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British Politician
Lord Shinwell Dies
London (JTA) — Lord Shin-
well, the poor Jewish boy from
London's East End who rose to
become one of Britain's most con-
troversial and best loved politi-
cians, died May 8 at age 101.
One of the founding fathers of
the British Labor Party,
Emanuel Shinwell first earned
his reputation for uncompromis-
ing militancy in the shipbuilding
unions of Glasgow's River Clyde.
Lord Shinwell was born in the
Spitalfields district of London's
East End.
When he was nine years old,
the family moved Glasgow,
where he acquired his broad Scot-
tish accent, and a reputation as a
bare knuckle boxer. He threw
himself into the workers' strug-
gle at an early age and was jailed
for inciting riots. In 1922, he was
elected to the House of Commons
on the Labor ticket and 16 years
later crossed the floor to punch a
Conservative member who had
told him to "Go back to Poland."
In 1933, the year the Nazis
seized power in Germany, Lord
Shinwell made a speech at. the
British Labor Party conference in
which he proudly avowed his
membership in the "Jewish race"
and said he had never sought to
conceal it.
Even so, he had little time for
religious observance and it was
not until he was in his 80s that he
began appearing on Jewish pub-
lic platforms as a defender of Is-
rael.
As a member of the first Labor
government after World War II,
he. was formally a party to the
anti-Zionist policies of Foreign
Secretry Ernest Bevin, even
though, as Minister of Fuel and
Power, he had little to do with
foreign policy.
Privately, though, he bitterly
disagreed with Bevin.
His own ministerial involve-
ment in Palestine began at the
end of 1947 when, on becoming
Minister of War, he was in charge
of the wihdrawal of the British
Army. He ordered the army to
pull out with the minimum risk
to itself and without favoring
either the Jews or Arabs.
Dr. Milton Miller
Dr. Milton K. Miller, an osteo-
pathic surgeon, died May 13 at
age 61.
A native of New Jersey, Dr.
Miller was actively involved in
Detroit's Allied Jewish Cam-
paign. He was a member of the
Campaign Cabinet and the Pro-
fessional Division and helped
build up the osteopaths section.
He was a director of the Detroit
Service Group nd the Ambas-
sador's Society of Trustees of
State of Israel Bonds. In 1975 and
1985, Dr. Miller was presented
with the Maimonides Award of
Israel Bonds.
Last year, Dr. Miller received
the Orel F. Martin Medal of the
American College of Osteopathic
Surgeons "for years of exemplary
service." •
He served in the U.S. Navy and
studied at New York University
and Kirksville College of Osteo-
pathic Medicine. He interned and
did a residency in bbstetrics/
gynecology and a residency in
surgery at Detroit Osteopathic
Hospital.
Dr. Miller was on the staffs of
Oakland General, Pontiac Osteo-
pathic, Troy Beaumont, DOH and
Bi-County Community Hospitals.
He was a diplomate in surgery of
the American Osteopathic Board
of Surgery and later was named a
fellow of the American College of
Osteopathic Surgeons and the
American College of Osteopathic
Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
He received the Distinguished
Osteopathic Surgeon Award and
was elected to the board of gover-
nors of the College.
He was chairman of the com-
mittee on postgraduate education
of the American College of Oste-
opathic Surgeons. He chaired the
examination committee and
served as secretary of the Ameri-
can Osteopathic Board of
Surgery.
Dr. Miller leaves his wife,
Florence; three sons, Dr. Louis of
New York, Mark and Kevin of
New Jersey; two brothers, Meyer
and Ralph, both of New Jersey;
and one granddaughter.
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Herschel Bernardi
Los Angeles -- Herschel Ber-
nardi, the voice of the Charlie the
Tuna character in the Starkist
TV commercial and longtime
Braodway actor, died May 8 at
age 62.
Mr. Bernardi played Tevye in
the Broadway musical Fiddler on
the Roof and Lt. Jacoby in the
Peter Gunn TV series. In com-
mercials, he also was known as
the voice of the Jolly Green
Giant.
A native of New York, Mr.
Bernardi began his career in the
Yiddish theater and later
enrolled in the Actors Lab. For a
time, he ended up on the
entertainment industry's
blacklist, but still was able to act
in commercials.
He starred in his own TV
series, Arnie. In film, he ap-
peared in Irma La Douce.
Harry Horwitz
Harry Horwitz, former owner
of City Typewriter Sales in
Roseville, died May 8 at age 76.
Born in Detroit, Mr. Horwitz
moved to Tamarac, Fla., seven
years ago. He also was the owner
of Victory Venetian Blinds in De-
troit. He was a member and
president of Tikvah Lodge of
B'nai B'rith, a member of the
Sands Point Lodge of B'nai B'rith
in Tamarac, and its Anti-
Defamation League chairman
and editor of its newspaper.
He leaves his wife, Annette;
two sons, Ronald of Oak Park and
Lawrence of Narberth, Pa.; two
sisters, Mrs. George R. (Helen)
Klein of Birmingham and Mrs.
Albert (Sylvia) Gordon of Ocean-
side, Calif.; and six grand-
children. Interment Detroit.
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