Plans for the establishment in Palestine of a Weizmann Institute of Science, as a tribute to Dr. Chaim Weizmann on the occasion of his 70th birthday, which was observed today, were announced here by Edmund I. Kaufmann, president of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, a corporation recently formed for the establishment and endowment of the scientific institution.
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Mr. Kaufmann stated, will be located at Rehovoth, Palestine, the home of Dr. Weizmann and the site of the Daniel Sieff Institute which, under Dr. Weizmann’s direction since 1934, has conducted research work leading to important developments of new processes in the field of chemistry. The new institute, for which plans have been drawn up in Palestine and in this country, will consist of four departments in which the services of eminent scientists, mostly refugees from war-torn Europe, will be enlisted.
The departments will be devoted to research in the fields of physical chemistry, pharmacology and chemotherapy, plastics and nutrition. The erection of the necessary buildings, the provision of the scientific equipment and the maintenance budget for the first three years will require an investment of $3,000,000, of which, according to the plans of the American committee, $2,000,000 is to be contributed by the sponsors and friends of the project in the United States. Of this amount, $250,000 has already been subscribed.
ZIONIST LEADERS HONOR WEIZMANN AT BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE IN NEW YORK
Meanwhile, many prominent leaders of the Zionist movement in the United States voiced their determination to achieve a Jewish State in Palestine as part of the United Nations’ peace, and thus complete the life-long work of Dr. Weizmann, at a special one hour observance of his 70th birthday, held this afternoon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The celebration, which was attended by several hundred persons, was called by the Zionist Organization of America.
A resolution was passed by the meeting dedicating the 1944-1945 membership campaign of Liberation of the Zionist Organization of America to Dr. Weizmann. The resolution termed Dr. Weizmann ” a living symbol of the eternal search of the Jewish people for justice and freedom.” ” The homage of men of science never obscured for him the great problems of his people” the resolution added. “Inspired by the great dream of Herzl, Weizmann turned his energies to its practical realization and has labored zealously and unremittingly for the furtherance of the Zionist cause.”
Speakers included Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the Zionist Organization of America; Judge Morris Rothenberg, president of the Jewish National Fund, Bernard A. Rosenblatt, president of the Palestine Foundation Fund and Daniel Frisch, chairman of the national administrative council of the ZOA.
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