Seymour Marcus, president of the Jewish Federation in Birmingham, disclosed that four Meridian Jewish residents had helped Amman-born Sam Dabit of Meridian to get citizenship papers. Dabit was described by Meyer Davidson, one of the four Jews, as an Arab who came to the United States four years ago and had become a very successful merchant in Meridian. Davidson said he, Herman Feld, Sam Niemetz and Saul Feinstein drove Dabit to Biloxi for a hearing on his application for citizenship. Davidson said the group had been assured by the Naturalization Commission that Dabit would get his citizenship papers in about a month.
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