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Don't Waste THIS!
In this modern age of mechanization and chem
ical wonders a use has been found for practically
everything. Nothing is wasted. Whenever anything
is wasted, through thoughtlessness oi design, a
great clatter is set up. And rightly so. We are
supposed to use intelligently what we have at our
disposal.
And so. peanut shells, corn husks, old paper, the
residues of countless manufacturing processses
are all put to some further exalted use than ac
cumulating into vast waste-piles. Housewives have
risen to heights of genius in transforming the odds
and ends which clutter up the house ii.to service
able items for the family. Everyone, today, is "Waste
conscious Or are they?
One of the most priceless commodities that the
Christian has at his disposal, even in these efficient
times, is wasted daily. And the number of the "wast
ers” is vaster than many people suspect.
We are speaking, of all things, ot pain! Pain,
even in the natural order, has some usefulness. It
is often the signal and the sign of some disorder
that can be set aright. It can be the indication that
a healing process is taking place. Its absence might
be taken as a danger sign.
This limited usefulness would make most of
us gladly forego any dealings with the commodity
in question But in this regard, we canno. always be
choosers. Pain will come to us all.
The theme of two little publications being dis
tributed by the Pontifical Society For the Propaga
ion of the Faith has to do with this subject of
"Wasted pain.” They say that “one cf the greatest
tragedies in the world is wasted pain. Pain, without
relation to the cross is like an unsigned check
without value.”
Pain, when suffered willingly, is something the
value of which will only be known in eternity.
Suffering for sufferings sake is evil and shows a
warped mind. Nobody is supposed to "like suf
fering. That’s just it. We do not like it and yet
we accept it, try to make the best of it because it
can be the measure of our love oi God and an indica
tion of our readiness to submit ourselves to His w ill.
The next time we have the occasion to experience
pain, these following words, taken from one of the
little pamphlets, may be of help: I here is a price
tjig on every soul in the world, (inc billion, one
hundred million souls in pagan lands do not know
the joys of faith in Our l-ord and His Blessed Moth
er. Some of these souls can he bought by prayers
others by missionaries nursing the sick, others by
sacrificial alms. But most of them can be bought
only in the way Our lx»rd bought us-- by suffering
“Big Tom The Red
American Negroes agree that racism is a pi oh
Jem in the U.S. which must he solved, nut not
through Communist teachings and tactics, declares
an article in the December issue of The Sign, na
tional Catholic magazine.
The article. "Big Tom, the Red,” written by
Manning Johnson. Negro and former Communist
Party leader, tells how Thomas Williams, a typical
Negro leader." quit 20 years of fanatical Red cru
sading when he found American Negroes are loyal
to America and are "getting things done John
son who worked with the FBI. investigating com
munism is now a consultant for the Investigation
Division nf the Department of Justice
"Big Tom joined the Communist Party thinking
that in this way he coijld advance himself ami his
race” Johnson says, detailing Williams’ life in Geor
gia and Harlem and his zeal through all phases nf
unpaid and paid Communist activities
"On his return to the States (from indoctrination
at Ixnin Institute, Moscow) Big Tom was full nt en
thusiasm tn bring about the revolution I his c-nthiri
asm did not last because he soon found out that
getting Negroes to accept Moscow s program was a
tough job The vast majority refused to buy. He
knew that Negroes are loyal to America even in the
face of injustice and that they want and seek in
tegration and equality in American society, not sop
aration into a Negro state arising from fires or re
bellion, bloodshed and revolution He had worked
in numerous Commie front groups. He had helped
them grow, only to see them wither and die nn the
vine.
‘The more he thought about it, the more the
picture began tn clarify The National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, the Urban
League th Interracial Councils, which he con
damned as tools of Wall Street wore getting things
done The leaders of these groups he called filth
from the gutter,' and ‘misleaders' The Negro press
he called ‘gutter journalism’ All because he was
told to do so by the Party bosses Why he asked
himself" Then it dawned on him that he was the
sucker He was the one that had been used to mis
lead his people He had been taught that he first
was a Communist and second a Negro and that Hie
Party decided what is hest for the Negro He
resolved to get out of the Party and expose it.
"Big Tom knows that one of the most dangerous
illusions white Americans can develop is the be
lief that since the Negro has rejected Communism,
business can go on as usual The temporary defeat
nf the Reds has not discouraged them They are
more determined than ever.
