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Friday, August 16, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLM and 'rise Legal Chronicle
HISTORY OF JEWS
IN MICHIGAN
By IRVING L KATZ
ARTICLE 25
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Biographical Sketches
of Detroit Jews
David E. Heineman
David E. Heineman was one of
the most colorful figures in De-
troit's civic, social and cultural
life in the early years of this cen-
tury. He was the son' of Emil S.
and Fanny Butzel Heineman, and
was born on October 17, 1865, in
the old Heineman homestead on
Woodward Avenue and Adelaide,
one of the lovely mansions that
lined Woodward before the advent
of the automobile. He received an
excellent education in private
schools and with tutors and then
entered the old Detroit High
School where he graduated as
president of his class, in 1883. He
DAVID E. IIINEMAN
spent the next year In Europe and
upon his return entered the Uni-
versity of Michigan in 1884, where
he took a degree In Philosophy in
1887. He also studied law at the
University Law School and in the
offices of Walker and Walker, one
of Detroit's best known lawn firms,
and was admitted to the Bar in
May, 1889, and subsequently to
Federal and United States Su-
preme Court practice.
In 1893 he became Chief Assist-
ant City Attorney of Detroit and
had charge of all the City's court
work. In the three years he was
in office he compiled and revised
the Ordinances of Detroit, a book
of more than 700 pages. At the
urgent request of Governor Hazen
S. Pingree, Michigan's great re-
form governor, Mr. Heineman be-
came a candidate, in 1899, for the
State Legislature from the City at
large and of the ten legislators so
elected he received the highest
number of votes throughout the
City. He served for one regular
and three special sessions.
Beginning with 1902, he served
for seven years as a member of
the Common Council of which he
was elected President in 1906. He,
served Detroit as Alderman, At-
sistant 'Corporation Council and
finally, from 1910 to 1913, as Con-
troller. During World War I he
was Food Administrator for Wayne
County.
In addition to his personal legal
work and his numerous civic and
political undertakings, Mr. Heine-
man found time to originate the
City Manager Plan of government
for cities and he was Director,
Vice. President and twice Presi-
dent of the Michigan League a
Municipalities. In 1909 he served
as President of the American
League of Municipalities.
His intense interest in art made
him a vital figure in the program
that resulted in the establishment
12b of Detroit's famed Art Center,
which includes the Detroit Insti.
tute of Arts on one side of Wood.
ward Avenue and the Detroit Pub.
lic Library on the other. In ob-
taining the establishment of the
Art Center he had the remarkable
foresight to arrange an under-
standing with United States Sen-
ator Thomas W. Palmer, in 1892,
that the City have first option on
the Senator's old homestead at
Woodward Avenue and Farns-
worth Street for a library. When
the Art Institute pre-empted this
land, Mr. Heineman was success-
ful in tying up the land across
the street for library purposes. Ha
then procured for the City the
acceptance of the Andrew Car-
negie Gift of $750,000.00 after it
had been rejected by the Council
and given up as hopeless by the
Board of Library Commissioners.
This gift was the nucleus of the
present library and the branch
library system.
Mr. Heineman was regarded as
somewhat of a critic of art and
music, but he enjoyed the fierce
give-and-take of the political arena
more. A good story teller, he was
one of the most gifted of the local
lawmakers and in those distant
days a councilmanic debate with
David Heineman participating was
something to be seen and heard.
Mr. Heineman had wide financial
interests and his business connec-
tions included managing director
of the Fort Wayne and Belle Isle
Railway Company, one of the orig-
inal street railway lines of De-
troit, director of the Detroit Fire
and Marine Insurance Company
and Merz Capsule Company, and
President of the Heineman Realty
Company.
His artistic spirit found its out-
let in the founding of the Robert
Hopkin Club. He was the author
of the bill creating the Board of
State Library Commissioners and
he served as a member or as the
president under three governors.
He was awarded the honorary de-
gree of Master of Arts by the
University of Michigan in 1912.
Mr. Heineman was a member of
the American Institute of Arche-
ology and President of its local
society, the Palestine Exploration
Fund, the Michigan Historical So-
ciety, to whose publication he con-
tributed frequently, member and
delegate of the National Civic
Federation, President of the State
Anti-Tuberculosis Society, Presi-
dent of the Bohemian Club of De-
troit, member of Phi Beta Kappa,
Zion Lodge of • Masons, Moslem
Temple, University Club, Detroit
Boat Club, Old Club of St. Claire
Flats, life member of the Elks and
Odd Fellows, and many other or-
ganizations. He was the designer
of the official flag of Detroit.
