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A Non-Sectarian Medical College
Bi PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Pals in Berlin and Detroit Join Hands
Skyline News, a four-page sheet that calls itself
"Detroit's downtown newspaper" and apparently
renders no other service except to secure some
advertisements for profit and to stir up occasional
religious and racial issues, devoted the leailing
article in its June 6 issue to a discussion of Jews
and their origin. The Skyliner enters into contro-
versy with W. K. Kelsey of the Detroit News and
Malcolm W. Bingay of the Free Press and makes
the declarations that "Moses was NOT A JEW!
In the whole five books of the Pentateuch the
word 'Jew' is not mentioned. Moses knew nothing
of any such people or nation." He proceeds to
quote from a statement by Dr. Henry J. Cadbury
of Harvard University that "No scholar would
call any people Jews prior to about 825 B. C."
Alien Registration a Danger for Natives
We have contended all along that by taking the
civil liberties away from aliens, or any minority
for that matter, the groundwork is laid for de-
struction of the rights of all groups. Just as in
Germany, where the Jews were the first victims
and the Catholics the next, so it works anywhere
else, that deprivation of the rights of one group
is soon extended to a larger number of victims.
There has been talk for years about registra-
tion of aliens, and the liberal groups have fought
against it. When the alien registration bill was a
subject of discussion and court conflict in Michi-
gan, about 10 years ago, the opposition rightfully
pointed out that native-born Americans will suffer
as much, if not more, than the group against
whom the measure was intended. This is just as
true today of the program proposed for the regis-
tration of aliens. A few days ago the New York
Times carried a letter in which Edith Wynner
of New York discussed this subject. This letter
has great signficance because of the clarity with
which it points to the inconvenience that will be
caused non-aliens by forced registration of aliens,
and shows how the burden of proof will be on
citizens who mify have difficulty proving that they
were born here. The letter reads:
In the debate on the pros and cons of reg-
istering and finger-printing aliens, the most im-
portant aspect of the matter has escaped public
attention. The chief hardship resulting from
such legislation falls not on the alien but on
the American citizen. Most immigrants come to
the United States from countries where regis-
tration at the local police station has been a
routine matter for generations. It is a feature
of nations where universal military service is
in force. No one, be he citizen or alien, in
those countries can move three houses down
the block without reporting this fact to the
police.
But here is the rub. All the alien will have
to do in the United States is to say he is an
alien and be registered. Most aliens will have
their legal documents in good order. But the
American citizen, especially the native born,
will have the harder job—he will have to prove
that he is an American.
D o our people realize that there are milions
of native born among us whose births were not
registered because they lived in sparsely popu-
lated sections of the country where this was
not compulsory, or the records were carelessly
kept and were destroyed by fire? How will these
million s prove their citizenship?
Perhaps some will recall the difficulties Will
Roger s had the first time he applied for a pass-
port and was unable to produce a birth certifi-
cate. And yet 130,000,000 Americans will have
to walk nround with proof of citizenship in
thei r pockets because anyone objecting to their
opinions, political activity, color of skin, or
what have you can challenge them as aliens
and the y will be unable to prove their citizen-
ship. The opportunities for persecution, suppres-
sion of unpopular opinions and activities, such
as work for peace and labor o rganizing, are un-
limited.
Those who don't believe this is possible
need only recall the days of the Palmer raids
after the World War. Or let them study a
larger-scale model—the enforcement of anti-
Semiti c legislation in Germany, Italy, and Hun-
gary. In these countries a Jew merely had to
declare himself a full, half, quarter, or six-
teenth Jew and his statement was accepted.
But the greatest part of the population of these
countries had to spend an amount of money
estimated to have fully covered their repara-
tions payments in order to pay lawyers and
searchers to excavate three or four generations
of family history, paternal as well as maternal.
No "fifth colmunists" are going to be
trapp e d by this sadistic, hysterical legislation.
An y "fifth columnist" worth his hire will be
smart enough to evade the law. But 130,000,000
decent Americans will rue the day they muzzled
themselve s thinking they nut only the alien
populati on under control.
Under the smoke screen of war hysteria
this elaborate plan for police su rveillance of
a whol e people is being smuggled into our lives.
This will establish a totalitarian routine, not
protect "our
way of life." If all that our would-
protector s can do is imitate the very thing
w e fear, why not invite Heinrich Himmler to
do it for us?
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
J une 14, 1940
Prominent New York doctors and laymen have
announced plans for the formation of a non-
sectarian medical college, with an eventual en-
dowment of $25,000,000.
The mere name of the proposed college serves
as an indictment of existing conditions. It im-
p liei -s that other colleges are not non-sectarian
and that they discriminate against certain groups.
It i s clear that the plan for this college is
motivated by a desire to offset the damage that
is being done at this time to Jewish applicants
for admission to medical colleges who are affected
the unwritten law limiting their admission.
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The problem has been aggrevated by the war,
since there are many Jewish students who pur-
sued their medical studies in European univer-
sities, especially in Scotland, for whom provisions
should be made to pursue their studies in this
country.
Conditions arising from such discrimination have
ereated , the need for a Jewish—or non-sectarian—
medical college. It is to be regretted that such a
n eed arises in this great land.
