THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Ten

Michigan Personality

HEARD

in the

LOBBIES

Friday, Augusf 14, -1942

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by David Deutsch

Copyright 1942 by Independent
Jewish Press Service, Inc.)

DISSENTING OPINION
Since he ascended from the
Harvard Law School to the Su-
preme Court bench, Felix Frank-
furter has been subjected to many
criticisms alleging falling off in
liberalism, but none of these was
as stinging as the rebuke admin-
istered by Benjamin V. Cohen". ..
The lanky, shy legal draftsman
of the Securities Exchange Act
and other New Deal legislation
was burned up over the majority
decision in Betts vs. Brady, which
denied that the Bill of Rights had
been violated in the case of a
poor man who had not had legal
counsel to defend him . . . Said
B. V. Cohen, who hates like the
devil ordinarily to get into the
limelight, in a letter to the New
York Times, that the majority
decision, in which Frankfurter
participated, 'comes at a singu-
larly inopportune time" when
"throughout the world men are
fighting to be free from the fear
of political trials and concentra-
tion camps. From this struggle
men are hoping that a bill of
rights will emerge which will
guarantee to all men certain fun-
damental rights." .. . It is quite
likely that Frankfurter himself
was pleased at the courage and
frankness of his protege in chal-
lenging the decision of the Su-
preme Court, thus showing the
way for enlightened exchange of
views on the controversial topic
among friends — •a way which
could be followed with profit
among Jewish organizations,
many of whose leaders seem to
think that they have the divine
right of kings in regarding their
own particular evaluation of
themselves as omniscient.
ARMY SENTIMENT
Governor Lehman, who re-
cently doubted that the Jews of
Palestine themselves want a Jew-
ish Army, might be interested in
this translation of a story from
the Tel Aviv Hebrew daily
Haaretz, which" illustrates the
temper of Palestine Jews toward
enlistment:
As part of the campaign to
taunt shirkers and slackers for
failing to join the army services,
the cartoonist Bass had a draw-
ing which showed the crowded
interior of a Tel Aviv bus. A Jew-
ish girl in the Auxiliary Terri-
torial Service is seen offering her
seat to a man who is strap-
hanging.
"Do take my seat, sir," she
offers.
"But why?" he asks. "I am not
an old man yet."
"No, I can see that," she re-
torts. "But you are probably ill.
Otherwise you would have been
in uniform."
THE DOCTOR
And another story especially
translated for the benefit of Gov-
ernor Lehman; this one from the
pages of Davar, the labor daily.
J. Meirson remarked in this
sketch that most Russian Jews
remember the "wicked doctor"
who was so feared by Jewish
families in the old Czarist days
when their sons went up for med-
ical examination prior to con-
scription for Army service. Woe
betide the Jewish youth whose
ill fortune it was to fall into the
hands of a government medical
officer who refused to listen to
pleas of illness or incapacity for
military service!
Recently in a Tel Aviv recruit-
ing office there was a line of
young Jewish volunteers for the
British army, waiting to be ex-
amined by the medical officer.
Meirson was listening to their
conversation and was astounded
to hear the old saying prevalent
in Russia of those days, "the
wicked doctor." There was one
lad who even asked whether it
was possible to "win him over."
"I was plunged in grief," Meir-

Several Hundred
Kessler Paintings
Offered to Public

Osias Zwerdling of Ann Arbor, Nationally
Recognized as a Civic Leader, Is
Friend of Students at U. of M.

.

Osias Zwerdling of Ann Arbor is a furrier. He is
generally known, however, as a civic leader to whom
every worthy cause is dear, and as one whom any student
at the University of Michigan may consider as a devoted
friend.
He is 63, but his appearance belies his age, and it is

assumed that his life-long close
association with the students has
helped him retain his youth.
Back in 1915, when the great
drives for the Joint Distribution
Committee were launched to aid
the sufferers of World War I,
Mr. Zwerdling Was already
a leader among Michigan Jews.

