ILLINOIS CONFERENCE URGES INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO U.J.A.
General Garlos P. Romulo, special Philippine Republic Ambassador to the United State and former President of the United Nations General Assembly, today hailed “the vigor and courage of the people of Israel” in creating and building a pilot system of free institutions in their part of the world and endorsed the United Jewish Appeal for fostering the new state’s drive to achieve economic independence.
Addressing more than 350 campaign leaders at an Illinois state conference of the United Jewish Appeal, Gen. Romulo declared that Israel’s people “have shown their devotion to freedom,” and “must be given the wholehearted cooperation of all those who are willing to stand up and be counted in the fight for justice and democracy.”
The conferees, who met at the Jefferson Hotel here to inaugurate the 1954 Illinois campaign in behalf of the United Jewish Appeal, moved adoption of a three-point program calling for: 1. Increased giving by all contributors; 2. The immediate beginning of fund solicitations; 3. The earliest cash redemption of all pledges.
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