Amterkait ,fewish Periodical Critter All Jewish Views All Jewish News WITHOUT BIAS CLIFTON AVINUIS • CINCINNATI 30, OHIO 11-EbETROITIEWISII 0 TELEPHONE CADILLAC 1-0-4-0 OLDEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH NEWSPAPER IN MICHIGAN VOL. XXXIII. NO. 4 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1927 CALL CONFERENCE Jewish Chautauqua Society , SOLDIERS ESCORT OF STATE U. J. C. T o Convene Here Next Week TO AID CAMPAIGN CHAIM WEIZMANN Prominent Rabbis and Educators Will Gather For Thirty - Ninth Annual Assembly, Dec. 25 to 29; Temple Fred M. Butzel and Bernard Beth El to Entertain. Ginsburg Call Meeting On January 22. ACT ON APPEAL OF NATIONAL OFFICE David A. Brown In Tour to Collect $7,000,000 In Cash. Fred M. Butzel and Bernard Ginsburg, respectively state chair- man and state treasurer of the Michigan United Jewish Cam- paign for the relief. of Jews in Eastern Europe, announced this week that a state conference will be held on Jan. 22 for the purpose of speeding up collections on pledges to the relief campaign. The following telegram was re- ceived from the executive secre- tary of the United Jewish Cam- paign in New York: "National Chairman Brown con- sents to another tour country be- wining January to stimulate pay- ments pledges and organize cam- paigns where none yet held. Thia tour fifth made by Chairman Brown at tremendous personal sacrifice to obtain largest response to plea our people Europe. Ne- cessity securing $7,000,000 cash to enable Joint Distribution Cum- mitte complete its 1920 program reconstructive relief Poland, Rus- sia, other countries where Jews bitterly struggling for self-support causes him assume this burden. I'lease urge all co-workers arrange state-wide or regional conferences which Mr. Brown will attend. Let- ter follows. "(Signed) JOS. C. HYMAN, "Executive Secretary, United Jew- ish Campaign." A year and a half ago $2(),000,- 000 was pledged by Jews through- out the United States to help the Jews of Poland to meet the wide- spread economic-crisis and also to assist our co-religionists in other parts of Europe to recover from the crushing effects of the war, po• gums and commercial inflations and depressions which they had ex- perienced in that country, Rus- sia, Roumania and other neighbor- ing lands. David A. Brown, national chair- man of the United Jewish Cam-, paign, declared: The Joint Distribution Corn-1 mittee, the organization carrying on the work, has been unable to frame a budget for the ensuing year because all of the available funds have been exhausted and the relief body now is nearly $1,-; 000,1)00 in debt. In order to carry out a minimum of the program planned, the Joint Distribution Committee needs at least $750,- 000 before the end of this month and no less than $3,000,000 by March of 1028. The American Jews have re- sponded nobly to the appeal on he- half of their unfortunate broth-' rm. The difficulty is that the money is not coming in fast enough to keep up with the huge task that is facing us in the elit111- tries where our brethren have suf- fered from famine, war and po- liticaland economic upheavals. If we should he forced to abandon any part of the constructive re-' lief program, it would not only plunge hundreds of thousands of men, women and children into mis- ery and despair, but would nul- lify much that has been accom- plished with great effort and ex- penditure of money." K. of P. Monthly Dinners Popular Judge Marschner Addresses Lodge; Next Dinner On Jan. 2. Beginning with Divine Services at Temple Beth El on Sunday morning at which Rabbi Ferdinand M. Iserman of Toronto will preach the sermon, and continuing CZERNOW1TZ.—(J. T. A.) -- Dr. Chaim Weizmann, presi- dent of the World Zionist Or- ganizatior, whose visit to Rou. mania on behalf of the heren Ilayes od coincided with the anti-Semitic outbreaks, was es- corted to the train by a strong force of police. Roumanian soldiers accom- panied 11r. Weizmann on the train until he reached the bor- der. ; board of directors of Temple Beth El, the Sisterhood of the temple, the Men's Temple Club, the Young People's Temple ('huh, the Temple Arts Society and the Phoenix Club. Several hundred delegates are expected to attend the meeting. The general arrangements are in charge of Miss Jeannette Miriam Goldberg of Philadelphia, field sec- retary of the Chautauqua. 