Cit Merchants Hear NAACP Speaker I6—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday-, February 25, 1949 y Approves Construction Of Center Dexter Extension ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF CENTER EXTENSION * * Plans for the Dexter extension building of the $200,000 Jewish Community Center, apprOved this week by the City Plan Commission, according to Samuel H. Rubiner, 'president of the Jewish Community Center, and €, Samuel J. Rhodes, president of Battling Levinsky the Jewis.h War Veterans Me- morial Home Association-. By HASKELL COHEN Recreation facilities will be (Copz,right, 1949, Jew isk Teleg- raphie made available through this new Agency, Inc.t building - which will be_located. on The great Battling Levinsky Davison between Holrnur and Pe- has gone to his reward. The toskey. The building will be ap- former light-heavyweight cham- proximately 220 feet long, of pion passed away after suffering which 140 feet will be devoted to injuries in an automobile acci- activities of the Center, the re- , dent. Dan Morgan, his manager, maining 80 feet to the Jewish War Veterans home, original owners still active around the Twentieth Century Sporting Club, says he of the entire site. had the Battler 20 years and be- Includes Auditorium lieves he fought at least 450 Harvey H. Goldman, head of times. Known as Barney Wil- the Dexter extension committee, liams, the Battler later changed has announced the two-story his name to Levinsky when building will contain an audi- Morgan asked a fight announcer torium, a lobby, a large games to proclaim, "Morgan's new Jew- room, seven club meeting rooms, ish find is now named Battling a nursery, arts and craft shop, Levinsky and defies any Irish- wood work shop, library, music man in the country to lick him " room, teen-age lounge, an adult That was quite an announcement lounge, a photography dark room, to make in 1913. Morgan pointed as well as offices for the staff. out that Levinsky loved to battle. Adjoining the building will be In 1915 he fought six times in a playground 210 feet by 170 feet, seven nights around New York including a tots' area and outdoor City. During the first World War play .equipment for children and Jack Dempsey was brought to teen-agers. The Jewish War Veterans Home Philadelphia. Jack Kearns, his will include an appropriate. me- manager, kidded Levinsky_ into morial room in honor of Jewish thinking they would put on an war dead, seven meeting rooms exhibition. At the end of the for various posts of the JWV, first round Levinsky told Mor- lounges and games room, and ad- . gan, "This man wants to kill ministration space. Working with me." For two rounds the -Bat- Mr. Goldman on this committee tler gave Dempsey all he could are Sol King and Saul Saulson. take but grew leg-weary. When of Albert . Kahn associates, re- the Manassa Mauler dropped. him - sponsible for designing the build- in the third canto Morgan threw .ing; Tom Borman, Abe Kasle, in the towel. At the time Morgan Sylvgn Rappaport, Samuel J. predicted Dempsey would be the Rhodes, Samuel H. Rubiner, Har- next heavyweight champion of ry J. Schaeffer, Louis H. Schos- the world. tak, Emil T. Stern and David Wilkus. Site Costs $50,000 The site, costing $50,000, was purchased from the JWV by the United Jewish Charities. Other funds employed in making the building possible include the Hy- 0-...tklan C. Broder Memorial Fund and a gift made by the . Jewish Children's Home Fund. Making plans for the current extension program and also for the new building are Jacob Kei- dan, chairman, and Mrs. Samuel S. Aaron, Mrs. George Blumen- stock, Norman Drachler, Louis Handler, Samuel Hechtman and Walter Herz. Samuel. Neuschatz, director of Center activities in ,the Dexter area, will supervise the new building, with the entire Center operation headed by Herman Jac- obs, JCC executive director. The Dexter extension program has been financed through the Com- munity Chest as a Red Feather service and through the Jewish _Aia • Welfare Federation. Discusses Problems Of Minority croups "We should broaden all resist- ing minority groups until they include other minorities," stated Dr. Charles H. Johnston, president of Fisk university, in his talk before the Internal Relations Committee of the Jewish Com- munity Council on Feb. 16. Dr. Johnson spoke on Negro-Jewish Relations before a group of mem- bers and their friends. Dr. Jolmson discussed the spe- cial problems faced by Negroes and Jews in getting along with each other. Dr. Johnson