A suit for damages will be entered if 26 tenants of the Sholom Aleichem co-operative apartment, occupied by 212 Jewish writers’ and artists’ families, are evicted in accordance with dispossess warrants issued by Justice William E. Morris of the Second District Court, it is learned.
Attorney for the tenants claimed that Justice Morris had refused to admit evidence and had made premature judgments.
The situation arose through the foreclosure on the house, which was built and occupied on a co-operative basis. The tenants claim that an agreement was reached with the landlord of the house to permit half of the rental to drift provided the co-operative association paid the other half. The association paid $1,000, but the landlord did not live up to his half of the agreement, while the title guaranty company likewise failed to adhere to an agreement tentatively arranged by its representative. As a result, the majority of tenants have gone on strike, refusing to pay their rent.
The “World Telegram,” commenting on this situation, declares: “The Sholom Aleichem centre was a courageous social experiment which succeeded in all but finances. The depression defeated it there. The 212 families are anxious to remain together and continue their community life. Some agreement should be reached permitting them to do this.”
President George E. Gordon of Congregation Beth-El of Chelsea, Mass., announces that Rabbi Jacob Freedman of Springfield, Mass., who formerly occupied pulpits at Amsterdam, N. Y. and Long Beach, Cal., has been elected as the officiating rabbi of Congregation Beth-El in Chelsea.
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