THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, March 6, 1959-8

Labor Leaders, State Officials Join
in Honoring Spitzer's 70th Birthday

More than 650 men and wo-
men, many of them leaders in
labor and industry, joined Sat-
urday evening in honoring Mor-
ris Spitzer, manager of the De-
troit and Midwestern States
Joint Board of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America,
on his 70th birthday and on
his completion of 50 years as
an ACWA leader, at a dinner
at the Veterans Memorial Build-
ing.
With a contribution of $25
accredited to each dinner cover,
it is expected that the dinner's
proceeds will reach the sum of
$15,000, to be divided between
the Israel Histadrut and the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of the Colored Peo-
ple, two causes in which Spitzer
is primarily interested.

Responding to the numer-
ous tributes paid to him,
Spitzer said that "as a Jew
and as a proud American,"
he is happy to be instrumen-
tal in aiding the "reborn State
of Israel that fights for justice
with its back to the wall
and to assist in the work of
NAACP "which is close to my
heart." He declared that "in-
dignities directed against mi-
norities must be fought whe-
ther it is against Jews in Ro-
mania or against Negroes in
this country."

Potofsky commended the
sponsors of the dinner for
making NAACP and Histadrut
the beneficiaries. He called
NAACP one of the outstand-
ing movements, "dedicated to

Snow Halts Israel Traffic,
Not Egyptian Infiltrators

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel
wag' buffeted again Sunday by
snow storms and sub zero tem-
peratures which brought wide-
spread transportation difficul-
ties, but failed to prevent a
group of Egyptians from in-
filtrating into Israel from the
Gaza strip.
Fighting the winds and snow,
Israel police vans rescued pas-
sengers from stranded vehicles
and isolated homes. In the
warmer Negev, many dry
stream beds were filled and
roads cut by melting snow.
Two soldiers hurt in a traffic
accident in the area were
taken to the hospital after
being rescued by a helicopter
called in when it was found
impossible to reach the sol-
diers by any road vehicle.

"Israel's Avid Readers" will
be discussed by Philip Slomo-
vitz, editor of The Jewish News,
when he addresses the Syna-
gogue Adult Institute next
Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., in the Beth
Aaron Synagogue, 18000 Wyom-
ing.
Rabbi Benjamin H. Gorrelick
is institute chairman.
The address, which will deal
with the new literature, press
and periodicals in Israel, is the
eighth in the series of weekly

raising people to standards
of first class citizenship," and
he condemned southern seg-
regation tactics. He also spoke
with enthusiasm of the His-
tadrut, declaring that like the
Amalgamated it has coopera-
tive institutions, supports hos-
pitals and centers and "helps
build a nation that is dedi-
cated to freedom and is the
bastion of democracy in the
Middle East."

Councilman Eugene Van Ant-
werp, speaking for Mayor'Louis
C. Miriani and the City Council,
presented Spitzer with an en-
graved resolution adopted by
the Council. Arnold H. Rosman,
president of the Dry Cleaning
and Laundering , Institute, also
presented him with a resolution
adopted by the industry. Other
speakers at the dinner included:
Murray H. Finley, general
chairman of the arrangements
committee; Sidney H. Woolner,
who represented Governor Wil-
liams; Emil Mazey, David Cha-
ney, August Sch011e and Al Bar-
bour, prominent labor leaders.
Many prominent officials and
Histadrut leaders were in the
audience.

The contributions to Histadrut
from the dinner's proceeds will
go towards the establishment of
a youth center in Israel, Michi-
gan Supreme Court Justice
George Edwards, who - was the
toastmaster, announced in his
opening remarks.
Present at the dinner to share
in the honors accorded Spitzer
were his wife, his sons, Joseph
and Samuel and their wives; his
daughter, Mrs. Bernard (Ruth)
Gerber and her husband and his
five grandchildren. His daugh-
ter - Goldie was absent due to
illness.
The principal speaker at the
dinner• was Jacob S. Potofsky,
general president of ArnaIga-:
mated _ Clothing Workers of
- -.America,
Potofsky -praised Spitzer for
his services to his fellow-Work-
ers and stated that "Spitzer
dedicated his life to the Amal-
gamated.
Discussing current, economic
problems in this country, the
national labor leader said that
"absorption of unemployment,
not inflation, is our great prob-
lem. The stability of our econ-
omy must be predicated on em-
ployment." •
Criticizing current approaches
to the issue,. he expressed the
belief that the government - can
solve • the problem of 5,000,000
unemployed. He advocated a 35-
hour week and a minimum
wage of $1.25.

Israel's Press and Publications,
•
Synagogue Institute Topic
Tuesday

Mrs. Joan Comay Greets
Youngest Bond Sponsor

lectures by prominent Israeli
and American personalities in
the course, "Focus on Israel,"
presented by the Synagogue
Adult InAtitute, the cooperative
adult - Jewish education project
of the Conservative synagogues
of Detroit.
Rabbi Gorrelick stated that
the entire community is invited
to hear Slomovitz' address about
the literary creativity and the
literary tastes of the Israeli
citizens.

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