Governor Thomas E. Dewey, former Governor Herbert H. Lehman, Bishop William T. Manning and Mayor William O’Dwyer will serve as honorary chairmen of the Community Committee of New York on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal, it was announced today by Nelson A. Rockefeller, chairman of the committee.
Terming their endorsement “an inspiring symbol of the way in which Americans, since the founding of our country, have joined together to help alleviate the sufferings of distressed peoples,” Mr. Rockefeller added: “The sponsorship of these leaders is most encouraging to the members of the Community Committee of New York. It is evidence of the sympathy and concern which the community as a whole feels for the Jews who suffered so bitterly under the Nazi regime, and of the support coming from people of all faiths and from all walks of life.”
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