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Vol, Xr—No. 27
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JULY 6, nj28
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Rabbinical Assembly Concludes Sessions; Elects a New Board
Dr. Cyrus Adler Presents Prob-
¦   Icm of 12,5,000 Jews In
Ontlying Communities
RABBI LOUIS FINKELSTEIN,
OFTVEW YORK, BECOMES
PRESIDENT
LONG. BRANCH, N. J,_Rabbi Louis Finkelstein nf. New York was. elected president of tlic Rabbiiu'cal Assembly of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amcricn at tlic concluding session of the convention held at the Hoiel Scar- boro here for three days.
Rabbi i. H: Levinthal of Brooklyn was chosen vice president, Rabbi Elias Mar- golies of. :Mount Vernon, treasurer; Rabbi Isr.icl, Goldstein of New York, re¬ cording secretary . and Rabbi Alter Laiidcsman of Brooklyn, corresponding secretary..
Executive Committee
To. the Executive Committee were elected Rabbis Harry .Davidowitz of Atlantic City, Max Drob of. Philadel¬ phia,,. Jacob Kdim of New, York, Harry Rabinpwitz of Boston, Morris D.. Le¬ vine of New York, Morris Schurstein of Providence, R. I., Rabbi A. Burstein of New York, Loui.s M. Levitzky of wilkes Barrc, Pan! Cliertoff of. New York, Norman Salit of Far RockavirSy, Hyman Solpnion of Vireland, N, J., Max D. Klein of Philadelphia, Isador Hoffr man-of tftica, Leon Lang of Newark, Samuel Rosenblatt of Baltimore and Max Kadushin of Chicago.
A report on. the president's message was submitted, by a committee at the finar session. "The committee heartily endorses the suggestion made by the . president that regional confei-ences of members of the Rabbinical As.sembly be organized ..during the coming year. It ..would only add that such assemblies be , held at.least five months previous to the annual assembly,-so as not to conflict with the nttendancc to the annual gath- . eringsl
Endorses Suggestion
"The cojiunitt'ee endorses the sugges- . tion iiiade by the .president that •every niember of tlic Assembly. pledge his whole-hearted support to Dr. Elias Mar- golics, chairman of fhe United" Syna¬ gogue campaign. The committee, en¬ dorses thc suggestion that the Pension Fund Committee be retained and that it continue its. work to determine the sum needed to establish a pension fund On a firm, basis and that the. committee set energetically about securing such a fund.".
. The same pension system as that of the Union of Aniei-ican Hebrew CongrcT gations .w.-is .suggested for the Rabbinical Assembly,
Rabbi Samuel Frecdman' presented a paper on "Observations on. the Ameri¬ can Rabbinato." "1. believe the time has. come," he Sard, "to call ii halt.'to new .synagogue expansion. A rabbi cannot do juiitice to a coiigrcgation of thou¬ sands. . Whether we like it or not, our congregation's arc.. taking on something of the Christian churches.. Our mem¬ bers want to set; liie rabbi in their iibmes (Continued on.page 4)*
Reform Rabbis Cite Need For Constructive Measures To Combat jProselytizing
Conference Opposes Mental Healing, And Sunday Rest Bill ¦—Endorses Five Day Week, Unemployment Insur¬ ance, and Old Age Pensions—Union Prayer Book Discussed^
Zion Lodge Makes Local A. Z. A. IRepresentation At Denver Convention Possible
Thru the cooperation of tlic loear B'nai liVilh'lodge, t^oJunibus will have two A. Z. A. (Jiinior U'nai IVrith) dele- Hales tl) the niitioiial cuiivcmion to be held in Deliver, Colo,, July Ki. 17 and 18tli. The young nVen who will leave, next U'tek for the convention arc JoHeiih
.Herman, 781 Carpc*n;er street, Past Sec- retary of thc local A. Z. A. Chapter, and Wm. Goodman, 771 Ann street, Past IVfsident and Vice President of tlic or.-.
¦ ganizatioii.
Bible Class of Agudath
Achim Well Attended
The Bible class of the ARutlalh Achim was well attended at its last mectinR. Dr. Werne spoke on the genesis of thc world's judgment.and of the world's re¬ newing by means of (he flood. He ex¬ plained the difificuh passages describing thf Jhiod and the drowned race, the ark and Ihc saved humanhy.
