St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-21

the jewish people are very snort
sighted,
Nelson said, The Negro should
be the last-as a matter of fact,
he should never be anti-Semitic.
And | must confess that | have
heard far too many Negroes say,
i hate Jews and the like. Negroes
can i'll afford to fall for the anti
Semitic propaganda that is on the
loose in our country today. There
are many reasons why | say that.
Negroes and Jews are the most
prosecuted people in this country.
So, there is bond Of suffering and
persecution between US.
Negroes Owe Much to Jews
Jewish philanthropy has help
ed Negroes in countless instances.
Many Negroes in and from the
South would have little or no edu-
cation if it had not been for the
Rosenwald foundation which has
spent hundreds of thousands of dol
lars for Negro education.
Chides Prejudiced Jews
Rev. Nelson Chided his predomi-
nantly Jewish audience when he
said 81 know Of some Jewish people
who are very prejudIccd against the
Negro. There are Jewish-owned
establishments that will not serve
or accommodate Negroes. There are
Jewish employers who will not EN-.
ploy Negroes.
The speaker praised Erwin Greek,
local Jewish merchant, for his lib
eral policy" in employing several
Negro women in his wOmen's ready
to wear shop. II am sure it will
not be too long before he goes all
the way and hires or upgrades
some Negro clerks" Mr.. Nelson
said.
The st, Paul pastor, speaking at
the regular Sabbath service in this
reformed Jewish synagogue, used
as a subject for his Brotherhood
week sermon, "God-the Father of
Us AL"
Nelson said, "As speak in this
week of Brotherhood service, | am
painfully aware, even as you are,
that many people do not realize
that out Of one blood God has Gre
ated all mankind. There are a lot
| Of people who act as though they
were created differently from the
rest of us, and do not have the
common Father God we have. We
see this in the many acts of dis
elimination and segregation and
other kinds of mistreatment heaped
on the Jewish and Negro people, as
well as other minOrities in Amer
lea.
at seems to me that if people
really understood and realized that
regardless of the COlors Of our skin
the shape Of our noses, the texture
Of our hair and other external diff.
ferences. that we are all children
Of the one Father-God, thus max
ing us in reality brothers, they
would act hrotherly."
The speaker called attention tC
some people in America who do
not believe in this concept Of God
being the Father Of us all. such
as Bilbo, Rankin, Eastland, all of
Mississippi, the Talmadges and
others Of Georgia.
Nelson avcrred. But | need not
go to Mississippi and Georgia to
find people who evidently think of
| themselves superior and not kin to
other peoples. am sorry to say
that there are in the state of Min
nesOta men who call themselves
| Christian ministers. who by their
so-called fundamentalist beliefs and
preaching, are constantly vilifying
our Jewish brothers"
MIR. Nelson then read some anti,
Semitic statements made in q
church in Minneapolis. The speaker
declared that Minneapolis, oul
largest city. has been called tn,
capital Of anti.Semitism of tn,
Nation"
Rev. Nelson said that Hitler will
his myth of "Aryan supremacy
and his obsession to rule the world
selected the Jewish people Of Ger
many to be the scapegoat of hi
Nazi philosophy and practice o
l race hatred. If Hitler had believe,
: and acted on the belief that her
! is one God, the Father Of us al
: and that all men are brothers, thel
7 he would not have treated the Jew
: as he did" the minister declared
. Pleads For Displaced Persons
In closing his sermon, Rev. Mel
: son suggested that the bars Of i'm
migration to this country shoul
: be raised, so as to permit some o
the displaced persons in Europ
into this country. why don't W
p here in America, the richest coun
, try in the world, make provision
l for the something like 100000 dis
l placed persons in Europe, by per
4 hitting them to occupy some o
, the millions Of acres Of land in on
I country" Mr.. Nelson asked. Il
would be one Of the smartest an
best things that We as the riches
nation in the world could do. Thi
: could be done for far less than tn
two billion dollars, | am informed
that have been used in manufacture
ing atomic bombs for destruction.
Doing a thing like that woul
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