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THE JEWISH INSTITUTE NEWS

NO. 5

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, MARCH, 1920.

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LEGAL AID BUREAU
BRINGS SUCCOR TO
MANY IN DISTRESS

Financial SIntrotrol from Orlohtr lot.

sT.1TISTICAl. REPORT 11 0 011t 1 Flt It

19IS. to Jonoory !al. 1920.
Itrrelpio.

1919.

ACTIVITIES AT JEWISH
INSTITUTE INTEREST
ALL CLASSES IN 1919

'Vidal number of application
4 959 Balance in hands of Treasurer
3.528
Number of beneficiaries
015.79
(Wt. 1st, 1918
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Number of families represented.
298 Petty
Number of individuals represented 1,134
' ••••".
""""" - " •
350.00
rotary
Oct. -""
1st, •" 1910
.1. It Neiman
. Rabbi Leo M Franklin
Julian H. Kral:. Pres.
lee
Number of new eases
150.00
Petty easti Increased
Nathan Robinson
Dr. N. Ginsburg
Milton M. Alexander,
2.402 Rents for meetings
of applicants for relief
292.50
Wa Bore Rosenhelm
Bernard Ginsburg
Vice-Preis
Number of aPPlicantn for medical
1.235.18
hospital bills
Mrs. Wallace Rosenheim
Win. Friedman. Vies-Pres. Harry Iirilllt
:123 Refunds,
relief
568.00
Refunds. loans
Joseph Burak
Albert Saunter
3litts Edith lloavenrIell
Walter lonehlt. Vlee-Pres.
Number of applicants for shoes
6,185.44
Refunds, relief
A. Schlesinger
Samuel Itenvenrleh
David W. Simone, Trots
7e5 Refunds, miscellaneous
and clothing
'.140.07
Albert W. :Acidosis
Rabbi A. M. Hershman
Blanehe Hart, Exec. See.'
Number of f a m I I I e a securing
Refund, Washington Progres-
A. Shift man
Moves II imellioch
Jerome Ackerman
47
weekly relief
sive Club, painting in gym-
Milford
Stern
Anson
Klein
A. Bar i t
Number of different c h I I d r e 11
3112.25
wer rooms
nasium and
Joneph I.. Selling
Mrs. Sarah E. Nrolik
Fred M. [hazel
III Refund, Jewish Widows'
'I he Recreation Com missio n,
placed in homes
we' slid
Harry I, Welnatein
Itahbl J. Ix Levin
Joseph J. Cummins
Number of famines represented
146.20 through the program carried on at
SOCIely
Henry WIneman
Through the Legal Aid 'human of
Mrs. Max May
A. Finsterwald
55 Memorial and Plower Ilona-
by III children
the
Jewish Institute in an effort to
Nlin.
Henry
Wineman
Rabbi Samuel S.
Harry Fran):
the Detroit United Jewish Charities Number of children adopted
1,370.011
lions
Mayerberg
dice) the social and recreational life
16 Special Donations
it57.7a
.
during the past year, according to the Number of new eases of desertion
.
Number of new inset( of t ubeeu-
100.110 of the neighborhood, has reached
SaUlti ,, n
blistted Mohthly by the Educational and Publicity Committee of the United Jewish Charities annual report submitted, assistance
32
lions
Lootr.tou 39,598 people, an average of 3,099
Iiell,iel Pollasky legacy
was rendered to families threatened Number of loans granted
6 Kroll': Family. on account tit'
blitton M. Alexander, Chairman
Clarence II. Fagg.,
monthly, the highest attendance be-
i4afilit teo M. Franklin
17
Of
stove,.
purchased
with disruption through domestic dif- Number
midi gag.. and notes Berman
Fred II. !Kneel
Samuel S. J:lityerberg
3 049.15 ing reached in February. During the
