Frank L. Weil, New York, was reelected president of the Jewish Welfare Board at the 24th annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Board at the Standard Club. Others reelected are Judge Irving Lehman, New York, honorary president; Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, New York, vice-chairman; Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel, San Francisco, vice-president; Frederick L. Ehrman, New York, treasurer, and Joseph Rosenzweig, New York, secretary. Mrs. Walter E. Heller, Chicago, was elected a vice-president. The conference closed tonight.
Charles P. Taft, assistant coordinator of health, welfare and related defense activities, addressing a session on "Morale in the Emergency," declared that "we cannot be one nation indivisible if we allow to pass unchallenged the current hates and lies and prejudice, whether it is the dirty snickers of anti-Semitism or the stupid and unintelligent broadsides about subversive activities…"
Weil, in his presidential address, declared that "our primary duty is to the Jewish groups, but over and above that we consider ourselves an American institution and we will cooperate and offer our services wherever and whenever they are needed."
"In our relationship with the Army and Navy," he said, "we want to have it understood that we have done our part and cooperated in every way possible. I know that this is true today and am certain that it will continue to be true. In this particular case it is important that all of us unite in our desire to help our Government in its plans for national defense and I know that you will expend every effort to see that our job is properly done."
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