Appeals for the United Jewish Appeal came from three different sources yesterday as the UJA nation-wide drive neared the and of the Spring portion of its campaign.
In Princeton, New Jersey, Prof. Albert Einstein, making one of his rare public appearances, spoke at the opening of the UJA drive in that city, which hopes to raise $15,000. Sharing the platform with him was Dr. Frank Aydelotte, director of the Institute for Advanced Study, who was a member of the Anglo-American Palestine committee.
In New York, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., former Secretary of the Treasury, told a meeting of the radio and stage artists section of the New York UJA that since UNRRA does not aid former enemy countries, most of the needy Jews in Europe are dependent solely upon the UJA for assistance.
Also in New York, Mrs. David Levy, chairman of the UJA’s women’s division, speaking at an interim meeting of officers of the division, said that major responsibility for the care and rehabilitation of Europe’s 150,000 Jewish child survivors must be assumed at once by the Jewish women of America.
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