1 Dr. l.eo M. Franklin, In a state- ment given out this week described the aims of the society. "The Jewish Chautauqua Soci- iAlbert Williams Wins First ety," said Dr. Franklin, "has through the almost two-score years Prize With Oration On of its existence, been a very potent "Kingdom of God." factor in the spread of Jewish edu- cation. Ni,: (nay through its sum- mer sessions, which have been a The Philomathic's D eb•ting great stimulus to the teachers in , Club's fourteenth annual oratorical the religious schools throughout the contest was held Tuesday evening, land, has it functioned. It has done Dec. 20, at the Shaarey Zedek syn- very telling work in sending speak- agogue, Brush street and Willis ers to many of the larger universi- .asenue at 7:30. ties of this country, thus bringing The gold Medal donated to the the message of the Jew and Juda- best speaker by Herman August ism to thousands of young awn and ! was won by Albert Williams, whose women of all faiths. It has pub- suhiect was "The Kingdom of lished a number of text books God." through which the home study of. The silver medal donated to the the Bible and other subjects having second best speaker by Maurice RABBI LOUIS WOLSEY to do with Jewish culture, has been Morse was won by Nathan Shur, made possible. It has carried the' who °rated on "Machine Fettered through Thursday, Dec. 20, the message of the Jew into villages Mon." Jewish Chautauqua Society will Howard Berger speaking on hold its thirty-ninth annual assem- "Crime" received honorable men- bly in this city. This will bring to Detroit preachers and teachers of ' ti()n h judges of this contest were The nation-wide prominence. Lawrence Lipton, editor of The De- The service,' at the temple, to troit Jewish Chronicle; Judge Guy which all are invited, will be pre- A. Stiller of the Wayne Co nty Cir- u ceded by observation of the sessions cuit Court; and Louis S. Cohan, of Temple Beth El Religious School preminent Detroit attorney, and which, incidentally, is the largest honorary alumnus of the Philo- Jewish Religious school in this mathic. country. A feature of the mora- Silver handed gavels were pre- ines program of the religious sented to Norman Rem and Hymen school will be the presentation of Golden, recent speakers of the or- a Chanukah ploy in the high school, ganization as a t o ken of the club's the intermediate and afternoon esteem. schools. On Sunday evening the Judge Guy A. Miller spoke for first business session of the confer- the awarders. ence will take place. Speaker Ira Stone presided. The program of the assembly, which is given in full in another • column id this issue, includes ad- dresses by many phominent men of Reform Jewry, and informal recep- tion and dance at the Phoenix Club and a banquet. DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN Council of Women Honors Mrs. Welt President of Detroit Section Made Member of Na- tional Body, That Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, pre:- idea of the Detroit section of the National Council of Jewish Wom- en, has been chosen as a member of the national organization was PHILOMATHIC IN ORATORY CONTEST Niebuhr Lectures Arouse Interest Men The complete program of theme and hamlets all over the country, Women Invite Business useably will be found on Indeed there are few organizations To Talks On Interna- that have so much to their credit page five. tional Problems. as has the Jewish Chautauqua So- ciety. It should he generously and The Woman's Council for Edu- The committee of arrangements willingtly supported both in a ma- cation in International Relations is includes representatives of the terial and moral sense." to launch a project in January which ought to prove intriguing to thinking men and women. The council has arranad a series of talks on international affairs to be given each Tuesday next month by Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr following luncheon at 12 :15 o'clock at the Stotler Hotel. Alth oug h t h e counc I s i ma d c up Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein Harry Slavin, Henry Abram- of representatives of prominent Is Third Symposium ovitz and Sol Blum- , women's organizations in the city, I including the Wayne County Speaker. rosen Named. League of Women Voters, the On Monday evening, Dec. 28, American Association of Univer. What are the tenets of Orthre city Women, the Catholic Study Pisgah Lodge No. 34 I. 0. B. It., don Judaism? How does it differ club, the Y. W. C. A., the Council from Conservative and Reform Ju- will elect the following officers: of Jewish Women, the Detroit Fed- President, first, second and third daism? How does the Orthodox eration of Women's Clubs, the vice-presidents, secretary, treasur- Jew of America view the problems er, assistant monitor, warden, Woman's Interdenominational Stns• of adjustment to modern condi- sionary council and the Woman's guardian and three trustees for a tions? What does he believe and period of six plumbs. The by-laws Christian Temperance Union, still what is his outlook on life? in this undertaking the women hope provide that the officers be elected These and other questions will at the lost meeting in December to enlist the co-operation and in- receive authoritative