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President Eisenhower to Address Jewish Tercentenary Dinner Tonight

October 20, 1954
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower will address the National Jewish Tercentenary Dinner tomorrow evening in New York, which will be attended by more than 2,000 Jewish leaders from all parts of the country.

The dinner will be the high point of the celebration of the American Jewish Tercentenary, marking the 300th anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States. President Eisenhower’s address will be carried to the nation over radio and television networks.

Composer Irving Berlin, who recently won a Congressional Gold Medal for creating patriotic songs, will sing “God Bless America.” He will be accompanied by the Jewish Chapel Choir of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Other speakers at the event will be Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Mayor Robert F. Wagner, and Ralph E. Samuel, chairman of the National Tercentenary Committee.

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