Plans to raise $250,000 for a German “freedom pavilion” at the World’s Fair, which will represent pre-Nazi and emigrant, culture and science, were made public today following a meeting last night of more than 60 social, philanthropic and educational leaders. A campaign for the sum will be launched in a few days.
Dr. Frank Kingdon, president of the University of Newark and administrative chairman of the provisional organizing committee, declared the project has the approval of the State Department. Ground for the pavilion has been donated by the World’s Fair. The building to be erected on the plot will include an art gallery, a hall of science, in which German contributions to medicine, chemistry, religion, education and anthropology will be demonstrated. The works of such noted exiles as Thomas Mann, Prof. Albert Einstein, Dr. Sigmund Freud and others will be on display.
Last night’s meeting was presided over by Herbert Bayard Swope and attended by Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Councilman and Mrs. George Backer, Col. Henry Breckenridge, Victor Ridder, Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, Dr. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Dr. Robert I. Gannon, August Heckscher and others.
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