Three hundred top Jewish community leaders from all parts of the country will attend the National Jewish Welfare Board’s three-day National Leadership Mobilization on GI and Community Service opening here tomorrow at the Hotel Statler.
The parley has been called to give the nation’s key Jewish communal leaders an opportunity to get direct from government spokesmen a detailed picture of the close relationship between the country’s long-range defense, welfare and recreation needs and the services and programs of the National Jewish Welfare Board. Top-ranking government figures will lay before the gathering the latest facts concerning military and civilian welfare and recreational requirements, and J. W.B. officials will present the details of the organization’s projected 1953 programs in these fields.
At a meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee of the J.W.B. this morning it was reported that over 200 communities are “rapidly expanding their center programs, services and facilities to meet the impact of growing social, morale and educational needs resulting from the nation’s defense mobilization and the widespread recognition that normal recreational and social activities are essential to fortify Americans’ capacity to adapt themselves to life under a continuous crisis.”
At the leadership mobilization tomorrow, the participating Jewish community leaders will appraise the extent and character of the service J.W.B. must provide for the Armed Forces, hospitalized veterans and Jewish Community Centers in 1953 and consider and act upon a proposed 1953 budget to carry out these responsibilities in fullest measure.
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