August 30, 1907
From “Mrs. Krieger Receives Collection from Santa Barbara”
The Hebrew Colony in Santa Barbara sent the sum of $9 to Mrs. Nathan Krieger, mother of the boy hero of the powder explosion on board the Georgia on July 15th. The money which was collected by a young woman deeply touched by the heroism of young Krieger in saving the lives of the crew of the Georgia at the cost of his own life, was gratefully received at the Krieger home, it coming as a needed surprise. The family lives at Camp 25 of the Richmond refugee district. The father, who was several times wounded during service in the Russo-Turkish war, is unable to work more than two or three days a month; and Mrs. Krieger, by scrubbing and taking in washing, earns an occasional dollar.
President Roosevelt has already recommended that a pension be granted to Mrs. Krieger. Rabbi Bernard M. Kaplan, of the Bush-st. Temple, wrote to the President, calling his attention to the poverty of the parents of the dead sailor boy, and received a reply assuring him that the mother would receive a pension.
A few days ago Quartermaster Smallbone of the Georgia wrote to the parents asking if a monument has yet been erected over the grave of young Krieger. He said that the sailors who served with the boy expressed a desire to bear the expense of a monument.
September 5, 1947
From “The Cause Is Just: The Method Is Wrong”
Today (Friday) between 12:30 and 1 p.m., members of San Francisco Zionist groups and their sympathizers will picket the British consulate to protest British action in returning the Exodus refugees to Germany.
We are in accord with them that the British action is inhumane, lacking in justice and morally wrong. We agree that it calls for denunciation.
We disagree, however, just as strongly with their method of protest. In principle, we disapprove of the use of picketing in issues of this kind.
The cause of the Exodus refugees is too overwhelming to chance jeopardizing it by picketing.
The obvious reason for picketing the British consulate is to bring the protest to the attention of the largest number of people through the newspapers.
We grant that publicity will follow the picketing today. We wonder, however, at the effect of such publicity.
In certain cities it had been the practice to have a delegation of responsible citizens call upon the British consul and present formally the protest and/or resolutions. Such statements have been released to the press and will obtain the same amount of publicity as picketing.
Our position, then, is not in opposition to Zionists’ condemnation of the British policy in the Exodus affair but rather a disagreement on strategy. We contend that in so vital a cause the best and more effective strategy should be used. Picketing, in our judgment, falls far short of that.
For our part we urge everyone who shares our views of the Exodus outrage — and, of course, those of the Zionists — to write to President Truman, to Secretary of State Marshall, or the British consul in San Francsico, to swell the growing cry against returning the Exodus refugees to Germany.
But we do not believe that picketing a British consulate here or elsewhere will help to get justice in the Exodus case.
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