Cardinal .Stepinac,
Rebuke Ami Test For Tito
There ia little doubt that the Holy Father’s eval
nation of the heroic archbishop of Zagreb tn the
college nf cardinals was in recognition of his moral
leadership and courage in a world that needs such
an example. Besides, like Cardinal Mindszenty,
Aloysius Cardinal Stepinac stands as a symbol of
resistance to the Soviet world in its war on relig
ion and Christian culture In deigning tn honor the
Primate of Yugoslavia Pope Pius XJI brings great
satisfaction to the whole world that has watched
v'jth sympathy and understanding the sufferings
nf that great prelate.
That Archbishop Stepinac is named a ardinal
becomes a definite rehuke to the persecution of all
religion and the denial of fundamental freedoms
which has been the program under tyrant Tito Fnr
many years the Archbishop has led the battle
against tyranny, he was already a veteran in this
before Tito arrived on the scene He had opposed
Hitler, Nazism and anti semitism It was tn be ex
pected that he would not be fooled by a new brand
of the same. Because of this long record of courage
the bestowal of the Red Hat upon Archbishop Step
inac is an effective rebuke to the evil forces he has
fought.
The elevation of Archbishop Stepinac to the Car
dinalate, also stands as a test for Tito. He has been
saying that religion enjoys freedom in Yugoslavia.
When it has seemed opportune to do so. he has
shown a false front of such religious freedom to the
world, hoping to deceive. Sad to say, he has found
gullible people in the U.S government and in Brit
ain. This tyrannical terror has even been invited
to visit England. He will now have an opportunity
to give evidence of what he is pleased to call free
dom of religion in Yugoslavia by permitting Arch
bishop Stepinac to go to Rome for his new honor
and also in assuring the new Cardinal a safe return.
At present the Archbishop fears to go. for he feels
he will not be permitted to come back to his people.
Ix*t Tito meet this test of his “tolerance” of religion.
Just Among Ourselves
Passing Commant Considered or Inconsiderate
In a moment we are going to do a letter to Santa
Claus. You are warned, therefore, and may pass
rapidly on to other matters. Letters in print are
usually sad things, and none sadder than the sweet
little note penned painfully by Junioi to induce
Santa Claus to bring him an automobile, a bicycle,
an airplane, a house and lot, a yo-yo, and 100 shares
of General Motors stock But, sad, or merry, here
goes for a necessary letter.
Dear Santa Claus You will pardon me, I know,
for my long silence. This is the first letter 1 have
written you since I was four or five, and that was
many and many a year ago. though not in a kingdom
hy the sea. If am constrained to snuggle up to a
typewriter for the purpose of dashing off a few
lines for your instruction, it is not because I feel
an overpowering desire for an electric refrigerator
or a Cadillac convertible, and formally petition you
to put these articles into my Christmas stocking.
Rather, it is because I must fend off certain gifts
which I judge are coming my way, gifts for which
I cannot possibly find either place or use in an al
ready disorderly demesne.
First of all, dear Santa Claus, if you have any
notion of rendering .ny Christmas joyous by means
of a plaque, 1 beg you to banish the thought at
once. I have not been particularly good during the
year gone by. but I do not think I have been so rtiuch
out of line as to deserve a plaque. I have seen a
great many plaques in my time, as yot have also,
Santa Claus, and I have yet to see one.—religious
or secular in theme, if I may use that term, to
which 1 would willingly give house room, even if
1 thought a great deal less of my house than 1
actually do. Have you any idea of what a plaque is
for? Have you ever found beauty or inspiration
in a plaque" Has a plaque ever given you a lift?
I am all for useless giving, of course, but a
plaque has such a pleonasm of uselessness about
it that it saddens and depresses. It is therefore most
unfitting as a gift tor this happy time when every
heart is carolling and the merry sound of sleigh
bells is recalled in the jubilant jingle of the cash
register. Do not bring me a plaque. Spare the
reindeer (with Rudolph, or Wilberforce, or Osgood,
or whatever the current leader’s name may be) the
wholly unnecessay burden of a plaque for your
present client.
Another thing, dear Santa Claus, of which I am
hy no means in need is book ends. 1 know this may
disappoint you. but on this matter I must be firm
even at the cost of considerable pain to you and to
all who wish me well Book ends, indeed, have a
use, and their name proclaims it. But If I were forced
to use bookends, they would he for me the end
of books Therefore. 1 beseech you, put by that
large and impressive box, and that quire of fancy
wrapping-paper, and those spangly seals put away
the container, and set the book ends hack upon the
shelf they are not for me.
