A vast reconstruction program is the only solution to the dilemman that will face the 250,000 displaced Jews in Europe when UNRRA ceases functioning at the end of this month, Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy told the New England Regional Conference of the United Jewish Appeal, last night. Justice Murphy said that such a program can be successful only if the total $170,000,000 goal of the DJA is realized.
Speaking as “a Christian and an American,” Justice Murphy warned that the democratic world cannot desert the Jews of Europe who withstood the brunt of the Nazis attacks. Touching on Palestine, which he visited last year, he said that “Palestine today stands as a monument to the idealism and the creativeness of the Jewish pointers.”
The conference adopted resolutions calling for “renewed strength and consecration of energy, devotion and resources to the UJA campaign.” Speakers included Mrs. Erving M. Engel, chairman of the board of the United Service for New Americans; Elihu Stone, chairman of the New England United Palestine Appeal; Milton Kahan, New England regional chairman of the UJA; Mrs. George Kahn, national vice-chairman of the Women’s Division of the UJA; and Dr. J. Henson Saks, former JDC director in Austria.
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