The American ORT Federation has accepted a $1,257,000 quota in the World ORT Union’s $1,759,000 budget for 1939 — largest in the ORT’s history — to promote vocational and agricultural training of Jews in Europe, George Backer, president of the federation, announced today. Olof Aschberg, Swedish banker and philanthropist, who is a member of the world ORT’s central board, sailed for home last Friday on the liner Paris after two weeks of conferences here regarding the ORT drive.
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