The Senate without dissent adopted a resolution Tuesday calling on President Carter to issue a proclamation marking the centennial of “service to humanity and the Jewish people ” of ORT, Sen. Jacob Javits (R. NY), who had introduced the resolution, pointed out that “over the past 100 years ORT has had an impact on the lives of almost two million people in more than 40 countries on five continents.”
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