DETROIT BUSINESSMEN'S GROUP CITY of HOPE DINNER SHOW
TAKES OVER ENTIRE RALEIGH HOUSE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
PALATIAL FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE
STARTED WITH GREAT COMPASSION AND 2 TENTS IN THE DESERT
E-x-ED.cm;a47 1 57th Annual Gala Event Features Program
.of Hollywood Celebrities and Entertainment
Free, Nonsectarian Pilot Center
and World Famous Research Center
Questions
and
Answers
In its Second Half Century of
Service to afflicted everywhere
The City of Hope founded in 1913, oe-
WHY IS THE CITY OF HOPE UNIQUE?
eupies some 40 buildings on 92 landscaped
. The City of Hope National Medi-
acres and is engaged in patient care, re-
cal Center, throughout its 56 years
search and medical education in the eata-
of service to the afflicted who have
come to it from near and far. has
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strophic diseases. It's doors are open on a
never presented a bill to a patient
nonsectarian basis to sufferers from cancer and leukemia, chest, blood and heart ailments, for services rendered — regardless
of the length of stay. or the compli-
and certain maladies of heredity.
cated program of care and treatment
No patient has ever paid one penny for treatment, regardless of extent or expense. involved.
The swift march of medical science has brought closer than ever the realization of the SINCE NO PATIENT PAYS, ISN'T THE
CITY OF HOPE A "CHARITY INSTITU-
age-old dream of conquest of catastrophic diesease.
In its most ambitious program to date the City of Hope has launched a "NEW HORI- TION?"
ZONS for a PILOT MEDICAL CENTER PROGRAM" to reach out for new facilities and Absolutely not! The word "charity"
simply does not exist in the CITY
staff.
OF HOPE lexicon. Patient care and
The City of Hope is in a category all its own ; not in 'competition' with any other insti- treatment are accorded each and
every individual with fullest regard
tution in any city, state or nation.
fur the dignity of each as a human
Lauded by
Major Media
•
Pilot Medical Center Seeks To Influence
Medicine and Science Throughout World
Research Grants
Resognition has been given to its
outstanding clinical and basic re-
search. Grants of about two million
dollars a year come from the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, the Na-
tional Science Foundation and
other agencies to the more than 100
research projects presently under
way at the City of Hope. U. S.
government agencies have sponsor-
ed and subsidized international
scientific conferences at the City
of Hope. Every year. at the request
and expense of our own or a for-
eign government. City of Hope
scientists attend conferences to
present their findings.
being . .. as a person possessing
every right. privilege and preroga-
tive which no other may deny him
or her.
"Spirit of Life" fountain at city of hope is
graced by heroic group of father, mother and
child symbolizing
life, hope and family-cen-
tered medicine stressed at the free, nonsec-
tarian pilot medical center.
Medical Education
In medical education, the City of
Hope conducts national confer-
ences in various specialties. It
trains skilled physicians and pro-
fessionals for work in other na-
tional and international agencies.
Its Institute for Advanced Learn-
ing in the Medical Sciences makes
Patient Care
possible the gathering of some of
In patient care, the City of Hope the world's best brains, including
has pioneered in phychosomatic Nobel prizewinners, to facilitate a
approaches, the totality of patient "crash program" against disease.
There are no wards—all rooms are
private or semi-private. Every room,
because it is the patient's "home
away from home" while he or she
is a CITY OF HOPE guest. reflecst
personalization in decor and in
furnishings.
Something new in America hospital
history is the CITY OF HOPE'S
"hope Village,"—a village of pri-
vate apartments, tastefully furnish-
ed. where patients from distant
points may live at the National
Medical Center while undergoing
out-patient care and treatment. Each
aaprtment is desirnged to accom-
modate the patient and kin—
wi fe
parent ... husband .
as the case may be—in still another
example of the CITY OF HOPE as
a "pilot" medical facility concerned
with the patient as part of a fam-
ily unit.
BE PROUD TO KNOW THESE MEN
"In a procedure unique in U.S.
hospitals, the CITY OF HOPE
urges parents to accept formal
hospital training and spend as
much time as possible in the
leukemia ward working with chil-
dren. For the children this is
helpful, since they respond, bet-
ter to treatment in the loving
presence of their parents. For
the parents with whom the hos-
pital is also concerned, sharing
their children's last days and
helping however they can eases
the sorrow and, more important,
gives them strength to take up
life hopefully following their loss.
