Two quarter-page advertisements appearing in Monday’s New York “Times” serve to focus public attention on the depth of feeling which German events have stirred in the hearts of American Jewry.
One of the advertisements, signed by Frank Cohen and Family (All native Americans) is headed “An Open letter to the President of the United States”. It recapitulates the fact that the U. S. Government had deemed it right not to recognize the Russian Government until the Soviets had honored its legal obligations. The final paragraph concludes:
“We submit, that the United States Government should not recognize the present German Government, by withholding the appointment of the American Ambassador to Germany, until the present German government demonstrates that it will honor its human obligations.”
The second advertisement bears the signature of Jacob Fishman, managing editor of the “Jewish Morning Journal” together with a note “This advertisement is paid for by the ‘Jewish Morning Journal’ in the interests of truth.” It is headed “The Truth About the German Pogroms”, and cites various examples of Nazi anti-Jewish agitation, as well as impartial testimony to the truth about the excesses.
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