Impressive memorial services for Dr. Leon Reich, Polish deputy and Zionist leader, who died last week, were held yesterday at the offices of the Zionist Organization here. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, praised the many activities of Dr. Reich and mourned the sudden death of a comrade, friend, and defender of the Jewish Agency “whose life was full of creative energy.”
Other speaks included Goldenbloom, Chairman of the English Zionist Federation; Pilichowsky on behalf of the Federation of Polish Jews, Jochelman for the Jewish relief organizations. Dr. Weizmann concluded the ceremonies with an announcement that the Zionist Executive would shortly consider a fitting memorial to perpetuate the memory of the man “with whom we worked and lived the best part of our lives.”
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