The United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York raised $30,000,000 in its 1959 campaign, it was announced here today by treasurer Samuel D. Leidesdorf following the annual meeting of the organization’s board of directors.
At their meeting, the directors re-elected Monroe Goldwater as president, and Samuel Hausman as chairman of the board. The board also named William Maser and M. Lester Mendell as trustees of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York.
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