William Weiss, chairman of a special committee appointed by Aldermanic President Bernard S. Deutsch to devise means of enforcing the state kosher law, announced yesterday that copies of four plans were being sent to committee members.
“In a week or so,” Weiss said, “we will meet again to try to select the most practical plan. In the interim all parties concerned will have ample time to consider each plan and choose the one most suited to the needs of the present situation.
The four plans under consideration are; one submitted by Dr. Nachman Ebin of the Kashruth Association, the group which has enforced voluntarily the kosher law during recent years; a plan drawn up by Dr. Moses Hyamson, former Acting Chief Rabbi of England, and a plan conceived by Benjamin Koenigsberg, a New York attorney acting independently of groups. The fourth plan will be submitted by Weiss.
WEISS PROPOSAL
“My plan,” Weiss said, “is drawn from the aggregate clauses of the other three. It includes a general statement of conditions now existing, the need for reform and creation of a special body to enforce the kosher law, and suggestions as to how a city kashruth group should be organized.”
Remarking on the difficulty of securing unity of opinion among factions concerned with the enforcement of the kashruth law, Weiss observed that “the best we can hope for at present is an agreement among those concerned upon practical suggestions for the enforcement of the kosher law. It appears difficult to obtain an agreement in a short time which will unite in one body all groups which are interested in the supervision and enforcement of the kosher food laws, but we are optimistic.”
Among the most pressing problems to be taken up when the committee reconvenes is that of whether the Department of Health or Department of Public Markets will enforce the kosher law.
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