NEWS- Veterans Solicit for Memorial Building on Council-Proclaimed Buy-a-Brick Day, Sunday, March 26 Detroit Jews will be asked to buy bricks for the new Jewish War Veterans Memorial Building on Davi- son and Holmur, in a door-to-door solicitation from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 26. , "Buy-a-Brick for JWV" has been proclaimed by unanimous action of the Detroit City Council. The solicitations will be conducted in the Jewish neighbor- hoods. Bricks sell at $1 each. The new JWV buiding was erected as a memorial to the more than 300 Detroit Jewish young men and women who gave their lives for the cause of democracy in World War II. Bnai Brith Hosts Interfaith Dinner The ninth annual interfra- ternal dinner, instituted by the Detroit Round Table of Catho- lics, Jews and Protestants, and sponsored by Bnai Brith, Knights of Columbus and Ma- sonic Lodges, will be staged April 13. General chairman is Abraham Satovsky, past president of De- troit Lodge, Bnai Brith, repre- senting the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith Council, official hosts to the intr af r at e rnal group. Louis Rosenzweig will be chairman for the Bnai Brith. The social hall of Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Chicago Blvd. at Lawton, has been selected as the site for the dinner. A limited number of tickets are available through the sponsoring organi- zations. Purely Commentary By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ 'Five Jewish Lawyers of the Common Law' • "Five Jewish Lawyers of the Common Law" by Arthur L. Goodhart, K.B.E., K.C., professor of jurisprudence in the Univer- sity of Oxford, published by the Oxford University Press by its printers in London, is a remarkable little book dealing with the careers of Judah P. Benjamin, Sir George Jessel, Louis D. Bran- deis, Rufus Isaacs, the First Marquess of Reading, and Benjamin N. Cardozo. Prof. Goodhart'S work originally was given in 1947 as the Lucien Wolf Memorial Lecture which was instituted by the Jewish Historical Society of England in memory of its founder, Lucien Wolf (1857-1930). The lecture has been expanded into its present form and in the Oxford book it appears as a group of •five miniature biographies. The introduction and the conclusion enhance the scholarly "contents and in its totality the 74-page book—including eight pages of notes —becomes a work that will delight laWyers L. D. Brandeis and laymen alike. The able author-lecturer, who informs the reader that he is the nephew of the late N. Y. Court of Appeals Justice Irving Lehman (brother of U. S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman), points out convincingly that the Jews are the "people of the Law," that „Moses was the first law reporter, that "Dr. David Daube of Cam- bridge University has shown in his recent studies how closely the work of the Talmudic scholars resembles that of the com- mentators on Roman Law." We are told that the important contributions to legal thought by Jews were made in little more than a century "because, even in so liberal a country as England, the Jews were excluded from the Bar and from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge until nearly the middle of the 19th century. In 1833 Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid was called to the Bar by Lincoln's. Inn, but this call was by sufferance and not as of right." Prof. Goodhart states that _it would have been natural for him to add to his compendium the names of the late Justice Lehman and Arthur Cohen, Q.C. He eliminated the former be- cause of his relationship to him and the latter, who,' "when a Member of Parliament, was . offered a High Court judgeship in 1881 by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Selborne, the offer being later withdrawn for political reasons as the government did not wish to have a by-election," because. "the career of Cohen was so pre- dominantly forensic that it has tended to be forgotten." , The five biographies are presented in a charming style and in a spirit of admiration' for the entire group. Of Sir George Jessel he states that he "was the first Jew who, as Solicitor- General, took •a share in the executive government of his country, the first Jew sworn as a regular member of the Privy Council, and the first Jew who took a seat on the Judicial Bench." About Benjamin Nathan Cardozo we are told that as a child he "was taught by a tutor, Horatio Alger, who later became famous as the author of the most popular boys' book of the peri- od, in all of which the hero triumphed over poverty and adversity by courage and hard work. It is highly probable that his