STATEMENTS FROM WILLIAM GREEN, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, AND JOHN L. LEWIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION, EXCUSING JEWISH WORKERS FROM UNION LABOR DAY ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THE DAY COINCIDES WITH ROSH HASHONAH WERE MADE PUBLIC TODAY BY B’NAI B’RITH.
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