Evening star., 1941-05-04
Three Day Meeting
OF B'hai Birth 10
Open Saturday
400 Delegates Expected;
Ruyburn to Be Honor
Guest at Banquet

Leaders of the B'nai Birth fra
ternal organization from the Eastern
Seaboard and Southern States will
attend the grand lodge convention
of the order here next Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. Approx
n1ately 400 delegates are expected
to attend the convention sessions
at the Willard Hotel, according to
Joseph A. Wilmer, chairman of
arrangements.
The third Speaker of the House
Of Representatives to address B'nai
Birth convention in Washington in
the past decade will be the guest
Of honor at the banquet on May IL.
Speaker Rayburn is expected to de-
liver an important message to B'nai
Birth and American JeWry on this
occasion. Henry Monsky of Omaha,
president of the Supreme Lodge of
B'nai Birth, also will address the
convention banquet.
A highlight of the three-day con-
vention will be the celebration of
the 50th anniversary of the found
ing of Argo Lodge of Washington
next Sunday night at the Jewish
Community Center.
Auxiliary to Play Leading Part.
The Woman's Auxiliary, headed
by its president, Mrs. Lawrence
Koenigsberger, will play a leading
part in the convention. Delegates
from the Women's District of Grand
Lodge No. will be given luncheon
by the auxiliary Monday, May IL,
at the Shoreham Hotel, at which
time Maurice Bisgyer, international
secretary of Bnai Birth, will speak
on Common Ground and Unified
Objectives."
Special religious services will be
held next Friday evening at the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Temple dedicated to the work of
B'nai Birth. Rabbi Norman Ger
stenfeld will deliver the sermon.
Next Sunday afternoon the dele
gates will visit the Hillel House,
operated by B'nai Birth at College
Park, Mr..
Chairman Wilmer last night an
nounced the names of members of
the various committees who will
welcome the delegates and arrange
for their entertainment.
Committee Members.
Members of the convention COM
nlitteeS follow:
Reception Committee-Col. Julius
!. Peyser, chairman; Judge Milton
ch
Morris Gewirz, Abraham Coonin,
DR.. Alec Horowitz, Charles A.
Goldsmith, Morris Cafritz, Milton
King, Abe Shefferman, Charles M.
RoSenthal, Louis Gutenberg, Fred S.
Gichner, Harry Viner, Harry Sher-
by, DR.. Edward A. Cafritz, Louis
z. Spiegler, Joseph Cherner, DR..
Jacob Kotz, DR.. Maurice Goldberg,
Maurice D. Rosenberg, Joel D.
WolfSohn, Charles B. Dulcan, Nor
MS Stern, Maurice Bisgyer, Julius
Refs, Morris Garfinkle, Lawrence
Koenigsberger, Col. John A. Kor-
man, Henry Salus, Benjamin Ouris-
man, Herman Robin, M. Lebowitz.
j. Barash, Elias Weinstein. Isaac
Jacobson, Edmund I. Kaufman,
Paul Himmelfarb, Nathan WE'LL,
Fred M. Pelzman, Alvin Newmyer,
Marx E. Kahn and Moe Gutenberg.
Banquet and Luncheons Commit
tee-Edward Rosenblum and David
Wiener, co-chairmen; Harry S.
Wender, Alfred L. Bennett, Mai.
Ivy A. Pelzman, Morris Blumenthal,
David Bornet, Dr.. Charles Bas-
seches, Henry Salus Joseph D. Bull
man, Sigmund Danzansky, Alfred
Goldstein, Barney Krucof and Ber-
hard L. Wilmer.
Registration Committee-Hyman
Goldstein, chairman; Abe Shelter
man, Seymour Guthman. I. A.
Peake, Oscar Fetterman, DR.. Alex
ander Rosenblum. DR.. Philip Diatz
Leon Katz, Herman Felter, Charles
A. Frank and Harry Rod.
Finance Committee-Edward C.
Ostrow and Benjamin Ourisman.
co-chairmen; Morris Cafritz, Harry
Viner, Joseph Cherner, Moe Of
fenberg, Frederick M. Blum and
Herbert GlaSSman.
Publicity Committee-Bernard H.
Flschgrund and Leo j. Pinkus, CO.
chairmen; Norman Kal, Nathan
Freehof. Nathaniel Goldberg, Her.
bert Levy, Nathan Wallack, Alvin
Q. Ehrlich, Henry j. Gertler, Ber-
nard Klateman, Robert j. Roth
stein, jr.. and Irwin A. Wollocn.
Z Committee on Arrangements
Soseph A. Wilmer. chairman; Philip
Goldstein, Edward Rosenblum. Leon
Katz, David Wiener, Isaac Levin,
Sol Fass, Jesse Fine, Julius Fisher,
Abe Shefferman and Harry Doctor.