(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
A delegation consisting of Rabbi Ezekiel Lipshitz, President of the Union of Rabbis of Poland; Rabbi M. S. Margolies, New York; Rabbi B. L. Levinthal, Philadelphia, representing the Union of Orthodox Rabbis in the United States and Rabbi Leizer Lipshitz, son of Rabbis Ezekiel Lipshitz, accompanied by John Ciechanowski, Polish Ambassador to the United States and Congressman Nathan D. Perlman of New York, was received by President Coolidge at the White House yesterday.
Rabbi Lipshitz addressed the president in French, which was translated by the Ambassador.
“Your excellency, I have arrived in the United States as a representative the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of Poland,” Rabbi Lipshitz said. “I feel happy to be able to express, in the name of the Rabbinate of Poland, and of the entire Jewish community of Poland, to you, as the head of the greatest Republic in the world, their deep feelings of sincere appreciation and gratitude to the American people and particularly to the Jews of America who are represented by the Joint Distribution Committee, which has done so much for our brethren in Poland in the time of their great need after the World War, and which still continues its great work at this time when we are again experiencing a severe financial crisis.
“The words so full of tolerance which your Excellency has spoken against universal Chauvinism and against conflict between races and creeds, have proven of great comfort to the minority groups of all peoples. We hope that with the approval of Your Excellency there will shortly be adjusted those hindrances to the entry into this great country of yours of those unfortunate wives and children who cannot come here now to join their husbands and fathers now residing here.
“And we pray to the Almighty for the continued wellbeing of your country, its great leader, Your Excellency, and its people.”
Before calling on the President, the delegation was entertained at breakfast at the Legation of Poland. The delegation was photographed on the steps of the White House. Rabbi Lipshitz, on leaving Washington for New York City, expressed warm appreciation for the many courtesies extended to him and the delegation by the Polish Ambassador.
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