Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles and the Mayors of four other Los Angeles county communities joined in an unprecedented joint statement of endorsement today of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Los Angeles.
Mayors Jack Freeman of Beverly Hills, Duke Watson of Culver City, Thomas M. McCarthy of Santa Monica and Gordon McGinley of San Gabriel urged their citizenry to advance the work of the Fund. Mayor Yorty took part in a ceremony re-naming Los Angeles Spring Street as “UJWF Street” in honor of the campaign which is seeking $8, 000,000 for its 169 social welfare agencies.
While Los Angeles county civic officials frequently issue statements of support for various efforts, rarely if ever have so many municipal chief executives simultaneously declared their support of a single fund-raising organization. The goal this year is $2, 000,000 above that of the 1961 drive for emergency refugee needs.
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