pointed out that the problems faced by these two minorities are essentially the problems faced by all minorities. A group helps itself most When it also seeks to help all their groups as well. Consequently, an activity like the participation in the fight for the FEPC legislation does a great deal to make other minorities think well of Jews who take part in this fight. _ Dr. Wise's 75th Birthday To Be Celebrated in N. Y. Officers and guest speaker at the February meeting of the East Side Merchants Association were photographed together after the speechmaking was. over. Left to right, MOE YOLLES, vice president SAMUEL J. LIEBERMAN, executive secretary; EDWARD SWAN, and MEYER SILVERMAN, president of the Association. Swan, executive director of the Detroit branch of the National Association for The Advancement of Colored People, addressed The merchants. Organization, received an offi- cial ZOA membership charter at ceremonies at Congregation Bnai Jeshurtm. The new group will de- - NEW YORK—(JTA—A group vote its efforts toward special of 30 blind New Yorkers, org- projects for the blind in Israel. branch of the Zionist anized in a Blind New Yorkers Organize ZOA Unit NEW YORK (JTA)—A nation- wide celebration of the 75th birth- day of Dr. Stephen S. Wise is planned in March, to be climaxed at a Diamond Jubilee Dinner in honor of Dr. Wise March 20, at the Hotel Biltmore here. Heading the national committee of spon- sors is Henry Morgenthau, Jr., with Dr. Albert Einstein, former Governor Herbert H. Lehman and Dr. John Haynes Holmes as co-chairman for the Diamond Jubilee Dinner. me Personal Correspondence of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT any kind of job! for men pas+ 50! FDR's significance as a maker of modern politics, makes his collection of personal let- ters (Volume Two-1905-1928) one of the greatest contributions ever made to Ameri- can history—and the American public. Call at once! CAdillac 8570 Jewish Vocational Service Starts This Sunday in The DETROIT TIMES Continues Daily and Sunday Pontiac Notes A skit written by Zelda Lands- man entitled "Ours the Task" was presented by the Northwest chap- ter of the Detroit Women's Divi- sion, American Jewish Congress, for the Pontiac Chapter of Hadas- sah. Jewish songs were sung by Mrs. Sidney Jacobs, accompanied by Mrs. Jacob Rosenthal. The women of Pontiac Hadas- sah will serye a dinner for the local Bnai Brith at their annual father and son banquet. Temple Beth Jacob Men's Club celebrated Brotherhood Week with an interfaith dinner. Each member brought a non-Jewish guest. Guest speaker was Dr. Vic- tor A. Rapport, dean of the Col- lege of Liberal Arts at Wayne University, whose topic was "Do People Really want .Brother- hoOd?" "Impressions of Europe" was D. Leo Goldberg's topic when he addressed the luncheon meet- ing of Temple Beth Jacob Sister- hood. Dr. Goldberg, director , of the University- of Michigan .ob- New Jewish Album servatory, suonlemented his talk Of Records Available with color slides. Cong. Bnai Isral Players pre- The New Road, an album of sented t w o performances of records especiahy made for Jew- "Show Boat". Lou Surowitz was ish Music Month, is available td production manager. organizations through the pro- gram service of the Jewish Com- munity Council. There are three Boston Mayor Invites records in the set which were Three Presidents to City manufactured by RCA Victor' for the National Jewish Music Coun- BOSTON, (JTA)—P r e s i dent cil. Chaim Weizmann of Israel, Presi.,. Organizations wishing this al- dent Truman and President Sean bum may call the Jewish Corn- O'Kelley of Eire leave been in- nulnity Council, CH. 1657 for vited by Mayor J. M. Curley of bookings and for program 4ug- Boston to visit this city July 4 teStions. to celebrate Independence Day. 001 Dt a fidergroil-hd - The world can now see for the first time the uncensored story of the mod- ern exodus! Filmed on the spot! The stirring, real exploits of "The Illegals" . who wouldn't turn back! MIDWEST PREMIERE SHOWING Sponsored by CINEMA LODGE, B'NAI BRITH 57: Through Sat., March 5 SUNDAY Continuous front 1:00 p.m. ABINGTON THEATRE 2 Showings Nightly 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. (Formerly Littmaies Peoples Theatre) PREVIEW (FEB. 26) '—'' 8:30 pad.' Tickets on sale et theatre•box office or Hotel ...Tidier ty*.) cigarstand. (Ail proceeds will be used for chari - . :• • Twelfth St. at Seward ADMISSION 51 .20 Adults 60c Children Preview, Feb. 26 $2.40 Prices include tax.