Evening star., 1925-04-26
HEBREW LEADERS
TO HEAR COOLIDGE
NotabIes to Attend Corner
Stone Laying at New
Center Building.

Corner stone laying exercises for
the New Jewish Community Center
at Sixteenth and Q streets, at which
President Coolidge will speak next
Sunday, will bring together leading
Jews from throughout the country,
while many prominent in official life
in Washington and representatives
from various Christian denominations
also will be present. Exercises are
to begin at 2:45 o'clock, with the
| President scheduled to speak at $780,
Word has been received that Louis
Marshall, New York lawyer and phi
| lanthropist; Harry Glucksman and nu-
merous prominent officials of the Jew
ish Welfare Board will be present.
Mr.. Marshall is to deliver an address,
| while addresses also will be delivered
by Bishop James e. Freeman of the
Episcopal diocese OF Washington and
Morris Cafritz. member of the build
| ing committee and of the board of
trustees of the Jewish Community
| Center.
| Isaac Cans TO Speak.
The President will be introduced by
| Isaac Cans, former president of the
| Washington Chamber of Commerce
1t is stated that the Presidents ad-
dress will be his first personal mes
sage to members of the Jewish faith
and, 1t is pointed out, his remarks will
bear particular significance due TO
| the Jewish Community Center of this
| city representing the national head
| quarters of Jewish center work
throughout America.
Arrangements have been made TO
have amplifiers to enable the assemb.
lage to hear the speakers, while the
| entire program is to be broadcast by
1 "a r1 u
M. II. A. and synagogue in the prin-
cipal cities have arranged for special
meetings to listen in"
NOtables to Attend.
Gen. John j. Pershing, Attorney
General Sargent, Maj. Gen. Lejeune
Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries and Gen
FRANK t. Hines, are expected to be
present at the exercises. Rudolph b
| Behrend is chairman in charge o.
ceremonies, and Joseph A Wilmer is
chairman of large committee of the
! community Center executive board
Wnich Is In charge of arrangements
while Mrs. Alvin Newmyer is chair
man OF the guest committee
Rellg1ous ceremonies in connection
with the laying Of the stone will be
performed by Rabbi Abram Simon
In accordance with an old Jewish Gus
tom. Rabbi Simon will pour oil owe,
the stone as it is placed in position.
motifs Cafritz will preside at a
| Iuncheon at the Cairo preceding the
corner stone laying exercises. Local
workers for the Jewish Community
! 1ehter and prominent out-of-town
guests will attend the luncheon.
The ground for the new building
was broken at special exercises held
February 10. when Isadore Freund
chairman of the building and site
committee, officially unearthed the
| first sod.
Structure Costs sioo. 900.
| The structure is being erected at q
/ cost which has been estimated at
s400.000, and will serve as both a
national and local community center
The building was made possible after
one OF the most successful drives In
the District which was oversubscribed
by thousands of dollars.
| 1t is planned that. the new building
VIII provide for every type of commu.
nifty activity There will be a large
auditorium with a seating capacity of
1.2OO, swimming pool, classrooms
roof garden, cafe, lodge and meeting
rooms and offices. B. Stanley Sim.
mons Is architect for the building.
Members or the building and site
| committee are as follows: Mr.. Freund
chairman; Morris Cafritz. j. b. Sha.
piro, Morris Within. Fred s. Gichner,
X. B. Behrend and Harry King. The
board of trustees of the Jewish Com.
munity Center Is composed of Simon
Atlas. r. b. Behrend. Morris Cafritz,
Morris Garfinkle, Fred S. Gichner
Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, Jacob
Hickman. Isidor Hershfeld, Paul
Himmelfarb. Rose Hornstein, Mrs.
Adolph Kahn. Mrs. Isadore Kahn.
Mortimer King. Mrs. James Lans-
| burgh, -Hyman n. Levy Rabbi J. r.
| Loeb, Simon Lyon, Maurice Mazo.
Mrs. Alvin Newmyer. I. B. Nordlinger.
| Capt. Julius !. Peyser. Rabbi Louis J
| Schwefel, j.. b. Shapiro. Miss Aline F..
! Solomons, Louise f. Spiegler, Morris
Stein, David Wiener, Joseph A. VIII
ner and Mrs. Alexander Wolf.
Only three Of the woman members
of the German Reichstag have college