Problems dealing with the activities of Hadassah, on which the women’s Zionist organization of America spends $9,000,000 a year, will be reviewed at the four-day annual mid-winter conference of the organization which opened here tonight. Hadassah leaders from all parts of the United States, representing 315,000 members, are participating.
Speaking at the opening session, Dr. Miriam K. Freund, national president of Hadassah, stressed that the Middle East region may suffer from any cut in President Eisenhower’s $3,900,000,000 request for foreign aid. Such a cut, she said, would also be “detrimental” to the United States position in the world today.
Mrs. Rose Halprin, Hadassah leader and acting chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency, told the opening session that “since its creation ten years ago, Israel has established a true democracy. It has brought in hundreds of thousands of destitute people, many of them from Arab lands and has by example, shown the world how rehabilitation and absorption of masses of human being can be achieved if a people is ready to make the effort and sacrifice.” Mrs. Halprin announced that Hadassah is planning a major function at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on May 6 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Israel’s founding.
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