(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The tribute of Polish Jewry to Louis Marshall, president of the American Jewish Committee on his seventieth birthday was expressed in statements issued by Jewish leaders here.
Deputy A. Hartglass, president of the Club of Jewish Deputies, issued a statement in which he “wishes Mr. Marshall many more years of fruitful work on behalf of our severely tried people.”
Chief Rabbi Dr. Schor, expressed the wish: “May he see with his own eyes the realization of the Jewish National Home in Eretz Israel, to the blessing of mankind.”
Deputy H. Farbstein, president of the Kehillah Council, stated: “Jewry throughout the world is proud of its son Louis Marshall. We wish him many happy years and we hope to see him among the leading personages in the upbuilding of Palestine.”
Deputy Osias Thon, who represented Polish Jewry in Paris during the time of the framing of the national minority clauses, stated: “I can never forget my meeting with Louis Marshall in Paris and his work there as the champion of the national minority rights of the Jewish people. I honor highly his many sided and fruitful work and wish him a length of years. I hope to see him in the ranks of the Zionist Organization, to which he belongs with his whole soul.”
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