President Roosevelt, Governor Lehman and Mayor LaGuardia have joined in endorsing the seventh annual “Night of Stars,” which will be presented at Madison Square Garden next Wednesday night for the benefit of the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees and Overseas Needs.
In messages which will be published in the 1940 United Palestine Appeal Yearbook to be issued next Wednesday, the officials lauded the work of refugee immigration and settlement in Palestine. The messages were addressed to Housing Administrator Nathan Straus, chairman of “Night of Stars.”
Roosevelt sent “hearty felicitations” to “all who work through the United Palestine Appeal to lessen human suffering, restore hope to the desolate and to bring happiness into the lives of the wretched.” Governor Lehman declared that “the forward progress of reconstruction of Palestine by the Jews represents an example of faith and idealism of far-reaching significance for the future of all mankind.” Mayor LaGuardia said, “Palestine has not only been a great ideal, but an outstanding factor in bringing hope and promise to large numbers of homeless men and women.”
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