The Executive Committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, at a meeting here, voted to abandon the plans originally made for a campaign for a hospital and a Jewish Center and to limit the Spring drive to a campaign for funds for Hebrew education and the Federation’s needs.
The committee also acted on proposals of a committee headed by David A. Brown which rejected the idea of an immediate drive for a hospital and voted in favor of a drive for a Jewish Center. Mr. Brown himself and a group of others strongly urged the building of a hospital. The action of the Federation’s Executive Committee is believed to have been made in order to prevent a possible division in the community between those who favor a hospital and those who want a center.
Jewish physicians and others favoring a Jewish hospital are in the meantime proceeding with propaganda for the Jewish hospital, and it is believed in many quarters that efforts may yet be made before this year is over for the construction of a health center by Jews in Detroit.
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