The Coquille Valley sentinel., May 29, 1936, Page 4, Image 4

The Sentinel
Jewish and Moslem Obser­
vation of Easter In Jerusalem
(By Mrs. T. R. Jackman)
Last week I sent an article on
Christian Easter celebrations and
now I am sending an acocunt of the
Jewish and Moslem festivities of the
Nine of the 47 agricultural instruc­ Easter season:
tor« employed in the high schools of
The Jewish Passover began on
Hawaii came from Oregon, according April 6. This feast lasts seven days.
to W. W. Beers, supervisor of agri­ Special services were held at the syn­
cultural education in the territory, agogues and at the Wailing Wall. The
jvho was a Salem visitor this week traditional “Sedar” on Monday night
Many Oregon men who have gone to was celebrated by all Jewish hotels
he islands to take teaching positions as well as in private homes. We hap­
aave graduated into better paying pened to be staying for the night in
jobs with large Industrial concerns. a Jewish hotel in Tiberius on the Sea
of Galilee. The meal which lasted
Beers said.
until midnight was in commemora­
tion of the deliverance of the people
of Israel from the Egyptian bondage.
On each door was a scroll of the law
and at midnight someone came to
each door to see that the scroll was
still there. Before the passover ev­
ery housewife had a special time of
1893. Most of the “lifers”
lime for murder.
Eleven
cleaning and great care was taken
were sentenced as habitual
that the kitchens, especially, should
?ive of these being sent
be clean apd new dishes bought.
Clackamas county.
The table is prepared and the
household gathers around. The meal
More than 22,000 requests have consists of matsoth or unleaven.
been received by the new travel bu­ bread, a boiled egg, symbolic of the
Even before the vdtes cast in the reau of the state highway department offering in the temple, a roasted
primary election have been can­ for information on scenic trips with­ shank bone of lamb, the charoseth
vassed and with yet another hurdle in the state. Eight thousand of the consisting of nuts, apples, raisins and
to be jumped at the faU elections, requests came from motorists who cinnamon
________ a (this
________
is said to represent
boomleta have been started already visited the state last year. The rest ' the ciay from which i the Israelites
for speaker of the house and presi­ came from “foreigners' in other made bricks), a saucer of salt and
dent of the senate at the forthcoming states who are planning their first water, and bitter herbs, Each person
legislative session.
is given wine and a goblet for cere­
visit to Oregon
As soon as tbe nomination of Frank
monial drinking.
It is always the
Much interest is being shown by1 custom to have the youngest person
J. Lonergan, of Multnomah county,
as one of the 13 republican candidates eastern and southern Oregon counties , present ask why the festival is kept
for the house from that district was in the proposal to construct a railroad (See Ex. 12:26). The oldest person
assured hi* friends started a cam­ from Burns westward to a junction present then tells the story of the
paign for his elevation to the speak­ with the Southern Pacific and from Passover supper. The old custom is
ership. Lonergan is one of the most Humboldt, California, north to Coos still considered the greatest of Jewish
aggressive members the house has Bay, according to Frank ,C. McCul­ holidays and one sees much interest
had for many years and is a veteran loch, public utilities commissioner, manifested toward their national cus­
member of that organization with' McCulloch expects to present the toms among nearly all Palestine
»
several terms to his credit. He has' proposal to Governor Martin for an Jews.
already been honored by election' to' expression as to the state's attitude
While the Jews are thus having a
the speakership, however, which fact' toward the project as soon as suffi­ celebration and the Christians are
is held by many to constitute an ef­ cient information has been received preparing for Easter and Holy Week,
fective barrier to his election at the to guarantee the responsibility of the the Moslems are not idle. Long ago
forthcoming sessions, assuming that promoters back of the proejct.
the
Mohamedan
leaders became
he is successful in the fall election.
alarmed at so many Christian and
Earl Hill, of Lane county, who barely Labor Leaden in Oregon
Jewish pilgrims gathering in the city
nosed out a win in the primaries, is
Criticised by Producer Asan. at this season of the year so they
held by many to be the logical choice
' started a Moslem feast that would
for speaker at the forthcoming ses-1 It is only in recent years that the bring together all the Islam pilgrims;
sion and has many friends in the labor movement in Oregon has fallen , thus they would be able to defend
house line-up in both camps who can into ill repute, according to W. H. i Jerusalem If the “infidels’* should try
be expected to stand by him .to the I Perkins, manager of the Oregon Pro­ i to show too much authority in the city.
last ditch.
Third contender for the ducers and Shippers Association, in This feast is known as Neby Musa or
honor looms in the person of Ernest an extended report to the officers and I feast of the Prophet Moses and is one
R. Fatland, of Condon, who has dis members of that organization.
I of the greatest of Moslem feasts.
“During the many years that Otto
tingulshed himself for his construc­
This demonstration lasts for one
tive leadership in the past two ses­ ' Hartwig was the titular and active week and began on April S'. The
,
head
of
the
labor
movement
In
this
sions.
