A testimonial dinner here tonight for Judge Louis Levinthal, prominent jurist and long-time American Jewish leader, marked the dedication in his honor of a room in the Stephen S. Wise Congress House in New York. Judge Justine Wise Polier of New York, vice-president of the A. J. C., praised the Philadelphia leader for his role in fighting for Jewish rights in this country and as a pioneer participant in the development of the Zionist movement.
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