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'Chronicle of an American Crusader'

Franklin is Praised
In Rabbi Mayerberg's Book

Friday, Ocfo6er I 3, I 944

THE JEWISH NEWS

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Beth Yehudah Sets
New Schedule for
Advanced Students

Personality Sketch

H. Goodman's Legal Career
Viewed on 50th Birthday -

Rabbi S. Wasserman, dean of
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, an-
Mr. Goodman participated in
When Harold Goodman cele-
nounces that a new schedule was brates his 50th .birthday. next the fathous Chicago Telephone
instituted for advanced Talmud Monday, his . many friends and case in which a victory was
students.
associates will • have occasion to scored for the public in the. U. S.
Boys 'ranging in age from 11 to review an enviable professional Supreme Court
Ordinarily, a series of lectures before a student body have only 20, who attend city high schools record.
Attorney - Generals Brucker,
passing interest.
or Wayne University in the
Mr. Goodman has served as:. Voorheis, O'Brien and Toy. ap-
But the published series of alumni lectures given at Hebrew mornings, receive Hebrew in-
Assistant ,*Attorney General pointed him Special Counsel for
Union College, Cincinnati, Dec..
struction at the Yeshivah every of Michigan;
the State of Michigan in public
7-10, 1942, by -Rabbi Samuel S.
week-day afternoon and Sunday
utility rate matters.
Special - Counsel for the
•Mayerberg, who was Dr. Leo M.
mornings.. They have received State of Michigan;
Other Cases
Franklin's first assistant rabbi at
their preparatory training in ele-
Represented Michigan muni-
He represented the public in
Temple Beth El, Detroit, has
mentary classes of Yeshivath 'cipalities in utility. matters;
various Michigan municipalities
great interest for Detroit Jewry.
Beth Yehudah, in private Che-
Was special counsel for in cases involving public utilities.
dorim or the United Hebrew Wayne County in charge of the One of his most notable Supreme
Bloch Publishing Co. has just
Schools. Their studies at present Gas Co. case.
issued this book under the title
Court victories was the Dowa-
include Chumash - RaShi, Bible,
"Chronicle of an American Cru-
Served as Special Assistant . giac case in which the high Court
Talmud and Commentaries, Prosecuting Attorney.
sader." The title is explained in
upset a decision of the lower
Shulchan Aruch and texts of re-
the foreword written by Dr.. Ju-
Born in West Newton, Pa., courts which had in effect ren-
lian Morgenstern, president of
ligio-ethical literature.
Oct. 16, 1894, Mr. Goodman lived dered it impossible for munici-
Hebrew Union College. Dr. Mor-
While elemer.tary classes at in Pittsburgh, Pa., for a num- palities to acquire public utilities
- genstern points out that. Rabbi
the Yeshivah meet for two hours ber of years.. He • was graduated in view of a claimed constitu-
,Ma y erbet g' s . innate modesty.
daily, allowing for shifts at 4 and
tional requirement that a three-
. would have 'prevented giving this
8 p. in., the program of these ad-
fifths vote of property owners
book this name, but it carries it
vanced classes has now been set
was a prerequisite.
at Dr. Morgenstern's suggestion.
for the entire afternoon, from 4
' Another constitutional victory
.a
to
7:30
p.
m.,
and
for
three
and
Against Pendergast
for .Mr. Goodman was the John-
half
hours
on
Sunday
mornings.
It is based on the final lecture
son Milk Case in which the
. There is a heavy registration
in the series which gives a com-
Michigan Milk Marketing Law
for the new . term in all depart,
plete account of .the battle Rabbi
was declared unconstitutional by
ments of Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
Mayerberg conducted in Kansas
the Supreme Court:
dah
—
the
Kindergarten
in
the
City, Mo., where he now serves
DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
Married Rose AshinAy
morning and the afternoon, the
as Rabbi of Congregation Bnai
full Day School program for the
As special counsel for Wayne
Yehudah, against the Pendergast
first and second elementary years
County, Mr. Goodman was in
