A delegation of more than 40 members of the United Jewish Appeal, comprising Jewish leaders from major cities in the United States, was received today by President Vincent Auriol of France, to whom they presented a scroll expressing the gratitude of American Jewry for the assistance given Jewish refugees by the people of France. The text of the scroll reads:
“The Jews of America, through the United Jewish Appeal Overseas Delegation, hereby express their eternal gratitude to the French people for the heroic assistance and protection they gave the Jews of many countries who found refuge in Franco during the years of Nazi oppression, and for the warm hospitality and sympathy the government and people of France have extended since the war’s end to those who have sought temporary haven within its borders and to the many homeless Jews now in transit to a permanent home in Israel. In the generous treatment which it has accorded to Jews and other victims of oppression, France has nobly symbolized its highest traditions of liberty, equality and brotherhood.”
The delegation later was received by U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery who lauded the work of the Joint Distribution Committee and voiced the hope that the U.J.A. would attain its $250,000,000 goal this year.
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