A group of professional child care workers will be sent overseas to operate as a National Council of Jewish Women unit in the overseas program of the Joint Distribution Committee, it was announced today by Mrs. Joseph M. Welt of Detroit, president of the National Council of Jewish Women. Recruitment of workers has already started, and after a training period an initial group of three workers will be sent overseas, Mrs, Welt said. The council workers will function directly under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Schwartz, chairman of the European executive council of the Joint Distribution Committee.
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