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March 25, 1938

end THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

SEEK TO PROTECT
JEWISH EMPLOYEES
AT MIAMI BEACH

Systems - Audits - Taxes
CHARLES K.HARRIS

J.W.E.W.O. Theater
"WE PLANNED IT THAT WAY"
Benefit A pril 19
REVUE TO FEATURE SERVICE
GROUP DINNER THIS SUNDAY The Jewish Women's European

REMEMBER THEM FOR

FASSOVEIR

(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)

Welfare Organization sponsored
Mrs. henry Levitt, Mrs. a home - cooked luncheon on
Max Lowenstein, Mrs. Barney Mal- Tuesday, March 22, at 12 o'clock
0 and others, with summer hotels
by MAIL CAKE or RADIO
in order to maintain continuity
. W24.,
Wilensky and Miss Ethel bin, Mrs. Harry C. Markle, Mrs. noon, at Congregation Bnai Moshe,
1 of service, and to reduce_ person- Sophie
Ilandelsman. ! Mrs. Henry Meyers, Mrs. Jacob Dexter and Lawrence.
nel
turnover.
On
the
other
hand,
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Mrs. J. Zuckerman, chairman of
2
The dance chorus, which also Neiman, 51rs. Meyer Prentis, Miss
2
, To POLAND, ROUMANIA, RUSSIA, PALESTINE
some of the hotels in the Miami
1317 GRISHOLD BLDG.
CAdIllen 1312
the show, includes: Marcy Setta Robinson, Mrs. Meyer Rosen- the luncheon, with Mrs, Feldman
3 district which remain open the opens
Aronsson, Mary Rita Bloamgarden, hum, Mrs. Herbert Robinson, as co-chairman and their commit-
and all other countries.
year round, and there are many Harriet Cooper, Mignon Hambur- Mr.:. Louis James Rosenberg, Mrs. tees, awarded prizes.
01234566789012345678901234567890 such,
find it difficult to keep ger, Carol Lewis, Barbara Savage, Charles Rubiner, Mrs. Sam Itu-
The organization will give
Northern Jewish help, who re- Mary Wineman, Marcia Diamond,
Special I
a theater benefit show at Littman 's
turn during the summer to the Dorothy Davidson, Shirley Kopel,
Theater, Tuesday evening, April
HAAVARA MARKS to GERMANY
North where the remuneration is Ruth Frank, Marjory Rosenthal,
19, (second day of Chol Homed
"JEWISH EMIGRANT MARK"
greater.
Pesach),
and Betty Levy.
A Manager Explains
The proceeds of both affairs will
Supervised by Mrs. Sidney J.
The bulk of, these December Allen, the entire production is un-
go for European orphans. Mem-
• An AMERICAN EXPRESS FOREIGN REMIT-
migrant job seekers are without der the direction of Seymour Si-
I hers and friends of the organiza-
TANCE assures a prompt, efficient and safe
experience. They seek a refuge mons who has been assisted by
tion are asked to cooperate.
method of forwarding your funds.
from the cold north as much as
The
organization
will
hold
its
Herman, Irving Gluklick is
they are seeking jobs in the pleas- John
first meeting with the new officers
SAFE, RELIABLE SERVICE, AT LOW COST.
chief electrician and Josh llorwitz
anter south. Since hotel rates is in charge of properties.
Monday, March 28, at 1 p. m., at
Children of early school age, or
during the short season are very
the Bnai Moshe. At this meeting
-
Dinner
to
Precede
Show
high, ranging up to as much as
even younger, reach their late
the new board of directors will
Arrangements for the dinner
$30 per person, per day, the
be appointed. A luncheon will be
'teens and early twenties almost
persons who pay these high rates which will precede the perform- ' ,
CHEIllitY 2006
served free of charge before the
1221 WASHINGTON nun., Prriturr, 511(11.
before one knows it. Then comes
demand the best in service. Hotel ance, have been supervised by Mrs.
meeting.
the day when a college or higher technical education is neces-
or any Retiree Expren Agency Oak. or Sub.Apenn Selling American Dorm Service
managements, therefore, are very Irving Hirschman, chairman of the
Passover relief checks will be
for American Doren weir ,.
Alwayo
careful to obtain experienced em- hostesses' committee. Mrs. Hirsch-
sary. Why not make sure now that funds for their education
issued at the meeting on Monday
Dims, thus disqualifying many man has invited the following De-
and further plans will be made
will be ready when needed? I will be glad to show you how
troit
Semite
Group
members
to
applicants.
for future relief activities.
it can be done in a 1imple practical manner.
One hotel manager gave his act as hostesses for the get-to-
standards for a hotel job as fol- gether: Mrs. Harold Allen, Mrs.
lows: l'roper personality, appear- Maurice Aronsson, Mrs. Morton
ance, speech. experience, refer- Ashner, Miss Henrietta Ascher,
ences; no religious question, sat- Mrs. Edward Atlas, Mrs. Harry
