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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
VOL III. NO. 25.
PRES. WILSON APPOINTS
FELIX FRANKFURTER
LABOR ADMINISTRATOR
Young Jewish Professor of
Law at Harvard Heads
Vital Government
Bureau.
HAS DONE VALUABLE
WAR WORK FOR U. S.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918.
All Jewish Contributions
Will Be Published.
-
Owing to the fact that this issue
of The Jewish Chronicle goes to
press early in the week, we are un-
able to give a full account of the
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PROMINENT DETROITER
HONORED LAST WEEK
Jewish activities and contributions
in the Detroit Patriotic Fund. In
YOU
HAVEN'T CONTRIB-
UTED, DO SO AT ONCE.
FELIX M. WARBURG
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
One of the most responsible posi-
tions in the government that is crucial
to the successful prosecution of the P RESIDENT PROCLAIMS
war has been assumed by a Jewish
MAY 30 AS DAY OF
young man. Prof. 1:elx Frankfurter.
FASTING AND PRAYER
through his appointment recent13 as
national labor administrator by Tres- A
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALLY FAVORS Detroit Patriotic Fund Creates
PALESTINE FOR JEWS Comment Among Delegates
—Other Social Topics
Loudon.—'Through its ambassador
Discussed.
at the Court of St. James, the Italian
Proclamation by the President of
the United States.
\Vhcreas, the Congress id the
United States, on the second day of
.\ mil last, passed the following' res-
olution:
PROF. FELIX FRANKFURTER
ident 'Wilson. The appointment is a
remarkable one In that Mr. Frankfur-
ter is but 35 years of age. Prior to
the war he Was the youngest profes-
sor of law in Harvard L'iliversity.
The appointment of Mr. Frankfur•
ter is one of the tirst acts of the pres-
ident following the authority placed
in his hands under the terms of the
Overman bill which allows hint free
reign in co-ordinating the war work
of ;ill departments of the government.
Mr. Frankforter will co-ordinate the
industrial sections of the war and
navy departments, the shipping board,
the department of agriculture and the
war industries board. Heretofore all
of these departments have acted inde-
pendently in obtaining their labor sup-
ply and in making wage awards. Mr.
Frankfurter's department will act as
a clearing house for the supply of l-
I or and will result in the elimination
of competition for workers among the
various governmental departments.
' Acted as Couniellor to Baker.
Mr. Frankfurter, despite his youth,
is exceptionally fitted fur the vital
work he has undertaken. In the first
week of the war he was called to
\\. ashington to act as Secretary Bak-
er's industrial counsellor. lie •was
se nt to Europe by the government set
soon after, and he came back with United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of eolumbia
able reports of the methods by which
foreign nations were handling t h e i r i n . this eleventh day of May. in the year
dustrial problems, \\Ink in England of our Lord Nineteen hundred and
he earned the admiration and respect eighteen and of the independence of
of Sir Stevenson Kent, head of the la- the United States the one hundred
bor department of the British hlinistry and forty-second.
of hlunitions from whom he learned
W'OODRO\V \VILSON.
valuable information that will aid him
By the President:
considerably in America. Before the
ROBERT LANSING,
war he had years of experience in
Secretary of State.
handEng complicated industrial litiga-
tion for the federal government. Dur-
the epinloyers who sent hundreds of
ing the administrations of Uresidents
striking miners of Bisbee into the des-
leoosm eh and Taft, he prosecuted the
( rt to start r. and as a result the
railroad rebate cases, the Morse-
United States government has started
Heinze bank case, the sugar fraud and
criminal prosecutions on his recom-
cotton pool cases. At different times
mendations. He reported that the
he appeared for the state of Oregon
Mooney case of California was per-
before the United States Supreme
meated with fraud and malfeasance
Court and sustained the constitution-
and President Vt'ilson wired the gov-
ality of the Oregon ten-hour law for
ernor of California to pardon Mooney.
men and minimum wage lave for wo-
men. In these cases he was inli- Born in Galicia.
mately associated with Louis D. Ilran- For this and his radical attitude on
(leis whose elevation to the Supreme labor problems in general he was re-
Court of the United States left the cently denounced in the senate as a
cases in Mr. Frankfurter's hands. The "liolshevik." But inasmuch as Secre-
young Harvard professor won all tart Baker and even President Wilson
these cases before the Supreme Court. himself have been accorded similar
Secretary of Mediation Commission. attention by opposition leaders in
He came into unusual prominence congress, Mr. Frankfurter is in no
recently as secretary of the president's way discredited. The press and mag-
. Mediation Commission, of which Sec- azine comment on his appointment is
rotary of Labor Wilson was chair - !favorable and gives evidence of the
man. This 1,4(4 was sent to obtain universal regard for his great learning
first hand information on the many and experience.
