I I I American 'apish Periodical Center All Jewish News All Jewish Views WITHOUT BIAS CLIFTON - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO 1 HROXICL - THE ONLY ANGLO•JEWISH NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN MICHIGAN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1931 VOL. XXXI. NO. 8 MANY LEADERS IN Illonor Warburg On DEATH OF NATHAN REFORM JUDAISM L His 60th Birthday, STRAUS IS MOURNED CONVENE JAN. 18' BY ENTIRE NATION Union of American Hebrew Congregations Meets in Philadelphia. Illness Began With Death Of His Wife Eight Months Ago. MILFORD STERN IS ON CONVENTION PROGRAM PRESIDENT HOOVER LEADS IN TRIBUTES 1,500 Delegates Expected; Sessions to Last Through Thursday, Jan. 22. Vienna Order Restored; "All Quiet" Withdrawn VIENNA. — (J. T. A.) — A normal Sabbath was observed here with residents of the Jew- ish quarter attending services in the synagogues, as quiet was restored with the withdrawal of the film "All Quiet on the Western Front" from public exhibition. Nationalist-Social- ist groups had carried on propa- ganda for over a week, and re- sorted to violence on several oc- casinos, until the war picture was banned for all Austria. Was a Great Benefactor of Zionist Cause and Many Humanitarian Efforts. --- NEW YORK.—Nathan Straus, BUCHAREST.—(J. T. A.)— After Nationalist-Socialists had succeeded by terrorist methods to secure the banning of the! film "All Quiet on the Western Front" in Austria, the Nation• Mists of Hungary began a CoM. paign to prevent the showing of the film proposed here. Nem- zeit Ujsag, a clerical paper. calls on the censors to forbid the film because its showin would be "damaging to the nal tional honor." NATIONAL J. D. C. AND PALESTINIAN DRIVES PLANNED Jewish Agency Conference To be Held in New York Jan. 25. TELEPHONE CADILLAC 1-0-4-0 Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents Menachem Ussishkin, Iron Will Zionist An Estimate of His Place Among Famous Zionists on the Occasion of His Visit to Detroit. By E. ZACUTTA USSISHKIN TO BE HONORED HERE ON SUNDAY, MONDAY Mayor, Governor Choose Re- ception Committees for Official Greetings. RABBI JONAH B. WISE HEADS J. D. C. DRIVE LUNCHEON AND PUBLIC MEETING THIS SUNDAY National Conference on Pal- estine Land Problem Feb. 7 and 8. Abraham Goldberg, Noted Lecturer, Will Address Functions. --- Not since the first visit to De- The invitations to Jewish lead- De- troit of Dr. Chaim tVeizmann, in ers throughout the United States 1921, has a Jewish leader received to participate in the national con- the honors which are planned far ference to be held at the Hotel Menachent Ussishkin, world presi- Itiltmore, New York, on Sunday, dent of the Jewish National Fund, Jan. 25, are meeting with a wide next Sunday and Monday. acceptance, according to an an- Receptim committees represent- nouncement of the committee, ing the city and state g overnments Fram To Memorialize which is organizing the conference will participate in the official greet- Straus This Sunday Il Oct which a national campaign for ings which will commence upon Mr. 1 :destine will be inaugurated. The Ussishkin's arrival at the Michigan The Sunday morning service oitrinizing committee consists of Central depot at 8:30 Sunday morn- at Temple Beth El Sunday Dr. Lee K. Frankel, Joseph C. Hy- ing, It is expected that more than morning, Jan. 18, will be a me- man, \lrs. Edward Jacobs, Dr, ' 100 congregations and organize- morial service in memory of Na- Solomon Lowenstein, Slorris Roth- thins will join in the reception at than Straus. Rabbi Leon From loberg and Robert Szold, the will deliver the address under Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, of the Luncheon s Sunday the title, "Nathan Straus—A i d aIP: hi nag Central Synagogue of New York aN i l d thaal uao3Sch d enlpph. ah A dt. (1..pu n o7 tin c. i a n n s- . Jewish Life." Ile will tell the City, will head the national cam National Zionist Leader to naign to raise funds for the 1931 story of the remarkable career uyellneri i n . : yPg T a a h,,t l e t i l n :IN Byron iu d t oaarTorah, tkthetoh, . of Nathan Straus, his contribu- ' Talk on Program Dedi- budget of the Joint Distribution' tions to the advancement