NAWSA SUBJECT FILE Cooper, Rose H. Page Two THE JEWISH ADVOCATE THE JEWISH ADVOCATE PUBLISHED FOR NEW ENGLAND JEWS DEDICATED TO AMERICANISM AND JUDAISM (30th Year) Published Every Tuesday and Friday in the Year by the JEWISH ADVOCATE PUBLISHING CORPORATION at 113 Munroe Street, Lynn, Massachusetts, Breakers 5225 Publishers also of The Springfield Review and the Connecticut Hebrew Record Printing Plant: 251 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A. ALEXANDER BRIN, President and Publisher JOSEPH G. BRIN, Treasurer and Counsel ABRAHAM WEISBERG, Business Manager (Member Boston Better Business Bureau) Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc., which maintains a world- circling chain of news correspondents: PARIS - J. Goldberg BERLIN - Dr. M. Wurmbrandt WARSAW - M. Moses JERUSALEM - S. Schwartz VIENNA - M. L. Tenenblatt ROME - Dr. M. Beilinson MADRID - Dr. Ignaczio Bauer Dr. Wolfgang Von Weisl, special traveling correspondent in the Mid-East CONSTANTINOPLE - M. Rosenbaum BUCHAREST - J. 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The Committee just simply appointed an Irish woman to talk Yiddish to the non-English speaking Jewish mothers whose children, like many others, sometimes stay away from school; and because the parents cannot write English, are more apt to have their absences investigated than those coming from English speaking homes. Was this just a sudden thought on the part of the Boston School Committee to appoint a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer -- a sudden impulse which they could not resist? And is it that there were no intelligent men and women in the community whom they might have consulted before doing this ridiculous thing? Let us review briefly a few of the salient points relative to this little joke: For nearly a decade, THE JEWISH ADVOCATE, together with the B'nai Brith, the Boston Central Labor Union and thousands of earnest citizens in social, civic, religious and labor organizations as well as the leaders of the Boston press, Jewish and non-Jewish, have urged the Boston School Committee to improve the service rendered by the Attendance Department of our public schools, by selecting from the eligible Civil Service list those candidates possessing the best education, training and abilities necessary to strengthen the Department, to bring it up to the standard of the rest of the Boston public school system. For, it had been disclosed, in a survey made by the late Superintendent, Jeremiah E. Burke, more than ten years ago, that the Boston Attendance Department ranked next to the lowest in the country, for efficiency. And very recently, a report of the Boston Mental Hygiene Survey and the Delinquency Committee of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection stated, after making a special study of the Boston Attendance Department, that "with certain individual exceptions, the attendance officers in Boston lacked the training which would enable them to ascertain the causes of truancy either on the basis of home situations, physical condition, or personality handicaps... Truancy, in common with all other human behavior phenomena, is the result of many complicated and conflicting forces, and there is in the Boston public schools, at present, no method by which this complicated causation may be studied." The citizens have sent letters, hundreds of petitions; committees have appeared at conferences and hearings. They have pointed out time and again that a department containing more than thirty officers who are charged with the duty of delivering the school message to the foreign-born mother -- as well as the native -- should have among their numbers some who can talk with and understand the non-English speaking mothers -- or the message cannot be "delivered." It was called to their attention that this need was recognized by the School Committee some years ago through the efforts of David Ellis, chairman, when two Italian officers able to speak their native tongue were appointed to work among the Italian population. With a Jewish population of more than 100,000; more than 30,000 children coming from Jewish homes, constituting the four women whose names were submitted stood higher than the four men in Civil Service rating." --- "Those whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad." And now, after ten years of trying to break through this madness, we are beginning to discern the "method." When first we suggested to the Boston School Committee members that they increase the number of immigrant= speaking attendance officers they answered us with the illuminating statement that language, a common language, is not at all a necessity in human communication; it is, in fact, a "handicap," and to prove this remarkable assertion they summoned the two Italian officers, who declared that their knowledge of Italian is no help to them, at all, in their work with the Italian parents; it is, in fact, a "handicap." With such authentic proof to the contrary - how could they consider a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer? Oddly enough, neither that School Committee, nor any other since, has thought of transferring those men from the Italian section where their language is such a "handicap." They are still there today! Now, however, it's all changed. A common language is no longer a handicap. It is an asset - a help; in fact, so great a help that one of the candidates, an Irish woman, a clerk in City Hall, was persuaded to give up her lunch periods during the last six months to "master" Yiddish an Hebrew so as to "qualify" for her work as attendance officer in a Jewish district - which apparently had all been arranged for her. Last Tuesday morning it was announced that she had "mastered Yiddish, Hebrew, prayers and all" to the satisfaction of the School Committee, who of course were able to judge of that qualification - four of the members being of Irish stock and one of American descent. Because of that mastery she was appointed to work in Jewish districts - to interpret the Jewish home - the non-English speaking Jewish mother. Is Yiddish important now in attendance work in Jewish districts? The School Committee certainly convinced everybody last Tuesday morning, when they announced on the front page of The Boston Herald, that a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer was appointed. For the benefit of our readers who may not have seen it, we reprint the report as it appeared in the Herald: IRENE DONOVAN GETS YIDDISH JOB --- New School Attendance Officer Has Studied and Speaks Language --- For years the Boston School Committee, in heated sessions, has been urged to appoint an attendance officer who was (1) a woman, and (2) able to speak Yiddish. Last night the Committee without a dissenting voice appointed Miss Irene Donovan of Jamaica Plain who was first on the woman's list, thus continuing a practice of years standing. It was explained by the Chairman William Arthur Reilly, while the controversy over the appointment was at its height, that Miss Donovan had studied Yiddish and could speak it fluently. Now, these reports in the Tuesday morning papers following the Monday night meetings, are not the vagaries of inexperienced reporters. The stories are given to special school reporters and are invariably as the Boston School Committee WANTS THEM PRINTED. In view of this fact, the report in The Boston Globe is even more significant. Here it is in toto: Attendance Officer Named At the regular business session, the question of appointing a Yiddish- speaking woman attendance officer was settled when the Committee voted unanimously to appoint Miss Irene E. Donovan, a disabled war veteran and army nurse, who has a thorough knowledge of the Yiddish language. Miss Donovan stood at the head of the woman's list. the names of the three leading men and the three leading women were placed before the Committee and all voted for the woman at the head of the list. A knowledge of foreign languages is not a Civil Service requisite for the position, but the fact that Miss Donovan is so equipped, is believed to answer the request of the Central Labor Union and many citizens. There was no doubt in anybody's mind last Tuesday morning, after reading the above reports, that the Boston School committee expected, as the Globe reporter so aptly drawn out into the open the octopus, Bigotry, hiding and skulking in places where we least suspect it to be. The complete story of this Ten Year's War against Bigotry will amaze and startle the decent citizens of our city, and awake them, we hope, to a realization of their civic duty to choose for School Committee members, men and women of integrity, interested in ALL the children of ALL the schools of the city. The story will detail living pages of Boston history during the last ten years and will recount and describe School Committee sessions and actions that will astonish even gray-haired teachers of civics in our schools and colleges. It will turn on the searchlight of information and analysis on the machinations and maneouvers of School Committee members, so that future generations may know, and [?]ape being fooled in a similar way. And, if THE JEWIS ADVOCATE and the thousands of citizens who have participated in this movement accomplish no more - they will have rendered a lasting and invaluable service to the community. ------- Among the innumerable leaders who have participated in this great educational movement may be cited the following: Rabbi Harry Levi, Temple Israel; Robert W. Kelso, executive secretary, Boston Council of Social Agencies; Rev. William S. Packer, Rabbi Samuel Abrams, Mrs. Ely [?]-eibelman, president, League of Jewish Women's Organizations; Mrs. Esther M. Andrews, member Governor's council; Judge A. K. Cohen, Judge A. E. Pinanski, Judge Sadi Lipner Shulman, Assistant U. S. Attorney Elihu D. Stone, Robert Silberman, Maurice B. Hexter, former executive director, Federated Jewish Charities; Mrs. Ellor Carlisle Ripley, assistant superintendent, Boston Public Schools; Miss Cora Bigelow, master's assistant, Peter Faneuil School; Miss Gertrude O. Oppenheim, Mrs. Sheldon Glueck, Harvard Crime Survey; Miss Georgia Elv, Y. Q. C. A.; Miss Mary Driscoll, Mrs. Sophie W. Myers, past president of Hadassah; Mrs. William Mann, Mrs. Maurice Sapers, president, Women's Scholarship Association; Moses M. Mishel, president, Boston Association of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; Mrs. Rose Small, president, Child Study Association; Senator Max Ulin, Representatives Julius, Soble, Hyman Manevitch, Isidor H. Fox, Dr. Bernard Finkelstein, Councillors Israel Ruby, David Brackman and Herman Bush, James T. Moriarty, president, State Federation of Labor; J. Arthur Moriarty, president, Boston Central Labor Union; E. A. Johnson, secretary, Building Trades Council; Mrs. Mary Gordon Thompson, president, Women's Trade Union League; Mrs. Julia O. Parker, Electrical Workers' Union; Sylvester J. McBride, Boston Typographical Union; John J. Kearney, business agent, Hotel and Restaurant Workers International Union; John Van Vaerynwich, business agent, Neckwear Workers' Union; Abraham A. Pearlstein, Francis P. Fenton, Mrs. Maude Foley, Mrs. Arthur Wilson, Mrs. David Small, president, Jewish Anti- Tuberculosis Association; Mrs. Aaron A. Hailparn, president, Jewish Children's Aid Society; Leon Arkin, Jewish forward; Abraham Alpert, Jewish Sunday American; David Malkiel, The Day; Mrs. Maurice Sapers, president, Women's Scholarship Association; Quincy I. Abrams, president, Amos Lodge, B'nai Brith; Mrs. David Peskin, president, Amos Auxiliary; Mrs. Rose Norwood, secretary, Telephone Operators Union; Nathan A. Pinanski, president, Congregation Adath Jushurun; Nathan Heller, Transit Commissioner of Boston; David M. Watchmaker, Samuel Kalesky, Associate Commissioner of Mental Disease; Jacob J. Wiseman, George W. Roewer, Joseph Bearak, Mrs. Julius Cohen, Mrs. Frances Winer, Mrs. Rose Geffen, Dr. Hyman Morrison, Dr. Abraham Myerson, Professor Nathan Isaacs, D. Chauncy Brewer, president, North American Civic League for Immigrants, and many more, too numerous to mention. ------- 000016 The School Committee's Little Joke The Boston School Committee has attempted to put over a little joke on the people -- a "practical" joke. And, like so many "practical jokes" it has brought the laugh on the perpetrators, and disgust and resentment, from every angle in the community. The Committee just simply appointed an Irish woman to talk Yiddish to the non-English speaking Jewish mothers whose children, like many others, sometimes stay away from school; and because the parents cannot write English, are more apt to have their absences investigated than those coming from English speaking homes. Was this just a sudden thought on the part of the Boston School Committee to appoint a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer -- a sudden impulse which they could not resist? And is it that there were no intelligent men and women in the community whom they might have consulted before doing this ridiculous thing? Let us review briefly a few of the salient points relative to this little joke: For nearly a decade, THE JEWISH ADVOCATE, together with the B'nai Brith, the Boston Central Labor Union and thousands of earnest citizens in social, civic, religious and labor organizations as well as the leaders of the Boston press, Jewish and non-Jewish, have urged the Boston School Committee to improve the service rendered by the Attendance Department of our public schools, by selecting from the eligible Civil Service list those candidates possessing the best education, training and abilities necessary to strengthen the Department, to bring it up to the standard of the rest of the Boston public school system. For, it had been disclosed, in a survey made by the late Superintendent, Jeremiah E. Burke, more than ten years ago, that the Boston Attendance Department ranked next to the lowest in the country, for efficiency. And very recently, a report of the Boston Mental Hygiene Survey and the Delinquency Committee of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection stated, after making a special study of the Boston Attendance Department, that "with certain individual exceptions, the attendance officers in Boston lacked the training which would enable them to ascertain the causes of truancy either on the basis of home situations, physical condition, or personality handicaps... Truancy, in common with all other human behavior phenomena, is the result of many complicated and conflicting forces, and there is in the Boston public schools, at present, no method by which this complicated causation may be studied." The citizens have sent letters, hundreds of petitions; committees have appeared at conferences and hearings. They have pointed out time and again that a department containing more than thirty officers who are charged with the duty of delivering the school message to the foreign-born mother -- as well as the native -- should have among their numbers some who can talk with and understand the non-English speaking mothers -- or the message cannot be "delivered." It was called to their attention that this need was recognized by the School Committee some years ago through the efforts of David Ellis, chairman, when two Italian officers able to speak their native tongue were appointed to work among the Italian population. With a Jewish population of more than 100,000; more than 30,000 children coming from Jewish homes, constituting over 25 per cent, of the entire public school population, it was not unreasonable to demand that at least one attendance officer be appointed who can talk with and understand the non-English speaking Jewish mother! It was also stressed that as the Department at the time contained over 28 men and not a single woman, that all future vacancies be filled with duly qualified women on the eligible list until, as the Boston League of Women Voters stated in a resolution to the Boston School Committee: "... so that there may be a sufficient number of women school attendance officers able to cope with the special problems of early childhood and the adolescent girl." This, in brief, is the sum total of what THE JEWISH ADVOCATE and the thousands of citizens in the community have been urging for the last ten years, during which time Jewish candidates with college education, social service and teaching experience, men who are war veterans, and women -- veterans in the cause of education and public service -- have stood high on the Civil Service list. So high that they have been certified by the Civil Service Commission again and again for permanent appointment, but each time failed to secure such an appointment. The late Mrs. Mary Tenney Healy, then president of the Boston League of Women Voters, after one of these incredible instances, wrote to the membership of the League: "It would be impossible to reproduce adequately to you the impression made upon us by the scene enacted by the School Committee that night. Only one woman received an appointment, the other two vacancies being filled by men, though periods during the last six months to "master" Yiddish and Hebrew so as to "qualify" for her work as attendance officer in a Jewish district--which apparently had all been arranged for her. Last Tuesday morning it was announced that she had "maser Yiddish, Hebrew, prayers and all" to the satisfaction of the School Committee, who of course were able to judge of that qualification--four of the members being of Irish stock and one of American descent. Because of that mastery she was appointed to work in Jewish districts -- to interpret the Jewish home -- the non-English speaking Jewish mother. Is Yiddish important now in attendance work in Jewish districts? The School Committee certainly convinced everybody last Tuesday morning, when they announced on the front page of The Boston Herald, that a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer was appointed. For the benefit of our readers who may not have seen it, we reprint the report as it appeared in the Herald: IRENE DONOVAN GETS YIDDISH JOB New School Attendance Officer Has Studied and Speaks Language For years the Boston School Committee, in heated sessions, has been urged to appoint an attendance officer who was (1) a woman, and (2) able to speak Yiddish. Last night the Committee without a dissenting voice appointed Miss Irene Donovan of Jamaica Plain who was first on the woman's list, thus continuing a practice of years standing. It was explained by Chairman William Arthur Reilly, while the controversy over the appointment was at its height that Miss Donovan had studied Yiddish and could speak it fluently. Now, these reports in the Tuesday morning papers following the Monday night meetings, are not the vagaries of inexperienced reporters. The stories are given to special school reporters and are invariably as the Boston School Committee WANTS THEM PRINTED. In view of this fact, the report in The Boston Globe is even more significant. Here it is in toto: Attendance Officer Names At the regular business session, the question of appointing a Yiddish-speaking woman attendance officer was settled when the Committee voted unanimously to appoint Miss Irene E. Donovan, a disabled war veteran and army nurse, who has a thorough knowledge of the Yiddish language. Miss Donovan stood at the head of the woman's list. The names of the three leading women were placed before the Committee and all voted for the woman at the head of the list. A knowledge of foreign languages is not a Civil Service requisite for the position, but the fact that Miss Donovan is so equipped, is believed to answer the request of the Central Labor Union and many citizens. There was no doubt in anybody's mind last Tuesd morning, after reading the above reports, that the Boston School Committee expected, as the Globe reporter so aptly expressed it, that "the question of appointing a Yiddish-speaking woman attendance officer was settled" and that this action was "believed to answer the request of the Central Labor Union and many citizens." We cannot speak for other organizations, but we want to say most emphatically for ourselves, and the thousands of Jewish men and women who have so earnestly labored in this movement, that the question of appointing a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer is NOT SETTLED! And we suggest, further, this thought to the members of the Boston School Committee, that NOTHING IS SETTLED, THAT IS NOT SETTLE RIGHT! One thing is definitely and irrevocably settled in the minds of the entire community, namely, that the Boston School Committee members are fully aware of the need for a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer, but such language knowledge, in their estimation, is valuable only when it has been "mastered" by one OF THEIR OWN, and not when it is possessed by a Jewish candidate who has learned it at her mother's knee. That is the outstanding fact that this latest School Committee joke did settle. It is also settled in our minds that we can expect no more from the present Committee than what we have received until now--alibis, sophistry, subterfuge. But we ae not discouraged. Civic progress is always painfululy slow. If we have failed to accomplish the goal set out-- secure the means for better understanding, efficiency, an fair-play in our public schools--we have unearthed an eibelman, president, League of Jewish Women's Organ- ations; Mrs. Esther M. Andrews, member Governor's council; Judge A. K. Cohen, Jude A. E. Pinanski, Judge Sadie Lipner Shulman, Assistant U. S. Attorney Elihu D. Stone, Robert Silverman, Maurice B. Hexter, former executive director, Federated Jewish Charities; Mrs. Ellor Carlisle Ripley, assistant superintendent, Boston Public Schools; Miss Cora Bigelow, master's assistant, Peter Faneuil School; Miss Gertrude O. Oppenheim, Mrs. Sheldon Glueck, Harvard Crime Survey; Miss Georgia Elv, Y. W. C. A.; Miss Mary Driscoll, Mrs. Sophie W. Myers, past president of Hadassah; Mrs. William Mann, Mrs. Maurice Sapers, president, Women's Scholarship Association; Moses M. Mishel, president, Boston Association of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; Mrs. Rose Small, president, Child Study Association; Senator Max Ulin, Representatives Julius Soble, Hyman Manevitch, Isidor H. Fox, Dr. Bernard Finkelstein, Councillors Israel Ruby, David Brackman and Herman Bush, James T. Moriarty, president, State Federation of Labor; J. Arthur Moriarty, president, Boston Central Labor Union; E. A. Johnson, secretary, Building Trades Council; Mrs. Mary Gordon Thompson, president, Women's Trade Union League; Mrs. Julia O. Parker, Electrical Workers' Union; Sylvester J. McBride, Boston Typographical Union; John J. Kearney, business agent, Hotel and Restaurant Workers International Union; John Van Vaerynwick, business agent, Neckwear Workers' Union; Abraham A. Pearlstein, Francis P. Fenton, Mrs. Maude Foley, Mrs. Arthur Wilson, Mrs. David