Friday, March 30, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Jews in Congress
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He was just another congress- Committee on Un-American Ac-
man until Coolidge appointed a tivities to prove that Gestapo
commission to celebrate the 200th techniques, in whatever interest
Anniversary of George Washing- they are „ originally employed,
ton's birthday. Bloom used show- eventually turn on democracy
man tactics to make the country itself:
conscious of the founding father
Dickstein was 4 when his
—and Sol. Bloom. When it came mother brought him from Vilna
to the 150th Anniversary of the to join his father in America, but
Constitution, he was the logical because Yiddish was spoken in
man to take over.
the house and in his neighbor-
Greets Kings and Queens
hood, he still has a slight foreign
At the death of Rep. Sam Mc- intonation. He usually gets too
Reynolds in 1939, Bloom moved excited to be effective as a speak-
up to the chairmanship of the er. He is married to Esther
House Foreign Affairs Commit- Trevors, the attractive girl who
tee. For the last six years, he was his secretary when he first
officially has greeted kings came to Washington. His daugh-
and queens, presidents and for- ter, Marlene, is now 11.
eign ministers. He has piloted
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through the House neutrality
Brooklyn's Emanuel Celler,
legislation, lend-lease, declara- also in Congress since 1922, has
tion of war, authorization of U. fought for dozens of good and
S. participation in UNRRA, and just causes ranging from "Down
support of international co- with Franco" to "More 'Becom-
operation.
ing Uniforms for WACs". He has
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introduced a measure to give
Another Congressional veteran Eastern Hemisphere Indians an
is Samuel Dickstein, a product immigration quota, a bill for
of New York's East Side. An mustering out pay for merchant
early disciple of Tammany Hall, seamen, a repeal of the Silver
he studied law and was active in Purchase Acts.
local political organizations. He
Important among the legisla-
went from the Board of Alder- tion he has pushed through is the
men, to the New York State As- Celler Act setting, up foreign
sembly, and in 1922 successfully trade zones, the "free ports"
opposed Socialist Meyer London which have proved such a boom
as Fusion candidate for Con- to international commerce. As
gress.
ranking member of the House
Protected Kosher Buyers
Judiciary Committee, next in
Consciously a Jew throughout line for the chairmanship, he is
his Congressional life, Dickstein., head of a subcommittee now
60, fought for special laws to considering bills to give the
protect Kosher food buyers, and franchise to the District of
a Sabbath law to permit shop- Columbia.
Celler is a medium-sized round
keepers to close on Saturday and
remain open on Sunday. He con- man with a mild soft voice, is a
stantly speaks on the floor and descendant of Germans who fled
introduces legislation in behalf of here after the failure of the 1848
revolution. A graduate of Colum-
the Jews.
As chairman of the Immigra- bia College and .Columbia Law
tion. and Naturalization Com- School, he plays the violin and
mittee, he has been able to block piano. He has two daughters, one
stringent immigration measures. of whom is attending Brooklyn
How much longer he will be able College, and a grandchild.
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to stem the tide is a question. He
has been able to accomplish little
The Congressional career of
in the way of constructive legis- Herman P. Koppleman is of the
lation, though he did help pass checkerboard variety. From 1932-
the amendment of the Chinese 1938, he served consecutively,
Exclusion Act which shamefully but every other term since then
discriminated against the Chinese the people of Hartford have
on the basis of race. He is op- elected his opponent. On the al-
posed by the strongly anti-im- ternate two years he has been
migration tenor of his committee "enjoying the luxury of lazi-
and the House as a whole.
ness," paying close attention to
A few years after Hitler came his wholesale newspaper and
to power, Dickstein used his magazine distribution business
committee position to appoint a (the second largest in New Eng-
special subcommittee to investi- land), and plotting to get re-
gate the nefarious Nazi propa- elected the next time.
ganda in the U. S., thus laying
He entered politics in his early
the groundwork in uncovering teens. At 22 he was elected to
Nazi activities here.- Unfortu- the Hartford City Council and a
nately, from it emerged the Dies few years later to the Board of
Yiskor Services at Downtown Synagogue
will be held on Thursday, April 5. the lost day of Pass-
over, beginning at 9:30 A. M. to continue to 12:30 P. M.
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Alderman. Then he went on to
both House and Senate of the
Connecticut legislature.
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Although he is only 42, Samuel
A. Weiss has just been returned
for his third term in Congress.
Weiss was a football player at
Duquesne University. He is a
member of the Eastern Intercol-
legiate Football Officials Associ-
ation, and continues to referee
high school and college football
games. He talks and lectures on
the value of collegiate sports. He
was referee in the National Pro-
fessional Football League during
1942 and 1943.
Weiss even looks like an ex-
football player. He's a broad-
shouldered man with short limbs,
a powerfully-developed chest,
sleek black hair and dark eyes.
Married to Jeannette Hoffman
in 1930, he's the father of a nine-
year-old daughter and a six-
year-old son.
Born in Poland
He was born in Krotowocz,
Poland, brought to Glassport,
Pa., the next year. After .Du-
quesne Law School, he practiced
law in Pennsylvania, at 34 went
to the State Legislature for two
terms, then came to Washington.
He has been serving on the Post
Office and Post Roads Commit-
tee, and in the 78th Congress he
was chairman of a special sub-
committee on the Lynch bill to
bar from the mails racial and re-
ligious defamations. The bill was
pigeonholed after the American
Civil Liberties Union voiced op-
position.
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Leo F. Rayfiel, elected for his
first term from Brobklyn's new-
ly created 14th district, inherit
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ed his interest in politics from
his father. Hayim Rayfiel, now
82, was justice of the Court of
Special Sessions from which he
retired in 1936. A few years
later, Leo ran for New York
State Assembly, served three
years.
With two sons in the service,
Rayfiel's chief interest in Con-
gress is to draft legislation which
will "restore to normalcy the
economic lives of all the people
who have been in the military
services or who have had jobs
or businesses affected by the
war"
pointed to a legislative invest
gating committee and then made
chairman of the N. Y. State
Mortgage Commission by Gov.
Herbert H. Lehman.
The Bronx's freshman repre
sentative is a medium-sized
plump man in his late forties
black-browed, round-faced. He
was born in Rochester, N. Y., but
his family moved to New York
City in 1900. He is married to
Syd Sobel, has no children. He's
been active in Jewish organiza-
tions,' particularly the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee, as a mem-
ber of the board of directors and
the national council. His present
The political novice is Benja- Congressional committee assign-
min J. Rabin who is holding his ment is International and For-
first elective job. A veteran of eign Commerce which he con-
World War I, Rabin received his siders the "lifeblood of economic
law degree from New York U. effort."
in 1919, has been practicing in
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New York. In 1934 he was ap-
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GREETINGS
We extend our best wishes to the 'Jewish peo-
ple of Detroit and Michigan for a 'Happy Holi
day season. May the time not be far distant
when Victory will again enable all peoples of
all faiths the world over to mark their
Holidays in Peace.
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