Dr. Stephen S. Wise, President of the American and World Jewish Congress will head the A.J.C. delegation to the World Congress meeting in Montreux, Switzerland, it was announced here this week-end. The parley will open June 27.
Dr. David Petegorsky, executive director of the A.J.C., will also be among the approximately 50 American delegates to the parley. Some 300 representatives of Jewish communities in more than 60 countries throughout the world were expected to attend the meeting in Montreux.
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