Washington Profile ducted a singlehanded crusade to awaken educators to their opportunities and responsibili ties. When she first proposed to the Commission that 25 percent of all frequencies be set aside for educators, she succeeded in By MILTON FRIEDMAN winning one vote—her own. (Copyright, 1960, Jewish Telegraphic Ageney, Inc.) "R a d i 0-TV without educa- Those who say that women . publican, said the committee can't make up their minds must liked her "fresh viewpoint." tors," she said, "is like law with- not know Frieda Hennock. Miss The nomination was quickly out lawyers or medicine without Hennock sometimes makes as approved.", doctors." She is continuing her many as 60 decisions a day in When he swore Miss Hennock fight. her capacity as the first woman In as the FCC's first woman commissioner on the Federal commissioner, Chairman Wayne a Communications Commission. Coy observed, "We've had recti- Greetings for Passover An attractive blonde—thirty- tude, fortitude, and solemnitude, ish looking, sophisticated, good- but never before pulchritude." humored—Miss Hennock is one Miss Hennock is of the opin- of t h e high- ion that control of communica- est U.S. Gov- tions is second only to atomic ernment official energy in national importance. who wears a She says, "It seems fundamen "Don't Let Your Face Star of David tal in this field—so peculiarly suspended from affecting women—the viewpoint Tell Your Age" her ne ck 1-ace. of their sex should be present- 808 David Broderick Tower She 'matter-of- ed„" She favors the increased f a ctly explains use of television for educational WO. 1-5550 to t h e curiou4 purposes. that it is a Jew Toward this end, she has con- ish Star — the Miss Hennock same as the one on the Israel flag. One of the most unusual Holiday Greetings women in the government, she Passover Greetings is also among the most respect- ASHLEE PATTERN CO ed. She is a self-made woman, a female Horatio Alger, and a charming and feminine person. Cast Bronze Tablet Work Recently Miss Hennock read for Hospitals, Doctors, an article she liked in a New York Yiddish daily. She took a Public Buildings, etc. Kosher Meats & Poultry sheet of paper from her desk and wrote—in Yiddish—to the 7624 W. McNichols 3632 Van Dyke Ave. author to compliment h For years she has actively par- WA. 1-2227 UN. 3-3616 ticipated in United Jewish Ap- peal campaigns and worked with the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in New York. Passover Greetings Passover Greetings She has relatives in Israel and • has closely followed the devel- • opement of the Jewish state. Her parents brought her to New York City from Poland There is not a ring in the • when she was 6. During early • world that we can't • school years she showed con- make or repair spicuous talent as a pianist. Fancy Food-Soft Drinks Irving G. Adler, Prop. However, after - graduation from • 19 Clifford St. high school, she announced that Room 705 Above Darling Shop • • .14041 W. 7 Mile Rd. she would become a lawyer. Her • • father disagreed, saying that WO. 2-4895 UN. 4-5111 she must continue in music. She • not only became a lawyer but ****************+**-4 in fact was the youngest woman lawyer in New York. To pay her -Passover Greetings way through night classes at Holiday Greetings Brooklyn Law Sc h o o 1, she DOYL'S BEER & worked for the law firm of WINE STORE Thom as & .Friedman. She Special Designated earned her degree at the age Distributor of 19. Complete Line of During her first few years of Tires - Batteries Imported and Domestic Beer, practice she won acquittal for • Wine, Champagnes and seven persons accused of mur- Appliances Party Snacks der. When she was 23 s h e Open Sundays - We Deliver switched to corporation 1 a w 13207 W. McNichols 5899 W. Fort and earned a fee of $55,000 in at Cheyenne a single case for arranging a VI. 1-0402 UN. 2-2690 company merger. 4111•9111111111, She became widely known in legal circles as assistant coun- sel of the New York State Mort- Holiday Greetings gage Commission and as direc- Holiday Greetings tor of a special lecture course at Brooklyn Law School. She took an early interest in the New Deal and supported Presi- dent Roosevelt. She was asked. to join Choate, Mitchell & Ely Refrigeration and Wyoming, cor. Curtis in 1941, becoming the first Appliance Repair woman lawyer and the only We Deliver Democrat to belong to the Re- publican firm since its establish- TY. 4-9095 TY. 6-7443 ment in 1807. Her almost in- Di. 1-2450 credible energy and resourceful- 4038 Joy Road ness contributed to her growing reputation. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111-: Miss Hennock — "Fritzie" to her friends — didn't surprise Passover Greetings anyone who knew her then or Holiday Greetings in 1948 when President Truman f-_ appointed her to the FCC as that agency's first woman mem- The House of Quality ber. She had become known as Co-Operative. BuildingE Dry Cleaning a champion of women's rights and a leader in the liberal wing Mechanics, Inc. KE. 2-0100 of the Democratic party. She helped William O'Dwyer win the Free Mothproofing 14622 E. 7 Mile Rd. New York mayoralty and won We Operate Our Own Plant much respect from the Admin- LA. 1-2840 istration for herself. In re- 19520 Grand River sponse to the Government's call, she voluntarily gave up an an- nual income which reportedly ran in six figures: her Govern- ment pay is but a fraction of it. When she testified before a predominantly R e p ub lican Senate committee at a pre- confirmation hearing, she was & disarmingly frank with the Republicans. She told them, "I'm against you and I always have been." Asked whether she knew anything a b o u t COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL radio, she replied "only that I raised a lot of money for radio 7120 Bingham W..1-7385 programs for Roosevelt." Sen. Owen Brewster, a Maine Re- Frieda Hennock, Only Woman On FCC, Wears Star of David BLANCHARD FACIAL SALON , Boxm an Kosher Meats LEON BAUM • • Floyd's Beer & Wine W. F. Goodrich ACTIVE SERVICE CURTIS DRUGS THE JEWISH NEWS-53 Friday, April 20, 1951 Hebrew University Professor Ends 22 Year Literary Project With the appearance of the sixth volume of Professor Joseph Klausner's monumental "History of the New Hebrew Literature," the Hebrew Literature Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew Univer- sity has completed a p r o j e c t which extended over 22 years. 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