The sum of $1,550,000 is to be raised by the ORT in the United States during 1945 as part of the $2,450,000 which the organization intends to raise throughout the world, it was announced here at the annual meeting of the ORT Council of Organizations held at the Pennsylvania hotel.
In announcing the campaign quota, Dr. David Lvovitch, vice-president of the World ORT Union, added that $600,000 will be raised in New York City. He stressed the importance of sending tools, machinery and other instruments of production immediately to the Jews in Europe. Other speakers included Congressman Samuel Dickstein, M. Maldwin Fertig, Capt. Pierre Dreyfus, Arieh Tartakower and Michael Traub.
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