The appointment of Abe Tuvim as executive director of the American Zionist Emergency Council was announced yesterday by the executive committee of the Council.
He succeeds to the post previously held by Harry L. Shapiro, newly-elected executive director of the United Palestine Appeal. Tuvim has been with the Council almost since its inception.
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