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-1947-
January 16, 1947"B'nai
B'rith To Install Officers," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1:
Sunday evening, January 19th, the Lasker Lodge B'nai B'rithu No. 370 will
install officers for the coming year. The ceremony will be held in the Don Room
of the El Cortez Hotel, to begin at 8:00 p.m. Coming from Los Angeles to
act as installing officer is Mr. Aaron Gordon, a member of the Executive Board
of District Grand Lodge No. 4 of B'nai B'rith... Officers to be seated who will
carry forth the fine work done by B'nai B'rith are Morrie Douglas, president;
Eddie Breitdbard, 1st vice president; Wm. B. Schwarrtz, 2nd vice
president; Manny Silberman, recording and corresponding secretary; George Starr,
financial secretary; Joe Kaplan, treasurer; Marhsall Naiman, sergeant; Al
Brooks, warden. Serving as trustees will be Harry Mallen, Victor Schulman, Al
Doctor, Jerry Freedman and Al Dubin. Eli Levenson is chaplain and Sidney
Goldstein is Lodge deputy. The committee in charge, headed by Eddie Breitbard,
has planned a fine program with dancing until midnight to climax the evening's
entertainment. Lasker Lodge B'nai B'rith invites the entire conmmunity to this
public installation.
June 26, 19471) "Eli Levenson Elected to Executive Comm. of B'nai
B'rith," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1: San Diego comes to
the fore in national B'nai B'rith activities with the election of Eli Levenson,
prominent local attorney to the Executive Committee of grand Lodge District No.
4 of B'nai B'rith. The election of Grand Lodge officers and the Committee was a
high point of the recent convention held in Fresno...Other Lasker Ldge members
who attended the Convention as delegates were Morrie Douglas, president; Edward
A. Breitbard, William B. Schwartz, and Marshall Naiman. Jack Dembo was
there in the capacity of Alternate. Delegate at large was past Grand President
Henry Weinberger and Morrie Kraus attended as a lay member.
2) "Lasker Lodge B.B.," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 5: A
very well attended meeting of Lasker Lodge was held Monday evening, June 23rd,
at Temple Center with a full report on the happenings at the B'nai B'rith
Convention held in Frenso highlighting the evenig...All members at Monday
evening's meeting commended the delegates, who were Morrie Douglas, Eddie
Breitbard, Wm Schwartz, Eli Levenson and Marshall Naiman as well as
alternate Jack Dembo, delegate-at-large Henry Weinberger and laymember Morrie
Kraus for their fine work at the convention.
July 31, 19471) "B'nai B'rith to Present Radios to Naval
Hospital," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1: Tomorrow, August 1st,
at 1:30 p.m., Lasker Lodge No. 370 of B'nai B'rith will make another in a series
of presentations to the Naval Hospital here in San Diego. This time twelve table
model radios and four portable record players will be given by the lodge for use
by the men confined to the hospital. Mr. William B. Schwartz, 2nd vice
president of Lasker Lodge, will make the presentation assisted by the
representative of Culver City Lodge, which is also participating in this gift
presentation. He is MR. John Schwartz. The radios and record players will
be accepted for the Naval Hospital by its Commanding Officer, Captain F.R. Hook.
With this latest presentation the impressive record set by Lasker Lodge for its
public service work is maintained and growing. Another such offering with needed
items will be made to the Hospital in the near future.
2) "Lasker Lodge B.B.," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 5: At a
well-attended meeting of Lasker Lodge B'nai B'rith held Monday evening, July
28th, final discussion of definite plans for the forthcoming Boatride, on
Saturday evening, the no-host breakfast and luncheon at Imig Manor with a
meeting between, were presented by Edward Breitbard, chairman of those events.
They will occur this weekend when Lasker Lodge plays host to the Southern
California Council of B'nai B'rith, which meets once a month....Morrie Kraus,
chairman of Hillel Activities, reported on the recent committee meeting held at
president Morrie Douglas' house. The degree of enthusiasm for the Hillel
Councilorship at San Diego State College is mounting each week, and the program
is almost complete and will begin to function immediately after the opening of
the Fall semester. The Hillel Committee was named in full at the meeting and
they are: Chairman Morrie Kraus; William B. Schwartz; Edward Breitbard,
Jacob Baranov; Sam Druskin; David Nelson; Morey Levenson; Dave Stotsky and
Morrie Douglas. The meeting closed with the adoption of a resolution by
Lasker Lodge to adopt a family in Europe through the national B'nai B'rith. The
members expressed their desire to send food and clothing to this family and to
endeavor to adopt more than one family in the near future.
