The $20,900,000 annual campaign of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York got under way tonight at a dinner honoring seven former presidents of the organization for past services. The Federation’s campaign this year seeks $3,800,000 more than the record sum raised last year to maintain 116 member hospitals and welfare institutions serving 680,000 New Yorkers.
Large illuminated, leather-bound Bibles were presented to the following ex-presidents of the Federation as an expression of the Jewish community’s appreciation: Justice Joseph M. Proskauer, president 1931-34; Samuel D. Leidesdorf, 1934-37; Benjamin J. Butten-weiser, 1938-41; Norman S. Goestz, 1945-48; Ralph E. Samuel, 1948-51; Milton Weill, 1951-54, and Salim L. Lewis, 1954-57.
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