Word: bernstein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Eager as he was to be in Paris, Arnold Bernstein was not half so anxious as the Conference was to have him there. Meeting behind closed doors in their swank offices, the grave-faced members had good cause for anxiety. In three short years this handsome, affable German Jew had grown from a minor competitor to a major menace. As the principal owner of Arnold Bernstein Line, biggest of the transatlantic independents, he had more than held his own against an international shipping combine by the simple method of selling transportation cheaper than anyone else. Hugely successful...
Conference members fumed at his absence, threatened to bolt all agreements, start a rate war to the finish unless Bernstein was brought into line. But how could he be brought into line when he was not even present? Frantic messages were sent to Bernstein's Hamburg headquarters, demanding his whereabouts. Hamburg reported Tycoon Bernstein "missing." Hopping mad, the Conference voted to postpone further meetings until Herr Bernstein arrived in Paris...
...strangest thing about Arnold Bernstein is that he operates equally well on either side of the Nazi v. Jew fence. While his Tel Aviv flies the red shield of Palestine on its Union Jack, his Red Star and Bernstein Line ships fly the black swastika of Germany. Only important Jewish shipping man left in Hitler's Reich, he enjoys government protection chiefly because of his distinguished War record, which included an important artillery command on the Western Front and the Iron Cross, first class. Soon after the War this Saxon-born son of a well-to-do shipping broker...
...Tycoon Bernstein lives in Hamburg with his wife and two children, plays golf often and well, visits the U. S. every spring and autumn for a month. Transatlantic competitors watched his maritime growth with envy, did not really begin to worry until three years ago when he decided to go into the passenger business. From his 14 ships, all named after Saxon castles, he chose three of the biggest and best, had them rebuilt as combined passenger & automobile transports in the New York-Antwerp trade, with stops at Southampton and Havre. The 16,000-ton Königstein was equipped...
...Tycoon Bernstein splashed full-page advertisements in the travel sections of newspapers, took additional pages in the Sunday magazine sections, book review sections, shiny-paper magazines. His ships boasted neither luxury nor speed-all are ten-day boats-but they did offer cheap, clean, comfortable accommodations, efficient service, friendly informality. Food was simple but wholesome and abundant, with German dishes a specialty. All cabins were amidships, all had hot & cold running water, nearly all were outside, none had more than two beds. Just as on big ships, passengers could dance, play deck games, swim in a canvas pool, lounge...