isfactory blood test by Health Becker, Mrs. Harry Berger, Mrs.
1512 UNION GUARDIAN BLDG.
Department and the identifies- Julius Berman, Mrs. Irving Hitt-
Po- ker, Mrs. Philip Bloomgarden, Mrs.
card from the Miami Beach Po-
lice Department. There is. of Irving Blumberg, Mrs. Morris
course. a surplus of job seekers I Blumberg, Mrs. Louis Blumberg,
AS•UnANCE COMPANY
•• ■■ O OI•10•• •VVINNIP•17
at this winter pleasure resort. I Mrs. Hy Broiler, Mrs. Douglas MISS PATSY FINSTERWALD
of Scenes of
Many of them are incompetent I Brown, Mrs. Harry Brown, Mrs. Appears in Ono
Service Group Revue
for hotel work and since there I Perry Burnstine, Miss Emma
are such large numbers to draw Butzel, Mrs. Louis S. Cohane, Mrs. hiner, Mrs. Alex Schreiber, Mrs.
from, only those are picked 'who I Abe Cooper, Mrs, Dave Diamond, Nate Shapero, Mrs. A. Sloman,
are most likely to render their Mrs' James Ellmann, Mrs. Maurice Mrs. Bert Silverman, Mrs. Abe
Patrons satisfactory service. OneEnggass, Mrs. A, M. Ferar, Mrs. Srere, Mrs. Molly Stern, Mrs. Rob-
sympathetic Jewish hotel man Miles Finsterwald, Mrs. Seymour art Streifling, Mrs, Anson Tabor,
said, "They raise the cry of pre- Frank,
Mrs. Alexander Freeman, Mrs, Ellis Thal, Mrs. Herbert War-
MATZO MEAL, FARFEL
judice when they have not the I Mrs. Isaac Gilbert, Mrs. Fred Gins- ner, Mrs. Sidney Weisman, Mrs.
qualifications to fill the job they burg, Mrs. Samuel Glogower, Mrs. Joseph Welt, Mrs. Melville Welt,
CAKE MEAL,EG6 MATZO
are seeking." Other hotel mana- Joseph. B. Gaylord, Miss Edith Mrs. Henry Wineman and Mrs.
gers said substantially the same, Heavenrich, Mrs. John Ileavenrich, Robert J. Newman.
CEREAL
adding that they would be more Mrs. Israel IIimelhoch, Mrs. David
The Detroit Service Group din-
than glad to employ Jews be- Huber, Mrs. Albert Kahn, Mrs. ner is scheduled for 6 o'clock and
cause their Jewish patrons some- Harry Keidan, Mrs. Maurice Klein, the curtain will rise on the review
times raise the discrimination is- Mrs. Julian H. Krolik, Mrs. Mel- at 8:30. Reservations for the din-
sue with them; but they cannot vin Kutnauer, Mrs. Walter Laih, ner may still be made by calling
employ Jews who are unquali- Mrs. Maurice Landau, Mrs. A. J. ItAndolph 9340.
fied for hotel work, solely be
cause they are Jewish, as these
very patrons would be the first I Many Features at L.A.S. Auxiliary's
to object if unsatisfactory serv-
ice were rendered.
Annual Donor Dinner, Dance, All-Day
M. Deane, the manager of the
Program to Be Held Sunday, March 27
Miami branch of the Florida State
f
Employment Service, declared
upon questioning that during the
The Detroit Auxiliary of the Los 25th anniversary of the sanatorium
• Surprisingly low prices
season, when they placed hotel
and of the 11th birthday of the
for quality work.
employes, they had no measurable Angeles Sanatorium announces auxiliary, will begin promptly at
• Try Forest fine Shoe
difficulty placing Jewish persons that the program of its donor din:
Repairing — see the
in Jewish hotels. Their prob- ner dance, on Sunday, March 27, 3 p. m. All delegates, workers and
are requested to come on
difference.
lem was, however, to find Jewish at Lachar's new ball room, 3163 guests
time. Reservations may be made
persons who would meet the ho-
40/0 M...SEE I HY YO!/
• Specialized Shoe Dye-
until
2
p. m., Sunday, by calling
Cass
Ave.,
in
celebration
of
the
tel experience requirements. He
ing and Cleaning.
Madison 6766, or by calling at the
stated that no discrimination was
• We use the most
office of the executive secretary,
exercised by the state office in
Modern Shoe Factory
Abraham II. Jaffin, 1711 Clair-
placing employes. The state reg-
Equipment.
mount.
istration card for employes does.
• Expertly trained Shoe-
The program for the afternoon
however. curry the symbols "P",
makers rebuild shoes
and evening follows:
"C". "J", obviously Protestant,
to look like new.
3 p. m.—Concert with the partici-
NO CHARGE
Catholic, Jewish.
pation of Evelyn Gurvitch, concert
FOR PICK - UP
Miami Beach as a winter vaca-
• We use only the fine
pianist; Ruth Brotman, lyric colo-
AND DELIVERY
tion resort is growing steadily
Prime Oak leathers.
ratura soprano; Harry and Sam
rapidly. Within the last three
Bistritzky, violinist and chelist, re-
years 90 hotels have been con-
structed and several hundred
spectively; Rabbi Max Wohlgelern-
8925 TWELFTH ST., Between Taylor and Hazelwood
ter as, guest speaker.
apartment houses. There are
TYLER 6-2030
now 200 hotels in Miami Beach.