Small, president, Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis Association; Mrs. Aaron A. Hailparn, president, Jewish Children's Aid Society; Leon Arkin, Jewish Forward; Abraham Alpert, Jewish Sunday American; David Malkiel, The Day; Mrs. Maurice Sapers, president Women's Scholarship Association; Quincy I. Adams, president, Amos Auxiliary; Mrs. Rose Norwood, secretary, Telephone Operators Union; Nathan A. Pinanski, president, Congregation Adath Jeshurun; Nathan Heller, Transit Commissioner of Boston; David M. Watchmaker, Samuel Kalesky, Associate Commissioner of Mental Diseases; Jacob J. Wiseman, George W. Roewer, Joseph Bearak, Mrs. Julius Cohen, Mrs. Frances Winer, Mrs. Rose Geffen, Dr. Hyman Morrison, Dr. Abraham Myerson, Professor Nathan Isaacs, D. Chauncy Brewer, president, North American Civic League for Immigrants, and many more, too numerous to mention. E JEWISH ADVOCATE MID-WEEK EDITION TUESDAY Title Rog. in U. S. Pat. Office atter at Lynn, Mass. (30th Year) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1932 (30th Year) New Englands Jewish Family Newspaper FIVE CENTS THE COPY Infantile Paralysis Germ is Isolated, Says Report Word has reached here from Prague, Czechoslovakia, to the effect that Dr. Scala-Rosenbaum, head of a children's clinic at Jirna, has succeeded in isolating the germ causing infantile paralysis. Dr. Scala-Rosenbaum is said to have declared that his experiments indicated the bacteria of infantile paralysis was identical with that causing distemper in dogs. Hadassah to Form Perpetual Membership Group Mrs. Morris Winer will be hostess this week at Sunset Lodge, Sharon, to those women interested in the formation of Hadassah's first perpetual membership group. The women joining this honor roll will not only be listed as members of Hadassah for life but they will be privileged by doing so to help in the erection of the hospital to be builtin in conjunction with the medical college now being built in Palestine. Their names will be perpetuated for all time in a memorial to be placed in the first permanent hospital in Palestine ever to be built by American Jewish women. This hospital will serve as a medical college erected by the American Jewish physicians committee which will be a beacon for all of the Near East and which should bring untold blessings to Palestine and humanity. Many Boston women have already signified their intention of becoming perpetual members. To Mrs. Herman Cohen of Brockton goes the honor of first place on a list which should be a long and honored one. Is it not a sacred privilege to build a model hospital and a medical college in Palestine? Mrs. Lewis Goldberg is chairman and Mrs. George Wyner, treasurer of this committee. Details as to transportation to Sharon may be had by telephoning Mrs. A. David Epstein (Asp. 4519), Mrs. S. Feinberg (Asp. 2257), or Mrs. A. Frank (Asp. 8738). Mrs. Rodgers and Mrs. Rudnick of the Hadassah Exchange, 251 Harvard street, announce the usual sale on this coming Friday of home-made cakes, pies, cookies, gefilte fish and other delectable goodies at most reasonable prices. Orders may be given by telephoning the exchange, Longwood 8664. Joint Menorahs To Give Comedy The drama group of the Harvard and Radcliffe Menorah Societies announces as its 1932 production the modern comedy, "Bronx Express," to be presented at the Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, on December 14 and 15. This will mark the eighth year of the association of the Harvard and Radcliffe Menorah Societies in the drama group. Its former presentations of Parker's "Disraeli," Ludwig Lewisohn's "Adam" and B'nai B'rith Condemns School Committee Appointment Senator Max [Ulin] Stirs Members The Amos Lodge and Auxiliary of the B'nai B'rith at a regular meeting last night condemned the appointment of a non-Jewish woman who has "mastered" Yiddish in six months - to serve as Yiddish speaking attendance officer, in a resolution adopted unanimously. Senator Elin made and impassioned plea for the rights of [?] inarticulate Jewish mother, and [the] rights of her school children to understand and interpreted in [?] light of their background, traditions, home environment and individual personalities. The president, Quincy I. Abrams, and a large number of prominent members scored the School Committee for ignoring the demands of the organization first made more than nine years ago, and since endorsed by every prominent Jewish and non-Jewish leader in the community and organized labor of Greater Boston. BASHKA PAEFF'S LATEST CREATION BUST OF DR. SEARS A. J. Philpott Praises It as "A Fine Achievement" Dr. George G. Sears "In the first place the character the man is in every line of it - Educational Week of Young Israel The Young Israel of Greater Boston will hold its educational week commencing November 30 and will end December 7. Every evening will be devoted to educational classes and lectures, which are a regular feature of the Young Israel organization. In order to acquaint the public with the work of this organization, all are invited to attend these classes and lectures without any charge. The organization will hold these activities in their spacious and beautiful building at 161 Ruthven street, Roxbury. The activities of this week have been arranged by Dr. Benjamin E. Bahn, chairman of the educational committee. He will be assisted by Ruth Schobel, chairman, of the Sisterhood; S. Midman, Leah Rubin, Dora Alberts, Harry Krafchinsky, Rose Friedman, Sophie Kulbersh, S. Glick, Saul Nyer, Anna Katz, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dorfman and Arthur Levy. The many lecturers and teachers who are giving these classes, are offering their services without any charge, and it is hoped that those interested will grasp the opportunity offered. All of the leading rabbis and community leaders are supporting this educational movement sponsored by Young Israel. Dr. Hyman Morrison, one of the leading physicians of Boston, Zionist worker, and member of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will address the Young Israel organization at their building at 161 Ruthven street, Roxbury, on Wednesday, November 30, at 9, on the subject, "The Role of the Mosaic Code in Preventive Medicine." This paper will be discussed by many prominent physicians who have been invited. Doors open at 8.30 p.m., and the public is cordially invited. On Thursday evening at 9, Jacob Newman, instructor at the Hebrew Teachers' College, will speak on "The History of American Jewry." On Friday evening at 8.30, members and friends of the Young Israel will attend the Friday evening forum at the Crawford Street Synagogue en masse, and will take part in the discussion led by Rabbi Benjamin Grossman, Rabbi of the synagogue, Harry Krafchinsky, president of the Young Israel, and Cantor Joshua Goldberg will lead the singing. On Saturday afternoon at 2 o'- Polish Government Charged With Policy of Economic Disinheritance Towards Jews Polish Jewish Federation Scores Failure to Prevent Recurrence of Riots --- Says No Full Religious Freedom (JTA) - The Polish Government is charged with conducting a policy of Jewish economic disinheritance, weakness in the matter of preventing the recurrence of the anti-Semitic University riots and a general failure to set an example of tolerance and equality by treating in its own domain the Jews on a footing of equality with their fellow non-Jews, in a statement by the Federation of Polish Jews in America, made public through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The statement issued by the Administrative Committee of the Federation and signed by Benjamin Winter, president; Z. Tygel, executive director; and Herman B. Oberman, chairman of the Administrative Committee, challenges the statements made by Mieczyslaw Marchlewski, Polish Consul-General in New York, with regard to the serious efforts being made by the Polish Government to reconstruct the shattered life of Polish Jewry, religious freedom of the Jews and protection in the universities. The statement of the Federation pays tribute to the sympathetic attitude of Dr. Marchlewski and to the defense of Jewish rights of Polish officials on the international scene, but declares the situation is wholly different with Poland itself. "It is our contention," declares the statement, "that a strongly established government such as the Polish Government is, should use all its resources not only for the suppression of riots in progress, but also to make their recurrence impossible." Continuing, the Federation points out "The memory of the excesses of last year being fresh in our minds, we cannot help but feel anxious about their habit of recurrence." "We are well aware that the attacks were inspired by the anti-Semitic elements opposed to the present Government with a view to bring discredit and ignominy upon the present regime," says the statement and emphasizes that "the full severity of the law should be brought to bear not only upon the ignorant and misled followers of the reactionary opponents of the Government, but primarily upon their instigators and leaders. We believe that the laws of Poland give the government ample authority to deal with those subversive elements. The Polish anti-Semites flaunt the law so repeatedly in their destructive actions directed as much against the Jews as the Government as to provide officials with the legal warrants to proceed against them." Profound disagreement is expressed by the Federation with the statement made by some officials that the government is making an effort to ameliorate the condition of the Jews. On the contrary the condition of the Jews is becoming catastrophic instead of better, it states. "While it may be true that the reconstruction of Polish economic life along modern lines is responsible honored one. Is it not a sacred privilege to build a model hospital and a medical college in Palestine? Mrs. Lewis Goldberg is chairman and Mrs. George Wyner, treasurer of this committee. Details as to transportation to Sharon may be had by telephoning Mrs. A. David Epstein (Asp. 4519), Mrs. S. Feinberg (Asp. 2257), or Mrs. A. Frank (Asp. 8738). Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Rudnick of the Hadassah Exchange, 251 Harvard street announce the usual sale on this coming Friday of home-made cakes, pies, cookies, gefilte fish and other delectable goodies at most reasonable prices. Orders may be given by telephoning the exchange, Longwood 8664. Joint Menorahs To Give Comedy The drama group of the Harvard and Radcliffe Menorah Societies announces as its 1932 production the modern comedy, "Bronx Express," to be presented at the Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, on December 14 and 15. This will mark the eighth year of the association of the Harvard and Radcliffe Menorah Societies in the drama group. Its former presentations of Parker's "Disraeli," Ludwig Lewisohn's "Adam" and Dr. George G. Sears In the first place the character the man is in every line of it -- [?] professional dignity, his keen power of observation, his fine patience and sensitiveness, his sympathetic nature and his reserve [?rce]. All of these qualities are symbolized in the bust. It not only shows a fine insight and understanding on the part of the sculptor, but a rare quality of imagination and artistry in the ability to harmonize these characteristics while preserving--without exaggeration--a perfect physical likeness of the man. It is so well posed that it has no [?se.] It is just natural. And it is modelled with fine skill and sensitiveness. All in all it is a fine achievement." Rabbi Freeman Addresses Amos Lodge, B'nai Brith Rabbi Jacob Freedman of Temple Beth El, Chelsea, addressed Amos Lodge, B'nai Brith, Monday evening, November 28. His subject was "The Aristocracy of the Spirit." Rabbi Freeman has been prominent in B'nai Brith circles both in the East and the Far West for the past eight years. He entered the B'nai Brith movement by enrolling as a member of the Manhattan- Washington Lodge of New York City, one of the oldest lodges in the order. He was a member of the lodge's degree team, which caused widespread favorable comment throughout New York City, by virtue of its innovations in the traditional ritual. When Rabbi Freedman traveled to the Pacific Coast several years ago to take over the leadership of Temple Sinai in Long Beach, California, he rapidly became one of the leaders in the B'nai Brith of the Far West. He became an officer of the Long Beach Lodge, and also [?] as chairman of the member- [?] committee and chairman of the [?ee] team. He was also a mem- [?] of the Southern California Offi- [?] Association of the B'nai Brith. [?i] Freedman was to have been [?ed] president of the Long Beach [?e] when he left to assume his pulpit in the East. While on [?] Coast, Rabbi Freedman attend- [?e} annual convention of Dis- [?] No. 4 held in Stockton, Cal., [?ne], 1931. [????????????????] Katz, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dorfman and Arthur Levy. The many lecturers and teachers who are giving these classes, are offering their services without any charge, and it is hoped that those interested will grasp the opportunity offered. All of the leading rabbis and community leaders are supporting this educational movement sponsored by Young Israel. Dr. Hyman Morrison, one of the leading physicians of Boston, Zionist worker, and member of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will address the Young Israel organization at their building at 161 Ruthven street, Roxbury, on Wednesday, November 30, at 9, on the subject, "The Role of the Mosaic Code in Preventive Medicine." This paper will be discussed by many prominent physicians who have been invited. Doors open at 8.30 p.m., and the public is cordially invited. On Thursday evening at 9, Jacob Newman, instructor at the Hebrew Teachers' College, will speak on "The History of American Jewry." On Friday evening at 8.30, members and friends of the Young Israel will attend the Friday evening forum at the Crawford Street Synagogue en masse, and will take part in the discussion led by Rabbi Benjamin Grossman, Rabbi of the synagogue, Harry Krafchinsky, president of the Young Israel, and Cantor Joshua Goldberg will lead the singing. On Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, a special children's hour will be held in which a Bible story will be presented by Mr. J. Waldman, principal of the Wellington Hill Hebrew School. All children from the ages of 6 to 14 are invited to attend this story telling hour. After the talk, singing and refreshments will follow. On Saturday evening, December 3, at 8.15, Miss Ruth Goldstein, instructor at the Beth El Hebrew School, will instruct a class in elementary Hebrew. On Sunday afternoon, December 4, at 3 o'clock, a lecture on "Judaism As Mirrored In Its Literature" will be presented by Rabbi Harry M. Katzen of the Congregation Beth El, Fowler street, Dorchester, after which a social hour will follow. On Monday evening at 8.30 a class in "The Introduction to Talmudic and Biblical Literature" will be given by Meir Dgani, principal of the Moreland Street Hebrew School. Tuesday evening, December 6, at 8.30, Miss Anne Orris, member of the faculty of the Dorchester Hebrew School, will instruct a class in advanced Hebrew studies. On Wednesday evening, December 7, at 8.15, Mr. J. Rotman, member of the faculty of the Yavneh Hebrew School, will lecture on "Understanding Our Prayers." Dr. Bochroch, Prominent Neurologist, Dies Philadelphia, Nov. 29 (JTA)--Dr. Max Henley Bochroch, widely known neurologist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Temple University School of Medicine, died here Monday after an illness of several months in his seventy-second year. Dr. Bochroch, who appeared as an alienist in many prominent court trials, was a member of the staffs of a number of leading hospitals. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, March 7, 1861, the son of Josiah and Lisette Bochroch. He was educated in the public schools of this city and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1880. He was a contributor to various medical journals. His widow, a daughter and sister survive. national scene, but declares the situation is wholly different with Poland itself. "It is our contention," declares the statement, "that a strongly established government such as the Polish Government is, should use all its resources not only for the suppression of riots in progress, but also to make their recurrence impossible." Continuing, the Federation points out "The memory of the excesses of last year being fresh in our minds, we cannot help but feel anxious about their habit of recurrence." "We are well aware that the attacks were inspired by the anti-Semitic elements opposed to the present Government with a view to bring discredit and ignominy upon the present regime," says the statement and emphasizes that "the full severity of the law should be brought to bear not only upon the ignorant and misled followers of the reactionary opponents of the Government, but primarily upon their instigators and leaders. We believe that the laws of Poland give the government ample authority to deal with those subversive elements. The Polish anti-Semites flaunt the law so repeatedly in their destructive actions directed as much against the Jews as against the Government as to provide officials with the legal warrants to proceed against them." Profound disagreement is expressed by the Federation with the statement made by some officials that the government is making an effort to ameliorate the condition of the Jews. On the contrary the condition of the Jews is becoming catastrophic instead of better, it states. "While it may be true that the reconstruction of Polish economic life along modern lines is responsible for the acuteness of the situation, it still is evident that the indescribable distress among the Polish Jews is the result of a systematic and relentlessly persecuted policy of Jewish economic disinheritance. "The growth of the boycott movement is, we believe, greatly accelerated by the failure of the government to treat in its own domain the Jews on a footing of equality with their fellow non-Jews. Were the Government itself to set an example of tolerance and equality in Government monopolies, public works and civil service, the rest of the country would no doubt sooner or later follow suit." The Federation discusses the discrimination against the Jews in the following terms: "We are not aware of any measures taken by the Government to do away with the discrimination practiced in the employment of Jews in the municipalities, in civil service, in public works. On the other hand the growth of Government monopolies and the refusal of these monopolies to re-employ the displaced Jewish breadwinners add to the staggering toll of Jewish unemployed. "The displacement of Jews by the institution of a monopoly in tobacco," it points out, "has been continued by the monopolization of kerosene and oil, salt, and numerous other necessities. The contemplated monopoly in agricultural products will undoubtedly result in the further augmenting of Jewish misery. "Add to this the rigid enforcement of the Sunday laws. The manner in which the Government recently attempted to deal with this problem is a just source for concern. It is, in our opinion, conclusively demonstrated by the sinister influence of the anti-Jewish elements upon the Government. For the recently promulgated decree allowing the two or three hours to trade on Sunday has been quickly rescinded and referred to the Seim for further consideration, exposing it to the uncertainty of legislative wrangling. "Contrast this action with numerous decrees of great national importance that the Government promulgates without reference to the Legislature," the Federation comments. Turning to the subject of the alleged freedom granted Jewish communities to organize their religious and communal affairs, the Federation says, "We are sorry also to be compelled to dispute this alleged freedom. We point to the 20th article in the constitution of the Jewish Communities, which had the effect of nullifying this freedom. We regret to say that the Government has seen fit to introduce politics into communal Jewish institutions and thus make itself master in in- internal Jewish affairs." Thursday, March 14, 1929 Call for Jewish Attendance Officers Rabbi Birnbaum and Representative Fox Comment on Action of School Committee Editor, Jewish Advocate: I read, with interest, your editorial in The Jewish Advocate last week, dealing with the appointment of a new attendance officer in our district who does not know the Yiddish language. Many of the Jews in our district do not understand English well enough to cooperate with an attendance officer of this kind. It is, therefore, absolutely essential that one who does know Yiddish should receive this appointment. I can scarcely believe that such an enlightened body as the Boston School Committee would deliberately elect an official to a district he is not equipped to handle. I am very pleased, therefore, that you have called this matter to our attention. I am furthermore convinced that you ought not to stop there. You should bring this before the attention of the above-named committee. Education has today reached an advanced stage, undreamed of a generation ago. We have learned many hitherto unknown secrets about the child's reaction to his teachers and the subjects of instruction in our schools. We have discovered that in many instances of delinquency it is not the child who is to blame. It is frequently due to friction that prevails in the home or the failure of the parent to understand his own child. An attendance officer has a wonderful opportunity to be of service in cases of this kind, but the inability to speak Yiddish is a tremendous handicap for both the parent and attendance officer. Speaking as they do two different languages, they cannot possibly understand each other. What chance has such an official to render that adequate and enlightened service that we, as citizens, have the right to demand of him? I can readily see why this was not a matter of public concern a generation ago. The Jewish population of the district was then an almost negligible factor. But there has been a radical shifting of populations. Today this section is overwhelmingly Jewish. It is evident that the School Committee has not taken this fact into consideration. Had they done so they could not possibly have made that appointment. I, therefore, urge you to bring this matter to the attention of the Boston School Committee and I am fully confident that once the true facts of the situation are brought before that body, the necessary adjustment will be made. None other than a Jewish attendance officer, one who can speak Yiddish fluently can do justice to this officer. Sincerely yours, B.H. BIRNBAUM. March 12, 1929. Editor, Jewish Advocate: May I heartily commend the editorial in The Jewish Advocate of March 7, 1929, entitled "School Committee 'Sneaks