The Reader’s Forum

August 18, 1934.

To the Editor, Jewish Daily Bulletin:

I read with some degree of satisfaction of the expulsion of Julio Madero from the National Revolutionary party of Mexico as reported in the Jewish Daily Bulletin on August 13. This, according to your article, was a punishment meted out to him for his anti-Semitic activities. Perhaps it was for this reason, but who really knows the true purpose for his expulsion. It may have been due entirely to a desire on the part of some powerful leaders in the party to oust him purely for political reasons.

I was instructor in modern languages in the city of Monterey, Mexico, in 1930. I feel quite safe in saying that I was the only Jewish instructor in the entire Republic.

I traveled considerably through Mexico, having met Jews here and there. The anti-Semitic feeling in Mexico is very evident, and the Jews do everything possible to conceal their identity. The Jew in Mexico is, in the practical sense of the word, a social outcast.

I doubt very much, even in spite of the gratifying news contained in your article, whether the Mexican government officials (i. e., the leaders of the National Revolutionary party) are at all anxious to have the Jew there.

In the entire country there are only 13,000 Jews. About 7,000 live in Mexico City and the balance are distributed in the small groups throughout the principal cities of the Republic. Last month I met a Jew from Mexico, who is visiting this country, and he tells me that for about four years he was the only Jew living in the State of Campeche.

The Jews of Mexico hope to be able to finally come to the United States and I am more than certain that there would not be a Jew left in Mexico if the immigration doors were suddenly opened by the American government.

I hope to read more interesting news in the Jewish Daily Bulletin from time to time concerning the Jews of Mexico.

Philadelphia.

William Feinsinger.

PRAISES ‘RACKET ‘SERIES

August 17, 1934.

To the Editor, Jewish Daily Bulletin:

I want to express my appreciation to you, both as a citizen and a public official, for the splendid campaign which the Jewish Daily Bulletin has been waging against charity racketeering in this community and particularly against the contemptible type of professional racketeer, who carries on his vicious practices under the cloak of religion

The very adequate series of enlightening articles by Daniel L. Schorr in the Bulletin have served a double purpose: They have had the effect of a warning to unsuspecting public-spirited citizens who make contributions to these organizations through a misunderstanding of the facts and they have served as a source of encouragement and renewed strength to those officials of this Department, the Police Department, the District Attorney’s office, and the Magistrates Courts, who are sincerely striving to make it impossible for these parasites to thrive in this community.

Stanley H. Howe,

First Deputy Commissioner,

Department of Public Welfare.

New York.

THE BIENENFELD CASE

To the Editor, Jewish Daily Bulletin:

I note how much support you have been giving in your paper to the Department of Public Welfare in its activities against the fake charitable rackets that are taking such a toll from legitimate institutions.

I particularly congratulate you on the attitude you have taken in connection with the Bienenfeld matter, as it is rackets of this kind that injure not only our charities but also hurt all of us in the community.

William W. Cohen.

New York,

August 17, 1934.

EDITORIAL COMMENDATION

August 16, 1934.

To the Editor, Jewish Daily Bulletin:

You probably have criticism levelled at you frequently. This is one of the occasions on which, I hope, a balance will be struck by commendation.

In today’s issue you have carried the editorial on Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital generously and graciously. Please accept our thanks for devoting the space to this new endeavor and for signifying its importance by the special space that must be set apart specially for the coveted editorials.

MRS. Edward Jacobs, Chairman,

Hadassah-University Hospital

Committee.

New York.