He was born in .1ustrian Galicia of
labor troubles that had convulsed the
lie Muni-
western country and brought the I. poor Orthodox parents.
W. NV. into the newspapers all last grated to America in 1894 at the age
summer The infamous Bisbee de-!of 12. He was graduated from the
portation incident. the copper mine New York City. College with the high-
strikes. the Pacific coast telephone la-lest honors. He studied law at Har-
bor trouble, the stock yards of Chi- vard and was so remarkably brilliant
caw). and the internationally familiar int his work that upon his graduation
Mooney case became the objects of , was appointed a member of the fac-
study of Frankfurter, and his reports ulty as professor of administrative
on these industrially historic matters law. He is now on leave of absence
are classic. He bitterly denounced from the Harvard law school.
Problems Feature Discus-
sions at Biennial Meet of
Social Workers At
Kansas City.
The Austrian authorities have for. 1War
hidden correspondence in I I ehrew
characters, and according to the
Judische l'resse of Berlin, the pro•
tests of representative Jewish organ.
izations are without avail.
Minor gut ernment oftic'als have on
many occasions arbitrarily extended
this restriction even in localities
Where censorship does not apply.
matters of Jewish interest in con•
nection with the fund. We will
also publish a complete list of every
Jewish contributor including his
full name, address, and amount. IF
And whereas. it has always been the
reverent habit of the people of the
United States to turn in humble ap-
peal to .11inighty God for His guid-
ance in the affairs of their COMMOO
life;
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil-
son, President of the United States
of .America, do hereby proclaim
Thursday, the thirtieth day of May,
a (lay already freighted with sacred
and stimulating memories, a day of
public humiliation, prayer, and fast-
ing, and do exhort my fellow citizens
of all faiths and creeds to assemble
on that day in their several places of
worship and there, as well as in their
homes, to pray Almighty God that Ile
may forgive our sins and shortcom-
ings as a people and purify our hearts
to see and love the truth, to accept
and defend all things that are just
and right, and to purpose only those
righteous acts and judgments which
are in conformity with His will; be-
seeching Him that He will give vic-
tory to our armies as they tight for
freedom. wisdom to those who take
counsel on our behalf in these (lays of
(lark struggle and perplexity, and
steadfastness to our people to make
sacrifice to the, utmost in support of
what is just and true, bringing us at
last the peace in which imen's hearts
can he at rest because it is founded
111)011 mercy, justice;and good will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
'my hand and caused the seal of the
Fred M. Butzel Is Elected
President of The National
ConferenceofJewishCharities
AUSTRIA FORBIDS HEBREW.
our next issue we will report all
Resolved, by the Senate idle
House of Representatives concur-
ring). That, it being a duty pecu-
liarly incumbent in a time of war
humbly and ile ■ outly to acknowl-
edge our dependence on Almighty
God and to implore His aid and
protection, t he President of the
United States be, and he is II, reby.
respectfully requested to recom-
mend a (lay of public humiliation,
prayer, and fasting, to be observed
by the people of the United States
with religions solemnity and the of-
fering of fervent supplications to
Almighty God for the safety and
welfare of our cause. His blessings
on our arms, and a speedy restora-
tion of an honorable and lasting
peace to the nations of the earth;
Per Year, $1.50; Copy, 5 Colts•
FRED M. BUTZEL.
Elected Pres.dent of the National
Conference of Jewish Charities,
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Shall the Finger of Scorn Be Pointed at Us?
BY DAVID A. BROWN,
Vice-President Detroit Patriotic Fund.