OSIAS ZWERDLING

University of Michigan College
of Law.
THEIR' SONS
Morris, the oldest son, left his
law practice in . Flint, where he
was associated with Bronell &
Gault since 1932, to enter gov-
ernment service as assistant pay-
master at Amarillo, Texas.
Joseph, who was assistant
State Attorney General and
later was in the Justice Depart-
ment in Washington, is now with
the Office of Price Administra-
tion in Charleston, W. V. His
headquarters are in Cleveland.
He was married four months
ago to Alice Granoff of Detroit.
Abraham, the youngest son, is
in Detroit, and is affiliated with
the State Social Security Unem-
ployment legal department. He
is married and has a six month
old son.
HIS AFFILIATIONS
Mr. Zwerdling was the organ-
izer and president of Ann Ar-
bor's Beth Israel Congregation
in 1920. He has been chairman
of all Washtenaw County Jew-
ish Welfare drives since 1917.
Chairman of the Ann Arbor
Jewish Welfare Board Army and
Navy Committee of the U. S. 0.,
he also holds the chairmanship
of the special gifts committee
of the U. S. 0. and Community
Fund campaigns in his commun-
ity. He is a member of the
Washtenaw County Council of
Boy Scouts of America since
1920; director of the Ann Arbor
Federal Savings and Loan As-
sociation since 1921; director
of Michigan Synagogue Confer-
ence; vice-president of Michigan
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation;
treasurer of Ann Arbor Family
and Children's Service and a
member of the following: Bnai
Brith, Chamber of Commerce,
American Jewish Committee,
Masons, Kiwanis Club, Under
privileged Children's Committee,
Knights of Maccabees, Citizens'
Council and Bond and Stamp
Committee.
- The Zwerdlings' residence in
Ann Arbor is at 1056 Baldwin
Ave: The business is located in
the Zwerdling Building.

His interest in Jewish affairs
remained unbroken throughout
the years, and whenever there
is a cause to be helped, or an
important conference to attend,
Osias Zwerdling is always an
ardent participant.
INTERESTED IN HILLEL
He is a warm Zionist, and one
of his major interests centers in
the Hillel Foundation of the
Bnai Brith. When the Univer-
sity of Michigan Hillel Founda-
tion decided to purchase a new
building two months ago, Mr.
Zwerdling advanced a sum of
money for the initial payinent
and gave a liberal contribution
towards the building fund.
Born Oct. 27, 1878, in Brody,
Galicia, son of Moses and Leah
Osias
(Richter) , Zwerdling,
Zwerdling was educated in the
Galician Hebrew schools. He
went to Paris, France, in 1899,
and in 1901 settled in this coun-
try. He was married Dec. 25,
1907, to Hannah Kaufman, whom
he met in Manchester, England,
where he visited his sister. He ZION BOOK STORE
brought the bride with him to
Ann Arbor in January 1908. HAS ASSORTMENT
They have three sons, Morris, OF HOLY DAY ITEMS
Joseph and Abraham, all of
Announcement was made this
whom were graduated from the week to the friends of the late
11..athaniel Peiman and to the
son reports. "Did this sort of thing public at large that the - Zion
happen in Eretz Israel, too, in Book Store, 9008 12th St., Trinity
2 9878, 7 as been completely re-
these days? I wondered. I turned stocked and is prepared to serve
to the speaker: 'Why do you think the Jewish community before
the High Holydays. The children
he's wicked?'
" 'Don't you know?' came the of Mr. Peiman are Conducting
the business on the same high
reply. 'He is the strictest doctor standards set by him.
they have. He examines "every
Zion Book Store has a com-
part of the body, every vital. He plete line of art objects from
finds illnesses and ailments that Palestine, candlesticks, Jewish .
ornaments for the home, and
you never thought existed. He other articles.
turns down lads who are out-
The store has a complete as-
wardly the standard of good sortment of Bridal Bibles, gifts
health'."
for Bar Mitzvahs, Taleisim, Talis
Two came out of the doctor's Bags, books for children, cook
private room, the story continues. books, Machzerim, etc.
Those who were waiting clus-
tered 'round and asked: 'Well?
How did it go? What happened?"
One was dejected. "I had a
defect in the lung. But I'm not
going to take it lying down. He
rejected me. I shall see someone
LOSE POUNDS
else. He said my glasses were
AU -NOES
bad. I'll get myself fitted with
luedliste Moult
others, and will try again."
Treatises*, . . .
The second was exultant.
Iikeludiag 0 u r
rasurmo lisausge
"O.K.," he crowed. "He said that
I was A-1 in health and physique.
He gave me a clean bill. I'm in
the army now!"
Well, Meirson points out, the
I-. -
old term, "the wicked doctor," has
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remained. But how greatly its
01w J. L. Iludson's
meaning has changed since Czar-
tar tugs
Waft arum*
ist times!

