“The death of Dr. Lee K. Frankel creates a vacancy that will be very difficult to fill,” Alfred M. Cohen, international president of B’nai Brith, declared here today. “His personality was the very finest. He was a technician but nonetheless because of that a lover of his fellow men.
“He filled a large place in worldly affairs but never wavered in his concern for his Jewish brethren who were first in his thoughts. His counsel was wise and dispassionate and dependable. It will be long ere we see his like again. His memory will be cherished by all with whom he came in contact.”
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