The lews of Detroit wall take out of the Detroit Patriotic
Fund for local and national Jewish purposes the sum of $12.),000,
In order to raise this amount, we resolved to follow (an previous
slogans, "Give lore than Your Share," and "kite Until It
Hurts." \Ve decided we would give to the Fund 110RE than we
would TAKE
ou-r.
.\ re you satisfied that the JI•AVS OF DETROIT have so far
lived up to expectations?
Are YOU satisfied 'that VOI: have given YOl'R SII.1RE
and .NIORE than your share?
Are you content with the showing thus far made by the
Jews of Detroit as evidenced by the list of contributions pub-
lished from day to day?
Are you satisfied that ihe Jews of Detroit have given their
SHARE to the Patriotic Fund and are content to accept
$425,000 for Jewish purposes out of that Fund? If so, you
admit that the Jews of Detroit have FAILED. You admit
that the Jews of Detroit are not able to raise sufficient money
to cover their own quota for Jewish \Var Relief and for the
support of their own charities.
Ifave you read the list of contributions from our Jewish
leaders in the commercial and professional life of Detroit!
.Many of them are splendid and show proper appreciation of
the worthiness of the Cause—but others are so small that the
government has officially signified its
approval of the English and French
Declarations in favor of the 'Zionist
movement and of a Jewish National
Homeland in Palestnie.
Mr, Nahum Sokolov. representa-
tile in London of the Zionist Inter:.
national Political Committee, has re-
cei eil from .\ mbassador Imperiali,
the following formal statement of
attitude of these questions:
"On the instructions of His Excel-
lency Baron Sonnino, His Nlajesty's
Minister for Foreign Affairs, I lime
the honour to inform you that H.N1.
Government is pleased to confirm the
declarations already made through
their representatives in ‘Vashiligton,
the Hague and Salonica, to the effect
that they will use their best endeav-
ors to facilitate, the establishment in
Palestine of a Jewish National centre,
it being understood that this shall not
prejudice the legal or political status
enjoyed by Jews in any other coun-
try."
The British Declaration in favor of
a Jewish National Homeland in Pales-
tine was made on November 21111, 1917.
The French statement was made on
February 12th, 19114. On February
250 of this year a dispatch appeared
in the daily newspapers to the effect
that the Italian Government had no-
tified its Ambassadors that it ap-
proved of the stand on Palestine taken
by its allies. This, however, is the
first authorized announcement. Early
in .tpril M. Jacobus Kann, president
of the Dutch Zionist Federation. an-
nounced that he had been authorized
by the Government of Holland to an-
nounce that it also approves of the
establishment of a Jewish National
Homeland in Palestine.
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JEWISH
DOCTOR IS GERMAN
PRISONER OF WAR
YOUNG
finger of scorn should be pointed at the men who fail to do
their duty.
Frankly, our contributions as a whole are disappointing.
The Jew in overalls who toils in the shops and factories is an
exception.
Ile, together with his fellow worker of other faith:,
has done INIORE THAN HIS SHAFZE. His patriotism is
100')1 pure. Ile is placing - the badge of shame on some our
wealthier citizens.
The good name of the Jew in Detroit is at stake.
NVe cannot afford to have our deficiencies made up by our
Christian neighbors. WI- :1111.3ST 1)0 OUR 0\1•N DUTY.
If YOU haven't given NIORE than pair share, then f,a -
God's sake, give your SII.1RE. And give it NO \V.
Double it
Treble it. Then get your
frien d s to do likewise.
1)0 THIS AT ONCE. 'LET IT BE RN() \\*N WIT'
OUT 1)OUIVI"I'llAT JE \VS OF DETIO HT I lA\T
DONE
FULL. DUTY.
Other officers elected are Felix NI.
Warburg, New fork, First Vice-Pres•
ident ; Bernard Greensfelder, St.
Louis, Second Vice-President; Alfred
Benjamin, Kansas City, Third Vice-
President; Sidney l'ritz, Cincinnati,
Treasurer; Boris D. Bogen, Secretary.
I Mr. Bogen was elevated to the posi-
tion of Executive Director of the
Field Bureau in recognition of his re-
markable work in placing the bureau
on all efficient basis.) . •
Felix M. Warburg Stirs Convention.
