Mr. Speaker. an oak has fallen. On Wednesday. February 7. 1968. the city of Cincinnati and the entire Nation were saddened by the death of one of our greatest Americans and a longtime personal friend of my father. my grandfather. and myself. Rabbi Eliezer Silver. Throughout his eventful 87 years. Rabbi Silver was recognized as a leader and a dynamic national figure. He was a man dedicated to freedom. and worked mightily and selflessly to free thousands of refugees from the clutches of Nazi death camps. A native of Lithuania. Rabbi Silver came to the United States in 1907. He held pulpits in Harrisburg.
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