(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
In response to the appeal for cash remittances issued by the United Palestine Appeal. Charles J. Rosenbloom, chairman of the Pittsburgh Region, announced that the Executive Committee of the local Appeal has assumed a cash pledge of $50,000 which will be remitted to national headquarters by the middle of June. A check for $25,000 representing the first half of the pledge was remitted during the past week.
A conference of the Pittsburgh and regional leaders will be held on Decoration Day to consider further plans for the immediate conversion of pledges into cash. Judge William M. Lewish, the National Chairman of the Appeal, will deliver the principal address on this occasion.
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