Praise of the service of HIAS is expressed by President Roosevelt, Governor Lehman and Mayor LaGuardia in messages to ex-Justice Mitchell May, chairman of the HIAS $1,000,000 fund-raising campaign.
“My hearty congratulations to the members of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society on the completion of more than fifty-six years of work in behalf of the under-privileged and oppressed,” declared the President.
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