An agreement on the reconstitution of the United Jewish Appeal for 1945 was reached today by the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the National Refugee Service, it was reliably learned by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The agreement which is retroactive, was reached following a recommendation to this effect by the President’s War Relief Control Board.
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