President Ford, in a message to the 62nd annual national convention of Hadassah being held at the Washington Hilton Hotel, praised the Zionist women’s organization “for the spirit of voluntarism and adherence to time-honored values that have joined the women of Hadassah in dedication to the well-being of others.”
Ford noted that “countless men, women and children in this country, in Israel and throughout the world have benefited from your selfless social and humanitarian work.” He said that Hadassah’s “programs to promote academic education, vocational training, rehabilitation and improved medical care in Israel have greatly advanced that country’s development and strengthened the bonds of friendship its people enjoy with the United States.”
The President said that Hadassah,”the largest women’s organization of volunteers in our country,” had contributed “to the vitality of American life” and has brought “credit” to “our national heritage.”
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