Closeup of Frank Goldman
Bnai Brith's New President
To Follow Monsky's Path
By MURRAY FRANK
"I never pt.shed myself and I
never looked for personal honor
rn Bnai Brith," Frank Goldman
said to me when I congratulated
him upon his election to the
presidency of Bnai Brith.
-The Bnai Brith, with its 1300
men's 1(.dges and women's -:hapt-
ers throughout the country and
a membership of,
over 300,000 is
today the largest
Jewish service
organization in
the U. S. and in
the world. Its
growth during
the last decade,
is to a very t,
large extent duev
to the efforts of 1•.
the late and un-
forgettabl .e Hen L
F. Goldman
ry Monsky.
Goldman praises Monsky for
his accomplishments as "a truly
great roan who possessed some of
the attributes of Abraham'-Lin-
coin." Goldman will attempt to
continue in the footsteps of Mon-
sky.
Both Goldman and Monsky
were born in the same year, 1890,
Monsky in February, Goldman in
December. He was born in Low-
ell. Mass., where he also resides
to this day. After his graduation
from high school. Goldman en-
tered Boston University law
school, and in 1910 received his
LI. B. degree, summa cum laude.
At 21 he passed the Massachus-
etts bar, and shortly thereafter
opened a law office in Lowell.
His wife, a former Boston Jewish
girl named Rose Sydeman, was a
student at Boston University at
the time they decided to get mar-
vied in 1915.
Active In Jewish Life
Friday, September 12, 1947
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Sixty-Eight
moral. The practices complained -
of deprive our national economy
of the productive value of the
work of individuals who are den-
ied an opportunity to make full
use of their' education, training
and talents."
He has recently accepted ap-
pointments to the Board of Di-
rectors or Advisory Councils of
the Hospitalized Veterans Found-
ation, an organization formed to
take over the wartime USO; The
United Service for New Ameri-
Cans; the National Association
for Employment of the Handi-
capped; and the Red Mogen David
of -Palestine, the counterpart of
the American Red Cross in the
Holy Land.
Denmark to Lend Hand
In Stopping 'Illegal' Jews
LAKE SUCCESS (JTA) — Of
three European countries among
10 nations which have replied
to a British request for coopera-
tion in halting illegal immigra-
tion to Palestine, only Denmark
stated unequivocally that it has
taken steps to halt such migra-
tion, the UN Secretariat disclosed.
The Netherlands only acknowl-
edged receipt of the request,
while Yugoslavia said no action
had been taken since there has
been no instance of Palestine-
bound Jews passing through its
territory.
The other nations replying
were Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El
Salvador, Iceland, India and the
Philippines. Most of them prom-
ised to give consideration to the
British request.
Dr. Warhaftig to Direct
Vaad Leumi Legal Unit
Goldman participated actively'
NEW YORK—Dr. Zorach War-
in Jewish organizations in Lowell,
and in 1921 he helped organize haftig, research associate of the
the iii st Bnai Brith lodge of that Institute of Jewish Affairs of the
city'. He served for three terms American and World Jewish Con-
of a number of
as president of that lodge. In gress, and author
1933 he was elected president books on Jewish problems, has
of Bnai Brith District Grand left for Palestine to become di-
Lodge No. 1, one of the largest rector of the legal department of
districts in the country which in- Vaad Leumi (Jewish Community
cludes all lodges throughout the Council).
Dr. Warhaftig, a member of the
New England - Slates, New York
and the eastern part of Canada. Zionist Action Committee and
of
Since 1935 he has been a dele- the Administrative Committee
one of
gate to all national Bnai Brith the Jewish Agency, was
conventions. At the 1941 conven- the leaders of the Hapoel Hamiz-
tion, he was chosen as a member rachi movement in Poland before
of the national executive com- World War II.
mittee and as vice-president.
Three 2.-ears later, in 1944, Arabs Seeking Disorder
Goldman was elected as vice-
In U. S., Group Charges
president. Since Monsky lived in
Omaha, Neb., and it was often
NEW YORK, (JPS)—In a mem-
difficult for him to come to Wash-
presented last week to
ingto or New York to participate orandum
the members of the UN Special
in Jewish conferences, he would
Commission on Palestine meeting
delegate Goldman as the repre-
in Geneva, the Non-Sectarian An-
sentative of Bnai Brith.
ti-Nazi League charged that doc-
Like Monsky, Goldman is a
umentary evidence in its posses-
Zionist and a supporter of a Jew-
sion showed that "the Arab
ish Palestine.
