Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, outstanding Zionist leader, has been unanimously elected chairman of the executive and political committee of the American Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs, it was announced here today by the Committee.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise is chairman of the Emergency Committee and Dr. Silver was elected to serve with him as co-chairman. The Emergency Committee acts on behalf of the four major Zionist organizations in the United States – the Hadassah, Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Mizrachi Organization of America, Poale Zion-Zeire Zion of America and the Zionist Organization of America.
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