Over 175 delegates were in attstid-
ance at the opening session on Sunday
night. The meeting was featured by
an address from Felix M. Warburg
who had traveled from New York es-
pecially to give this talk. Ile made
an eloquent appeal for recognition of
the communal work of the social
worker on the part of the Jewish com-
munities in tires of the increasing im-
portance of social work during and
after this war. Ile pleaded for a
raised status of the social worker in
remuneration and position in the coin-
ninnity, stating that the support
ken to the social worker was entirely'
disproportionate to his service in
every community. Ile Pointed to the
necessity of greater inducements to
young people of training to cutter the
field of social service view of the
depletion in the ranks because of the
war and urged the utilizing of train-
ing schools and the establishing of all
insurance system .for social workers.
Mr. \Varliiirg spoke with singular feel-
ing and at the conclusion of his ad-
dress the audience arose en masse and
gate him a hearty ovation.
Mr. :1arfni Cohen, Pittsburgh, re•
tiring president, gave his presidential
message, reporting on the progress
of the conference and its work during
the mist two years. Ile emphasized
the desirability of changing the name
of the conference thus following the
lead of the parent organization, the
National Conference of Social work-
ers.
If necessary to give up to schedule, 1NCIZEASE YOUR
CONTRIliUTION.
The fifth biennial meeting of the
National Conference of Jewish Char•
ivies which took place this year at
Kansas (.'ity. Nlo., un Nlay 13-15, takes
on added interest to the local com-
munity ill the election of Fred M.
Itutzel as President of the Conference
for the ensuing term. 1111-. Hazel
held the office of \'ice-President dur-
ing the last term. His elevation to
the head of the organization is a fit-
ting recognition of his many years td
actia ity in social service in the coun-
try, for he was one of the pioneers in
the idea of forming a national organ-
ization of JC•Itiii social workers, His
wide experience in local charitable and
social . service agencies together with
his progressive leadership in the field
of social science and his intense de-
votion to the work tit him admirably
for the high office he has been hon-
ored with.
First Lieut, William Gordon.
Child Caring of Dependent Children.
('hill caring of dependent children
Letters recently ret rived from the
front state that Lieut. William Gor- was the topic at one of the sessions.
The
current of opinion in the discus-
.
don, formerly house physician of the
s . ons was strongly in favor of the
University of hlichii.tan hospital at
:\ nu Arbor, has been taken prisoner placing of the children in private
by the Germans and is now languish- homes instead of in institutions. It
ing at the great prison camp at Karls• was pointed out that the fancily en-
time, Germany. lir. Gordon is well vironment was more desirable than
known to many in Detroit through the orphanage, and that the institu-
his university connections and as a non was to be resorted to only when
frequent t isitor in the city. Ile is the
nephew Of Mr. J Wiener, of Meilliury
avenue.
Lieut. Gordon enlisted in the Med.
ical Reserve Officers Corps immedi•
ately following our declaration of war
and he was one of the first of the
Michigan boys who went across. His
capture came about through his volun-
teer act in taking charge of a first aid
station in one of the hottest sections
of the trenches. On the night of
April 13th, the bodies made a big raid
and he was captured along with sev-
eral other Americans. His home is
in Lima, Ohio. He graduated from
the U. of M. in 1843
other facilities did not present thetn-
setcex.
The tuberculosis question occupied
another session. Dr. Max Iliesenthal.
Chicago, deplored the tendency of
sending tuberculosis patients to Den-
ver, stating that great hardships were
thus occasioned especially in the case
of the poor. 13r. C. D. Spivak, Den-
ver, stated that Denver should be the
last resort in the case of either rich
Or poor.
A banquet of the delegates was •
held on Monday evening at which Mr.
Fred NI. Hazel acted as toastmaster.
13r. Lee K. Frankel, New York, spoke
on the problems in social service as
conditioned on the war. Henry L.
Mayer spoke on i'acitic coast prob.
FOR A GOOD KOSHER MEAL
should try
LIEBERMAN'S kiss as related to the Jew. Boris D.
you
KOSHER RESTAURANT,
(Home Bogen related his experiences on be-
Cooking) 36 Monroe Ave., Second half of Jewish war relief abroad in the
Floor.—Adv.
(Continued On Page Seven.)
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