that this
Gospel was written many years later
At the time 1t was written the Temple
had been destroyed and the Jews were dis
persed and despised Also. in the second
century. the early Christians had become
separate from their Jewish forebears and
there were many Gcntiles among them
Jesus never called Himself anything but a
Jew and it was TO the Jews that He preached.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

After His crucfixion, His followers called
themselves Christians though this was not
until many years later.
II was because the Jews in Antioch perse-
cuted Paul for preaching in the Jewish Syna-
gogue that Jesus was the Messiah that Paul
then said TO his followers:
Let us call ourselves Christians"
The Book Of Acts, Chapter XI, Verse 20,
says: First were they called Christians in
Antioch"
When Paul found that the Romans called
both Christians and Jews Jews, he decided to
make the distinction between them very clear
and made sure that in the Gospels then being
written no such error could continue.
The Gospel of John which shows some
hostility against the Jews was written for
Gentle Christians, who predominated at the
time Il was composed and plainly was in
tended 90 show that although Jesus was born
a Jew. he was not accepted by his people, and
the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

The CrucifiXiOn Of the
Saviour Showing Jesus
on the Cross Between
the Two Robbers. the
Roman Soldiers Divid-
ing His Garments and
the Mourning Women
Watching. From a
Rare Copper Plate of
1928, After the Draw
ing by A. Picart.
DIR. Zeitlin Says the
Manner OF Jesus Exc
culiOu anu the act
the Roman Soldiers
Divided His Garments
Point TO a Political
Charge. The Jews
Never Cruclfied Grim
inals, and Besides, the
Property They Left
Was Turned Over to
Their Heirs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

DR.. Zeitlin also quotes from the First
Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter II, Verses
to 8, in which Paul speaks of the crucifixion
Of Jesus by 1.-THE princes Of the world" mean
ing the Roman rulers
The most that Peter and Paul accused the
Jews of doing was that their leaders, the pup.
pet authorities or "gauleiters' of Judea, de-
livered Jesus TO the court of PLATE.
Going beyond the Gospels, Dr. Zeitlin finds
further proof that the guilt was the Romans
and not the Jews.
Early church fathers, the successors of
the Apostles, attacked the Jews frequently,
but never accused them of having executed
Jesus.
AS Or. Zeitlin concludes:
"The Jewish people did not cruelty Jesus.
This charge was conceived in a later period and
introduced into the records of the past Hence.
this accusation against the jews. 50 fraught
with misery suffering and death, is a tragic
libel evily wrought upon an innocent people"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

which took place forty years
after the death Of Jesus, was
a punishment for this rejec-
ton. ---
It is the stressing of this
idea which has been re-
sponsible for much Of the
persecution Of the Jews since
that time, and in view of the
facts cited by DR. Zeitlin, it
is hoped and expected that
this REORGANIZATION Of the
background of the Gospels
will help to establish a basis
for a better understanding
between the Jews and Chris
tians of today. -
After nineteen hundred
years the personal antago-
nisms and misunderstanding
which arose during those
troublous times, says DR..
Zeitlin, may now be set aside
in the light of the truth
which emanates from the re-
examination Of the docu-
ments and the actual occur
rences of the period.
DR.. Zeitlin says:
Neither Peter nor Paul
accused the Jews of cruelty
ing Jesus. They accused the
Jews only of delivering Jesus
TO PLATE. Peter said TO the
Jews, according TO A is,
Chapter III, Verse 13:
Whom ye delivered up
to the court and denied him
in the presence of Plate
when he decided to release
him."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

1913 by American Weekly Inc Great Britain Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1943-06-27
BY Gretchen Smith.

Americans have become history
conscious since the country went to
war and are showing increasing In
terest In the lives Of men and wom-
en- who helped make the Nation
great. according to Miss Alice Lerch,
chief photographer Of the rare book
collection at the Library of Con-
greSS.
In the peace and quiet of her Of
fee, surrounded by books, the war
seemed far removed-a terrible
page from the histories of other
days. and yet war has come very
close to the Library, Miss Lerch de-
clared.
Many of our rarest books have
been stored for the duration to as
sure safety in case Of bombing" she
explained. But there are still many
rare books available and numbers
of people are coming to the library
these days for research purposes. So
many men doing important war
work here find relaxation in books. /"
she continued. II find the war has
made America very conscious of its
own history. American history has
been sighted In our schools and I
don't think it has been taught In
a very interesting way. The need
for an extended knowledge Of Amer
ican history Is felt now" she added.
Interest in Jefferson.
Miss Lerch, who has handled
thousands of rare books, including
the Gutenberg Bible, said that par
ticular interest had been revived re-
Gently in the life Of Thomas Jeffer-
son.
Many questions come up about
Jefferson and the Constitution" she
explained, land there is strong in
terest in everything he wrote and
said"
The librarian pointed out that
the war affords excellent opportu-
nifty for people to commence libraries
which would prove valuable in years
to come.
I'm the last war MIR. Herbert
Hoover started a collection of war
publications which are now ex-
tremely valuable" she commented.
Anything connected with this war,
such as leaflets and newspapers, will
be valuable in later years. These
are among things that make IL
brarians particularly war conscious, -
she added.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Library Aide Finds War
Stirs Interest in History