The: next meeting of thc chiiis will be held Monday, July ^th, at 8-p.^m. in the rabbi's office gt ihe Agudath Achiin synagogue. The subjects for discussion will he Ibe "Tower of Baliel," "Con¬ fusion of the l.anynagcs" and "Disper- . sion of.the Nallmid," in their doctrinal, and elhical aspects.      .
If ytm have not as yet joined the class it i.s never too late to sUirl. It does not iiiatler how nuich or, little yon may know. All'you arc asked to do is to come and listen and you will benefit greatly by the most interesting and in- s'nictive lessons.
CHTCAGO.-^Thc need of ¦ conslruc- tiyc, energetic action, to safcguar<l the religious rights of Jewish school chil¬ dren was voiced by RabM Solomon Ivoster, chairman of the Synagogue Council of America,, in his report to the Central Conference of American Rabbis which is holding, its thirty-ni'nth annual convention at the. Hotel Shoreland here.
Instead of filing protests with Chris¬ tian bodies which are sponsoring prosp- lytixing activities among Jewish chil¬ dren, it was decided to stimulate Jewish bodies to .meet the menace by offering, ill affected localities the kind of pro¬ grams which will provide^ for Jewish children all the inducements Mhat thc I)roselyfizinE  institutions  supply..
The center of discussion during the scconci day's session "was thc Union Prayclr Book, -In a paper presented by Rabbi . Samuel S. Cohen of Cincinnati on "The Theology of the Union Prayer- books, too much individual prayer atid of the, Compilation plight to, he elinii- nated entirely. Rabbi Ferdihand M. Is- serman' oi Toronto, Canada, declared that too,maiiy of the-worshippers uhder- stood the prayers as they were written in English; and that they shouhl be writ¬ ten,, read and recited in Hebrew. Rabbi BernardHeller of Scranton, Penna., said there is "Too much I in the prayer books, too much individual, prayer and not enough collective devotionals." Rabbi Leon A. Frani oi Detroit declared the book'.repi-escntol an individualistic re¬ ligion.       . ¦
Not With Book
Dr. Foster declared the troubie is npt with- the book but with those who in^ ¦terpret it.
.In a paper on "The Relation of the, Synagogue to .Mentar Healing," Dr. Louis .Witt of" St.-Xouisi said,' ''Tlic' syn-. agogue.can .help or heal the ailments of the''spirit by thc direct application Of.,the. religious attitude . by which is meant faith, prayer and,the lofty stand¬ ards of living. . The synagogue' can, help or heal the.ailments of the body, the indirect effect of thoughts of cheer, calm arid courage which have their brigin and re-enforcement in the religious atti-. tilde. The synagogue is opposed to every 'cult or creed that denies reality to. all human ailments or maintains that there I'-s no healing except'the. direct and im- niediat'ed action of the Divine ou the human mind. The synagogue holds that its prime function is the hiculcation Of the religious attitude and that reh'gious attitude 'covers n jurisdiction that, is moral and social ami philosophic as well as  therapeutic."
A vigorous protest was launched by thc Synagogue Council against the Lang- ford bill which provides Sunday shall be a day of rest in the" District of Co¬ lumbia, Dr. Foster reported. The Con¬ ference iwent on record endorsing the stand of the.Council and will aid in the light against t.he measure. Dr. Foster said, "We arc opposed to the bill be¬ cause it has in its enacting clause the phrase 'the Lbnl's day,' .which ought.to lie omitted. The present wording makes the United States Governnicut establish a Lord's day."        •
bimimitibu of Sectarian Agitation Reported
'Five hundred'members of the Central .Conference of Ainerican Rabbis, leaders iu the Reform pulpit, .were present at tlie openiii'i, session of llie thirty-ninth an- jiual convention of the Conference being held here at the Shoreland Hott?.
In. his annual message. Rabbi' H. G. Fnelow of New York, president of. the .Conference, (iresented his recominenda- lions to' the assembly.     -
Hesuggestoil that greetings be sent to thc Union of Democratic Jews of Polish Silesia, that the Portuguese Marranos Coniinittec be endorsed and financial as¬ sistance lie given the newly established congregation at Braganca,
A coin[ilt'te study should be made bt the activities in the field of non-Jewish missionary endeavor, as far as it affects tlie Jewish people, and of means to coun¬ teract il..,
Knlargeintnt of the scope of the Com¬ mission on Social Justice, changing the name lo the Commission on Economici Industrial and other Social Relations, so that it ''devotes its attention to such phenomena in the life of the laboring masses as are expresfiiyc of a struggle for a betterment of their material and s|)iritual coiitliljons, and especially in these circles in which Jewiah men and women prciloiuiuate," was recommended. $100,000 In Bonds
Rabbi  Morris  Newfield reported that
l)onds. Rabbi Joseph L Fh'ik of Cin¬ cinnati; reported iflOO.OOO cash in thc treasury.