I have received in my time book-ends almost
without number. Some of them were ornamented
with animals of literary taste, some with studious
church, fronts, and one pair presented a couple of
Grecian ladies, sombre and sinuous, who were ap
parently so rapt in thought that they popped into
bronze without being wrapped in much else None
of these has done anything for me in point of de
votion to the printed word 1 find I cannot support
the love of literature by using book ends
I will admit, however, that one pair of book
ends does me constant service These are particu
larly tall bookends, made of plaster they represent
Notre Damq Cathedral, although not with such
striking fidelity as to confuse the observei and make
him lose his sense of place and time. I have se» these
book ends back to back, and shored them up with
an old flat iron Thus arranged, they make a
serviceable easel for a large framed picture which
stands atop my bookcase, lacking these book ends,
and the flat iron, I should have had to hang this
splendid picture prosily against the wall This,
however, is the only use I have ever found for
hook ends
I am running on here, Santa Claus, as I am apt
to do, carried away by my subject but not carried
forward Without more ado, therefore, let me men
tion a few other items in the litany of things I do not
want for Christmas I do not want a lot of glazy
bound bookmatches, with or without my name on
the covers Nor can 1 find place for pure gadgetry,
such as a combination letter opener, bottle do
capper, cork screw, pipe tamper, and instrument for
removing clinkers from horses’ hooves.
Electric corn poppers, while they have a cer
tain superficial appeal, with their gleaming chrome
and all are somehow too elaborate and circumstan
tial for the single light service they arc intended
to render So are electric egg boilers w hich go to
great expense to perform an operation that can he
as well done with a little water in an old tin can.
Above all, Santa Claus mark my name from the
list ot persons doomed to receive ceramic "planters,”
in the shape of birds or animals, with hollow backs
and ivy growing out of them. That way madness
lies
1 trust, Santa Claus, that you will understand
and appreciate the spin’ in which this letter is
written I have no intention of merely airing griev
ances or of harping querulously on things that 1
dislike My only purpose of writing all this is to
spare you the heavy charge of lugging things to
me, when I hang up my Interwoven Socks on Christ
mas Eve. that can only he a burden to the carrier
and a distress to the receiver. When 1 hear that
throaty "ho, ho", with which you constantly enter
tain yourself in our local department stores, I should
like to find less gtrain and more heartiness in it
to this end. 1 send you word that, so far as 1 can
arrange it. your Christmas burden this year will be
a lighter one.
1 wish you well, Santa Claus, but 1 dare not al
low gleeful whimsy to formulate any light hearted
hopes for your enjoyment to a person with your
journey and labors before you, such.wishes could
only seem ironical We must maintain the serious
note. Happy book-ends to you!
THE CATHOLIC TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1952
Will Work
LOS ANGELES (NC) A
pledge to promote peace and
true liberty throughout the
world and in the nation was
made by Cardinal-elect James
Francis McIntyre in a statement
to newspaper reporters here this
week.
"We pledge our loyalty to God
and to country in the promotion
of all things that work for do
mestic and international tran
quility, provide for the common
good, and will preserve to our
selves and posterity the bless
ings oi true liberty,” Archbish
op McIntyre said.
His statement was made to
newsmen, who had asked for
comment on his coming eleva
tion to the College of Cardinals
even before the prelate had re
ceived official notification of
his appointment.
The Cardinal-designate said
news of his appointment by the
Holy Father was a "complete
surprise.” He first learned of it
at 2:40 a.m. when reporters
phoned his residence to seek a
statement.
"Is it true? Is it official?"
Archbishop McIntyre asked the
newsmen. “I am completely
LOVIS I. BUDENZ
In Defense
A fine gesture was made by
incoming Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles when he invited
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion to exam
ine his entire
record. In .it
self, this act
would not
guarantee that
a policy of ap
peasement will
be prevented.
Men whose
records may be
beyond e
proach in re
gard to loyalty or security can
fail to have a true insight into
the character of Soviet Commun
ism, or not be cognizant of the
Kremlin’s objectives in any par
ticular period. What Mr. Dulles
has done, nevertheless, sets a
good standard for all govern
ment posts, including specifical
ly those in the State Department
V
The FBI has without doubt ac
cumulated a backlog of informa
tion that can help the internal
security of the United States, if
properly applied. J. Edgar Hoov
er's latest report covering the
wide area of FBI activities
against subversion, tells us that.