-1949-
April 19491) "Cavalcade to trace
record of Lasker Lodge," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 2: An open
public meeting to which all members of the Jewish faith are invited will
highlight the B'nai b'rith "Cavalcade" sponsored by San Diego Lasker
Lodge No. 370 at the Temple Center, 3rd and Laurel, on Monday night, April 11th.
Tracing the long history of the order's record of service to the Jewish
community and the world at large, Lasker Lodge's "Cavalcade" will
trace a century of progress for the order, and a half century of sensational
growth for the local chapter...Under leadership of William Schwartz, Lodge
president, and Edward Solomon, chairman of the evening, a veritable 'Who's Who' of San Diego Jewry,
past-presidents of Lasker Lodge will be singled out for special honors in the
course of the evening. Hyman Wolf, Jacob Weinberger, L.A. Unger,
M.E. Meyer, Nathan Baranov, L.A. Frank, Sam Smith, Rabbi M. H. Dubin, Henry
Weinberger, Samuel Brooks, Leo Loeffler, Frank Pomeranz, Paul Nestor, Ted
Rosenfield, Nathan Schiller, Alvin B. Baranov, Robert M. Stone, Abe Dubin, Carl
Essenoff, Morey Levinson, Harry Mallen, Victor Schnulman, Lou Solof, William
Starr, Sidney Goldstein, Eli Levinson, Morris Douglas, and Edward Breitbard are
all expected to be present on this gala occasion. . More than 60 25-year or more
members of the lodge also will be complimented on their long service...
2) Lou Mogy, "Sports Around Town," Southwestern Jewish Press, pages
5 and 8.... Thanks to Bill Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Naiman, Eddie
Addleson and Phil Mollack, for helping to show the Mazada group from Long Beach
a good time when they were here recently to play basketball...
June 1949"Leaders Spur Activities to Complete 1949
Drive," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1: Led by the women's
Division which concluded its "luncheon" drive last week, the United
Jewish Fund "Year of Opportunity" Campaign has raised over $156,000 in
pledges...Chairmen of the various divisions in the men's section of the campaign
will intensify solicitations this week.... Among the leading trade divisions are
furniture with Ben Harris, Victor Schulman and Harry Mallon as co-chairmen;
wearing apparel with Its Penter, Sam Rassin, Al Newman and Milt Roberts as
co-chairman; Carl Esenoff, heading the professional division, stated that his
division will be cleaned up in the next week....In the outlying districts,
Coronado, under the leadership of Arthur L. Cohen, has almost completed their
job, and show an increase over 1948. Bill Schwartz and Harry Felson,
reporting for La Mesa-El Cajon district, having covered most of their prospects,
also show an increase in that area...
June 1949"Leaders Spur Activities to Complete 1949
Drive," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1: Led by the women's
Division which concluded its "luncheon" drive last week, the United
Jewish Fund "Year of Opportunity" Campaign has raised over $156,000 in
pledges...Chairmen of the various divisions in the men's section of the campaign
will intensify solicitations this week.... Among the leading trade divisions are
furniture with Ben Harris, Victor Schulman and Harry Mallon as co-chairmen;
wearing apparel with Its Penter, Sam Rassin, Al Newman and Milt Roberts as
co-chairman; Carl Esenoff, heading the professional division, stated that his
division will be cleaned up in the next week....In the outlying districts,
Coronado, under the leadership of Arhtur L. Cohen, has almost completed their
job, and show an increase over 1948. Bill Schwartz and Harry Felson, reporting
for La Mesa-El Cajon district, having covered most of their prospects, also show
an increase in that area...
July 1949"Clubs in Review: Lasker Lodge B'nai
B'rith," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1: The progress of the San
Diego Lasker Lodge, No. 370, B'nai B'rith, since the beginning of the year and
under a new administration, has been steady and satisfactory. Under the able and
level-headed guidance of prexy William B. Schwartz, activities and facets
of Bnai B'rith have shown a marked improvement. Officers for 1949
are as follows: Wiilliam B. Schwartz, president; Morris S. Kraus, first
vice president; Jerome P. Freedman, second vice president; Ralph Feldman,
warden; Lou Mogy, guardian; Sam Kimmel, recording secretary; Edward Baranov;
financial secretary; Al Doctor, treasurer; Zel Greenberg, Manny Silberman, Jack
Dembo, Marshall Naiman, and Sidney Goldstein, trustees; Edward Breitbard,
chaplain; Morrie Douglas, grand lodge deputy; Eli Levenson is a member of the
grand lodge executive committee and the lodge has a past grand president in the
person of Henry Weinberger. Highlights of activities of the present
administration to date were the installation of officers at the El Cortez Jan.
