U.S. Senators Hubert H. Humphrey and Robert Taft Jr. will deliver principal addresses at the National Assembly of the Jewish National Fund, which will convene on Jan. 17 at the Waldorf Astoria, it was announced by Herman L. Weisman, president of the Fund. More than 1,000 delegates from all parts of the nation are expected to attend the two-day convocation, which will launch the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish National Fund. Both senators are expected to present major statements on American-Israel relations, their first since their election to office last month. Ambassador Jacob Tsur, world chairman of the Jewish National Fund in Jerusalem, will outline the program of the JNF for the reclamation and development of Israel’s remaining wastelands, and Weisman, who will preside at the plenary session, will deliver a “State of the Fund” address, Lord Janner, who, as Sir Barnett Janner was a Labor member of Parliament for 25 years until his recent elevation to the peerage by Queen Elizabeth, will be principal speaker at the opening luncheon. The Assembly will focus special attention on the new techniques to be utilized on the community level for the promotion of JNF traditional activities.
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