Gossip Brewing
On the very day that Mr. Dul
les made his declaration, the
Reds were busy launching th^ir
newest campaign to discredit
our chief and soundest agency
for internal defense. This is a
more serious business than many
Americans may appreciate.
Through those tactics of delay
which Stalin recommends to his
followers when on the defens
ive, Communists have been able
to slow down the processes of
American justice. They feel
themselves now in a position to
create such criticism of the FBI
as will impair its usefulness.
And they have not forgotten that
Guide Our New Skipper
Uj
□c
With the geniality that char
acterizes him, the Cardinal-desig
nate greeted them. Tall, spare
and smiling, the 66-year-old pre
late posed for newsreel and tele
vision cameras under a battery
of glaring lights.
“If you don’t mind," he said,
“I’d like to have Bishop (Timo
thy) Manning and Bishop (Joseph
T.) McGucken in the picture with
me—they’re my right-hand men.”
In his statement to the press,
the newly-appointed Cardinal
said:
"The announcement from His
Holiness in Rome, as conveyed
early this morning by the press,
is to me a surprise of magnitude
and corresponding joy.
I I
For orld Peace
the dark.”
By dawn, official notification
of his elevation had reached
the Archbishop’s house, togeth
er with felicitation from Msgr,
Giovanni B. Montini, Papal Pro
Secretary of State, and Arch
bishop Amleto G. Cicognani,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States. By 11 in the morning
some 50 reporters, photogra
phers, television and newsreel
cameramen had gathered at the
Archdiocesan Chancery for a
press conference.
Of The FBI
even during World War II, when
so many of our leaders were un
guarded in their praise of Soviet
Russia, the FBI kept a close
watch on the Soviet fifth column
in the United States.
We cannot forget that two
years ago, when the Communists
opened their original barrage
against Mr. Hoover and his agen
cy, a leading personality in
Washington immediately obliged
them by writing a book assail
ing the Bureau. Nor is it long
since a columnist on a well
known Few York newspaper cast
reflections on the FBI agents in
a television presentation. What
the Communists are now conk
ttifl up can be counted on to
brew gossip in many places.
‘Peace Partisans'
From the many pages in the
October issue of Political Affairs
vilifying what the Communists
term "the gestapo of American
reaction," we can choose the fol
lowing paragraph as the central’
theme: “Under the fascist-mind
ed, headline seeking J. Edgar
Hoover, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation has become increas
ingly prominent in the past few
years as the chief agency of the
government in harassing, spying
upon, and persecuting, not only
Communists, but tens of thou
sands of progressives, liberals,
advocates of peace, trade union
ists. and fighters for Negro
rights.”
To anyone who pauses to think
even for a moment, the falsity
of those charges is readilv ap
parent the FBI has carefully re
framed from disturbing anyone
except subversmes and criminals.
The only "progressives” it has
looked into are those concealed
Communists who parade under
that title, join numerous Com
munist fronts, and serve as
"peace partisans” for Stalin In
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“We may well see in the se
lection of the southland of Cali
fornia for representation in the
Sacred College—the Senate of
the Church—a recognition of the
important stature that has come
to the city of Our Lady of the
Angels. As the eyes of the coun
try and the world turn toward
the Pacific Coast of the United
States, we rejoice in the compli
ment.”
Reporters asked to see the
message officially notifying the
archbishop of his elevation to
the Cardinalate.
Signed by Msgr. Montini. it
read: “I am honored and happy
to announce to you that the Ho
ly Father in the coming secret
consistory of the 12th of January
will deign to elevate your Most
Reverend Excellency to the Sac
red Purple. Kindly accept our
hearty felicitations and our re
spectful good wishes and hom
age.”
The newsmen asked how they
were to phrase the new title of
the Archbishop of Los Angeles.
The Archbishop smiled and
thought a moment, then replied:
“I would say James Francis Car
dinal McIntyre.”
other categories, the same story
can be told
Ancient Hoax
This maneuver at blending ihe
case of the Communists with
that of champions of social re
form is a continuance of the an
cient hoax at which the Stalin
ites have been so effective. It is
the carrying out of Stalin’s in
junction which 1 must repeat
—that social reforms must be
used by his followers as a
“screen" for their illegal activi
ties.
