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Histadrut Leaders Spur $175,000 Campaign

—Photo by Paul Kirsch, Jewish News Staff

Members of the executive committee of the
Palestine Histadrut Committee
Detroit
(Gewerkshaften) met Sunday morning at its
headquarters, 9142 Linwood, to plan intensi-
fication of campaign efforts to assure the
raising of the 1947 goal of $175,000.
In the photograph, left to right, are:
First row: S. Kane, M. Schubiner, J. M.

photographer

Singer, Mrs. S. Sislin, Mrs. S. Nakelsky, Ben-
jamin M. Laikin, Sidney Shevitz. •
Second row: Sam Rabinowitz, A. Agree, M.
Mikofsky, M. Taich, N. Cottler, Louis Levine.
Standing: J. L. Wollock, David Sislin,
Morris Lieberman, M. Ross, Morris L.
Schaver, A. Nichamin, B. Hearshen, Theodore
Olender, A. Schreier.

of those things that can't seem
to be precisely determined. But
one of the Newark papers, taking
it as a typical Abie's _Irish Rose
story, published it in the spirit
100 Year Old Item
of good will. It was then picked
Grp .by the AP. It landed in the
Editor. The Jewish News:
Here is an item exactly 100 New York papers: on the front
years old that I thought would page of one of the evening
inter e:t you as an unusual his- papers.
torical item. It is taken from
It was only at this stage that
the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 28, I came into the picture; that I
1847:
even knew about it. It was then
-We observe by the Columbus that we sent out a release on it,
papers, that the Supreme Court more or less an explanatory re-
of Ohio, in Bank, have decided lease that played up the good will
the Jew ease. The court declares aspect of the story. This story of
'the ordinance of the Cincinnati ours was only sent to the English-
Council, prohibiting trading, bar- Jewish press where; we felt, it
tering and selling on Sunday, void could do no harm.
as to those_who conscientiously
Honorary Member
observe the seventh day of. the
The Newark post may have
Sabbath'."
week as the
handled the matter a little in-
FRANK BARCUS
eptly once it got started, but

Our Letter Box . 1

Friday, February 7.1947

THE JEWI S HNEWS

Enters Judgeship
Race at Insistance
Of Many Friends

n Service Courses
Feature Noted Educators

United Hebrew Schools an- Philadelphia Ave., 4000 Tuxedo
nounce the' opening of a series corner Holrnur, 13226 Lawton,
of in-service courses dealing with 15705 Parkside, Central High
theories and practices of educa- School, Brady Public School, and
tional psychology. Evaluation and
methods of instruction of certain Bagley Public SchooL
major subjects also will be taken
Podell, Government
up.
These courses are given each Aide, Dies at 62 in N. Y.
Thursday evening, at 9 o'clock,
in the Joseph H. Ehrlich Room of
NEW YORK, (TTA)—Funeral
the Rose Sittig Cohen Building, services were held at the Free
and will be continued through Synagogue for David L. Podell,
February, March, April and May.
The instructor in educational 62, prominent lawyer and Jewish
psychblogy is Dr. William Wat- communal leader, who died Feb.
tenberg, professor of Educational 1 after a two-month illness.
Psychology at Wayne University.
Mr. Podell was counsel in im-
Dr. Waxman to Lecture
portant government and civil
A lecture on the Evaluation of suits between the two World
the Commentator Rashi, and the Wars and prosecuted several
methods of imparting this subject precedent-setting anti-trust cases
to the students, will be given by for the Department of Justice.
Dr. Meyer Waxman of Chicago, He was called to Washington by
noted author and lecturer.
President Roosevelt in the early
A lecture on "Modern Hebrew days of the New.Deal and helped
Literature" will be delivered by to draft the National Industrial
C. H. Rothblaft, head of the de- Recovery -Act. He held various
partment of Hebrew literature government posts during the war,
and cognate subjects of the Col- the most recent of which was
lege of Jewish Studies of Chicago. counsel to the Smaller War
While these lectures are ar- Plants Corp.
ranged primarily for the benefit
He served as a trustee of the
of the members of the UHS staff, New York Federation of Jewish
they are open to all teachers.
Philanthropies, president of Beth
Observe Hamisha Asar
Israel Hospital, co-chairman of
Hamisha Asar b'Shevat, Jewish the New York campaign oZ ORT
Arbor Day, was observed last in 1942, and - was vice-president
Wednesday in all classes.
of the Jewish Telegraphic
Palestinian songs, stories relat- Agency.
ing to the upbuilding of Ereti
Yisrael and playlets were the
main features of the day's cele-
brations. Pupils brought contri-
butions for planting of trees,
enough to establish several hun-
dred new trees in Palestine,
Organize Classes
Classes for beginners and for
more advanced students are being
organized now during the mid-se-
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Parents are urged to register
or Flat
their children. For , information
call TO. 8-0063.
Schools are located at: 1245 W. i

