Some 250 delegates representing 25,000 members of Aleph Zadik Aleph–B’nai B’rith’s teen-age boys organization–are attending the A.Z.A. convention at Michigan State College here which opened today. The A.Z.A.’s sister organization–B’nai B’rith Girls–will meet immediately after the conclusion of the A.Z.A. convention.
In addition to delegates from the United States, the convention is attended by representatives from Canada, Mexico, England and Israel. Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan will address the convention.
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