King Badouin has nominated Charles H. Jordan, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, as an Officer of the Order of Leopold II. The high honor and decoration according to the King’s order, are to be given to Mr. Jordan “for world-wide humanitarian action and outstanding services rendered to Belgian Jewry in reconstructing Jewish community life after World War II.”
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