222 sections of the National Council of Jewish Women in the United States and Canada were urged to make all efforts to crown with success the campaign for the enlistment of at least 500,000 Jewish women in America as members of the Council. This call was issued from the national headquarters of New York, by Mrs. William Loeb, chairman of the Committee on Extension. Present membership of the Council consists of 50,000 Jewish women.
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