NOT WAITING TILL HE DIES
Received Tuesday, 9,5 p,m. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Israel Rogosin, the 60-year-old rayon and silk manufacturer, gave nearly 500,000 dpllars to his 3700 empioyeeg in the form of live shares oi stock wprth 25 dollars apiece, in his company. Rogosin, who during the last ten years has given ahout 3,750,000 dollars to philanthropics, said there were nd strings attached to the gift to his employees who could either turn in the shares for cash or hold them. "For the rest of my life I am not going to keep any more money than I can use. There is ho point in waiting until you die to give it away," he said.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 February 1947, Page 5
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