Vice-President Alben W. Barkley tonight awarded citations to 12 leading American Jews for “distinguished service to the country and the Jewish community.” The awards–which were made on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the 92nd St. Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association here–were given to:
Major General Julius Ochs Adler, general manager of The New York Times; Bernard M. Baruch; former Governor Herbert H. Lehman; former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; Joseph M. Proskauer, honorary president of the American Jewish Committee; Brigadier General David Sarnoff; Laurence A. Steinhardt, U.S. Ambassador to Canada; Frank L. Weil, president of the Jewish Welfare Beard, and Rabbi Stephen S. wise, president of the American Jewish Congress. Irving Berlin, Eddie Cantor and Mrs. Frieda Warburg were also honored. All of those honored are graduates of the “Y.”
Vice-President Barkley quoted the late Presidents Roosevelt’s observation about the Jewish Center movement in the United States having “created the potent influence of good citizenship, wholesome character-and loyalty to all those forces upon which depend the preservation and development of our democratic institutions.” Praising the Jewish centers in the U.S., Barkley pointed out that the “Jewish Welfare Board, the Centers and the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Associations are participating in the reactivated united service centers in behalf of the national security program.”
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