DAVID J. SCHWEITZER, OF NEW YORK, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR. IT WAS ANNOUNCED HERE TODAY. MR. SCHWEITZER IS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.
IN A STATEMENT TO THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, MR. SCHWEITZER SAID THE HONOR WAS BESTOWED UPON HIM AS ” AN EXPRESSION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT’S APPRECIATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE IN FRANCE AND ELSEWHERE.”
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