hopes on my part that his voyage would restore him completely and give his state and country another long lease upon his fine talents and spirits....though Mr. Kahn and I differed politically, we found it possible to work together in the utmost harmony about great matters, and out of them grew a genuine friendship. Sunday, February 22, 1925, was set apart by the House of Representatives "for memorial addresses on the life, character, and public services of the Honorable Julius Kahn, late a representative of the State of California." The Honorable Henry Ellsworth Barbour, a member of the California delegation, was Speaker pro tempore. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Capital opened the proceedings with prayer, and addresses were delivered by the following Members of the Congress:

Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts, speaker of the House, Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, Martin B. Madden of Illinois, Finis J. Garret of Tennessee, John C. McKenzie of Illinois, Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee, Percy E. Quin of Mississippi, Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio, Adolph J. Sabath of Illinois, John Philip Hill of Maryland, John F. Miller of Washington, and John E. Raker (Mrs.) Mae E. Nolan, Arthur M. Free, Charles F. Curry, Philip D. Swing, Walter F. Lineberger, and the Chairman, all of California.

Mr. Kahn's widow, Florence Prag Kahn, has been elected by the voters of the Fourth Congressional District of California to take the seat made vacant by the death of her husband.

MARTIN ABRAHAM MEYER

By Louis I. NEWMAN

"Martin Meyer always seemed one of the most arresting figures in the American Jewish ministry", said Rabbi Stephen S. Wise on the death of his friend and colleague. "Fair-haired, wholesome to look upon, alert, superbly virile in mind and frame, he seemed a veritable Norseman with more than a little of Norse strength." Into his brief life (January 15, 1879-June 27, 1923) he crowded a double portion of achievements as rabbi, educator, scholar, journalist, preacher, social service leader and civic servant. His career was typical of the life of the Far West where he was born and reared, and to which he gave the best of himself during his finest years. He was ruggedly and dominantly a Californian. Though he studied in the East, and served as Rabbi in two important Eastern congregations, the personality and spirit of Martin Meyer can be understood only in the light of his Western origin and environment. The eminence to which he attained in San Francisco and California and thereby throughout the nation, exemplified the high rôle which the Jewish community has played in the upbuilding of the Pacific Coast States. The pioneers who made their way to California in 1849 erected a year later a tabernacle in the wilderness, calling it "Emanu-El;" the heritage of their fidelity to the cause of Israel was transmitted to their children, and found in

Martin Meyer a sturdy and fearless spokesman. His native city and state were the scene of his noblest service, and the stimulus to his most essential contributions.

Martin Abraham Meyer was born in San Francisco, January 15, 1879, the son of Charles and Louisa B. (Silberstein) Meyer. He was educated in the public schools of San Francisco and graduated from Lowell High School in 1895. He became a faithful disciple of Doctor Jacob Voorsanger, the robust and courageous Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, and with his encouragement entered the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He received his A. B. degree from the University of Cincinnati with honors in 1899, being elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the honorary academic society. In 1901, the honor man and valedictorian of his class, he graduated from the Hebrew Union College with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.

Upon his graduation he entered the nation-wide competition for the place of Fellow in the American School for Oriental Studies in Jerusalem; his essay on "Research in Palestine" won him the appointment. The year 1901-2 he spent in Palestine, doing solid research in archaeology, ethnology and Semitic philology, thereby laying the foundations for his later academic pursuits. During his stay abroad he contributed several important articles to AngloJewish periodicals on the condition of the Jews in the Holy Land. Palestine nurtured his love of Torah, and touched him to sympathetic and even tender understanding of his people in all lands.

On his return from abroad, he was elected Rabbi of Congregation Beth Emeth at Albany, New York. His contribution to the Jewish community of Albany was