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Jewish Welfare Drive Reaches 30% of Quota, San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 1948.

Ann LiepahClick here to view the original article.

Frank H. Sloss, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Fund drive, announced yesterday that 30 per cent of the $2, 750,000 quota has been raised.

He announced a total of and 822,620 in pledges and contributions in a report luncheon at the St Francis Hotel.

The formation of Israel, immediately recognized by the President of the United States.” he declared “gives the Jewish Welfare Fund of San Francisco the greatest opportunity in its history.

Ann Liepah, recently returned after Commission aid center at Machod, on the Czech-Polish border, told of aid given thousands of Jews, victims of anti-Semitism in Poland.

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