oniorial
I:rolik
Julian H. Krolik
ficulties, to workmen applying for re- Number of individuals granted
Klilford Stern
transportat Ion
1 11 Colle , 1 lions
755.50 winter months three workers Were
from au bscribers.
o
course through the compensation Number of families given matzos
al Reeeiv
I 'immunity
Receivedfrom
Fditor
assigned full time with 33 periods per
ALEXANDER
11LTON
laws, to pressing eviction cases and Numb, r of paire of shoes and
75.105.57
Union
A ssociate Editor to all forms of distress experienced
544
week and the additional help of 14
rubbers distributed
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WE FRIEDMANN
Number of aril( is received front
$93.329.16 periods by other workers, making a
by Detroit Jews to whom paid legal
1.471i
Needle Work Guild
IlIsbormemento.
total of 47 periods of leadership each
advice was not available. Joseph S. Number of pieccem of clotnibg dis-
AdmlolotrnIloft.
week.
5.499
tributed
Burak, assisted by Harry L. \Vein-
111,037.62
Salaries
e
n
In the boys' and men's department
Number
of
individuals
g
I
in
As the Jewish Community of Detroit increases in size, it becomes stein, summed up the work of the
346 Printing,, stationery and post-
clothing
games, marching, gymnastics, social
467.65
age
Increasingly necessary fur every individual interested in its welfare bureau of which he is chairman iii the Number o f violin of investiga-
194.116
dancing, basket-ball games and hand-
12 It79 (Mice elipplies
tion made
664.52
to keep in close touch with..the agencies regularly organized fur the following report:
A telegraphy
Were offered.
Number of famillen investigated. 5.162 Telephone and tel
242.51 craft
1115 Freight. and cartage
It is impossible for any 011C to To the Board of Directors:
Number of legal aid eases
class was conducted for several
>
r erfornizince of community work.
Blaintenanee and Ineurance
The assistance to our co-religionists Number of different women In
1.1121.22 months. The work for boys was
automobile
ie thoroughly posted on all that is being done and it is, therefore, in matters involving legal aid and
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workroom
1.837.91 varied and included toy-making and
72 Heat, light and
294.24
of the highest importance for every individual to get in touch with counsel during the current year was Number of pension casen
Insurance and la SYS
Number of Individuals repre-
caning chairs and kite-
painting,
1.999.60
tepaIrs Jewish Institute
307
the special agency operating in any particular field of community primarily of four kinds.
sented In pension cases
2,378.84 making. The boys in the last class
Janitor's 'shirt
s
and expense.
256 fransporlation expense
First - Matters involving domestic Number of temporary ease
255.31
'Work before he or she takes steps in that field.
participated in the annual city kite
1511.1111
difficulties. These are treated from a Number of individuals ;epee-
Audit on lo
N27
sented in temporary onset(
day.
We have on the staff of the United Jewish Charities ;In unusually sociological rather than a legal point
{20,566.61
The girls' and women's activities