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at 75, Boasts
Enviable Record Over
Quarter Century

Detroit Artist,

At 75, Isadore Ressler, well-
known Detroit artist, enjoys a
record in artistic work that is
the envy of many men in the
artistic sphere.
Mr. Ressler is not well, but
what strength he has is derived
from his interest in painting. At
present he has several hundred
paintings for sale. Among them
are 75 of his originals. Due to his
failing health, he now devotes
his activities to retouching paint-
ings, but he continues to do min-
iatures and oil portraits.
Honorable mention has been
given Mr. Ressler's works by
Michigan artists' exhibits, Detroit
Institute of Arts, San Diego Art
Museum and the Tampa, Fla.,
Art Institute. The latter has
asked him to return with an ex-
hibti of his canvasses and he
hopes to be able to fill the en-
gagement when he regains his
strength.
Mr. Ressler's works, on exhibit
at his home, 2449 W. Euclid Ave.,
are the result of 25 years' work
in the field of art work in De-
troit. Prior to that time he was
a newspaperman in Canada. He
was born in Geneva, Switzerland,
came to Canada in 1887 and re-
sided there for 29 years. He-
studied in Peipzig under Leopold
Berger and later under Rudolph -
Reschetler.

Anti Jewish Rumors

Are Second, Public
Safety Clinic Finds

BOSTON (JPS)—Going about
its business of collecting and
analyzing rumors circulating
throughout New England since
Pearl Harbor, the "rumor clinic"
of the Massachusetts Council on
Public Safety has discovered that
anti-Semitic stories are second
only to anti-British tales.
The clinic, officially called the
Division of Propaganda Research,
has found that numerically the

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Jewish Boys
In The. War

Sgt. Rubin Jaffe, son of Mr.

and Mrs. P. Jaffe of 3266 Leslie
- Ave., spent a
seven-day f u r-
lough here re-
cently. He is a
graduate of the
Detroit Institute
of Technology.
He is stationed
at Geiger Field,
Spokane, Wash.,
and is attached
to the Finance
Department
• • •
Pvt. Harry L. Bergh is serving

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with General McArthur's army
in Australia. A graduate of North-
ern High, and a r
member of the
Jewish Center,
Pvt. Bench enter-
ed the service
one week after
war with Japan,,'

,

was declared. He,!:
was stationed a0,:;':;
Fort Ord,
before going to
Australia.

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Pvt. Joseph Hootner, son o
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hootner •
2235 Pingre
Ave., left f o
service July 15
immediately fol

lowing
honeymoon- wi
the forme
Joyce Yancher
Now statio • •
at Camp Robin
son, Ark.,
Hootner attend
ed Northern High, where he

voted the most popular mem •
of his graduating class. He w
noted for his dancing ability,

was considered one of the

dressed men in the Jewish co
munity. A member of the Men'
Health Club at the Jewish
ter, Pvt. Hootner starred on
handball courts, and was an
five participant in the social ac
tivities.

Jew-baiting stories multiply at

time when the United Natio
are doing badly in the war
Stories about Russia take thir
place.

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