Plans for the organisation of a Society of Friends of the Hebrew University with the Central Chapter in New York and units throughout the world were outlined at a press conference given here this evening by Dr. J. L. Magnes, the Chancellor of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, who is to make a tour of the United States in the interests of the University.
Dr. Magnes categorically refused to discuss political affairs in Palestine, declaring that he had come solely in the interests of the University.
The Society will be organised for three purposes, Dr. Lagnes said, to stabilise the financial situation of the University; to provide the University with the means for informing the outside world of its existence and activities; and to organise units consisting of people interested in certain fields of learning, each unit co-operating with its corresponding department of the Hebrew University.
Dr. Magnes concluded his statement by expressing the hope that with the possibility of a solution of the present differences between Jews and Arabs, the University will be attended by a considerable number of Arab students.
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