Evening star., 1935-05-05

States. Ss*
Response to the Alfred M. Cohen.
greetings will be made by Judge I. M.
Golden Of San Francisco, first vice
president Of Constitution Grand
Lodge. President Cohen will follow
Judge Golden on the platform. deliv-
ering his annual message.
The delegates will assemble this aft
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock in Arlington
National Cemetery, where they will
dedicate a plaque to Americas war
dead, and will place a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The
cemetery rites will be featured by
military exercises, participated in by
the local post of the Jewish War Vet
erans and its ladies' auxiliary.
Get-Together Tonight.
An informal get-together session
will be held this evening at the Jewish
Community Center, where the local
lodge members will receive the visit
ing delegates. For this gathering
Harry Viner, chairman Of the local
Convention Committee, has prepared
q two-hour program Of entertainment.
Among the entertainers will be mem
bers of the Troika troupe, acts from
the Earle and Fox Theaters. The
master of ceremonies will be Phil
Lampkin. conductor Of the Fox The
ater Orchestra.
Tomorrow morning the delegates
will hear reports Of the Grand Lodge
secretary, DR.. I. M. Rubinow: the
chairman of the Anti-defamation
League, Sigmund Livingstone, and di-
rector of the B'nai Birth Hillel Foun-
dations, DR.. A. L. Sacher. In the
afternoon, reports will be made by
Maurice D. Rosenburg, Washington
representative of the B'nai Birth; Sam
Beber. president Of the Aleph Zedik
Aleph, a junior branch of the order;
Sidney G. Kusworm, chairman Of the
Americanization department, and Louis
J. Borinstein, chairman Of the Wider
Scope Commission. All sessions Of
the convention are open to the public.
Tomorrow night the convention BAN
quet will have as the guest of honor
Speaker Joseph w. Byrns, whose ad-
dress on THE Jews Contribution to
the United States" will be broadcast
over q national hook-up from l0:l5
to 10:45 pm. The president of the
Grand Lodge will act as toastmaster
and Judge !. M. Golden of San Fran
cisco will deliver an address. The
heads of all the national Jewish or
CARNATIONS have been invited to at
tend the banquet, at which more than
600 guests are expected. Edward Ros-
enblum of Washington is chairman
of the Banquet Committee.
Report From Europe.
At the Tuesday session of the con-
vention, M. Gordon Liverman. presi-
dent of the B'nai Birth in England,
will deliver one of the most important
addresses Of the session on "The B'nai
Birth in Europe" The serious situa-
ton Of the Jews in Germany and
delegates.
wednesday morning Col. Norman
Rentwich, q member Of the League
Commission for Refugees, will speak
on what is being done to find homes
In Palestine for Jews who have been
forced to leave Germany. Col. Bent
wich was the first attorney general
of Palestine and Is regarded as q
leading authority ON the Jewish home
land movement.
Among other important matters to
come up at the Grand Lodge sessions
is a proposed new constitution for
the fraternal order. The new con-
stitution takes cognizance Of the
growth of women's suxiliaries and
will admit women to the full privileges
Of the order. It Is also proposed to
hold meetings of the Grand Lodge
instead Of every i've years
as heretofore.
The B'nai Firth was founded %
wears ago, and during most of its early
years was devoted principally to phil
anthropic activities, such as the sup
port Of numerous hospitals and or
phanages. During the past IS years,
however, the order has taken on sew
eral new activities, such aS the Anti
defamation League and the Hillel
which have become the
most important interests Of the Grand
Lodge.
The Anti-defamation League has
been instrumental in counteracting
subversive propaganda and in shield
ing the Jew from ridicule and perse-
cution. The Hillel Foundations are
cultural centers set up in number
of the larger universities to provide
Jewish students with an opportunity
OF studying Jewish history and phil