A resolution urging President Eisenhower to voice “the deep concern of American Jewry over the fate of the Jews of Russia” during his conversations with Soviet Premier Khrushchev was approved today at closing sessions of the 16th biennial convention of Pioneer Women, women’s labor Zionist organization.
The resolution also appealed to the President to use his ” good offices” With the Soviet Premier to “permit those Jews in the Soviet Union who wish to Join their families or fellow Jews in Israel to do so without undue hardship” and to give Jews equal opportunities to develop their religious, traditional and cultural life in Russia.
The delegates elected Mrs. Clara Leff of New York, president to succeed Mrs. Chaya Surchin. Mrs. Alexander Kahn. Pioneer Women Israel Bond chairman, was honored yesterday by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice-president of the Israel Bond Organization, for outstanding achievements in promoting sales of Israel bonds totalling $13,000, 000.
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