May 15, 1946 (vol. 56, iss. 140) • Page Image 4
…PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY Fifty-Sixth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff…
…. Gustafson, Prof. of Botany Arab Defense To The Editor: MR. GRAUER in his article of May 10th at- tacking the Arab leaders has certain deceiv- ing points. It is my duty to draw the attention of the American…
… people and of Mr. Joshua of the falsity of these attacks for I am a Christian Arab from the town of Bethlehem and arrived in, this country only three months ago, so am more aware of the truth than the…
… accuser. I was told by many Americans that they have heard only one side of the problem, so it is time that the other side should be heard. According to Mr. Grauer 75% of the Arab population in Palestine…
… have immigrated during the last 100 years and that the Arabs have in- creased in number from 664,000 in 1922, to 1,175,000 in 1944. As to the statement of 75% I ask the accuser to be more sure of his…
… "sta- tistics." Moreover, the accuser closes his mind to fact that the Jews increased from 50,000 to 650,000 in 25 years. Is he aware that while the Arabs increased twice in number, the Jews in- creased…
… 13 times? Is he aware that this increase of Arabs is mainly one of the fact that the Arabs have a high rate of birth as do other Eastern people, while the Jewish increase is mainly due to immigration…
… from Europe? Mr. Grauer points out that the Arabs ruled Federal Aid AMERICAN EDUCATION is experiencing a re- vival of interest that some educators have termed comparable to a cultural renaissance. The…
…. In the meantime, high schools and colleges are short staffed and present teachers are responsible for up to twice the ordinary number of students. Obviously, the solution to the problem lies in the…
… challenged and threatened by the grim irony of Southern standards. It is indeed a national responsibility. -Alice Jorgensen Palestine only 437 years, but he fails to point out that the Arabs under the Turkish…

















































