Roger W. Straus of New York was re-elected president of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods at the third Biennial Convention at the Mayflower Hotel here.
The executive board elected Arnold Schmidt, Brooklyn, first vice-president; Judge Joseph L. Kun, Philadelphia, Pa., second vice-president; Albert C. Weihl, Cincinnati, treasurer; George Zepin, Cincinnati, executive secretary; and Arthur L. Reinhart and Louise I. Egelson, both of Cincinnati, assistant executive secretaries. The fourth biennial concention will be held in Philadelphia in 1931.
A visit to President Hoover at the White House was made by a deputation from the convention.
A resolution committing its administration to the sponsorship of good-will meetings between Jews and non-Jews throughout the United States was adopted. Local Brotherhoods in various cities will be expected to arrange these meetings.
This action followed the recommendation for a good-will movement voiced by Hugo Levy, of Brooklyn. He addressed the convention on “Good Will in All Jewry and Between Jew and Gentile.”
The charity exemplified by the Jewish race throughout history, and the aid of Jews in the building of the United States, was praised by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis in an address before the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods.
“With the exception of one man, who was a Welshman, a Jew, Haym Salomon, gave to America more money to win her independence than any other man,” said Secretary Davis, “and the American people never repaid these men for the large sums that they contributed toward the American cause.
“One could rake the world with a fine-tooth comb to find a people whose devotion to charity is so keen as that of the Jews,” Secretary Davis said. He closed his address with a tribute to Roger W. Straus, son of the late Oscar Straus, who was reelected president of the Brotherhoods.
The Third Bienniel Convention sessions ended last night.
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