Ben Touster, Jewish communal leader, was today elected to the first full term as president of United HIAS Service, the recently-created Jewish international migration agency. Carlos Israel’s, New York attorney, was elected chairman of the executive committee. He succeeds Walter Bieringer of Boston.
When United HIAS Service was created last August, through the merger of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, United Service for New Americans and the migration services of the Joint Distribution Committee, Mr. Touster was designated to act as president until elections to be held at the first meeting of the board of directors following the first annual meeting of the organization. The annual meeting was held last Sunday.
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