A decision to raise $150,000 for rescue of political refugees from Europe, conducted by the Jewish Labor Committee, was adopted last night by a conference of some 200 representatives of the labor movement held in Capitol Hotel.
Adolph Held presided. The speakers included David Dubinsky, Jacob Potofski, Israel Feinberg and other labor leaders.
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