The Committee on Church and State reported, on the Gonnectioii between the weakening of the Ku KIux Klan and thc diminution of sectarian agitation. Doubt was expressed whether one Was the result of the other. The. rabbis were told the danger has not entirely passed. Religious education iif children is not as effective as it should he. The re¬ port was subniitled by Rabbi Abram Simon of Washington, D. C-
CHICAGO* 111.—A thorough study in the life and prpblems of the labor¬ ing class with the desire to better their home and working-conditions was the feature of yesterday's session of tht Ccntrkl Conference of American Rabbifl at the Hotel Shoreland, when Rabbi Ed¬ ward L; Israel of Baltimore, pi:esented the report of the Social Justice Comniis- sion.
The Commissiou remains the only au¬ thoritative body expressing the point of view on matters of.social Justrce of,the Jewish people whose ethical philosophy is founded in this ideal, Rabbi Israel-de¬ clared. This is due to the tact that the Social Jiistice Commission of the Uniou of American Hebrew Congregations was dissolved. . . ,    ,       ;
; "We recognize the imperative - need ,in the present circumstances for the en¬ largement of the functions of the con¬ ference's commission."'
, Study Ills
"It is incumbent upon all men to study the ills.of the. existing social order and to forhi an opinion on the problem of social reconstruction. lustead of ques¬ tioning God's goodness because of,, the evils in individual' comtuunal life, we should -address -God—given intelligeuctr to the extermination of those circum¬ stances which allow slums, vice, feeble mindedness, poverty,.degeneracy, and the like to continue, witii only palliative ef¬ forts for their, improyemeut," he de¬ clared. '\ _
• On the. distribution and responsibilities of wealth, the report says: "Inequalities of wealth..can find no moral justification ,in a society where poverty and w.-uit, due'- to exploilation, exist. We sympa¬ thize ^vith measures designed to prevent private monopoly. We regard all own¬ ership as a social trust implying the re¬ sponsibility of. administration for the good of .all mankiiul. We maintain that unrestrained and uiilimitcd exercise of thC/right ot private QWfnership without regard for social results is morally un¬ tenable.   V
Sound,  Humanitarinn Principles
"The spliitioii ot ills which beset our social order," the report says in its dis¬ cussion of industrial: democ.racy, "are. to be found not iii any clas-cpnscious struggle, but in the" triumph of sound luniianitariaii .principles which' regard mankind as one. We also uphold a re¬ ligious pliilosophy of life ami caniiot sanction the practice of regarding labor as a mass iii which'the personality pf the individual is lost or is not considered; It is a tencleucy^ which leads to the treat¬ ment of labor' merely as an instrunient.
"The. same   rights   bf   organization
which rest with employers rest also tvith
those  whoni  they employ and  workers,
have'tlie same inalienable right' to or^an-
(ContJnued pn page 8)
Rabbi Abba H. Silver
Will Be Chief Speaker
At J. 0, H. Celebration
Fred Lazarus, Jr., of Columbus, Will Officiate as Chairman at Cornerstone Lay¬ ing? Ejxercises
. CLEVELAND, OHIO—Rahbi A. H. Silver, of tliis cityi will be the principal speaker at the laying of the cornerstone fur the Jewish Orphair Home new build¬ ings at University Heights, a suburb, on Sunday afternoon, July 8th.' Fred Lazarus, Jr., of Columbus, Ohio, and president of the Home, is also included atnong the speakers and will officiate as chairniatl at- the ceremony.     .    ¦
The cornerstone laying is being ob- .served in,connection with the,celebration bf the sixtieth anniversary of the found¬ ing of thc Home and the aiinual alumni reunion. Hundreds of graduates from all sections bf thc country will be in at¬ tendance, it ia announced by George I. Wirpel, of this city^ and president of tlie Orphan Hpme's Aluhini association.     '
Funds for .the ¦ new Home are being l-aised through popular subscription in the sixteen states of Districts Nos. 5 and I), Independent Order B'nai B'rith, com¬ prising the territory served by the Home and from which nibre than 1,000 boys and girls have been admitted since 1868.
