Ben Touster has been re-elected president of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the organization announced here last night. Vice-presidents Murray I. Gurfein, Joseph Pulvermacher and Hugo E. Rogers were also re-elected, while Mrs. Herman J. Leffert was named vice-president, becoming the first woman in the history of HIAS to serve as an officer.
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