THE JEWISH NEWS

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No Example for Doctors to Set

Purely
Commentary

Editorial in the Free Press

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

SWORN CIRCULATIONS

V..:

This column,. under the heading
"Sworn Circulations," on Nov. 23,
3.945, had this to say:

The U. S. House of Representatives,
without a dissenting vote, adopted H. R.
Bill 2543, known as the Murray sworn
circulation bill for weeklies, semi-week-
lies and tri-weeklies. The bill now goes
to the Senate for final action.
As we indicated in this column..
months ago, we are strongly in favor of
this measure as a weapon against re-
grettable schemes of those newspapers
whose circulations seldom number more.:
than a handful of readers and whose-,
entire aim is to "get all they can" out of
advertising.
The new measure should prove as-
blessing for those English - Jewish
periodicals that are concerned with
legitimate circulations and with reach-
ing as large a public as possible. There
are entirely too many of these publica-
tions which have forgotten the value of
service to the community and are con-
cerned only with advertising returns.
- The new measure, affecting period-
icals with second class mailing rights,
should bring into the open the true
status of those newspapers hiding their
actual circulations because heretofore
there was no one to force them to state
the facts. Uncle Sam will have his way
with them should the U. S. Senate con-
cur in the action of the lower house.
We hope for speedy action in favor of
the pending measure.

While the U. S. House of Repre-
sentatives UNANIMOUSLY adopted
this measure, the bill still is pending
in the U. S. Senate.
The Michigan Press Association
of which The Jewish. News is a mem-
ber, has called upon Michigan news-
papers to urge the Senate to adopt
the bill, in the interest of better
journalism. We concur with this re-
quest because it is our view that
when the Government demands
sworn circulations it will prohibit
newspapers whose reading public is
negligible from making fraudulent
claims of large coverage—claims
that are made not in the interest of
enlarging their reading public, but
of fraudulently increasing their 'ad-
vertising income.
We urge our own Senators—
Arthur H. Vandenberg and Homer
Ferguson—and their confreres, - to act
favorably on the pending bill in 'the
interests of truth and fair dealing.

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BEVIN HARMS LABOR
The cause of labor had gained strength
in the last two decades. A labor govern--
ment in England, a Nekv Deal in the
United States, rapid strides by liberals
and radicals in many countries, point to
advances made in the interests of the
common man.

With one foolish phrase, however, a
"responsible" British official, Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin, did more harm
to labor than possibly may be undone in
a generation.
The slur upon Jewry, his refusal to co-
operate in the recommended admission of
100.000 unfortunate Jews in Palestine, and
his cheap joke at our expense, have
caused people of all faiths to lose confi-
dence in such leadership.
Perhaps labor leaders elsewhere can do
something drastic to offset the Bevin-
made damage.

Jerusalem

Satirical Comment on Palestine Report

by Sagittarius—After William Blake—

in London New Statesman

And will they raise on Jordan's hills
A Mosque, a temple and a shrine,
And reconcile eternal ills
By dedicating Palestine?

And will they build in days to come
By pleasure domes of Galilee,
Beneath the wing of Christendom
A tripartite theocracy?

Bring me my staff of wishful thought'
Belief in miracles persists;
The formula for peace is brought
To Arabs and to Zionists.

But Britain's mandate will not 'cease,
Nor will the sword sleep in our hand,
Till we have made Jerusalem,
.A holy, holy, holy, land.

Friday, June 28, 1946

of Winnipeg, Canada

• As a result of vigorous public protest, the committee on admissions of 'the
Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons was forced last year to revise its
method of selecting students. That the anti-Semitic bias, which led to the dis-
crimination against Jewish and other students still exists is shown by . the follow-
ing extract from the Manitoba. Medical Journal for May:
"I feel that the present method of selection is not satisfactory. The com-
mittee had been promised a reasonably complete record of each applicant
covering the requirements as set out by the Board of Governors. In point of
fact practically all it had to go on, except in the cases of some Saskatchewan
students was scholastic standing. The comments of the Junior- division instruc-
tors were of little or no help. Further, what little information we did receive
was provided at the last moment. The students were therefore selected on one
criterion of marks. On that basis approximately 30 per cent of the students
accepted were Jewish.
"This fact has been brought to the notice of the faculty by the Dean. It
is a fact of which we must take cognizance. We have not progressed so far in
this country, or in this community, that our Jewish citizens are completely
amalgamated and looked upon simply as Canadians. We still mark them off
in semi-separate groups. This is an unhappy fact, but it is still a fact. ."
Yes, this is an unhappy fact. But we suggest to the medical fraternity that
one reason for that is this childish business of counting noses. What difference
does it, make to the community, to the medical profession or to anyone else if 30
per cent of the top ranking students are Jews?
What is required in Manitoba is high proficiency in medical practice. The
color of the skin, • shape of the nose or position of the cheek-bones is much less
important than intelligence. Granted that scholastic standing alone, as presently
being used is far from perfect in measuring that quality. But surely the medical
profession ought to be concentrating its attention on devising a better system
which will give us better doctors regardless of race or creed. It should not be
worrying about finding ways and means of reducing the percentage of students
of any race or creed.