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.IWV Publicity Director
Explains Irish Veteran Story

then, as you know, the average
layman often becomes inept when
confronted with problems of pub-
lic relations. Since then, the post
Editor, The Jewish News:
I have read with interest your has hit upon a happier solution
comment on the young Irish vet- than asking for his resignation.
WILLIAM FRIEDMAN
eran who erroneously joined one They have made young Verge an
of the Newark posts of the Jew- honorary member, which is per-
At the insistence of large num-
ish War Veterans. You are the missable under the charter.
The interesting thing, aside bers of friends, Judge William
second editor in the Anglo-Jewish
field, Robert Gamzey of the Den- from the explanation, is that cle- Friedman has consented to enter
ver Mountain News being the spite the fears of Gamzey and the race for Circuit Court Judge,
other. who expressed distaste for yourself about it being poor pub- at the Ferbruary primary and the
th is action and criticized it as a lic relations, the local reaction in April election. Judge Friedman
publicity stunt. Newark was good. Jews and Gen- entered the race after his friends
f suppose in these days when tiles generally felt that it came presented him with petitions
nearly everything is a publicity under the heading of valuable carrying thousands of names, in-
stunt, you have the right to, good will publicity.
dicating a desire on the part of
suspect this. As a professional One more word: You make a all elements in the community
publicity man, I suppose that I comparison between membership that he make the race for judge-
should take this as praise for the • by a non-Jew in a Jewish corn- ship in which he established a
munity center and in a Jewish splendid record in Wayne County.
craft.
War Veteran post. This is an
Not Publicity Stunt

The truth, however, is that the erroneous analogy. Jewish corn-
Newark story was not a publicity munity centers and YMCA's are
stunt that originated either na- generally non-sectarian in their
tionally or locally. The young icharters. The Jewish War Vet-
veteran, Gordon Verge, got to a Bran post is distinctly Jewish.
fineeting of the Jewish War Vet- I Obviously, a Jew couldn't join
erans after he had learned that the Knights of Columbus or the
this post had provided the funds' Epworth League and still main-
whereby another non-Jew had tain his Judaism: on the other
been sent to Europe on a scholar- hand, a Jew could join the
ship so that he could study art. YMCA and still remain a Jew.
He came to the meeting, listen- The association of Jewish and
ed to the proceedings, liked the non-Jewish veterans is something
tone and general spirit of action fostered in many American Le-
that dominated, and asked to join. gion, VFW and other veteran

He was given a membership organizations. Most Jewish War
blank asked nothing about his Veterans, for example, belong to
religion and he thus became a Legion, VFW, AVC or Amvet
member. It seems young Verge posts.
I can understand your reaction,
didn't necessarily look like an
Irishman; like the character in as expressed in your column, but

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Detroit Lodge Auxiliary
Arranges Interfaith Talks
For Meeting February 11

Auxiliary of
Bnai Brith will hold an
• inter-
faith meeting and dessert tea at
1 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the .
Northwest Hebrew Congregation,
Curtis at Santa Rosa.
Guest speaker of the day will
be Rev. Irwin Johnson of St.
John's Episcopal Church and
Rev. Burt of the Mayflower Con-
gregational Church. Rev. Joseph
Q. Mayne, executive secretary of
the Detroit Round Table of Cath-
olics, Protestants and Jews, will
preside.
Members of the Northwest
Sisterhood and of several church

Detroit Lodge

`Focus," he could have passed for I feel that after considering the
I facts, you will at least want to
a Jew.
groups have been invited to at-.
Some weeks later, it became absolve the JWV of promoting a tend. • _ -
And,
also,
•you
publicity
stunt.
he
was
an
Irishman
'
known that -
Arrangements for the meeting
and a Catholic. As it is against I will have clearer understanding I were made -by Mrs. Leo Jaroff,
a
non-Jew
cannot
poSsibly
why
the charter of the Jewish Warlof
' program chairman, and Mrs.

Veterans to accept non-Jews, it be a member of the Jewish War Harry Kurzman, co-chairman.
became necessary to ask him to Veteran post.
Mrs. Morris Tack is chairman for
HENRY W. LEVY,
resign. Just how the story ever
the day.
.i
Publicity
Director,
JWV
is
one
got to the Newark paper,

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