16; the progress of the newly established Boy Scout troop, under the leadership
of Sid Smith, Ed Breitbard, Dave Solof and Lou Levitt, to mention just a few;
and the tremendous impetus given and achieved by the AZA under direction of
Harry Wax and Bert Strauss. Other activities included the fine work of the
retention committee under Al Doctor; the Boy Scout window display context, in
which 57 windows were entered and won by Ted Schiller; speakers Dr. Stuart Cole,
executive director of the Pacific Coast Council on Intercultural activities, and
Maurice Hamburger, district membership director; athletics under Lou Mogy which
included the softball league and the highly successful bowling league under Sam
Bennett and Harry Addis, and the forthcoming golf tournament under chairman
Danny Schwartz. Not to be outdone by its predecessor, the second annual Fathers
and Sons night was a howling and huge success. All the boys were again given
miniature bats and it was one of the most unforgettable events in the lodge. The
event was chaired by Morrie Douglas, greatly aided by a large and hard-working
committee. Hillel, in its second year, achieved even greater success and
recognition on San Diego State's campus with its intercultural and interfaith
programs, ably supervised by Gil Shatz and Manny Silberman. A new project under
this administration was the formation of an initiatory degree team headed by Sid
Goldstein, Harry Mallen and Milt Roberts, which will give its first performance
at the July 11 meeting. On April 11 the lodge held its first B'nai B'rith
Cavalcade, headed by Ed Solomon, at which all past presidents of the lodge were
honored, as well as 25-year members, and those members who had obtained 10 or
more new applicants. The lodge was further honored when past president Ed
Breitbard was elected as second vice-president of the So. Calif. B'nai B'rith
Council. Many activities that have been planned in the past will soon begin to
jell, among which will be a theatre party, an exclusive dinner-dance for
members, and cultural evenings. Limitation of space precluded mentioning the
many more programs accomplished and those anticipated. All in all, when this
administration ends, the community will be proud of the achievements and record
of San Diego Lasker Lodge during 1949Morrie Kraus.
2) "Awards Given at Hillel Banquet," Southwestern Jewish Press, page
9: The Hillel Counselorship at San Diego State College wound up its successful
activities for the past school year with its second annual awards banquet on
Sunday night, June 12 at the Chi Chi Club. The dinner was attended by a record
number of Hillel members, their parents and guests representing the Jewish
community in genral and the B'nai B'rith organization it its various affiliates,
in particular. The main speaker, Rabbi Morton E. Kaufman, associate director of
the Hillel Council at U.C.L.A. delivered a deeply stirring address on the
concept of "The Religious Man in Our Time."...Mr. William Schwartz,
president of Lasker Lodge, announced the winneers of the various awards. The
Abram L. Sachar trophy together with the Douglas Key, went to Larry Solomon for
his work as student president of Hillel during the pastyear. jack Berliner
received the $25.00 Kay Kraus Work Scholarship, as editor of the "Hillel
News." These two awards were made by Mr. and Mrs. Morrie Kraus, the
donors. Four beautiful gold cups for outstanding work on behalf of Hilel
were awarded to Marily Schissell, recording secretary; Maynard Hurwitz,
treasurer; Jean Schwartz, program chairman, and Joe Greaves, associated member
of Hillel, chairman of the intercultural committee. These four merit cups were
donated by Mr. and Mrs. Kantor, Mr. and Mrs. Wosk, Jacobson's Clothier and by an
annonymous friend. Other awards were received by arline Blumer, Jery Jaffe,
Evelyn Mirsky, Elaine Glasser, Ben Rosenthal, Esther Weitzman, Barbara Solomon,
Barbara Feinberg, Morrie Frankson, Polly Tavss, Ed Millsberg, Max Gendleman,
Bert Epsten, Sylvia Winiki and David Krinitski.
