President Kennedy, in a message to the biennial meeting of B’nai B’rith Women, asked for support of the national “effort to elevate the quality of our education, to strengthen our health and welfare programs and to bring the economic blessings of our country to more of our people.”
Mrs. Charles D.Solovich of Detroit, president of the organization, called for creation of a home front Peace Corps to provide hospitality in the country for dark-skinned representatives of foreign countries who are often shunned because of American prejudices against color. She said the organization had been asked by the U.S. State Department to help find homes where a diplomat, student or observer would be welcomed, regardless of the color of his skin.
She reported that the B’nai B’rith Women’s programs for Jewish youth had benefited more than 150,000 young people during the past two years.
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