Jewish Claims Conference Re-elects All Officers for Second Term

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is made up of 22 major Jewish organizations in eight Western countries, today announced the re-election for a second term of all members of its executive committee, governing body of the Conference which was co-negotiator with the Israel Government in the $822,000,000 Bonn-Israel reparations agreement signed in September, 1952.

Dr. Nahum Goldmann was re-elected president of the executive committee. Other re-elected officers are: senior vice president, Jacob Blaustein, American Jewish Committee; vice presidents, Jules Braunschvig, Alliance Israelite Universelle; Samuel Bronfman, Canadian Jewish Congress; Dr. Rudolph Callman, Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany; Adolph Held, Jewish Labor Committee; Barnett Janner, Board of Deputies of British Jews; Dr. Noah Barou, British section of World Jewish Congress; Sir Henry d’Avigdor Goldsmid, Central British Fund; Frank Goldman, B’nai B’rith; Dr. Israel Goldstein, Western Hemisphere section of World Jewish Congress; Dr. Isaac Lewin, Agudath Israel World Organization and Shad Polier, American Jewish Congress. The treasurer is Moses A. Leavitt of the Joint Distribution Committee. Saul Kagan was re-elected secretary of the executive committee.