Presidents of 500 local women’s organizations attended a meeting at the Standard Club, held under the auspices of the women’s section of the Chicago Committee for the Defense of Human Rights Against Naziism.
Dr. Morris Goldfield, a refugee from Germany, addressed the gathering. Ways and means of assisting the committee to raise funds for boycott activities against German-made goods were considered. Miss Harriet Vittum, sociologist, heads the women’s group of the Chicago Committee.
Women throughout Chicago are being solicited for membership in the anti-Nazi organization. The committee is seeking pledges from at least 10000 women that they will not buy goods from Nazi Germany.
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