The Southern Jewish Weekly

National Council Formed For 35,000 B'nai B'rith Women
CHICAGO-Creation of a national council of B'nai B'rith women's auxiliaries, the distaff of the oldest and largest national Jewish service and fraternal order in the United States, to coordinate on a nationwide scale the activities and programs of the 335 senior and junior B'nai B'rith women's units, which have a membership of 35,000 women and girls, was decided upon at a two-day meeting here of representatives of the Women's Grand Lodges of B'nai B'rith. The first of its kind in the 31-year history of B'nai B'rith women's groups, the conference was called after consultation with Henry Monsky, president of B'nai B'rith, who sat in on the discussions and helped lay the basis for the national set-up of B'nai B'rith women's auxiliaries.
The new body, to be called the Supreme Council of B'nai B'rith Women's Auxiliaries, will have its headquarters in Washington, D. C., which is also the home of the Supreme Lodge of B'nai B'rith. The Supreme Council will be administered by a national director of B'nai B'rith women's activities, who will be appointed shortly by the Supreme Lodge.