League and unofficial agencies
Goldman is a tall, husky man.
closely affiliated with it have
He weighs about 200 pounds and been engaged in a deliberate ef-
over
six
feet
tall.
He
is
very
is
fort to foment anti-Semitic and
fond of reading, particularly bio-
other racist disorders in the
graphies. The Goldmans have
United States."
three sons. The oldest, Robert, 28
years old, is an attorney in . New
York, the second, Frederic, 25
Greetings From
years old, is a student at Tufts
College; the youngest, Edward,
22 years old, was a student at
Harvard when the United States
entered World War II. He en-
listed in the Navy, and after his
demobilization settled in Denver
6405 Michigan
where he resides.
ties. Sylvia Fine • (Mrs. Danny
Kaye) has also been signed to
a Warner contract and will be
associate producer of Kaye's pic-
tures.
• • •
Ezra Stone and Paul Muni did
a comedy sketch on "We, the
People" the other day. It was
the first time the two had met
(Copyright
since Stone interviewed Muni
1947. Jewish
for his school paper in Phila-
Telegraphic
Agency)
delphia many years ago. Muni
advised him at the time that the
By LEON GUTTERMAN
best training for an actor was
to play every possible role. "So
HOLLYWOOD—E d w a r d G. I wound up playing 'Henry' in
Robinson is happy about having `The Aldrich Family' for 10
been signed by Universal-Inter- years," St ° ne told him.
• • •
national for the part of the father
in the film version of Arthur
George Jessel's new contract
Miller's Broadway play, "All My as a producer at 20th Century-
Sons," which is slated to go be- Fdx will give him six months off
fore the camera in October. The each year. When Jessel isn't
play, which won the Critics making such films as "I Wonder
Circle Award, has been running Who's Kissing Her Now," his cur-
in NeW York since January 29th rent musical, or "Nightmare
and is considered one of the top Alley," his present melodrama
dramas of the year. Irving Reis, with a carnival background star-
who did such a grand job on ring Tyrone Power, he will write
Cary Grant's, "The Bachelor and books, play theatres and night
the Bobby Soxer" will direct,
clubs as a master . of ceremonies
Eddie, incidentally, as soon as and work on the screen-play of
he completes this starring as- his biography, "So Help Me."
Georgie found that he was
signment, plans an extensive
tour of Europe, traveling through losing money by spending the
the continent . and Great Britain. entire year producing. Right
He particularly wants to visit now he has a stack of offers at
Germany, the Balkans and Rus- $5,000 a week for his services
sia "to see what is going on" as one of the nation's top humor-
but is not too sanguine about get- ists.
• • •
ting the necessary permission to
Frank Loesser, top Paramount
enter these countries. He also
would like to make a picture in composer, has turned his new
tune, "Keep Your Eyes in the
Paris.
• • •
Sky," over to the U. S. Army.
Our
Film
Folk
The War Department has turn-
ed thumbs down on "All My
Sons" for production in Germany
and Austria. The play was
originally asked for by the Am-
erican Military Government and
got preliminary approval from
the War Department on the
ground that it was an outstand-
ing drama.
Then protests began to pile up
because the play deals with a
war profiteer and it was describ-
ed as not the kind of thing that
should be shown in enemy coun-
tries. The War Department has
finally reversed itself.
• • •
Jack Warner, executive pro-
ducer of Warner Bros. studios,
confirms my exclusive story
itemed in this column months
ago, with the announcement of
the signing up of comedian
Danny Kaye to a contract which
calls for the star's appearance in
five Warner pictures within the
next seven years.
No story has been selected for
Danny's first, but the studio head
announced plans this week to
line up important story proper-
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Positive Approach to Problems
Goldman has a positive ap-
proach to Jewish life. "The prob-
lem of the displaced persons in
Europe," he states, "the fight for
the removal of the British White
Paper and the struggle for the
admission of 100,000 Jewish sur-
vivors into Palestine, are very
close to my heart. I intend to do
everything I can toward the solu-
tion of these problems."
Shortly after his election, he
came to Washington to testify be-
fore a Senate committee which
was considering a bill to estab-
lish a permanent Fair Employ-
ment Practices Committee to
abolish .discrimination in the em-
ployment of minority groups.
"The need for Congress to
enact such legislation," said Gold-
man, "is two-fold, economic and
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