machine. Rabbi Mayerberg con-
(covering the Hebrew and Eng-
charge of the Detroit City Gas
ducted a research campaign
lish studies), the afternoon Beth
case in which the Supreme Court
which led to the expose of the sad
Jacob School for Girls and Yeshi-
upset the natural gas rate con-
civic and political situation and to
vah classes for boys. A total stu-
tract with the City of Detroit,
. the re-establishment of order and
dent body of more than 500 is
Detroit and Wayne County there-
decency in the community:
expected by the end of the regis-
upon joining in proceedings to
Members of - Rabbi Mayerberg's
tration period this Sunday. En-
reduce natural gas rates. James
congregation and others either
rollment is taken at the main of-
H. Lee, Assistant Corporation
threatened or cajoled him, but his
fice, Dexter and Cortland (HO.
Counsel, and Mr. Goodman, as
. board and most of his congrega-
7990) and in the branches at the
.Special Assistant Prosecuting
tion upheld him.
Taylor - Wilson Synagogue and
. For Detroiters, however, Rabbi
Attorney, are at present collab-
the Hampton Public School.
- Mayerberg's volume has particu-
orating in cases in which.. rate
HAROLD GOODMAN
lar interest because of the tribute
reductions totaling $10,000,000,
from
Harvard
College
in
1916
made by the Federal Power
he . pays to Dr. Franklin. He de-
and Harvard Law School in 1918 Commission, are now up for re-
:scribes the "three happy years"
and
was
admitted
to
the
Bar
of
he spent in Detroit, beginning
the State of Michigan in 1918, view before the U. S. ,Supreme
with September, 1917, as Rabbi
for
commencing private law practice Court.
.. Franklin's assistant. He writes:
Mr. Goodman was married to
in Detroit in 1919.
"Dr. Franklin was invariably
Prison
At
Rose Ashinsky, a niece of Rabbi
Legal Victories
kind to me .. . I loved him with
In 1927, he was appointed As- A. M. 'Ashinsky, formerly of De-
_ the same affection I held • for my
Rabbi Joshua Sperka, Jewish sistant Attorney General of troit and now • of Pittsburgh, on
kinsfolk.
RABBI S. S. MAYERBtRG
chaplain of Michigan state pris- Michigan to take charge of the Aug. 10, 1920. They live at
`Bishop' and 'Vicar'
. "Dr. . Franklin (I teasingly of the people. No man has ever ons, .announces that all inmates Bell Telephone Co. rate cases. 17314 Fairfield Ave. They have
were afforded an opportunity to In the Supreme Court, he se.- three children, Violet who at-
•called him 'the Bishop' and he more Meticulously practiced the: . observe the holydays.
cured the cancellation of the tended University of Michigan
jestingly called me 'the Vicar') unequivoval code of rablpical
Rosh Hashanah services, held Bell Systern license - contract uri= and was graduated from Wayne
realized, with his ever-generous ethics nor more closely folThwed
heart, that I was a novice, .corn- the religious idealism -. of Judaism in the State .Prison . of Southern der which the subsidiary oper- University; Lenore, who is at-
Michigan at Jackson, were con- ative companies paid, a commis- tending University •of 'Wisconsin,
- pletely unaware of the responsi- than' my patient colleague."
ducted by Rabbi Kaber of sion on receipts to the parent and Elihu, a Central High School
bilities and the techniques of the
Determined at Services
Jackson.
company-. • student. •
active ministry. It is not extra-
"Never opce did 'he flaunt his . A Rosh Hashanah dinner was
vagant to say that during the first
year Rabbi Franklin assisted me enviable- reputation; never did he held Sept.. 20 at . . the prison.
The 86-year-old father of corn-
. ,
attempt to make me feel his so- Among the guests were the di- poser Max Steiner recently pass-
more than I assisted him .. .
Open up the cold blockade in your nose
rector
of
the
corrections
corn-
"Dr. Franklin himself was an perioritY: The assumption of the
fast - acting Penetro Nose Drops.
ed-
from
this
scene.
Gabor
Stein,
..with
r
indefatigable worker, 'frequenqy role of dictator was so foreign to mission, Dr. Garrett Heyns, War
Breathe freer, easier, almost instantly,
e
o ob l r , as:st.hc