A native of Washington, Miss
Lerch received her first training as
young girl in the Library Of Con-
gress. where she spent many weeks
In volunteer work before being as
signed to the map division as a
member Of the Library stafT. Later
she moved to New York, where she
spent several years In the rare book
collection of the New York Public
Library at Forty-second street and
Fifth avenue, before returning to
the Library Of Congress.
Finds Work Thrilling.
Miss Lerch thoroughly enjoys her
work, which she says increases In
interest every day.
"It Is not only interesting but
thrilling" she explained. There is
the same excitement to work in the
rare book section as there is in
detective work. One must dig and
do intensive research to obtain facts
on many of the books which come
to us. Some come without the
authors name or without the date
Of publication and it requires reg
ular detective work to learn these
facts"
There is only one drawback to
library work, Miss Lerch reflected.
Contrary to the general belief that
librarians must read q lot, she COM
plains there Is not enough time for
that enjoyment.
I read the newspapers regularly"
she said" but there is never enough
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Women's City Club
To See Movies of
Trip to Canyons

Colored moving pictures will be
shown by Miss Hazelle johnson,
secretary of the Woodbridge Garden
Club, at the weekly get-together OF
the Women's City Club at 8 pm.
Tuesday. Miss johnson will show
scenes of a trip to Bryce Canyon
National Park in Southern Utah
and the Grand Canyon.
She also will offer selected pic
lures of the rose garden at Her.
shey. Pa, and the one at Harris
burg, Pa, planted by school chill
dren in honor of DR.. J. Horace Mac
Farland, president Of the Rose So
ciety. Gardens in Maryland and
California win also be pictured.
Miss Thelma Schmitt, a member
of the club who Is In charge of the
program, will recite stories while
the reels are being changed. Miss
Schmitt is vice president and the
former secretary Of the Washington
Story League Of the Eastern Dis
trict.
Evening star., 1943-06-27

Bride Hallesey Of the WRENS poses ,oith
some OF the toys iDfich fH the nooks and cram
nies In the bores OF clothing sent to England by
the British War Relief Society Work on these
toys has been Increased greatly since doctors
and nurses sent uord they proved Invaluable In
the rehabilitation of bonb-shocked children
group ,Dhtch meets at the All States Hotel is
among several participating In making the tons
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Business Club
To Hold Dinner

"The Battle for the Peace" will be
the subject of an address by Miss
Margaret A. Hickey, chairman of the
women's Advisory Committee of the
War Manpower Commission, at a
dinner meeting of the Business
and Professional Women's Club of
Washington at tbs pm. tomorrow
at the Washington Club. Miss
Hickey is first vice president of the
National Federation of Business and
Professional Women's Clubs.
A meeting of the Potomac Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Club
of Arlington, Va, will be held at 8
pm. tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
Thomas T. Aiken, 1901 Dewitt ave-
nue., Alexandria. Va.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Club Seeking
To Raise Funds
For Scholarship
BraSilian Student
Would Be Brought
Here After Var

A dance will be sponsored by the
Brazilian Committee of the M.
Eleanor Breckenridge Club Thurs
day evening at the Hotel Annapolis
to promote friendship and to raise
funds for postwar scholarship for a
Brazilian student.
Conforming to the original pur-
pose of the National Club, based on
the teachings of Miss M. Eleanor
Breckenridge of Texas for whom it
was named, the Washington group
has organized committees to
stimulate friendship between people
of different nations living here and
the people of this country. A Chin
ese Committee, a Dominican Re-
public Committee and a Panaman-
ian Committee have been organized
in addition to the Brazilian Com
mittee. Dances and other entertain
ment are planned for the future
when nationals of those countries
will be guests of honor Of the club.
The Brazilian colony in Washing
ton has lent support to the project
of scholarship for one of It's ma
tionals to come to Washington fol-
lowing the war.
Those who have accepted invita-
tions for the dance Thursday in
'clude the Minister Counselor and
Nine. Fernando Lobo; Col. and
Nine. Armando de Souza Mello
Ararigboia, 1t. Col. and Mime. Stein
10 Caio de Albuquerque Lima, 1t.
Comdr. and Nine. Paulo Antonio
Telles Bardy, M. and Nine. A. C. de
Alencastro-G Guimaraes, M. and Nine.
Landulpho Antonio Borges da Fon-
SEGA, Paulo Froes da Cruz, M. and
Nine. Aluysio Guedes Regis Bitten
court, M. and Mime. Roberto de Oil
veira Campos, Gen. and Nine. Lei
tao de Carvalho, Capt. and Nine.
Mauricio Lessa and Maj. and Mime.
j. r. Monteiro.
Evening star., 1943-06-27