Strictly
Confidential

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

Copyright, 1946, Seven Arts
Feature Syndicate, Inc.

FROM THE FASCIST FRONT
"The Protocols of Zion," sold by the re-
vived KKK, still bear Henry Ford's im-
print . . . Is the powerful Ford public re-
lations outfit really unable to stop use of
the Ford name?
Mrs. Kate Robbins, a Jewish woman,
was compelled to sell her dry-goods store
in a suburb of Chatanooga, after a fiery
cross was burned in front of her store .
A day after the burning of the cross, the
following note was nailed to the door:
"We mean business! No Jews here: KKK."
The Free German Youth, now organized
in Germany under the benevolent eyes
of the American-British military com-
mand, is a dangerous movement .. It
continues the Hitlerite "Kraft - durch
Freude" education.

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PROFILE
Chaja Grossman is a member. of the
Polish-Jewish delegation to the United
States. She led the Chalutz movement
underground in Nazi and Soviet Poland
. . . OrganiZed the resistance forces of the
Bialystok Ghetto—bringing in arms and
ammunition . . Led the revolt until the
very end . .. escaped to the woods and
continued fighting as a member of the
partisans . . . She is 26 . . . Fair, slightly
freckled complexion, straight light-brown
hair . . . Rather small, blue-green eyes
. . . she is of short, solid build . . . Looks
like an aryan Polish peasant girl . . The
"Goyish" appearance helped her to es-
cape . . . Has many Polish and Soviet dec-
orations for heroism in combat . . Is a
dynamic speaker on the public platform
... In private conversation she is modest
but sure of herself . .. Destined to be the
leader of the Hashomer Hatzair movement
in Palestine.

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ABOUT JEWISH PALESTINE
Right in the midst of the present crisis
Tel Aviv held its 11th seasonal exhibition
of the fashion industry.
New York- City has 11 daily newspapers
for close to 8,000,000 people but Palestine
has 10 daily Hebrew newspapers for a
little over 600,000 population.
45,000 radio sets are owned by the Jews
in Palestine.
The annual budget of the Hebrew Uni-
versity in Jerusalem is $1,200,000.
Jewish athletes from Palestine will
participate in the next Olympic games,
The Palestine Symphony Orchestra is
on its way to England to give six con-
certs in Albert Hall, largest auditorium
in London.
A shepherd in Palestine must be at
least 10- years old before he is recognized
as such by the government. -

MISCELLANY
Gen. Bradley; administrator of the U. S:
Veterans Administration, says that 'the
VA's records list 28,000 Kellys, 17,500 Co-
hens, 16,000 Schultz, and 2,000 Kaminskis.
Don't miss "Rembrandt, the JeWs and
the Bible," by Franz Landsberger, pub-
lished by the Jewish Publication Society
of America.
Taxi drivers, Jewish and non-Jewish
in New York, should be given courses in
democracy . . . Their laehavior towards
Negroes is disgraceful.
The members of the Actions Commit-

Between
You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright,

, cJ , ewisc
In)
hTelegraPhic
Agency,

EYES ON RUSSIA
Zionist leaders are concerned over the
fact that the Soviet delegate on the U. N.
committee which is drafting a, report on
refugees voted for the Lebanese proposal
aimed at preventing the admission of Jews
to Palestine . • . They wonder whether
this is an indication of the Soviet attitude
towards the Palestine issue . .. Many ask
whether it is wise under the circum-
stances to push the Palestine issue be-
fore the forthcoming General Asembly
of the United Nations which will meet in
New York in September . . Some are
of the opinion that from a political point
of view it would be more advantageous
for the Zionist cause if Palestine retained
its present mandate status instead of be-
ing placed under a trusteeship . . . As the
mandate now stands, Britain may have no
obligation to report on Palestine affairs
to the League of Nations which is dead,
but is still under obligation to carry out
the provisions of the mandate . . . It must
still recognize the Jewish Agency and
abide by other provisions of the mandate
for which the Jews fought hard and long
at Geneva . . . If the mandate is discarded
and a trusteeship is established, new ar-
rangements will have to be made and
new complications may arise ... It is ques-
tionable whether the few political gains
secured by the Jewish Agency would be
maintained . . . It is possible that the
Jewish Agency would have to fight anew
for recognition . . . It would be like start-
ing negotiations on a new contract with
a new management which might not like
many of the provisions of the old con-
tract . . . No wonder, therefore, that some
Zionists would prefer to see Palestine as
a British Dominion rather than under
British trusteeship . . . With Palestine as
a dominion, the chances for Jewish im-
migration would be better than under a
trusteeship of the United Nations which
has seven Arab states as members.

