Meeting yesterday for luncheon at the Hotel New Yorker, the commercial council of the Ready-to-Wear industry decided to launch a campaign to aid the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies in its $2,071,000 emergency appeal. Bernard Sands is chairman of the council. He appointed five associate chairmen: Gertrude Mayer, head of the Professional Models’ League of America, and Miss Lillian Smith, Max Mullman, Louis Schwartz and Isidore Posner, each representing a large garment firm.
The Brewers and Allied Industries section of the liquor industry, led by Norman S. Goldberger of Fidelio Brewery, has mobilized its forces and expects to achieve its quota of $25,000 before the end of the year. The formation of the Brewers’ section was announced yesterday by Lewis S. Rosenstiel of Shenley’s, general chairman of the Wine, Liquor and Brewers’ division, which has set a quota of $100,000 for itself.
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