The Senate passed the resolution calling for an investigation of the official conduct of United States District Judge Grover M. Moscowitz of the Eastern New York District. The resolution has been sent to President Coolidge and it is understood he will sign it today.
The resolution directs a subcommittee, members of the House Judiciary Committee, to investigate charges made against Judge Moscowitz in an affidavit by Levine presented in the House by Congressman Somers of Brooklyn, in connection with bankruptcy administrations.
Judge Moscowitz announced in court on Friday that he will hear no more cases until the investigation is completed. Judge Moscowitz made the announcement before the Senate had approved the resolution. “I have considered the propriety of my continuing to sit and have concluded to discontinue holding court until the investigation is completed.” Judge Moscowitz said. “With the exception of repeating that I welcome the investigation in the abiding conviction that it will disclose that my career as one of the United States District Judges for the Eastern District of New York has been irreproachable, I have and will have no further statements to make.”
Raising of $25,000 featured the formal opening of the $250,000 building fund campaign of Kneseth Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Port Chester, N. Y., which took place following a mass meeting held in the Masonic Temple. The subscriptions represented the sale of seats in the new synagogue and brought the total amount of money raised up to $85,000.
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