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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

September 18, 1942

CAPITOL LETTER

Young Israel Active
Season Begins Sept. 30

By CHARLES BENSON

In the fantastic tales Nazi-
minded propagandists circulate,
little, bald, bespectacled Isador
Lubin figures prominently as one
of the "Jews who run Washing-
ton."
Of course, such sinister cabal
exj•ts. Jews in the Federal serv-
ice. like Jews everywhere else, dis-
agree heatedly on every possible
topic. Lubin, for instance, is not
so conservative as Secretary of
the Treasury henry Morgenthau,
a nd less radical than Presidential
adviser Ben Cohen. But he is an
111 'important cog in the intricately
roolving machinery of the Na-
which allows
tioual
for astonishingly diverse political
k11111 economic opinions among its
members, especially now that we
are at war.
Lubin is not a particularly vis-
ible cog. As special economic ad-
viser to the President, the -16-
year old statistician partakes of
that "passion for anonymity"
once specified as a requirement
for Mr. Roosevelt's assistants. He
has another job: chief of the
Statistical Analysis Branch of the
Munitions Assignment Board of
the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
This gives him one of the most
mouth-filling titles in Wash'ng-
ton, but not much publicity: The
two jobs mesh well, and obviously
the work they involve is of the
very quiestest variety of hush-
hush.
What he does, mostly, is to
furnish the President a clear view
of the intricacies of the lend-lease
program; who gets what, how
much they got last month, why
they need so much more this win-
ter, and what effect the whole
scheme is having on our own

Business Week put it was: "Lubin
walks fast, but he walks on the
ground."
His first war job this time was
deputy to Sidney Hillman, in the
now-almost forgotten days when
the composite known as Knudsen-
Hillman directed what was then
called defense production. In this
position he went to California and
oegotiated the strike agreement
in the shipyards there. Some
unions have at times honored the
pact more in the breach than in
the observance. but it has never
the less served as a model for
agreements of the kind.

economy.

Lubin was born in Worcester,
Mass., attended its schools and
diminutive Clarke University. He
Ile took his Ph. D. at the Robert
Brookings Graduate School and
taught economics for two years
at the University of Missouri be-
fore joining the Food Administra-
tion of World War I as a statist-
ician. He soon t•ansfered to the
War Industries Board, where he
served as a special expert under
Bernard Baruch—at the age of
22. Followed years of university
teaching until, in 1928, he became
economic adviser to the Senate
Committee on Education and
Labor,
It will he recalled that 1928
was the year of the great Hoover
landslide, when slogans like "two
cars in every garage" constituted
a full answer to the liberal econ-
omists who came into power with
the Nev Deal. Yet Lubin's advice
'.vas highly valued by a Republi-
can-dominated Senate commitee in
that boom season. The last
months of the Hoover administra-
tion found him well in the van of
economic thought, preparing a re-
port on planning for the Senate's
Committee on Manufactures, by
this time in the hands of Demo-
crats.
With the advent of the first ad-
ministration Lubin found his niche
as commissioner of labor statis-
tics. His job was to analyze all
the involved data of wages, hours,
living costs and a horde of other
accumulating factors, in order to
give the administration a firm
groundwork of information on
which to base its hold - labor pol-
icies. He is on leave from this
position now.
Besides writing hooks like
"Government Control of Prices
During the \Var," "The British
Coal Dilemma." and "The Ab-
sorption of the Unemployed in
American Industry," he has con-
tributed many articles on econom-
ic subjects to Survey Graphic.
The New Reoublic, and learned
publications. He served as chair-
man of the labor Advisory Board
of the Federal Emergency Ad-
ministration and as a member of
the Industrial Resources Commis-
sion.
Ile flashed before the public eye
for a few days during the hear-
ings of the Temporary National
Economic Committee (TNEC), of
which he was a member.. His
carefully marshalled testimony.
supo•ted by a host of charts
flanking him in the witness chair.
was designed to show that the
weakening force of competition
in our highly organized economy
makes necessary a new set of
economic principles. Conservative
economists sighed regretfully, but
tended to agree.
The magazin" Business Week.
no apologist for New Dealers.
commented that business men had
to respect his opinion. The way

Youths Attend Holy
Day Services

Charles T. Gellman, president,
Young Israel of Detroit, an-
nounces that a general meeting
of the organization will lie held
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 30
(fourth night of Chol Ha-Mood)
(Succoth) at Yeshivath Beth Ye-
hudah, Dexter and Cortland. The
meeting will be open to members
and those contemplating affiliation.

