Hit Race Hatred in Brotherhood Day Festivities

An imposing front was presented to the forces of religious and racial hatred as Jews, Catholics and Protestants from coast to coast united yesterday to celebrate Brotherhood Day.

Hundreds of mass meetings in civic auditoriums, churches and schools, exchanges of pulpits and radio broadcasts took place under the auspices of the National Conference of Jews and Christians, with the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman as chairman of the nationwide celebration. Co-chairman of the day were Newton D. Baker, Professor Carlton J. H. Hayes and Roger W. Straus.

Striking the keynote of celebrations, Dr. Cadman declared that the aim of the occasion was “to stress to the American people the fact that our energy should be turned in the direction of joint constructive efforts among various faiths, instead of antipathy and suspicion.”

SPEAKS OVER AIR

From Cincinnati the Rev. Dr. Victor E. Reichert of Rockdale Avenue Temple was heard on the “Church of the Air” program over the countrywide Columbia Broadcasting hookup. Professor Raymond Moley, editor of Today, devoted his WOR broadcast to the Brotherhood Day.

In New York City WEVD featured a discussion by editors of the three faiths, James J. Walsh, Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein and the Rev. Dr. Guy Emory Shipler.

A Protestant-Catholic choir on the WEVD program opened the service with the chanting of the Hebrew version of the Twenty-third Psalm by Cantor Nathan Neltzoff of Temple Rodeph Sholom. Dr. John H. Finley of the New York Times, spoke on WEAF and affiliated stations. Many local stations in various states featured similar programs.

Sermons on brotherhood were preached by many rabbis in Christian pulpits as Protestant and Catholic ministers appeared in synagogues with like messages. Speakers at community mass meetings took up such subjects as “How can fellow-citizens learn to disagree without being disagreeable?” A specially prepared Declaration of Brotherhood was read and distributed.

INDORSED BY ROOSEVELT

Indorsements of Brotherhood Day came to the New York office of National Conference from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Professor Albert Einstein, Alfred E. Smith, Felix M. Warburg, Charles Evans Hughes Jr. and others.

Mr. Warburg’s message called for a constructive program for mutual welfare, while Mr. Hughes foresaw “a larger cooperation toward the realization of the ideal of American democracy.”

Rabbis throughout the country who cooperated with and indorsed the celebration included Rabbi Israel Goldstein of New York, Rabbi Harry Levi of Boston, Rabbi C. E. Hillel Kauvar of Denver and others.

Credit for originating the idea for the observance goes to a Catholic priest, Father Hugh L. Menamin of the Cathedral of Denver, Although yesterday was the officially designated day, observances were started as early as April 20 and some will be held as late as May 17.

ROSENBLUM ASKS PEACE

Declaring that no interdenominational conference was as important as that at which he was speaking yesterday, Rabbi William F. Rosenblum, of Temple Israel, told 200 Christian Sunday School teachers gathered at the Temple for a special Brotherhood Day meeting that “if Christian teachers in their Sunday Schools will teach respect for Jewish ideals and Jewish teachers in their religious schools inculcate understanding of Christian ideas, if all religious schools will stress the laws of life and dramatize spiritual living more vividly than any death in history our children will grow up knowing how to live at peace with one another.

“When all teachers of religion.” Rabbi Rosenblum continued, “realize that fellowship and brotherhood between them will be the finest object lesson of the Fatherhood of God that can be taught we will not need special days to emphasize the value of brotherhood. Peace between religions and peace among men will be accepted rather than merely acceptable.”