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In that article Mr.. Gutenberg
linked the fact that the Presi-
dent must have the permission
Of Congress to address that
body with the quarrel which
King Charles I of England had
with the Parliament of his day
His articles for the Ameri-
can Bar Association Journal
covered such subjects as the
Annapolis convention of 1876
and the birth of the American
Republic and Lord Chief JUS
tice Coke.
Mr.. Ottenberg's most recent
article-in this months Dis
trict Bar Journal-was to be
the first of two on THE North
hampton Protest, 1852" in which
he examined one of the first
American protests against tax
alton without representation.
Active in League
During the 1930s Mr.. Often
berg was active in the affairs
of the Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai Birth. He had been
one Of the original incorpo-
rators of that organization.
At that time Mr.. Gutenberg
also assisted in bringing SO
persons from Nazi Germany to
the United States.
A native of Washington. Mr..
Gutenberg was the son of
Isaac Gutenberg, who founded
the Gutenberg Bakery here.
He attended the old Central
High School in the District
and the University of Pennsyl-
vania. He received his law de-
gree from Georgetown Univer-
Sity in 1911 and was admitted
to practice in the District. He
was subsequently admitted to
practice before all United States
courts.
One of Mr.. Ottenberg'S out
standing projects in recent
years was the establishment of
a memorial to the Magma Carta
in Runnymede, England.
Saw Need on Trip
The memorial, dedicated in
1857 after American lawyers
had contributed nearly $50, 900,
was proposed by Mr.. Gutenberg
after a trip to England in 1855.
In London with his wife for
some legal studies at the
British Museum. he noted an
exhibit case outside the read
ing room which showed one
of the four surviving copies of
the Great Charter.
Told there was a magnificent
memorial at Runnymede, some
30 miles from London, he asked
some relatives to drive him
there.
The magnificent memorial"
was there, indeed, but instead
of honoring the charter cere-
monies in the year 1915, it was
in memory of World War II
Royal Air Force flyers.
Looking across the plain
where the cornerstone of Eng
liSh - and American - liberties
was laid, Mr.. Ottenberg'S i'm
agination saw the barons and
their retainers presenting their
demands to King John. But
there was no memorial.
Called on Bar Head
Back in Washington, Mr..
Gutenberg called Charles S.
Rhyme of the American Bar
Association, then head of the
District Bar Association, who
took the project successfully
through the association to its
dedication two years later.
One of the original organizers
OF the Legal Aid Bureau here
Mr.. Gutenberg was long active
in Washington civic affairs.
Appointed in 1914 to head a
committee investigating loan
shark" operations in the Dis
trict-an augury of his daugh-
ter's investigative reporting
Mr.. Gutenberg became deeply
interested in social work.
For 10 years he served as
legal adviser to the Associated
Charities. later known as the
Family Service Association.
Headed Budget Committee
In 1885 he was appointed
chairman of the Community
Chest Budget Committee after
he served earlier as chairman
of the committees subcommit-
tee in charge of character
building Chest institutions.
Mr.. Gutenberg was a member
of the Masons, Stansbury Lodge,
No. "a, Gavel Club.
Like her husband, Mrs. Ot-
tenberg also is active in District
affairs and in 1858 was named
the outstanding District citi-
zen" by the League of Women
Voters.
In addition to his wife and
daughter, Mr.. Gutenberg leaves
a son, Louis, jr., of 1904 Colston
drive, Silver Spring; another
daughter, Mrs. Regina Green
hill of North Miami Beach,
Fla; two sisters. Mrs. Bertha
Pressler and Mrs, Jennie o. |
Berliner, both of Los Angeles,
and two grandsons and one
granddaughter.