—LIFE
BUSINESSMEN'S GROUP, CITY OF HOPE
Executive Vice-Presid ,- at
Morris Sukenic
Vice-Presidents
Joseph Braver
Charles Canvasser
Jack Epstein
Saul Katz
Maurice Marrich
Joseph Lee
Eugene Epstein
Harold Kozloff
Morris Sukenic
Jack Beckwith
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jack Beckwith
Chairman
Samuel H. Belkin
Harry Berlin
Harry S. Berman
Robert Berman
Harold Beznos
Executive Secretary
Ben Goldberg
Treasurer
Max Sosin
Corresponding Secretary
Dr. Robert Moss
Public Relation &
Publicity
Iry Herman
PAST PRESIDENTS
Ben Goldberg
Tom Borman
Harry Cohen
Norman Cottler
Eugene Epstein
Harry J. Goldberg
Ben Gould
George W. Gray
Irwin Green
Murray Hartz
Harold Israel
Ben Jacob
Samuel S. Jannett
Ira Kaufman
Arthur Kepes
Joseph Lee
Harry L. Mandell
Moe Miller
Dr. Sheldon M. Mintz
Dr. Leslie Moss
Dr. Abe S. Pearlman
Max Rosenfield
Nathan P. Rossen
Julie R. Sandler
Sid Schwartz
George Shlain
Samuel G. Shulman
Albert Siefman
David L. Sky
Carmi Slomovitz
Alvin Wasserman
Alvin Weisberg
Harvey L. Weisberg
Morris Werney
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Michael C. Aller
Albert Barden
Dr. Herman W. Bennett
Mark Berke
Arthur Bricker
Martin J. Budman
Henry Cohen
Sam Cohen
Arnold Cooke
Hirman A. Dorfman
Sam Dryman
Clifford C. Feldman
I. Irving Feldman
Hal Gordon
Fund Raising Goals
Reflect Huge Support
"and expanding with its physical
facilities is the CITY OF HOPE'S
fascinating idea, which all staff mem-
bers. patients and visitors here feel:
Man's highest goal is to help his
fellows." —THE NEW YORK TIMES
They help fight cancer, leukemia, heart disease. They are businessmen
who find time, devote effort and donate hard-earned dollars so that the
stricken of all faiths may find new hope without one penny cost to
them. It all started fifty-six years ago and stands today in world recog-
nition. Ask them how you can be a part of this exciting present and
create a heritage to perpetuate your own efforts. Call the DETROIT
BUSINESSMEN'S GROUP, CITY OF HOPE 863-4649 or write 5333
Vermont, Detroit 48208.
There is no such
care. and family-centered medicine.
In medical instrumentation. it has
thing as an incurable
piloted a lower-cost cobalt "bomb,"
disease; there are
Cesium "ring," cancer radiation
therapy under super - atmospheric
only diseases for
conditions, the sphygmorecorder
which no cure has
THE DETROIT
and vectorcardiograph in heart di-
been found."
agnosis. and many more. In tech-
OFFICERS
' niques, it has developed new diag-
nostic, surgical and therapeutic HOW ARE PATIENTS HOUSED AT THE President
Harry Brodsky
approaches.
CITY OF HOPE?
—
"THE CITY OF HOPE is one of the
newest and most active centers for
leukema research . .. accepts free of
charges . . . middle income patients,
who do not go to charity wards and
for whom a severe. long-term illness
—TLME
is a financial disaster."
Detroit Businessmen's Group Achievements
Hailed With Goiter Award for Outstanding
Humanitarian Contribution To Progress At City
of Hope Free, Nonsectarian Medical Center
Ben Gurwitz
Eugene J. Hirsch
Frnaklin Horwich
Lester Kalish
Melvin Kepes
Ronald Kepes
Lew Levitt
Irving LaKritz
David T. Lipton
Emanuel N. Maisel
Dr. Sheldon Mintz
William Morse
Manfred Moser
Louis Newman
William Parnos
Al Perlmutter
Sidney M. Rogin
Dr. George A. Rosin
Ben Rubens
Jack Schneider
Irving Seligman
Dr. Arthur Schwartz
Dr. Leonard A. Staffel
George Steinberger
Morris Usher
Philip T. Warren
George Weingarden
Barney Yagoda
THE PRESIDENT, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
OF THE
DETROIT . BUSINESSMEN'S GROUP
CITY of HOPE
extend to their many friends
BEST WISHES
FOR A
Wappy new gear
thank you, Detroit
Medical Achievements Prove
Fund Raising Success
"You have helped provide medical treatment without
charge to children and adults afflicted with cancer, leu-
kemia, blood, chest, heart maladies
and certain hereditary diseases. You
have made possible scientific research
and medical education benefiting
mankind everywhere. Our patients
join us in gratefully acknowledging
your generous contribution . . . "
. ..
In joining us again this year. "May the New Year
bring
you
the
re-
you will be proud to say, when the wards of good health
day of victory dawns: "I was among and satisfaction."
those who fought the good fight."
Sincerely,
HARRY BRODSKY,
President
BE A VITAL PARTICIPANT IN TODAY'S GREATEST BATTLE AGAINST CANCER, LUKEMIA, HEART DISEASE
BUSINESSMEN! JOIN THIS GRATIFYING CRUSADE CALL US NOW . . . . . . . 863-4649 or 894-5133
36—Friday, September 12, 1969
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
The spacious and glittering appoint-
ments of the Raleigh House will serve
as backdrop for the season's social
highlight culminating
the 57th Annual Fund
Raising by the Detroit
Businessmen's Group
of the City of Hope.
Limited in previous
years by smaller sur-
roundings. the ample
setting of the Raleigh
House will permit an
Max Sosin
expansion of its din-
ner invitations, said Harry Brodsky,
president. Adhering to a policy of no
admission charge. this affair is given
in support of the City of Hope, a can-
cer research center and non-sectarian
hospital entirely free of fees to the
patient. Entertainment chairman, Max
Sosin, reported plans
for outstanding per-
sonalities to appear.
Preparations for the
dinner dance will be
headed by Joseph
Braver and Dr. Rob-
ert Moss.
Considered to 5e one
of Detroit's •,oldest
Eugene Epstein and most dynamic or-
ganizations the Detroit Businessmen's
Group composed of area professional
and business people annually donate
all proceeds directly
to the City of Hope
and maintain a self-
sustaining administra-
tion basis.
To enable more in
dividuals to lend their
support to City of
Hope a pre-campaign
program has been es-
tablished with chair- Jack Beckwith
man Jack Beckwith, past president,
and Eugene Epstein and Max Sosin
assisting.
"Human Dignity is man's
most cherished possession"
The CITY OF HOPE'S record of
cures has caused the hospital to be
dubbed 'city of miracles.' Patients
are also rehabilitated 'socially and
re-educated in new trades and pro-
fessions — for new lives when they
are discharged. This is important
therapy." —PARADE
Friday, September 12, 1969-37