Official Organ of the United Jewish Charities of Detroit

Recreation Commission's Program
of Social Work Brings Out
Record Attendance.

and Harry Wein-
stein Conduct Affairs of Or-
ganization During Past Year.

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Co-operation Needed

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line group of sympathetic, socially-minded young women, who are
keenly awake to the problems confronting our people and are
their best to solve them. With the co-operation of the general pub-
lic, they can do much ; hampered by kind-hearted though thought-
less outside interference in the plans they are making for the re-
habilitation of individuals and families, they can (I() little. They arc
anxious for the co-operation of the community and arc happy to
discuss with them any cases needing assistance.
Even though it appears that your applicant for relief is of the
type that has never gone to the Charities. don't be too sure about it.
Ask first. It may be that even if the Charities (Ii) not know the
person, they may suggest, out of their broad experience, some way
of handling the case much better than had occurred to one who is
nut constantly in touch with such problems. Tu to co-operate With
COMC to the Jewish Institute. See what we arc trying to do
and how we are doing it. You and we will be better for the inter-
change of views and experiences.

trying

Our Feeble-Minded

More and more, the failure of the people of the State of ichigan
to properly provide for feeble-minded persons is cursing us. Our
institution at Lapeer, though accommodating many more people
than it formerly did, is still utterly inadequate to take care of the
large number of feeble-minded people in this and other ciimmunities
hi the state. It takes from two to three years after a person ha ,
been committed by the Probate Court to Lapeer before his or her
turn collies to be admitted. Under such circumstances. many peo-
ple who should properly be confined in an institution arc not ohm-
milted by the Court because the judges feel that it is better to con-
serve the little space available in the institution at Lapeer for the
most serious cases. In the meantime, many serious cases are per-
mitted to go at large, unwatched, likely to commit crimes of all
kinds, and, even worse, likely to bring into the world large families
of feeble-minded children.
1 The condition is a critical one and one that endangers the welfare
of the safety of every one of us.
There will shortly be presented a comprehensive plan for state
Care of such cases, and it is to be hoped that this plan will receive
the hearty support of every citizen.

. Ti, sN II. KROLIK.

Court Reform

of view. Every effort was made in
8'
t aU"Sei.8]-
eoh Ti'lgt I jd'Onit t ' !ri TlIoeP
potential divorce matters to effect A m
Tuberculosis
reconciliation. The major portion of
T,
theoe cases constituted securing Ziv „in d„',"
ItivorCed ""
proper support for the wives and
Desertion
husbands.
delinquent
families of
r op ttaa tntx.
:,g
r!.etialiico.th
usually after all doubts were removed
as to the obligations in this direr-
la ide er d
tr'erietile.ti
td lhli
lion, the preservation of t he home
through reconciliation was simplified.
s l i n ,44' r,":,,,,,,
Second--Nlatters involving the work-
man's compensation law. This work old age
Wage - earner in prison
usually involved simply the duty of
Among •tp.einporary Cases-
properly preparing the papers for
presentation of the claims of the in-
Ficknesfr 9
Nun-support
jured applicants and employees and
PrHipult, i lke.i'" 1 '44 " i " g3
rendering to them counsel in such
W 'dimwit
cases.
Widower,
Third-Landlord and tenant cases.
,,In",no,
These cases necessitated more often
i",j;.{,;;.,";
counsel than action. Even where
e loslis
1:)111,b
i t g,t:
such matters are !Bought into court
Lack of work
it is simply the duty of the Judiciary
Men in Jail
to apply the law to the particular set
Clinic Depertment.
of facts and the function of a Legal
of prescriptions allowed
Aid Bureau in such matters is to Number
avoid litigation by applying the law If i'i;:t;:im
e e . m, -
b
f tr:7'ff :,:ii,,Ipii:11,:i:d'eul
b.: ,,
supporters
to the facts before the expenses of
individuals given
suit were incurred. In a period of Number of
bandages
,,:,
such congested living conditions1,,d1,a1
through which Detroit is passing Number r t ° 1: i tirrald
n
"uals
en
iv g
" v
I
rub-
her
stocking,,
there
there naturally was considerable ad-
,fr bet r n at, , ,I. alg e R or fl eets g lye n .
n it,i e r o
vice requited of the Legal Aid liar N ,I tn

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■ iimirrii11111 . 01111.

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9 Peoples state 1:,,iii,
„„ mortgage
mortgage

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191.62

o PeAples State Dank. on ac-
1,100.09
count of mortgage
•1
Peoples State Mani,. on re-
count of mortgage Herman
1.000.00
Kroh!: 51emori0 I
Peoples State flank. on ac-
of not.. }Lerman
•ount
2000.1m
I:relik Memorial
25.(15
•
Bonding' Co
•1 Fidelity
Refunded to subserlitern who
is
be-
contributed to U. J. V.
on
their amalgamation
f oro
151.00
with Comm. Union
Memorial and special done-
lions
tratisferved
to
special
17
1,763.25
Savings A1 . 12111,nt .
120
2 Additional Pets)* Cash from
150.011
Treasurer
34
1,027.52
3 Miavellaneotia Expense
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26
1 7.708.39
2

Educational and Publicity.
$ 582,00
Jewish Institute Sewn
40.00
110.84
12 51usie Department
32,511
20 40,1 0 Service Courses

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i t lloy Scouts

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162
121

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3

to
4
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Total number of children reale-
tcred
1,318
Nemeth,. Cononlealen.
Number of individuals reached by
activities of Itecreation Com-
mission
39.598
Average monthly attendance
3.099
Number of weekly periods of
leadership
4;
Number of full time workers
Activities of Recreation Comeni”loa.
f lames.
tlymnastlea.
Social dancing.
Folk and aesthetic dancing.
Brisk.. brill games.
Handcraft boys and girls.

