R. J. JEVi l S!l !l l STO~ ICAL ASSOC. 11 209 A~I GELL ST• PROV. b. R. I. THE ONLY ANGLO-JEWISH WEEKLY IN R. I. AND SOUTHEAST MASS. VOL. XLVI, No. 37 NOVEMBER 23, 1962 12 PAGES Reform Groups Abram Says Minorities Control Hold Assembly Legislatures Through Apportionment BOSTON - Legislatures in which a minority of the people In Providence all 50 states will be controlled have 'legall)I' imposed their by a m inority of voters because views, taxes and programs on J ews must take seriously the of mal-apportionment , Morris the majority." Standing behind their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Smith, are "universal priestly vocation'' B. Abram. head of the American He predicted that reappor­ their four children, Hershel , Meryl, Arthur and Ea rl. which their religion requires of J ewish Committee's executive tionment cases now before the eve ry congregant. Rabbi W . board, recently stated here. courts in 35 states would give Gunther Plaut, senio r rabbi of Outmoded voting systems city and suburban voters their Archie Smith Receives Award Holy Blossom Congregation in have brought about this control, "first. fair political shake in 50 Toronto, Canada, told 500 it was rePQrted in the New years." For Work In Jewish Education Reform J ewish leaders from all York Times by Irving Spiegel, He said that reapportionment parts of New England at the By Celia Zuckerberg who covered Mr. Abram's speech also might weaken resistance to the abuse." These few men had Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in delivered last week at the clos­ desegregation in the South. In another story in this decided in 1942 that a Hebrew Providence, Saturday night. ing session of the committee's Mr. Abram, a New York law­ week's Herald there is a sen­ Day School was needed to pro­ Rabbi Plaut was the princi­ executive board meeting at the yer who is a native of Georgia. tence which mentions, rather. vide proper J ewish education pal speaker addressing the re­ Kenmore Hotel. argued that state's reapportion­ casually, that "Among the for the children of the J ewish cord gathering at the banquet Mr. Abram asserted that ment case before the Unitec eighteen other prominent J ew­ community, and 50 they con­ session of the Biennial As- "state governments have ac­ States District Court in Atlanta. ish communal leaders from tracted to buy a house on Pros­ ( Continued on Page 8) tually been instruments through Mr. Abram, a member of the various parts of the country pect Street which they could law firm of Paul Weiss, Rif­ _ who were presented with Torah use for the school. kind, Wharton & Garrison, was Umesorah Amudin Awards for Once the story appeared in Home For The Aged Elects the first legal director of the their active support of inten­ the daily paper, the whole com­ Peace Corps and is a member sive Jewish education was Ar­ munity according to Mr. Smith, Officers At Annual Meeting of the United Nations subcom­ chie Smith of Providence." Be­ became upset . They called a mission on the Prevention of hind this casual mention are meeting which the men work­ Max Alperin was re-elected All other officers were re­ Discrimination and the Protec­ many years of vigorous and ing for the day school were president of the Jewish Home elected for one year. New mem­ tion of Minorities. constant work tor Jewish edu­ asked to attend and "talk for the Aged of Rhode Island bers added to the board of di­ Cites Georgia cation in Providence. sense." at its 30th Annual Meeting held rectors igclude Mrs. A . Lloyd He cited Georgia as an ex­ on Nov. 18. Bazelon, Mrs. Jacob Katz, Lou­ ample of the injustice of mal­ Mr. Smith, a prominent At this meeting they were re­ is M. Macktez, Irving Schmug­ Providence attorney, who was Other officers who were re­ apportionment, saying that in quested to give up the idea since elected were Maurice Fox, Peter er, Sheldon Sollosy, Daniel 1961 "it took 159 college profes­ Assistant Attorney General of they were afraid that having a Cerel and Philip Seigle. The the State of Rhode Island for H . Bardach, Dr. Nathan A. sors In Atlanta to equal the vote school in that location would Bolotow, vice-presidents; Stan­ latter three were also appoint­ of ten tenant fannt rs in the 17 years, serving under three offend tho neighbors-and, they ley Gossman, treasurer; Samuel ed distrlet representatives for smallest Georgia county." administrations, is a friendly, were also afraid of the idea of the Cranston-Warwick area. genial individual who, on the Michaelson, assistant treasurer; Reapportionment, he said, a Hebrew Day School since Gerald Jacobs, financial secre­ Appoint Representatives surface, doesn't seem to