(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A request to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., that, following the final withdrawal of his $10,000,000 gift offered to the Egyptian government for the purpose of establishing a new archaeological museum in Cairo, he turn his philanthropies to Palestine, was made today in a letter to the editor published in the London “Times” today.
“The man who will do this beneficial work will certainly earn the gratitude not of one country, but of all countries and not of his contemporaries alone, but of posterity as well,” William Basil Worsfold, well-known English historian, Oxford lecturer and author of numerous books, including “The Redemption of Egypt,” wrote.
Mr. Worsfold suggests that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., create, instead of the archaeological museum in Egypt, a fund for the purpose of safeguarding the monuments of Palestine both known and undiscovered. The present generous and skillful assistance of the archaeological societies is most useful but insufficient, he states. The opportunity is now open to John D. Rockelerrer, Jr., he says.
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