of the Committee, it was announced by . Sunday Northern cated to J. N. F. Jewish people and to the health ool, Felix M. Warburg, chairman of Woodward and Owen. Sunday of mankind. the organization. Rabbi Wise's! evening, Monday afternoon and Abraham Goldberg, interna- appointment,, as chairman of the ' Two years ago), when Rabbi evenings, Mr. Ussialikin will con- Frani spoke on "The Straus Fam- tionally prominent Zionist leader effort to raise sufficient funds to fer with local leaders at parlor and one of the best known Jewish carry on relief and reconstruction ily" the Detroit News comment- meetings. journalists in this country, will be among the 0,000,000 Jews in East- d editorially on the sermon, in At 11:30 Monday morning, an .•der that all the people of De- the speaker on the program of the ern Europe, was formally an- official reception will take place at Jewish Radio Forum this Sunday. nounced in a letter which Mr. troit may realize the significance the City Hall. Fred M. liutzel will to America of the Straus family. Warburg sent to several hundred present Mr. Ussishkin to Mayor Senviees at the Temple begin Jewish leaders in the various Frank Murphy who will officially at fin 15. All who have loved communities of the country. welcome him to the city. Governor and admired Nathan Straus are A national Zionist conference, Wilber 51. Brucker has delegated invited to come and pay their devoted to a consideration of new Philip Slomovitz, editor of The De.. tribute of affection to his mem- plans dealing with the central MENACHEM USSISHKIN troit Jewish Chronicle, to repre- ory. Jewish problem in Palestine, the sent him at the reception at the The Zionist movement has produced many romantic problem of land acquisition and Hall and to head a special reclamation, will IN, held on Feb.' figures, whose life stories read more like fiction than fact. City apartment at the Hotel San Remo, State reception committee. 7 and 8 at the new Willard Hotel It is a movement of unusual folk-people who refuse to be Central Park West and Seventy- 111 W ashington, D. C. fourth street. Sir. Straus was in Five hundred delegates repre- browbeaten by "obvious" facts. They have seen a vision— his eighty-third year. senting Zionist Districts, Iladamsah they have a sentiment; and nothing realistic is powerful enough to His death followed eight months B. chapters ' and Jewish National Fund obscure the one or crush the other. Herz), who crossed like a meteor cP Federal after that of his wife, Mrs. Lina i hM o14 3a n ns'i ry:Dt ar 11' vs e J o eu, 1 u f G d i 11 t g u : e i d° l . egnhsr C eenm a id c io am harles 'snr sm rC Iyi . I :C a H . eom S K r. i i e t m D w t i S d. a o l h u n i j :nr s dh , : committees in over 800 commun 1 .- through the Jewish sky, almost grasped the coveted charter for Jew- Gutherz Straus, who had been his ish settlement of Palestine from the St Turks only to be disappointed ., ties throughout the United States close co-worker in all his philan- a r ter t a k l ing to k ings, ral'a an" A. Croll, e:5layor of Windn sot On- are expected to attend the sessions thropic activities. Sir. Straus had statesmen. But instead of a po- facto, Charles Rubiner, Assistant at which Slenachem Ussishkin, , the never rallied from that blow. litical concession in Palestine } Attorney General of Michig an, Rab- world president of the Jewish Na- 1 A M Ilershman Although he had been confined , forged political Zionism in ' D r Leo M e ,,i , .k Si. Gone! Fund, will be the main to his bed for the last two weeks, diaspora, a mightier weapon thtian l'' e: i• taann t l i n_, 0 Lt a:bibli z ee . n icioeF un.n r , e s y , 1 3; As- ' pe s aker. his illness was not generally known'. oration e when ir itilitiendmin VI and word of his death came as a 1 ' l wield- thaniel H. i PISGAH TO STAGE _I shock to his many friends and as-1 Kroli Dr, John Slawson _; ed.by his pen an . e no oTou os. i a ntt1U - man II A H . sociates. k, Abraham- Srere, M Si Sitting tup in th tr e Mrs. rs. Ralp i DEBATE ON SOVIET Rah h Tri Square and Homer T. V ues r' s v id o s l i tz, . L . m Death Due to Heart Disease, i r sos of n. R ; s l a e ut L ze i his essays revolutionized 1 o a m For the last 