take they felt it would make the will provide, "a new civil right tary, and Martin M . Temkin, Other district representatives for many Americans who Jive things too seriously. However, J ewish children seem different it becomes obvious after a short recording secretary. Mrs. Max who were re-elected were Her­ in urban areas.'' than their neighbors, says Mr. Leach. newly-elected president man N . Silverman, East Green­ time that althou~h he may Smith. Mr. Abram continued: seem to have a smile or a joke of the Ladles' Association of wich; Mrs. Max Adelson and "Much of the resistance to for practically everything, he The contract was dropped the Home was also elected as Edwin Josephson. Newport; the desegregation decisions has is quite serious about a great only to be ·picked up by an­ a vice-president. Herbert Pansy and Ben Sine!, been political; and unfortunate­ many things. other school. the Abbie Tuller Reports were given at the Pawtucket; Max Margolis, West ly, the political power of the Loveland School. which is still meeting by Maurice Fox, chair­ Warwick; Paul Bernon, Ar­ Helped Found Day School South has been based upon rural located at the same place. man of the BUdget Committee; thur I. Darman. Benjamin M. oriented voters." He was one of about a dozen Falk, Israel Medoff, Philip J . Start Campaign Again Mrs. A. Lloyd Bazelon, retiring He linked reapportionment to men who worked to found the president of the Ladies' Associ­ Medoff. Samuel J . Medoff, increasing political pewer for A year or two later when the Providence Hebrew Day School, ation; Max Alexa nder. execu­ Woonsocket. and Edward L. important "religious and ethnic and who at the start 'took all Luba vitch Y e s h i v a h School tive director. and Max Alperin, Leibovitz, Westerly. minorities in this country." opened on Orms Street, they president. again started a campaign for a Members of the Endowment In some states, Mr. Abram 13 Ex-Nazis On Trial Albert P . Russo, state director Fund Committee who were re­ said, "political life has been dis­ Hebrew Day School since they .l felt that the Yeshiva was act ­ of Social Welfare was guest elected included Samuel Ros­ tracted by the failure to include For Murder In Bonn ually wha t had been feared by speaker . Rabbi Pesach Krause en, chairman; Benjamin Brier , in the decision-making process­ of Cong regation B'nai Israel, Benjamin M . Falk, Samuel es all those whose welfare and the members of the J ewish Medoff, Samuel Tapaporte, Jr., life were affected." BONN Thirteen former community before - a throw­ Woonsocket ga ve the invoca­ Alexander Rumpler, Max Win­ As examples, Mr. Abram cited Nazi Storm Troopers and secu­ back which could only prove tion . and Joseph Galkin, exe­ ograd, Max Alperin, ex-officio, Mississippi, where about 30 per­ rity police officers went on trial harmful. cutive director, General J ewish last week on charges that they Committee, installing officer. Stanley Grossman, ex-officio. cent control the lower house. had murdered or abetted the The original Providence He­ murder of 170,000 J ews in the brew Day School was started in concentration camp of Chelmno 1946 in its building on Water­ in Poland. m an Street. The Lubavitch The trial is being held in the School closed because of its Provincial Court of Bonn. inability to raise funds, and The 200-page indictment, a this left a burden on the I year in preparation, charged hands of the new school. that starting in December , 1941, The Day School group, of Jews were transported daily which Mr. Smith was an ac­ from the ghetto in Lodz to the tive member and of which he death camp in an old castle. became the first president, had The nine-member jury heard enough money for the down one of the defendants, 50-year­ payment on the building, and old Walter Bock of Hanover, for teachers and other neces­ testify. The former non-com­ sities for kindergarten and first missioned officer in the S.S ., or grade classes for one year's op­ elite guard, was not asked to eration. Their intention had plead. This is customary in a been to add one grade each Qerman court. year. In this way they felt He said: "I did not mention they would have funds with my service in Chelmno in my which to work and they could denazlflcation proceedings be­ gradually accustom the com­ cause nobody asked me." He munity to the idea of a He­ was cleared and in 1947 re­ brew Day School. turned, with his old rank, to the police. However , they felt an obliga­ Heart disease forced him to tion to the other children who retire in 1957. To augment his were without a school and 50 pension, he took a part-time they were suddenly faced with Job as a truck driver .