September 19491) "Congress Chapter Inaugurated Here," Southwestern
Jewish Press, page 4: A new American Jewish Congress chapter is being formed
in San Diego. Members of the community interested in the work of the Congress
met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Louis Solof Thursday, August 25. Rabbi
Leonard A. Greenberg of Los Angeles, Pacific Coast field representative of the
A.J.C. led discussion on A.J.C. claims and philosophy...Meeting at the Solof
home were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Solomon, Mr. and Mr.s Louis Pollack, Mr. and Mrs.
William Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wosk,
Hillel arkin, Mrs. Eva Arkin, Raymond Bass, Oscar Dubowsky, Henry Price, Morrie
Douglas, Manny Haffner and Dr. Walter Ornstein. The group set up a steering
committee headed by Lou Pollack to plan a public meeting for the immediate
future.
2) Morrie Kraus, "San Diego Lasker Lodge B'nai B'rith News," Southwestern
Jewish Press, page 11:....At the recent So. Calif. B'nai B'rith Council
meeting held last month at the Hotel del Coronado, the following members were on
hand either to sell television tickets or to participate in the meeting: Henry
Weinberger, Bill Schwartz, Eli Levenson, Eddie Breitbard, Jerry Freedman,
Nate Schiller, Hy Kobernick, Ralph Feldman, Morrie Douglas, Abe Olf, Harry Wax,
Al Hutler, Gil Schatz, Abe Sklar, Nat Gerston and Morrie Kraus...
October 19491) Lou Mogy, "Sports Around Town," Southwestern
Jewish Press, page 4: ...Zel Greenberg, Eddie Breitbard, William
Schwartz, Jack Dembo, Jerry Freedman, Harry Mallen and Morrie Kraus are all
going to Las Vegas for the B'nai B'rith convention.
2) "San Diego Lasker Lodge B'nai B'rith," Southwestern Jewish
Press, page 4: Final plans for the 86th Annual Men's Convention of B'nai
B'rith Grand Lodge District No. 4 scheduled to take place at Las Vegas, Nevada,
from October 23 to 27 were discussed at a recent conference at Las Vegas....San
Diego Lasker Lodge delegates are President William Schwartz, Edward A.
Breitbard, Zel Greenberg, Jerry Freedman, Harry Mallen, Morrie Kraus and Jack
Dembo. These San Diego men will attempt to bring the next B'nai B'rith
Convention to San Diego in 1950. Basic plans are made and the delegation
has the promise of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce's assistance for this major
project.
November 14, 19491) Lou Mogy,
"Sports Around Town," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 5: ... Bill
Schwartz is doing a good job of running the Lasker Lodge B'nai B'rith....
2) 2) "Beth Jacob Cong. Elects New Officers," Southwestern
Jewish Press, page 5: A new year has started at Beth Jacob Congregation when
at the meeting held in October new officers were elected to serve and guide the
Congregation for the coming year. Chosen to lead the group for the third
year is Mr. Abraham Abramson, president. Assisting him are the following:
vice-presidents, Sandor Goldberger and Morrie S. Kraus; recording secretary,
Jerry Aronoff; financial secretary, Morris Penn; treasuerr, Simon Glaser, 1st
Gabbai, Joseph Gelmand and 2nd Gabbi, I. Lebb. A twenty man Board of Directors
was elected, the members of which are J. Aronoff, E. Also, S. Bassin, H. Barad,
S. Briskman, I. Gordon, T. Garber, F. Sugarman, D. Hurwitz, S. Komins, P.
Mollick, Dr. J. Lippitt, A. Olf, Dr. W. Ornstein, Dr. A.P. Nasatir, S.
Weiss, L. Zwiebel, Wm. Schwartz and H.R. Weitzman. Congregation plans for the
coming year are centered around the building of the new Synagogue and Center
with ground breaking ceremonies to be held in the very near future. Regular
monthly meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month, and a cordial
invitation is extended by Pres. Abramson to any newcomers in the community to
attend any meeting and get acquainted with this modern Orthodox group.
November 18, 19491) "Local Leaders To Be Honored At Annual
United
Jewish Fund Meeting," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1: Eli H.
