A Mexican Jewish Congress will be formed here shortly as the result of the visit of Bernard S. Deutsch, New York City Aldermanic president and head of the American Jewish Congress, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today.
It is understood that within a few days a meeting of leading Mexican Jews will be called, at which the organization will be formed and the question of leadership thrashed out. There is a divergence of views on the question of who is to head the new organization, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned.
Although Deutsch in his interviews with American and Mexican newspapermen did not discuss Jewish problems, he did grant an interview to the local Yiddish
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