Evening star., 1924-06-02
FUNDOF CONSUMPTIvE
Relief BODY HELPED
Jewish Sanatorium at Denver Will
Be Enlarged-Convention
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Ends Today.
DOCTORS ADDRESS SESSION
Senator Phipps Praises Work of
Society at Banquet.

Delegates to the twentieth annual
convention of the Jewish Consump-
tives' Relief Society this afternoon
Will conclude their sessions with dis
cussions of tuberculosis treatment.
A round table discussion at the
Hotel Washington will be addressed
by DR.. Harry S. Lewis, chairman,
medical advisory board, this city; DR..
George NJ. Kober, dean, Georgetown
University Medical School: DR.. Albert
Kaufman, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, and Dr.
Maxim Pollak, of the Denver .Sana-
torium.
Harry Sherry, chairman of the gen.
eral local convention committee, and
5. l. Genes, director of the conven-
ton, today received a number of
conSratulatory messages on the sue
cess OF the convention.
Gifts Are Announced.
As climax TO the annual banquet
last night numerous substantial gifts
were announced which guaranteed
larger bed capacity at the Denver
sanatorium in accordance with plans
outlined by DIR. Philip Hillkowitz
president of the institution, at a mass
meeting yesterday afternoon
Mrs: Louis Bloch, president of the
New York ladies' auxiliary of the
rociety., presented a gift of $4,000
from the auxiliary and a gift of
$1,000 was given by Mrs. NJ. Fried
man on behalf of the 81. Louis ladies'
auxiliary. of which she is president.
Philip Diamond, New York manu-
raised s25,ooo in his trade group Io to-
ward the 0,000-fund campaign
of the society.
Max Luria of Reading, Pa, gave a
personal Pc, donation of $1,000; Mrs. r.
Palmer of Springfield, Mass, pre-
Sented $4,000 gift from the ladies'
auxiliary of that city. and Mrs. E.
Geislinger of New Britain presented
4 $500 gift from the auxiliary. there.
raising of 100000 by committee he
heads in the fur industry in that
city was assured.
Phipps Praises Society.
Senator Lawrence c. Phipps of
Colorado, Representative Edgar
Howard of Nebraska and Prof. Allen
X. Krause of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity were the principal speakers
yesterday at the mass meeting and
banquet.
Senator Phipps praised the society
for the non-sectarian nature of its
work, and declared the free treat
ments and research work of it's
specialists benefit to the nation
He reminded them he was qualified
10 testify, to the excellence of the
work of the Jewish sanitorium, mas
much as he esta blished, in 1904. in
Denver, a tuberculosis sanatorium in
memory of his mother.
Representative Howard called the
Denver sanatorium an example of
the pure charity" in which, he said,
The Jewish people of the country ex-
celled.
Fifth of Patients Women.
DR.. Chain D. Spivak reported that
nne-fifth of the nearly 5000 patients
treated at the sanatorium in the last
twenty years have been women, and
for this reason plans are under way
To build a special woman's branch of
ne sanatorium. The Jews, Dr..
%rivak asserted, were the first group
White plague in this way.
Prof. Krause said the Jews have
the lowest death rate from tuber-
rulosis. He ascribed this to the
ment and to their standards of health
and charitable relief for afflicted fell
low Jews He said research work by
Jewish scientists had led to important
discoveries in the fight against the
white plague.
Welcomed by Fowler.
DR.. I. D. Bronfin, superintendent of
the sanatorium, reported that OF the 2s3
patients treated last year, 81 per cent
we're advanced cases, and that most of
the latter patients had been in other
institutions.
DR.. William C. Fowler, District
health officer, welcomed the con-
vention yesterday. A charter was
presented to the Junior League of
the society in Washington, William
Rabinowitz, president of the league,
making the address of acceptance.
Dr. Abram Simon was toastmaster
at the dinner, at which musical Sc
lections were given by Maximilian
Rose, violinist; Miss Clelia Flora
vanta, soprano, and Eugene Burman,
pianist