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Sirs: You certainly have succeeded in your endeavor to foster a subtle propaganda for the of race hatred in the ranks of your readers, as shown by the title under the picture of Mr. Samuel Untermyer, on p. 10 of your issue of Nov. 13.
Brave, my dear editor, for having shown the underlying current of your policy to aid and abet the movement to overthrow our blessed institutions, yes, to undermine the very roots of our government.
You have indeed done well. The "Jew Untermyer" will no doubt help you in showing you the right way to retain the patronage of our American people who believe in the principles as expounded by the founders of our country. Mr. Untermyer may be "shaggy-maned" as you say, but I venture to say that the Editor of TIME Inc. is "shabby-brained." . . . SOFIA M. LOEBINGER
President
Philanthropia Inc. New York City
Sirs:
. . . Since the recent pogroms and reprisals in Germany you have described Jews by injecting a vein which the Jews might well be proud of, but by comparison tends to be made damning. I refer in particular to your Nov. 10 issue which captions a photo of Samuel Untermyer as "Jew Untermyer" and one of Luther as "German Luther." Certainly you are aware that being a Jew is a creed not a nationality. Why not "Protestant Luther'' or whatever his creed may be? Have we not suffered sufficient bigotry without having so unbiased a publication as yours add wood to the already too long burning fire?
There is no doubt that your usage of the term Jew is correct: however, this can also be made venomous when used synonymously as the photos referred to. I trust that you will in the future make all descriptions of Jews by their nationalities and when necessary describe members of my faith as "Hebrew" rather than "Jew." Your over-conscientiousness is not taken as an affront, but rather your desire to please your readers.
Yes, I am going to renew my subscription to one of the best publications it has been my pleasure to read in our generation. LEE GERTNER
New York City
Sirs: I have had my attention called, from a number of directions, to your publication of the 13th instant, in which appears a caption, under an illustration on p. 10, under the heading National Affairs, with a photograph, such caption reading "Jew Untermyer."
I have had a number of similar squibs or observations from the issues of this paper called to my attention, showing a distinct anti-Semitic tendency.
May I ask whether this is a deliberate part of the policy of your paper, or whether it is one of those things that is likely to occur in a publication without intent? In order that we may know how to deal with it in connection with the boycott, I would like to have an expression of the views of your paper on this whole subject. It seems to me incredible that in this 20th Century a publication of wide circulation such as yours should have anti-Semitic tendencies, which I believe is contrary to the spirit of Americanism and will offend the sense of propriety of non-Jews as well as Jews.
SAMUEL UNTERMYER
New York City