Henry Morgenthau, however, takes a more rea¬ sonable view than his British co-religionist, Sir Stuart Samuel. Mr. Morgenthau says:
“Furthermore, the establishment of co-operative stores is claimed by many Jewish traders to be a form of discrimination. It would seem, however, that this movement is a legitimate effort to restrict the activities and therefore the profits of the middleman. Unfor¬ tunately, when these stores were introduced into Po¬ land, they were advertised as a means of eliminating the Jewish trader. The Jews have, therefore, been caused to feel that the establishment of co-operatives is an attack upon themselves. While the establishment and the maintenance of co-operatives may have been influenced by anti-Semitic sentiment, this is a form of economic activity which any community is perfectly entitled to pursue”
It is not difficult, therefore, to see through the eyes and minds of these five men the situation that pre¬ vailed in Poland. Eight hundred years ago, Poland opened her gates to the persecuted Jews in all Europe.
WHY JEWS DISLIKE THE MORGENTHAU REPORT 231 They flocked there and enjoyed complete free¬ dom; they were even allowed to form a “state within a