,
celebrations are centered at Nebi
All of this, of course, assumes the ,tate’ serious difficulties were few
Musa (near Jericho and the Dead
return of the republican party to and iar between," he reported. “Dur­
Sea, the traditional site of Moses*
domination of the house. 1 Democratic
--------------- in< those years organized labor was grave) but the streets of Jerusalem
candidates, however, are admitting fighting for recognition. But it was were thronged with spectators who
no such eventuality and are quietly fighting honestly and fairly.
gathered to see the crowds of pil­
Otto Hartwig and his associates
proceeding with plans of their own
grims start for the shrine on the Dead
were
able
to
write
into
the
statutes
for organizing the next house.
In
Sea. Villagers come from all over
this camp, too, there are plenty of as­ of this state numerous laws of real Palestine and after a visit to the
benefit
to
the
laboring
man,
and
of
pirants to the speakership. O. Henry
Haram esh Sharif (Temple area)
Oleen, of Columbia county, has let it sound worth to the state as a whole. proceed to Nebi Musa.
The two
“But in more recent years labor
be known that he is in a receptive
largest groups are from Nablus and.
leadership
in
Oregon
has
undergone
mood. Oleen is one of the few dem­
Hebron. One enters the city through j
ocrats whose experience in the house a radical change. ' We now find or­ the northern gate and the other
ganized
labor
in
Its
many
ramifica
­
antedates the deluge of 1934, which
through the Joffa gate. Thousands of
swept the minority party into control. tions firmly entrenched at each bi­ veiled women and children gather on
Vernon D. Bull, of La Grande, is ennial legislative lobby. Through co­ the housetops or hill sides to watch
understood to be ambitious to become ercion, intimidation and other meth­ the processions. Each group is head­
a full-fledged gavel wielder and a ods they have been able during re-
ed by its leaden and banners. Fre- '
number of the younger democrats are cent y«««
build UP • certain legis
quently someone is lifted from the
reported to be willing that the mantle lative following among ouf law-mak
group on to the shoulders of their '
of speakership fall on their shoulders, era, wbo do their bidding, regardless
friends and, brandishing swords, they ‘
of
the
cost
to
the
state
and
its
peo
­
including Moore Hamilton, of Med­
are
carried back and forth among 1
ford, and Harry Boivin, of Klamath ple.
the crowd, chanting verses which are
“
Our
statutes
today
are
honey
­
Falls
echoed by the crowd.
The gist of '
AU of which, of course, is entirely combed with special privilege laws
their song is, “Woe to him who fights 1
on
behalf
of
organized
labor
which
premature inasmuch as the Novem­
us;” "Hatred and death to the Jew," 1
ber election may change the entire never could have been enacted were
etc.
Groups of scouts in their uni­
picture but, too, it might rob some of it not for the political cowardice of
forms and carrying staffs sang na- J
former
legislators.
the aspirants of the chance of running
tional and folk songs.
Among the 1
“In Oregon today a labor organiza­
for the speakership, hence the rush to
words chanted were “Woe to leaden '
tion
can
cause
the
financial
ruin
of
get into the limelight before the cur­
who care only for their money," etc. 1
any business enterprise
through
tain falls.
-
Perhaps most interesting to the ’
strikes and picketing, and yet, the
business enterprise thus ruined has spectator is the sword dance when 1
no recourse in the courts of this state. two skilled performers have a duel 1
A labor organization can break writ­ during the march. This occurs every 1
ten contracts and agreements at will, few yards during the pande from the ‘
temple area, through St. Stephens 1
'yet there is absolutely nothing thei
I employer can do about it. If, how­ gate as they march away from the 1
ever, the employer should break aj city after all the groups have Joined, !1
contract with labor, the financial and This procession is led by the Grand,
legal responsibility of the employer is ( Mufti, riding on horseback. Firing of c
amenable to countless restrictive cannons at intervals add to the noise 1
and excitement. Groups of Bedouin (
laws.
danced
arm in arm. Their heads and
“It is the firm conviction of the,
feet were bare and they were clothed 1
membership of this organization and
1
numerous other representative grow-: in bright colored robes. '
er groups in every part of the state1 Groups of police, both on foot and 8
that the responsibility of labor organ- horseback, marched in the parade r
izations should be fixed by statute. seParat*nfl lhe pilgrims into small
They should be required to incorpor­ groups. All attempts to cheer were
ate under the laws of Oregon, and stopped immediately and very little of
their officers and members should be the riot spirit was allowed. However,*
held accountable at law for their acts1 in spite of precautions, several were
and for the acta of their organzation. arrested and anti-Jewish demonstra-1
i
“The members of this and similar tions were barely avoided.
organizations are convinced that if
Twenty-three traffic fatalities in
such responsibility of labor leader­
ship is established, it will be the fin­ Oregon during April boosted the
est thing that ever happened to the year’s score to a total of 77 or two
labor movement in Oregon. Such re- ! more than for the same period in
strictive laws unquestionably would 1935. Nine of the victims were pe­
prove the downfall of the present lr- destrians.
’
_ coincidence
___
By fl strange
responsible labor leadership, but it
number of injuries during April,
would prove to be the salvation of , totalling 434, was identically the same
the laboring man, who, today is at u that for April, 1935.
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