(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
In the synagogues, as well as in the Christian churches, the leadership has been surrendered to the women, Joseph L. Kun, Assistant United States District Attorney of Philadelphia, declared at a dinner at the Phoenix Club, Baltimore, Md., given in honor of the executive board of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods of the Reform Jewish Congregations.
Mr. Kun pointed out that the purpose of the Federation of Brotherhoods was to persuade Jewish men and youths to “return to responsible leadership and greater activity in the affairs of the Jewish Congregations.”
Addresses were also made by Roger W. Strauss, president of the organization; Leonard S. Levin, of Pittsburgh, and Rabbi George Zeppin, of Cincinnati. Leonard Weinberg, Baltimore attorney, presided.
Rabbi Zeppin, referring to the growth of the organization, recalled that it was founded in 1923 with 40 congregations and 4,000 members enrolled. At present, he said, it includes 88 congregations and 15,000 members.
The board voted to publish a monthly bulletin, and to appoint an executive director for educational work. It also considered establishing a central bureau of education for the study of problems of youth. The national convention will be held January 18 at Cleveland.
BREVITIES
Eleven Jewish candidates for nominations in Cook County, Illinois, and Chicago were named at the primaries. Judge Henry Horner, Democrat, Probate Court; Morris Eller, Republican, Sanitary Trustee; Louis Golan, Republican, County Board; Judges of Municipal Court: Leo Klein, Joseph W. Schulman, Samuel Heller, Lawrence B. Jacobs, Republicans ; and Samuel E. Pincus, Democrat; A. J. Sabath and William X. Meyer, Democrats, Representatives in Congress and J. G. Jacobson, State Representative.
Six Ku Klux Klansmen are dead as the result of primary election rioting in Herrin, Ill. Several hundred shots were fired in a battle between Klan and anti-Klan factions.
Shooting began when some one fired at John Smith, a Klan leader, at his garage, near the Masonic Hall. Seven men were killed in a riot at the same garage in 1924.
Several machine guns were reported in use, and volleys were fired at intervals of four or five minutes.
Illinois militia, rushed to Herrin to preserve order, made no arrests. Martial law will be proclaimed, it is stated.
The Central Committee of the Zionist Labor Party. Hitachduth, will hold its sixth annual Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa, May 29-31.
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