Italian-American Leaders

(Original Caption) Italian-American leaders who form a committee to stamp out Italy's participation in the war are shown at a special meeting held at the Hotel Biltmore. (Left to right, seated) Luigi Antonini, first vice president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Ferdinand Pecora, Supreme Court Justice of New York; Generoso Pope, publisher of Il Progresso; Dr. Frank Gigliotti, of California; (left to right, standing) Supreme Court Judge Felix Benvenga of New York; John C. Montana of Buffalo, New York; Judge Anthony Savarese, Queens Surrogate; Dr. Charles Fama, New York; Judge Frank Alessandroni, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia; and Judge Felix Forte, Superior Court, Boston. Judge Pecora called the session.