The difficulty is—and this can
not be reiterated too frequent
ly—that the concealed Reds will
impress this view on certain men
and women who are in positions
to affect public thinking. By the
absurd charge that "the FBI has
methodically studied and im
proved upon the methods em
ployed by the Czarist Okhrana,
Hitlerite Germany, and pre-war
fascist Italy and Japan,” the
Communists will alarm these un
thinking individuals, most of
whom—as Max Eastman declar
ed last year—are not so attach
ed to “free speech” as to “a lin
gering feeling" that there is
something progressive in Soviet
Communism.
Defend the FBI
We can be prepared for a
number of verbal sideswipes at
the FBI, and these will come
from persons who seem to be in
nocent of Communist associa
tion.
Defense of the FBI the best
contribution that can be made to
the internal defense of the Unit
ed States. It is an obligation of
all good citizens. Great good can
be done by encouraging the in
coming administration to call
fully upon the Bureau for the
information it has accumulated,
and to use that information vig
orously toward ending Red in
fluence everywhere.
INQUIRY CORNER
RICHARD ATT EE
Does Church Object
To Modern Music?
Q, Why is so much money
spent on churches end appoint
ments when it could be used in a
real Christian spirit to help the
poor?
A. There are two great com
mandments and the love of our
neighbor should not be consider
ed as competing with the love
of God. We do not neglect our
neighbor when we spend time
and money for proper respect
and worship of God. It is the
man who loves God who has a
real reason for loving his neigh
bor, even when the neighbor is
not attractive e.g. parable of the
Good Samaritan. The poor are
not neglected by people who be
lieve in God. In fact anyone ob
jecting to money spent in honor
ing God puts himself in bad
company, for Judas voiced this
objection. “Why was this oint
ment not sold for three hundred
denarii, and given to the poor?”
he asked, when Mary anointed
the feet of Jesus at Bethany
(John 12:5).
Q. Why does the Church ob
ject to modern music?
A. The Church does not ap
prove or disapprove of ancient
or modern music as such. I sup
pose this question refers to mu
sic for use in Church, and refers
to statemeHts about Gregorian
Chant. It is true that Blessed
Pius (Motu Proprio on Sacred
Music) calls Chant “the proper
chant of the Roman Church,
which she directly proposes to
the faithful as her own music.”
In other places he makes clear
as does Pope Pius XII, that mod
ern music is quite acceptable.
“It cannot be said that modern
music and singing should be en
tirely excluded from Catholic
worship,” states Pius XII in his
encyclical on the Liturgy. He
adds: “For if they are not pro
fane nor unbecoming to the sa
credness of the place and func
tion, and do not spring from a
desire of achieving extraordinary
and unusual effects, then our
Churches must admit them.”
Q. How can any Catholic of in
telligence tolerate the dictation
of what he should read and not
read? Would Christ approve
such curbing of freedom?
A. When Christ gave that
startling command that we
should pluck out an eye or cut
off our hand if it were neces
sary for the good of our soul he
answered this question. Yet the
Index and restrictions of the
Church are greatly exaggerated.
I wonder how many readers
came across the ext inordinary
statement of Dr. Nahum Gold
of the Jewish
mann, chairman
Agency for
a I estine, re
ported by the
New York
Times corre
spondent from
Israel. In this
statement it
was pointed
out that the vi
tal thing for Is
rael is the en
o u ragement
not only of
Jews from
those areas of
Europe where they have been
persecuted, but above all from
countries where no perscution
exists at all.
“There must be.” said this
Jewish leader, "a colossal cam
paign of education among Amer
ican Jews to persuade them to
come to Israel for pure Zionist
motives.” It is emphasized that
the coming of American and oth
er Jews to Israel is not envisag
ed as a temporary thing but as
the beginning of a large immi
grant movement.
Favorite of Favorite*
Now I submit that for a for
eign government, or an agency
representing that government, to
appeal to citizens of another
country whose national origin—
or, in this case, racial and re
ligious—coincides with the for
mer, to renounce their birth
right and set up abroad is one
of the most fantastic expressions
of policy to appear in many a
year. We are becoming accus
tomed, unfortunately, to the
treatment of Israel not as a nor
mal state with which we main
tain relations but as the favorite
among favorites with such
scandalous preference that it is
a wonder the entire Near East is
not more indignant than it is.
Our Vice President beats the
bushes selling State of Israel
bonds. The mayor of New York
seems to find more time to de
vote to Israel and its affairs than
to anything else. Now we have
an appeal to American citizens
to abandon their citizenship,
give up their rightful place in
our country, and dash off to Isra
el to establish themselves. And
all of this for the “purest Zion
ist motives”!
