apr 1, 1937 - "The Way To Combat Anti-Semitism" Essay Winner: "A REALISTIC PROGRAM" by Rabbi Victor Eppstein p. 44

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Rabbi Stephen Wise, Zionist Leader, is the Editor of the Monthly Magazine "Opinion." The April (1937; number carried the mention of three prizes awarded to writers on the subject: "The Way To Combat Anti- Semitism." One prize-winner, Rabbi Victor Epstein, proposed: "The present program of palliative relief must give way to a program of fundamental reconstruction. American Democracy MUST BE SOCIALIZED by subjecting industrial production and distribution to the will of the peoples' Congress. Energetic measures must be adopted to prevent the inevitable reactionary attempt to overthrow democracy. In Spain the Government found it necessary TO ARM ITS WORKERS. In America, let it be beforehand by strengthening the organization of labor; AND BY SYSTEMATICALLY REMOVING FROM KEY POSITIONS IN ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD ALL OFFICERS WHOSE LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION MAYBE QUALIFIED BY CLASS ALLEGIANCE."