Thc new Hpnle, which .will he built on the cottage plati, will be ready for occupaticy by August, 1\)29, it is , pre¬ dicted by Joseph L. Weinberg, the archi¬ tect, and .a graduate of the Jewish Or¬ phan Home. .¦
Hillel Advisory. Board    ^
Committees Are Announced
By Professor Beckman
Several of The Committees Will Begin Their Activity This
, Summer
Proressor Theodore . N. Beckman, chairman of the Advisory Board of the. B'nai B'rith Hillel .Foundation at tl^e Ohio' State University, announces the appointment ,uf the following commit^ tees for the coming; year. A number of these committees will begin their ac-. tivilythis summer in preparation for the year. Others will organize in the fair when the students return, and will cooperate with the corresponding student committees. . ,, .- ;
COMMITTEES
Altiimn—J. C. Goodman, chairman; L. Yassenoff,' ,, . .'
¦rAvuktth—Dr. B. W. Abramson.
Consireoatlon—M^tf,. Laurence Lowcii- ateih. chairinan; A. Neustadt. A. J. Ko¬ backer, Bert Wolman, Mrs. Jacob Krak¬ owitz.'
Di-qmatics—M. Feinknopf, chairman; Mrs. M. H. Burnstinc, Dr. . M. Gold¬ berg.
/i(/ncfl/i'(j;i—Rabbi S. Rivlin, chairman; Dr. .E. j. Gordon, Aaron. Neustadt.
Jlmployincnl—Robert Lazarus, chair- inan; W. A. Herschj Mrs, I. A. Rosen¬ thal,'A. J. Kobacker.
Mciiurah-^Roy Stone, chairniaij; Bert W'ohnaii, Rabbi Jacob  Tarshish.
Open Formn—Ed J. Schanfarber, chainnan; Roy Stone, Rabbi Jacob Tar¬ shish.   ¦¦¦''--.,
Social—'\\r&, \. A! Rosenthal, chair¬ man; S- Shinbach, Miss Dorothy Finkel-: stein, Mrs., Jacob Krakowitz, Mrs. L. Lowenstcin, Mr. Mark Feinknopf.
Social Welfare-—Mrs.' Nathan Gumble, chairman; Dr. .S. D. Edelman, Dr. E. J.  Gordon,  Robert Lazarus.     .      ,
lioiue—Leo Yassenoff, chairman; Miss Dorothy Finkelstein, Miss I. Zeckhauser.
Coopcratioii^'Mrs. M.' H. Burnstine, ctiairnian; Miss L Zcckiiauscr.
Sttiilciit /.(Jii;;—Arthur Glugk, chair¬ inan ; S. Shinbach.
Judges Committee Renders Report on the Charges Made Against The Present Zionist Administration
Sees No Reason ^or Loss of Confidence in the Z. O. A,—Cites
Seyeral Instances of Loose Managiement—-Decides That Trust
Funds Should Always Be Kept Separate and Apart and
Never Used Fpr General Purposes—"No One Responsi- ,
ble For Irreg:ularities Should Be Continued As An
Officer Or A Member of Any Committee
of The Z. O. A."
COMMltTEE RECOMMENDS THE ELIMINATION OF
ALL PAID OFFICERS FROM THE ORGANIZATION
A Tremendous Turn-Out Is Expected At
Annual Picnic Of East Broad Street
Temple Tomorrow At Oak Park
On the Sunbury Pike
All Members and Friends Are Urged To Attend Affair—A Great
Variety of Games and Amusements Have Been Arranged
For — Prizes   To   Be   Given   To   Winners  of   Contests
— Good   Orchestra   Will   Play   For   the   Dancing
Pre.sitlLMit Leon Nasoii and his conunittee take this niefias of extend¬ ing a mo.st cordial .invitation to all members of thc East Broad Street Temple, their families, and their friends to attend the bie annual picnic tomorrow (Sunday) at Oak ParU on Sunbury Pike.   l*roni all iiultca^ tions a record-brt»aking crowd will turn put.
No stone has been left unturned by fhe committee to make this year's outing in the great out-of-doors the most pleasant and successful one iu the annals of the Tifereth Israel Congregation.
Tliere wiJl be <lanciii2:, games of all Icinds, and contests of all de¬ scriptions in which yf*""g <i'i*^ *^*^*'' male and female, will participate. The following are assisting in putting.over the affair: f-eon Nason, M. L. Bayer, Justin L, Sillman, Sol KotU, J. K. Bornstein, Max S. Bogatin, 1 larry Masser, 1, i\. Schlezinger, Louis E. Topper, and Ben V. Levinson.
if you arc a niember of the iiast Broad Street'Temjile, or have friends who are members, you are inost cordially invited tp spend the day at Oak Park tomorrow (Sunday) as the truest of the Temple.