111k In C.

4

1 ;

rasa in tenancy matters.
Number of arch supporta given
Fourth-Criminal matters. The as- .umber of Individuals g I v e ' n
29 1
gissses
sistance to worthy applicants for de-
" leg
fense and counsel in criminal matters ' t;.tt :,!. 1
1
was no less important because a small ,et. or teeth
350
te.litne
nice
part of our work. While the proper Number
id
ts h t" reated
u r,,r,
7, t .7.
administration of justice was respect - N
f
Ho
of patien ted treated by 7.055
1,6814 94
ed. and while the authorities, of
course, received our whole - hearted lumber of old patients
Soother of new patients
support, the families of erring and Number of vinits made In homes i...9
weak offenders were not lost sight of
1.142
by clime nurse
urg ical
3 4
and the effect of sentence upon inno- S
817
cent relatives and dependents was } ' rd hal
315
called to the attention of the atithori- ',; iv,:teect°rIre gY
165
nine
and
throat
lilac,
ties.
if;: l nrm;i
u
og; month.
Especially in cases against juveniles Dermatology
491
were our services most required and
257
every effort was exerted to prevent a iii:tiirm°
118
::
Utt;8months
die?"t
31
long confinement of a juvenile suspect Psychopa'hie for 6 months
lioxpital Departmeel.
,
so that he might escape the possible Number
21
of Grace Hompital czars,
injurious contact and association with Number of Harper Hospital eases
17
, umber of St. Mary's Hospital
hardened committers of crime while a;
4
saes
In the majority of
awaiting trial.
4
:timber of Eloise canon
cases against juventle delinquents, p Number of Receiving lioapItal
eases
14
preliended for the first time, the sell -
- Cumber of Woman's Hompltal
fences of courts were lenient and con
saes
7
siderate, consisting mostly of trans- Num b er of Children's Hospital
fern to the Probation Officer or a
Nu mbe r
r of Kiefer Hospital eases
1:
small fine.
2
At this point appreciation is ex- Number of Howell canes
Number of National Jewish Hos-
pressed for the kindly co-operation
pital caner,
and sympathetic understanding of Number of Detroit Tuberculosis
Sanatorium canes
9 d
both the Federal an State Court of- Reed School
ficials.
Furman Vail School
"lie work of the Legal Aid Bureau Pelletal'. sod Propkylectle Pilule
Department of Health.
has been, therefore, of a most exact-
Number of clinics held
170
ing nature, but affording compensa- Total attendance
3,030
tion through the interest and (he sat- Number of old cases
1.037
camen
Number
of
774
isfaction of having rendered service
of children treated
1,643
of vital importance in over one hun- Number Feed,
Ale Department.
Individual, housed for 91/2 weeks 1,225
dred cases.
Number of children per week
100
Respectfully submitted.
Number of different children
630
LEGAL. AID BUREAU,
Number of visits of Investigation
made
for
ramp
770
By Joseph S.' Burak.

