Person
James Walker
James Walker
New York mayor who sent a congratulatory telegram.
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... Many political and Jewish community leaders sent
congratulatory telegrams to the Bialystoker Home,
including Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lieutenant
Governor Herbert Lehman, New York Mayor James
Walker, Manhattan Borough President Samuel Levy,
and B. Vladek, Manager of the Jewish Daily Forward. ...Connected nodes
Organization
Bialystoker Center
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Institution
Bialystoker Home
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Place
228-230 East Broadway, New York
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Beethoven Hall
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Person
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Herbert Lehman
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Samuel Levy
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B. Vladek
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Mr. Sohn
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