driving himself to the • point . of him, • that it would never have den Harry 'Jackson, Chaplain er was • a .famous impresario. in nasastahter y a ecm
n ryll eal:
a' auntdi o 7111: it Use °ow
impairing his health. Countless occurred - to him to • give his as7 Samuel B. Wenger and members the Vienna of . his day: He Was directed. Generous bottle
25c,. 50c. Get
of the Jackson " JeWish: Com- decorated by the heads of a num
'calls - upon his time and 'his en- sistant a Mandatory order."
PENETRO NOSE DROPS
ergy carne from all sections of the • A major portion of the chapter munity, Rabbi Sperka was. toast- ber of European governments.
fr
community, - It did not take me "A No-Vice Goes to Work" is de- master.
Director Heyns, Warden Jack-
. long to discover that Dr. Frank- voted to recalling his experiences
lin was ranked by Jews and non- iii Detroit. and he tells how . son and Chaplain Wenger deliv-
Jews, by press, educators and the 'Rabbi Franklin invited him. to ered . brief addresses. Prior . to
Interior and Exterior
public, as one of the most emi- preach on alternate Sabbaths and .the- dinner, a - brief service was
Quick Sprviee--Quality Workmanship amid Material. Only
Conducted
by
Rabbi
Sperka.
and
nent of all the leaders in the how he , read the service when Dr.
W. L. OPPENHEIMER
spiritual and cultural life of that Franklin preached, and the re- Cantor Abraham Gartenhaus of
Congregation Bnai David. •
Week MIT Mornings: TO. 8-1334
12622 Woodrow Wilson
verse.
growing metropolis.
Yom Kippur servies also were
"He deserved that high opinion
"Leaving Detroit" . Rabbi May-
erberg stated in his lecture, "was •held at Jackson prison. They
no
easy. matter. The folk of Beth Were followed by a Yom Kippur
Gestapo Fails to Stop -
El and the wide community had dinner the next day at which
Hungarian Jews' Rescue
been gracious beyond all esti- the guests were: Assistant- Depu--
ty Warden • D. C. Pettit, . Na.:•
Despite the efforts of the Ges- mate. It was really a case of pull- thaniel Goldstick of Detroit,
tapo to frustrate the attempts of ing up roots and stakes."
Numerous historical 'incidents, Samuel Goldfarb of Jackson,
Hungarian officials to enable
experiences
as, a preadher in Flint several officials from the prison
Jews to reach neutral lands, res-
and
Jackson,
. Dr. • Franklin's ef- and Jackson Jewish leaders.
cue of Jews continues to be suc-
Rabbi Sperka was toastmaster.
cessful in a measure, reports fo•ts in creating the Jewish Stu-
Sukkoth services and Yiskor
Pliof. Marcus Ehrenpreis, Chief dent Congregation at Ann Arbor on Shmini Atzeres were held at
Rabbi of Sweden and member of and the beginnings of the present the prison. -
the executive of the World Jew- building of Temple Beth El are
ish Congress, in a cable . received described by Rabbi Mayerberg in
by the • World Jewish Congress, the lecture in which he dealt with
his Detroit ministry.
1834. Broadway, New York.
In response to a telegram sent
by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, presi-
oent of the American and World
Winner of the nation's flavor-poll, year after
Jewish Congress, to the State De 7
year, is Heinz Tomato Ketchup! Unrivaled for
partment, urging that the United
richness, texture and color, it artfully combines
States Goverimient use their
good offices in influencing action
the blended zest of pedigreed "Aristocrat"
on the "part of the Hungarian
tomatoes, Heinz Vinegar and many a rare
Government in behalf of the
spice. That's why it's America's largest-selling
Jews, Mr..Cordell Hull, Secretary
ketchup—a condiment that works wonders for
of State, answered in part as
everything from stews to steaks!
follows:
"The Governments of the
United Kingdom and the United
States are persisting in their en-
deavor through neutral sources
to secure the release of . Jews
from Hungary. The War Refugee
Board and the State Department
are continuing to press the mat-.
ter with every, poSsible vigor."

Former Assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth El Who Helped
Expose Pendergast Machine in Kansas City, Mo.,
Recalls Early Days Here in New 'Volume

Holyday Services
Inmates
Reid
Jackson

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