The passage of the Court Reform Bill should have a decidedly
beneficial effect on Jewish dependency and delinquency. It is need-
less to say that the growth of Detroit and the mounting cost of living
have affected our co-religionists in the congested part of the city, as
well as other people.
The necessity for accommodating strangers as roomers and board-
ers brings a reaction of crimes against chastity. The mounting cost
of living leads to desperate methods of making both ends meet. The
lure of Detroit, where the streets arc "paved with gold," brings a
large number of wild young men, many of them desiring adventure
and excitement.
Many of them, when first brought into full realization of the
meaning of their conduct, can be brought back to a more normal
attitude towards life. Good probation officers, with the help of social
agencies, can find solutions of individual problems in such a way
that the temptation to delinquency is diminished.
This takes the time of more judges than we have now and it
implies that judges, instead of grinding out the enormous grist of
varied product, specialize in their attention to one type of problem.
The new Court Bill will make it possible for one judge to devote
his attention to the problems of street-walking and female delin-
J. C. NOTES
quency; another judge to attend to the young man from Is to 2 5
who is psychologically quite different from the older man and t he
The attendance at the English
Younger boy; another to the family relations, and still another to
classes for Jewish women, conducted
problems of traffic, and so forth.
by the Board of Education. at the
The new bill will prboably bring in its wake a body of trained Bishop and Russell Schools, has been
investigators and psychologists, so that the judge may have suffi- very gratifying, outnumbering great-
cient data to dispose not only of the crime but also of the perpetrator ly attendance at other Americaniza-
therof with due regard for his interest, the interest of Siciety , and tion centers. Through the efforts of
Mrs. Esther Hoffman, Educational
the prevention of repetitions.
Director of the U. J. C., similar
With a court thus organized, the United Jewish Charities, the classes will lie held at the Maybee
synagogues, the lodges and schools can co-operate so as to bring School for Jewish Women.
During the past month Miss
the Jewish desire to preserve the Jewish good name, to bolster up
our community at its weakest point. At present the better elements Blanche J. Hart addressed the Me-
norah Society at Ann Arbor on the
in the Jewish community find it difficult to represent the social
subject of -Jewish Social Service."
The weekly luncheon meetings
viewpoint and there are always some who exert influence to save
Jewish malefactors from their Just deserts and believe they are which the Relief Committee are
thereby serving a Jewish cause. Should the Court Bill pass, it may holding at the Jewish Institute arc
aduiFt
t .
be possible to extend a helping hand to those who have gone astray, proving of inestimable interest t
sin
.u'edt
isD u iteTesreanite e daires,.
especially first offenders, and at the same time make articulate the iva.rleuie,t
(th u g t„
wrath of the community' at those who. forgetting their ancient herit-
members of the board
cle ar
influence
to
into
the
workings
of
a
upon
.
modern
sight
and
depend
age, resort to shameless practices
F. NI. B.
soci,1 service organization.
escape the consequences of their conduct.

interest

Chorus work.
Gardening.
C hit, work for boys and girls.
classes.
Literary club,.
Fire.
Dramatic Club.
Mother,. Club.
Seasonal festivals and entertain-
ments.
Neighborhood
Scouts.
Monte !Wilmot for !4 eeee Montt,.
Total number of pupils
177
Number of pupils enrolled
19
Number of lessons given
387
Resnerffullv submitted,
BLANCHE
Hl'RT.
Executive Secretary.

767.84

Ontaide Or199919911ono.
By Jewish b■ rphan Asylum.
1 2 000.0o
Cleveland
folks Home.
NIontellore 4)91 Vol
2111850
Cleveld
an
Hospital.
Jewish
NIational
1.00100
Denver. Colo.
Jewish Consumptives' Helier
100.00
Society, Denver
bureau,
Desertion bureau,
iational
100.00
New York
Hebrew Sheltering and Im-
2,000.00
migrant Aid Society
Field Bureau, National Con-
400.00
ference Jewish Social Work
)etrolt Tuberculosis Sana-
3511,00
torium
National Conference of Social
20.00
Work

included folk dancing and games, in-
terpretative and advanced dancing,
social dancing, gytnnastics, hand-
work, crocheting and knitting, doll-
making, hiking, chorus work, garden-
ing and neighborhood visiting. Clubs
were formed for the study of litera-
ture and the drama. A Camp Fire,
Story Ilour, and Mother's Club were
organized. Each seasonal festival
has also been appropriately celebrat-
ed by parties and entertainments.
Not only the immediate neighbor-
hood was benefited by these classes,
but frequently groups from different
classes have been called upon to pro-
vide entertainment for different or-
ganizations, this custom serving, very
effectively, to create a civic spirit in
the children.
The staff of the Recreation Com-
mission has made use of the Hannah
Schloss Building from October to
June for bi-weekly meetings and the
workers of the Commission have at
all times co-operated in the building
activities and in turn have enjoyed
the co-operation of the officials and
different organizations of the Jewish
Institut e.
Miss Gail Baker served very ca-
,ably as &rector of the recreational
ctivitics at the Institute during the

/ear.