In' Appointment?" This latest action of the School Committee of the city of Boston is but another demonstration of their disregard of public opinion, as well as the experience of experts, on the subject matter of attendance officers. In the last paragraph of the editorial it is stated that "If all the testimony of disinterested experts, and the petitions of thousands of organized citizens are deliberately ignored, then there can be no doubt that other reasons than the needs of the school children determine appointments to the attendance department." In view of the fact that over 25 per cent of the school children of the city of Boston are children of Yiddish speaking parentage, and that some of our schools over 95 per cent of the school children are of a Russian Jewish parentage, and eager with you and thousands of other citizens that these children should derive the full benefit of our educational system, I have endeavored for a long time part to induce the School Committee of the city of Boston to appoint at least one attendance [...] tendance department" of the city of Boston is clearly demonstrated by their action and manipulation in making their appointments on January 24, 1927, of Mr. Howe, Mr. Sullivan, and Miss Burkhardt. At that time two lists were before them from which they had the authority to make appointments to the attendance department. One was a list of women, the other a list of men. The School Committee could have appointed at that time either three men or three women, or one or more men or one of more women. I was present at that meeting of the School Committee. There were also present a great many others interested and representing numerous social service and other community organizations. There was a great demand for the appointment of an attendance officer who could adequately speak the Yiddish language. There was on the women's list a person who in [addition] to every other qualification was able adequately to speak the Yiddish language. She was one of those certified to the School Committee by the Civil Service Commission. Her name was then fourth on the women's list. She could not be voted for unless she became at least third on the women's list, for under the Civil Service rules the School Committee, in making any appointment, had to appoint one of the first three on the list. If the School Committee on January 24, 1927, in making their first or second appointment, had appointed a woman as the first appointee or even as the second appointee, then this candidate, who also possessed the Yiddish speaking qualifications, would have been at least third on the women's list, and could have been appointed either to the second or to the third vacancy; but that it was not the purpose or intent of the School Committee that such an appointment should be made, or that a situation should be brought about whereby any member of the School Committee might even have an opportunity to cast a vote for her appointment, is indicated by the official record of the procedure of the School Committee at that meeting, which record is hereafter set forth. But before setting it forth, however, I wish to reiterate that the School Committee at that meeting could have appointed either three men or three women, or one or more men or one or more women, and bear further in mind that the only way to prevent any member of the School Committee from ever voting for the person who possessed also the qualification of speaking Yiddish, was by not appointing any woman until they came to fill the last vacancy, when she, being still further on the list, could not be considered. That official record shows that when they commenced to vote on the appointments, "A roll call being requested, the members, as their names were called, respectively states that they voted as follows to fill the first vacancy: For Mary Burkbardt - Mrs. Barron, Messrs. Gray, O'Hare and Sullivan - 4. For Irving T. Howe - Dr. Bogan - 1. Mr. Sullivan questioned the procedure, in view of the fact that three attendance officers were to be appointed, and at his request the results of the ballot were disregarded by unanimous consent. Another roll call being ordered, the members, as their names were called, respectively stated that they voted as follows to fill the first vacancy: For Irving T. Howe - Mrs. Barron, Messrs. Bogan, Gray, O'Hare and Sullivan - 5. The chairman declared Irving T. Howe duly appointed attendance officer, to take effect February 1, 1927. The members, as their names were called, respectively stated that they voted as follows to fill the second vacancy: For Mary Burkhardt - Mrs. Barron, Messrs. Gray, O'Hare and EWISH ADVO Demand Investigation of Attendance Departments Appointments Alice Stone Blackwell, World Renowned Humanitarian, Sponsors Bill to Be Filed by Women's Trade Union League -- Bigotry Triumphs as Tobin Somersaults, Blaming Civil Service for the Fiasco. The unanimous vote by the Boston School Committee for Patrick Fleming arrived at in a star chamber session behind closed doors, to serve as attendance officer to interview non-English speaking Jewish mothers of school children--is the last straw to break the camel's back; in this case--the patience of the citizens, and their trust in the honesty and sincerity of their elected school officials. This latest outrage, following the appointment of Irene Donovan, a year ago, with a statement that she spoke Yiddish -- which the school committee was forced later to detract --has aroused such a wave of indignation, that leaders everywhere, predict the beginning of a fight that will not stop until every bigot on the school committee is "shown up" and retired to private life. The claim of Chairman Reilly and Mrs. Pigeon that they voted in executive session to grant the petition for a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer, does not relieve them of their responsibility for their failure to secure a third vote, as they have done time and again when they were really interested in a matter which they wished to put over. And Mr. Tobin's somersaulting and blaming the Civil Service Commission for not making the requested certification, does not relieve him either of the responsibility for the failure of the Jewish people to secure one who could bring understanding of our schools and American ideals, to the non-English speaking Jewish mothers, who cannot understand and are not understood--today. We have seen these antics before at School Committee meetings, when two votes could be secured for this petition --but never three! All that is necessary for the citizens to understand why this occurred last Monday night, as it has occurred on many previous occasions, is to read the names of those who have secured appointment. Here are a few who have been appointed since members of the present school committee came into power: Henry F. Barry, Anna B. McCue, Vincent C. Murphy, Patrick McCarthy, Irene Donovan, Patrick Fleming. It is obvious why Mrs. Rose Harris Cooper, Mitchell Rosenfield, Gabriel Cohen and other Yiddish-speaking candidates could not secure the necessary three votes. How great has been the determination to keep a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer out of the schools, has been clearly demonstrated not only to those of us close to the scene, but to the average decent citizen--by the perennial antics and somersaulting of the Guardians of our children's education. "The whole performance," said Mrs. Mary Gordon Thompson, president Women's Trade Union League, "would be comical if the consequences to the community were not so tragic." With 28 to 30 men in the department, and only five women -- another man has been appointed. With not a single officer who can talk with the non-English speaking Jewish mothers, another one who can't talk with them--is selected. If our Massachusetts Legislators are still interested in American representative government and civil service practice, not pretense of civil service procedure in attendance department appointments -- they will initiate the most sweeping legislative inquiry of attendance officer appointments to determine whether the greatest efficiency and economy have required that an overbalance of men had to be maintained in the attendance department; whether disabled veterans, perhaps some who have been shell shocked, are absolutely indispensable to interview mothers and school girls; whether blind force, loud words or the help of gossipy neighbors, are the most efficient methods to be used in dealing with children of foreign-born parents, and in addition to inquire into the activities of the Civil Service Commission in preventing the appointment of a Yiddish speaking candidate, so that the mothers of 30,000 children in our public schools, who are not understood today -- might have been understood. [???] discovered that in many instances of delinquency it is not the child who is to blame. It is frequently due to friction that prevails in the home or to the failure of the parent to understand his own child. An attendance offer has a wonderful opportunity to be of service in eases of this kind, but the inability to speak Yiddish is a tremendous handicap for both the parent and attendance officer. Speaking as they do two different languages, they cannot possibly understand each other. What chance has such an official to render that adequate and enlightened service that we, as citizens, have the right to demand of him? I can readily see why this was not a matter of public concern a generation ago. The Jewish population of the district was then an almost negligible factor. But there has been a radical shifting of populations. Today this section is overwhelmingly Jewish. It is evident that the School Committee has not taken this fact into consideration. Had they done so they could not possibly have made that appointment. I, therefore, urge you to bring this matter to the attention of the Boston School Committee and I am fully confident that once the true facts of the situation are brought before that body, the necessary adjustment will be made. None other than a Jewish attendance officer, one who can speak Yiddish fluently can do justice to this office. Sincerely yours, B. H. BIRNBAUM. March 12, 1929 ———— Editor, Jewish Advocate: May I heartily commend the editorial in The Jewish Advocate of March 7, 1929, entitled "School Committee 'Sneaks In' Appointment?" This latest action of the School Committee of the city of Boston is but another demonstration of their disregard of public opinion, as well as the experience of experts, on the subject matter of attendance officers. In the last paragraph of the editorial it is stated that "If all the testimony of disinterested experts, and the petitions of thousands of organized citizens are deliberately ignored, then there can be no doubt that other reasons than the needs of the school children determine appointments to the attendance department." In view of the fact that over 25% of the school children of the city of Boston are children of Yiddish speaking parentage, and that in some of our schools over 95% of the school children are of a Russian Jewish parentage, and eager with you and thousands of other citizens that these children should derive the full benefit of our educational system, I have endeavored for a long time past to induce the School Committee of the city of Boston to appoint at least one attendance officer who can adequately speak the Yiddish language, that the proper contact may be made between the parents of these children and the schools. Shortly before January 5, 1927, I asked Jennie Loitman Barron, a member of the School Committee, for a list of the attendance officers then serving the city of Boston School Department, and she mailed me a list showing the following attendance officers: Francis P. Aieta, James A. Berrill, Constantino F. Ciampa, James I. Coleman, Maurice F. Corkery, Emily G. Donovan, Edwin F. Dooley, Agnes T. Doyle, Joseph W. Ferris, William Flynn, Joseph W. Gaughan, John T. Hathaway, Timothy J. Kenny, William E. Killilea, james H. Mahoney Edawrd F. Manning, Philip M. McArdle, Michael J. McTiernan, Henry C. Murphy, George H. Nee, David M. Owens, Richard F. Quirk, Francis X. A. Readdy, Cornelius J. Sheehan, John J. Sullivan, Daniel F. Sutton, Joseph C. Troy, Walter T. Walsh, and Timothy F. Reagan. Since then I understand that Mr. Corkery has resigned. The appointments made since January 5 by the School Committee to the attendance officers' force were the following: Irving T. Howe, Daniel J. Sullivan, Mary Burkhardt and Henry F. Barry, the last one having been appointed on February 28, 1929. "That other reasons than the needs of the school children determine appointments to the at- [???] could not be voted for unless she became at least third on the women's list, for under the Civil Service rules the School Committee, in making any appointment, had to appoint one of the first three on the list. If the School Committee on January 24, 1927, in making their first or their second appointment, had appointed a woman as the first appointee or even as the second appointee, then this candidate, who also possessed the Yiddish speaking qualifications, would have been at least third in the women's list, and could have been appointed either to the second or to the third vacancy; but that it was not the purpose or intent of the School Committee that such an appointment should be made, or that a situation should be brought about whereby any member of the School Committee might even have an opportunity to cast a vote for her appointment, is indicated by the official record of the procedure of the School Committee at that meeting, which record is hereafter set forth. But before setting it forth, however, I wish to reiterate that the School Committee at that meeting could have appointed either three men or three women, or one or more men or one or more women, and bear further in mind that the only way to prevent any member of the School Committee from ever voting for the person who possessed also the qualification of speaking Yiddish, was by not appointing any woman until they came to fill the last vacancy, when she, being still further on the list, could not be considered. That official record shows that when they commenced to vote on the appointments, "A roll call being requested, the members, as their names were called, respectively stated that they voted as follows to fill the first vacancy: For Mary Burkbardt - Mrs. Barron, Messrs. Gray, O'Hare and Sullivan - 4. For Irving T. Howe - Dr. Bogan - 1. Mr. Sullivan questioned the procedure, in view of the fact that three attendance officers were to be appointed, and at his request the results of the ballot were disregarded by unanimous consent. Another roll call being ordered, the members, as their names were called, respectively stated that they voted as follows to fill the first vacancy: For Irving T. Howe - Mrs. Barron, Messrs. Bogan, Gray, O'Hare and Sullivan - 5. The chairman declared Irving T. Howe duly appointed attendance officer, to take effect February 1, 1927. The members, as their names were called, respectively stated that they voted as follows to fill the second vacancy: For Mary Burkhardt - Mrs. Barron, Messrs. Gray, O'Hare and Sullivan - 4. For Daniel J. Sullivan - Dr. Bogan - 1. Mr. O'Hare and Mr. Sullivan asked for the privilege of changing their votes. The privilege being allowed, Mr. O'Hare and Mr. Sullivan were recorded as voting for Daniel J. Sullivan. The chairman declared Daniel J. Sullivan duly appointed attendance officer, to take effect February 1, 1927. Mrs. Barron asked if she might be privileged to ask the committee request the Division of Civil Service to certify candidates who, in addition to other qualifications for attendance officer, possess a speaking knowledge of the Yiddish language. The chairman ruled the request out of order and the board proceeded to fill the vacancy. The members, as their names were called, respectively stated that they voted as follows: For Mary Burkhardt - Mrs. Barron, Messrs. Bogan, Gray, O'Hare and Sullivan - 5. The chairman declared Mary Burkhardt duly appointed attendance officer, to take effect February 1, 1927." The point that I want to stress again is this: for the first appointment as shown by that record Mary Burkhardt had four votes; Mr. Howe had one vote; Miss Burkhardt should have been declared elected, but had she been declared elected the candidate who also adequately spoke the Yiddish language would have been elected to the third place on the women's list, and some of the members of the School Committee could have had an opportunity of voting for her appointment to one of the other two places to be filled; and so the matter was manipulated in such a way that not Miss Burkhardt but Mr. Howe was appointed. For the second vacancy Miss Burkhardt again received four votes, Daniel J. Sullivan one vote. She should have been declared elected, but for the same reason was not, and Daniel J. Sullivan was elected as a result of further manipulation. For the third the committee elected Miss Burkhardt, but this time, having been elected for the third vacancy, and no further manipulation being necessary, she was permitted to remain appointed. If that action of the School Committee does not satisfy the minds of reasonable persons "that other reasons than the needs of the school children determine appointments to the attendance department," I should like to be informed what further evidence need be produced. In my letter to you in January of 1927, I stated that if the Boston School Committee would devote a few minutes to the study of some of the lessons taught in our histories "they would learn that no public servants have ever continued to disregard the just demands of the public, without sooner or later being brought to account therefor." Some of them have already been brought to account. It may need a few further demonstrations by the electorate to persuade the School Committee that in a democracy nothing is settled until it is settled right. May I express the hope, however, that the School Committee may see the light before such further demonstrations are made necessary? Very truly yours, ISIDORE H. FOX, Representative, 14th Suffolk District. March 11, 1929. ——————— SUBSCRIBE TO THE JEWISH ADVOCATE ————————————————————— JEWISH ADVOCATE ————————————————————— Demand Investigation of Attendance Departments Appointments ——————— Alice Stone Blackwell, World Renowned Humanitarian, Sponsors Bill to Be Filed by Women's Trade Union League—Bigotry Triumphs as Tobin Somersaults, Blaming Civil Service for the Fiasco. ——————— The unanimous vote by the Boston School Committee for Patrick Fleming arrived at in a star chamber session behind closed doors, to serve as attendance officer to interview non-English speaking Jewish mothers of school children—is the last straw to break the camel's back; in this case—the patience of the citizens, and their trust in the honesty and sincerity of their elected school officials. This latest outrage, following the appointment of Irene Donovan, a year ago, with a statement that she spoke Yiddish—which the school committee was forced later to detract—has aroused such a wave of indignation, that leaders everywhere, predict the beginning of a fight that will not stop until every bigot on the school committee is "shown up" and retired to private life. The claim of Chairman Reilly and Mrs. Pigeon that they voted in executive session to grant the petition for a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer, does not relieve them of their responsibility for their failure to secure a third vote, as they have done time and again when they were really interested in a matter which they wished to put over. And Mr. Tobin's somersaulting and blaming the Civil Service Commission for not making the requested certification does not relieve him either of the responsibility for the failure of the Jewish people to secure one who could bring understanding of our schools and American ideals, to the non-English speaking Jewish mothers, who cannot understand and are not understood—today. We have seen these antics before at School Committee meetings, when two votes could be secured for this petition—but never three! All that is necessary for the citizens to understand why this occurred last Monday night, as it has occurred on many previous occasions, is to read the names of those who have secured appointment. Here are a few who have been appointed since members of the present school committee came into power: Henry F. Barry, Anna B. McCue, Vincent C. Murphy, Patrick McCarthy, Irene Donovan, Patrick Fleming. It is obvious why Mrs. Rose Harris Cooper, Mitchell Rosenfield, Gabriel Cohen and other Yiddish-speaking candidates could not secure the necessary three votes. How great has been the determination to keep a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer out of the schools, has been clearly demonstrated not only to those of us close to the scene, but to the average decent citizen—by the perennial antics and somersaulting of the Guardians of our children's education. "The whole performance," said Mrs. Mary Gordon Thompson, president Women's Trade Union League, "would be comical if the consequences to the community were not so tragic." With 28 to 30 men in the department, and only five women—another man has been appointed. With not a single officer who can talk with the non-English speaking Jewish mothers, another one who can't talk with them—is selected. If our Massachusetts Legislators are still interested in American representative government and civil service practice, not pretense of civil service procedure in attendance department appointments—they will initiate the most sweeping legislative inquiry of attendance officer appointments to determine whether the greatest efficiency and economy have required that an overbalance of men had to be maintained in the attendance department; whether disabled veterans, perhaps come who have been shell shocked, are absolutely indispensable to interview mothers and school girls; whether blind force, loud words or the help of gossipy neighbors, are the most efficient methods to be used in dealing with children of foreign-born parents, and in addition to inquire into the activities of the Civil Service Commission in preventing the appointment of a Yiddish speaking candidate, so that the mothers of 30,000 children in our public schools, who are not understood today—might have been understood. 