April 4, 1941 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle 18 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