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Report 'Widespread' Bias
In Employment of Jews
NEW YORK,, (JTA) . —Employ-
ment discrimination against
Anierican Jews today continues
to be "widespread," and there
exists "sufficient evidence of dis-
crimination against Jews to pre-
vent undue optimism concerning.
prompt elimination of that evil,"
according to a study issued by
the American Jewish Congress.
The study is a summary and
analysis of the published evi-
dence in the field, prepared for
the World Jewish Congress for
submission to the International
Labor Office.
On the basis of available data,
"American Jews still face handi-
caps in obtaining employment
that are not faced by non-Jews,"
the AJC report discloses. "Jews
are largely excluded from basic
industries, such as commercial
banking, automobile manufac-
turing, shipping and transporta-
tion, agriculture and mining.
They tend, as a result, to be
concentrated in speculative in-
dustries, retail trade and the pro-
fessions."
The report points out that
most Americans are • gainfully
emplOyed. "The fact of full
employment and relative pros-
perity it this time operates to
obscure the effects of anti-
Semitic discrimination," t h e
:report declares. "A tightening
in the labor market might well
produce a more discouraging
picture."
The new report relies upon
published studies undertaken by
individual communities, surveys
of specific occupations and judges
ments of informed observers.
"Such studies, • while providing
some insight into the economic
structure of American Jewry,"
the AJC notes, "do not cover
all Jewish communities.
"Nevertheless, it is interesting
that whatever information is
available reveals that• discrimin-
ation against Jews continues to
be widespread. There continue
to be large areas of the Amer-
ican industrial scene in which
Jews have difficulty- in gaining
a place."
To avoid the rebuffs they ex-
perience in the general labor
market, the report declares,
Jews have sought employment
in Jewish firms or in independ-
ent operations. Jewish workers
have, therefore, been prevented
from becoming fully integrated
in, the American economy.
"In the iwrofessions," the re-
port notes, "Jews have tended
to concentrate in fields like
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy
and law—fields in which they
can operate independently
without being subjected to dis-
•- crimination by an employer,
while avoiding such fields as
chemistry.
"Recently, increasing numbers
of Jews have been employed in
all phases of engineering work,
presumably because of the acute
Shortage of qualified technical
personnel that has existed since
the beginning of World War II.
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Boston Launches Drive
For $1 Million in Bonds
In Honor of Sharett
BOSTON (JTA) — A special
Campaign .to sell $1,000,000 worth
of Israel bonds capped the visit
here of Israel Foreign Minister
Moshe Sharett, who was the
principal guest and speaker at an
Israel Bond Organization dinner.
The special campaign in honor
•of. Sharett was begun by some 40
Boston community leaders w h o
engaged in a bond selling "tele-
•than" for several weeks before
Sharett's arrival and who went
over their goal.
Meanwhile, Lewis H. Wein-
stein, president of the Combined
.. Jewish Appeal, called .upon vol-
unteer . workers and community
officials to give of their services
-on Dec. 11, which has been' set
aside here as "Action Day for
Israel." In an unprecedented ac-
tion . aimed - at bringing about
united community support of Is-
rael's .needs,,, Weinstein sent a
letter to every worker in the re-
cently . closed CJA drive, and
asked for a further effort to sell
at least $1,500,000 in bonds.
DETROIT J EW I SH NEWS
The outlook in the banking field
in some areas of the country,
notably Los Angeles, is also en-
couraging," the report says.
In a study of. Jewish employ-
ment in five Philadelphia firms
(Philadelphia Electric Company,
Philadelphia Gas Works, Bell
Telephone Company, Philadel-
phia Transportation Com pany
and the Insurance Company of
North Arrierica), no Jews were
found to be employed in the in-
surance firm; the percentage of
Jewish employment in the re-
maining four firms ranged from
one-half of one percent to 3.5
percent.
