Two thousand representatives of Jewish organizations met at the Hotel Astor tonight to plan a program of assistance and defense of the Jews of Poland. The conference was called by the American Jewish Congress.
The meeting heard conditions in Poland denounced as a return to the Dark Ages by Jewish and non-Jewish speakers, including Dr. Harry F. Ward, Francis Biddlo, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. Samuel Margoshes and Jacob Fishman. Messages of support and sympathy were received from ten United States Senators, sixteen Representatives, two Governors and fifty non-Jewish religious and educational leaders.
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