The retirement of Alexander Kahn, well-known Jewish leader, from the post of general manager of the Jewish Daily Forward because of health, and the appointment of Adolph Held to this post, was announced here today by the Forward. Mr. Kahn has been general manager of the newspaper for the last 24 years. Earlier he was the lawyer of the newspaper. He is a vice-president of the Joint Distribution Committee, and one of the active leaders of the United Hias Service, National Committee for Labor Israel, and other organizations.
Mr. Held is national chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee, one of the leaders of the Jewish Conference for Material Claims Against Germany, ORT, and other national and international bodies. Prior to accepting the post of general manager, he served for many years as president of the Forward Association, which publishes the newspaper and held the post of director of the health and welfare department of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for 17 years. Dr. S. Silverberg has now been elected president of the Forward Association to succeed Mr. Held. Harry Rogoff is editor-in-chief of the newspaper.
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