The National Council of Jewish Women, in line with a resolution adopted at its recent national convention has sent the following telegram to United States Senator Elbert Thomas, chairman of the committee which is considering the Taft-Gillette Resolution which provides for the sending of immediate relief to occupied countries, it was announced here today:
“The National Council of Jewish Women, representing 65,000 women in all parts of the country, urges your committee to act favorably on the Gillette-Taft Resolution. An active government program for feeding the children of Europe was unanimously endorsed by the delegates to the Council’s National Convention in Chicago on Nov. 11.”
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