Morris Feinstone

Morris Charles Feinstone (December 28, 1878 – April 28, 1943) was a Jewish Polish-born British and American labor activist.

He also wrote articles for the New York Call and The Jewish Daily Forward that endorsed socialism and labor Zionism.

[5] Mayor La Guardia, City Council President Newbold Morris, The Forward editor Abraham Cahan, The Forward manager Alexander Kahn, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor Matthew Woll,[6] and United Hebrew Trades chairman Rubin Guskin, spoke at his funeral.

One thousand people attended his funeral in the Jewish Daily Forward building, including city government officials and labor leaders.

[7] In 1944, the United Hebrew Trades sold millions in War Bonds to finance the purchase of a liberty ship named after Feinstone, the SS Morris C.

Feinstone c. 1938
Executive Committee of the United Hebrew Trades , 1928.
Seated from left to right: Samuel Epstein, M. Tigel, Max Pine , Morris Feinstone, M. Wolpert, A. Josephson, H. Wander.
Standing from left to right: A. Baron, J. Etenson, M. Brown, A. Solovyov, A. Greenwald, W. Zuckerman, Alex Rose .