6 p. m. — Strictly kosher, full
The popularity of the resort, its
course chicken dinner and enter-
attractions for persons of wealth
tainment.
and the sporting elements brought
p. m.—Dance to the tunes of
down by the race tracks, plus the
Dave I)iamond's dance orchestra.
now uncomfortable civic climate
The proceeds from this celebra-
for racketeers in the New York
tion will be utilized to further
CLEANERS U DYERS,
City area, has served to concen-
maintain the Detroit patients at
trate a number of underworld
the sanatorium and to participate
characters into that territory.
in the expansion program of the
To meet the situation police
national institutions in order to
authorities have instituted several
make room for the many victims of
regulations. One of them. it is
the white plague, clamoring for ad-
stated, requires all persons with
mittance, amongst them Detroiters.
criminal records who come to the
The price per plate for this affair
area, whether for business or
is $5.
MISS RUTH BROTMAN
Pleasure, to report to the police.
irrespective of the nature of the
record. If such a person fails non-Jewish persons are desired H. Cohen Re-Elected
to report, he is subject to punish- as guests. There are a number
of these hotels in the Miami dis-
ment by the authorities.
By Children's Home Save and be safe through Life Assurance
Another regulation requires all trict. The presence of these ob-
BUY Fine Furniture wholesale through
persons who obtain jobs in the jectionable signs is being studied
district to register with the po- by the local Jewish community to
any dealer of your own choice.
lice. This involves the printing determine how best they can be
DAVID STOTT BUILDING
of all 10 fingers, photographing, eliminated. There is one of these
and supplying a short personal hotels, it is reported, that will
WE welcome the opportunity of show-
description. All this data is then not even permit a Jewish person
ing you around without any obligation
checked with the central finger to visit a guest in the hotel, ad-
print bureau in Washington. After mittance for interview being
to buy.
such registration. a job seeker limited to a special "Jim Crow"
receives what is known colloquial- reception room.
ly as a "finger-card" which bears
It should be made clear that
name, description of the person, one large hotel was found. with
Photograph, and thumb print. No about 600 employes, which had
employer may or will engage any only about four Jewish 'persons
worker without this "finger-card." on its staff, though over 95 per
The police are very rigid in the cent of its patronage was Jewish.
control of vagrancy. Any person One Jewish guest suggested that
found sleeping on the beach or Perhaps the presence of the few
in a parked car (many hundreds non-Jewish guests was subsidized
of cars are searched every night in order to lend "tone" to the
by flash-light equipped police) is hostelry. This hotel management
arrrested for vagrancy. unless he declared that no discrimination
TWELFTH
ST.
8928
can show sufficient funds to sus- was exercised in staffing the ho-
tain him for several weeks. If tel—"It just happened." In all
WHOLESALE ONLY
his funds are low. he is urged to other instances, where the situa-
return north and if necessary tion obviously disclosed thought-
Showroom Hours-9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Daily
HERMAN COHEN
the police obtain a special rate lessness or definite discrimina-
Monday and Wednesday till 9 P. M.
on the bus.
tion, an understanding was reach-
At the meeting of the board
Recalcitrant individuals are in- ed that the matter having been of directors of the Jewish Chil-
carcerated as vagrants and de- called to the attention of the man- dren's biome, on Sunday, March
tained up to a week. If during agement by the American Jewish 20, the following officers were
the week of detention they "mis- Congress, the employment of per- re-elected:
behave," in the opinion of the sonnel would be more carefully
Herman Coke n, president;
authorities, they may be sentenc- noted next season. Some Jewish Maurice Aronsson, vice - presi-
ed for a period ranging from managers and hotel owners who dent; Moses Weiswasser, treas-
I three to six months on what is were interviewed stated that they urer; Irwin I. Cohn, secretary.
known as the "road mob," name- have instructed the heads of the
It was decided that two mem-
ly, as forced laborers on road various departments, including bers of the Ladies' Auxiliary
construction. For this they are head waiters, to give jobs to Jew- should be added to the house
