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Offers New Calendar

Knesset Passes First Part of Liberal Oil Bill

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part of the bill by an over-
whelming majority against
Mapam and Communist votes.
The bill to prolong the terns
of Acting President of Israel
Joseph Sprinzak, in view of
President Chaim Weizmann's
physical inability to carry out
the duties of his office. also will
be acted upon by the Knesset.

JERUSALEM—Pinchas La von,
—
Minister without Portfolio, who
An authentic religious calen-
Y
dar, depicting in full color. the
recently replaced the late Eliezer
Kaplan as a Cabinet member,
many milestones in JeWish his-
01//' nOyS
tors will be made available free
announced in the Knesset here
,
p/12
of charge to all readers of The
Tuesday that "if the Parliament
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Jewish News. announced Louis
grants the Israel government
.----'.
Kozin. of Wrubel and Kozin Fur-
the prerogatives requested by
riers.
t an organization to speak for all the implementation of the oil
Charlie Chaplin: "Television
To obtain this beautiful cal- Hello Boys and Girls!
This coming Monday will be ' the men. Samuel Gompers was • bill, the government will
extend
all is within the reach of all, and
opportunities toward
endar.
which
is
ideal
for
the
en-
tire family. just visit Wrubel and ' Labor Day. It's a legal holiday ! the first member. They called • equal
ether Jews, no n- it's strange more aren't smash-
elis whether
p ec to rs,
Kozin. 13326 Dexter. There is no — banks and postoffices are it the Cigar-Makers Interna- ! pros
or outsiders , in the ed."
J ews, I s ra
, closed. along with most places • tional
This Union.
was a great step forward. prospecting and exploiting of oi l
LEGAL NOTICE
obligation.
' of business. There's pretty apt
All holidays are explained to be a parade. And oh yes. it , But Gompers was not satisfied. ! in Israel."
The
Hebrew
Hospital Associa-
month by month. The calendar means school days are very near.
. I - See how the bosses listen to The announcement was made
also contains interesting Jewish Would you like to know how : us. when we speak with one during the debate on the second tion, a non-profit organization
stories. explanations and legends. Labor Day started? Here's the voice," he told the men. "Sup- and third reading of the oil bill. of Detroit, Michigan, is being
dissolved as of August 41, 193'.t.
Licht be:1st -Jen times and Yahr - story . ..
: pose — just suppose we should The parliament adopted the first
• * *
zelt dal , s are indicated clearly.
band together with the tailors°' ,
-
Believe it or not, Labor Day. ' and the carpenters and the urn-
an American holiday, had its brella-makers and other factory
Spitzer ()pens Another
real start in London, England. workers. Our voice of labor
.
Nil
nook .tore in
in 1860. when 10-year-old Sam- would be a hundred times as
uel Gompers began to work at a loud. We could accomplish great •
Joseph Spitzer. who has been shoe factory. It was not un- things."
Announces Again This Year
the owner and operator of the usual. in those days, for young-
They laughed at him. "Why
Detroit Hebrew Book Store. at sters to work in factories. Only should we join with carpenters?"
12226 Dexter. since his arrival in • wealthy families could afford to the cigar-makers said. "What
this country almost five years send their children to school.
have we in common with urn-
aLae announces the opening of
Young Samuel hated the work ' brella-workers?" s co f fed the
a new shop in the Northwest --long hours in a. stuffy room. tailors.
In the Airy and Convenient Halt
a: e.{ Sunday. Aug. 31.
bent over a harsh machine. and
Samuel was not moved by
shaz•• will be in partnership just a few pennies to bring home'
He criss-
their indifference.
at
with 1 -,:s brother-in-law. Hillel at the end of the day. A short crossed the country, talking to
Aoi anis, who is the former ex- time later. he became' apprentice
ekeitive secretary of Young Israel to .a London cigar-maker and men in the shops, gaining their
confidence. In 1881, he was fin-
Ill Detroit
: found the conditions just as bad.
A tot vier student at the Rab- He determined to better himself. ally able to call together enough
In 1863. Samuel had an oppor- representatives of several small
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htha•,, I College in Czechoslo-