Come.out early and stay as long as you like.   If you havt; no means the C<mftTence had $h'.iO,0(_ni invested in | of trans])ortation call Max Bogatin or any officer of the Temple.
NEW YORK.-^The Judges court of inquiry, appointed by Dr. Cliaim Weiz¬ mann, President of the World Zionist Organization, to investigate charges of mismanagement against the present Ad¬ ministration of the Zionist Organization of America late last night niade public its .findings in a ten page report after deliberations which began on Wednes¬ day afternoon and continued for more than ten hours on Thursday.
The complete text of the report which is signcil by. Judge Edward Lazansky of   the   Appellate   Court,   Brooklyn, .
Judge Mitchell- May of the Supreiiie Ci.'>urt; Judge Grover MosCowitz of the Federal Court, and Judge Otto Rosal¬ sky,   follows :*¦ .
.. NewYork, June 28. 1928. Dr. Chaim Weizmann,
President   of' the   World   Zionist   Or¬ ganization. 	
Dear Sir:
In accordance >vith your letter of May 2(1, the undersigned proceeded to inves¬ tigate the affairs of the Zionist Organi¬ zation of America in light of press com¬ ments that there had been misuse and diversion of funds, and beg to report as ; follows:     •:    '. ¦¦'.,. \
Public hearings were held at which all whp wished to present facts to sus¬ tain .or disprove'', such charges were beard, ,'
While -Nve. were not requested to con¬ sider the affairs of. the United Palesr tine Appeal, it is appropriate to state that though ;its affairs w;ere discussed, there was no suggestion made of\. any wrongful act, irregularity or mismanage¬ ment on the part bf this organization, its-administration or officers.
Wc beg to subn;iit the. following 'find¬ ings of facts and our conclusions with reference  thereto.     .\
Findings of Fact:
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On December 15th, lfl2G, Louis Lip¬ sky, President of Z.O. A. endorsed the si.gnaturc of Z. 0. A.,' by Louis Lipsky, President, on a demand note fpr $3,000 of .tlic Springdale Rubber Corporation, of ¦ which Mrs. Dorothy E. Lefkowitz was tre'asiirer, and who was and is treas¬ urer of Hadassah.'
Springdale Rubber Corporation is a business corporation and in no wise con¬ nected with the affairs of Z. 0, A.
The note was endorsed -for-the pri¬ vate use and benefit of the said corpo¬ ration. Mr. Lipsky knew that the note so endorsed was delivered tO'Comino- dbrc Tradin.i; . Corporation a private, money lending concern, for a loan by it, of ^•2,fl00^ to the Sprhigdale Rubber Corporation,/ Mr. Lipsky acknowledged tliat iie endorsed the note, at' the re- quest of Israel Maltin, auditoK of Z. O, .A.i who he knew was a director.and .stocklioklpr of CQiuiiu>tlf"'e Irading Cor- |)oration.
. At that' time Abraham. Goldberg, a mein'icr of tbe Administrative Commit¬ tee,, Meyer Weisgal, Secretary of the Adniinistrative ConimiUee, and a nuni- Ijer of employees of the Administration of   Commodore  Trading  Corpoiration.   '
Mr. Lipsky knew that a number of tbe eniployces of the Adniinistration had frcfjticntly borrowed moiiey from Com¬ modore Trading Corporation.
He further stated- that he endorsed said note with object of helping .Mrs. Lefkowitz at a time wheir she was in linancial distress, and that !Mr. Maltin told hini that this act would tend to es¬ tablish more amicable relations between the treasurer of the Hadassah and the Z.  0. A.
iir. Lipsky endorsed ssvi<l note as President of the Z. O.' A. without au¬ thority, and the Zionist A<lmihistratibn does not attempt to justify said act.
It is clear that there was no financial gain accruing lo Mr, Lipsky from said act. The loan was fully paid by Mrs. Lefkowitz and the Z. O. A. sustained no loss because of satd endorsement. Apparently, ueither Mr. Goldberg nor Mr. Weisgal knew of this transaction. H.
On Marcli. 18th, mO, Maurice Sam¬ uel gave his promissory note for $1,000, payable to the order of the Z. 0, A. wlileh was discounted by it, and received a check of the Z. O. A. for *1,000 signfd, without authority, by Louis Lip¬ sky, as President, ami countersigned by Harry P. Ficrst,- Assis:aiit Treasurer. Tlii^ note was not paid at maturity, but
was  finally, paid in October, l92G.