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Mrs. Salter, in her capacity as president of the New England Hadassah Conference, has endeavored to visit as many of the chapters affiliated with the conference as possible., A great tribute paid to Mrs. Salter was the fact that she was invited to address the West End Chapter of New York on April 10, which is presided over by Mrs. Misha Saduginsky, formerly Sallee Wexter of Chelsea. Ladies' Aux. , B'nai Israel of Beachmont Several activities are being planned by the Auxiliary for the remainder of the season. The Tuesday evening weekly whists are still a regular feature. a luncheon and bridge will be held at the Richardson Shop, 120 Boylston street, on Monday afternoon, May 20. A covered dish party is to be held in the vestry of the synagogue on Wednesday evening, March 27. A play is in progress, the date to be announced later. British Chief Rabbi Sends Birthday Greetings to Albert Einstein London , March 14 (JTA) - Because of his loyal allegiance to Israel's ideals and faith in the eternity of Israel, Albert Einstein is especially endeared to the Jewish people, declared Rabbi J.H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, in despatching a telegram of congratulations to the German Shenatan Mechochmato Lebascar Vedam" (Blessed be he who gave of his wisdom to man). MOSCOW, March 14 (JTA) - A demand to strengthen the anti-religious campaign among Jews in connection with the approaching Passover holiday is voiced today in the Charkov Jewish communist paper, "Der Stern" and the Moscow Yiddish communist daily, "Emes." TRUSSES Fitted for your security. Comfort ASSURED with the right hind of truss, properly fitted, by scientific methods and individual construction of each truss by MR. GARLAND of the GARLAND HERNIA INSTITUTE, 30 Huntington Ave., Room 620. Our method is to render service during the period of a month if necessary to assure you that your truss will hold your rupture securely. The right kind of a truss, properly fitted, is the best thing for rupture to a successful operation, and if you have neither the means nor the time, why not try it out first? Send for Health Talk No. 1 Service Dependability Security GARLAND HERNIA INSTITUTE THE JEWISH ADVOCATE ??REEN-THEATRE-MUS? ?BERT KASTOR LOWRY CIRCEO ?remiere of ?tle Women" at Keith's ?on Parker LITTLE WOMEN ?ittle ? ?ll ?re ? at ma- ?isa the ?can ?and ?de- ?een the ?ord, Jo's ?urie, later pro- ?ngs ?nce ?tre ?than ? in ?the per- vides the main plot, while the romances of Meg and Amy and the sweet life and tragic death of little Beth, the kindly deeds of the mother Marmee, the kind heart of gruff old Mr. Laurence and the grumblings of tyrannical old Aunt March contribute the counterplots. Miss Hepburn enacts the role of Jo, Douglass Montgomery is Laurie, Paul Lukas as Bhaer, Frances Dee as Meg, Joan Bennett as Amy, Jean Parker is Beth, Spring Byington is Marmee, Henry Stephenson appears as Mr. Laurence and Edna May Oliver interprets Aunt March. All the other characters of the book appear in the production even down to Aunt March's dog and parrot. "Torch Singer" Featured at Franklin Park "Torch Singer," starring Claudette Colbert, will be seen at the Franklin Park Theatre for three days beginning Sunday. The same program will offer Gregory Ratoff, Bellamy and Francis Dee in "I'm No Angel" Moves to Modern Mae West's latest film, "I'm No Angel" moves into the Modern Theatre Saturday after a successful engagement of two weeks at the Paramount and Fenway Theatres. Miss West wrote the story for the screen production and she fits herself into it as though she wrote her own autobiography. The co-feature at the Modern Theatre will be "One Year Later," a tense drama of today's environs, featuring Mary Brian and Donald Dillaway. Chevalier in New Role In "The Way to Love" In a new role that gives Maurice Chevalier more than ample opportunity for his gay and humorous talents, he makes his suburban debut in his latest film, "The Way to Love," feature presentation at the Capitol, Central Square, Oriental, Rivoli, and Strand Theatres. The plot has to do with a poor Parisian youth who aspires to be a tourist guide. His sweetheart whom he rescued from a villainous knife-thrower, doesn't approve of his low aspirations. Maurice becomes despondent and with Edward Everett Horton in tow, tours all the low dives of the Montmartre and gets gloriously intoxicated. He engages in a free-for-all, and loses his guide position. However, Edward Everett Horton, who has a grand time aids Maurice in securing a better position and winning the hand of his fair heroine, played by Ann Dvorak. Among the supporting players who contribute excellent work to the story are Arthur Pierson, Minna Gombell, Blanche Frederici, Nydia Westman, John Miljan, and Sidnet Toler. At the Oriental, Stand and Rivoli Theatres, the supporting feature presents Lewis Stone, Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien in "Bureau of Missing Persons." At the Capitol, Philo Vance again comes to life through William Powell in "The Kennell Murder Case." At the Central Square, Helen Twelvetrees and Victor Jory are teamed in "My Woman." LUBETS & LUBETS Public Accountants and Auditors ROBERT LUBETS, Certified Public Accountant Income Tax Consultants 185 Devonshire St., Boston Tel. LIB erty 3178 & SAMUEL COHEN CO. Income Tax SAMUEL COHEN C. P. A. Tel. Hubbard 9057 333 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON Morris Goodman & Company CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS M. Goodman, C. P. A. 31 Milk Street, Boston H. Goodman, C. P. A. Tel. Liberty 0948 BENJAMIN FISHMAN Certified Public Accountant 24 School Street Boston, Mass. Telephone Liberty 1602 LEO J. SIEVE & CO. ACCOUNTANTS and AUDITORS (Suite 603-609 Lawyers Building) LEO J. SIEVE C. P. A. 11 BEACON STREET Haymarket 6320 BOSTON, MASS. Mrs. Salter, in her capacity as president of the New England Hadassah Conference, has endeavored to visit as many of the chapters affiliated with the conference as possible. A great tribute paid to Mrs. Salter was the fact that she was invited to address the West End Chapter of New York on April 10, which is presided over by Mrs. Misha Saduginsky, formerly Sallee Wexter of Chelsea. Ladies' Aux., B'nai Israel of Beachmont Several activities are being planned by the Auxiliary for the remainder of the season. The Tuesday evening weekly whists are still a regular feature. A luncheon and bridge will be held at the Richardson Shop, 120 Boylston street, on Monday afternoon, May 20. A covered dish party is to be held in the vestry of the synagogue on Wednesday evening, March 27. A play is in progress, the date to be announced later. British Chief Rabbi Sends Birthday Greetings to Albert Einstein London, March 14 (JTA)--Because of his loyal allegiance to Israel's ideals and faith in the eternity of Israel, Albert Einstein is especially endeared to the Jewish people, declared Rabbi J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, in despatching a telegram of congratulations to the German Jewish scientist on the occasion of his 50th birthday. The Jews have always shown unsurpassed reverence to its heroes in the realm of the spirit, Dr. Hertz declared. In his message the Chief Rabbi included the benediction, "Boruch Shenatan Mechochmato Lebascar Vedam" (Blessed be he who gave of his wisdom to man.) Moscow, March 14 (JTA)--A demand to strengthen the anti-religious campaign among Jews in connection with the approaching Passover holiday is voiced today in the Charkov Jewish communist paper, "Der Stern" and the Moscow Yiddish communist daily, "Emes." 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M. and by Appointment (Monday to Friday) Saturday by Appointment Only Lincoln Apartments OPPOSITE FRANKLIN PARK 154-162 Seaver Street Only Elevator Building in Roxbury 2-3-4-ROOM SUITES Frigidaire-Steam Heat-Continuous Hot Water-Janitor Service APPLY ON PREMISES ARTHUR L REINHART ROGER W STRAUS LEONARD S. LEVIN JULIUS W. FREIBERG ARNOLD M. SCHMIDT These pictures show executives of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, which is to hold its third biennial convention April 7-8 in Washington, D. C. The officers are Roger W. Straus, New Your, N. Y., president; Leonard S. Levin, Pittsburgh, and Arnold M. Schmidt, Brooklyn, vice-presidents; Julius W. Freiberg, Cincinnati, Ohio, treasurer; Rabbi George Zepin, Cincinnati, Ohio, executive secetary, and Arthur L. Reinhart and Rabbi Louis I. Egelson, both of Cincinnati, assistant executive secretaries. THE JEWISH ADVOCATE [REEN]~THEATRE~[MUS] BERT KASTOR LOWRY CIRCEO [remiere] of [tle] Women" at Keith's [on] Parker In LITTLE WOMEN vides the main plot, while the romances of Meg and Amy and the sweet life and tragic death of little Beth, the kindly deeds of the mother Marmee, the kind heart of gruff old Mr. Laurence and the grumblings of tyrannical old Aunt March contribute the counterplots. Miss Hepburn enacts the role of Jo, Douglass Montgomery is Laurle, Paul Lukas as Bhaer, Frances Dee as Meg, Joan Bennett as Amy, Jean Parker is Beth, Spring Byington is Marmee, Henry Stephenson appears as Mr. Laurence and Edna May Oliver interprets Aunt March. All the other characters of the book appear in the production even down to Aunt March's dog and parrot. "Torch Singer" Featured at Franklin Park "Torch Singer," starring Claudette Colbert, will be seen at the Franklin Park Theatre for three days beginning Sunday. The same program will offer Gregory Ratoff, [Bellemy] and Francis Dee [in] "I'm No Angel" Moves to Modern Mae West's latest film, "I'm No Angel" moves into the Modern Theatre Saturday after a successful engagement of two weeks at the Paramount and Fenway Theatres. Miss West wrote the story for the screen production and she fits herself into it as though she wrote her own autobiography. The co-feature at the Modern Theatre will be "One Year Later," a tense drama of today's environs, featuring Mary Brian and Donald Dillaway. Chevalier in New Role In "The Way to Love" In a new role that gives Maurice Chevalier more than ample opportunity for his gay and humorous talents, he makes his suburban debut in his latest film, "The Way to Love," feature presentation at the Capitol, Central Square, Oriental, Rivoli, and Strand Theatres. The plot has to do with a poor Parisian youth who aspires to be a tourist guide. His sweetheart whom he rescued from a villainous knife-thrower, doesn't approve of his low aspirations. Maurice becomes despondent and with Edward Everett Horton in tow, tours all the low dives of the Montmartre and gets gloriously intoxicated. He engages in a free-for-all, and loses his guide position. However, Edward Everett Horton, who has a grand time, aids Maurice in securing a better position and winning the hand of his fair heroine, played by Ann Dvorak. Among the supporting players who contribute excellent work to the story are Arthur Pierson, Minna Gombell, Blanche Frederici, Nydia Westman, John Miljan, and Sidnet Toler. At the Oriental, Strand, and Rivoli Theatres, the supporting feature presents Lewis Stone, Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien in "Bureau of Missing Persons." At the Capitol, Philo Vance again comes to life through William Powell in "The Kennell Murder Case." At the Central Square, Helen Twelvetrees and Victor Jory are teamed in "My Woman." 000023 Page Two THE JEWISH ADVOCATE Tuesday, December 6, 1932 ------- THE JEWISH ADVOCATE PUBLISHED FOR NEW ENGLAND JEW DEDICATED TO AMERICANISM AND JUDAISM (30th Year) PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE YEAR BY THE JEWISH ADVOCATE PUBLISHING CORPORATION at 113 Munroe Street, Lynn, Massachusetts, Breakers 5225 Publishers also of The Springfield Review and The Connecticut Hebrew Record Printing Plant: 251 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ------- ALEXANDER BRIN, President and Publisher JOSEPH G. BRIN, Treasurer and Counsel ABRAHAM WEISBERG, Business Manager (Member Boston Better Business Bureau) Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc., which maintains a world- circling chain of new correspondents: ------- PARIS- J. Goldberg BERLIN- Dr. M. Wurmbrandt WARSAW- M. Moses JERUSALEM- S. Schwartz VIENNA- M. L. Tenenblatt ROME- Dr. M. 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Foreign Rates on Application. ------- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1932 KISLEV 7, 5693 ------- Chairman Reilly's Objections Answered Chairman Reilly, in the letter published in our last issue, stated that "the editorial in The Boston Traveler, which appeared a few nights ago, fully answers any objection that our citizens may feel with reference to this appointment." In regard to the above, we want to say that while we respect the opinions expressed by our worthy contemporary, The Boston traveler, in its editorial - which we believe was written in good faith - we want to take exception to practically every statement made. And in order that our readers may have the benefit of The Traveler's thought on the matter, we are reprinting the editorial in full, as well as our answers, point by point. Jewish-Speaking Attendance Officer For several reasons there exists no great need for the appointment of a Jewish-speaking attendance officer in our public school system. First, it would be difficult to find a Jewish parent who cannot speak English. Second, official records show that truancy among Jewish children amounts to practically nothing. Third, to appoint any officer delegated to a particular race is to insult that race and set it apart from the general American scheme. The Jew certainly has proved in peace and war his cohesion with the American ideal. The school committee had an opening for an attendance officer, not necessarily for a Jewish-speaking officer. Number six on the list speaks Jewish. The committee appointed Number one. The assertion that this girl learned in six months to speak Jewish strikes us as ridiculous - and unnecessary. The school committee had offered to ask the civil service commission for a special examination for a Jewish-speaking officer and then to appoint Number one off that list. This offer was rejected by the petitioners. If the Jewish people desire a Jewish attendance officer, the way is open. But the officer should be chosen by civil service examination Jewish-speaking candidates - and the best appointed from the top of the list. For many reasons, there exists the greatest need for appointment of a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer in our public schools. First, we wish very much that the statement, it "would be difficult to find a Jewish parent who cannot speak English," were true. Unfortunately, hundreds upon hundreds of Jewish parents, especially mothers with large families and small incomes, struggling to make ends meet to give their children the best education possible, have had to deny themselves educational opportunities and have not been able to "master" English, although, in America, a number of years. Jewish child does love to learn, but unfortunately, the same factors in our environment that make for truancy and delinquency among other children - operate among our Jewish children, as well. Mrs. Sheldon Glueck, chairman, Juvenile Delinquency Committee, Massachusetts Civic League, in a brief resume of facts and figures which she gleaned in her research, in connection with the Harvard Crime Survey, gave our Jewish pride an awful jolt when she stated at the School Committee hearing last June, that of 1,000 Boston juvenile delinquents studied recently, 11 per cent. were Jewish. That was not only a shock, it was a challenge, for one of the ways of reducing - and, we hope, preventing delinquency among Jewish children is by stopping it at its source, when the child is still young and at school, and is only occasionally absent; before he has become a truant. The attendance officers do not deal, as The Traveler editorial implies, with truancy only. They deal with all unexcused absences, and Jewish boys and girls, whose mothers cannot write English, are more apt to have their unexcused absences investigated than those coming from English-speaking homes. Third, it is an insult to a race to have attendance officers come into their homes who they can understand and talk with? If that be the case, the Italian people have been insulted for a good many years, for two Italian-speaking officers work exclusively in the North End - the most congested Italian district in the city. It seems to us that the School Committee insults the immigrants far more, when it sends into the homes of these people to deliver the school message, attendance officers who can't understand or talk with them, and therefore cannot deliver the message except by means of "dumb-show" or gossipy neighbors. "The School Committee had an opening for an attendance officer, not necessarily for a Jewish-speaking officer." Why, then, did all the Tuesday morning papers proclaim that it was a "Yiddish-speaking attendance officer" who was appointed on Monday evening, November 21? And you, yourselves, admit that fact when you say: "The assertion that this girl learned in six months to speak Jewish strikes us as ridiculous - and unnecessary." Ridiculous? Yes. Unnecessary? No - from the point of view of the School Committee members who wanted to have "the question of appointing of a Yiddish-speaking woman attendance officer settled, and believed that Miss Donovan's knowledge of Yiddish was the answer to the request of the C. L. U. and many citizens." The fact is stressed that the appointee was the "first on the list." The general public reading that statement would at once imagine that the person at the head of the list had a much higher Civil Service mark than those below. That however, may not be the case. For the appointee, and the following candidate, are rated as Yeomen F - a classification that may include those girls who worked only as clerks in the government service during the war - and whom the Civil Service Commission is obliged by law to put at the head of the list, even when they get barely a passing mark of 70 per cent. - over and above those who may secure 100 per cent. rating. Under these circumstances, being the first on the list does not necessarily imply that the qualifications are superior to those who are lower on the list. As a matter of fact, if marks - a few per cent more or less - are to be the criteria in appointments, the third candidate on the list, we believe, has a higher mark than the person appointed. Furthermore, our Jewish candidates in the past and this year, as well, have had higher marks than candidates who have received appointment. But nevertheless, not one Yiddish- speaking candidate has secured a permanent appointment during all these ten years. THE NEW EXAMINATION MYTH This member of the School Committee not only did not oppose the motion, he sponsored it and supported it, as may be seen in the official minutes of the Boston School Committee report, under date of March 2, 1929. And only as late as last Spring indicated to those who spoke with him that he was still a man of his word and holding on to the opinions expressed a short while before. Why this sudden turn-about-face? Now, what would happen, if a requisition were sent by the School Committee to the Civil Service Commission to fill the need for a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer in the department? As in other instances the three names of candidates possessing that particular qualification, in addition to every other qualification required by the Civil Service for attendance officer - would be sent down, and the School Committee could then, as the appointing authority, select the best-qualified person for that job, whether that candidate be the first of the three or the third of that group - veteran or not. The last examination for attendance officer service in Boston, as well as all previous ones, was open to every citizen who could fill the general requirements, without regard to race, religion or politics. And one of the questions on the experience sheet, this year as in previous years, was the candidate's knowledge of foreign languages. Why should the Civil Service Commission have this question on the experience sheet, except that it is definitely recognized that certain languages, if they are not dead languages, may be useful in the work of the attendance officer. Of course, the most expert knowledge of Yiddish or Chinese would be of no particular value in Newton or the town of Waban, but, in a city like Boston containing nearly 100,000 Jewish people with 30,000 Jewish school children, constituting over 25 per cent. of the entire public school population, and schools having from 90 to 99 per cent. Jewish children - the knowledge of Yiddish is a tool - a key, without which the doors of the immigrant Jewish home, its confidence, trust, understanding - cannot be opened; without which the school message may be left on the doorstep, like a package of groceries, but, it cannot be delivered. Do the Jewish people desire a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer? Ten years' effort on the part of THE JEWISH ADVOCATE and thousands of organized Jewish men and women as well as the endorsement of national leaders and the press - might be considered perhaps as an indication - in the affirmative. Is the door open to a Jewish candidate? We have tried hard to believe that - but since the last meeting of the Boston School committee, we realize fully how tightly closed that door is, and has been during the ten years we have followed the matter. -------- The Jewish Conception Of Charity "And thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." This is a fundamental principle in our religion - perhaps the basis of or religious laws and practices. Who has not heard of Rabbi Hillel's famous reply to a heathen's request for an explanation of our religion: "What is displeasing to the, do not to others"? Charity sounds the key-note of our faith. The Jews have always been distinguished for this virtue. We have not forgotten our poor; we have protected the window and the orphan; we have assisted the stranger in our midst. We have visited the sick; we have comforted the mourner; we have worked for peace. "It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." Let us always remember that we are only the custodians of that wealth which God has bestowed upon us, that love of our neighbor should prompt us to part with it in order to relieve him from sorrow and misfortune that it is our [?] of heating to the home-owner and eliminate the dirt and the smoke nuisance. Again it is shown that our methods of garbage disposal are crude and expensive beyond reason. In short, the Committee has painted a realizable physical ideal for the small house of the future. It has shown how much of this ideal could be immediately translated into reality and what is still to be worked out . The Committee's report will inevitably serve as an inspiration and a guide to engineers to [?] FILENE'S EXPANDS AGAIN: Good news for people in Wellesley, Newton and Brookline! Filene's Wellesley shop has been almost entirely rebuilt - quadruped in size and opens with a style show Tuesday evening. A new shop for children. A new beauty shop, featuring Alexander of Paris. A larger, better and roomier place to shop - but better still, indication of Filene's faith and confidence in the future of Boston and its suburbs! FILENE'S Sensations are regular "gad-abouts" All night --- all day, you'll wear this "Sensation." Lithe as a young willow, the soft two way stretch Supple-Spun