Five leading Jews of New York are members of the Committee organized to raise and distribute relief funds, following a meeting of fifty-seven civic and industrial leaders.
Members of the Committee are Felix M. Warburg, outstanding Jewish philanthropist; Ralph Wolf, a director of the Federation for the support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies; Jesse I. Strauss, Herbert Bayard Swope, and Frederick Strauss.
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