The American Palestine Campaign, Inc., fund-raising agency in the United States for the Jewish Agency for Palestine, announced today the change of its name to Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Hayesod). Its functions will remain the same.
In addition, the names of 109 persons elected to the board of directors were made public. They include George Backer, Harry P. Fierst, Mendel Fisher, Abraham Goldberg, Dr. Israel Goldstein, Dr. M. J. Karpf, Morris Rothenberg, Arthur M. and Samuel C. Lamport.
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