A survey made of law school
graduates of ehicago, Columbia,
Harvard and Yale Universities
revealed that the rate of job ac-
ceptance was substantially lower
for Jewish than for non-Jewish.
graduates.
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) —
Moshe Sharett, Foreign Min-
ister of Israel, • received an
honorary Doctorate of Laws
from Dropsie College here.
The award was conferred at
a special convocation by Dr.
Abraham A. Neuman, presi-
ident of the college.
Sharett was cited for his
achievements as the "pilot
steering Israel's course among
the nations at a time when its
fate is entangled among the
conflicts of the world's major
powers."
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Bnai Brith Recruiter
Honored in Washington
Another study oaf college
business administration and
accounting graduates showed
that Jewish graduates were
employed generally in JeWiSh-
owned firms; in comparison
with non-Jews, Jewish grad-
uates earned less, had a harder
time getting employment and
more of them had to take jobs
unrelated to their college
training.
A 1955 survey of 20,000 job
orders placed with commercial
employment agencies in Chicago
during 1953 and 1954 showed
that over 20 percent of the or-
ders were specifically closed to
Jews.
A survey conducted among
government agencies that ad-
minister anti-discrimination laws
in such states as Connecticut,
Kansas, Massachusetts, New Jer-
sey and Oregon disclosed that
up until 1954, the number of
cases complaining against dis-
crimination on grounds of re-
ligion, primarily against Jews
and Catholics, accounted for
eleven percent of the total case-
load. Such complaints accounted
for eight percent of the war-
time Fair Employment Practices
Committee's caseload.
SEMOUR HURWITT (left),
of Englewood, N. J., receives a
plaque from BERNARD RO-
MAN,' chairman of the Bnai
Brith national membeiship cab-
inet, for enrolling the greatest
number of new Bnai Brith
members during the past six
months. Enrolling 77 men, he
tied with Sidney Haskoe, of
Coral Gables, for first place.
Haskoe was unable to make the
award ceremony, which was
held at the annual meeting of
the Etna' Brith board -of gov-
ernors in Washington, D. C.
This year's membership cam-
paign, which started Oct. 13,
the anniversary of Bnai Brith's
founding in 1843, will reach a
high-point Dec. 11, National
Telephone Report Day, when
lodges all over the country will
report progress. The goal -is
30,000 Bnai. Brith members.
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Pro-Nazi Lawyer Scuttles
Trial of Camp Physician
NUREMBERG (JTA) — Alfred
Seidl, an attorney who special-
ized in securing the acquittal of
Nazi war criminals, forced the
indefinite adjournment of a court
trial, at Weider" in the Upper
Palatinate, against concentration
camp physician Dr.. Hermann
Fischer who is accused of having
been an accessory to murder in at
least 40 cases.
While . a camp physician in
Oranienburg, Sachs enhause n,
Bergen-Belsen and Flossenbuerg,
with the rank. of Lieutenant
Colonel in the SS he ordered the
killing of sick or exhausted in-
mates by injecting them with
excess doses of such drugs as
phenol or novocaine. At present,
Dr. Fischer practices.in Duessel-
dorf. Mr. Seidl brought about the
indefinite adjournment of the
case by refusing to proceed -as
long as his plea was being re-
corded by the Bavarian Radio.
Socialists Register Gain
In Vienna Election
VIENNA, (JTA) — The Social-
ist Party won an outright. vic-
tory in the Vienna Jewish Com-
munity elections here, capturing
13 of 24 council seats and assur-
ing the re-election of Dr. Emil
Maurer as president of the com-
munity for the next three years.
The Zionists -won five -seats, the
Communists three and the Re-
ligious Bloc three.
The Socialists gained a single
seat over the last election to take
the clearcut majority, while the
Communists lost two votes and
the Zionists lost one. The Re-
ligious Bloc gained two. Sixty-
five per cent of the electorate
voted.
Netherlands JeWrY Launches
Emergency Appeal fo7.1srael.
