Former President Truman will be the principal speaker at the 1957 inaugural conference for Israel bonds, to be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel here, it was announced today. Mr. Truman will speak at the principal session of the conference Saturday evening, February 16, which will take the form of a national celebration of the 65th birthday of Eddie Cantor, who will be honored for more than 20 years of leaderships and service in behalf of the State of Israel.
Admission to the Cantor Birthday Dinner will be based on purchases of $1,000 or more in Israel bonds. Key communities from coast to coast will hold simultaneous Eddie Cantor birthday celebrations on February 16, and will be linked with with the national observance in Miami Beach via closed-circuit television hook-up. Included among the cities observing Mr. Cantor’s birthday and hearing Mr. Truman simultaneously are New York, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Memphis, Newark, San Francisco, and others. Speakers at the conference will include Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chairman of the board of governors of the Israel Bond Organization; Abraham Feinberg, president and Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice president.
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