"We have stony hearts toward the living and we erect monuments of stone to the dead. A living memorial is the only kind worthy of living beings, whether they are with us here or have gone Beyond. Better name after him the street in or near which he lived than to erect some obstruction in stone, for the one comes into our life and the other we pass by carelessly. But better set to work the noble ideas which he had and do, as far as we may and can, that which he longed to do. Thus he remains in our lives, the living factor that he was, and the memory of him does not become part of a tombstone or a static statue." -- William Z. Spiegelman.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Special dinners attended by William Z. Spiegelman

WZS attended many special dinners. For example, the seating arrangements for the dinner given by the City of New York "in honour of His Excellency Leon Blum, Ambassador Extraordinaire United States of the French Republic," held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Friday, April 12, 1946 --


-- show that "Spiegelman, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Z." were present and seated at Table 63.


On Wednesday, June 23, 1943, at the Hotel Commodore in New York City, a "dinner tendered by the Committee for the Committee for a Louis D. Brandeis Memorial Colony in Palestine" was held in honor of William Green, the then-President of the American Federation of Labor. The guest speaker was then-Justice of the United States Supreme Court Robert H. Jackson.


Though William Z. Spiegelman was not present at this event, its guest speaker signed a copy of its "Program and Seating List."


"Best wishes to Mrs. William Z. Spiegelman from Robert H. Jackson."


In the photograph above, William Z. Spiegelman (standing, third from right) addresses a special dinner of one sort or another (date, place and occasion unknown).
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