12129 DEXTER
/ yak:a. Spilzer has always been tunity to come to the United unions to form a larger organi-
d at the nation, the American Federation
1:,•enly interested in Jewish liter- 1 Sta
asis tshhr illed
o tes.ct. He w h
Tickets Now on Sale Daily from 5 to
ature and scholarship. Since his pr spe shipdrew into of Labor.
Within -a year, the Federation
arrival here. he has sought to the busy New York harbor. the
10 p. m. and all day Sunday.
create enthusiasm among De- young man searched the water- had chosen Samuel Gompers as
troiter, for Jewish literary en- front for the fabulous "streets president. He worked so hard
of gold" which were said to and was so well liked that he
deavors.
The new store is located sparkle throughout America's remained in office, with the ex-
at 18294 Wyoming, near Curtis. cities. Like countless other im- ception of one year, until his
Officiating
and sells all i tems of Jewish , migrants, he quickly learned that death in 1924.
interest. gifts and r6•ords.
gold was obtained in America. Samuel Gompers worked long
as in every other land, by hard hours for little pay, but his ef-
work. I forts brought about shorter
Gompers returned to his trade hours and greater pay for work-
ingmen throughout the country.
; of cigar-making. Month after
: month, as the tobacco leaves • president
As
of the AFL he was i
i
stained
his
fingers
and
he
heard
,
instrumental
in persuading Con-
FOR-- YOUR
i the coughs and watched the p a l e . gress to pass labor-protection
faces of his underpaid fellow- ' laws: the eight-hour work day,
workers, he began to think . . . sweat shop controls, child labor
`'Why must we suffer so to . regulations.
earn a few dollars a week? Why ' He raised the position of the
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does the boss have all the rights, . workingman to such a high
Novo is the Time to
and w o r k e r s n'one? Why ' plane that a national holiday
Announces that tickets for iii• High
shouldn't we ask for better was declared in honor of the
Arrange That Winter
working
conditions?"
He
men-
American
laborer
—
the
first
Vacation
Hold day services v ■ ill be available to its
tioned his ideas to his neighbors, Monday in September.
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members from August 27th through
TO/
i Through the years. many of
but they shouted him down.
ESORTS
'Are you crazy. Samuel' Do his fellow leaders proposed the
September 3rd.
you want us to lose our jobs? i formation of a political party,
But
How
will
we
feed
our
families?"
through
the
labor
unions.
NO SERVICE CHARGE
Beginning with September ..1-th. un,
`If we all stand together and G-ompers consistently turned
K. V DIM ii
insist on being heard. we will them down, even though, had he
4.tprtit ►
reserved seats Ntill be available- to the
not lose our jobs." Gompers in- approved, he might have been
T l'a '4 CI Ser% ice
community at large.
sisted. So under his leadership. nominated for the presidency.
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in 1864 the cigar-makers formed "It is better," he said. "to use
the indirect influence of the
Inquire at our office:
labor organization by voting for
5 p.m., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Daily
10
a.m.
to
candidates who are friends of
Except Friday and Saturday
labor."
*
Sundays-10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Now you knoiv how Labor Day
Our .Synagogue Is Air-Conditioned
started. boys and girls. And
when you watch the parade or
go on a picnic or have some
other kind of good time on Mon-
day, remember that you are cel- •
ebrating because a little Jewish •
boy had to go to work in a fac-
tory when he was just 10 years
in
old. And all his life that boy.
Samuel Gompers, worked so that
FAR NORTHWEST • EVERGREEN-7 MILE AREAS
other children might have a
chance for a better life.
Your Friend, MIRIAM

Stories for

all(1 Girls

CONG. EZRAS ACHIM

High Holy Day Services

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This is the 3-cent stamp that
issued by the United
States Post Office in Janu-
ary, 1950, to mark the I 00th
anniversary of the birth of

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Member federal Home Loan Bank System & Federal Savings and_ Loan Insurance Corp,

Samuel Gompers

14—THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday. August 24, 1952

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