Disloyal To Race?
We were indignant in the past
because the long arm of Ger
many reached out to claim its
blood kin in the United States.
The French groused for years
at the idea that Italians in Tu
nisia were in some way or other
the object of special solicitude
from Italy Never has any claim
of a former mother country on
its citizens tn the United States
Only a few books of world-wide
fame are listed for our protec
tion on the Index, and Catholics
having sufficient reason may ob
tain permission to read them.
With the vast treasures of clas
sical and Christian learning it is
amusing to hear the laments
about the few books listed by
the Church. The general rule is
much more important, whereby
any book, play or object con
trary to faith or morals is forbid
den. No one is going to lose
much intellectually by passing
by the proud men who are listed
as dangerous to faith or morals,
and freedom certainly is not lost
by obeying the Voice which
speaks for Christ the Son of God.
Q. Is war ever the enswer to
man's problems? Is it ever justi
fied?
A. In his letter (Summi Pon
tificatus) October 20, 1939 Pope
Pius XII stated: it is not
from the sword that deliverance
comes to nations the sword can
not breed peace, it can only im
pose terms of peace The forces,
the influences, that are to renew
the face of the earth, must
spring from men’s hearts.” In
many places he points out the
need for a return to Christian
principles within nations and
between nations. It is another
thing, however, to conclude that
he condemns all military action.
Christian teaching has always ac
cepted reality, including original
sin and the possibility of wicked
men leading a whole nation in
an unjust war. The nation at
tacked, or its friends, have a
right to defend themselves. In
fact the Holy Father Speaks
(Christmas Message 1944) of the
need for an international league
to stop aggression through “pun
ishment inflicted upon the ag
gressor by the league of States,
so that war will feel itself under
a proscriptive ban”.
Q. What it known about tho
St. Lucy in the Canon of tho
Mass?
A. Her feast day is December
13th. She was a Sicilian girl who
died for the faith in the persecu
tion of Diocletian early in the
fourth century. There are a num
ber of inspiring incidents in the
account of her martyrdom,
which was inflicted by the sword
after base attacks upon her vir
tue and inhuman torture.
Send questions to the Rev.
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636. Columbus (16) Ohio.
Fantastic Expression!
merited particular enthusiasm
from the American people. And
now we have Israel, to which
most American Jews have no at
tachment aside perhaps from
general sympathy, a land which
practically none of them has
seen and from which they defi
nitely did not come, putting
forth an appeal to settle there.
Does this imply that fourth and
fifth generation American Jews
are expected to heed the call of
Israel and go popping off to set
tle in some agricultural commun
ity or else be branded as un
patriotic and disloyal to race
and religion?
Suppose the Italian govern
ment were now to demand that
Americans, of Italian origin, no
matter how firmly fixed in the
United States, edme back to Italy
to settle. I can well imagine the
howl of indignation that would
go up. And yet, Dr. Goldmann
tells us in this same communi
que, “If the Zionist movement in
the United States wants to retain
its raison d’etre, it must offer
more than the non-Zionist Jew
ish organization—that is, it must
contribute'to immigration.” The
cause of Zionism and of Israel
must be served by putting the
heat on American Jews, who
may very likely have no desire
whatever to leave this country,
to go to Israel. I surmise that
the pressure can become very
uncomfortable indeed for those
recalcitrants who somehow or
other conceive of the United
States as their land and as far
more significant to them than
Israel.
Potential Emigrant*
If Zionism is to be a success,
concluded Dr. Goldmann this
interview, the problem is one of
how to get Jews who are not
persecuted to emigrate to Israel.
If the logic of this statement is
pushed to its conclusion this
means that every Jew every
where. no matter what his na
tionality, is considered tpso facto
as a potential emigrant to Israel.
And I daresay American liberals
who sweat blood and tears for
Israel—and would be shocked if
any American did half as much
for another foreign country—
will support this “back to Israel”
movement with all their
strength. The amusing thing is
that there is no “back” involved:
precious few of the American
Jews came from Israel in the
first place.
I wonder if the day will come
when one of the tenets of good
Americanism is going to be loy
alty to the United States—and
Israel. Someone has now come
out with the absurdity that no
one who does not believe in the
United States can be a good
American It is obvious that we
have long since reached that
point with regard to Israel.