Education Month of
Hebrew Schools was
Observed Sept. I I

Rosh Hashonah marked the
opening of the 16th annual ob-
servance of the education month
of the United Hebrew Schools.
Rabbi Morris Adler is chairman.
Initial preparations for the
launching of this project were
made at the meeting of the staff
and members of the board of di-
rectors of the United Hebrew
Schools. The plans as formulated
by the committee include arrange-
ments to reach Detroit Jewry
during the High Holy day serv-
ives through messages delivered
by rabbis and lay leaders; the
Jewish radio hour sponsored by
Hyman Altman over Station
W .1 L B; and home visits. Dur-
ing this month many homes will
be visited in the interest of Jew-
ish education. A special Hebrew
School Bulletin is being published
and will be distributed among
the members of the school, par-
ents and the public at large.
The following speakers addres-
sed the public on the subject Of
JewiJii education in connection
with the observance of the six-
teenth annual education month of
the United Hebrew Schools dur-
ing Rosh Hashonah: Rabbi A. M.
Hershman, Rabbi Morris Adler,
Rabbi Moses Fischer, Rabbi Isaac'
Stillman, Solomon Kasdan. Rabbi
.1. II oberman. Rabbi .1. Rabino-
witz, Rabbi Joseph Thumin, Alex-
Rabbi Leizer Levin, Rabbi J. Na-
ander Roberg, Joseph liaggai,
than, Rabbi M. Wohlgelernter,
Meyer Mathis, Abraham Warsen,
Irving Shlussel, .1. Lacher, and
Rabbi M. Levi.
The following will speak on
Yom Kippur: Rabbi Joshua
Sperka, Meyer Mathis, I. Sosnick,
Rabbi Leizer Levin, Bernard
Isaacs, J. ('ashdan, and David
Shackney.

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array of talent. "Lanky" Bow-
man and his orchestra provide the
music for dancing and the floor
shows with George Sanders off-
ering a program of organ melo-
dies, with songs by Joa-Anna,
during the dancing intervals.

"Fall Follies," Bettie Taylor's
breezy musical revue, continues
for the balance of the week at
Club Three 666. Walter Green,
that much-talked-of tap person-
ality, has the featured spot sup-
ported by a vanguard of promi-
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nent sepia variety entertainers
consisting of Mooch and Mooch,
Young
comedy dance team; Rosita Lock-
hart, peppy soubrette; Morton
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on Carpets and Rugs
lyric tenor. Monday will see tip‘
premiere of Bettie Taylor's First
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Anniyertiary revue, one of the
Hooked and Oriental Rugs
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Although member of a Wash-
in-2- ton synagogue and the Zionist
Organizations of America, Lubin
has not been active in Jewish af-
fairs since he completed his term
as president of the Intercollegate
Menorah Association in 1928.
Now almost defunct, the IMA
mice counted more than 50,000
members devoted to "the study
and advancement of Jewish cul-
ture and ideals in the colleges
and univeristies of the Unitel
States and Canada." Asked what
caused the group's decline, Lubin
gestures helplessly:
"Oh, leadership," he says. But
he maintains that the Menorah
Joutoal is still the be-t publica-
tion of its kind.
His interest in Zionism was
fostered by the close friedship
of Supreme Court Justice Louis
Brandeis, when he made it a
practice to see once a month un
to the time of the jurist's death
a year ago. He takes, no active
part in Zionist. affairs because he
has no interest in the internal
policies of the movement.
"If you want to be an active
Zionist." he explains, "you have
to make up your mind if you
want Palestine to he a British
dominion, an independent state,
or whatever, and fight with your
little group. I just want to see
the establishment of a homeland."
But his attitude connotes no
lack of personal interest in Pal-
estine. In 1929 he was in the
Caucasus on a survey of the
European radio, when he heard
of rioting in Jerusalem. He took
the first boat he could get across
the Black Sea and spent four
weeks in Palestine making a per-
sonal investigation of the situa-
tion, which he later reported to
Brandeis.

Club Three 666 to
Celebrate Anniversary

Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu—A Happy New Year

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This will be the first gathering
since the July-August lapse in
activities, and will summon the
participation by the entire mem-
bership in preparations for the
twentieth anniversary functions,
Nov. 6-15.
HIGH HOLY
DAY SERVICES
Large and enthusiastic aud-
iences of youg men and women
worshipped Rosh Hashonah at the
two Young- Israel Synagogues, in
the Yeshivah Building and on
Joy Road. Prayers were chanted
by Cantor M. Walfish of Tot-on-
to, Canada, himself an active
Young Israelite, and Rabbi Jac-
ob Unger respectively, both of
whom will also conduct the serv-
ices on Yom Kippur. Addresses
were delivered by Dr. Samson R.
Weiss, Rabbi Naphtuli Carlebach
and Torah Vodaath, representa-
tive, M. E. Wintner.
CLASSES BEGIN OCT. 6
Irving \V. Schulssel, chairman
of Young Israel's educational
committee and president of the
local Mizrachi, announces that
the season's educational activities
for the organization began on
Sept. 1, with the launching of a
Talmud class held every Tuesday
evening from 9 to 10:30 in the
Yeshivah Building. Guest lectures
for the group, which thus far has
been joined by some 30 members
and friends, were delivered by
Rabbis Eliezer Rabinowitz of the
Vaad Hahatzalah, Isaac Stollman,
Samson R. Weiss and M. J. Wohl-
gelernter.
On Tuesday, October 6, an 8
to 9 class in Prophets will lie in-
itiated at the same location. Other
study groups will be announced
subsequently. Two symposia on
subjects of current Jewish inter-
est will be held each month on
alternate Wednesday evenings,
beginning Oct. 7.

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During these High Holy Day
services air raid wardens dis-
placed all ushers at the Bnai
David Synagogue. In compliance
with civilian defense measures,
Congregation Bnai David took all
precautionary measures to pre-
pare and train wardens to usher
during services.
The committee in charge de-
cided to thain the vast audience
of nearly 2000 worshippers to
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social hall of the Synagogue has
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The chief air raid warden of
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