treatment at and June, and that nominations be terest of business men. Instead of the hands of Rabbi Herbert Sam- made at three meetings preceding having the lectures in the after- uel Goldstein, president of the the election. noon when only women of leisure Union of Orthodox Jewish Con- The following have been nomi- might take advantage of the oppor- gregations, in an address to be de- nated: President, Ilarry Slavin, tunity afforded, the council has livered before the Detroit Jewish Ilenry Ahramovitz, Sol Blumrsesen; chosen a convenient hour for both Open Forum on Sunday, Jan. 8, first vice-president, Morris Shatz- men and women and has extended at the Northern High School, en ; second vice-president, Ilarry an invitation to the various men's Woodward and Owen avenues, at Slavin, Sol Bluntrosen; third vice- luncheon clubs to join the larger 3 p. m. president, Ilenry Gottlieb; secre- group for these talks. After deciding to lend its inter- This lecture will be third of I tary, Ilarry Yuelkoff, Rudolph series aimed to give the Jewish Meyersohn; treasurer Philip F:ttin- ; est in presenting to men and worn. public of Detroit a fair and com- ger; assistant monitor, Silas Fine- I en an enlightened view toward in- prehensive version of each of the berg, Rudolph Meyersohn; warden, ternational affairs, the council set principal denominations of mod- Abe Lenhoff, Paul Lieberman; out to find a speaker who could in- ern Judaism as interpreted by an guardian, Rudolph Meyersohn. terpret this subject and secured Dr. FORUM SPEAKER TO PISGAH LODGE TO DEFINE ORTHODOXY ELECT OFFICERS In an endeavor to further the I'ythian spirit and the fellowship, of its members, the entertainment committee of Detroit lodge No. 55, of which Jack Alter is chairman, with the able assistance of A. A. Forman, initiated a program of monthly dinners some months ago. So well have these taken that the dinner meetings have beceeme an established feature with an ever increasing attendance. The next of these dinners will be given on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 8:30. A speak- er, whose panic the committee will announce later, will address the gathering. The gentleman is a re- nowned Jewish scholar and teach- er, well known in social and civic and educational circles. On the eccasion of the last din- ner given Tuesday, Dee. 13, the speaker was the Hon. Judge Adolph F. Starschner, who gave an inter- esting and inspiring talk an - ianism and fraternal fellowship. Judge Mars.chner Is himself n mem- ber of the Pythian order. Thirty - two candidates were advanced to rank of Esquire, and these were further advanced to the rank of Knight, Tuesday, Dec. 20. The roster of Detroit Lodge No. 55 is ever growing, numbering at thin time some 2,200 members and Sol Kaplan, secretary. deplores the fart that many members, who are indifferent in their attendance, move from place to place without notifying the lodge of change of ad- dress with the result that it is im- possible to keep them acquainted with the activities of the lodge. ex- cept through the medium of these columns. Mr. Kaplan hopes that some Detroit lodge members reading these columns will awaken to the , authority in each field Notable C Rabbi Goldstein is a native American, having been born in New York City on Feb. ht, 1890. lie attended Columbia University, where he received the degree of Master of Arts. He received his rabbinical training at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was or- dained by Rabbi S. E. Jaffe in 1013. Ile is now rabbi of the In- stitutional Synagogue of New York, assistant professor of homi- letics in the Isaac Elchanan Theo- logical Seminary and president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. lie is the author and compiler of a num- ber of books on religious subjects. The last meeting of the forum was held last Sunday afternoon. Dr. Julian Morgenstern spoke be- fire a large audience on the sub. ject of Reform Judaism. "Reform Judaism," Dr. Morgen- stern said, "is a historical netts. airy. It is 'traditional J . d . ' There is no difference between the twn. What is now called 'Reform Judaism' was brought about by re- peated repetitions of great world changes—changes in which Juda- ism has been compelled to rein- terpret and re-express itself to the world at large." "Ghetto Judaism." The first great world-wide per- secution of Judaism, the speaker declared, began at about the time Columbus discovered America. In that year. he said, the Jews were expelled from Spain and in 1497 were expelled from Portugal. The Jewish ghetto began in Venice early in the sixteenth cen- tury and for approximately 300 years the Jews of Western Eu- rope were denied the right to par- (Turn to next page.) Turn to Page Three trustees, Adolph Freund, Bernard Ginsburg and Herniate