Samuel D. Leidesdorf, associate chairman at the $5,300,000 budget campaign of the New York Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Agencies, announced the names of eighty-four subscribers whose contribution range from $1,000 to $25,000. representing increases over the donors annual subscriptions.
The list is headed by a $25,000 contribution from Mr. and Mrs. Percy S. Straus. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Isider Straus have increased their gifts for this year to $15,000. Others who have increased their annual contributions ## Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lehman. $12,285: Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Gimbel. $10,000. and Bernard K. Marcus, $10,000.
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