24 hours Mr. Straus f tea Kurland, Lane Clubs Plan Reg u. RELIGIOUS POLICY modern T Jewish thought. He trans. sal H.Levi.. had been in a coma. At his bed- lar Reunion. le l t: z e ul ir l i r n 7a. a r ni o i - — valuated the values of Judaism for side when he died were his son, ' Monday evening, Jan. 19, in the his generation. Nathan Straus, Jr.; his only On Governor Bracket's commit- auditorium of the Maccabee Tern-1 Amid boundless enthusiasm and Unlike Ached Ila'am, Eliezer daughter, Mrs. Sissie Lehman, Ple, Pisgah Lodge Na. 34 of B'nai the back-slapping and hand shaking ben Yehuda lived most of his life tee with Mr. Slomovitz are: Rabbi M. Si. wife of Judge Irving Lehman of ershman, Rabbi B'rith will stage a debate between of those who were fellow club mem- in Palestine, where he resusc tated A. 1.13011 i , the New fork State Court of Ap- teams of the Hillel Founda- tars 25 years ago in the old Ilan- a language from the debris of ne- Fram, (• harles Rubiner, Robert peal, and I)r. I eo old Stieglitz ,' tion of the University of Michigan nah Schloss Building, over 50 sue- glect and forced his people to talk Maned, Isaac Shetzer, Maurice H. his personal physician and intimate ABRAHAM GOLDBERG on the subject, "Resolved, that no cessful business and professional Hebrew again—the most powerful Zackheim, David S. Zemon, Dr. friend. Word of his death was' The forum is sponsored by Joseph interference be offered Soviet men met last Monday evening at stimulus of the Jewish national re- John Slawson, Henry Wineman, immediately cabled to his other! Russia's religious policy" the Knights of Pythias Hall to re- vival. Modestly, in the privacy of Nate Shapero, Mrs. Ralph David- son, Hugh Grant Straus, in Paris. Cantor of Cantor's Furniture Shop p This is fit debate dbi staged new old friendships. They were his study, he made a dead tongue son, Theodore Levin, Aaron Kur- the th first on Twelfth street and is broad- Dr. Stieglitz pronounced death cast from 1 to 1:30 p, m, over this year and Ben F Goldman, cornier members of the Tri Square live once more, though he strug- land, Milford Stern, David W. Si- to have been due to heart disease! mons, LouisKatz of Grand Rapids chairman of the. intellectual ad- and Homer T. Lane Clubs who had gled for his own livelihood. and high blood pressure. The end I station WSIBC, and Mrs. Louis Lebster of Flint. vancement committee, announces reunited again at an old-fashioned Their Colleague, Ussishkin. Honoring the presence in De- that the debaters have presented get-together. Reminiscences, stor- came peacefully. Ussishkin, Goldberg to Speak. Nordau, who stripped civiliza- this this subject before numerous audi_ ies, and a good talk from Fred M. tion of its hypocrisy, riveted world Since the death of Mrs. Straus, troit of Slenachem Ustis d to the Mr. Ussishkin will address both program National will be dedicatehkin, Mr. Straus had been in failing Jewish the luncheon and messmeeting on Fund. An appro- cores in various parts of Michigan Butzel were part of the program. attention on the Jewish question, health and although his interest in and other states and have been The group, headed by Nate S. yet later suffered the pangs of un- Sunday. Preceding him to Detroit, prints musical program has been his philanthropic work and in his arranged to co-operate with the Jewish Na- by George Galyani. The praised for their interesting ores. Shapero, decided that they wanted deserved exile, work for Palestine did not lag until entation of the subject. There to forma permanent organization These are figures which the his- tional F'und committees and to ad- dress both his last conscious moments, it is latest important Jewish news of will be no charge for admission' and hold a regular annual get-to- torian at a greater distance will Goldberg , w functions unctions, Ab ead- e understood that the loss of his wife the w ek will be broadcast by and the public is invited. ell lecturer known Zionis gether. A committee consisting of estimate in their true proportion. Cr and popular came t l ead- Jacob II. Schakne, manager of The Hillel Foundation of the Mr. Shapero, A..1. Levin, Gus New- And living with us tehlay, Zionis • to Dc (Continued