A letter from Samuel Untermyer clearing the Beth Moses Hospital of charges that its executives sought reportation for the German-Jewish leader of its employes and that the hospital used German goods was made public by Dr. M. L. Dryfus, medical director of the hospital, Friday.
In a letter addressed to Morris Walzer, president of the hospital, Mr. Untermyer said that “it is evident that the charges against the hospital… are baseless and apparently malicious and they are unreservedly withdrawn with apologies.”
On the complaint of a group of the Brooklyn hospital’s workers, Mr. Untermyer had written for an explanation and the apology was sent after a satisfactory reply was received.
UNTERMYER DECLINES BID TO AID RUTGERS PROBE
Samuel Untermyer has decided to decline the invitation of Governor Harry Hoffman of New Jersey to participate in the investigation of the Rutgers University Board of Trustees into alleged Nazi propaganda activities at the university, he told the Jewish Daily Bulletin Friday, because the probe is not equipped with the power of subpoening witnesses and placing them under oath.
“It is for that reason,” he said, “that I want a legislative investigation.”
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