tutor's heroes played a part n moulding Benjamin's character. It was also Alger who helped to develop in him his love for English literature, which later found expression in his judgements and in his legal essays." Prof. Goodhart believes that the five men had many qualities in com- mon. Calling them liberals, he states: "No one of them was a revolutionary in the sense that he wished to destroy or even to alter in any radical degree the great system of law which he was helping to administer, but, on the other hand, no one of them was prepared to B. N. Cardozo accept the established rules merely be- cause they had been long established." He finds that all of them possessed "clarity of thought," that they had an interest in scholarship, that the mothers of four played a dominant role in their lives. He emphasizes that "the five Jewish lawyers I have here described have played their part in 'the ennobling tradition Df the law'." By pooling together the stories of this interesting quintet, Prof. Goodhart has provided us with a most fascinating story which pays honor to men who rightfully have earned it. Friday, March 17, 1950 Mizrachi Wind Up Shekel Campaign The climax of the local Miz- rachi Shekel campaign will take place at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at the Young Israel Center, Dexter at Fullerton. Rev. Solomon Chinitz, chairman of the Shekel committee, will sub- mit his final report. Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter, president of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, will speak on "The Road to Geulah." A recording of a recent Mizrachi radio pro- gram will be played. Plans have been completed for Mizrachi Sabbath, to take place May 13 in all local synagogues. Abraham Nusbaum, chairman of this committee, announces that Cantor Leibele Waldman will conduct services at Bnai Zion Synagogue, a c c o m p a vied by Samuel Sterner's chorus of 10 men. On Sunday evening, May 14, Cantor Waldman and the chorus will count the Sefira and give a concert of liturgical and Israel music. Suit Against Waksman Called 'Preposterous' NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.—A suit instituted by Dr. Albert Schatz of 210 Riverdale Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., against Dr. Sel- man A. Waksman of Rutgers University was labeled "baseless and preposterous" by Dr. Waks- man's attorney, Russell E. Wat- son. The suit asks for an ac- counting of royalties, Dr.•Schatz maintaining that he assisted Dr. Waksman in the development of streptomycin. Congregation Beth Moses to Build New Synagogue on Oakman, Linwood ARCHITECT'S PLAN FOR BETH MOSES BUILDING Congregation Beth Moses, for- merly known as the "Romanian Shul," is planning to build a new synagogue on the north- west corner of Oakman and Lin- wood Ayes. The congregation is over a half of a century old in Detroit, and is now located at 8740 Linwood Ave. Emil Kahn, well known among orthodox congregations, treas- urer of the Jewish National Fund, is the president of the synagogue. A building com- mittee,- in which the two Ladies' Auxiliaries are active, is working toward a speedy completion of the project. The building design is accord- ing to the latest trend in re- ligious building styles. It will have an auditorium seating 450 people. The congregation's of- fice will have its entrance from Oakman Court, which will . also lead to the auditorium. The main entrance will be from Lin- wood. There will be an ample kitchen, checking facilities and other required auxiliary rooms. The architect is Arnold A. Weitzman who, during his many years of practice in Los Angeles, before starting practice in Detroit 10 years ago, designed many religious and ether' insti- tutional edifices. Mr. Weitzman also practiced as a consulting engineer. • SlosSon to Address Detroit Zionists Wednesday evening, March 29, at Northwest Synagogue Prof. Preston Slosson, of the Univer- sity of Michigan, widely-known Vandenberg Assures His Backing Of Kilgore-Ferguson DP Minority Bill Senator Vandenberg has in- formed the. Jewish Community Coun.cil that_he will work for re- commendations made by the National Community .:Relations Advisory . COuncil -and' file De- troit Jewish Community Council for liberalization 'of the DP act which will come up for final ac- tion on March 31. Consideration of the bill was postponed as a result of a threatened filibuster. Senators Ferguson and Van- denberg were asked by Dr. Shmarya Kleinman and B. M. Joffe, president and director of the Council, to work for the minority bill, known as the Kil- gore-Ferguson measure, of which Senator Ferguson is one of the 18 sponsors. The