For the first time in its history, the American National Red Cross (ARC),.issued an official invitation to Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s Red Cross, to send a delegation to the ARC national convention in Kansas City, Mo., May 13-16 which will be attended by more than 3800 delegates from ARC chapters all over the United States, it was announced here today by the American Red Magen David for Israel (ARMDI).
George M. Elsey, ARC president, in his letter of invitation, assured the MDA delegates of a warm welcome and invited them to a 10 day tour of ARC chapters throughout the country. The MDA delegation will be headed by Prof. Moshe Many, chairman of the international department.
Elsey also extended an invitation to ARMDI, MDA’s sole support arm in the U.S., whose delegation will consist of Joseph Handelman, national president; Benjamin Saxe, executive vice president; David Sidman and Pearl Stahl, national directors.
Despite the fact that MDA has been consistently denied membership in the International Red Cross (IRC), because the MDA red Star of David symbol has not been accepted, the ARC has always extended to MDA its full support and cooperation. As evidence of this support, ARC recently instructed its chapters to include the MDA red Star of David flag whenever they display the other three recognized Red Cross flags — the Red Cross, the Red Crescent and the Red Crescent and Lion, ARMDI reported.
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