A Stavsky Defense Committee has been organized in Bridgeport, Conn., according to advices received here by the local Stavsky group. Dr. Samuel Wurtzel heads the unit.
Other members include Rabbis Ephriam Pelckowitz and J. P. Machinbam, and Benjamin Rosenblatt, Frank Rabinowitz and Frank Jacoby. A call to Bridgeport Jews to assist toward the defense of Stavsky has been issued.
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