Glucksman Re-elected President of Social Work Body

Harry L. Glucksman of New York, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Board, was re-elected last night as president of the National Conference of Jewish Social Service at its business session.

It was the first time a president had been re-elected. He was drafted “because of the gravity of the situation and the necessity for continuance of policies,” according to the nominating committee.

Other officers elected are: Harry Greenstein of Baltimore, Joseph Levy of Chicago and Joseph J. Schwartz of Brooklyn, vice-presidents; Moses W. Beckelman, New York, treasurer and Joseph E. Beck of Philadelphia, treasurer.

Three new members were elected to the executive committee and a constitutional change voted to alter the organization’s name to “National Conference of Jewish Social Welfare.” The new members are Maurice Bernstein, New York; Elias Trotzkey and Marks Nathan of Chicago, and Frieda C. Romalis of St. Louis.

The new name connotes interest in a broader scope of Jewish communal affairs instead of restriction to social service alone, officials explained.

Earlier, a plea for retention of the essentially Jewish values in social work by keeping it a separate entity was made by four authorities in the field — Dr. Samuel C. Kohs, Graduate School of Jewish Social Work, New York; Dr. John Slawson, Jewish Board of Guardians, New York; Violet Kittner, Cleveland and Harold Silber, Detroit.

A paper on the “Content of Jewish Social Work” was presented after months of study. James Marshall of New York was chairman of the discussion. The participants included Harry L. Lurie of New York and Gertrude A. Glick of Baltimore.

“Jews in this country,” the paper said, “are faced with a paradox. The world generally doesn’t wish him to be a Jew; the world doesn’t wish him to be a non-Jew; it doesn’t want differences to exist, neither does it want them to vanish. Whether we will it or not, differences psychological and social exist.”