6 — THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, March 23, 1951

Mt. Sinai Assn. Turns Over
Funds to Jewish Hospital

Named Vice-Chairmen
Of Allied Campaign

Mt. Sinai Hospital Association, after more than
10 years' activities in behalf of the Jewish hospital
movement in Detroit, at a special - meeting at Temple
Beth El on Tuesday evening, voted unanimously to
turn over its funds to the Jewish Hospital Association
and to integrate its efforts with the community-wide
hospital movement.
Approximately $15,000 will be turned over to the
Jewish Hospital, in addition to the lot on Wyoming.
In stirring addresses, Dr. Charles Gitlin, Mrs. Git-
lin and Mrs. Hannah Harwith expressed gratitude over
the realization of the movement's dream.
"We carried the ball to the goalpost and the Jewish
Hospital Association made a touchdown," Mrs. Gitlin
said. 'Now may all our efforts be blessed so that the
hospital should be a reality soon."
It is expected that the Mt. Sinai Association soon
will dissolve, having integrated with the larger hospital
movement.

`Brotherhood the Year-Round' Theme
Of Merchant's Inter-Racial Banquet

NATE S. SHAPERO

By FRANK SIMONS

Deliberately choosing the
month after traditional broth-
erhood observances throughout
the nation as an indication of
their year-round observance of
brotherhood, the East Side Mer-
chants Association last week held
its 14th annual goodwill lunch-
eon at the Hotel Gotham.
President of the East Side
Merchants, Samuel Lipson, in-
troduced past president Meyer
S i l v e r m a n, who commended
Samuel Lieberman, e x e c u tive
secretary of t h e Association
since its inception, for his sig-
nal work in coordinating the
efforts of the group, and in ar-
ranging for the banquet.
Toastmaster at the luncheon
was Fr. Malcolm G. Dade, of St.
Cyprian Episcopal Church, who
introduced several speakers.
Among them were Circuit Judge
Joseph Moynihan, who repre
sented the National Council of
Christians and Jews; Rev.
George W. Baber, Bishop of the
4th Episcopal District; and Dr.
B. Benedict Glazer, of Temple
Beth El.
The speakers joined in paying
tribute to the East Side mer-
chants whom they commended
for their work in aiding Negro
residents on the East Side by
hiring them as workers and in
helping establish a feeling of
rapport between owners and
residents.
Judge Moynihan told the
story from the last war of the
sinking of the troop ship, U.S.S.
Dorchester. He told how four
chaplains, a Jew, a Catholic and
two Protestant clergymen gave
up their lifebelts to four soldiers

so that they might be saved,
then joined in a circle and went
down with the ship as they
softly spoke prayers in English,
Latin and Hebrew.
Bishop Baber expressed his
great satisfaction recently at
being recently able to sit in' the
main section of a railroad din-
ing car, after the Georgia Su-
preme Court had ruled out a
law prohibiting the • mingling of
whites and colored in the din-
ing car. The Bishop is a Negro.
Going one step further, Dr.
Glazer said what we need is
positive action against discrim-
ination in the form of legisla-
tion. He told of a bill which
will be introduced shortly by
Republicans in the Michigan
legislature which would be a
major step toward FEPC.
The East Side Merchants As-
sociation was created in 1938 by
Max Tendler, cur r e n t vice-
president, and Art Kaminsky,
now retired. Originally formed
to create and maintain good-
will, its scope has enlarged so
that today members cooperate
closely with the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People in employment
and educational projects.
The Merchants also have been
active on the Michigan Commis-
sion for Civil Rights and in
working for FEPC legislation.
Apart from helping support the
Negro College Drive, for the
maintenance in t h e United
States of all Negro universities,
th: group sponsors block parties
and holiday affairs for children
in the community.

America's Jewish Mayors:

Murray Seasongood, of Cincinnati,
Licked Graft of 40-Year-Old Machine

Murray Seasongood, the man
from Cincinnati, spent only four
years in office as mayor of that
city, but those four years
marked the end of forty years
of corrupt politics and whole-
sale rapine by the infamous Cox
machine.
By leading a reform party
against the established well-
oiled set-up of the Cox machine
—he won! Seasongood's term
of office saw Cincinnati raise it_
self on the lists of expert politi-
cal scientists from the bottom
to one of the two best-governed
cities in America.
Born in Cincinnati in 1878, he
finished his , formal education
as a lawyer at Harvard. He
practiced law and served on
many committees of boards of
directors for charities and wel-
fare institutions, including the
Hebrew Union College.
The first year of Mayor Sea..
songood's reform program was
spent in sweeping up the debris
of a smashed, corrupt machine.
Many franchises and contracts
had to be withdrawn and many
changes had to take place be-
fore real progress could begin.
Hospitals were built with
money formerly dumped into
the pork barrel. A new long-
needed transit system was in-
stituted, prisons and schools
were improved for the first time
in decades.
The reform movement that

ABE SRERE

Nate S. Shapero and Abraham
Srere, two of Detroit's outstand-
ing Jewish . community leaders,
have accepted positions as vice-
chairman of the 1951 Allied Jew-
ish Campaign and will serve as
key leaders in Detroit's primary
philanthropic drive in behalf of
local, national and overseas
causes.

