(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Endorsement of the Wider Scope Campaign and discussion of ways and means of speeding its work, occupied the major portion of the Monday morning and afternoon sessions of the three day convention being held here by District Grand Lodge No. 7 of B’nai B’rith. One hundred and eighty delegates representing seven Southern States are present. The gathering is the largest ever in attendance at a southern B’nai Brith conference, according to Myron M. Goldman of New Orleans, district grand secretary.
Thirty-two homeless aged are being cared for in the B’nai Brith Home for the Aged at Memphis. Saul G. Schapiro, secretary of the governing board of the home, reported.
Maurice Hirsch of Houston, district president, outlined the Wider Scope Campaign work. Other speakers stressed the importance of the Hillel Foundations at American universities.
Rabbi Martin Zielonka of El Paso, chairman of B’nai Brith immigration work in Mexico, reported on the activities of the order’s bureau in Mexico City.
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