The White House refused today to comment on a published report that President Roosevelt was considering appointment of Joel Slonim, Yiddish poet and journalist on the staff of the New York Day, as Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island.
According to a New York Journal dispatch from Washington, Mr. Slonim’s name was placed before the President with the backing of Postmaster General Farley, Governor Lohman and virtually all the New York Congressional delegation.
Mr. Slonim professed not to know that he was being considered for the post. He was at one time a New York dock commissioner and has been active in local polities for many years.
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