Admiral Louis Kahn, president of the Maritime Academy of France, was elected deputy-president of the Alliance Israelite Universelle at a meeting of the Central Committee of the Alliance, held here under the Chairmanship of Professor Rene Cassin, president of the Alliance.
At the same meeting Marcel Franco, president of the American Friends of the Alliance, was elected vice-president of the Central Committee. Mr. Franco is the former president of the Jewish community of Istanbul, Turkey.
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