Francois de Tessan, member of the French Chamber of Deputies and former Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, will arrive here on the Normandie next Monday for a month’s tour of the United States in behalf of the American ORT Federation. Mr. de Tessan has been a member of the French ORT Parliamentary Committee since its formation in 1933. He will report on latest development in the ORT’s vocational training program in France.
A resolution demanding the inclusion of the ORT in the United Jewish Appeal campaign was adopted last night by a “people’s conference” of the ORT at the Center Hotel, attended by several hundred delegates representing 292 organizations and societies.
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