[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E727]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 HONORING THE QUEENS COUNTY COUNCIL, JEWISH WAR VETERANS, ON ITS 60TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 29, 1995
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with my constituents 
in paying tribute to the members of the Queens County Council of the 
Jewish War Veterans [JWV] as they join together to celebrate their 60th 
anniversary. For more than half a century the Queens Council of the 
Jewish War Veterans has continued a tradition begun in 1896 when the 
Jewish War Veterans was first formed by a group of Civil War veterans 
to dispel a myth that Jews never served in the armed services.
  For almost a century, the JWV has undertaken a most diversified 
program that readily supports veterans across our country. This effort 
has been coordinated by the Jewish War Veterans National Service 
Officer Program. Its Veteran's Administration Volunteer Service Program 
has benefited untold numbers of hospitalized veterans around the 
Nation. Their Adopt-A-Vet Program has served as a model for veteran 
support projects. In addition to the countless hours spent by members 
of local JWV posts in servicing hospitalized veterans, the JWV 
maintains an active and dynamic program in supporting Jewish Boy Scouts 
and Eagle Scouts, college scholarship projects, lectures on Jewish 
military history and serves as honor guards. Of major importance is the 
JWV's continuous fight against antisemitism and bigotry.
  As the members of the Queens Jewish War Veterans Council join 
together to celebrate their 60th anniversary and honor two of their 
most outstanding leaders, Commander Morton A. Gross and Frieda Melnick, 
and all past county commanders, I ask my colleagues to rise and join in 
recognition of this most exceptional organization.


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