With the mobilization of an additional 150 non-Jews prominent throughout the country and including Summer Welles and James A. Farley, the National Committee Against Nazi Persecution and Extermination of the Jews is preparing to start its active fight against anti-Semitism here and abroad within the next few weeks, it was learned here today.
Frank Peterson of Los Angeles has been appointed executive director of the Committee, which was formed in February, headed by Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy as chairman, Wendell L. Willie as vice-chairman, and Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Littell as secretary. According to a statement issued today, Mr. Peterson served just prior to Pearl Harbor as organizing director of the Council on Refugee Aid.
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