however, when it comes to the anti-Semite allegation' that the English press is controlled by Jews that the biggest revelation comes., Without exception all the big. and influential newspapers are controlled by Gentiles, though,- of course, it will be pointed out that Mr. R. D. Blumenfeld was at one time editor and chairman of the "Daily Express," but it would be a very foolish man who suggested that Mr. Blumenfeld ever controlled such a personality as Lord Beaverbrook. One Sunday paper, the "Sunday Referee," has Jewish associations, being controlled by the Ostrer brothers, but it is perfectly clear that only by the wildest stretch of imagination can it be claimed. that the Jews have any controlling interest, financially or politically, in the newspaper world of Great Britain. Of the chain stores, possibly one-eighth of the capital is Jewish owned; the alleged Jewish control of the British cinema industry is entirely without foundation.
Buddhism has many adherents throughout the world and there is undoubtedly the need for an authentic, authorized collection of the scriptures. However, this is not a one man's task, but work for a Buddhist Congress with members selected from various Buddhist centres.
Mr. Dwight Goddard has included in this Buddhist Bible the Tao Te Ching (agi&iz) sometimes spoken of as the "Canon of Reason and Virtue," said to have been written by Lao Tzu and given to his disciple Kuan Yin-tze when the sage was finally leaving China for the Western regions. While there is some similarity between Taoism and Buddhism the Tao Teh Ching should not be included in a book purporting to be the teachings of Buddha. The author, however, thinks otherwise and in his preface states It is our earnest wish that the Tao-teh-king may became one of tht foundation stones of American and European Buddhism.
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