the farmyard to the firing line-to
make them realize that, little
things" may mean the difference
between life and death when vital
stockpiles are limited.
Salvage" Mrs. Greco points out,
SIS salvation for some mothers son
maybe your own"
When women understand that,
they respond magnificently, she
says.
Giycerin Need Tremendous"
Immediate stimulation of the
waste fat and tin salvage programs
is necessary just now, Mrs. Greco
said. Our glycerin need is tre-
mendous and we're cutting into our
stockpile at an alarming rate" she
pointed out. "It's good to remem-
ber that a pound of fat will pro-
duce enough glycerin for the nitro
glycerin necessary to fire 10
rounds Of ammunition from a So
caliber machine gun. Each table
spoon of fat means ammunition for
five bullets"
Asked If meat rationing had af-
fected the waste fat salvage pro-
gram, Mrs. Greco described the pic
ture as "spotty." Statistics on how
various States met their quotas on
collections in March and April show
a decline in many States, but an
improvement in others after meat
rationing went into effect.
District of Columbia fat collec-
tions dropped from 49.7 per cent in
March to 42.8 per cent in April.
But South Carolina, for instance,
jumped from 20.9 per cent to 50.4
per cent; New Hampshire, from 25.9
per cent to 45.7 per cent; Arkansas,
from 50.4 per cent to 70.1 per cent.
Florida continued to lead in April
by turning in 1887 per cent of its
quota.
The statistics lead Mrs. Greco to
believe that salvage collections de-
pend more than anything else on
the extent to which women realize
the need.
How to Save Fat.
The Government doesn't ask that
collections come from fat that can
be used for cooking purposes, she
pointed out. She emphasized, how
ever. that fats from the frying pan
by no means offer the only salvage
Evening star., 1943-06-27

time for the books 7 should like to
read"
Miss Lerch highly recommends
collecting rare books as a hobby.
Book collectors are among the
incest people I know" she COM
mented. They are always inter-
esting. Some think that book col
lecting is only a rich mans game,
but that Is not true. Many people
have started on 'shoestring' and
some Of the greatest collections had
very small beginnings"
Miss Lerch has given considerable
time recently to assisting. in pre-
pairing the Thomas Jefferson exhibit
now being displayed at the Library
of Congress in commemoration of
the 200th birthday anniversary of
the author of the Declaration of
Independence.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Elmer Davis to Talk
Before Press Women

Elmer Davis, director Of the Once
Of War Information, win be the
principal speaker at the installation
dinner of the Women's National
Press Club at 1880 pm. Tuesday at
the Statler Hotel. Mrs. Roosevelt,
6. member Of the club, will give q
five-minute talk on what she thinks
Of her own press conference.
Elisabeth May Craig heads the Of
flcers to be installed. She will sue
ceed Christine Sadler as president.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
HELPS Convert Kitchen Fat Into Bnllefs
Women 5 Saluage Chief
Directs National D1iue
By Frances Lide,
women's Club Editor.

Betty Barton Greco thinks Of
every housekeeper in the Nation as
q quartermaster In charge Of vital
raw materials and under orders to
supply them to the armed forces.
AS chief of the women's unit of
the general salvage branch Of the
WPB's salvage division, her job Is
to see that women recognize the I'M
portance of salvaging every spoon
full of fat, every old pair Of silk or
nylon hose, every tin can.
From Maine to California she has
travelled throughout the country to
organize women behind the cam
paign to pass the ammunition'
from the kitchen, attic or perhaps
Evening star., 1943-06-27

versity Of Maryland was guest speak
er, The installation was conducted
by Miss Mickey Sindall, secretary of
the American Council of Venture
Clubs.
Members Of the Venture Club are
sponsored by members of the Sorop-
timist Club.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Security to Be Topic

Social Security's Contribution
Toward Achieving Freedom From
Want" will be the subject of a talk
by Mrs. Ellen 8. Woodward at the
luncheon meeting Of the Woman's
National Democratic Club at 1890
pm. tomorrow. The speaker Is a
member of the Social Security
Board.
Evening star., 1943-06-27

Elinor Powers, recording secretary;
Miss Hazel Schuyler. corresponding
secretary; Miss Hazel zott, treasurer,
and Mrs. Carol Kirkwood, Mrs
Dorothy Herring and Miss Isabel
Macdonald, members of the Board
of Directors.
DR.. w. M. Gewehr of the Uni
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Illini Picnic Planned

The annual picnic of the Wash
ington Illini Club will be held from
5 to 8 pm. Tuesday In Rock Greek
Park at Pierce Mill. All Illini and
friends are invited to bring a picnic
lunch. Miss nellie Ingels is chair
man.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Venture Club Officers
Installed at BANQUET

Miss Verne Stines was installed as
president of the Venture Club of
Washington at its annual banquet
last week at the Lee Sheraton
Hotel. Others indicted were Miss
Bette Lee. vice president: Miss
Evening star., 1943-06-27

Through its Tiny Tots Bazaar the Shop Committee society
raises funds to buy materials clothing toys it
sends England Grouped seing
bers OF the might shift garments
do other Dork at hand With them Mrs. OF
the Shop Committee wo has NTH the society ncep
tton Left to right Miss Mary Mots
1se WIS Looe ana MIS- Laurence BtTney Star staff