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CLIFTON AVIUlla CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
This is a logical argument. It is a clearh.aded
plea for retention of our sense of balance if we
are to safeguard our civil liberties. Unfortunately,
there is a strong element that will not be con-
vinced. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that
our liberties are in danger.
Perhaps Skyliner would prefer it if we ad-
dressed our readers as Fellow Hebrews. Well,
then, Fellow Hebrew, there is a counterpart to
Skyliner's argument. You will find it in Berlin
and in Munich in the Nazi bibles, There, every-
thing to be disliked is ,Jewish, all else, which is
acceptable, is non-Jewish. Since the Bible and
Moses and Jesus are acceptable, they must be
branded as non-Jewish.
In a pamphlet "Die Herkunft Fesu", which ap-
peared recently in Germany, appears the follow-
ing statement: "Jesus was Aryan on both parents'
sides." Here is a good theme for another article
by Skyliner, who has earned his spurs from Paul
Joseph Goebbels and Julius Streicher.
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Publishing Curtailment in England
The war has forced not only strict control of
all industries in England but also the curtailment
of printing as a means of economizing on paper.
This Commentator has before him two items which
throw interesting light on this situation. One is
an "urgent notice to readers which appeared in
the London Jewish Chronicle on April 26, and
another is a news release on "children's books
in war time" issued by the junior books' depart-
ment of the Viking Press. These items com-
plement one another in an interesting way. They
are:
LOREN'S 111101:S IN
I itGENT NO1'WE
TO HEADERS
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AVM{ TIME
Is °calf's of "fewer and
bet ter hooks," anti atl-o
those as ho favor less bulky
books, will watch with
interest the compulsory
prognon of Imok limita-
tat ion which is going on
in England.
The British government,
in forbidding entry to cer-
tain kinds of books print-
S. :t. and
ed In the
elsewhere,
has
already
classed children's books as
"non-essential."
Brit kit publishers, how-
ever, seem to feel (bat
young people's reading is
better
t rent -
descrying
ment
'rho' rare being
forced to cut their lists
tIntst I cal I y, because each
obtain only t twee-
may
lift hs as much paper as
was needed last y ear. But
t hey remain f ree to de-
cide a hick books remain
"assent ink"
Tac o books which have
successfuly claimed their
share of England's limited
paper supply are "Little
Toad" by Frances Mar-
garet Env, at hook %%bleb
has for two y ears been a
American
With
favorite
-to-10-year-olds, and "The
1 :real Ileppt " by William
Vette du Bois, it cirrus
yarn for t he same age
group.
I he national Inter-
•sts it is of t he utmost
importance that supplies
I% It
cf paper be used
st rict economy.
For this reason, begin-
ning with our nett issue
11111y 3/, no copies of
! Inc Jett Ish Chronicle will
be its unable to net% sagents
on a "s-le or return"
basis.
This Me1111, t hat if read-
ers wish to secure their
copies et cry weal: from
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newsagents
1 heir
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ORDER. IN .VIIV.tN•E
Casual purchasers will run
at risk of disappointment.
The r er) se% ere Paper
The
compels
rat inning
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111011 p ith ail independent
periodicals of considendole
circulation, to limit rigidly
its hi/e.
therefore,
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article., features, corres-
pondence, etc.. must be
reduced, while advertising -
• pace will he correspond -
n g I% limited. H e eatrnest -
It solicit Ole co-opentt ion
oar readers in meeting
I hese our-time conditions.
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In France -we already have even worse curtail-
ment: the publishing of one-page newspapers and
the discontinuance of newspapers in Paris.
Here we have some of the worst results of the
ravages of war. It is a condition that should
:stimulate thanksgiving that we, on this free con-
tinent, are not similarly affected. But since no
one is secure from the plagues that come with
devastations caused by man, we should aspire
to freedom through peace and justice. Our own
peace and security can be assured only if there
is decency in the entire world. We can not com-
pletely isolate ourselves from mankind, and we
must strive to help man free himself. Without
becoming embroiled in the world conflict, we
owe a duty to the decent elements to provide the
means that will help crush Nazi-Fascism. A
crushed Nazi-Fascism will mean a rising democ-
racy; a world-insured democracy will mean also
further guarantees for the perpetuation of Amer-
ican institutions of liberty and equality for all
peoples.
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The Jewish Hospital Movement
If and when the Jewish hospital movement
nears realization, much credit for its success will
be due to the women's group, which functions
under the name Mt. Sinai Hospital Association.
It is a commendable achievement for a young
movement to gather around itself more than 2,000
women with the aim of fostering a cause of
major importance. Previous efforts to inspire in-
terest in a Jewish hospital have been anemic com-
pared with the aggressive activities of the Mt.
Sinai Hospital Association.
The arguments for a Jewish hospital are fairly
well Istlown by this time. It is true that condi-
tions created by the war have given the move-
ment a setback. But things happen rapidly these
(lays and it is not unreasonable to believe that
proper conditions may be created in the not far
distant future to give stimulus to the cause of a
Jewish hospital. The relief and reconstruction
efforts will continue to receive major considera-
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