Weiss. Sternberg Declines. President Samuel Sternberg an- nounced at the last meeting that he does not choose to run again for president and declined when he was nominated, emphasizing his pre- vious statement that he is not a candidate for re-election. President Samuel Sternberg an- nounced that the reports of all com- mittees embudving the work accom- plished during the past adminis- tration will he read on Monday, Dec 28 and urges every member to be present. At the meeting held Monday, Dec. 10, farther nominations were for all offices. This meeting was the second in which nominations were made and at the next meeting on Dec. 26, final nominations and the election of officers will be in or- der. At this meeting the by-laws Sec- tions -12 to 82 were read and allept. ed. Julius Deutelliaum for three terms president of Pisgah Lodge, presided while the by-laws were un- der consideration. President Sam- uel Sternberg presided over the regular order of business. Many candidates Were by Ber- nard Ginsburg and president Sam- uel Sternberg. Committee. Report. Professor Mark fiuberg m an- nounced that the next free concert by the B'nai B'rith Symphony Or- chestra was• given on Dec. 22 in the Nerthern High School auditor. ium. A very delightful program had been arranged for this concert. The Americanization committee are hi,Iffng classes in citizenship regularly and anyone who desires instruction will receive it free of charge. The athletic committee are hold- (Turn to nert page.) (Turn to page two.) Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents CONFERENCE CONVENED BY AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS DIRECTS PROTEST TO ROUMANIAN GOVERNMENT ON RIOTS JEWS OF ENGLAND CONDEMN PICTURE LONDON.- I.I. T. A.1—The first showing in England of the Cecil deMille production, "King of Kings," at Covent Garden Opera House, has called forth overwhelming critical opinion, The majority of those who have witnessed the film declare that they consider it a dull presenta• lion, historicaly inaccurate and greatly distorted. Many prominent 1. es n d o n Jews who saw the film consider that it contains unfriendly fee. lures. The "lie of lies" is the epi- thet used by the Jewish World to define the picture. It is striking that all the unfavor- able figures are presented as Semites, while the saintly and devout are depicted as Aryans. , B'nai B'rith, B'rith Sholom, Zionists, Free Sons, Hadassah And Roumanian, Polish and Ukrainian Jews Participate. DR. STEPHEN S. WISE CONDEMNS ROUMANIA FOR IGNORING MINORITY RIGHTS OF JEWS Adopt Resolution Demanding Action Against Rioters Requesting U. S. to Exert Influence; Hon. Carl Sherman Presides. NEW YORK.—An emphatic protest against the recent recurrences of excesses and outbreaks against the Jews in Roumania was voiced at a Conference of Jewish Organi- zations convened by the American Jewish Congress on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18, at the Town Hall Club and at- STATES WELCOME DAVID A. BROWN tended Jews of U. S. Wire Welcome As Nation-wide Tour Announced. is by about 300 delegates from national as well as local organiza- tions. The representatives present were appointed by organizations which are affiliated with the congress, as well as by others unaffiliated, hich, in occasion, co-operate with the congress, Anton); the more important central bodies represented were the Independent Order • B'nai nab, District No. l• Unit- ed Synagogues of America; Free Sons of bared; Hadassah; Inde- pendent Order Brith Shalom; Fed- eration of Polish Jews of America; Federation of Ukrainian Jews and similar other landsmanschaftea and associations. AID EMPLOYEES TO OBSERVE SABBATH Anno ncement that Dav id A. Brown, national chairman of the United Jewish Campaign, has vol. announced this week by the local) unteered to make another trans- Will Find Jobs For Those section. The statement given to continental tour, his fifth, for the Refraining From Work The Detroit Jewish Chronicle fol•, purpose of a:curing the largest On Saturday. lows: possible payment in the shortest "The Detroit section of the Na.! possible time on account of pledges Under the auspices of a group of Donal Council of Jewish Women obtained in the effort to raise $25,- has been recognized as one of the 000,000 for the reconstructive re- members of Congregation Emanuel, important and outstanding sec. lief of overseas Jewry has aroused an employment bureau to accomo- tions of the national organization tremendous enthusiasm. East, date men and women who wish to and a national board member has , west, north, south, state after observe the Sabbath on Saturday, been chosen from the city of De-, state and community after corn- will be founded, according to an an- troit. Mrs. Joseph 111. Welt, the munity have wired to national nouncement