Thomas E. Braniff, president of Braniff International Airways, has been named general chairman of Brotherhood Week, to be nationally observed next February 21-28, under the sponsorship of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, NCCJ president.
The 1954 observance of Brotherhood Week will mark its twentieth anniversary. It was first held in 1934 with 300 communities in the United States participating. More than 10,000 communities join in the celebration today, according to Dr. Clinchy.
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