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Speaker of Israel Parliament Received by Argentine President; Launches U.J.A. Drive

May 31, 1950
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Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of the Knesset, who arrived here last week to launch the campaign of the Argentine United Jewish Appeal, was received today by President Juan Peron and Foreign Minister Hipolito Paz. He was accompanied by Israel Minister to Argentina Yaacov Tsur.

Earlier, Mr. Sprinzak addressed an open-air rally in Luna Park officially launching the U.J.A. campaign. The meeting was attended by some 25,000 persons. Mr. Sprinzak told the audience that not Israel but the new immigrants in Israel require the financial assistance of Jewish communities overseas. Simon Mirelman and Samuel Rabinovich were reelected co-presidents of the current U.J.A. drive.

The crisis within the ranks of the Argentine Zionist Federation was resolved during the week-end when Dr. Mateo Goldstein, who resigned the post of president, was reelected to the presidency while a number of other leaders of the group who had resigned with him were reinstated in top positions.

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