The annual national conference of the United Jewish Appeal, at which the stage will be set for the 1951 campaign, will be held in Atlantic City, it was announced here today by U.J.A. general chairman Edward M.M. Warburg. The conference will open on December 14 and will last three days. More than 1300 Jewish community leaders from all parts of the country are expected to attend the parley.
Mr. Warburg termed the conference “a crucial meeting whose chief functions will be to determine how far American Jews will go in 1952 to continue assistance programs in Israel, welfare and rehabilitation programs in Europe and Moslem countries, and refugee aid programs in the United States. ” In this connection, Mr. Warburg described the need in Israel at this time as “especially urgent, ” pointing out that “American Jews must formulate a decisive program at this conference to help the new State overcome grave shortages of food, housing, medicines and medical equipment.”
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