Mr. Heineman was a student of
Jewish affairs and he contributed
several papers on the early history
of the Jews in Michigan in the
publications of the American Jew-
ish Historical Society, of which he
was a member. He served as presi-
dent of Pisgah Lodge Baal Brith
and was the organizer of the first
YMHA started in Detroit.
Mr. Heineman traveled abroad
eight times and had a fluent
knowledge of German, Italian and
French.
Mr. Heineman died in 1935.
German Jews
Near Starvation
Czech Interior Ministry Promises
Probe of Anti-Semitic Outbreaks There
NEW YORK — The American
Jewish Conference today received
an appeal from German Jews re-
siding in communities in the Bri-
tish occupation zone, asking
American Jewry to send food im-
mediately to check threatening
starvation. The appeal was signed
by Dr. Philip Auerbach, president
of the Jewish community organ-
ization in the British zone.
Following is the daily ration in
the North Rhine province, accord-
ing to Dr. Auerbach:
Six ounces bread, one-tenth
ounce margerine, one-half ounce
meat, one-third glass milk, two
and one-third ounces vegetables.
one-half ounce sugar, one and
one-fifth ounces cereals, one and
two-thirds ounces fish, one-third
ounce butter, one-fifteenth ounce
cheese, nine and one-half ounces
potatoes, one-half ounce marma-
lade, two-fifteenths ounces ersatz
coffee and one cigarette.
Since Jews are entitled to a la-
borer's ration card, they are al-
lowed a weekly supplement of
two and one-third ounces of but-
ter, six and two-thirds ounces of
meat and twenty-six and two-
thirds ounces of bread. However,
even this meager diet is about to
be reduced by a 50 percent cat
in fats and meats.
Situation Has Quieted;
New Violence Feared
injuries while repelling the as-
sailants.
Orders from the central gov-
ernment in Prague to restore or-
der have been completely ignored
by the Slovak authorities In Bra-
tislava. The Slovak police sided
with the attackers and released
all who had been arrested late
Wednesday night. The Slovak
Government has issued a state-
ment announcing the postpone-
ment of restitution of Jewish
property, but has not issued any
PRAGUE, (JTA)— Following a
visit by a delegation of Slovak
Jews, who protested against the
anti-Semitic incidents which have
occurred recently in Bratislava
and other Slovak cities, the Min-
istry of the Interior announced
that It is sending a commission
to Slovakia to probe the disturb-
ances. The police are also sending
Investigators.
denunciation of the anti Jewish
Although reports from Bratis- outrages.
lava say that the situation there
Questioned by a JTA corms.
has quiete', sporadic outbreaks of pondent concerning the legislation
anti-Semitic violence are reported providing for restitution of con-
from provincial cities. At Cadca, fiscated Jewish property, Smldke
for example, two hand grenades said that the law was fairly sat-
were thrown into a Jewish inn. isfactory but added that it was
At Kosice, violent anti-Jewish not being implemented properly
propaganda is being circulated
and that specific orders concern-
and new outbreaks are feared.
ing the carrying out of the intent
Both Joseph Lettrich, Democrat, of the measure are necessary.
and Karel Smidke, Communist, co-
Jewish spokesmen say that a
chairmen of the Slovak National
Council, the semi-autonomous Slo- contributory factor to the attacks
vak parliament have condemned on Jews is the fact that the per.
the disturbances. The latter said sons responsible for the program
that although it was regrettable at Topolcany, Slovakia, last year,
that some incidents had occurred have never been punished, and
in Bratislava the anti-Semitic also the agitation of the Bratis-
forces had not succeeded in or- lava Democratic Party newspa-
ganizing a mass movement. He
per.
charged that the so-called "par-
tisans" who attacked Jews had
LOS ANGELES — Architects' never been partisans but were
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Rates
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at the Hillel Foundation.
Mr. Silver is director of the Jew-
ish Social Service Bureau and also
lecturer on social work at Wayne
University.
Gabe Glantz, president of the
alumni association, will preside.
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