Anti-Nazi League Claims
Discrimination at CCNY

NEW YORK—Presenting "en-
tirely new evidence" based on a
statistical analysis of 7 years of
City College records, the Anti-
Nazi League asked the Board of
Higher Education to reopen its
investigation of discriminatory
practices in the Romance Lan-
guages Department of the City
College.
"The Gurewitch case" (a case
investigated by the N.Y. City
Council, in which a Jewish stu-
dent who stood at the top of
his class was not given the Ward
Medal, or highest award, to
which he . was entitled, but the
medal was instead to a lower-
ranking non - Jewish • student)
"was not an isolated 'accident'
but was duplicated in at least
four out of seven years during
the administration of Professor
William E. KniCkerbocker, as
chairman of the Romance Lan-
guages Department," the League
charged.
At o n e commencement, in
order to avoid giving the medal
to a Jew, it was necessary to
pass over the three highest
ranking students (all Jewish),
and the medal was given to a
non - Jew w h o was actually
ranked fourth in his class.

Murray Seasongood had cham-
pioned became so popular that
it was returned to office for five
consecutive terms. After de-
feating the Cox machine and
serving one term, Murray Sea-
songobd stepped aside feeling
that he had accomplished his
purpose.
Seasongood taught at a uni-
versity after that and became
well-respected in the 'elder-
statesman' sphere. He was ac-
tive in the National. Municipal
League and the Hamilton Coun-
ty (Cincinnati) Good Govern-
ment League from 1934 on. He
was later appointed a member
of the Criminal Rules Commit-
tee by the U. S. Supreme Court.
The third molars are called
He has always been active in wisdom teeth because normally
Jewish life. He served on the they are not cut until a person
executive committee . of the is between 18 and 25 years old.
American Jewish CoMmittee as
well as on the council and board
of directors of the American
Jewish Joint Distribution Com-
mittee.
He has written a number of
books on municipal government
and has contributed often to
Complete Waxing and
many of the nation's most
scholarly magazines.
Polishing Service

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From Herzl to Schiff:

New York's Streets Read Like Page
Out of the City's Jewish History

NEW YORK, (AJP)—The little
group which gathered in the
fading afternoon sun in the
summer of 1913 to re-dedicate
Ames Street in Brooklyn listened
as the speaker of the day pre-
dicted that "someday the teach-
ings of this man will change the
history of the Jewish People."
Then he unfurled 'the draped
street name. "Ames Street" was
no more. Instead, the Brooklyn
byway became "Herzl Street."
Thirty-five years later, in 1948,
the world's largest Jewish com-
munity jubilantly hailed the es-
tablishment of Herzl's State.
And on the street named in his
honor the blue and white flag
flew from almost every window.
But Herzl is not alone among
Jewish leaders and personali-
ties who have been honored by
New York City. Dozens of Jews,
in addition to taking their places
in history, have found their way
into this big city's street direc
tory with squares, blocks and
parks named in their honor.
On Manhattan's Lower East
Side, once the - center of New
York's Jewry, a parkway stands
in honor of Jacob H. Schiff, the
great American Jewish leader
of the early 1900s. Within stroll-
ing distance is Straus Square, a
tribute to the financial wizard-
ry of Nathan Straus.
There is also a Straus Park,
named in honor of Isidor Straus
and his wife, -victims of the
great Titanic disaster. Straus
was prominent in city affairs
prior to his death.
Across the river, in Brooklyn,
stands a modest monument in a
park named in honor of Louis
Sobol, a Jewish GI- killed ln ac-
tion during World War I.
A little Jewish woman who
loved children and, as a member
of the Board of Child Welfare;
fought tirelessly in their behalf
has a playground named in her
honor, Sophie Irene Loeb Park.
Samuel Marx, twice a member
of the New York Board of Alder-

men and a congressman from
the 19th congressional district,
has a square named in his
honor.
In the Bronx, a plaza is named
in honor of Bernard S. Deutsch,.
a distinguished member of the
Board of Aldermen. A, former
municipal court judge and pres-
ident and founder of the Israel
Orphan Asylum, home to thou-
sands of waifs, is remembered
with the Gustav Hartman
Square.
The first veteran from Rich-
mond, a nearby suburb, to per-
ish in World War I, is memorial-
ized in the Abraham Levy Me-
morial Park.
Latest in the growing number
of byways named in honor of
Jews was dedicated two weeks
ago as Henrietta Szold Place.
She was a leader of the women's
Zionist movement, and founder
of Hadassah.

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