Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1937, Page 6

1 A—6 “wx 200 GREET SIMON . ONGOTH BIRTHDAY Ife Membership in Wood- “ mont Club Awarded at Testimonial Dinner. Morris Simon, member of the in- surance firm of Young & Simon and vice president of the Simon Dis- tributing Corp., was honored last night with & testimonial dinner at the ‘Woodmont County Club on his fiftieth birthday. The dinner was tendered by more than 200 personal friends, business associates and fellow members of the ‘Woodmont Club, of which Simon has served as president since the Fall of 1934. Tribute was paid to Simon for his successful business career, his ad- ministration of the Woodmont Club, and the part he has played in civic affairs of the District and in his own church. The dinner was attended by a host of prominent citizens, who heard Simon honored in numerous speeches after & program of entertainment. Gets Life Membership. Simon was presented with a silver service, a gold certificate of life mem- bership in the Woodmont Club, mak- ing him the only person in the club’s history to receive such an honor, and & gold key to his office. Adlai Mann acted as toastmaster and introduced Simon to his friends as “Unk Morry.” Simon also was presented with a phonograph recording of all the speeches and proceedings of the din- ner. One of the entertainment fea- tures was a humorous electrical trans- scription of greetings to Simon from “Rabbi Wise, Dr. Einstein, Premier Blum of France, Mussolini and King George VI” and of Simon himself in his office. The narrator of the transcription, it turned out, was Toast- master Mann. Speakers paying tribute to Simon were his partner of 30 years, Eugene Simon; E. I. Kaufmann, Dr. Custis Lee Hall, Stanley Fischer, secretary of the club; David Baer, vice president of the club; Rabbi Abram Simon; Henry I. Quinn, president of the District Honored MORRIS SIMON. larly as it affects the automobile in- dustry. He is no longer worrying over oppesition to his Supreme Court enlargement proposal, because he is absolutely confident that his plan will win when the time comes for the Senate vote. The President, however, Is continu- ing his policy of keeping in close touch with the situation and refrain- ing from making any public com- ment. President Roosevelt spent the greater part of yesterday, his final full day here, driving about the country. After a swim in the Warm Springs pool he attended a concert in front of Georgia Hall, the administration build- ing of the foundation, which was featured with the singing of spirtuels by the Glee Club from the Fort Valley Industrial School for Colored. After that the President drove his car over Pine Mountain to the Pine Mountain Valley resettlement project, and on the return journey to Warm Springs stopped off for a short time at the Pine Mountain State Park, an emergency conservation project, and at the civilian conservation camp near Chipley, about 20 miles from ‘Warm Springs. Bar Association, and Leopold V.| Freudberg. | Members of Committee. | Members of the committee in charge of the dinner were Edmund I. Kauf- mann, chairman; Freudberg, “work- | ing chairman”; Francis G. Addison, | jr.; Meyer Davis, C. B. Dulcan, sr.; | Fischer, Willlam G. Ilich, Mann, Quinn and H. Winship Wheatley. The invocation was delivered by Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, and greetings were extended by Edmund Kaufmann. Seated at the speakers’ table were Dr. Hall, Isadore Hershfield, Rabbi Gerstenfeld, Quinn, Young, Freudberg, | Mann, Simon, Justice F. Dickinson | Letts of District Court, Rabbi Simon, Justice James M. Proctor of District Court and Lawrence Koenigsberger. Among the guests were Morris Luchs of Shannon & Luchs, Frank Addison, | president of the Security Savings and | Commercial Bank; Col. Julius Peyser, chairman of the board of th. bank; | Arthur Sunderland, Judge Nathan | Cayton, “Radio Joe” Kaufman, Rabbi Isadore Breslau, Morris Cafrite, Dr. | Edward Cafritz, Charles B. Dulcan, | sr.; Judge Peyton C. Gordom, Alex- | ander Hecht, D. J. Kaufmann, Henryi Kaufman, Joel Kaufman, C. D. Kauf- | man and Judge Oscar R. Luhring. | e | Roosevelt i (Continued From First Page.) ecommittee which surveyed the defunct National Recovery Administration for the President was sent to Congress without comment. Several proposals for Federal estab- lishment of minimum wages and max- imum working hours have been made, but none has been given the stamp of | administration approval. | Mr. Roosevell has made two speeches for his court bill, but whether he will make further public appeals for it has not been disclosed. Before going to Warm Springs, the | President said he expected to make several changes in diplomatic posts on his return. Among the vacancies is the position of Minister to Denmark, formerly held by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde. William C. Bullitt, Ambassador to France, now home on leave, conferred with the President in Georgia. PRESIDENT LEAVES TODAY. End of Vacation Finds Him Tanned and Invigorated. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., March 26.— | President Roosevelt's two weeks’' va- cation in the balmy air of this hilly, pine section of Georgia comes to an end today, and when he arrives in| Washington tomorrow morning he | will be wearing a healthy tan and | ready to enter upon his official tasks with renewed vigor. This brief respite away from his desk in the White House has greatly benefited Mr. Roosevelt. He has done as little work as possible and has spent long hours in the open air. He was | busy today packing his bags and mak- ing ready for his departure on & special train at 2:30 o'clock this after- | noon. It i evident that the President’s principal concern right now is the “sit-down” strike problem, particu- —_— RESORTS. gCITY, N. J. ATLAN' LEI LLA, 170 So. Pennsylvania Ave. Near Beach and Steel Pier. Special Easter and Spring Rates. _* STEAMSHIPS. ' MEDITERRANEAN and all Eurepe—De Luxe service on famous express liners via the smooth Southern Route. 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