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DOMESTIC TRENDS
Young Edward M. M. Warburg is mak-
ing a hit among non-Jewish philan-
thropists with his appeals for contribu-
tions for the United Jewish Appeal . . .
Together with Nelson Rockefeller and
Henry Ford II, he is doing a remarkable
job . . . The work of these three men
of our younger generation of philan-
thropists is important not only because it
helps the U.J.A. raise its $100,000,000 for
the Jews of Europe and Palestine, but be-
cause it brings the general situation of
the Jews closer to the attention of the
non-Jews in America.
It is interesting to note from a letter
by Upton Close, the - radio commentator
who rubs shoulders with anti-Semitic
groups in this country, that he received
$82,000 in contributions to enable his
sponsor to buy radio time for him over
62 stations • . This sum will keep him
on the air till July 2 . . . The contribu-
tions ranged from $25 to $1,000 . . He
now asks for more.

tees of The Protestant picketed the Brit-
ish Consulate in New York and Chicago
to protest against the Bevin speck.
Meyer Weisgal and son and Henry Mon-
tor and son are going to have a hot time
in Palestine.

Heard in
The Lobbies

By ARNOLD LEVIN

(Copyright, 1946. Independent Jewish
Press Service, Inc.)
ARAB STUDENTS
Nothing to get excited about, but plenty
to be wary of. Arabic students, on stipends
paid by their government, are flocking
to the U. S. for graduate and poStgrad-
uate studies. It is understandable that the
State Department extend all welcome
to them and seek to make them as com-
fortable as possible. Certainly we are as
much entitled to bring democracy to the
Middle East — cultural democracy — as
Bevin and other imperialist spokesmen
and garden tenders. But it behooves us
to make certain that these students do
not attempt, as did German exchange
students under the Nazi regime, to bring
in some of their native teachings.
All the students from Egypt admit to
"a mission" besides study, although they
are reluctant to clarify it. But a • hint to
the wise, etc. The errand of these stu-
dents, or most of them, is to paint the
Middle East in its rosiest color, as an
up-and-coming-area, whose leaders are
interested in the welfare of the people
and have been deterred from achieving
results by the policies of foreign imper-
ialists. Many of these students are sons
and grandsons of leaders and they them-
selves are being groomed to be rulers of
this area, at any rate, to be members of
the ruling class. What a ruling. class!
Keep the masses illiterate; keep them
ignorant; give them enough to keep them
from dying, but withhold enough lest they
cease starving. Wendell Wilkie, - in his
One World, justly warned that the in-
telligentsia of the Middle East is muddl-
ing between communism and fascism.
The function of these exchange stu-
dents, especiilly those from Palestine, in-
cludes agitation against Zionism and
against Jews in the Arabic lands "who
control our economy." It is the well trod
Hitler path. It is to be hoped that some
Jews on missions from Palestine would
acquire the same polish instead of dialect-
ic dexterity. Let us have fewer profes-
sional politicians and civil servants and
more students, academicians, writers from
Palestine. But besides the superficial
layer of sophisticates and lettered, the
Arab countries send a great deal of
academic sediment, seedy-looking stu-
dents, untutored and unknowing, exter-
nally humble in a highly studied fashion,
and certain to flatter the ego of the Amer-
ican and appeal to his vanity and his
readiness to instruct the foreigner.
The most disturbing fact is that Amer-
ican instructors in Middle Eastern Uni-
versities are enamoured of these students.
These teachers feel flattered by the adul-
ation accorded them. In the U. S. they
would be secondraters; in the Near East
they are eminent academicians. They re-
ciprocate for the adulation granted them
by admiring their students unqualifiedly.
It's a mutual admiration society.

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CAT SLIPS OUT OF BAG
Sometimes the most elaborate facade
of words constructed by the world's lead-
ing word-mongers collapses through the
chance remark of a simple soul who
thinks words mean what they appear to
mean. Perhaps the most perfect example
of this phenomenon is found in an ob-
scure news item in which Robert Porter,
whose child died of an epidemic disease
on a so-called "brideship", charges the
"wives of American service men were
`treated like displaced persons' at the
(Army) camp." Here we have it. Dis-
placed persons are an inferior breed,
whose treatment naturally is presumed
to be less considerable than that accorded
genuine human beings.

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BIG JOKE
Speaking of the Mufti's "escape" from
France, wouldn't it be funny if prison
wardens complimented escaped prisoners
on their cleverness?

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FIGHTER
Sidney Herold, a leader of the Jewish
community of Shreveport, 'La., who cour-
ageously fought the Ku Klux Klan.some
20 years ago, is still battling the same
hydra-headed monster.

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BILBO WANTS IN AGAIN
Senator Bilbo (pardon the expression)
wants to be elected again to the House
of Immunity, the United States Senate.
But former Congressman RosS' A. Col-
lins is giVing him a tough fight V in the
primaries. Collins promises audiences that
they can bring their wives to hear his
speeches since he does not use • obscene
language. The inference is not too subtle

even for Bilbo.