Again on August 17th, 192(i, a note of $n,OQO of Maurice Samuel was en¬ dorsed by the Z. O.. A, and discoiinted ¦ by it, without authority, and the pro¬ ceeds givqii to. him. by-check of the Z. 0. A. signed by the Vice-President and . Treasurer. This note was paid in Oc¬ tober.   1!)2G.,
The   proof   convinces   us   that   this money, was needed by Mr. Samuel be¬ cause   of   a   great, bereavement   which had cbiiie t6 him and his family, and it was  intended  by  him  that  the payment thereof  would be secured'by his  future', earnings from tlic Z. 0. A. ' At the time, of these transactions, Mr. Samud was a member of the Adminis- . trative Committee and was also an em¬ ployee of-the  Z.  0: A. at a salary  of ¦ ,$7,riOI} per; year.
As  far as disclosed,  tio member  of , the Administrative Committee, othei: than those mentioned had aiiy knowledge of   ' theSe transactions. , :
During this period the Z. O; A. had a large deficit.a:nd-was heavily iiidebted . to the banks without the resources avail¬ able, tp pay the same.
V    IIL ¦
The American Zion Commonwealth, a New York-business.corporation, with an- authorized, capital of $iO,O0O and which op6ratcd as a laiid selling and purcbas- inig ageijcy in Palestine under the aus¬ pices, of Z. 0. A., found, itself unable to meet heavy financial obligations in , America and Palestine.-
In the summer of 1926, the A,Z. C. was , indebted in ' the sum'of, $180,000, upon its promissory notes to a bank in New York City. One of these notes became due aud payable in December, 102G, and was not. paid. Thereupon Mr. Lipsky,, at the request of Hon. Bernard Rosenblatt, a m^rnber of the Adminis¬ trative Comuiittee'of Z. O. A. but with¬ out any authority from such Committee executed in tlie name of Z.'O. A, an unlimited guaranty, of payment to the bank which held these notes, for any past, present and future liabilities of the A. Z. C; to the bank, The assump- '. tion of^thi5 liability by tbe Z. O. A. was never officially communicated to the Ad¬ ministrative Committee.
Mr., Lipsky's explanation, was that he intended that this guaranty should tcm-: porarily   meet   "the . situation   iintil   ibe United Palestiiie Appeal sljould assume thc obligation of the A. Z. C.   He state^l,: he believed tbat under a resolution which;, had  been .adopted  by  the  Directors  of the   U.  P. A.  on, December 7th,  11)20, the U. P. A, would guarantee the pay¬ ment of advances to be inadc by private individuals to A. Z. C. to the aggregate amount of $oOO,000 for the purpose of saving  the  A.  Z.  C.  from  threatening , collapse. ¦     ¦ .   -
Mr. Lipsky stated, audit appears to be. the fact, that Zionist leaders seemed lo be of tiie opinion tliat this was advisa¬ ble to prevent the A. Z, C, from being discredited. But this did npt justify the unauthorized execution, of said unlimited guaranty. It appears, however, that what he did in this respect was in, the belief that it was for the best interests of Z. .0, A,, which was never required lo redeenii the obligations of thjs giiar- aiity. ' . ¦ ;      ¦   ; ,¦   ¦
Mr.; Lipsky adiuitted that he made a statement, which appeared in the public press on May Cth, 1928, denying that hci as President of Z. O. A., had, with¬ out the knowledge or consent of the Administrative Committee, signed notes to the extent of $28rt,00O with the. New York City bank above mentioned for ibe benefit of the A. Z. C. He said when he made this statement he was tliinking of "notes'.' which he. had not, in fact, executed and had forgotten the "guar¬ anty,"
IV.
On June llth, 1!>24, the Z. O. A. re¬ ceived a legacy of, $1^,000 for the bene¬ fit of the Hebrew University of Jenisa- lein to be transmitted by it to the Uni¬ versity. During liJ2,>102C Z. O. A. re¬ ceived other sums from different indi¬ viduals aggregating $9040,45 as daiiations to the Hebrew University to be trans¬ mitted by Z. 0. A. to it. Instead of transmitting these sums aggre'^ating $12,- OKLla to th^ Hebrew University, as tbes£ items were receivtd, Z, O. A. used tbe "entire aniuyiu for its pturposes in Anier^ ,  {Continual ou poijc 4)
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