made this week. The president of the Detroit section,! headquarters hailing Mr. Brown's announcement declares that: "Owing to the feet that there are was last week honored by election tour and pledging themselves to to the national board of the Coun- 1 make his visit to them fruitful on a certain number of young people and elderly men who have a sacred oil of Jewish Women. a scale commensurate with the "Since Detroit's affiliation with tremendous responsibilities of the regard for the Jewish Sabbath Day and would not under any trying the National Council of Jewish . Joint Distribution Committee. Women, two years ago, Mrs. Welt The messages received at na- circumstances condescend to violate the sanctity of the Sabbath, a de- has been in close contact with the tional headquarters express sins national organization and has serest admiration for the man mand was thereby created to look out for their welfare. brought the spirit of the national who, after two and a half years "An initial step in that direction home to the 1,200 Detroit mem- of unremitting labor as leader of has been taken by a number of peo- bers, and in turn has interpreted the United Jewish Campaign, has the Detroit membership and its assumed this new and arduous ple in Congregation Emanuel to es- tablish an employment bureau for problems to the national organiza- burden, disregarding personal end the purpose of securing: positions tion in such a splendid way that business considerations. and occupations for such scrupu- both the national and the local sec- Mr. Brown has undertaken this lous employees with certain firms tion have benefited thereby. Mrs. tour because, as was announced that would allow them this just Welt's keen, logical mind and in• at the Chicago Constructive Re- privilege. telligent understanding of council lief Conference last October, sit "Such conscientious individuals problems became manifest both least $7,500,000 would be needed surely deserve the fullest support at the Triennial in Washington a by the Joint Distribution Commit- of the community, so that while year ago and at the recent Tri- tee to carry out its cvel t'1 ■ 4 pro- gram through 1928. This, it was they are willing and eager to work for an honest livelihood, they (Turn to page two.) pointed out by Felix M. Warburg should not be forced to go idle and chairman of the Joint Distribution be subjected to suffering on account Committee; by Ilerbert II. Leh- of their religious scruples. man, vice-chairman, and Paul "A temporary bureau for that Baer•ald, treasurer, was the mini- purpose has bet n established where mum requirement. Without at employers and employees can meet least this amount of cash in hand, and find each other. The commit- , it would be impossible to continue tee earnestly solicits the co-opera- the agricultural colonization of tion of err co...eligionists to help Flying Squadron Reports En- the Jews of Russia, to extend loans along in this effort for maintaining to the credit kassas in that and the observances of the Sabbath day. thusiastic Responses other c ountries or to stimulate "We appeal to all employers that Everywhere. the growth of the Gemilath Ches. would accord the privilege of a free sed Kansas in Poland; to maintain Sabbath slay to their employees to Reform congregations through- the work of the American Joint apply to our bureau, where they out the country are pledging finan- Reconstruction Foundation in will be supplied with reliable and cial support to the work of the Eastern Europe, or to maintain competent people efficient in their Union of American Hebrew Con- the religious schools, yeshivas and various trades." gregations, according to report, other cultural institutions as well The Sabbath Observer's Employs received by David A. Brown, chairman of the finance committee (Turn to Page Three) (Turn to page two.) of the union, from members of the flying squadron who are ad- dressing mass meetings in Reform temple's throughout the land. Meetings, luncheons and dinners are being arranged for members of the flying squadron and follow- ing their addresses on the work and achievement of the union, the Succeeds Samuel Sternberg As Active Hebrew Union College and the Ginsburg, Chairman of Arbitration Committee other affiliated bodies, pledges of support are being made by the Outlines congregations and in many in• stances quotas assigned to them have been over-subscribed. Co- Bernard Ginsburg, chairman of this tribunal. While Mr. Lappin operating with Mr. Brown in this the Arbitration Committee of the enjoys a large general law practice, effort to secure sufficient funds to Jewish Welfnie Federation, an- he has always urged resort to arbi- meet the budgetary needs of the nounces that this committee, at a tration and conciliation wherever union is the Alumni