Committee Appointments For
Current Year

6.170.00

Clinic tool hematite!.

219.57
5
Clinic and X-(lays
Tuberculosis Sana-
Detroit
torium
2,763.85
Harper Hospital
588.75
Grace Hospital
75.52
St. Mary's Hospital
377.50
Woman's Hospital
U. J. C. Temporary Hospital
202.04
for Influenza patients
51iehigan State Sanatorium,
378.50
Howell Nlich.
Detroit Home Nursing Alum-
28.40
elation
Furman gall School. Adrian,
iris
111 .00
Iced School
50.00
/ental Work
140.00
1/11,1101 ■ Ceilt Care'
84.12
Ilseellaneous Expense
265.71
.aundry

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1 8.239.31
Relict.
Material 16.11e1 Loans. etc....$29.613 98
.
Clothin, Shoex, Rubbers and
6,189.50
dry good,.
10,11201
Children's Board
Carfare
207.20
Maintenance Fannie Lewin
886.52
Memorial (Itendrie etreet).
Maintenance Herman Krulik
Memorial (Frederick street)
591 32
Maintenance (Rosalie Siegel
'.
Memorial (Holbrook street)
517.6 8
258.56
Transportation

Total Disburslownts

$18.390.77
$91,842.92

Balance on I fand
January
lst, 1920
tat,
1,468.54
Petty
h
In
(land,,
of 1
Secretary'
Ca
0.00
60_

Balance in !Janda lit Treas.
January 1st. 19211
0 56,51
3
BLANCHE J. HART,
Secretary.

STATEMENT OF THE UNITED
JEWISH CHARITIES OF
DEROIT

From October 1st, 1918, to January
1st, 1921).
Balance on hand October
1st, 1918
$ 810.79
Collections from October
1st, 1918, to January 1st,
1020
92,018. 67
-
$92,829.46
Disbursements, front Octo-
b er 1.4, 1918, to January
1st, 1920, N'ouchers Nos.
160 to 297 inclusive
91.842.92

Balance on hand January
1st, 1920
8 9Q6
DAVID W. SIMONS,
Treasurer.

Mrs. Sarah Bregston. for several
years on the staff of the Jewish Aid
of Chicago, is now supervising the
case work of the United Jewish
Charities.

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE.

Fred M. Butzel, Chairman,
A. Finsterwald,
[Larry Frank,
Bernard Ginsburg,
Aaron Klein,
A. Shiffman.
RELIEF COMMITTEE.

Wm. Friedman, Chairman,
Milton M. Alexander,
Fred M. Butzel,
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin,
Bernard Ginsburg,
Miss Edith Heavenrich,
Walter Fuchs,
Joseph Burak,
Moses I I imelhoch,
Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg,
Albert Samter,
Harry L. Weinstein,
Dr. N. Ginsburg,
Joseph L. Selling,
Mrs. Wallace Rosenheim,
Rabbi A. M. Hershman.

COMMITTEE ON PRISON
RELIEF.

Rabbi S. S. Mayerberg, Chairman,
J. B. Neiman,
Jos. Burak,
H. Wineman.

HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Walter Fuchs, Chairman,
Wallace Rosenheim,
Miss Edith Heavenrich,
Harry Z. Brown,
A. Shiffman,
N. Robinson.

SINKING FUND COMMITTEE.

Henry M. Butzel, Chairman,
[leotard Ginsburg,
Albert NV. Schloss.

EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE.

Milton M. Alexander, Chairman,
Fred NI. Butzel,
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin,
111. Stern,
Rabbi S. S. Mayerberg,
J. B. Neiman,
Joseph J. Cummins,
Joseph Burak,
Wallace Rosenheim,
Harry Brown,
Rabbi A M. Hershman.

Miss Blanche J. Hart has been
elected a member of the National
Conference of Social Work, which
will meet in New Orleans April 14-23.
Beside Miss Ilart, who will represent
the U. J. C.. Mr. and Mrs. Julian II.
Krolik and Mr. Fred M. Butzel will
attend the conference.