David E. Lilienthal, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Dr. William Haber, advisor on Jewish affairs to the U.S. forces in Europe, will be the principal speakers at the 34th annual meeting of the Joint Distribution Committee in Chicago, which will be held on Oct. 31, it was announced today.
Dr. Haber will fly to Chicago from Frankfurt to present a last-minute report on conditions among the nearly 150,000 Jewish displaced persons still in the U.S. zone of Germany. Edward M.M. Warburg, J.D.C. chairman, will outline the role which the agency will play during the coming year in helping to rebuild the lives of the 1,400,000 Jewish survivors in Europe. More than 2,000 delegates from all sections of the country are expected to participate in the meeting.
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