LASTEX gives freedom --- Down to waist in back, cup bandeau of triple net. Filene's Third Floor Corset Shop $10 officer and then to appoint Number one on that list. was rejected by the petitioners. If the Jewish people desire a Jewish attendance officer, the way is open. But the officer should be chosen by civil service examination of Jewish-speaking candidates - and the best appointed from the top of the list. For many reasons, there exists the greatest need for appointment of a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer in our public schools. First, we wish very much that the statement, it "would be difficult to find a Jewish parent who cannot speak English," were true. Unfortunately, hundreds upon hundreds of Jewish parents, especially mothers with large families and small incomes, struggling to make ends meet to give their children the best education possible, have had to deny themselves educational opportunities and have not been able to "master" English, although in America, a number of years. With that fact in mind, Dr. Maurice B. Hexter, former executive director of the Federated Jewish Charities of Boston, stated before a conference of the Boston School Committee in February, 1929: "In dealing with the school absentee, as with any other maladjusted child, it is of primary importance for the worker to make a close and intimate contact with the mother of the child. To effect such a contact with an immigrant mother unable to converse in English, it is necessary for the worker to possess a speaking knowledge of the language of the immigrant, as well as training and experience in the methods and technique of case work. In our work with the Jewish population we have found a speaking-knowledge of Yiddish, a fundamental necessity. We have observed that it is generally true that immigrant parents, especially mothers, even though they may be able to speak English well enough to transact their routine business, with milkmen or grocers, must revert to their immigrant tongue, if they are to make themselves understood in matters involving any serious difficulty, whether it be of a psychological, economic, or social nature." Mr. Robert W. Kelso, national leader in social service and former executive secretary, Boston Council of Social Agencies, states: "The attendance officer service, to be truly effective, requires sufficient skill, first in the knowledge of the language of the child's parents, and second, in the art of social service interviewing to establish an understanding and a true social contact with the mother of the child." The late D. Chauncey Brewer, for years the president of the North American Civic League for Immigrants, who worked indefatigably "to bridge the gap between the English-speaking community and its foreign element," stated: "It is my conviction, based on personal observation, that a foreign-speaking agent is one hundred per cent. more effective in securing a hearing than a worker who does not know the language of those with whom he comes in touch. "It follows - that the very best medium that a School Committee can adopt in its effort either to compel (by law) school attendance of working minors, or to win the confidence and interest of the latter, as well as of adults - is a foreign speaking agent." Does any fair-minded individual need more proof? We can multiply it many fold. "Second, official records show that truancy among Jewish children amounts to practically nothing." That is a subtle compliment that expresses nearly the truth. It is true that the Jewish home reveres education, and the average put at the head of the list, even when they get barely a passing mark of 70 per cent.---over and above those who many secure 100 per cent. rating. Under these circumstances, being the first on the list does not necessarily imply that the qualifications are superior to those who are lower on the list. As a matter of fact, if marks---a few per cent. more or less---are to be the criteria in appointments, the third candidate on the list, we believe, has a higher mark than the person appointed. Furthermore, our Jewish candidates in the past and this year, as well, have had higher marks than candidates who have received appointment. But nevertheless, not one Yiddish-speaking candidate has secured a permanent appointment during all these ten years. THE NEW EXAMINATION MYTH We do not feel justified in blaming the whole School Committee for a subterfuge that we believe should be pinned onto Mr. Hurley alone. However, if we are in error, we shall be glad to correct it. But as we recall it, Mr. Hurley's suggestion for a brand new examination has not been taken up as a motion by the School Committee, nor was it ever put to a vote. We dislike to dignify this subterfuge by answering it, but for the sake of honest and naive citizens who haven't been close to the scene as we have, and might therefore suppose that the suggestion is quite legitimate---we will analyze it. First of all, why any examination---when there is an eligible Civil Service list, established only a year ago, and in force for another year? A Civil Service examination is called for only when the list has expired and there are no candidates to fill the positions that are vacant. Further more, it seems to us, and to many citizens from whom we have heard, that it ill becomes a member of the Boston School Committee, supposed to be interested in strict economy, to call for a new and expensive outlay---for no g[ood] reason. The last examination was taken by nearly 30 people. What is to prevent 500 or 1,000 from taking it The expense would be a staggering waste. As a matter of daily practice in all government departments under Civil Service---how are vacancies filled, and needs of the department met? Simply by a requisition of the appointing authority to the Civil Service Commission for a candidate able to meet the needs of the department The Civil Service Commission, upon receiving such a requisition, sends down the names of the three highest candidates on the then existing eligible list, possessing the qualifications specified. The appointing authority may then choose any one of the three. The Attendance Department is under rules that are not different from those governing any other branch under Civil Service. And the question of a Yiddish-speaking attendance officer is not new this year, either. Mr. Hurley, also, is not new on the School Committee. He was on the Committee, when three years ago this matter came up and was debated vociferously. Did Mr. Hurley propose a brand new examination at that time, and the setting aside of the then existing Civil Service list? A motion was at that time presented to ask the Civil Service Commission to send down the names of candidates "who, in addition to all other qualifications, also possessed a knowledge of Yiddish." Did Mr. Hurley oppose it then? And why not? reply to a heathen's request for an explanation of our religion: "What is displeasing to thee, do not to others"? Charity sounds the key-note of our faith. The Jews have always been distinguished for this virtue. We have not forgotten our poor; we have protected the widow and the orphan; we have assisted the stranger in our midst. We have visited the sick; we have comforted the mourner; we have worked for peace. "It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." Let us always remember that we are only the custodians of that wealth which God has bestowed upon us, that love our neighbor should prompt us to part with it in order to relieve him from sorrow and misfortune, that it is our duty to support organized societies for this purpose. Let us always THINK charitably of our neighbors; do not condemn a man without sufficient reason, for we are all liable to err. Let us "seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow." The House Of the Future Houses of steel and copper and even of aluminum as well as of wood and masonry, built at the factory with rooms such s the kitchen and bath completely equipped and the rest ready to be assembled at the site, insulated against heat and cold and noise, costing perhaps only half as much as the present small house, and placed in cities free from smoke, are described as merely awaiting the application of knowledge already largely in hand, in the eleventh and concluding volume of the final reports of the President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership. This statement comes from a committee of nationally [?]n [sc]ientists and engineers led by the late Dr. George [?] Burgess, director of the Bureau of Standards. It is supported by a careful analysis of practices and materials at [p]resent employed in small-house building which leaves no [ro]om for doubt of their relative wastefulness and ineffi[c]ency. For example, the committee shows that the adop[ti]on of the practice of welding pipe would permit the use [of] thinner sheet steel and eliminate the laborious hand [?]reading at the site which now raises the cost of plumbing. This practice plus the possible reduction of numbers of pipes, fittings, and fixtures by simplification and standardization, would in the opinion of one contractor who has installed a great deal of welded piping "reduce the cost of heating and plumbing installations by one-half." The Committee's analysis takes no aspect of the present small house for granted, and concedes no authority to tradition. Beginning with the foundation and cellar and going through the walls and floors and finishes to the roof every feature of the house as we no know it is made to answer as to whether present materials and practices are less efficient than others that might be used. As a result, a good many things which we now take for granted are found wanting. The universal practice of fabrication at the site and the use of the sloping roof are alike condemned as costly and unnecessary and practical substitutes recommended. It is definitely shown that some of our present heating practices are wasteful and that it is possible to reduce the cost LASTEX gives freedom--- Down to waist in back, cup bandeau of triple net. $10 Filene's Third Floor Corset Shop of heating to the home-owner and eliminate the dirt and the smoke nuisance. Again it is shown that our methods of garbage disposal are crude and expensive beyond reason. In short, the Committee has painted a realizable physical ideal for the small house of the future. It has shown how much of this ideal could be immediately translated into reality and what is still to be worked out. The Committee's report will inevitably serve as an inspiration and a guide to engineers, to architects, to builders, and to dealers in materials in the development of the house of the future. This final volume of the President's Conference reports, entitled "Housing Objectives and Programs," completes the program, formulated by the Conference at its meeting in Washington last December, to raise the standard of American housing. The volume contains the reports of the six correlating committees, whose business was to digest the material assembled by the twenty-five fact-finding committees and to indicate how their findings could be translated into action. School Committee Action Attracting Wide Interest (Continued from Page 1) UNJUSTIFIABLE The Boston School Committee, in defiance of the wishes of the Jewish Community, has appointed Miss Donovan, a City Hall clerk, to serve as attendance officer for the Jewish districts of the city where a knowledge of Yiddish is essential. The choice of Miss Donovan was justified on the ground that she has a knowledge of Yiddish. To any fair and impartial observer it will be obvious that the selection of Miss Donovan is unjustifiable. An attendance officer for the Jewish districts require more than a surface knowledge of Yiddish such as Miss Donovan commands. It demands an intimate familiarity with the psychology of the Jewish people. To choose a non-Jewess is tantamount to transforming the attendance officership into a political job with regard to the population. This is why the action of the Boston School Committee transcends local interest. And this is why our comment is necessary. The Boston citizenry must realize that the rest of the country is aware that it is governed by a political machine which ignores the rights of representation of its racial or religious minorities. Miss Donovan, if she is an honest, civic worker, should refuse the appointment and join those who demand a Jewish attendance officer for Jewish districts. This incident should also serve as a lesson to those who are afraid of calling a spade a spade, and have been satisfied with the ruling that some one with a superficial knowledge of the language and without experience with Jewish immigrant mothers, should serve as intermediary between them and the school system. The request should have been clearly made for a Jew to take care of Jewish contacts. Other communities would do well to take the hint. Mattapan Hadassah Buds The Buds held a very interesting meeting Tuesday evening, November 29, at the Hashachar Hebrew School and Gertrude Aronson, guest president, took charge of the meeting. The luncheon, to be held December 28 at the Dorchester Manor, was discussed. Tickets are 35 cents. Charlotte Goldforb, one of the members, gave an interesting talk on the life of Theodore Herzl. At 9.30 p.m. the business meeting was over, and a social half hour held. At the next meeting, which will be on December 13, the guest president will be Ruth Balder. THE JEWISH ADVOCATE MID-WEEK EDITION TUESDAY VOL. 66, NO. 10 ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER AT LYNN, MASS. (30TH YEAR) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1932 (30TH YEAR) NEW ENGLAND'S JEWISH FAMILY NEWSPAPER FIVE CENTS THE COPY School Committee Action Attracting Wide Interest Alice Stone Blackwell, World Renowned Humanitarian, Pioneer Woman Suffragist and Champion of the Oppressed, Writes Unsolicited to The Jewish Advocate "In Common With Most of the Community I Was Surprised and Sorry . . . The School Committee Would Not Have Thought of Appointing a Jew Who Could Speak Italian to Interview the Italian Mothers" ---League of Jewish Women's Organizations Denounces Insult---Organized Labor Reaffirms Its Stand and Demands Yiddish Speaking Jewish Woman Be Appointed. Among the flood of messages pouring into this office from prominent men and women in Boston and beyond, which the limitation of space alone forbids our printing--- the brief but pointed note of Miss Alice Stone Blackwell found its way to our desk in Monday morning's mail. Miss Blackwell, who is the famous daughter of world-famous parents --- Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell--- traces her ancestral roots not only to those who pioneered in virgin America, in a physical sense, but to brilliant forbears whose ability and indomitable courage lighted and paved the way to a realization of woman suffrage, as well as the many other rights that women now possess in our country. Miss Blackwell has been true to her glorious heritage, for she has continued pioneering for the rights of womankind and oppressed groups, wherever she saw them. A gifted writer and translator of note, her literary skill alone would give her an individual place of eminence, but she has not been content with literary achievements only. Her work as a humanitarian on behalf of victims of injustice and oppression will give her an immortal place among the world's great women and leaders. In her note to The Jewish Advocate she says: "In common with most of the community, I was surprised and sorry to see that a Miss Donovan had been appointed as an Attendance Officer to interview Yiddish-speaking mothers. I do not know the appointee, and have nothing against her personally; but it is clear that, in order to render the best service, the Attendance Officer ought to be able to understand the view point and the racial background of the foreign mothers. The School Committee would not have thought of appointing a Jew who could speak Italian to interview the Italian mothers. Mere knowledge of the language is not enough." The large gathering of officers and delegates of the 45 organizations that constitute the League of Jewish Women's Organizations, representing over 15,000 organized Jewish women, was thoroughly aroused over the appointment of a non-Jewess to work among the Jewish mothers and children as attendance officer for the Boston Schools. The occasion was the monthly meeting of the League, which took place last Thursday, December 1, in the Directors' Room of the Boulevard Trust Company. Mrs. Ely Feibelman, president of the League and other prominent members reviewed this educational movement [?] Was "Pops" Leader for Ten Years Agide Jacchia, Italian- Jewish Composer and Conductor, Dies at 57 Word has been received in Boston from Siena, Italy, of the death of Agide Jacchia, director of the Boston Conservatory of Music, on Tuesday. Mr. Jacchia, who was an Italian Jew, was 57 years old. He is survived by his wife and a daughter. Mr. Jacchia conducted the famous and popular "Pop" concerts at Symphony Hall for ten years. In 1927 he strongly favored and gave encouragement to the Boston Community Art Group which was formed by members of the younger Jewish set of Boston to encourage young artists. Meetings and exhibits, it will be recalled, were successfully held at Temple Israel on Commonwealth avenue. Since 1917 Mr. Jacchia lived in Boston, spending his summers in Milan. Mr. Jacchia was a graduate of the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro Italy, where he received diplomas in composition and conducting. Prior to his graduation there he had been a student for five years at the Parma Conservatory at at the Liceo Musicale, where he won prizes for flute-playing, conducting [?] Attacks On Jews Continue In Warsaw, Lubin, Posen; Jew Dies from Injuries In Train Attack Lwow and Warsaw Kehiloth Adopt Protest Resolutions-- Lwow Kehilla Council Protests Against Negligence in Apprehending Party Responsible for Explosion in Midst of Funeral Throng Last Tuesday--Raid On Anti-Semitic Organizaion Discloses Documents Showing Disturbances Planned--Jew Dies--Curator of Wawelberg High School Threatens to Withdraw Support if Disturbances Continue. Lwow, Dec. 6 (JTA) - A Jewish train passenger, Jeruchem Zigelheim, who was attacked by anti- Semitic students, succumbed to his injuries Sunday. Attacks on trains continue to be prevalent in the vicinity of Lwow where serious anti-Semitic disturbances have been current for the past week since a Polish student, Jan Grotowski met his death following a drunken brawl. Attacks were particularly current Sunday on the lines to Stanislowow. Three Jews were injured at Straij, a Jewish merchant, Rotbach and a student, Bauer, sustaining grave hurts. The tension in Czenstochowa reached its peak Sunday following a memorial service for Grotowski. Many Jews were severely injured by demonstrators and Jewish shops looted. Warsaw, Dec. 6 (JTA) -- Attacks upon Jews continued Sunday night in Warsaw, centering in particular round the cafes Newiaksi and Adria, frequented by Jews. Several Jews were beaten up at these cafes. A store owned by a Jew Rind, located in Rinkowa Street, was attacked. One of the attackers was arrested. Late in the evening National Democrats surrounded the Jewish proprietor and ordered him to withdraw his charges against the accused, on threat of death. Two Jews were also attacked on Orla Street Sunday night. The National democratic press Sunday launched upon a new campaign of agitation against the Jews declaring that Jewish window framers themselves broke the windows of stores and homes in the interests of improving their conditions. The windows of the National Democratic organ "Gazeta [W?zawska]" were smashed Sunday by studehts. Lublin, Dec. 6 (JTA) -- Jews were attacked in Lublin Sunday by students of the Catholic University who demonstrated through the streets following a church memorial service for Grotowski. Jews were attacked on the streets and the windows of Jewish stores smashed. The building of the Yiddish daily, "Lubliner Tageblatt," was attacked and three members of the staff injured, Hersch Kohn, Greenblatt and Glassman. [?] the Polish student killed following a drunken brawl. On Saturday a Polish student, Zamorski, who had been wounded by an explosion, presumably the result of gun fire, in connection with which, three Jews were arrested, confessed that a hand grenade, carried by himself, had exploded prematurely, causing the explosion. Indignation is high against the authorities for failing to discover the true facts sooner, inasmuch as the alleged responsibility of the Jews for the explosion had led to serious riots and the arrest of three Jews and the interrogation of former Deputy Jeger and his brother. Indeed Zamorski himself had previously identified the three arrested Jews as those responsible. Other witnesses, too, had attested to the guilt of the Jews who were kept chained in prison until Saturday when Zamorski confessed. In view of Zamorski's confession, the police searched the premises of the witnesses and of National Democratic leaders, arresting eight, the majority of them students. The students escaped however to the University campus which enjoys immunity. The police are now seeking to prevail upon the rector to permit their arrest. Among the arrested is the editor of the National Democratic organ, "Kurier Lwowski." Warsaw, Dec. 6 (JTA)--The University of Warsaw remains closed by decision of the rector in view of the continuation of the riots. Warsaw, Dec. 6 (JTA)--A strong protest against the anti-Semitic disturbances in Poland was adopted Sunday by the Warsaw Jewish Community. The resolution makes reference to the belief of the Kehillah that the riots are not approved by the government. At the same time it records the dignified attitude the Jewish students have displayed throughout. Warsaw, Dec. 6 (JTA)--The dissolution of the National Democratic Organization "Obwiepol," is planned by the authorities as a result of Sunday night's police raid of the organization's premises, which disclosed "destructive conspiring activity aiming at the provocation of disturbances and excesses," the pro- government press declares. Although the planned dissolution of the organization is not due directly [?] Eisemann Passes Away At Seventy Boston Merchant Served On War Industrial Board Ludwig, Eismann, 70, prominent wool merchant, passed away on Friday at his home, 350 Beacon street, Boston. Mr. Eisemann was born in Germany and came to this country when he was a young man. He was active in the wool business in the firm of Eisemann Brothers, until his retirement in 1918. During the war he served on the War Industries Board in Washington. He leaves a wife, Selma Weil Eisemann; a daughter, Ruth Carol Eisemann, and two sons, Charles and Philip Eisemann; also a brother Julius Eisemann of Boston, and three sisters living in Germany. Ernest Grenier Passes Away Ernest A. Grenier, 38, of 14 Egmont street, Brookline, one of the most popular theatrical box office men in Greater Boston and treasurer and assistant manager of the Colonial Theatre, Boston, died Monday at the New England Deaconess Hospital after a short sickness. Mr. Grenier was born in Worcester. When a young man he started his work in the theatrical business as a program boy at the old Hollis Street Theatre. Later he became ticket agent and treasurer of the Majestic Theatre. In 1920 he was made treasurer of the Colonial and had filled that position ever since. He was president of the Theatre Treasurers' Club of Boston, a member of Temple and Euclid Lodges, A. F. & A. M.; the Massachusetts Consistory of Masons, Aleppo Temple, Shriners and the Elks. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Ethel Grenier, formerly Miss Ethel Ross, and well known radio singer, and three children, Robert, Richard and Barbara. Artist Tepper to Speak At Crawford Street Synagogue Dec. [?] Professor Einstein Quickly Granted Visa After He Serves A 24-Hour Ultimatum American Consul Angers Eminent Scientist by "Silly Questions" As we go to press we are informed that Professor Albert Einstein's ultimatum to the effect that unless a visa to the United States is granted to him within 24 hours he will cancel his trip to America, brought quick action when the United States consul-general in Berlin notified the State Department at Washington that he would issue a visa at once. Professor Einstein delivered this ultimatum yesterday after he had been put through what he regards as a sort of third degree by American consular officials, who questioned him regarding his Communist affiliations as alleged by the Women's Patriot Corporation of Brookline, Mass. The consulate acted upon instructions issued by the United States State Department in Washington after the latter had received a complaint from the Women's Patriot Corporation calling for the refusal of a visa to Professor Einstein. On Saturday, Professor Einstein received a request from the consulate to appear before it and when he appeared there yesterday he was asked questions concerning communism, pacifism, and anarchism. Dr. Butler "Humiliated" by Einstein Incident New York, Dec. 6--Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, made this terse comment last night upon the Einstein incident: "As an American citizen I am so disgraced and humiliated by the action of the State Department that I have no further words to express myself." Hitler Paper Commends Woman Patriots Corporation Berlin, Dec. 6 (JTA)--Adolf Hitler's newspaper "Voelkischer Beobachter" yesterday commended the action of the Women's Patriot Corporation of America in demanding the exclusion from the United States of Professor Albert Einstein as a communist. "We congratulate the American women for demanding Einstein's exclusion," the paper said. "We hope they succeed, though we do not want to keep the Jewish Bolshevist, Einstein, in Germany." Governor Proclaims Newsboys' Week, December 4-11 Pays Tribute to Harry E. Burroughs Foundation By JOSEPH B. ELY Governor of Massachusetts Newsboys should be reckoned among the assets of our Commonwealth. The majority possess to a marked degree such fundamental qualities of good citizenship as dependability, alertness, honesty and thrift. Their welfare, physical and moral, is of vital concern to the community. Newsboys and other adolescents engaged in street occupations [?] "In common with most of the community, I was surprised and sorry to see that a Miss Donovan had been appointed as an Attendance Officer to interview Yiddish-speaking mothers. I do not know the appointee, and have nothing against her personally; but it is clear that, in order to render the best service, the Attendance Officer ought to be able to understand the viewpoint and the racial background of the foreign mothers. The School Committee would not have thought of appointing a Jew who could speak Italian to interview the Italian mothers. Mere knowledge of the language is not enough." __________________________ The large gathering of officers and delegates of the 45 organizations that constitute the League of Jewish Women's Organizations, representing over 15,000 organized Jewish women, was thoroughly aroused over the appointment of a non-Jewess to work among the Jewish mothers and children as attendance officer for the Boston Schools. The occasion was the monthly meeting of the League, which took place last Thursday, December 1, in the Directors' Room of the Boulevard Trust Company. Mrs. Ety Feibelman, president of the League, and other prominent members, reviewed this educational moment which was sponsored by the Jewish men and women in the community, and has since been endorsed widely by leaders and the press. Mrs. Feibelman recalled the number of times she and other officers of the constituent organizations have appeared at School Committee headquarters, at conferences and meetings, to explain the need, which every one could see, except the School Committee, and finally—after years of effort, only to learn that the School Committee recognized the need and the value of a common language, but only when possessed by one of their own group. "If this is the final answer of our Boston School Committee," continued Mrs. Feibelman, "to a legitimate request of our Jewish citizens, every Jewish woman owes it to herself, her family and the community—to remember it well." __________________________ J. Arthur Moriarty, president of the Boston Central Labor Union, at its meeting last Friday night, 987 Washington Street, Boston, presented a report of his committee on securing a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Officer for the Boston Public Schools. He outlined in brief the eight years of work of his organization in this connection, and the disappointment and chagrin they felt when they read in the Boston newspapers that a Miss Donovan was appointed to the post. His committee, which includes James T. Moriarty, president of the State Federation of Labor, and A. E. Johnson, secretary and business agent of the Building Trades Council, American Federation of Labor, are not discouraged and will go on demanding that the Boston School Committee fulfill the original request of the Boston Central Labor Union passed in 1924 and affirmed and reaffirmed many times since. This resolution read: "RESOLVED: That the Boston Central Labor Union, in meeting assembled, reiterates the principles expressed in the resolution adopted April 6, 1924, calling upon the Boston School Committee to increase the efficiency of the schools, by including women attendance officers, and in foreign districts having a preponderance of one foreign language group, by appointing officers able to speak the language of the parents in those districts. And be it further "RESOLVED: That the Boston Central Labor Union, believing these principles to be self-evident, and obviously fundamental to the efficient working of any school attendance department, again call them to the attention of the Boston School Committee, and urge their speedy application for the benefit of the Boston school children. And be it further "RESOLVED: That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Boston School Board, and a committee be appointed to assist in furthering the principles herein expressed." __________________________ This movement, initiated by The Jewish Advocate nearly a decade ago, has attracted leaders throughout the nation. Among the editorial comments in other cities we reprint the following from The Jewish Times, Baltimore, Maryland: (Continued on Page 2) Mr. Jacchia conducted the famous and popular "Pop" concerts at Symphony Hall for ten years. In 1927 he strongly favored and gave encouragement to the Boston Community Art Group which was formed by members of the younger Jewish set of Boston to encourage young artists. Meetings and exhibits, it will be recalled, were successfully held at Temple Israel on Commonwealth avenue. Since 1917 Mr. Jacchia lived in Boston, spending his summers at Milan. __________________________ Mr. Jacchia was a graduate of the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro Italy, where he received diplomas in composition and conducting. Prior to his graduation there he had been a student for five years at the Parma Conservatory and at the Liceo Musicale, where he won prizes for flute-playing, conducting and composing. Signor Jacchia's debut as a conductor came in 1898 in Brescia. A year later, and until 1900, he conducted the orchestra at the Teatro Communale in Ferrara. After his tour of the United States with Mascagni, the composer, in 1902, he returned to Italy where he held successive annual engagements as a conductor at the Teatro Lirico in Milan and the Teatro Regio at Leghorn and at Siena. As conductor of the Milan Opera Company Mr. Jacchia returned to America in 1907 and spent two years touring the United States and Central America. The next year he became general musical director for the Montreal Opera Company, a post he held for four years. In 1914 he came to New York as musical director for the Century Opera Company. Signor Jacchia's connection with the Boston Symphony Company began in 1917 and terminated in 1920 when he resigned abruptly just before the closing concert of the season. He charged that the management of the orchestra, by excusing many musicians from the last performance, had caused the organization to become "unbalanced and inadequate." He refused to sign a contract offered him for the next season. Mr. Jacchia had also served as conductor of the Cecilia Society of Boston, 1920-24, and the Fitchburg Choral Society, 1923-25. Since 1920 he had been the director of the Boston Conservatory of Music. He was noted in musical circles as a composer of songs, cantatas and various orchestral arrangements. __________________________ [?] declaring that Jewish [w????] framers themselves broke the windows of stores and homes in the interests of improving their [c??tions]. The windows of the National Democratic organ "Gazeta Warszawska" were smashed Sunday [?] students. __________________________ Lublin, Dec. 6 (JTA)—Jews were attacked in Lublin Sunday by students of the Catholic University who demonstrated through the streets following a church memorial service for Grotowski. Jews were attacked on the streets and the windows of Jewish stores were smashed. The building of the Yiddish daily, "Lubliner Tageblatt," was attacked and three members of the staff injured, Hersh [Kohn?] Greenblatt and Glassman. __________________________ Posen, Dec. 6 (JTA)—Many Jewish stores in Posen remain closed as anti-Jewish boycott agitation continues in full force, accompanied by the breaking of windows. Jewish merchants who assembled for the market day at [Opeliono?] near Posen, were attacked by hooligans. The Hews, fearing for their lives, fled, leaving their merchandise behind them. The hooligans hereupon broke into Jewish stores and looted the merchandise. __________________________ Warsaw, Dec. 6 (JTA)—Michael Wawelberg, curator of the Technical High School here, informed the supervisors of the institution that the endowment would be withdrawn if the anti-Jewish excesses are resumed and that the school would be closed. The Wawelberg High School, which bears the name of its founder, was established through the gifts of a Jewish patron and has been supported largely through funds supplied by Jews. Last week the [?} were attacked by anti-Semitic [?]. The school was subsequently closed and then re-opened. __________________________ Lwow, Dec. 6 (JTA)—The Jewish Community Council of Lwow [???day] night adopted a resolution [???sting] against what is termed negligence of the authorities failing to discover in time [t???] really guilty for the exposion and funeral procession was returned from services for Jan Grotowski. __________________________ Warsaw, Dec. 6 (JTA)—A strong protest against the anti-Semitic disturbances in Poland was adopted Sunday by the Warsaw Jewish Community. The resolution makes reference to the belief of the Kehillah that the riots are not approved by the government. At the same time it records the dignified attitude the Jewish students have displayed throughout. __________________________ Warsaw, Dec. 6 (JTA)—The dissolution of the National Democratic Organization "Obwiepol," is planned by the authorities as a result of Sunday night's police raid of the organization's premises, which disclosed "destructive conspiring activity aiming at the provocation of disturbances and excesses," the pro-government press declares. Although the planned dissolution of the organization is not due directly to the anti-Jewish incitement which it conducted, the suppression will have the effect of greatly handicapping the continuation of this agitation. __________________________ The Polish Telegraphic Agency, in a despatch from Warsaw, states that "Minister of Education Jendrzejewicza, in an interview granted to one of the foreign press correspondents in Warsaw, declared that the recent excesses, although serious, had no 'pogrom' character but resulted from emotional causes. The Polish authorities as well as the police proceeded with utmost energy. The possibility of further excesses decreases hourly The students themselves begin to react against the provokers of the excesses." __________________________ Rabbi and Mrs. Epstein Guests of Mattapan Zionist District _________________ Mr. and Mrs. N. Rodman, Mr. and Mrs. L. Schiller, and Mr. and Mrs. G. Weinberger will be the hosts and hostesses of the Mattapan Zionist District on December [??] at the Dorchester and Mattapan Hebrew School, 800 Morton street, Mattapan. The district meets every first Wednesday of the month and the meetings are always a combination of Zionist, cultural and social gatherings for the members and their families. Miss Sophie Angoff, violinist, and Henry Portnoy, pianist, will entertain. The executive committee, headed by Dr. B. Weiss, will render its first report on membership. Mr. B. G. Leve will act as the installing officer of the newly elected officers. Rabbi and Mrs. L. M. Epstein are the special guests of the district. The rabbi's topic will be "The Historical Beginning of Zionism." Joseph Reder, re-elected president of the district, will preside at this meeting. __________________________ Mr. Frenier was born in Worcester. When a young man he started his work in the theatrical business as a program boy at the old Hollis Street Theatre. Later he became ticket agent and treasurer of the Majestic Theatre. In 1920 he was made treasurer of the Colonial and had filled that position ever since. He was president of the Theatre Treasurers' Club of Boston, a member of Temple and Euclid Lodges, A. F. & A. M.; the Massachusetts Consistory of Masons, Aleppo Temple, Shriners and the Elks. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Ethel Grenier, formerly Miss Ethel Ross, and well known radio singer, and three children, Robert, Richard and Barbara. __________________________ Artist Tepper to Speak At Crawford Street Synagogue Dec. 9 _________________ Intense interest has already been aroused in the Friday evening services of the Crawford Street Synagogue. The attendance is growing remarkably from week to week. The social hour, in which the open forum is the prominent feature, has attracted a considerable number. The Sabbath atmosphere is created by the congregational singing, led by Harry Krafchinsky, president of Young Israel. This spirit is further enhanced by the able rendition of prayers by Rev. J. Goldberg, cantor of the Congregation. The program which has been arranged for this season covers a wide scope of Jewish problems. Speakers well known in the Jewish world will discuss these various aspects of Jewish life. The speaker for Friday evening, December 9, will be Mr. Joseph Tepper, a well known Jewish artist in Boston. Through his interest in Jewish life and his fine talent in depicting it, has brought forth favorable comment. His subject will be "The Jew In Art" and should prove to be of deep interest to every one. A cordial invitation is extended to those interested. __________________________ Judge Simons Honored by Detroit Bar Association _________________ Detroit, Mich., Dec. 6 (JTA)—Honor was paid to Judge Charles C. Simons of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting at Cincinnati, by the Detroit Bar Association, at a dinner at the Book Cadillac Hotel. __________________________ [?] not want to keep the Jewish Bolshevist, Einstein, in Germany. __________________________ Governor Proclaims Newsboys' Week, December 4-11 _________________ Pays Tribute to Harry E. Burroughs Foundation _________________ By JOSEPH B. ELY Governor of Massachusetts _________________ Newsboys should be reckoned among the assets of our Commonwealth. The majority possess to a marked degree such fundamental qualities of good citizenship as dependability, alertness, honesty and thrift. Their welfare, physical and moral, is of vital concern to the community. Newsboys and other adolescents engaged in street occupations are fending for themselves in an adult world. Many in their early teens are today assuming heavy economic burdens, and working hours to help keep their homes together. It takes stamina to get up early enough in all weathers to deliver or sell papers before school, and grit to sell afternoons while other boys are enjoying their sports. It takes physical endurance and ability to stand the extra work and to maintain satisfactory grades at the same time. It takes courage and strength to defend their rights against exploiters, and to resist the many temptations which beset them on city streets. These young workers deserve all the help which enlightened citizens can give them. The Burroughs Newsboys' Foundation is serving this type of boy by providing, in his off hours, recreational, health and vocational opportunities. Experts agree that the prevention of crime and disease should begin in childhood. Absorbing activities and wise guidance at the Foundation divert newsboys from evil associations and temptation and protect the community from the growth of crime. Therefore, I, as Governor of Massachusetts, do hereby declare and designate the week of December 4 as Newsboys' Week. I trust the citizens and newspapers of the Commonwealth will give proper recognition to the efforts of the Burroughs Newsboys' Foundation in its effort to promote the mental and physical well-being of these working boys. __________________________ Jewish Organizations Called to Conference for Deborah Sanatorium _________________ The Deborah Jewish Consumptive Relief Society of New York and Browns Mills, New Jersey, has issued an invitation to all Jewish organizations of Boston and vicinity to send delegates to a conference which will be held at the Bradford Hotel on Sunday, January 15th, 1932, at 2 p. m. The purpose of the conference is to acquaint the local Jewish public with the condition of the institution and to create better relations between the institution and the masses. Also to devise a method for Boston Jewry to be represented on the administrative board of the Sanatorium. Each organization is requested to elect two delegates and send their names to the New York office of the Sanatorium, 100 Fifth avenue, New York. No collections will be made. The conference will be addressed by Judge Panken, J. Bearak, Leon Arkin, A. I. Shiplacoff. Alexander Brin and Dr. Moses Stone have been invited to address the meeting. STATEMENT OF FACTS The Boston Central Labor Union has been urging "the appointment of more trained women to the Attendance Department, and in districts having preponderances of one Foreign language group, such as are able to speak with the parents of that group, since April 3, 1924, when a resolution containing the above principle was adopted - introduced by miss Anna Nilend of the Teacher's Union. This principle has been affirmed and reaffirmed a number of times alone by the C.L.U. The Attendance Department contains at the present time, twenty-eight men and only 5 women, although more than half the school population are girls, with ten or a dozen all-girls( schools throughout the city. There are over 100,000 Jewish residents in Boston. More than 30,000 school children, or over 25% of the school population, come from Yiddish speaking homes, and in Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury, there are schools containing almost exclusively Jewish children. But there is not a single Attendance Supervisor able to talk with the non-English speaking Jewish mother. Mrs. Rose Harris Cooper has been on the eligible list since 1923; has taken four examinations, and cannot take any more because of age limitation. She has been certified by the Civil Service Commission for permanent appointment on a number of occasions but has never been appointed. Has served three times as temporary Supervisor, and is the only one during this period who has so served and has not been permanently appointed. She has given excellent service, as both Principals and members of the School Committee have attested, yet others, with no previous experience and with lower rating, have been given the preference for permanent appointments. The excuses given have been "veteran's Preference" or "not the first on the list" - but note: Miss Doyle, appointed in April 1924, was neither a veteran nor first on the list. Mr. Hobbs, Chief Attendance Officer, was neither a veteran nor first on the list. Mr. Regan was both but Mr. Hobbs was appointed (see Minutes of March 2, 1924). James H. Mahoney had been the fifth on the Men's list but in order to be reached, the first four were taken care of, so that he could head the list. Thus, when the names were presented both for temporary and permanent appointment, notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. Cooper had a higher rating and stood relatively higher on her list than he on his, Mr. Mahoney got the preference. In 1923-24, the Attendance Department contained only men, yet the School Committee continued to appoint only men, with the exception of Miss Doyle. Had they appointed only two women, Mrs. Cooper would have headed the list, as Mr. Mahoney did after four men were appointed. On the advice of Mr. Edward M. Sullivan, a petition signed by more than five hundred citizens and leaders in the community, was presented to the School Committee on April 27, 1925 by Mr. Max Ulin, Chairman B'Nai Brith Committee on School Attendance. After ignoring it on the day it was presented, at their regular meeting, they rejected it on the following Monday with the statement, as recorded in the official minutes; "The Civil Service eligible list of candidates for appointment as Attendance Officers has expired, that an examination for the purpose of establishing a new list was held today, and, furthermore, there is no vacancy in the ranks at the present time." The above statement was not true. The Civil Service list had not expired. It was not to expire until five days later, May 9. Furthermore, two vacancies were occuring in a few