on Editorial Page.) The Detroit Jewish Chronicle. University of Michigan, which man, Dr. Sam Eder, Mike Victor, is responsible for personalities no trait on Wednesday. He will ad- Mr. Goldberg, generally consid- sponsors these debates, has been harry Slavin, Sam Levinson, Nate less interesting, vibrant with (Turn to Last Pao.) (Turn to Last Page.) ered the best Yiddish speaker in by the B'nai nai B'rith as Goldstiek, Dr. "Hilly" C,oldstick and energy, moving across the stage of 'this country, is also an excellent part of its wider scope movement Fred Butzel was drafted to make ' our public life, heroes of a drama 'English speaker. Author, lecturer , and is under the direction of Robb; plans for a permanent group and uncompleted. Today Chaim Weiz- i Z sio , nist organizer and propagand- Bernard Heller. (Turn to Last Page.) ' mann, who swayed the great pow- he is the idol of the masses ers in determining the destiny of 1 1 of the Jewish people in this coon. , the Jewish people need to battle try, and his address over the Jew- for the minimum interpretation of IA Radio Forum is considered a in teLna i d t iotn ha e ll: 1; g :7:z:d oll:l a:s e t real treat in this excellent series of : rights. programs, Valuable Parcel of Land to Lectures Under Auspices of Coming here in the interests of I lot Herz] and Weinnann, friend of Go to J. N. F. in Mem. the Jewish National Fund, Mr , lAnhad lia'am and Nordau, yet pur• • Centers; Dr. M. M. Kap- ory of Daughter. Goldberg's visit is being utilized : Yiddish Schools Ask for Appropriations; Committee Chos - I suing an individual path, has been lan Next Speaker. Menachem Ussishkin. Zioniat the radio program. lie will' en to Plan for Annual M etin e g of F deration ; e zioO nn iset o :L. lar aLso address the luncheon and mass leader before the birth of Zionism, e g est it s o t a h niy s Prof. Horace M. Kallen of the Wineman Reports on Collections. meeting in honor of Mr. Ussishkin he has It-ft his mark on every Jewish c cause eve ever made in Detroit philost phy faculty of the new r w b g en er si t a:cnp on Sunday and is expected to in- critical stage of that movement, and the largest oor neu t sn rii ed b ee u dn t t i tf to tthh: a contribution school for Social Research in New terpret into English the Hebrew ever made At the last meeting of the board I ian II. Krolik, chairman, Nathan and today veteran of a hundred York City will address the Jewish address to be delivered by Mr. of governors of the Jewish Welfare NI. Gross, Jesse F. Ihrschman, Abe public controversies, he is the most c city will Open Forum, on Tuesday evening, Ussishkin at the City hall recep- Federation, a communication was Srere, Mrs. Mayer It, Sulzberger, generally respected and popular of lunc luncheon in honor of Menachem Jan. 20, at 8 o'clock, at the chapel tion on Monday. all Zionist leaders. Ile has not yet u presented from the Jewish Old and David S. Zemon. of Temple Beth El, Gladstone and At last Sunday's program, Rabbi Folks' Home on Edmund Place, re- won everyone to his way of think- Jewish National Fund, at noon payment of Pledges. Woodward. . . • this Sunday at Torah. ' • b A. M. Ashinsky was the speaker, h h the Philadelphia- IC Dr. Kallen's address in Detroit P 51r. Wineman, as chairman of the tribute ib. to his sincerity, his single- Byron Talm ud and his address was an appeal in ('oint p • a committee tomeet with will he' his first since the new school collections committee of the Jewish ness of purpose, his redoubtable behalf of the Orthodox I. edera- them and to determine the possibil- The presentation will, at that for Social Research moved into its Federation, in reporting persistence, time, be made by Mr. and Mrs. lion of Synagogues. Rabbi Ashin- icy of the Old Folks' home joining Welfare .ay modernistic new building. The o Wednesday on the payment of i Ussishkin's Zionism. David W. Simons of one of the sky pleaded for a positive atti- the Federation. speaker's subject on Jan. 211 will he pledges declared: . ' What is the nature of Ussish- most valuable parcels of land in tune towards this cause. Henry Wineman, president, ap- . "Jewish Culture and Democracy in , nIt is always in times like these kin's Zionism? Ile started in Palestine, which was bought by On the program assisting Mr. pointed the following committee ti the United States," Mr. Simo in 3s .0 00 n o.his visit to Pales- program— Galvani were Mrs. Liebe Clamage. i.t. in the matter for the Fedora• that the federation discovers who youth with a practical program , . ,. Internationally Known. 