952 Mrs. Roosevelt To Address BBYO Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will Klutznick, Chicago, last year's Hotel. Arrangements are be- radio and TV commentator, S be the principal speaker at the recipient of the award, which ing made to seat a large audi- economist and writer. and is New York presentation of the is presented annually by AZA ence and it is expected that frequently seen on the "All Sam Beber Outstanding to an alumnus who distin- many BBYO members from Star News Program" televised Alumnus Award to former guishes himself through serv- out of town as well as New by the American Broadcast- aleph Leo M. Cherne. The ice to the community. The pre- York City members will be ing Company. Cherne was Re- widow of the late president sentation will be made by able to attend the event. elected to receive the award el's will speak on January 8 be- Sam Beber, Omaha, founder This presentation of the by the 1952 national AZA en- fore a meeting of the New of AZA, for whom the award award is the second by AZA convention. ute. York Metropolitan Council of is named. since the award was estab- The one-time national AZA '49. B'nai B'rith at which the pre- All BBYO members who can "lished in 1951. Mr. Klutznick, oratory champion is execu- een- sentation will be made. be in the city are invited to the first recipient, received his tive director of the Research 7-9, She is pictured on the left hear the address by the prom- award at a banquet meeting in Institute of America, an or- as she testified before the inent American woman dele- Chicago. ganization that interprets en- United States Commission gate to the United Nations. This year's recipient was a economic, legislative and po- ary for UNESCO in October. The program will be held at member of Rehoboth AZA in litical trends for more than wish Another speaker at the pre- 8 p.m., January 8, in the ball- New York from 1927 to 1933. 30,000 business executives, sentation will be Philip M. room of the Henry Hudson He has become prominent as a (See MRS. ROOSEVELT, Page 8) so- 41. Have You Moved? so- the SH Send Your da- ew New Address WS to rg. Y. The Shofar the few and Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization ch, AZA-BBG-BBYM-BBYW ng- Send address changes to The Shofar, 1761 R St., N.W. ni- 29TH YEAR 6 DECEMBER, 1952 Washington 9, D. C., Office of Publication, Baltimore, Md. ew sm. se, of KUSWORM TO BE SPEAKER FOR BBYM-YW as ac- ills are 22 Regional And District Conclaves on- BBYO Chapters Special Entertainment Is Planned 71y Are Scheduled For December Urged To Register By Cincinnati Committees Twenty-one regional conferences and one district con- For 1952-53 Now Sidney G. Kusworm, for many years treasurer of the vention are scheduled for the month of December, according Supreme Lodge and a member of the B'nai B'rith Youth Com- get to the latest tally taken at the national BBYO office. Many BBYO members are re- mission, will be the principal speaker at BBYM-YW's interna- of regional conferences have been held already, particularly in minded to be sure that their tional convention in Cincinnati this month. Kusworm will ng District 4, where the District chapters are registered for +speak at the installation banquet as AZA association will be meet- District 4 rst 1952-53. According to Abe Human Interest on December 27. ing in Los Angeles on Decem- Northern Region BBG: Vancou- The third convention of BBYM- ve ver, December 28. Kanterman, national adminis- ber 27-31. Deadline Is Jan. 1 YW since the two organizations ak Southern Region YM-YW: Los trative assistant, many regis- combined nationally in 1949 will Following is a list of the nd Angeles, December 7. trations have already arrived The deadline for submitting begin with a luncheon on December scheduled conventions and District 4 AZA: Pacific Palisades, 25 at the Hotel Sheraton-Gibson, where they will be held: Los Angeles, December 27 31. at the national office, but "human interest" stories to convention headquarters. Business as many more are expected. The Shofar in order to be con- ith District 1 District 5 meetings and seminars on program- Often, chapters intend to Laurentian AZA-BBG: Burling- Southern AZA: Columbia, S. C., sidered for a prize is January ming will be underway that after- register, but neglect to mail ton. Vt., December 7. December 28 31. 1. A ring, given to BBYO by noon. Laurentian BBYM-YW: Mon- Northern AZA: Richmond, Va., the forms or are held up by the L. G. Balfour Co., will be J. J. Lieberman, Los Angeles, December 27 30. one or two members who owe chairman of the Youth Commission treal, December 7. Tri-State AZA: Lawrence, Mass. Florida AZA-BBG: Miami, De- dues. Every effort should be awarded the person who will speak at both the opening December cember 27 30. made to clear up all "hitches" writes the most appealing Lincheon of the convention and the te. of District 2 District 6 immediately. story. installation banquet. as Rocky Mountain AZA: Denver, Registration assures mem- Chicago AZA: Chicago, Decem- The Shofar has been re- Early arrivals will be entertained ber 27 29. bers of continuing to receive at a reception at 8:30 p.m., Decem- December 23 27. questing stories of human in- he Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, AZA: The Shofar and The Career ber 24, and may register that day. North Star AZA-BBG: St. Paul, terest value in order to cre- News, and assures chapters Kusworm has long been asso- South Bend, Ind., December 23 December 27 30. ate an awareness of the heart- ciated with BBYO and B'nai 27. Michigan: Detroit, December 27- that they will get the Pro- warming incidents that occur B'rith. A Dayton, Ohio, lawyer, Greater Ohio Council AZA: 29. gram Guides. Only properly in BBYO. Although the dead- hé holds many important posts Cleveland, December 27 29. Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Decem- registered members may par- line in the contest is January in his community and the nation. District 3 ber 27 29. ticipate in inter-chapter activ- 1, The Shofar urges that His wit and font of humorous anec- New Jersey BBYO University: Cornbelt: December 27 29. ities, such as councils, tourna- members continue to send dotes combined with his keen in- Newark, December 27 28. (See CONCLAVES, Page 5) ments and conventions. such material for publication sight into major issues makes him a popular after dinner speaker in the future. throughout the country. A Fluoroscope In Use Many human interest stor- Kusworm became a member of ies have already been re- the executive committee of B'nai ceived. All that will be inter- B'rith's Supreme Lodge in 1921, esting to our readers will be and has served on that committee published in future issues of since. He had already served as The Shofar. president of the District 2 Grand Lodge of B'nai B'rith, He is now Some of the factors that chairman of the B'nai B'rith Na- characterize a human interest tional Americanism Commission story are listed below: and a trustee for the National Jew- 1. It is usually not about ish Hospital in Denver and the very "important" people. Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark. 2. It tells about an incident Kusworm was a member of the in a person's life that Supreme Advisory Council of AZA is dramatic, interesting, from 1936 to 1944 and then con- entertaining or inform- tinued on the B'nai B'rith Youth ative. (It is the sort of Commission when it was formed to story that if it happened replace the Advisory Council. He to you, you would want and Henry Monsky, who later be- to share with your came national president of B'nai B'rith, were members of a Su- friends.) preme Lodge special committee 3. It usually contains a lit- that favored the adoption of AZA tle pathos or a touch of as a B'nai B'rith youth movement humor. at the 1925 convention of B'nai 4. It should illustrate the B'rith. Kusworm's devotion to B'nai B'rith youth services has been in- Members of the Cardio-Pulmonary Team of the National Jewish Hospital use a fluoroscope to values of membership in strumental in the continued growth trace the insertion of a plastic tube through a vein into the heart. A duplicate of this fluoroscope was pur- BBYO. of BBYO. chased for the hospital by BBYM-YW from money raised through its Three Pillars of Service Fund. (See HUMAN INTEREST, Page 5) (See KUSWORM, Page 7)