weeks, and inasmuch as only one woman STATEMENT OF FACTS - 2 had been appointed from the Civil Service list, on which were were at least half a dozen qualified women, the Civil Service Commission was perfectly willing to extend the eligibility of that list, as they had done in previous years, in order to protect the good candidates who were available for service. It was obvious, therefore, why the new examination was ordered before the list had expired. The following September 15, the School Committee requisitioned the Civil Service Commission for candidates to fill two vacancies in the Attendance Department. Four candidates were certified, any two of whom were equally eligible. Mrs. Cooper's name was among those certified. Immediately the School Committee cancelled that requisition on the pretext that the Department was being reorganized. Right after election of that year, the appointments were made, but by that time, in some strange manner, the Civil Service eligible list had been rearranged and Mrs. Cooper's name was pushed down to the fifth on the list and was, therefore, not certified for appointment. On November 17, 1926, the school committee announced a vacancy for temporary Officer for three months. Mrs. Cooper was the only woman certified from the women's list, Mr. Howe, a colored police officer, the only man from the men's list. Mrs. Cooper had already had successful experience in the Department and was, therefore, the logical candidate. But, instead the School Committee suddenly announced the cancellation of that vacancy and the creation of three permanent vacancies. The manipulation and trickery that characterized the meeting of January 24, 1927, resulted in the appointment of only one woman and of two men with lower rating than the women certified, of whom Mrs. Cooper was one. (See letter of League of Women Voters commenting on above, statement of Representative Fox, and editorials in Jewish Advocate, Springfield Review of January 27, 1927, and Boston Post January 28, 192 In February 1929, a vacancy occured in the Phillips Brooks District, a section in Roxbury overwhelmingly Jewish. Mr. Max Ulin wrote to the chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Francis Gray, and also to Mrs. Barron asking to be notified when the School Committee would consider filling the vacancy, in order that his Committee might be present and voice their convictions in the matter. This letter was acknowledged by both the Chairman and Mrs. Barron, but not only did they fail to notify him but made the appointment at a special meeting on Thursday evening (when Monday evening is the regular meeting night), called for the specific purpose of discussing matters in connection with the Schoolhouse Commission and Evacuation Day. Mrs. Barron and Mr. Hurley spoke on the need for a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Officer, but failed to get a third vote, and a man was appointed and placed in a Jewish section, unable to talk with the non-English speaking Jewish parents. Dr. Lyons, at the time, had stated that he, too, believed in the need for a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Officer and would surely vote in favor at the occurence of the next vacancy. (Mr. Berry) had to be taken care of, irrespective of the needs of the community. The next vacancy was filled, as in the past, by the appointment of an Attendance Officer who could speak only English. In January 1930, Mr. Kenney, Attendance Officer in the Robert Treat Paine School, Dorchester, a district containing almost 100% Jewish children was retired. This fact was not noted in the official minutes of the School Committee, and the eligible list was allowed to expire without filling this vacancy. The Attendance Officers, who had to take on extra schools, complained of the amount of work; Principals complained that the work was not being done properly. But the vacancy remained unfilled. Even after the eligible list, expired a new examination was not scheduled for almost an entire year. STATEMENT OF FACTS -- 3 On May 18, 1931, Mrs. Cooper received a temporary appointment. The territory given her was the district of the Attendance Officer who complained that it was too large a section for one person. Mr. Hobbs, the Chief Attendance Officer, stated to the chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Gray, (as recorded in the official minutes) that he did not require any additional Attendance service at the time, but, notwithstanding this statement, did not reduce the territory assigned to Mrs. Cooper. She was again given this district October 22, and served until December 23. Only when it was apparent that a man was to be appointed permanently was the territory cut to about half the work. With the announcement of the new eligible list, Mrs. Cooper learned that she was given a lower rating for Training and Experience this year than she had received nine years previous. She consequently appealed to the Civil Service Commission for a rerating, and when, on December 23, she had not yet heard from the Civil Service Commission as to the date of her hearing, she requested the School Committee permission to continue her work in a temporary capacity until her rating was settled by the Civil Service and her place on the list would be definitely determined. This legitimate request was not granted, and a disable veteran, without any Attendance Experience (Mr. McCarthy) was appointed on January 4, 1932, after Dr. Mackey had assured Mr. James Moriarty that no appointment would be made, because it was the first meeting of the School Committee and he "did not know what it was all about". At a conference held on February 19, at 15 Beacon Street, Dr. Mackey, Mr. E.A. Johnson, Mr. James T. Moriarty, Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, Senator Ulin, Councillor Ruby, Mrs. Hyman Morrison, and Mrs. Sophie W. Myers, Dr. Mackey expressed his belie in the principle of a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Officer and agreed to vote for such a requisition at the next meeting, advising that the C.L.U. Committee send in a letter asking for such a requisition, so that it may come up officially at the next meeting. On February 23, an unexpected vacancy occured, due to the sudden death of the Attendance Officer in the Phillips Brooks School, Quincy Street and Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury. On February 29, Mr. Johnson delivered, in person, five copies of the letter advised by Dr. Mackey, and gave them to Mr. Reilly's secretary, to be distributed to the individual members of the School Committee. This was between 3 and 4 P.M., and a regular public meeting was scheduled for that evening. Later the evening was held but Dr. Mackey failed to appear, nor did he send any instructions as to his vote in this matter. NO ACTION was taken by the School Committee at this meeting. No acknowledgement was received by the C.L.U. Committee in regard to their communication, and on the following Monday, March 7, the School Committee without any explanation to the C.L.U. Committee, appointed another disabled veteran. On the request of Mr. James T. Moriarty and Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty for an explanation as to why the C.L.U. letter was not read and acted upon, the members of the School Committee denied having received any such communication, and the excuse given for the vote of that evening was again the "veteran's preference", which Mr. Hurley quoted as follows (Chapter 463, Acts of 1922); "Upon receipt of a requisition not calling especially for women, the names shall be certified from such lists according to the method of certification prescribed by Civil Service Rules to civilians ..... a disabled veteran shall be appointed and employed in preference to all other persons, including veterans". Mr. James T. Moriarty pointed out that, under the law, the School STATEMENT OF FACTS ---- 4 Committee can requisition for a woman with the special language qualifications. If the Civil Service Commission failed to certify such after such a requisition is sent in, then the responsibility for the failure to fill the special need will rest with the Civil Service Commission. On March 21, Mr. Johnson and Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Van Vaerenwyck conferred with Mr. Reilly, Dr. Mackey, Mr. Tobin, and Mr. Hurley. Mr. Reilly's secretary stated before the Committee of the C.L.U. and the Women's Trade Union League that Mr. Johnson had delivered to her the five letters on February 29, in the afternoon, as he stated, and that she gave them to the elevator operator to be taken upstairs to the office of the Secretary of the School Committee. The members, however, again disclaimed having received them. Mr. Hurley stated, further that there is to be a retirement very soon, he understands. If however, this does not materialize, he will bring in anyway a requisition for a Yiddish-speaking Officer. Mr. Tobin informed the group that he was ready to vote for it - that they need not waste time trying to convince him as to the need for one. Mr. Reilly also agreed to vote for it. Mr. Hurley's statement is embodied in the minutes of the meeting held April 4, 1932. On May 13th, at a conference between Mr. Hurley, Mr. Johnson, Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Van Vaerenwyck, and Mrs. Norwood, Mr. Hurley informed the group that the reitrement is not to occur for another year - June 1933, and that the other members of the School Committee are not willing to create a place for a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Supervisor, although he was told by Mr. Hobbs that if the last appointee, Mr. Murphy, had not gotten in, he (Mr. Hobbs) was going to present a requisition for an additional Attendance Officer for the Department. Mr. Hurley told the committee to give this information to the other School Committee members, to show them that there is a place and a financial reserve for another Attendance Supervisor. On May 16, a regular meeting of the School Committee took place but no action was taken in this matter. Dr. Mackey invited Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, who was present at the meeting, to call, with Mr. Johnson, to discuss this matter at his office in South Boston the following Wednesday, May 18, at 3 P.M. He was ready even to go to the Superintendent, with Mr. Johnson and the committee, in order to put this matter over. On May 18, Dr. Mackey informed Mr. Johnson and Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty that he was heartily in favor of the proposition and would vote to create the necessary place at the next meeting. He advised that a copy of the previous letter be sent to the members of the School Committee. In view of the holiday on Monday, May 30, the meeting was expected to take place on May 23. May 23 no meeting held. Mr. Johnson talked with Dr. Mackey at 5 P.M. at 15 Beacon Street, where a School Committee conference was about to be held. Mr. Hurley had not yet reached the conference room and could not be located. At. 5.45 P.M., Mr. Hurley was observed by an interested bystander to enter 15 Beacon Street from his own building, next door. May 24, Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty tried to reach Mr. Hurley on the telephone, to determined whether he offered at the conference the requisition discussed at the previous meetings with the C.L.U. committee. Unable to STATEMENT OF FACTS . . . . 5 reach Mr. Hurley until Thursday, May 26. Mr. Hurley then stated that he did not present the requisition because the other members of the School Committee were not willing to vote for it (indicating clearly enough their utter disregard of all promises made to a duly accredited committee of the labor movement, and a lack of any interest in the welfare of whole sections of school children). On June 5th, representatives of Community Organizations protested at a meeting of the School Committee its failure to act on the matter. A public hearing on the matter was set for June 13th. Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty E. A. Johnson of the C.L.U. Miss Georgia Ely, Y.M.C.A.; Mrs. Sheldon Glueck, Massachusetts Civic League, Mrs. Eli Feibelman, President League of Jewish Women's Organizations; Mrs. Mary C. Thompson; President Women's Trade Union League. Miss Marion Nichols Secretary Civic Service reform Association; Councillors Israel Ruby and David G. Brackman, Alexander Brin Editor of the Jewish Advocate and a large number of other leaders in the community voiced the demand for a trained Yiddish speaking woman Attendance Officer. No action was taken by the School Committee that evening, but Mr. Hurly and members of the American Legion stated their belief that a Jew is not necessary for the post - that an Irishman could talk Yiddish, if necessary, and furthermore they were opposed to Mrs. Cooper securing the appointment and urged that a new examination be given for the post. On June 17th the C.L.U. voted to reaffirm its former stand and insist upon a trained Yiddish-Speaking Woman, as an Attendance Officer. A letter to this effect sent to the School Committee on June 20th. June 27th school Committee man Hurley announced that he lined up with the opposition to the measure which he had promised to sponsor. Failed to bring in a requisition as he promised again and again. November 21st, 1932, Miss Irene Donovan appointed attendance Officer for a Jewish District. Boston Herald and other dailies announced that she was placed in the Jewish District because she learned to speak Hebrew and Yiddish. (See dailies November 22nd, 1932) also Jewish Advocate November 25th and 29th, December 6th etc. Oweing to the storm of protest against this appointment, Chairman Reilley retracted statement that Miss Donovan could speak Yiddish. March 20, 1933 the Boston School Committee went on the record unanimously favoring a Yiddish speaking Attendance Officer for Boston, and requested that a new examination be given by the Civil Service Commission for that purpose. March 24th, Mrs. Thompson Women's Trade Union League, Mr. Robert Silver, secretary American Jewish Congress, and Mr. Alexander Brin protested against holding a new examination, because of the existence of an eligible list, and asked that a hearing be given on the matter if the Commission is not of the same opinion. STATEMENT OF FACTS . . . . 6 Mr. R. H. Cooper, candidate on the present list also requested a hearing under the same circumstances. March 21st Mrs. Cooper and others were informed that the Commission refused to give another examination, in as much as [the??] is a list containing thirty nine names which expires on November 24, 1933. "If and when a vacancy occurs a requisition should be made upon this department it will be given proper consideration". May 29th the Boston School Committee made requisition for a Yiddish speak- ing Woman Candidate for the present eligible list. Unit June 20th it was impossible to find out either from Mr. Tierney Civil Service Commissioner or the School Committee what the decision of the Civil Service was. On that date Courcillor Brackman learned from Mr. Tierney that he refused to grant the request of the School Committee. On June 20th, Mr. Alexander Brin wrote protesting against the action and requested a hearing at once. Mrs. Cooper requested that she be given a hearing to protest her rights as a candidate on the list. June 22rd, Mr. Tierney wrote to Mr/ Brin and a copy of same to Mrs. Cooper stating that he turned down the request and that the matter must be decided by the full board. No date set. June 11th Civil Service Commission met but the matter was not taken up and no one notified in regard to same. It was also learned that the Commission had been meeting more than once a week during the months of June and July and the matter was not taken up. Benjamin G. Leve, commander Post 22, Jewish War Veterans and Mrs. Eli Feibelmar and other interested citizens protested against this de- lsy. July 19th, Mrs. Feibelmar is informed that the matter will not be taken up until the next full board meeting, but Mr. Tierney does not state when that will be. It was later learned that the full board was not expected to meet until August 30th and the school committee requisition called for an appointment for Sept. 1st. Mrs. Cooper not notified as to the exact time of day or August 30th when hearing was to be held until the day of the hearing after she had left for work. Only learned through others as to the time of the hearing but did not know it was the hearing which she requested. Five minutes after the hearing closed the Commission gave its decision to news- paper reporters before it had an opportunity to examine the printed material that Chairman Reilly and Mrs. Cooper left and which was necessary to examine carefully in order to reach a fair decision. Mrs. Cooper and others were still in the room of the Commission when the reporters were called in. Mr. Harlow member Civil Service Commission was seen on the street fifteen minutes after the close of the session and the decision had already been given to reporters. It has since been learned that the School Committee did not protest against the decision of the Civil Service Commission in refusing to honor their requisition for a Yiddish Speaking Attendance Officer, received by the Secretary or June 5th- until July 11th, and not till then did the School Committee ask for a hearing on the matter. November 20, 1933 the School Committee appointed Patrick Fleming as Attendance Officer. Mr. Reilly informed the committee that a petition bearing more than 2,000 names asking for the appointment of Mrs. Cooper as Yiddish Speaking Attendance Officer was presented. The daily papers reported the next day that Mr. Fleming's appointed was determined in an Executive Session behind closed doors. Mr. Reilley blamed Mr. Tobin for not voting for Mrs. Cooper and Mr. Tobin blamed the Civil Service, but Mr. Fleming received the unanimous vote. STATEMENT OF FACTS--2 The above statement was not true. The Civil Service list had not expired. It was not to expire until five days later, May 9. Furthermore, two vacancies were occurring in a few weeks, and, inasmuch as only one woman had been appointed from the Civil Service list, on which there were at least half a dozen qualified women, the Civil Service Commission was perfectly willing to extend the eligibility of that list, as they had done in previous years, in order to protect the good candidates who were available for service. It was obvious, therefore, why no new examination was ordered before the list had expired. The following September 15, the School Committee requisitioned the Civil Service Commission for candidates to fill two vacancies in the Attendance Department. Four candidates were certified, any two of whom were equally eligible. Mrs. Cooper's name was among those certified. Immediately the School Committee cancelled that requisition on the pretext that the Department was being reorganized. Right after election of that year, the appointments were made, but by that time, in some strange manner, the Civil Service eligible list had been rearranged and Mrs. Cooper's name was pushed down to the fifth on the list and was, therefore, not certified for appointment. On November 17, 1926, the School Committee announced a vacancy for a temporary Officer for three months. Mrs. Cooper was the only woman certified from the women's list, Mr. Howe, a colored police officer, the only man from the men's list. Mrs. Cooper had already had successful experience in the Department and was, therefore, the logical candidate. But, instead, the School Committee suddenly announced the cancellation of that vacancy and the creation of three permanent vacancies. The manipulation and trickery that characterized the meeting of January 24, 1927, resulted in the appointment of only one woman and of two men with lower rating than the women certified, of whom Mrs. Cooper was one. (See letter of League of Women Voters Commenting on above, statement of Representative Fox, and editorials in Jewish Advocate, Springfield Review of Jan. 27, 1927, and Boston Post of Jan. 28, 1927.) In February 1929, a vacancy occured in the Phillips Brooks District, a section in Roxbury overwhelmingly Jewish. Mr. Max Ulin wrote to the chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Francis Gray and also to Mrs. Barron, asking to be notified when the School Committee would consider filling that vacancy in order, that his Committee might be present and voice their convictions in the matter. This letter was acknowledge by both the Chairman and Mrs. Barron, but not only did they fail to notify him but made the appointment at a special meeting on Thursday evening (when Monday evening is the regular meeting night), called for the specific purpose of discussing matters in connection with the schoolhouse Commission and Evacuation Day. Mrs. Barron and Mr. Hurley spoke on the need for a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Officer, but failed to get a third vote, and a man was appointed and placed in a Jewish section unable to talk with the Non-English speaking Jewish parents. Dr. Lyons at that time, had stated that he, too, believed in the need for a Yiddish speaking Attendance Officer and would surely vote in favor at the occurence of the next vacancy. (Mr. Barry had to be taken care of, irrespective of the needs of the community). The next vacancy was filled, as in the past, by the appointment of an Attendance Officer who could speak only English. In January 1930, Mr. Kenney Attendance Officer in the Robert Treat Paince School, Dorchester, a district containing almost 100% Jewish childredn, was retired. This fact was not noted in the official minutes of the School Committee, and the eligible list was allowed to expire without filling STATEMENT OF FACTS... 