The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-08-31
"A Warning to Advertisers:
Be On Guard Against Rackets!

The S5member newspapers of the American Association
OF Englsh-Jewish Newspapers Including THE SOUTHERN
JEWISH WEEKLY issue solemn warning against the rise
racketeerng group which, under the guidance of notorious
unethcal solicitors, is attempting to mislead merchants
throughout the land with falsed appeals for advertising
In the past years. Association in cooperation with
the National Community Relations Advisory Council found
necessary to warn against the acts of four nationally
lated magazines which, the behes several dcredted adj
vertising solicitors made it policy clip advertisements
from newspapers throughout the land and
pass them off own in requests for advertising Such
requests accompanied by bills giving the impression
that the ads had been authorized for these
newspapers on previous occasions
Fortunately the negotiations which the Engish-Jewish
publishers carried with the offenders through the medium
OF the National Community Relations Advisory Council
suited in dminution of the offending practices While there
still are evidences OF some continuing oenses NCRAC has
been helpful in reducing the unethcal abuses of ecency
Jewish life by responsible magazines
In the past week. however, another menace appears on
the horzonin the form of New York paper the Jewish
Mail, edited by former Yddsh writer NJ Nuremberger
While is doubtful whether this paper has than few
hundred readers even on home ground in New York. is
certain that has readers all throughout the country
that have four five recipients of the Detroit
Few more IN cities ike chicago Cleveland Baltimore Phila
dephla Los Angeles Newark, Hartford, Jacksonville New
Orleans Buffalo, Atlanta Houston, Boston, Pittsburgh Min
neapois, ST. Paul Columbus Miami, Memphis Kansas City,
Atlantic City, Cincinnati, Providence Omaha Jersey City,
Nashville Milwaukee and Denver
Nevertheless, this paper the signature of
berger has clipped advertisements Engshewsh
papers, has appended them to bills gives the impression that
ads previously authorized in the statement enclosed
please find copy of ad which appeared prevousya
though the paper itself is less than year old.
Even this paper the audacity in it's appeal for
advertising to ask for support the ground that com
batting all forms of toataranis Such tactics regular
y been condemned national Jewish organizations and have
been abandoned by former ofenderso to be renewed bv
this irresponsible New York sheet
Such unethcal tactics to undermine American
JewryS most important instrument for good-he English
Jewish They create misunderstanding among nonews
well Jews They do immeasurable harm to the good
of American Jewry.
The American Association of Engish-Jewsh Newspapers
advertisers to ignore such indecent appeals calls upon
sponsbe public opinion in this country put end to such
abuses of decency BY taking strong stand against
such racketeering American Jewry will nip in the bud
effort to inject dishonest approaches to the basic rights
advertising OF all local Engsh-Jewish newspapers.
By acting together-the Englsh-Jew press, the
NCRAC the national Jewish leaders, the readers of
and the advertisers the spread of this
cancerous racketeering practice.