Magistrate Morris Rothenberg was elected president of the Jewish National Fund of America for a third term at the annual meeting of the organization last night in the Hotel Biltmore. An administrative committee of sixteen and a board of sixty directors were elected.
The election of Magistrate Rothenberg and the $5,000,000 obtained by the Jewish National Fund during the year for purchase of additional land in Palestine was hailed by Dr. Chaim Weizmann in a message from London.
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