Evening star., 1936-03-30
JEWISH HOSPITAL
PRA|SEDBY ROPER
Compliments tuberculosis
Unit on Non.Sectarian
Service.

COWplINeuIluB LHe NdtlOuhl JeWSLi
Hospital at Denver on the non -sec-
tartan complexion Of its services to
the tuberculous poor, Secretary Of
Commerce Roper said in an address
last night at q banquet concluding
the institutions thirty-sixth annual
meeting here that racial and religious
discrimination were alien to the
United States and could not treSpass
on the Nations ideals.
1T is q wonderful thing" Secretary
Roper told several hundred diners
gathered at the Maynower Hotel to
honor the hospitals officers and
trustees, that such agencies as the
National Jewish Hospital are devoted
especially to the relief and care OF
the INDECENT sick, without regard to
race or creed. No greater American
and humanitarian service Is to be
found anywhere"
The hospitals motto, "None May
Enter Who Can Pay-None Can Pay
Who Enter" embodies "an ennobling
philosophy Of humanitarian service"
the Commerce Secretary added.
Roosevelt Sends Message.
President Roosevelt sent q message
to the banquet complimenting the
hospitals supporters for fostering "a
noble enterprise dedicated to the re-
lief Of human suffering"
DR.. Morris Fishbein of Chicago, edi-
tor of the Journal Of the American
Medical Association. told the BAN
| queters, THE old belief that certain
children come into the world with
seeds of tuberculosis Is a fairy tale"
He added, however. that rs per cent Of
the Nations children are infected
with tuberculosis by the time they are
IA years old.
Rev. William S. Friedman. founder
and president of the hospital, urged
increased national determination to
stamp out tuberculosis
New Interpretation.
A new Interpretation of the phrase
crippled children" was urged by Mrs.
S. Pisko, executive secretary Of the
hospital, who said that although a
child may be whole In every limb,
If 1t has a tendency to tuberculosis
it is as sadly crippled as one whose
arms and legs are horribly twisted
and misshapen."
Every six minutes" Samuel Schae-
fer, national supervisor, told the
| gathering. some one in this country
dies of tuberculosis. and among men
and women from 18 to 80 years OF
age tuberculosis claims as many VIC
tins as all other diseases combined.
Appalling as these figures are, they
indicate tremendous advances in the
battle against tuberculosis during the
past IS years. At the beginning of
this century the death rate was twice
as great"
Other banquet speakers were Rabbi
Abram Simon, Washington; DR.. Will
liam Rosenau, Baltimore, and Repre-
sentative Lewis of Colorado.
DR.. Charles j. kaufman, medical
director Of the Denver institution, re-
ported at the morning session of the
meeting yesterday that 875 patients
from 81 States were treated last year,
brininging to more than 10000 the
number treated at the institution since
its opening in 1900. Seventy per cent
Of the patients discharged in 1885
were recovered or greatly improved,
he said.
Other Speakers.
Other speakers at the morning and
afternoon sessions and q summary Of
their talks were as follows:
DR.. j. H. Copper, director Of re-
search, discussed recent contributions
to the knowledge of tuberculosis made
by the National Jewish Hospitals re-
search department, one contribution
being a method of diagnosing the dis
ease through use Of the common Irish
potato.
Isidore Sobeloff, director OF metro
politan activities. reported $4,000
Jewish residents Of New York, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Baltimore and St.
Louis needed hospital care for tu-
berculosis.
M. D. Barnett. chairman of the
hospitals Admission Committee, said
there was an increase Of 10 per cent
in applications filed in 1885, COM
pared to 1884.
Ernest Morris, chairman Of the Re-
habilitation Committee, listed new
new methods used by the hospital in
the vocational training of bed-fast
patients in anticipation Of their re-
turn to normal living conditions.
J. L. Wolff, chairman of the Budget
Committee, recommended a budget
of $325,000 for the hospitals free
work during 1886. The convention
adopted his recommendation.
Other participants in the all-day
program included Senator Copeland
Of New York, Mrs. Leo Diamond and
DR.. Henry Moskowitz, New York; A.
M. Krensky. Chicago; Herman Vile,
Buffalo; Alfred Benesch, Cleveland: !:
E. j. Schanfarber, Columbus, and
Sidney Kusworm, Dayton.
The following officers were elected
Louis D. Beaumont, New York, hon.
orary president; Rabbi Friedman,
president; Morton J. May, st. Louis;
Paul Felix Warburg, New York; Al
fred Triefus, Denver: Herman Vile,
Buffalo; Harmon S. Auguste. New
York; Edwin j. Schanfarber, Colum-
bus. and Alfred A. Benesch, Cleve-
land, vice presidents: Mrs. Pisko, Sec
retary; Ben Altheimer, New York,
treasurer, and Paul M. Rosenthal, New
York, assistant treasurer.