February 14,
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
28
Selection were adopted by the Re-
pointed as the representative of Skillman in Race
corder's Court.
the War Trade Board on the
For the past four years Judge
Postal Censorship Committee in
For Re-Election Skillman
has been the instructor
San Antonio, Texas.
W. McKay Skillman has been of Criminal Law in the Law
On his return to Michigan, he
"We are leaving too much the
of was elected Justice of the Peace a Judge of Recorder's Court since School of Wayne University.
our
future
in
the
hands
of
Judge Skillman has served for
Hiders, and we are doing too in April, 1919, and was re-elected 1925, and is running for re-elec-
many year on the Committee in
at every succeeding election. In
little ourselves."
1929 he was appointed by Gov- tion at the primaries on Feb. 17. charge of the Legal Aid Bureau
Harry C. Grossman, president ernor Fred W. Green to be the He was 31 years old when he be- which furnishes legal advice and
of Temple Beth El of Detroit, organizer and the first Presiding came a Judge and has since been services to Detroiters who require
and chairman of the national _ Judge of the Common Pleas Court
them and are unable to pay.
advisory committee for the coo where he served until 1931, when
Judge Skillman was appointed
to the Recorder's Court Bench by
ing 37th Biennial Council of the he was appointed to the Record-
Governor Alex J. Groesbeck. Prior
Union of American Hebrew Con er's Court, in whichpost the
gregations in Detroit, made this electors confirmed him in 1932
statement in a recent "President's and again in 1935.
Page" devoted to Union Congre-
gational Town Hall Meetings.
Speaking for the necessity of Judge Cotter Points to Rep-
Congregational Town Hall meet-
utation of Recorder's
ings—a place for free public
Court
discussion of problems besetting
the Jews, Mr. Grossman asserted ;
"Our present Recorder's Court
"We must cultivate the will to has earned a national reputation
democracy. Religion fostered de- as one of the best in the coun-
mocracy. Liberty, equality and try," declared Judge Thomas M.
human dignity are pages taken Cotter, for 22 years a member
from our Bible and are the basis of the court and candidate for
O AS PROSECUTOR he
of human rights."
re-election, on the non-partisan
smashed the kindnaping
Temple Beth El under the lead- ticket, at the primaries next Mon-
ership of its senior rabbi, Dr. day.
ring and sent the kidnapers
Leo M. Franklin, national chair-
Judge Cotter was instrumental
of little Jackie Thompson
man of the Town Hall project, in the establishment as depart-
to prison.
scheduled its opening "meeting" ments of the court, of the Psy-
for Friday, Jan. 17. Dr. Franklin
AS A LAWYER he per-
chopathic
Clinic,•
Probation
De-
•
and Mr. Grossman will lead the
sonally conducted over
first discussion on "Congregation partment, and the Domestic Re-
1,500 jury trials.
and Community". All congrega- lations Division, and it is these
tional affiliates will share in departments that have earned
• AS A JUDGE he has
sponsoring the project, Detroit for the court a national repu-
tried thousands of cases.
tation.
"It
took
a
lot
of
per-
reports.
In Detroit, from April 27-30, sistent work on the part of the
• ENDORSED BY LAW-
Union members from all sections judges to get these divisions of
YERS IN THE "BAR
will have an opportunity to com- the court organized," continued
JUDGE SKILLMAN
PRIMARY".
pare local Town Hall projects Judge Cotter. "We feel that the
fine work done in evolving such returned to the bench by the vot-
at the Union Council.
a court should not be wasted. ers of Detroit in three different
Keep an Experienced
Judge Gordon's Record s The court should be maintained elections.
Judge
Judge
Skillman
is
a
graduate
at its present high level, and
Quoted in Plea for
this can best be done by retain- of the University of Michigan and
began the practice of law in De-
Re-Election
ing our present judges."
troit immediately following his
J AMES E CHENOT
A record of long and com- Women's League for Palestine honorable discharge f rom the
petent service to city and country
army after the end of the world
Circuit Judge
Contribute Ambulance to
is being urged by friends of Re-
war.
Ten years ago Judge Skillman
corder's Court Judge Arthur E.
British Desert Troops
Gordon as the reason for his re-
NEW YORK (WNS) — The was chosen by his brother jurists
nomination Feb. 17 and re-elec- first "Indian" type ambulance, as the first Executive Judge of
especially designed for use in the Recorder's Court and it was
tion April 7.
Judge Gordon was born in De- desert warfare, was presented to during his term in office that
troit, spent his early adult years the British-American Ambulance some of the most important judi-
in the newspaper business as re- Corps by the Women's League for cial reforms of the past two dec-
porter and editor on the Detroit Palestine at its annual luncheon ades were put into effect.
It was while Judge Skillman
Journal; was admitted to the Bar at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria.
in the Michigan Supreme Court Mrs. William Prince, president of was Executive Judge t ha t the
Bail Bond Bureau and
in June, 1910, practiced law un- the League, made the presenta- present
the Key Number System of Jury
tion.
1918,
when
he
was
ap-
til Feb.,
"Too Much in the Hands of
Hiders," Warns Beth El
President
Re-elect
1941
to that he had served as an As-
sistant Prosecutor on the staffs
of Paul W. Voorhies and Robert
M. Toms.
Altman to Discuss J. D. C.
Bulletin Saturday
The latest bulletin issued by
the American Jewish Joint Dis-
tribution Committfe will be dis-
cussed in detail by Hyman Alt-
man, of the Altman Jewish Hour
on radio station WMBC, Satur-
day evening, Feb. 15.
JUDGE JAMES E.
CHENOT
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