At a meeting of the board of directors of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) at 425 Lafayette street, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Abraham Herman, for the tenth consecutive year: vice-presidents, Jacob Massel, Nathan Schoenfeld, Samuel A. Telsey and Dr. A. Coralnik; honorary secretary, Samuel Goldstein; treasurer, Harry Fischel. This will be Mr. Fischel’s forty-sixth year of service.
Isaac L. Asofsky, general manager, reported that during the past year HIAS gave personal service and advice to upwards of 300,000 individuals in the United States and twenty-seven countries where it maintains offices and correspondents. Meals numbering 391,885 and 54,388 nights’ lodging were given to Jewish unemployed and homeless in New York, and 5,084 persons were helped to become citizens.
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