1 real friend s are. T he t■ oral ion on n on: ‘‘ illtam Friedman, tine eight years ago at a cost ex- who accompanied the musicians on edman, chairman, its He is internationally known as (Turn to Page three). ee). ceeing the piano and gave a piano solo. Maurice Aronsson, Fred M. Ilutzel, has pressing obligations and coin- one of the foremost among original In Daughter's Memory. and Ella Eller, soloist. Adolph Finsterwald, Abe . t..•,,,,, , ailments some of which had to he thinkers of the day. Professor Mr. and Sirs. Simone are mak- Milford Stern and Mrs. .loseph Si. met last December th ugh funds batten has been on the faculty of ing this gift to the Jewish National Welt. A joint meeting is now be- were low. In this emergency the PONTIAC B'NAI B'RITH Harvard University, Princeton, federation's staunchest supporters ing arranged. OFFICERS INSTALLED Fund in memory of their daughter, Clark College, and the University came to the fore and their gerieros. I Sylvia Simo Simons, who passed away Yiddish Schools Ask Funds . ' icy has made it possible to meet the of Wisconsin, and was the favorite . .. . In response to requests for ap- /, ecemoer At a public installation held : on July 19, 1930. The land to be pupil of William lames, who left i newntedness in behalf of turned over to the National Fund, propriations from the Federation Wednesday evening at the Pontiac ch his unfinished work to I)r. Killion philla i nthropic needs promptly. t yrug ch\ ai f r i; t Uhssish.kinc,i4il of f g: in behalf of the Farband Folk Shul, to edit. He is the author of "Cre- can awakening senti- Jewish Community Center, the Pon- the Jewish People's Schools, and the immunity that one liar 11'nai IVrith Lodge No. 050 in- ative Intelligence" with John Dew- meat n entire t ej ionustehe"f ill Scientific Institute of Vil - stalled the following new officers: ! ey and others, a book on Zionism, a must stand by one's charities even Hebrew School Children to I"Idi'h i e: bPp ral e e :w i dpai n t tl i oi nnia a v - i e i I r lLia t ny s- na p Sir. Wineman appointed a nom- more strongly in times of economic Irving Steinman, president; Phil.• ,uP oi m"tii.sei i l P nee recently published volume "Fron- it adjoins, Greet Ussishkin Sun - mitten: consisting of Mr. Stern, stringeney, 112 contributors have IP Shapire, vice-president; Joseph tiers of Hope," being the travel ' f or ex ansion p ' urposes. chairman, Stilton Si. Alexander, Kateha, secretary; Joseph Jacob- clay Morning. diary of a Jewish philosopher in made s advance payment . Compelled e to eav fo the South Fred Ilutzel, Dr. Leo M. Franklin son, treasurer. Barney Palestine and in Europe. last l T ues d ay on account of their P ercentages. the retirin g president. The high school graduation ex- and Dr. A. Hershman. This coin- Other of his works are "Why Re- Wyman is i h . ealt- h, Mr. . and Mrs. Simons dele- "We have every reason to hope ercises of the United Hebrew mines will meet for further study Maurice Sostrin, assistant three- i ligion,, ""Culture and Democracy in Schools that were scheduled to be with ! representatives of the three and believe that January will see tar of the Niel Foundation of the gated their attorney, Theodore the United States," "Education, the held the latter part of January organizations which have applied many more contributors paid to University of Michigan at Ann Ar. Levin, to make the presentation Machine and the Worker," and date and paid in advance. This is bor, was the installing officer and of this valuable gift. Mr. Lenin, were postponed on account of the for subventions- 'Freedom in the Modern World." illness of one of the students. The A committee consisting of Nathan necessary if the federation is to members of the Michigan Council in announcing the assignment of First Lecture in Series, date for the exercises has now M. Gross, chairman, Bernard