Association recent meeting, accepted the resig- possible in the true Jewish spirit." of the Hebrew Union College, of nation of Samuel Sternberg, who which Rabbi Morris NI. Feuerlicht was the active director of the Arbi- tration Tribunal and persuaded A. (Turn to page two.) C. Lappin, who held the office of II n4rary Director, to become ac- tive director. MRS. JOSEPH M. WELT TEMPLES PLEDGE FUNDS TO UNION Death of Dr. Chajes, Chief Rabbi Of Austria, Mourned by All Jewry I Gained World Renown as Scholar and Zionist Leader; Funeral M , Ht Impressive "Since Ilerzl's;" Leo Iotzin Delivers Eulogy. -- (J. T. A.) — Not Deep mourning prevailed in the since the funeral of Dr. Theodor Jewish quarter of the city. All Ilerzl, founder of the Zionist or- stores and shops were closed dur- ganization, has Vienna seen such ing the tinie nf the funeral. an impressive Jewish funeral as Nahum Sokolow who 55,15 ex- that of Dr. Zev i Perez Chides, pected to arrive Wan prevented Chief Rabbi of Vienna. from coming because of an audi- Th" funeral march lasted five ence with President Masaryk of hours, thousands following the bier Czecho-Slovakia which could not be to the Great Synagogue and the postponed. • cemetery. The street lamps were lighted although it was noon when Dr. Chajas was born in Bredv, the funeral started. A guard of Galicia Oct. 13 1876. He was the honor composed of the Jewish sea- scion of ore of the prominent Jew- ' demic youth maintained order. The ish families in Eastern Europe Jewish stores and offices were which has given a large number closed for half an hour. of religious leaders and scholars to impressive exercises were held the world. His grandfather, Zevi , at the Great Synagogue where the Hirsch Chajes, was the author of body of the late scholar was the "Attereth Zvi" and of "Intro- brought. The services were at- duction to the Talmud" and other tended by President Hainisch, Herr works. Schnitz, member of the govern- Esiten.i•e Education. ment, Herr Schober, chief of po- Dr. Z. P. Chajes gained fame at lice. and Emmerling, vice-mayor an early age as an "Illui," (lad of of Vienna. exceptional ability.) tiffs education Fifteen speakers eulogized the was extensive both in Jewish and late Chief Rabbi, among them were secular studies, having graduated Dean Schwartz and Leo Motzkin, from the l'neversity of Visa, and I whn ,peke in the name of the Zion- the Jewish Theological Seminary ! ist Executive and the actions com- there. AA a student he published mittee. A message of condolence two works, one one medieval Jewish literature and the other on the New was sent by Chancellor Seine]. To Rest In P•Iestinc Testament. liespec:elm-4 in the The remains will sewn he trans- critical exegesis of the Bible, being (erred to Palestine, it was announ• ore of the strongeet onponerts of red here. (Turn to Page Three) A. C. Lappin Will Head Arbitration Tribunal of Jewish Welfare Board Director; Bernard History of the Court. "The committee considers itself ver y fortunate," said Mr. Ginsburg, "that Mr. Lapped accepted the ac- tive directorship. As everyone knows, Mr. Lappin is undoubtedly the hest posted man on the subject. It was he who interested the board in the tribunal in the first place and later submitted the plan and rules under which the tribunal is flier. sting. "Mr. Lappin is responsible for the creation of the only other nub- ile arbitration tribunal in Detroit, which has been operating success- fully for the past year as a depart- ment of the Hoard of Commerce. That tribunal has, in its brief his- tory, tried shout a hundred cases involving more than E1,000,000. The Jewish tribunal, during the Few months of its existence, hand- led several eases but this expert. ence is no different than the begin- ning made by the Board of Com- merce tribunal in its first months. Once the public knows of the pres- ence of the Jewish tribunal in its midst and learns by experience of its successful and economical oper- ation, satisfactory results are sure to follow. Wide publicity and the co-operation of attorneys and mer- chants are very essential. Steps looking towards that end are In contemplation. "Mr. Lappin is the author of a number of mare:ins articles on ar- bitration and has appeared before many audiences. The committee is unanimous in the belief that under Mr. Lappin'a direction the Jewish tribunal will grow from strength to strength. In order not to convey the wrong impression, I want to add that Mr. Lappin will devote only such time •. is necessary to and A. C. LAPPIN Mr. Lappin is a well known com- munal worker, having been active • in most of the larger campaigns in Detroit during the last 17 years, and has to his credit two success- ful campaigns as former director of the United Palestine Appeal. He leaves for Florida in February for ! a