Medical Center Plan Endorsed by U.S. Leaders

Men and women orominent in education, medicine, social service and philanthropy have endorsed the plan to build a medical center in Palestine which is to be a combined hospital, research institute and post-graduate school of medicine. The list of endorsers was made public yesterday by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America.

The new center, which will be known as the Hadassah-University Hospital, is the joint undertaking of Hadassah and the American Jewish Physicians’ Committee. A campaign to raise $200,000 for the construction of the medical center is now in progress here with Mrs. Edward Jacobs, Mrs. Alexander Lamport. Dr. Nathan Ratnoff and Dr. Emanuel Libman as co-chairmen. Mrs. Felix M. Warburg is honorary chairman.

When the medical center is completed it is planned to engage German scientists and specialists now in Palestine to head the various hospital departments and to direct the research and teaching. The hospital will be administered by the Hadassah Medical Organization. Academic work will be under direction of the Hebrew University.

Those who have endorsed the project are:

Jane Addams, Dr. E. M. Bluestone, director of Montefiore Hospital; Dr. Karl Brandt, “University in Exile”; Carrie Chapman Catt, Bernard S. Deutsch, vice president of the University of California; Irving Fineman, author; Dr. Harry Friedenwald, eminent oplithalmologist; Rabbi Ephraim Frisch, Dr. Eduard Heimann, “University in Exile”; Rabbi Solomon Goldman, Chicago; Rabbi Israel Goldstein, president Jewish National Fund; Dr. J. J. Golub, director, Hospital Joint Discases; Dr. Louis I. Harris, former Health Commissioner; Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Dr. Alvin Johnson, director New School for Social Research; Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, director Society for Advancement of Judaism; Mrs. Rebekah Kohut, leader in Jewish social service; Prof. Leopold Lichtwitz, director Medical Division, Montefiore Hospital; Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Mrs. Irving Lehman, Ludwig Lewisohn, author; Louis Lipsky, former president Zionist Organization of America; Solomon Lowenstein, director Jewish Charities; James Marshall, Rabbi David de Sola Pool, Dr. Langley Porter, Dean Medical School, University of California; Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, president American Friends of Hebrew University; Dr. I. M. Rubinow, secretary B’nai B’rith; Dr. S. Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia; Prof. Hans Speler, “University in Exile”; Prof. Shalom Spiegel, Jewish Institute of Religion; Dr. Robert G. Sproul, president University of California; Nathan Straus, Jr.; Robert Szold, former president Zionist Organization of America; Dr. Simon Tannenbaum director Sydenham Hospital; Lillian D. Wald, founder Henry Street Settlement; Prof. Max Wertheimer, “University in Exile”; Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president Leland Stanford University; Prof. C. E.-A. Winslow Yale University; Rabbi Stephen S Wise, and Stefan Zweig, author.