Gins- continue meeting the demands of of 11'nai B'rith were guests, this land by Mr. and Mrs. Simons, Dr. Kallen's address is the first sated that the gift has a double been definitely set for V) ednesday burg, Sirs. Samuel It. Glogewer its affiliated agencies in the pres- of a series of three which are to be THE LATE NATHAN STRAUS signifia nce. Ile said that "it Is of a dee evening, Feb. 4, at the Philadel- and Rabbi A. Si. Aohinsky was ap- eat emergency." given. The second speaker will be SLAWSON TO ADDRESS evidence p rooted devotion During December 1930, a larger pointed with the function of evalu- Professor Mordecai M. Kaplan of An entire nation, regardless of sued statements deploring the great phia-Byron School. to the Jewish cause in Palestine U. OF M. HILLEL FORUM Sfax Chomaky is president of ation of the type of work being percentage of the money outstand- the Society for h Adeancem^nt race or creed, sits in mourning ocer I AS and is the tribute of a loving ing was sent to the federation office At Temple Beth El, this Sunday, the class and Leo Gurko has been done by the House of Shelter. of Judaism who will speak April one of mankind's greatest human- in payment of campaign pledges Plan Annual Meeting. Dr. John Slawson, executive di- father and mother to their daugh- Rabbi Leon F'ram will devote his chosen chairman of the exercises. 21. The third speaker is to be an- itarians, Nathan Straus. ter, Sylvia, whose sympathies in a In preparation for the approach- than during December, 1929. rector of the Jewish Welfare Fed- nounced. sermon to a tribute to Mr. Straus, The valedictory address will be de. Led by President Ilixiver, men in livered by Oscar Colten. Dora ing federation annual meeting and For December, 1929, collections eration, will speak before the Hill- full and noble life extended to President Hoover's Eulogy. The price of admission is $1 for every phase of the Jewish cause. every walk of life throughout the Heiman will take for her subject election, Mr. Wineman appointed reached 10 per cent of 1929 pledg• el Foundation Student Forum at the aeries of three lectures, or 50 nation and in many parts of the President Hoover, when informed Glt Has Historic Value. rents for each. on Sunday of Mr. Straus' death, I the study of the Bible. The usual an annual meeting committee to con. es ; for December, 1930, collections Ann Arbor, Sunday, Jan, 18, at 1 Mr. Levin added that the gift K parchment ceremony, which con- list of Melville S. Welt, chairman, reached 10 per cent of 1930 pledg- 11:15 a. m. The lectures are being given un- world joined in honoring this great said: benefactor of mankind. der the auspices of the Jewish Cen- The subject of Dr. Slawson's ad- Mr. and Mrs. Simons has a greet ; The death of Nathan Straus re-1 sists in handing down to the next Harry II. Bielfietd, A..1. Levin and ea. These figures are made even Locally, Jews and non-Jews for- moves from our national life a ven - i graduating class a parchment in Mrs. Mayer B. Sulzberger. more encouraging by the fact that dress has been announced as "Prob. historic value because it Fuaraa- ters Association of which Milford On the nominating committee, 11930 pledges amounted to more lems of the American Jewish Com- tees possession by the Jewish pee. Stern is president and Samuel j got the trying times to mourn the imunity." Levine executive secretary. the following were appointed: Jul- 'than double those of 1929. (Turn to Page Two). (Turn to Last Page.) great loss, and many leaders is- (Tarn to Page Oppolite Editorial) Many prominent own and wom- en will take part in the thirty-sec- ond council of the Union of Amer- Ilebrew Congregations from Sunday, Jan. 18, through Thurs- day, Jan. 22, in Philadelphia. Among those on the program are: Dr. Samuel Goldenson, Pittsburgh; lion. Lily H. Montagu, .1. I'., Lon- don; Hon. Murray Seasongood, Cincinnati; Milford Stern, Detroit; Mrs. Jerome Trier, New York; Lewis L. Strauss, New York; Jos- eph Rosenzweig, New York; Mrs. FELIX M. WARBURG Ephraim Frisch, San Antonio. The convention which will be at- The country's most prominent tended by some 1,500 delegates will leader, non-Jews as well as Jews, hear Judge Horace Stern, Philadel- joined