A benefit performance at the new Cinerama Theater scheduled Jan. 17. sponsored by Tent 45, Variety Clubs International, will be for a proposed children's hospital in New Orleans.
The theater performance is not an activity of the Louisiana Heart Association, an affiliate of thej American Heart Association, and has no connection with the association's annual Heart Fund campaign.
The Louisiana Heart Association's Heart Fund, its leader said, supports research in heart anc circulatory diseases and has helped develop community . hean facilities during a period of years "that enable all children and adult heart patients to obtain needed diagnosis, treatment and surgery."
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These services, Louisiana Heart Association leaders said, include those which have been made available to children of low income families. "Every child in Louisiana who is in need of heart diagnosis or surgery can get the needed' service within this state, regardless of ability to pay," the Heart Association said.
A further announcement was made in a joint statement Wednesday by leaders of the Louisi ana Heart Association and of Tent 45, Variety dubs International, for the purpose of clarifying the use of the term "Heart Fund" by Tent 45 in connection with its
The statement was issued following a meeting of New Orleans leaders of both organizations, who expressed mutual confidence in each other's respective programs but agreed that clarification was needed in order to avoid possible confusion by the public.
The statement was issued jointly by Mrs. Joseph E. Schenthal, chairman of the four-parish New Orleans district, Louisiana Heart Association, and Joel Bluestone, first assistance Chef Barker of Tent 45. Bluestone heads the Variety group's pdoject in support of a children's hospital. The Variety organization is composed of theater owners and others in the entertainment industry. Its members each year support a local charity or service project and have sponsored a "first night" Showing of the "Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" at the new theater on Jan. 17. The joint statement follows:
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"The, Louisiana Heart Association for 12 years has conducted an annual Heart Fund campaign each February to raise money to support research and other pro grams in the field of heart and blood vessel disease. Variety Clubs International, Tent 45, also raises funds annually to support needed projects, but these are not limited to the cardiovascular field. Variety, however, has a long-standing motto, 'The Heart of Show Business,' which is used in its public service and charity projects.
"Variety's Tent 45, in its recent mailings and publicity in connection with the Jan. 17 Cinerama benefit, has asked that checks be sent to Heart Fund, Variety Tent 45, P. 0. Box 52768, New Orleans 50.' The term 'Heart Fund' was used in reference to Variety's motto but without intention to imply that its Cinerama benefit was to be held for the Louisiana Heart Association's Heart Fund and its medical programs."
Several physician leaders of the Louisiana Heart Association expressed praise for Tent 45's projects in behalf of a proposed hospital for children. Among these was Efr* Richard L. Fowler, pro-f essdY^ncT' head of pediatrics, LSU medical school, and .president of the Louisiana Heart Association. Dr. Fowler said: . "New Orleans is the largest city in the country without a large general hospital for children. Such a project in my opinion, is certainly deserving of support. We have felt, however, that a public clarification of the 'Heart Fund* phrase was needed."
