The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-06
RACE PREJUDICE
Still EXISTING
Goldfosle Tells Members Of
B'nai Birth to Make
Lives Ideal Ones.
MANY ATTEND BANQUET


Warning the Jews of America against
allowing themselves to be deceived into
believing that prejudice against their race
Representative Henry NJ. Goldfogle OF
New York in a speech made last night
at the banquet OF the B'nai Birth order
at the Cafe Republique, urged the young
men hold before them the ideals of the
order and strive TO make of themselves
men against whom no prejudice could en-
dure.
Representative Goldfogie alluded TO the
bitter discussion which had taken place
on the floor of the House recently during
the consideration OF the illiteracy test
Incorporated in the Burnett immigration
bill.
DO not permit yourselves to believe"
said Representative Goldfogle, ''that some
the shafts uttered by the men who argued
for the bill were not aimed at your race.
These darts were meant for yours and
my brethren across the water. You know
II and ! know IT,
II have heard men behind closed doors.
where they felt safe that their remarks
would not reach the outside world TO con-
were entering this country of ours. They
did not say Jews but l know they
meant us.
Young men / charge you to keep ever
before you the ideal of your order and
live up to its teachings. II You do this
no man can hsrbor any prejudice against
our race. Make our order democratic
in its principles and workings and hold
none of your brethren so lowly that you
will not stoop to aid him."
Celebrate Anniversary.
The banquet last night was tine occa-
sion OF the celebration of the SEVENTEEN
anniversary OF the executive committee
OF the order Yesterday was not the ex-
act date OF the anniversary. but, as the
committee held a special meeting here,
Argo Lodge took advantage OF the op-
portunity TO act as host to many OF the
most prominent men OF the Jewish race
in America
Every member of the executive COM
mittee Was present last night, and had
a few words of praise for the order and
fits work. Those who spoke were Adolph
Kraus. Chicago; Lucius Solomons, San
Francisco: Jacob Singer. Philadelphia: I:
Jacob Furth. st. Louis: Alexander B.
Seelenfreund. Chicago; Charles Hartman.
New York; Rabbi z. n. Calisch. Rich
mond. Va: Philip Stein, Chicago: Joseph
Hirsh, Vicksburg. Miss; Rabbi Abram
Simon. and julius Peyser. Of Argo Lodge.
Prior 20 the banquet twenty new MEM
bers were initiated into the order.
Adolph Kraus delivered the charge to
the new members and made a forcefI
address upon the principles and aims OF
the order.
The annual election OF officers resulted
In the choice Of the following: A. c.
Meyer. president; Joseph l.. Topper. vice
president: Fred NJ. PeltZman, inner
guard: Leon II. Pretzfelder. outer guard &:
Morris Hahn. treasurer. and A Stern and
A. L. Adler. secretaries. The new officers
will be installed at the next meeting of
the order.
The executive committee and Julius
Peyser. Of the local lodge. have been
invited to a luncheon at the White House
to-day. President Taft will be presented
with the gold medal awarded to the one
who. in the orders judgment, has done
most toward the progress of the Jew
during the past year. The presentation
will be made by Adolph Kraus.
Present at Banquet.
Those present were: ]. I. Peyser. Isaac
Herman. I. S. Goldsmith, Milton Stras-
burger. Joseph Abel. Samuel Goldenberg.
Max Cohen, +. Heidenheimer. Jacob
Kohner. Edgar A. Behrend, Isaac Held
enheimer, l.. A. Yurman. Maurice Baer.
D. Eisenmann. Max Goodman. Nose
Eisenmenn. Adolph weyl. b. Greenberg,
Samuel Norwood. Joel Hillman. Henry L.
Kaufman. Mark stearman. Julius Kauf-
man. A. D. Prince, Maurice B. Sins
heimer. Morris Ganss, Julius Refs. Rev.
DR.. Abram Simon. s. V. Gusack. Samuel
CAMS. Joseph Stein. f. Mayer. Joseph
Herzog, Albert L. Adler. Jacque Heiden-
heimer. David Kahn. Max f. Kahn, II.
CoIman. Edward Kohner. Ben Living
ston, Harry W. Hahn. David Sanger, a.
L. Dembitz s. -. West. NJ. .. Rosen-
berg, b. Schapiro. f. Chas. Flesher. Jos.
strasburger, simon Wolf, ]. Eisenmann.
A. NJ. Fishei, David Gural. M Berlin.
Sig. Kaufman, Morris Solomon, Moses
Bretzfelder, Jos. L. Topper. Isaac
Cans. George b. Morris, Charles A.
Goldsmith, Alexander Wolf, Arnold
Hirsch. I. Grosner. l.. Richold.
A. Stern, d. Wiener, Maurice Davis. Leo
Colin, Julius Block. Lee Morris, A. c.
Mayer, A. Koenigsburg, Samuel NJ.
Louis, II. Glazer. ]. NJ. Stein. p. Lazarus.
&. J. Glaser, Henry S. Adler. Louis
Klein. Sidney W. Straus, Julius Lans-
burgh, Elon Behrend. A. Sigmund, II. ..
Sandberg, David Wolf. Louis Bush.
Leonard B. Schloss. II. Sackerman, J..
Bernstein. Phil Bobys. N. II. Caro-. NJ.
q. Pressler, Morris Hahn, Tyler Nord-
lineer, Morris II. Mazo, Fl. ]. Pack.
William E. Baff, Joseph Solomon, David
A. Baer, Nose ]. Jackson. Leonard Field
stein, Sol. Herzog, B. ID. Dreyfuss. Ivy
A. Pelzman. Samuel I. Racosan, Charles
Wolf, Albert f. Steinem, z. Elvone.
Rev. DR.. Louis Stern, ]. D. Dreyfuss,
Albert Foer. Morris II. Konigsberg.
Emanuel Kaufman. of Atlanta, Ga: Ed
win L. Levy, of Richmond Va; Colbert