A rehabilitation center for children stricken with polio to be named in honor of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt–will be set up on Mt. Carmel in Haifa, through contributions from a group of Americans headed by George Swarts, of Boston, Mr. Swarts is also active in efforts on behalf of polio-stricken children in his home city.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, it was reported, had told Mr. Swarts that she would be happy to aid in the work of the new center. adding that her husband would have been very much interested in project to help the children of Israel.
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