Dr. Julius Kraus and Dr. Albert Mazur. representatives of the Hakoah, the Jewish athletic club of Vienna, were received Thursday by Mayor James Walker of New York.
The delegates were introduced to the mayor by Dr. Henry Moscowitz in the presence of a committee of prominent New Yorkers, Yorkers, including Joseph Barondess, Herman Bernstein, Andrew M. Brown, secretary of the United States Farley, president of the New York State Athletic Association, Health Commissioner Dr. Louis Harris, David J. Kalesky, Judge Max S. Levin, Dr. George Kohut, Herbert H. Lehman, Mrs. Henry Moscowitz, Judge Jacob Panken, Bernard A. Rosenblatt, Morris Rothenberg, J. Schmidt, Austrian Consul General in New York and Abraham Tuvim, secretary of the Hakoah.
“I feel that the visit of the Jewish sport club of Vienna will instill new life and new interest not only in the Jewish citizens of our country but also in the American people,” the mayor declared.
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