on Tuesday, Jan. 1:1, in phia; Dr, Edward E. Mayor, Pitts- honoring the sixtieth birthday of burgh; Mrs. Felix Levy, Chicago; Felix Si. Warburg, American Arthur Kramer, Dallas. Jewry's outstanding leader and 57 Years' Accomplishments. one of the must prominent figures The council will be web' moil by in all Israel, Joseph Hagedorn of Philadelphia. President Hoover and Vice- The three sessions of the symp President Curtis were among the ium will be presided over by Lud- men who sent messages of greet- wig Vogelston of New York, Mrs. ing to Mr. Warburg on his birth- Maurice Steinfeld of St. Louis and . day. Roger W. Straus of New York. During the 57 pars of its exis- tence the Union of American He- bre• Congregations has accont- plished a great deal which can scarcely he estimated in figures. It has served as a directive force for the preservation of Judaism in America. It has established and maintained the Hebrew Union Col- Co-Operation of All Existing Groups is Sought by lege which has trained several hun- dred rabbis for the Reform min- Leaders. istry. It has conducted a Teachers' Institute in New York City for the Important developments in ef- education of those who intended to forts to co-ordinate all Jewish teach in the religious schools. emergency relief efforts are ex- Through its Department of Syn- pected during this week-end as a agogue and School Extension it has result of negotiations that have formed new congregations in dig- been going on between spokesmen Olds which were unorganized; for the various existing groups. founded religious schools for the During the past two weeks, the instruction of the young; published League of Jewish Women's Organ- text-books, pamphlets. bulletins and izations has been negotiating with other religious and educational ma- the Emergency Relief Committee terial, and has, through its offices, in an attempt to form one group kept isolated communities and in- • which should carry on the relief. dhlduals in touch with their relig- These negotiations came to a head ion. Wednesday night at a dinnermeet- "Monument to Founder." ine• called at the Phoenix Club, and All the work done by the union definite conclusions are expected today is a monument to its great to be reached by the end of this founder, Dr. Isaac Mayer \Vise. week. A thought which is heard on Those at the meeting on Wed- many a pulpit today originated nesday, called by Henry Wine- with Dr. Wise, who frequently said,. man, included Thomas E Dolan , in his hitter . to overcome head of the Department of Public . . struggle th e prom ices o f his t i mes, Welfare; Ilarry H, Prenzlauer, of "The Jew must be Americanized.. the Department of Public Wel- He must become an American in fare; Dr, Stuart Queen, of the order to gain the proud self-con- Community Union; I)r. John Sla•- sciousness of the freeborn man. , son, executive director of the Jew- But in Americanizing my co-relig- ish Welfare Federation; Percival ionists, will not Judaism disappear Dodge, director of the Community in Americanism? This must he Fund; Mrs. henry Wineman, Mrs. counteracted by a better knowledge Joseph II. Ehrlich, Mrs. harry II. • of Jewish history and Jew ish l'renzlauer, Irwin Yarrows, Mrs. sources, Pride in being a Jew Oscar Robinson, Julian II. Krolik. must be aroused, ler it is this that Samuel Nathanson, Fred M. But- the Jew has lost in the ages of op- zel, Samuel Levine, Milton M. pression." Alexander, Mrs. Harry Shulman, Founded in 1873. Mrs. Rose Si. Lipson, Mrs. Joseph After many attempts at uniting M. Welt, Maurice Aronsson, American Jewish Congregations, Charles K. Sandorf and Abe Srere, Dr. Wise succeeded in organizing world-famous philanthropist, ben- efactor of the sick and the poor in many lands, champion of Zion- ism and dean of American Jewry,' died at 4:30 a. In. Sunday in his , GOLDBERG TO GIVE NEXT RADIO TALK WILL CO-ORDINATE RELIEF MOVEMENTS OLD SOCIAL GROUPS, HOLDGET-TOGETHER h -T NATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO GREAT BENEFACTOR t DR. HORACE KALLEN! TO ADDRESS FORUM' U. H. S. GRADUATION IS SET FOR FEB. 4 • 01 !Negotiations Pending for Admission Old Folks' Home Into the Federation. FUND GETS LARGE GIFT FROM SIMONS