DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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March I

1940

dinner will be prepared Adler to Address
of the Rabbi's function as fol-
Emanuel Sisterhood chicken
by members of the Sisterhood.
lows:
Reservations may be secured
Y. P. T. C. Sunday
"If I were asked what I re-
At a meeting of the Sisterhood
gard as the chief function of the of Congregation Beth Tefilo from the office of the Synagogue,
(Continued from Page I )
from
Manuel
Merzon
or
from
Russell Davis, chairman
the
Rabbi, I would say that it is to Emanuel held at the home of
the Detroit Housing and Planning touch life at every point. This Mrs. Jack Seder, 1545 Blaine Mrs. Max Schubiner.
Young People's Temple Ci
cut.
Group. He is a member of the means, of course, that I am in- Ave., Feb. 21, plans for a Purim
tural committee, announce that
organization committee of the terested more in human beings dinner-dance for members of the
Philip Adler, well-known corre-
Sol Levitan Dies
Detroit Round Table of Catho- and their problems than in some Congregation, the Sisterhood and
spondent of the Detroit News,
lics, Protestants and Jews which of the activities that some of their families, were formulated.
Sol Levitan, one of the most will address the general 1,, , eting
is being mobilized as the local my colleagues deem to be of
prominent
Jews in America, for- of the club on Sunday aft•rnoon,
The
affair
will
take
place
in
branch of the National Confer- greater importance. During more
the Synagogue auditorium March mer State Treasurer of Wiscon- March 3, in the Third Floor
(lice of Christians and Jews.
than 40 years, for instance, when 24 at which time an operetta sin, died on Feb. 27 of a heart chapel of the Temple. A&.ission
I have been well and in the city,
In view of these varied in- I have never failed to visit sev- will be presented by the children attack at the age of 77, in his to this lecture will be by ticket
only.
terests, it is no wonder that eral hospitals on Saturday after- of the Mitzvah classes and a home in Madison.
Rabbi Franklin was named last noons. In fact, during all this
year by Dr. Edgar DeWitt
ANN MILLER, star of stage and screen, now appearing
I have devoted my Sab-
Jones as one of the 10 most period
In George White's Scandals, Is definitely the outstanding
bath afternoons to that particu-
useful citizens in Detroit.
dance discovery of our time . , and a discovery more and
lar cause."
more smokers are making everyday is that CHESTERFIELDS
It is no wonder. therefore, that
Last year Dr. Franklin was
are COOLER, BETTER-TASTING and DEFINITELY MILDER.
signally honored on the occasion Christians as well as Jews join
of the 40th anniversary of his in honoring him on his 70th
ministry in Detroit. He was twice birthday.
honored within one year by be-
ing. invited to give a series re-
spectively of five and four coast-
to-coast broadcasts on the "Mes-
sage of Israel" program over the
(Continued from Page 1)
Blue Network of the National
Broadcasting Co. He also spoke the Hour, anti-Nazi weekly news-
several times on the "Church of paper.
the Air" program.
The Hour quoted McWilliams
Has Two Honorary Degrees
as saying that "in the old days
Twice, also, Dr. Franklin has certain members of this promi-
received honorary doctorates—in nent Republican Club had prac-
1923, when he was given a Doc- tically knocked one another over
tor of Laws degree by the Uni- in the effort to lend the Front
versity of Detroit in apprecia- assistance in certain activities—
tion of his efforts to defeat the in making anti-New Deal sal-
parochial school amendment, and lies, etc." The publication re-
last June when he was awarded ported that McWilliams had im-
the degree of Doctor of Laws by plied that the recent arrest of 17
his alma mater, the Hebrew members of the Christian Front
Union College of Cincinnati. He by the Federal Bureau of In-
was also elected to honorary vestigation had given "certain
membership in the Eugene Field members" of the Union League
Society, a national association of Club "cold feet".
authors and journalists. The lat-
ter distinction was earned by Dies Refers All Documents Link-
ing Him to Pelley to
years of writing. Last year he
District Attorney
published a book—"The Rabbi,
WASHINGTON. ( W N S ) —
The Man and His Message,"
which had a good circulation and Seeking further vindication of
high commendations. He also charges linking him with William
published two smaller booklets, Dudley Pelley, Congressman Mar-
"Light at the Eventide" and tin Dies, chairman of the Com-
"The Road to Understanding Be- mittee Investigating Un-American
tween Christian and Jew." The Activities, announced here that
