A contribution of $50,000 from the Federation of Synagogues to the fund for ameliorating the economic condition of the Polish Jews was announced yesterday by Joseph Meller at a meeting of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, bringing the fund to a total of $225,000.
Sir Robert Waley-Cohen, chairman of the Palestine Corporation, was elected vice-president of the board to succeed Sir Isidore Salmon.
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