President Johnson welcomed to the White House today a delegation of more than 30 members of the American Jewish Press Association. The editors and publishers belonging to the association are currently attending the organization’s annual convention, which opened five days of sessions yesterday to deliberate on problems related to the English-Jewish press in this country.
In an off-the-record address to the members of the AJPA, the President indicated during the half-hour visit, the importance he attaches to matters of Jewish interest and concern. Touching on a variety of subjects relating to world conditions in general, he talked especially about the Middle East. In welcoming the publishers and editors, he commended the dedication of the Jewish press to humanitarian causes.
A participant in the White House meeting, on the initiative of the President, was Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, chief American delegate to the United Nations. President Johnson took occasion to commend the work of Mr. Goldberg, noting how the son of Jewish immigrants could rise to great heights in the United States.
The delegation was led by Morris Janoff, president of the association and publisher of the Jewish Standard of Jersey City, N.J.
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