3 vacancy. The Attendance Officers, who had to take on extra schools, complained of the amount of work; Principals complained that the work was not being done properly. But the vacancy remained unfilled. Even after the eligible list expired, a new examination was not scheduled for almost an entire year. On May 18, 1931, Mrs. Cooper received a temporary appointment. The territory given was the district of the Attendance Officer who complained that it was too large a section for one person. Mr. Hobbs, the Chief Attendance Officer, stated to the Chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Gray, (as recorded in the official minutes) that he did not require any additional Attendance Service at the time, but, notwithstanding this statement, did not reduce the territory assigned to Mrs. Cooper. She was again given this district October 22, and served Until December 23. Only when it was apparent that a man was to be appointed permanently was the territory cut to about half the work. With the announcement of the new eligible list, Mrs. Cooper learned that she was given a lower rating for Training and Experience this year than she had received nine years previous. She consequently appealed to the Civil Service Commission for a rerating, and when, on December 23, she had not yet heard from the Civil Service Commission as to the date of her hearing, she requested the School Committee permission to continue her work in a temporary capacity until her rating was settle by the Civil Service and her place on the list would be definitely determined. This legitimate request was not granted, and a disabled veteran, without any Attendance experience (Mr. McCarthy) was appointed on January 4, 1932, after Dr. Mackey had assured Mr. James T. Moriarty that no appointment would be made, because it was the first meeting of the school committee and "he did not know what it was all about". At a conference held on February 19, at 15 Beacon Street, Dr. Mackey, Mr. E.A. Johnson, Mr. James T. Moriarty, Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, Senator Ulin, Councillor Ruby, Mrs. Hyman Morrison and Mrs. Sophie W. Myers, Dr. Mackey expressed his belief in the principle of a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Officer, and agreed to vote for such a requisition at the next meeting, advising that the C.L.U. Committee send in a letter asking for such a requisition, so that it may come up officicially at the next meeting. On February 23, an expected vacancy occured, due to the sudden death of the Attendance Officer in the Phillips Brooks School, Quincy Street and Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury. On February 29, Mr. Johnson delivered, in person, five copies of the letter advised by Dr. Mackey, and give them to Mr. Reilly's secretary, to be distributed to the individual members of the School Committee. This was between 3 and 4 P.M., and a regular public meeting was scheduled for that evening. Lat the meeting was held but Dr. Mackey failed to appearl, nor did he send any instructions as to his vote in this matter. NO ACTION was taken by the School Committee at this meeting. No acknowledgement was received by the C.L.U. Committee in regard to their communication, and on the following Monday, March 7, the School Committee, without any explanation to the C.L.U.Committee, appointed another disabled veteran. On the request of Mr. James T. Moriarty and Mr.J.Arthur Moriarty from an explanation as to why the C.L.U. letter was not read and acted upon, the members of the School Committee denied having received any such communication, and the excuse given for the vote of that evening was again the "veteran's Preference", which Mr. Hurley quoted as follows )Chapter 463, Acts of 1922); "Upon receipt of a requisition not calling especially for women, the names shall be certified from such lists according to the method of certification prescribed Civil Service Rules applying to civilians........ STATEMENT OF FACTS ....43 ...a disabled veteran shall be appointed and employed in preference to all other persons, including veterans". Mr. James T. Moriarty pointed out that, under the law, the school Committee can requisition for a woman with the special language qualification. If the Civil Service commission failed to certify such, after such a requisition is sent in, then the responsibility for failure to fill the special need will rest with the Civil Service Commission. On March 21, Mr. Johnson and Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Van Vaerenwyck, conferred with Mr. Reilly, Dr. Mackey, Mr. Tobin, and Mr. Hurly. Mr. Reilly's secretary stated before the Committee of the C.L.W. and the Women's Trade Union League that Mr. Johnson had delivered to her five letters on February 29 in the afternoon as he stated, and that she gave them to the elevator operator to be taken upstairs to the office of the Secretary of the School Committee. The members, however, again disclaimed having received them. Mr. Hurley stated, further, that there is to be a retirement very soon, he understands. If, however, this does not materialize, he will bring in anyway a requisition for a Yiddish-speaking Officer. Mr. Tobin informed the group that he was already to vote for it - that they need not waste time trying to convince him as to the need for one. Mr. Reilly also agreed to vote for it. Mr. Hurley's statement is embodied in the minutes of the meeting held April 4, 1932. On May 13, at a conference between Mr. Hurley, Mr. Johnson, Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Van Vaerenwyck and Mrs. Norwood, Mr. Hurley informed the group that the retirement is not to occur for another year - June 1933, and that the other members of the school Committee are not willing to create a place for a Yiddish-speaking Attendance Supervisor, although he was told by Mr. Hobbs that if the last appointee, Mr. Murphy, had not gotten in, he (Mr. Hobbs) was going to present a requisition for an additional Attendees Officer for the Department. Mr. Hurley told the committee to give this information to the other school Committee members, to show them that there is a place and financial reserve for another Attendance Supervisor. On May 16, a regular meeting of the School Committee took place but no action was taken in this matter. Dr. Mackey invited Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty, who was present at the meeting, to call, with Mr. Johnson, to discuss this matter at his office in South Boston on the following Wednesday May 18, at 3 P.M. He was ready even to go to the Superintendent, with Mr. Johnson and the Committee, in order to put this matter over. On May 18 Dr. Mackey informed Mr. Johnson and Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty that he was heartily in favor of the proposition and would vote to create the necessary place at the next meeting. He advised that a copy of the previous letter he sent to the members of the School Committee. In view of the holiday on Monday, May 30, the meeting was expected to take place on May 23. STATEMENT OF FACTS -- 5 May 23, no meeting held. Mr. Johnson talked with Dr. Eackey at 5 P.M. at 15 Beacon Street, where a School Committee conference was about to be held. Mr. Hurley had not yet reached the conference room and could not be located. At 5.45 P.M. Mr. Hurley was observed by an interested bystander to enter 15 Beacon Street from his own building, next door. May 24, Mr. J. Arthur Moriarty tried to reach Mr. Hurley on the telephone, to determine whether he offered at the conference the requisition discussed at the previous meetings with the C.L.U. committee. Unable to reach Mr. Hurley until Thursday May 26, Mr. Hurley then stated that he did not present the requisition because other members of the school Committee were not willing to vote for it (indicating clearly enough their utter disregard of all promises made to a duly accredited committee of the labor movement, and a lack of any interest in the welfare of whole sections of school children). More than fifteen years ago the School Committee requisitioned the Civil Service Commission for an Italian-speaking Officer (see minutes of Fef 23, 1929). Since then two have been appointed who are working in the Italian district, in the North End. In asking now for a Yiddish speaking Officer, only the same measure of fair play and understanding is asked for the children of the non-English speaking Jewish parents as was accorded by the School Committee fifteen years ago to the Italian population. The excuse that Jewish children are not truant, as advanced by some members of the school Committee in the past, is not valid, since Attendance Officers do not deal exclusively with truants, but with absentees, and Jewish children are absent as well as others. Otherwise, why are any Attendance Officers employed in the Jewish school districts? They should be discharged if not necessary, and their salaries saved to the tax-payers. This is not the complete account to date. I have not had the time to complete it - but it gives enough to enable you to see the methods employed by the Committee. STATEMENT OF FACTS The Boston Central Labor Union has been urging "the appointment of more trained women to the Attendance Department, and in districts having a preponderance of one foreign language group, such as are able to speak with parents of that group," since April 6, 1924, when a resolution containing the above principle was adopted - introduced by Miss Anna Niland of the Teachers' Union. This principle has been affirmed and reaffirmed a number of times since by the C.L.U. The Attendance Department contains at the present time, twenty-eight men and only four women, although more than half the school population are girls, with ten or a dozen all-girls' schools throughout the city. There are over 100,000 Jewish residents in Boston. More than 30,000 school children, or over 28% of the school population, come from Yiddish-speaking homes, and in Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury, there are schools containing almost exclusively Jewish children. But there is not a single Attendance Supervisor able to talk with the non-English speaking Jewish mother. Mrs. Rose Harris Cooper has been on the eligible list since 1923; has taken four examinations, and cannot take any more because of age limitation. She has been certified by the Civil Service commission for permanent appointment on a number of occasions but has never been appointed. Has served three times as a temporary Supervisor, and is the only one during this period who has so served and has not been permanently appointed. She has given excellent service, as both Principals and members of the School Committee have attested, yet others, with no previous experience and with lower rating, have been given the preference for permanent appointments. The excuses given have been "veteran's preferences" or "not the first on the list" - but note: Miss Doyle, appointed in April 1924, was neither a veteran nor the first on the list. Mr. Hobbs, Chief Attendance Office, was neither a veteran nor the first on the list. Mr. Rogan was both but Mr. Hobbs was appointed (see Minutes of March 2, 1924). James Mahoney had been the fifth on the men's list but in order to be reached, the first four were taken care of, so that he could head the list. Thus, when the names were presented both for temporary and permanent appointment, notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. Cooper had a higher rating and stood relatively higher on her list than he on his, Mr. Mahoney got the preference. In 1923-1924, the Attendance Department contained only men, yet the School Committee continued to appoint only men, with the exception of Miss Doyle. Had they appointed only two women, Mrs. Cooper would have headed the list, as Mr. Mahoney did after four men were appointed. On the advice of Mr. Edward M. Sullivan, a petition signed by more than five hundred citizens and leaders in the community, was presented to the School Committee on April 27, 1925, by Mr. Max Ulin, Chairman, B'Nai Brith Committee on School Attendance. After ignoring it on the day it was presented, at their regular meeting, they rejected it on the following Monday with the statement, as recorded in their official minutes: "The Civil Service eligible list of candidates for appointment as Attendance Officers has expired, that an examination for the purpose of establishing a new list was held to-day, and, furthermore, there is no vacancy in the ranks at the present time". HOUSE . . . . No. 783 By Mr. Cohen of Boston, petition of Alice Stone Blackwell and others for appointment of a special commission (including members of the General Court) to investigate operation and enforcement of laws relating to compulsory school attendance in Boston and other cities. Rules (Joint). The Commonwealth of Massachusetts In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Four. _________________ Resolve providing for the Appointment of a Special Commission to Investigate the Enforcement of the Compulsory School Attendance Laws by the Attendance Department of Boston and Like Departments performing Like Duties in Certain Other Cities. 1 Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to 2 include members of the general court, be established 3 to investigate : — 4 1. The methods employed by the supervisors of 5 attendance of Boston and certain other cities in the 6 enforcement of the compulsory school attendance 7 laws, to ascertain to what extent these methods have 8 kept pace with modern trends in education. 9 2. The appointment of the personnel of the attendance 10 department of Boston and like departments of 11 certain other cities, to ascertain, in the selection of 12 supervisors of attendance, what consideration is given 13 to securing a proper proportion of male and female 14 supervisors, and meeting the needs of the school as to 15 area, population, nationality, and economic con 16 ditions. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE RECORD NAME: Mrs. Rose Harris Cooper ADDRESS: 184 Seaver St., Roxbury Telephone GARrison 0108 ASPinwall 6429 EDUCATION: Hancock School 1900 (9 yrs.' work in 6) Girls' High 1904 (College course) Boston Normal 1906 Courses in Literature, History, Sociology, and Drama - Univ. Ext. & Boston University, 1908-16 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: Boston Normal School 1904-06 Special Courses: At School of Social Work: Dietetics, 1917-1918 Psychiatric Social Work, 1918-1919 Law and Social Work, 1920 Philosophy of Social Work, 1921 Community Organization, 1922-23 Problems of Government, 1929-30 At Harvard Law School: Social Legislation and Government, 1919 State Board of Education: Methods of Teaching Civics and Naturalization, 1920 At Boston University: Mental Health of Children, 1923-24 The Individual Child, 1924-25 At Harvard University: The Psychology of Personality, 1931 Attend City, State, and National Conferences of Social Work, Federation of Settlements, and National Education Association. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1. Teaching: In charge of experiment of School Garden Work, summer 1906 Franklin Evening School, September to November, 1906 Permanent appointment, James Otis School, Boston, November 1906 to March 1908. Class of retarded and backward children. Resigned because of school laws regarding marriage. Franklin Evening School, 1908-10 Private Evening School, spring and summer, 1910 Daniels Evening School, Malden, 1912-14 Revers Evening School, 1914-16 2. Social Work: Family case work, Federated Jewish Charities, Boston - July 1917 to February 1920. Investigator, '17-18; Organizer & Director, Dorchester Centre, '18-20. Dealt with problems of Health, Education, Employment Placement, Vocational guidance, Truancy, Juvenile and Adult Delinquency, Domestic Difficulties. Supervised case work, trained and directed case work personnel and volunteers for club and recreational activities of Centre. Organized Americanization classes and cooperated with schools of the district. Organized Canteen for district, 1918, influenza epidemic. Pooled Dorchester organized forces for campaign to secure Sarah Greenwood School as Community Centre and Oliver Wendell Holmes School for Evening School purposes. Organized Health and Sanitation Campaign for improving methods of handling Jewish food, particularly bread. Visitor and Field Supervisor, Metropolitan Chapter, American Red Cross, March-June, 1920. 2 Executive Secretary, Dorchester, Metropolitan Chapter, American Red Cross, June 1920 to June 1921. Supervised Family Case Work involving problems of Rehabilitation, handled by staff of seven paid visitors and four clerks. Active on 450 to 500 cases monthly in a district covering eight square miles, with a population of over 200,000. Managed Publicity for district during 1920 Roll Call. Head Worker, South End Welfare Centre, Boston, Federated Jewish Charities, 1927-29. Supervised Family Case Work, trained and directed paid and volunteer staff. Dealt with employment, vocational guidance, problems of physical and mental health, education, school maladjustment, juvenile and adult delinquency, broken homes. Organized and directed Leisure Time Activities for Children and Adults: social, athletic, dramatic, literary, musical, art, manual training; Americanization and civic groups. Recruited and trained volunteer club leaders. Probation Officer, pro tem, Cambridge District Court, August to October, '30 Probation Officer, pro tem, Cambridge District Court, July-September, 1931 Probation Officer, pro tem, Cambridge District Court, July-September, 1932 Probation Officer, pro tem, Cambridge District Court, July-September, 1933 Temporary Attendance Officer, City of Boston, January-March, 1925 May-June, 1931 October-December, 1931 October 1933 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE: Sales work for Grolier Society & Congress of Mothers Publishing Co., 1915-1917 Director, Home Library Service, 80 Boylston St., Boston, 1921-27 Director, Education Dept., Grolier Society, Boston, September 1929-30 While a student, worked in candy and shoe factories; sales work in department stores during school vacations and on Saturdays, 1900-04; bookkeeping, 1904-06. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Helped organize and conduct Wells Summer Evening School, Boston, summer 1903. Helped organize and conduct Working People's Educational Centre, 1906-08. Directed Immigrant Education, Working People's Educational Centre, 1906-08. Taught Sunday School and directed children's clubs in literature and dramatics, 1905-06. Organizing and directing Mothers' Child Study Groups, Boston, Roxbury, Lynn, and Brockton, 1922 to present. Member, Executive Board, Boston Normal School and Teachers' College Alumni Association; Executive Board, Women's Trade Union League; Chairman, Civic Affairs Committee, Child Study Association; Chairman, Committee on Americanization and Social Service, Amos Auxiliary, B'Nai Brith; President, Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Accountants & Office Employees' Union, No. 14965, A.F. of L.; Delegate to Boston Central Labor Union. Home-maker and mother for more than twenty years. Sole breadwinner for over eighteen years. Copy Linden School, Malden, Mass. May 14, 1915. Rose H. Cooper has been a teacher under my supervision in the C.O. Daniels Evening School, and I do not hesitate to recommend her as one of the best teachers in her work. She is faithful in the performance of every school duty, a tireless worker for the welfare of all concerned under her charge, and above all a teacher who can get results. That I consider the best recommendation for any teacher. It is a testimonial of true worth, and Mrs. Cooper possesses all these attainments, which go to make the excellent teacher that she is. Very truly, (Signed) F. A. Galvin, Principal (Copy) Commonwealth of Massachusetts Third District Court Of Eastern Middlesex January 8, 1932 To Whom It May Concern: Mrs. Rose H. Cooper has been employed by me as Probation Officer Pro Tempore in this Court for two successive summers during the absence of a regular probation officer. She served for eight weeks in 1930 and for six weeks in 1931. If she is at liberty I should not hesitate to offer her the same position in 1932. If a vacancy should occur I should give her candidacy serious consideration if she applied for the position. I consider her exceptionally well qualified for social welfare work with boys, girls or women. When she began her work it was evident to me that she was a woman of experience in such matters and I was spared the usual trouble which one has when an employee is taking up new work. The other judges of the Court agree with my estimate of Mrs. Cooper and the efficiency of her work. (Signed) Arthur P. Stone Justice Copy March 16, 1923 The Honorable Payson Dana, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass. My dear Mr. Dana: May I most cordially recommend Mrs. Rose Cooper as a prospective attendance officer, for which she has recently been examined by your Board. I have known Mrs. Cooper for several years as a student, teacher and business woman. In all these lines she has shown fidelity, capacity, energy and intelligent application. She has the attributes of successful people, and from what I know I believe her to be peculiarly fitted for the work of attendance officer, as she is tireless, sympathetic, tactful and resourceful; she has also had liberal experience in teaching, and she has a broad social vision. She has marked power of leadership. I believe her health to be sound, and know that she is well able to stand the strain of a position requiring long hours and vigorous application. Very truly yours, (Signed) Ellor C. Ripley Formerly Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools of Boston, Mass. Copy O. W. Holmes School Boston April 13, 1925 My dear Mrs. Copper: On Thursday evening, April 16, I close my services as principal of this school. I shall not be here next year. It has occurred to me that now - since I cannot be accused of seeking favors - would be a good time to say to you and some others who have helped to make my work delightful just a word of appreciation of the services you rendered to the school. And, if you will pardon me, I shall permit myself to become somewhat personal. It was always a delight to have you visit the school in your official capacity. The effect of your work was immediately noticeable. The attendance of minor pupils became practically perfect. The spirit you roused in the classes was admirable. Boys came then, not because they had to, but because they wanted to. Your treatment of some of our hardest cases was distinctive. The boys looked into your face, smiled a really human smile, and pledged themselves to better work, a pledge which I am convinced they really tried to keep. Such influence as you exerted was not that of an officer. You were a woman - a friend - and you achieved results only possible in such a combination. I thank you for what you did for those boys, and I hope that your next year's work among your boys will be as productive of good results as this year's has been - it could hardly be more so. I shall not see you again, but I wish you all the success you merit. Very truly yours, S. A. Starratt, Principal. (Copy) Boston Public Schools Lewis Intermediate School Walnut Ave. & Paulding St., Roxbury, Mass. December 14, 1931 To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that Mrs. Rose Cooper has been Supervisor of Attendance in the Lewis School during the months of October, November and December, 1931. Her work during that time has been excellent. (Signed) Edward J. Carroll Master EJCE (Copy) Boston Public Schools Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate District Office, Theodore Roosevelt School School Street Roxbury, Massachusetts December 15, 1931 To Whom It May Concern:- This is to certify that Mrs. Rose Cooper has been employed as temporary Supervisor of attendance in the Theodore Roosevelt District. While here she did excellent work and everything was thoroughly satisfactory. I highly recommend her as a capable and conscientious worker. (Signed) James H. 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