Levenson, president of the United Jewish Fund, will be honored by the Jewish
community of San Diego on Sunday, November 27, at the 16th annual meeting of the
United Jewish Fund...Tribute will also be paid to an older lawyer, Judge
Jacob Weinberger, on his return as the Resident Judge in San Diego. Judge
Weinberger was the first president of the fund and did much to bring it into
existence....Elections of members to the Board of Directors will be one of the
highlights of the annual meeting...Members of the Board of Directors whose terms
do not expire are Judge Jacob Weinberger, Nathan F. Baranov, Edward Breitbard,
Morris Feldman, M.D. Goodrich, Leo Greenbaum, Ben Harris, Eli H. Levenson, Louis
Moorsteen, Mrs. Al Neumann, Dr. Walter Ornstein, Sol Price, Max Rabinowitz, Nate
Ratner, Victor Schulman, William Schwartz, Louis Steinman, Henry Weinberger and
Frank Winicki...
December 2, 19491) "San Diego Lasker Lodge B'nai B'rith," Southwestern
Jewish Press, page 5: A large group of members attended the last
meeting of San Diego Lasker Lodge No. 370 B'nai Brith last Monday evening,
November 28th at Temple Cetner to hear detailed reports by the delegates to the
recently held District Convention in Los Angeles. William B. Schwartz
acted as moderator for the reporting delegates, who gave very interesting
highlights on the activities of the convention. Zel Greenberg reported on
social actiities, Morrie Kraus gave the report on Hillel, Eli Levenson reported
on A.D.L. and Harry Mallen gave his report on the elections of the convention.
Eddie Breitbard reported on A.Z.A. and the State of Irael Project, while Mr.
Henry Weinberger was heard on Wilderscope and Young Men's Activities. Mr.
Schwartz finished the reporting on per capitataxations and
impressions. The meeting then progressed to the annual election of
officers for the coming year....Morrie Kraus, president... Additional trustees
elected for a three year term are Sid Goldstein and Morris Douglas. Elected as
Chaplain is William B. Schwartz...
2) "American Jewish Congress," Southwestern Jewish Press, page
8: San Diego Chapter of the American Jewish Congress held its first public
meeting at the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Tuesday evening. Greetings to the new
organization were extended by William B. Schwartz, President of San Diego
Lasker Lodge, B'nai B'rith, and Albert A. Hutler, Executive Director of
the United Jewish Fund. Reverend Peter Samson gave the invocation. The speakers
of the evening were well received, especially David Greenwald, who spoke of the
failure of the State Department in its program of de-nazification. He also
warned of the danger of allowing this condition to exist as a focal point for
anti-Semitism...
December 30, 1949"S.D. Lasker Lodge Bnai Brith Installation Set
for January 8," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 8: An outstanding
event in Bnai Brith annals will take place Sunday, January 8, at 8 p.m,. Don
Room of the El Cortez Hotel when newly elected officers of San Diego Lasker
Ldoge will be installed. the 1950 administration comprises Morrie Kraus,
president; Jerry Freedman, first vice president; Ralph Feldman, warden; Zel
Greenberg, guardian, Sam Brenes, recording secretary; Ed Baranov, financial and
corresponding secretary; Sid Goldstein and Morrie Douglas, trustees, and Bill
Schwartz, chaplain. Holdover trustees are Marhall Naiman, Manny Silberman
and Harry Wax...
-1950-
January 13, 1950Lou Mogy,
"Sports Around Town," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 5: The
installation of officers of SanDigo Lasker Lodge No. 370 was
interesting...I particularly enjoyed the speeches of William Schwartz and
Morrie Kraus. I believe we should all participate in Bnai Brith affairs....
February 24, 1950 "Allocations Committee Sets
New Pattern," Southwestern Jewish Press, pages 1, 8: In an all day
session of the 1950 Allocations Committee, held last Sunday at the El Cortez
Hotel, a new precedent in disbursing monies to be raised was set for the San
Diego Jewish Community. For the first time, budgeting has been done prior to the
campaign so that the contributor will know how the money would be distributed.