specific request of the Council was that the bill to be adopted should seek admission of displaced persons -only and should not introdude the extra- neous subject of Volksdeutsche which was introduced by Sena- tor McCarran as a relief meas- Midrasha to Open For Spring Term ure for those who were diSplaced by Hitler's aggression. Volks- deutsche are Germans deported from Czechslovakia, Hungary, Poland and other countries after the defeat of Nazism and are now residing in western Ger- many. The Council also pleaded against the establishment of a precedent of advancing $2,500,- 000 for the transportation of Volksdeutsche. Weizmann Accepts Honorary Presidency of Hebrew Congress TEL AVIV, (W.J.A.)—President Weizmann has accepted Hon- orary Presidency of the First World Congress, of the Hebrew language and culture, to be held in Israel this summer. • PRESTON SLOSSON authority on United States 'for- eign relations, will address De- troit Zionists. In announcing this meeting, Leon' Kay, president of the Zion- ist Organization of Detroit, de- clared: "Prof. Slosson, a mem- ber of the American Christian Palestine Committee, has been a valued friend of our cause, and has given much study to the re- lation of our government to the state of Israel. "His message will do much to clarify some of the puzzling is- sues tkat are coming up every day. ffil who are anxious to know the policy of our govern- ment in the Middle East should hear Prof: Slosson." The public is invited. Between You and Me By BORIS SMOLAR (Copyright, 1950, Jewish Telegi.aphic Agency, Inc.) Zionist Pact Representatives of the Israel government and of the world Zionist movement are studying a proposal for an agreement between the Jewish state and the World Zionist Organization • It provides for the granting of a Charter to the World Zionist Organization by the state of Israel . . . The Charter, which would be incorporated into the laws of Israel, would define the rights of the WZO and the Jewish Agency in Israel . . . The Israel government would recognize the WZO as the instrument of the Jewish people throughout the world for accomplishment of the specific tasks set forth in the Charter . . No public organization dealing with similar tasks would then be permitted to operate in • Israel without the prior joint consent of the world Zionist execu- tive and the Israel government. The functions of the WZO organization will include: 1. - Or- ganization and administration of immigration; 2. Maintenance 'of immigrants in the initial stages of their absorption into Israel's economy; 3. Cooperation with the government in colonization and development schemes for the integration of the immigrants . . There are to be joint consultations between the Jewish Agency and the Israel government in the matter of immigration schedules. The Jewish Agency would bear the responsibility for the immigrant up to the point where he obtains permanent housing. . . . The world Zionist executive would be entitled at all times to consult with the Israel government on matters relating to the Charter . . . It would also be entitled to transmit to the Israel Parliament, through government channels, communications rele- vant to the operations of the WZO . . . This would include sug- gestions for the initiation of legislation deemed helpful to theie operations .. . The world Zionist executive would be free to raise loans secured by WZO property in Israel . . . This property would be exempt from taxation or seizure. The Supreme Court of Israel would have final jurisdiction on all questions pertaining to the interpretation of the rights granted to the WZO under the terms of the Charter ... This proposal will The spring quarter of the Mid- rasha will begin Tuesday, March 21, and will continue through Tuesday, June 13. Classes will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The following courses will be offered in the intensive depart- ment: Bible, Hebrew text; Psalms; Bible, a study of Psalms in Yid- dish; Mishna, Yoma and Rosh Hashanah; Hebrew grammar; modern Hebrew literature, Ahad-Ha-Am; Yiddish litera- ture, Y. L. Peretz; education. The following courses will be offered in the extension depart- ment: Hebrew, elementary; Hebrew, intermediate; philosophy; art- craft. In addition, special classes for women who are unable to attend evening classes will be offered on Wednesday mornings, includ- ing Hebrew—beginners, inter- mediate and advanced; Bible, and an illustrative course on Israel. For further information, call be one of the main issues under discussion at the forthcoming the Midrasha, TO. 8-0063. session of the Zionist Actions Committee next month.