Anti-defamation League Reports Less Organized Anti-semitism Than in Pre-war Years

An expansion of its field service, manned by persons trained in conducting programs of inter-group good will in American communities, was announced for the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith by its national director and secretary, Richard E. Gutstadt, at the two-day annual session of the Anti-Defamation Commission, which was held here.

The staff of the Anti-Defamation League reported to the Commission meeting that there is now less organized anti-Semitism than in the immediate pre-war years, though it was emphasized that racial and religious tensions aggravated by political and economic conflicts could readily prove menacing without a thorough-going educational program.

Mr. Gutstadt announced the re-vamping of the entire Anti-Defamation League program, with emphasis upon a stream-lining of departments and projects and the addition of others, so as to further more effectively the interests of a united nation. Certain projects called into being by the wartime emergency have been dropped in favor of long range educational methods. Sigmund Livingston, Chicago, was re-elected chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission. Judge Meier Steinbrink, New York, and Harold Jechman, Chicago were named vice-chairmen.