Jacob Potofsky Heads Speakers'
List at Banquet in. Honor of
Morris Spitzer's 70th Birthday
National, state and local lead-
ers will participate in the pro-
gram, this Saturday evening, at
the testimonial dinner to be
given at the Veterans' Memorial
:F. Building in honor of the 70th
4: birthday of Morris Spitzer.
Jacob S. Potofsky, of . New
I
York, president of the Amai-
n gamated .Clothing Workers of
;e. America, will deliver the grin-
= cipal address, in recognition of
Mr. Spitzer's half century of
service to the labor movement.
Justice George Edwards, of
the Michigan State Supreme
Court, will be the toast-
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master.
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The event will be opened by
the chairman of the testimon-
w ial committee, Murray H. Fin-
ley. Other speakers will include
David Chaney, president of the
Central States Joint Board of
Amalgamated Clothing Work-1
ers; Emil Mazey, secretary-
treasurer of the UAW; Sidney
Woolner, executive secretary to
Governor G. Mennen Williams,
who will represent the Gover-
nor who is in Washington on
state business; and Mayor
Louis C. Miriani.
The invocation and benedic-
tion will be given by Rabbi
Leon Fram and Rev. James E.
Wadsworth, Jr., of St. Marks
Community Church.
The dinner is being given in
behalf of the Israel Histadrut
and the NAACP.
A testimonial resolution
honoring Spitzer was adopted
by the Common Council of
Detroit. The resolution re-
views the labor leader's serv-
ices and expresses apprecia-
tion for his untiring efforts to
industry and to civic causes.
Born in Romania in 1889,
Morris Spitzer early decided to
escape the economic poverty
and political tyranny of old
Europe. He left in 1902 and
after three years in Palestine,
he arrived in Chicago in 1905
and entered the cradle of the
union, Hart, Schaffner & Marx,
in 1906.
Working in a pants shop, in
1910, when the spontaneous
strike began in Chicago, he
gave unselfishly of his time and
energy to his organization. His
efforts and ability were soon
evident to his fellow workers
who chose him president of
Local 144 in 1913 and business
agent two years later.
In the Amalgamated, Chicago
has been called the city of
"trouble shooters."
Spitzer was one of those mis-
sionaries sent by Sidney Hill-
man and Frank Rosenblum to
trquble spots. His major areas
of service were: Milwaukee
(1927), Los Angeles (1928).
St. Louis (1933), Montreal
(1936), and Detroit (1936),
where his leadership of the
Detroit Joint Board led the then
chaotic Dry Cleaning and Laun-
dry Industry to the high repute
and benefits, and he led the
Detroit and Midwestern States
Joint Board to become one of
the finest in the Amalgamated
family.
Spitzer has given close to 50
years of service to the Amal-
gamated. He served as vice-
president of the Wayne County
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Noted Correspondent
to Address Hadassah
Max Freedman, Washington
correspondent of the Manches-
ter Guardian, will address the
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
meeting on March 10 at Temple
Israel.
One of the best known foreign
correspondents, Freedman has
become known for his appear-
ances on the "Meet the Press"
and "Face the Nation" TV pro-
grams.
He also broadcasts on Trans-
Canada Radio from Washington.
Born in Winnipeg, his first
newspaper assignment was on
the Winnipeg Free Press. He is
an ardent Zionist, a veteran of
World War II and an able
speaker. His talents have so im-
pressed Supreme Court Justice
Felix Frankfurter that he asked
him to write his biography.
Israel Re-Affirms Right;
to Mt. Scopus Buildings
JACOB S. POTOFSKY
CIO Council as well as vice-
president of the Michigan State
CIO. During the war he was a
member of the Office of Price
and Wage Stabilization Board in
Detroit. He is manager of the
Detroit and Mid-western States'
Joint Board of ACWA..
Knesset
Bars
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Election Changes
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Efforts
to establish a system of direct
voting for candidates, replac-
ing the present system of elec-
tion by proportional represen-
tation were defeated and hopes
of introducing a two-party sys-
tem in Israel were badly set
back.
The Knesset, in a vote cut-
ting across coalition lines,
passed the first reading of a
measure barring any change
in existing laws unless it were
carried by an absolute majority
of the house. The bill is cer-
tain of passage on its next two
rTadings.
The Mapai and General Zion-
ists fought passage of the
measure but all the other
parties, ranging from the right-
wing Herut to the Communists,
and including the religious
groups, supported it and up-
held the present system of
multi-party proportional repre-
sentation.
