Murray I. Gurfein, prominent New York attorney and civil leader,has been elected to his fifth consecutive term as president of United Hias Service, the world wide Jewish migration agency now observing its 80th anniversary. Edwin Rosenberg was re-elected chairman and Daniel G. Ross vice-chairman of the National Council. Adolph Held and Mrs. Albert Speed were newly elected vice-presidents.
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