April 4, 1941
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
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creased use of the Traffic Court
Driver's School as a corrective
measure in the treatment of
violators whose knowledge of
traffic laws or whose general
attitude as motorists toward the
Since he was elected a judge rights of others leaves some-
of Traffic Court six years ago, thing to be desired. In many
Judge Thomas F. Maher has such cases he has found that
made an outstanding record for a sentence to attend sessions of
his earnest and impartial ap- the driver's school accomplishes
plication of the traffic laws. He much more than the imposition
is a candidate for re-election at of a fine. He has also won wide
praise from traffic safety ex-
the April 7 election.
perts for his use of the facili-
Judge Maher led all other can- ties of the court's Psychopathic
didates for judicial offices in Clinic as a guide in removing
Wayne County at the Feb. 17 unfit drivers from the streets.
primary by several thousand
Since the organization of the
votes. At the recent poll of law-
Accident
Prevention Bureau of
yers in Wayne County, conducted
by the Detroit Bar Association, the Detroit Police Department
he led other candidates for Traf- there has been a huge increase
fic Court, receiving nearly 300 in the number of cases brought
more votes than the nearest into Traffic Court.
During the years that Judge
candidate. He has received the
endorsement of all leading civic Maher has been on the Traffic
Court Bench the records indi-
groups.
The educational approach to cate that Detroit has had the
the traffic safety problem has lowest number of traffic fatali-
been continually stressed by ties in any comparable period
Judge Maher. He has made in- since 1924.
Judge Maher in Race for
Re-Election to Traffic
Court
Re-Elect
Circuit Judge
Arthur
Webster
An impartial, courageous and
experienced Judge—
HE MERITS RE-ELECTION
ENDORSED BY
ALAN STONE
LOUIS E. LETZER
IRVING ACKERMAN
HAROLD SILVERSTON
JOHN M. WISE
ALBERT E. SMITH
IRVING H. SMALL
BENJAMIN D. JAFFE
SAM POLOZKER
AARON WEISWASSER
BENJAMIN J. SAFIR
IRVING RADNER
MAX H. LITTKY
Judge T. J. Richter
Bases Candidacy
On Fine Record
A POINT OF QUALITY
Judge Stein Lauded
For Humane Spirit
The embellishments of a Pass-
over meal contribute greatly to
Judge Christopher E. Stein was
the many holiday pleasures, for born on his father's farm in
quite often, Passover is the only Hamtramck. He has spent most
With an enviable record of 20 time of the year when the aver- of his life in Detroit.
years on the bench, Judge Theo- age family is treated to such
He was an active and able
delightful delicacies as teiglach,
dore J. Richter believes that he or chremslach, or the other pop- athlete as a boy and as a young
man. He and his brother, Edward
is entitled to ask re-election as ular Passover dishes.
But basically, the enjoyment F. Stein, were a famous bat-
Circuit Judge in Wayne County,
of
any Passover meal depends tery combination in and around
at the election, April 7. He has
in great measure on the quality Detroit.
In his early life he had to
always been known for his zeal- of matzo served, and to assure
work. Judge Stein learned the
measure
of
enjoyment,
a full
choose eral winters in Northern Mich-
a
many mill ions o f families
Manischewitz Matzos. Year by moulders' trade. He spent sev-
year, they have grown in reputa- igan working in lumber camps.
times a
tion as America's finest matzos, He has been at other
an engineer,
stationary
fireman,
unequalled in taste, in kashruth,
in crisp, delicious goodness. This and he spent a year firing a
recognition is a reflection of passenger locomotive.
Judge Stein's interest in law
the years of work put in at the
great, modern Manischewitz Mat- began with his appointment as
zo Bakeries, designing and per- a clerk in the old Justice Court.
fecting new machines, experi- While there he studied law at
menting with new production the Detroit College of Law. Be-
facilities to bring Manischewitz fore his graduation he was elect-
Matzos to their present degree ed Justice of the Peace. He
served eight years in that court,
of perfection,
Another popular Manischewitz which has since become the De-
product, which has come to be troit Common Pleas Court. He
regarded as a particular Pass- graduated from the Detroit Col-
over delicacy, is Manischewitz lege of Law and was next elect-
Egg Matzo. So widely is it en- ed as Police Justice. He served
joyed, that it has become cus- as Police Justice for sixteen
tomary for the average house- years. During these years he was
– wife to stock up, not only for a colleague of the late Judge
Passover, but for six or seven Edward J. Jeffries. For many
weeks following the holiday, as years the names "Jeff and Stein"
JUDGE T. J. RICHTER
ous industry, high purpose, calm well. This is practical because were familiarly coupled as close
Manischewitz Egg Matzos are personal friends.
judicial temperament and his wrapped in wax -sealed packages
Judge Stein has served 17
sympathetic approach to domes- to retain their unusually good years as Judge of Recorder's
tic problems, particularly his deep taste and crisp freshness for Court and is now a candidate for
concern in the welfare of chit- many weeks after they are baked. re-election. His platform is the
The difference between an or- record of his personal and pub-
dren resulting in his reconciling di
nary Passover meal and an un- lie life. For many years he has
parties in many divorce cases. usual one is primarily a point of been making decisions affecting
He is a graduate of the class quality, and that quality is best human rights and liberties. He
of 1906, Detroit College of Law, summed up by one word—Man- has been characterized as kindly
isehewitz • and humane.
and actively practiced law until
1913 when he was elected justice
STOCKHOLM. (WNS) Stung
ANKARA.—(WNS) — Eighty
of peace, or what is now known German - Jewish refugees, who by the popular uprising against
as common pleas judge. In 1921, had sought asylum in Yugoslavia, the pro-Axis government in
he was appointed by the gover- arrived here after a hurried Yugoslavia, the Nazi-controlled
radios in Rumania, Bulgaria and
nor to fill the office of circuit flight from Belgrade. The refu- Hungary charged that the Jews
judge, the vacancy being created gees were permitted to enter of Yugoslavia had fomented the
by the death of Judge Hosmer. Turkey after giving adequate as- anti-Nazi revolution in that
Judge Richter has the distinction surances that they would leave country and threatened anti-
of having as his clerk, Clem the country as soon as they could Jewish reprisals in the near fu-
Weitzman, the only Jewish clerk complete arrangements to emi-
ture.
grate elsewhere.
in the Circuit Court.
FORA .
JOB WELL DONE
APPROVE .. .
Splendid Public Service
By Re-Electing
EDWARD H.
WILLIAMS
COUNTY AUDITOR
Democrat
ENDORSED BY:
Labor's Non-Partisan League—C10
Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor
All War Veteran Organizations in Wayne County
Detroit Citizens' League