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THE HAGUE (JTA) — An
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The family of the late Hilda
Sosnick announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Tur-
over Cemetery, Gratiot at 14 Mile
Rd. Rabbi I. Stollman will offi-
ciate. Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.
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In Memoriam
In loving memory of H. M. A.
Sadly massed by her loved ones.
Israel Seeks U.S. Aid
In Marketing Energy Devices
WASHINGTON (JTA) . — Hope
was expressed here for a joint
American-Israel venture to put
solar energy devices developed
by Israel on the international
market. -
Dr. Harry Zvi Tabor, head of
Israel's National Physical Labo-
ratory, said at an International
Cooperation Administration press
conference . that Israel has made
some developments in the field of
solar power exploitation that the
United States has not yet made.
Israel is willing to share these
discoveries with American indus-
try whose copperation and as-
sistance are being solicited. .
Principally, Dr. Tabor. indicated
de achievements in
Israel •has
emergency appeal asking Dutch
Jews for extraordinary contribu-
tions for Israel has been launched
in this country by the Zionist
Association of the Netherlands.
The appeal asks for the greatest
27 possible contributions "to insure,
the survival of the Jewish State." conw
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Dropsie_ Awards
Degree to Sharett
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Obituaries
ABRAHAM FEIN, 1846 . 0 Green-
lawn, died Nov. 22. Services at
Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves
his wife, Tene; a son, Wallace; a
daughter, Mrs. William - L. Elkin;
his father, Harry Fein, of New
York, and two sisters of New
York.
ELIZABETH SIGE L, /6915
Princeton, died Nov. 26. Services
at 'Ira Kaufman Chapel: She
leaves her husband, Ben; two bro-
thers, Hy and David Safran; and
a sister, Mrs. Harry Bookstein.
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MAX TItAGER, 18074 Oak Dr.,
died Nov. 27. Services at Ira
Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his
wife, Lillian; a Sin.", Larry; a
daughter, Mrs. Earl Krause; a
brother, two 'sisters and three
grandchildren.
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MAX BRODER, 1000 Merton,
died Nov. 26. services at Ira
Kaufman. Chapel. He leaves his
wife, Lillian; two brothers, Sam
and Abe; =and a sister, Mrs. George
Newman, of New York.
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SAMUEL S. FISHER, 17522
Pennington, died Nov. 27. Serv-
ices at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He
leaves his wife, Shirley; two
sons, Gordon and Marshall; three
sisters and tour grandchildren.
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DANIEL KLEIN, a former De-
troiter, died Nov. 17, in - Los An-
geles, Calif. He leaves his wife,
Ida; three sons, Ernest, Alex and
Louis; two brothers, Eugene and
Sam, of Detroit; a sister, Mrs.
Sarah Birnby, and five grand-
, children.
LESLIE LA Z AR U S, 16153
Quincy, died Nov. 23. Services at
Ira Kaufman Chapel. He. leaves
his wife, Ida; three sons, Barnett,
Harry and Morris; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. James Wilkus and
Sarah; and three grandchildren.
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RACHEL OLENICK, 18256 In-
diana, died Nov. 23. Services at
Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves
his son, Abe; three daughters,
Sylvia,- Mrs. Samuel- Freedman
and Mrs. -F rank Kutzen, two
grandchildren and four -g r eat
grandchildren.
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SAM FRIEDMAN, 51 E. Euclid,
died Nov. 25. Services at Ira
Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his
wife, Sadie; two sons, Abe and
Raymond; two daughters, Mrs.
Leah Stein, of Detroit, and Mrs.
Rose Weiss, of Los Angeles; three
brothers and six grandchildren.
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ANN H. TANNER, .23551- Wild-
wood, Oak. Park, died Nov. 24.
Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel.
