Irving Edison, president of the National Jewish Welfare Board, today appealed to the board’s 321 affiliated centers and YMYWHA’s throughout the country to initiate immediately among their 250,000 adult members a campaign to meet the blood plasma needs of the military forces. Mr. Edison’s appeal was made at the request of Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett.
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