The ORT executive committee today proclaimed two days of mourning in France and abroad for Dr. Leon Bramson, chairman of the executive, who died on Sunday. Messages of condolence continued to pour in to the ORT office in Marseille from all parts of the world.
Local newspapers devoted articles to Dr. Bramson, stressing his efforts for normalization of the Jewish social structure and recalling his role in Russian political life as a deputy in the first Duma.
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