Presentation of $31,000 was made to the British War Relief Society today by the Jewish Section of the Interfaith Committee for Aid to the Democracies, bringing the total credited to the Jewish Section to more than $180,000.
The presentation was made at exercises formally dedicating the offices of the Jewish Section on the premises of the British War Relief Society. Frederick W. Gehle, chairman of the Fund-Raising Division of the Society, received the gift from Dr. Israel Goldstein, chairman of the Jewish Section.
The Jewish Section was founded last Dec. 29 at a conference summoned by the American Jewish Congress and now has associated with it 21 national Jewish organizations, with branches throughout the United States, it was stated by Dr. Israel Goldstein, chairman. Dr. Goldstein disclosed that within the next two months the Jewish Section proposes to raise funds for six non-sectarian children’s nursing homes to be named for President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Wendell Willkie and the late Lord Lothian. One such nursing home, costing $25,000, was presented a fortnight ago and named after General Sir Archibald Wavell.
Fifty mobile field kitchens have already been contributed to Britain as a result of funds raised by the Jewish Section, as well as $40,000 worth of vitamins for British children contributed by the Esco Fund Committee through the Jewish Section.
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