latter is being urged for use as he had referred all data relating
a textbook in churches and syna- to the alleged forging of letters
Purporting to show a connection
gogues on good-will.
Temple Beth El, to whom Rab- between Dies and Silver Shirt
bi Franklin has ministered for Pelley to Federal District Attor-
close to 41 years, has grown ney David A. Pine.
Rep. Dies said that the District
rapidly under his direction. When
he first came to Detroit it had Attorney has been asked to con-
a membership of 136. Today it has sult the Federal Grand Jury so
10 times this number of members. that "appropriate action may be
There were less than 10,000 taken." Mr. Pine will determine
Jews in Detroit when he first also whether the asserted forgery
came here; today our Jewish and subsequent use of the letters
population is approximately 80,- constituted a violation of the
criminal statute forbidding in-
000.
In 1903, Dr. Franklin led the timidation of a Congressional
movement for the democratiza- Committee.
The letters, which were in-
tion of the synagogue and the
adoption of the system of unas- serted in the Congressional Rec-
s ig ned pews. Congregations ord on Jan. 22 by Representa-
throughout the country soon fol- tive Martin Hook of Michigan
lowed his example in adopting and which precipitated a bitter
controversy which did not sub-
this method.
Rabbi Franklin twice served as side until Mr. Hook apologized
president of the Central Con- to the House for inserting the
ference of American Rabbis. He letters in the Record, implied
is a past president of the Alumni that Rep. Dies had agreed not
Association of Hebrew Union to investigate the Silver Shirts
College. He established the first and Father Coughlin.
It was announced also that
Jewish student congregation on
the University of Michigan Robert H. Jackson, Attorney
campus in Ann Arbor in 1915, General, had agreed to turn over
and in Detroit, 37 years ago, he to the Dies Committee, for its
created the first Interdenomina- confidential use, the record of the
investigation of Pelley by the
tional Thanksgiving service.
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
His Philanthropic Efforts
Pelley announced recently that
Long before the Federation
wallahl ■
idea became supreme in social he is disbanding the Silver Shirt
work, Dr. Franklin organized all Legion to permit the Dies Com-
existing Jewish philanthropies in mittee to concentrate on expos-
Dctroit into the United Jewish ing "New Dealism".
Charities. He pioneered the move-
Burn-
ment for better housing in De- Two Klansmen Fined for
ing Cross Near New Jersey
troit and every worthy cause
Synagogue
found a ready adherent and sup-
ROSELLE, N. J. ( W N S )-
porter in the city's Reform
Rabbi. The dozens of civic and Harold Chestnut, 28, of Jersey
philanthropic organizations which City.. and Fred J. Hoefflich, 22.
I;st his name on their boards of of Roselle, were found guilty and
directors testify to their recog- fined $15 each in Police Court
nition of his efforts. here for burning a Ku Klux
For many years Dr. Franklin Klan cross near a Jewish syna-
has contributed to numerous gogue and distributing K.K.K.
Jewish and non-Jewish periodi- and anti-Semitic literature.
cals. For seven years, until 18 The men were found guilty de-
years ago, he wrote the editor- :mite the threat by a Klan leader
ials for The Detroit Jewish that a riot would ensue if the two
Klansmen were not released im-
Chronicle.
Pi ior to his coming to Detroit, mediately.
Dr. Franklin served as Rabbi of
Temple Israel in Omaha, Neb., Kvutzah Auxiliary Luncheon
from 1892 to 1899. He assumed
a Success
his Omaha post upon graduation
from Hebrew Union College and
The annual donor luncheon of
the University of Cincinnati,
where he won his Phi Beta the Ladies Auxiliary of Kvitzah
Ivrith. held Feb. 6, was a suc-
Kappa key.
Dr. Franklin was born March cess. The program was arranged
MAKE YOUR
5. 1870, in Cambridge City, In- by the following: Mesdames Sil-
verman,
A.
D.
Markson.
A.
De-
diana, the son of Michael H. and
NEXT PACK
Rachel (Levy) Franklin. He Roven, Max Feldman, J. Rabin-
married Hattie M. Oberfelder in owitz, S. Munch. A. Panush. S.
Chicago on July 15, 1896. Dr. Chaikin, S. Leinoff, M. Wino-
and Mrs. Franklin have a daugh- kur. B. Friedgood, S. Garber and
ter, Miss Margaret H. Franklin, B. Stein.
and a son, Leo I. Franklin, a
The guest speakers were B.
Isaacs, H. Jacobs and Aaron Ro-
practicing attorney.
Describes Rabbi's Function
senberg. Cantor J. Sonenklar ren-
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Dr. Franklin described his view dered several selections.

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