An international congress of Jewish relief organizations to coordinate their work was proposed tonight in an interview with newspapermen by Dr. David Lvovitch, vice-president of the World ORT Federation, organization for Jewish vocational retraining.
He expressed hopes that the conference could be held next Summer with the participation of the ORT, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Jewish Colonization Association, the HIAS-ICA Emigration Association and other groups.
The conference would “greatly facilitate the working out of a general constructive plan for the next few years, ” Dr. Lvovitch said.
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