She leaves her son, Carlon Lee; Sol R.' Katz, Big Bear....
a brother, Max Hersh and three Purchasing.• Agent, ..Di-es
sisters, Mrs. Norman Schreiber,
Sol It Katz, of 885 Covington,
Mrs. Joseph Wolfe and Mrs. who- was purchasing agent for
Henry Reingold.
Big Bear Markets and was well
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known in Detroit, died Nov. 24
ALEX COHEN, 18000 North- at the age of 50.
lawn, died Nov. 24 in Miami. Funeral services
Services at Ira Kaufman Chapel. were held at
He leaves his wife, Mollie; a Kaufman Chapel
daughter, Mrs. Samuel Heber, a Nov. 25.
a brother, a sister and five grand-
Before .associ-
children.
ating with Big'
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B e a r Markets,
SANFORD GREENBERG, 2820 Mr. Katz_ -oper-
Trumbull, died Nov. 21. Services ated the Dia
at Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur- mond Mart.
vived by his father, Albert; and
Surviving him :7
a brother, Sidney G.
are three -sisters, • S. R. -Katz
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Mrs. Max Shaye and Mrs. Abra-
- --MOLLIE SCH-UTZER,_9617 N. -ham Srere of Detroit and Mrs.
Martindale, died Nov. Z5. Serv- Samuel PaSsman of 'Kiev, Russia.
ices at Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Survived by her husband, Nelson; Maurice Simon, Jewish Scholar
son, Irwin, of Sioux City, Ia.;
Dies in England; Was 81
three daughters, .Mrs. Harry Sher-
LONDON, (JTA) — Maurice
man, Mrs. Thomas Gilbert, of Le-
Simon,
brother of Sir: Leon
vittown, Pa., and I r e n•; two
died here Nov. 22 at the
brothers, four sisters and eight Simon,
age of 81. Mr. Simon was the
grandchildren.
author of a book on Jewish sects
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BERTHA WEISMAN, 3840 Ty- and contributed to translations
ler, died Nov. 25. Services at of the Talmud and the Zohar.
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur- Swedish Government : Issues
vived by her husband,- George; New Grant to ORT Comthittee
The
son, Manuel; three daughters, • STOCKHOLM, (JTA)
Mrs. Edward Rechtman, of Fay- Swedish government 'has in-
ette, Ala.; Mrs. Morris Friedman formed the ORT committee - here
and Mrs. Bernard Broder; a bro- that a new grant of 50,000 krowns
ther; two sisters; 10 grandchil- has been allocated to the World
dren, and two great grandchil- ORT Union. This is the third
grant by the Swedish govern-
dren.
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ment to ORT. The total of these
ISRAEL GLINER, 11331 Dex- contributions is 380,000 krowns.
ter, died Nov: 26. Services at He- The money is used for the pur-
brew Memorial Chapel. Survived chase of machines and tools for
by his wife, Celia; a daughter, ORT schools abroad.
Mrs. Leo Haberman; a brother;
and a sister.
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M ON U ME N T S
SEYMOUR FREEDMAN, 12653
By Karl C. Berg
Santa Rosa, died Nov. 27. Serv-
Max Wrotslaysky
ices at Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Monument Works
Survived by his wife, Ruth; a
Owner
daughter, Ellen; parents, Mr. and
Distinctive
Monwnents
Mrs. Meyer Freedman; two bro-
Reasonably Priced
thers, Nathan and Milton; and
3201 JOY ROAD
a sister, Mrs. William Morin.
Corner Wildernere
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SARA HELFGOTT, 1869 Wal-
ton, Bronx, N. Y., died Nov. 26.
Services and interment. in . New
Jersey. She leaves a son, Alfred
A., of Oak Park, Mich.; three
other sons, William and Nathan
of West Hartford, Conn.; - and
Louis, of New York; a daughter,
Freda, of New York, and eight
grandchildren.
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WILLIAM RCYTHMAN, of the
Berkshire Hotel, died Nov. 28.
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