The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, November 15, 1929, Image 13
The Southern Israelite
Page 13
r/'ho /$ 9 naiB 9 rith and the
Mayo Brothers Sanitarium
lly RICHARD E. GUTSTADT
(,rnnd Secretary District No. i, I. (). It. B.
,.,thrr unusual piece of work has
,,mplished by the Executive
, n; .of the Constitution Grand
connection with the Mayo
,,. r , Sanitarium at Rochester,
h i, to the tremendous pres-
: these two celebrated leaders
field of modern medicine and
rI v. thousands of people have
: th.eir way to this institution in
h of relief from the physical
• which in the environment of
, wn residences seemed impos-
f cure. A drowning man seizes
• raw. so as a tinal hope loomed
Hfc saving activities of these
w. rld famed surgeons.
the suffering thousands
were many hundred of Jewish
> , a large portion of which en-
unfamiliar with the method-
f a great modern sanitarium,
rig received the medical attention
ie hospital statf, whether with
etfected or not as the case may
been, they departed, frequently
•rting the usual formality of fi-
sett lenient. The situation
i a natural resentment which in
was expressed by a ruling that
ospective patients of the Jewish
p would be required to deposit
i: advance on their acceptance
■lie hospital. Considerable con-
ie arose as to why this discrimi-
. was being practiced and inti-
of anti-Semitism were rather
r;nnnately broadcasted.
H’nai B’rith made an investi-
which revealed that in the
of former patients to whom
particular delinquency attached,
wa> considerable confusion,
having been unable to differ
entiate between the paid department
and the free clinics. In order to cor
rect the evil, the B’nai B’rith placed
a social worker at the Sanitarium and
every prospective Jewish patient was
investigated, and financial position as
certained, and upon report of the
B’nai B’rith worker, the final terms
were established. So effective was the
B’nai B’rith worker as intermediary
between the Mayo Brothers and the
afflicted ones that the B’nai B’rith
have been given a suite of offices
without rent by the Mayo Brothers
and the facilities of the hospital have
all been closely co-operative with this
intelligent effort.
The adverse and severely criticized
ruling has been rescinded and a dis
position to co-operate manifested on
*the part of the entire personnel of
the Rochester Sanitarium which is
most highly commendable. In addi
tion, it is the function of the B’nai
B’rith worker to visit with regularity
all of the unfortunate ones of our
people who are total strangers in a
strange environment, heretofore lack
ing the effective expression of friend
ship and good cheer so highly essen
tial to the mental attitude of the in
valid, many of them incapacitated for
periods of several months, for until
the admission of the B’nai B’rith
worker, they received no visits of any
kind from members of the faith.
Highest approbation has been given
to the B’nai B’rith upon this splendid
piece of work, and in addition, the
earnest commendation of the B’nai
B’rith organization for the construc
tive character of this effort has been
frequently expressed by the officials
of the Mayo Brothers Sanitarium.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
(Continued
rerr.
'■ot from either side. Of
1 I may be entirely wrong and
mmOsion may report its find-
that the Arabs were respon-
that the Jews were responsi-
' >eems only within the realm
’ dity and not of probability.
fiat w e will, the English gov-
ha- just about as delicate
its hand as it ever had in
tat-flung colonial experience.
I have repeatedly suggested,
see how anything of perma-
: ‘‘ Ue ran be accomplished unless
and the Arabs work out the
among themselves. This idea
meet with popular approval
am placing myself on record
he tinal analysis that’s exact-
w 'll have to be done. It is
1 h to expect that the* Jew’s will
i^emitted to settle the country
>reat Britain standing alongside
_ ! with a big club to protect
rom the Arabs. That doesn’t
" me to be a sound method of
iure.
L oat Nathan Snellenberg, the
I p',' * Snellenberg business
“Udelphia died recently. He be-
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longed to the school of creative minds
jn the business world. The name Snel
lenberg has become known throughout
the country, like Macy and May and
Bloomingdale and Kaufmann and
other department stores that go back
to the early days. It seems that the
day of individual department store
development has passed and what’s
going on now is merely the taking
over of large stores by holding com
panies, or the merger of one store
with another. I wonder if this isn’t
going to bring about the end of the
creative mind in the world of big re
tail business? There are any number
of men who can run a machine but
they don’t know how to build one.
John Wanamaker, A. T. Stewart,
Marshall Field, Adam Gimbel and
others of similar type were builders.
You could put these men anywhere
and they w’ould be able to build up a
business. Nathan Snellenberg w’as a
pioneer who knew how to blaze a trail
and surmount obstacles that would
daunt men of less strength and re
sources. In his passing the city of
Philadelphia has lost one of its most
valuable sons.
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