The committee consisting of members of the Board of Directors of the Fund,
organization presidents and members at large, formulated a pattern for the
distribution of money raised in the 1950 campaign. Sol Price,
chairman of the committee, announced that of the first $150,000 raised, 83
percent was allocated for the United Jewish Appeal and other Israel overseas
agencies, 10 percent to local agencies and 7 percent to national agencies. Of
the next $50,000, 95 percent to the United Jewish Appeal and other overseas and
Israel agencies, and 5 percent to national agencies. All over this amount
would go to the United Jewish Appeal. According to Price's announcement the
following organizations will be beneficiaries of the 1950 campaign: United
Jewish Appeal, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, American
Friends of the Hebrew University, American Committee for the Weizmann Institute
of Science, American Technion Society, American Fund for Israel Institutions,
National Committee for Labor Israel (Histadrut), City of HopeJCRA, Jewish
Committee for Personal Service, Leo M. Levi Memorial Hospital, American Jewish
Congress, Jewish Labor Committee, Joint Defense Appeal, B'nai B'rith National
Youth Services Appeal; Yiddish Scientific Institute, American Association for
Jewish Education, Jewish War Veterans of the United States, National Jewish
Welfare Board, Synagogue Council of America, Training Bureau of Communal
Service, Hebrew Theological College, Jewish Theological Seminary, American
Hebrew Congregations, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Yeshiva
University. The Allocations Committee heard Mr. Moritz Gottlieb, lay leader of
Allentown, Pa., representing the United Jewish Appeal, state that in 1949 San
Diego, in giving 88 percent of the monies raised through the United Jewish
Appeal, had done an outstanding job and that there were not too many communities
which had shouldered their responsibilities as well. Rabbi Leonard Greenberg,
Los Angeles , spoke for the American Jewish Congress. Histadrut's spokesman was
Sol Goodman, while Murray Goodrich represented the American Fund for Israel
Institutions. Henry Weinberger presented the case for B'nai B'rith Youth Service
Appeal. Members of the Allocations Committee, besides Price, were Victor
Schulman, Rose Neumann, Henry Weinberger, Ben Harris, Ben Feinberg,
Harry Engel, Sol Goodman, Mrs. Dora Richlin, M.S. Berlin, Seymour Rabin, William
B. Schwartz, M.W. Douglas, Lou Mogy, Sam Addleson, Alex J. Newman, Rodin S.
Horrow, Abe Sackheim, Mrs. Gabriel Berg, Mrs. Sidney Goldhammer, Maxwell
Kaufman, Rabbi Monroe Levens, Sam Slayen, Morris Neiderman, E.R. Bland, Sam
Sosna, Dr. William Ornstein, Lew Pollack, Dr. David Miller, Dr. A.P. Nasatir,
Frank Winicki, Rabbi Baruch Stern, Rabbi Morton J. Cohn, Morry Kraus, Nate
Schiller, Edward Kitaen, Richard Levi and Carl Esenoff.
March 10, 1950Lou Mogy,
"Scene Around Town," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 3: .. William
Schwartz is a most active worker in our community. Any job he undertakes is
well done...
April 28, 19501) "$100,000 Mark for United Jewish Fund
Reached in April," Southwestern Jewish Press, pages 1, 14: In the
first two weeks of the campaign to "Keep the Miracle Alive," one third
of the $283,000 has been secured, reported Murray D. Goodrich and Nathaniel
Ratner, General Campaign Co-Chairman. Over $95,000 had been raised by
April 24th, two weeks from the start of the campaign, from less than 400
subscribers, according to the report which was given at a workers meeting last
month...They (Goodrich and Ratner) pointed to the outstanding work of Elmer
Glaser of Oceanside, who at the last meeting reported over a 100 percent
increase, with $1800 collected to date, as compared to $890 in the entire 1949
campaign. In other outlying districts, Arthur L. Cohen, chairman of the
Coronado campaign, showed not only increased contributions, but much wider
coverage. William Schwartz and Jerome Freedman, chairmen of the El Cajon,
La Mesa and Grossmont district, reported an almost completed job, showing no
cuts and several increases...
2) "Magic Carpet Day, Sunday, April
30th: Be A Worker or Stay at Home Until A Worker Calls on You," Southwestern
Jewish Press, page 16: Over 150 "Modern Miracle Workers" are
expected to participate in San Diego's "Operation Magic Carpet" this
Sunday, April 30th, MOrris Douglas, chairman of the day, stated. Gathering for
instructions at Beth Israel Center, the workers will breakfast (courtesy of the
Jolly Sixteen) at 9:30 a.m., receive their lists and be off to knock on doors on
behalf of the "Keep the Miracle Alive" Campaign of the United Jewish
Fund. "Magic Carpet Day," said Douglas, "is an effort to
dramatically call to the attention of the Jews of San Diego, the needs of the
Jews of Europe, Africa and the Moslem countries, as well as Israel, and to have
the greatest possible coverage in the history of any campaign. We hope that our
Miracle Workers will cover over 1200 prospects on this one day." All
organizations have helped in the recruitment of workers. To date, the following
workers have signed their pledge to be the crew of the "Magic
Carpet": .... Wm. B. Schwartz...