Show economic highlights when representatives of 32 nations recently met in france to discuss the refugee problem nill and attempt to arrive at some sort of rt a solution it make headline news but to the thoughtful observer the conference served to emphasize the fact that this Is one of the most tragic and difficult social and economic problems of the modern age never in modern age has the plight of racial minorities principally the jews been so bitter the pogroms of ancient times almost pale into insignificance beside those of today germany of course coure Is the seat of jewish oppression it Is apparently hillers Hit lers desire to completely eliminate hebrew influence of any kind in ili teutonic territory in ili germany and also in austria since the an jews have been forbidden to engage in most fields of profitable occupation even when they tire are not driven out of business their stores are placarded pla carded and the german who trades with them comes at once into conflict with the dread nast secret police jewish professional men doctors lawyers w T I 1 t e r s teachers are boycotted in german schools the instructors tell their pupils to have nothing whatever to do with jews either socially or as a matter of business persons with as little as one eighth jewish blood are classified officially as les and are consequently ostracized traci zed in brief the jew under milder hillers Hit lers dream of a race of nordic su is regarded as an enemy of the state matters would not be so bad were the jews allowed to leave leav germany and austria with what resources they possess to seek a place in other lands but the jew who Is given a german passport is necessarily a bankrupt ills his money his property even his personal effects are taken from him he must leave his homo hom and his occupation with no with which to make a fresn fresa start stare and according to lato late reports the german government Is goni goin even farther in the case of rich J ou s and Is virtually holding them for ransom for example it Is said that tho the release from austria of loula louis rothschild head of the vienna branch of the great european banking house can only M obtained when and if his foreign friends and relatives give to the retch belch A biting commentary on the ques ue tion is found in the fact that myron 0 taylor american delegate and chairman of the tha 32 nation conference recently pleaded with germany to permit refugees to take their pers onel belongings with them and received no answer some time ago ago it seemed that the problem might be solved by the action of england in ili opening palistine to jewish colonization and setting it aside as a land where t the he jews might create a nation of their own today that hope is largely gone the jews came to palistine lne they liked it they proved to be excellent settlers and capable business men but the arabs whose religion Is strongly anti semitic immediately immedi atly began to fight the migration hundreds have been killed in guerilla warfare arabian sentiment against the jew has steadily increased and it Is said that there Is grave danger that the cause may develop into a holy war england now has 12 troops in palestine to defend the jews and still the rapine slaughter and pillage continues the result is that only jews a year are to be admitted to the country a drop in a gigantic bucket there are about jews remain till in germany and austria alone the 32 power conference tot to all this into account its attitude was extremely sympathetic toward this oppressed people but talk was about all that resulted no major country la is willing to open its gates gatea wide to the jew or to any other refugee in the case of famous men there Is usually a place many educators uca tors tor for instance have left germany for england and this country and obtained suitable occupation for the rank and file of jews there seems to be no place to go all the big powers are occupied with unemployment problems there is not enough work for their own people and not enough money to go around thus they pity the jew they realize the injustice that has been meted out to them and they regretfully say no when he asks to enter As oswald garrison villard has written the man who could show the way out would deserve the greatest bhea test rewards ever bestowed upon anybody that man has not I 1 appeared ipp eared business week says that the main thing to hold to is that a board turnaround turn around in direction is being achieved this summer and that the last half of 1638 1938 will be marked by significant revival from last years collapse most business publications and commentators are in accord with that view the boom in the stock market fooled almost everyone and the fact that the relatively high levels reached have been held Is perhaps the best sign of all the status of individual and corporate sentiment is definitely defina tely better than it was a short time back substantial improvements has appeared in consumers goods industries dus tries comparable betterment in heavy industries is hoped for the fall |