two weeks lecture tour, under the auspices of the Florida Open For- um, during which he will discuss our system of justice with particu- lar reference to the law's delay. The arbitration committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation, besides Mr. Ginsburg, consists of Messrs. Friedman, Gross, lilmelhreh , Kro- lik, Lappin, Srere and Waldman.. ! For information, epeakera, liters-'. tore, forms, etc., phone the Jewish I Welfare Federation, Glendale 1800, . . or Mr. Lappin at Cadillac 4642. The Hon. Carl Sherman, chair- man of the administrative commit. tee of the American Jewish Con- gress, presided and in his opening address stated the purposes of the meeting, which were to deal with the new emergency arising out of the Roumanian disturbances and reviewed the activities of the cons great; for the protection of the lives and rights of the Jews in Rou- mania during the last two years. Last year about this time, he point- ed out, the assaults upon the Jews in Roumania made it necessary to hold a large mass meeting in New York City and to arrange similar protests in other countries. A del- egation representing the American Jewish Congress and asociated or- ganizations went to Washington at the time and presented the facts with regard to the sad plight of the Roumanian Jewry to the Secretary of State. Other attempts were made to interest officials of our government and leaders of public opinion. At that time, action was taken tending to impress upon the Roumanian government both the wrongs which were being commit- led against the Jews and the harm which is likely to come to Rouman- ia herself from the pursuit of such • policy of oppression and failure to check the anti-Semitic agitation. Confirmed Reports. The chnrges which were then made and facts which were present- ed to representatives of our govern- . merit, have since been confirmed by a non-Jewish and impartial depu- tation of the highest atanding which has made an investigation in behalf of the American commit- tee on the Righta of Religious Mi- norities, made up of about 60 prom- inent Ann-deans. "It may have been hoped that the publication of such a report would prevent the recurrence of the events of last year, but contrary to all anticipa- tion, we are again forced with the most distressing and unfortunate conditions and confronted with the necessity of once more appealing to the enlightened conscience of the world against these outrages, said Mr. Sherman. Ile referred to a cable from the Geneva Bureau of Council for the Righta of Mi- norities, which confirmed the re- ports of the riots in Roumania. Mr. Leo Wolfson, president of the United Roumanian Jews of America, reviewed the recent po- litical developments in Roumania and instanced various occurrences, showing how the Jewish population of Roumania was being exposed to the fury of mobs without being giv. en the protection which the govern- ment could easily furnish. Mr. Wolfson further said the student attacks since 1922 could not have happened if the Roumanian gov- ernment had not instigated them or allowed them to he perpetrated. Bernard Richards Speaks. Mr. Bernard G. Richards, execu• tive secretary of the American Jew- ish Congress referred to various. steps taken ley the congress to first ascertain all the facts with regard to conditions in Roumania and then cell them to the attention of the leaders of public opinion to the end that the demand for justice may ultimately he heard and heeded by those who have the power to reme- dy conditions. lie referred to the splendid service rendered to the cause of the rights of minorities through the survey of the commis- sion headed by Dr. Ilenry A. At- kinson. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Rtesident of the American Jewish lowers, said: "These outrages are the in- evitable result of 50 years of de- liberate violation of promises made by the Roumanian government and embodied in the constitution of the land. The minority rights guaran- tees are written into the preamble to the constitution of Roumania. These outrages are but the latest of the acts which are the result of the policy of repression of the Jews which began in 1875. For 50 years, a systematic, deliberate and con- tinuous campaign against the Jews has been going on. It will not be enough to punish a handful of stu- dents. Putting in jail some stu- dents or student ringleaders may prevent outbreaks tomorrow or the day after or • week after, but out- rages will occur again, unless a radical change in the attitude of the government toward the minor- ity peoples is brought about." Draft Rushdies'. Other speakers at the conference were Dr. A. Coralnick. president of the Ukrainian Jewish Organiza- tion and Mr. Z. Tygel, secretary of the Polish Federation. A committee appointed to bring