The Ford Motor Company today presented a $25,000 check to the United Jewish Appeal here as contribution to the 1953 UJA drive. The presentation was made by Allen W. Merrill, assistant to Henry Ford II, president of the company, to Edward M. M. Warburg, general chairman of the national UJA, Samuel D. Leidesdorf, treasurer of the New York UJA drive.
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