A banquet was held here to-day arranged by the American Jewish Congress, for the completion of the 25 years of Jewish communal and journalistic work by Mr. Bernard G. Richards, until recently Executive Secretary of the Congress, since its foundation 16 years ago. About 300 prominent Jews from all over the country were present.
President Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York State, sent messages of congratulation to Mr. Richards.
Mr. Adolf S. Ochs, publisher of the “New York Times”, Mr. Adolph Lewisohn, Mr. Louis Lipsky, former President of the Zionist Organisation of America, Mr. George Medalie, United States Attorney, Mr. Carl Sherman, former Attorney General of the State of New York, Mr. Morris Rothenberg, Judge Otto Rosalsky, Judge William M. Lewis, Mr. Jacob Fishman, editor of the “New York Jewish Morning Journal”, and Dr. S. Margoshes, editor of the New York Yiddish daily “The Day”, were members of the Richards Testimonial Committee.
Mr. Richards started his journalistic work on the “Boston Post” and the “Boston Evening Transcript”. He has taken an active part in the Zionist movement in America, and was associated with Dr. J. L. Magnes, now Chancellor of the Hebrew University in Palestine, in the organisation of the Jewish Community of New York. He was Secretary to the delegation which represented the American Jews at the Peace Conference at Versailles, which included among its members the late Mr. Louis #arshall and Judge Julian ##ck Mack.
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