The executive of the Jewish Agency here decided to have all its members fly to the United States within ten days in order to hold a plenary session of the Agency’s executive in New York instead of in Jerusalem as originally scheduled. It is understood that the decision to change the meeting place from Jerusalem to New York was taken primarily in connection with present developments in the United Jewish Appeal.
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