reported as receiving a pay of ish applicants whenever possible. committee.
10 cents per day. They undoubt- One Jewish hotel manager said,
edly have ample opportunity to "I found as many capable hotel
accummulate both resentment employes among our People as Maurice Schultz
against society and criminal among others. In fact, over a
Dies at Age of 83 1 1
knowledge from associates as to long period of years, I found that
how to express that resentment. more loyalty could be found
Maurice
Schultz, a pioneer resi-
After their term of service. they among them than among others."
are put on what is known as the
While a few persons declared dent of Detroit, passed away I'
"burns' special," a but which car- that Jewish employes did not ren- suddenly. at his home, 1217 W.
der satisfactory service, inter- Philadelphia Ave., on Thursday,
ries them out of the state.
These strenuous efforts on the views with serveral hotel man- March 17.
the series is devoted to study in part of the police to discourage, agements reveal that they con-
Born in Budapest. June 22,
Dr. Mazer to Give
a specialized field. The subject what they designate as varrants, sider Jewish employes satisfact- 1854, he had resided in this
of this year's course is gynecol- makes job-hunting in Miami diffi- ory, provided they have had suf- country for upwards of 60 years.
Memorial Lecture ogy.
For years he conducted a merch-
cult, and failure to find a job ficient experience.
The committee in charge of the hazardous. On this account. the
It will be the duty of the Con- ant tailoring business on the site
In Bailin Series 1938
series of lectures is headed many hotel owners and managers gress to communicate with Flor- of the present Stroh Bldg.. but
by Dr. Maurice P. Meyers.
who were interviewed were urged ida hotels some time next Fall, retired about 15 years ago.
North End Clinic is a member to give fair consideration to Jew- just prior to the period when the
Funeral services were conduct- I
The final sneaker in the fifth
agency
of
the
Detroit
Community
aeries of the Dr. Max Bailin Lec-
ish applicants when they staff staffs of the hotels are being re- ed by Rabbis Leo M. Franklin
tures sponsored by North End Fund and the Jewish Welfare their hotels next season. It was constructed, to follow up the and Leon From. Burial was in e
Clinic will be Dr. Charles Mazer, Federation.
also emphasized that negotiations work initiated by the commis- Clover Hill Cemetery.
Surviving him are six children:
of the American Jewish Congress sion this season.
Professor of gynecology, Gradu-
ate School of Medicine. Univer-
with certain large hotels in the
It is gratifying to be able to Mrs. Henrietta Simon. Mrs. Jean-
north would be jeopardized if it report that the situation among ette Lehmann, Mrs. Helen Free-
A STORE
aity of Pennsylvania, whose ad- Y. P. L. Convention
generally believed that the Florida hotels is not as ser- man. Mrs. Evelyn Selling. Mrs.
dress on "Endocrinology in Gyn-
In Troy April 1-3 became
Jewish hotel managements in the ious as we first were led to be- Martha Hyman and Edward
ecology" will be given at the
Detroit Institute of Arta Lecture
The Young People's League of south would not take Jewish em- lieve. Nonetheless. it does war- Schultz; and five grandchildren:
rant close attention. for we have Mrs. Barbara Hyman Birnkrant.
Hall on Wednesday. March 30, at the United Synagogue of Amer- ployes.
In no instance was • hotel found a few hotels with large Bert Hyman, Harvey and How-
8:30 o'clock.
ica will hold its 14th annual con-
The Dr. Max Bailin Memorial vention in Troy, N. Y.. ■ at the management found which admit - Jewish clientele with little if any ard Freeman and Harley Selling.
Lecture series is presented an- Hendrick Hudson Hotel. on April ted discrimination, with the ex- Jewish perscInnel. We believe
Among the 141 Nobel prize
nually by North End Clinic as an 1, 2 and 3. About 1,000 young ception of such hotels as definite- that this will be remedied in sue-
educational project. offering post- Peopl e, representing affiliated ly carry signs over their en- eeeding seasons, as a result of winners in the years 1901-31, there
graduate work to the physicians leagues all over the country, are trance portals reading, "Gen- the intercession of the American were 18 Jews or approximately 13
per cent,
tilea" These mean that only Jewish Congress.
of Wayne County. Each year expected to attend.

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