Advocates of direct elections
gloomily predicted tonight that
there was no possibility of
electoral reform now until
after next November's elec-
tions.
State Department Okays
$5 Million Loan to Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Estab-
lishment of a Hadassah-Hebrew
University Medical Center at
Ein Karem, in the Jerusalem
area, "in no way means that
Israel has renounced its rights
to the institution on Mount
Scopus," Minister of Labor
Mordechai Namir declared at
the ceremonies opening a new
road, named for the late Hen-
rietta Szold, linking Ein Karem
and Jerusalem.
The road will cut the travel
time between the two points
from about a half hour to ten
minutes. Dr. Miriam . Freund,
president of Hadassah, cut a
ribbon opening the road.
The old Hadassah-Hebrew
University medical center is in
the Israeli enclave and is not
accessible except by convoy
through the Jordan lines.
Absorbtion of Immigrants
Called Israel's Big Problem
Israel's most pressing eco-
nomic problem is the absorp-
tion of immigrants into produc-
tive occupations, according to
Joseph Meyerhoff, prominent
Baltimore, Maryland builder.
and president of the $17,000,000
Palestine Economic Corpora-
tion. New York.
"Stepped up private Ameri-
can investment in Israel indus-
try, agriculture and • commerce
will be the surest and most con-
structive way to create jobs for
the newcomers and make Is-
rael's economy self-sustaining,"
Mr. Meyerhoff stated in connec-
tion with the distribution of
PEC's annual report, together
with a 4% dividend check to
more than 9,000 stockholders
throughout the United States.
Topps Chewing Gum
Boycotted by Jordan
Abraham Redelheim, National WA
President, to Speak Here March 18
JNF's Youth Department Convenes
Conference of Educators March 15
The first annual conference
of Jewish educators in Michigan
under the auspices of the Youth
and Education department of
the Jewish National Fund, will
take place here, Sunday, March
15, at the Esther Berman branch
of the United Hebrew Schools,
according to an announcement
by Prof Samuel M. Levin, presi-
dent of the Jewish National
Fund of Detroit.
The conference is scheduled
to open at 1:30 p.m. with a
luncheon and will continue
until approximately 5 p.m.
Teachers of afternoon and day
schools and the Sunday schools
in the state have been invited
to attend and participate in a
symposium on the theme "The
Teaching of Israel in the Cur-
riculum of the School."
The first session following
the luncheon will be addressed
by noted leaders in the educa-
tional field, in what "is ex-
pected to be a very informative
and constructive discourse on
the ways and means of enrich-
ing the curriculum through the
teaching of Israel," Prof. Levin
said.
Discussing the need for such
a gathering, Prof. Levin ex-
plained that "there is a definite
need to assist teachers in He-
brew and Sunday Schools in
their search for methods of con-
veying adequately the subject
of Israel to the child in the
classroom. There is also a very
definite need "for visual and
other mechanical aids which
would greatly facilitate the
teaching of the subject in or-
der to leave a more lasting and
JERUSALEM (AJP)—Jordan
has blacklisted the American
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Topps Chewing Gum Company
State Department announced for dealing with Israel, a
authorization by the Develop- spokesman of the company re-
ment Loan Fund of a loan of vealed here last week.
$5,000,000 to the Israel Indus
trial Institution Ltd., to help
finance the expansion of small
private enterprises in Israel.
Dempster McIntosh, manag-
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ing director of the Fund, de-
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Grandmaster of the Fraternal
Order Bnai Zion, chairman of
the national administration
council of the ZOA, president
of Histadruth Ivrith of Ameri-
can and at present is a member
of the board of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund of America and
Keren Hayesod.
Invitations have been sent to
all Jewish organizations. The
meeting is open to the public
and all are invited. There will
be no solicitations.
Following the meeting, there
will be refreshments and a so-
cial hour.
A dinner will be given for
Redelheim during his short stay
here.
Abraham Redelheim, nation-
al president of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America, will be
the guest speaker at an open
meeting of the Zionist Organi-
zation of Detroit, Wednesday,
March 18, 8:30 p.m., at Beth
Aaron Synagogue.
At 8:45 p.m., a new film,
"Israel, An Adventure," will
be shown prior to Redel-
heim's address.
The ZOA president, who was
elected at the convention last
fall in Miami, will deliver a ma-
jor policy address, according to
Abraham Borman, ZOD presi-
dent.
Redelheim is a native of
Jerusalem. He is a member of
the presidium of the World
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