Thousands of people gathered in Madison Square Garden tonight at the “Unite for Victory” rally sponsored by the Committee of Jewish Writers and Artists in the United States. Originally the rally was designed to answer a radioed call from Jewish writers and artists in the Soviet Union for action by Jews the world over to defeat Hitlerism. It was planned in line with a message of “hope and encouragement” broadcast overseas on October 26 by the sponsoring committee in the name of some 200 Jewish writers, artists, clergymen, scientists and scholars. When the United States entered the war, the nature of the meeting was changed.
Among those speaking last night were Samuel Levy, president of the Yeshiva College and former president of the Borough of Manhattan, who acted as chairman; U. S. Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, member of the Senate foreign relations committee; Representative Sol Bloom, chairman of the House foreign affairs committee; Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister, Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile; Sholem Asch; Abraham Goldberg, a member of the American Jewish Congress governing council; Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, president, Rabbinical Council of America and Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, vice-president of the Dominican Republic Settlement Association.
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