Alfred M. Cohen Reelected President As Quinquennial B’nai B’rith Convention Ends

Alfred M. Cohen of Cincinnati was unanimously reelected president of the Constitution Grand Lodge of the International Order of B’nai B’rith at the conclusion of the quinquennial convention here whose four day business sessions were attended by over 500 delegates from all parts of the United States as well as foreign countries.

Other officers elected were Lucius L. Solomons, San Francisco, first vice-president; Archibald Marx, New Orleans, second vice-president. Executive committeemen elected were Louis Fabricant, New York, first district; Sidney G. Kusworm, Dayton, second district; Jacob Singer, Philadelphia, third district; Henry A. Alexander, Atlanta, fifth district; Henry Monsky, Omaha, sixth district; Dr. Leo Baeck, Berlin, eighth district, and Dr. David Yellin, Jerusalem, fourteenth district.

Members of the Court of Appeals elected were Joshua Kantrowitz, New York, first district; Karl Vetsburg, St. Louis, second district; Isidor Ro-

senthal, Lancaster, Pa., third district; Harry K. Wolff, San Francisco, fourth district; Joseph A. Fromberg, Charleston, S. C., fifth district; Dr. Adolph D. Wiener, Chicago, sixth district, and Ralph J. Schwartz, New Orleans, seventh district.

The machinery of the convention came to a halt for three quarters of an hour during the morning session, in spite of the rush to conclude the work within the scheduled time, to pay tribute to the leaders of the organization called by death during the past five years. Special tribute was paid to the memory of Adolph Kraus, for 20 years president of the Order, to Rabbi Benjamin Frankel, founder of the Hillel Foundations, and to Boris D. Bogen, executive secretary of the Order.

After resuming the regular order of business the convention adopted a motion favoring an amendment to the constitution creating a commission for the control of the Hillel Foundations which are now functioning in eight universities for the religious, cultural and social welfare of Jewish students. The proposed commission is to consist of 15 members, three of whom will not necessarily be members of the B’nai B’rith, thus making possible the appointment of women to the board. An annual budget of approximately $110,000 for the Hillel Foundations was approved.

The convention also adopted a recommendation providing for the raising of $300,000 annually for the wider-scope work and the good-will work and the aid of the Mayo Clinic was voted continued.

The value of the Order as a means of international good-will was stressed in an address by Dr. Leo Baeck, president of the German Rabbinical Assembly and of the German B’nai B’rith lodge. Mordecai Caspi, representative of the Palestine district, spoke to the delegates on the value of B’nai B’rith in his district senthal, Lancaster, Pa., third district; Harry K. Wolff, San Francisco, fourth district; Joseph A. Fromberg, Charleston, S. C., fifth district; Dr. Adolph D. Wiener, Chicago, sixth district, and Ralph J. Schwartz, New Orleans, seventh district.

The machinery of the convention came to a halt for three quarters of an hour during the morning session, in spite of the rush to conclude the work within the scheduled time, to pay tribute to the leaders of the organization called by death during the past five years. Special tribute was paid to the memory of Adolph Kraus, for 20 years president of the Order, to Rabbi Benjamin Frankel, founder of the Hillel Foundations, and to Boris D. Bogen, executive secretary of the Order.

After resuming the regular order of business the convention adopted a motion favoring an amendment to the constitution creating a commission for the control of the Hillel Foundations which are now functioning in eight universities for the religious, cultural and social welfare of Jewish students. The proposed commission is to consist of 15 members, three of whom will not necessarily be members of the B’nai B’rith, thus making possible the appointment of women to the board. An annual budget of approximately $110,000 for the Hillel Foundations was approved.

The convention also adopted a recommendation providing for the raising of $300,000 annually for the wider-scope work and the good-will work and the aid of the Mayo Clinic was voted continued.

The value of the Order as a means of international good-will was stressed in an address by Dr. Leo Baeck, president of the German Rabbinical Assembly and of the German B’nai B’rith lodge. Mordecai Caspi, representative of the Palestine district, spoke to the delegates on the value of B’nai B’rith in his district.