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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE lor SOUTHERN JEWRY VOLUME VIII October, 1933 NUMBER 11 Sumerous Clauses in North Carolina Manifestations of prejudice have been so frequent in many universi ties and colleges that no surprise would have been excited at the reve lation that the medical school of the University of North Carolina had been guilty of practicing a numerus clausus against Jewish students had it not been for the heartening and characteristic stand taken by Dr. Frank Graham, president of the university. Although the Univer sity of North Carolina is a state-supported institution, the dean of the Medical School had for many years been limiting the number of Jews admitted to the first year medical class to ten per cent of the total on the specious plea that such a policy was imperative because the more imminent four-year medical colleges also had a numerus clausus for Jewish students. When a courageous young Jew who had been denied ldmittance to the Medical School because the Jewish quota for the year had been exhausted went over the dean’s head to the president •f the university, the latter overruled the dean and permitted the Jew- >h boy to be enrolled. Dr. Graham’s action was not merely just and be expected from the administrative head of an institution main tained by the funds of taxpayers, but evidence of the rapidly widening nflnence of liberal leaders in the South who are slowly besting the intolerance and lack of intellectual freedom. i Riote to Proselyting The Christian world has been outspoken in its protest against the persecution of Jews in Germany, but one element of the German-Jewish tragedy, which if fully appreciated must be regarded as a crushing 'lew to certain groups of Christians everywhere, has been overlooked. ^ e refer to the fact that seven months of Nazi rule have undone some nineteen hundred years of Christian effort to proselyte the Jews. The hurches may continue to send their missionaries everywhere to con- v '*rt the Jews, but a handful of madmen drunk with power have sent h'‘ir efforts crashing with a single blow. It must be a great shock to ''hristian missionaries everywhere to witness the sad debacle of the Christian conversion movement in Germany, for there, more than in any other country the efforts to convert the Jews had been most suc- •ONsful. Thousands had already accepted Christianity and many thou- 'andx more were well on the way to adopting the Christian faith. Yet (Jerman oppression has shown that not even acceptance of Jesus, which Christians have urged as the one salvation for the Jew, can save he converted Jew from the hatred of his fellow-Christians. W hile of European anti-Semitism in this country. In Newark a Nazi meeting addressed by the chief Hitler agent in America ended in a bloody riot. In New York the chairman of the Socialist Party called on Sec retary of State Hull to block the formation of Nazi councils in the United States. In New York, too, the Steuben Society issued a statement protesting against the anti-Jewish boycott couched in language which indicates that it has become a part of the Nazi machine. Congressman Dickstein made ready for the opening of the Congressional investiga- tion of agitations, based on actual facts. These are all ominous signs. The Nazis and their American allies, be they Khaki or Silver Shirts, or some other anti-Jewish group, are waging a war against Jews in this country. It seems to us that the time has come for the leaders of American Jewry to take cognizance of this situation. We are not pre pared to advance any program of action, but we do believe that a united Jewry should recognize the inherent danger of the Nazi menace here without succumbing to hysteria. It IWill Fool No One The Nazi regime, an avowed foe of democracy, has issued a call for Reichstag elections on November 12. The ostensible reason for this sur prising concession to democracy is Hitler’s desire to obtain the ap proval of the German people for his government’s withdrawal from the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference as well as of its domestic policies which have been bitterly denounced throughout the world. If the Nazi government were to permit a free election, with every German allowed to vote as he pleases, the outcome of this referendum might have some significance. But as a matter of fact the Germans will have only the choice of voting for Nazi candidates and thus giving its approval to the Nazi regime or else remaining at home arid be denounced as traitors and enemies of the Nazi state It is ob vious therefore, that the real object of the election is to show the world that the German people are solidly behind everything that the Hitler government has done and proposes to do. The election will be a joke but the government will utilize it as a vote of confidence and say to the world that its entire program is in accord with the mandate of the people. The Nazi regime may be able to fool or terrorize its own people into believing that the election is a genuine affair, but the world at large knows that it will be a fake. There are millions of Germans who hate and detest their government but they dare not express their opinion by voting against it. ^K).(KK) Jews are oppressed in Germany, the Aryan laws oppress ’■'luallv more than a million Christians who once were Jews or who are iesc» ndants of Jewish converts to Christianity. Does the silence of the 1 brixtian missionaries and of the Christian churches in general mean hat they are indifferent to the problem T If they are, now is the time 0 a :ndon the entire missionary movement among Jews as a lost cause. Hie\ must understand that the treatment of Jewish-Christians in Ger man and the failure of Christian missionaries throughout the world 0 I otest against this undoing of the work of centuries will prove to ^ ' iatal setback to their efforts. We know what Jews think of this "e, but what will the Christians do? Propaganda Grotes T growth of anti-Semitic propaganda in the United States, aided an '' inanced by Nazi agents, was strikingly demonstrated by a series - "ent happenings in various parts of the country. In New York the National Conference of Jews and Christians named a Catholic t, a Protestant minister and a rabbi to make a nation-wide tour lur g the next three months to combat any possible manifestations Ominous Netes From Roumania While the eyes of the Jewish world have been riveted on events in Germany, ominous news has been coming out of Roumania. Serious anti-Semitic disorders have been frequent in the last few weeks in all parts of the country. The members of Professor Cuza’s Iron Guard, supported by the Nazi-controlled German elements of the population and encouraged by financial subsidies from Hitlerite agents, have been sweeping over the countryside and even the smaller cities, terrorizing the Jews. Anti-Semitic propaganda has flooded the rural sections and in numerous cases Jews have fled to the larger cities for safety. The Roumanian government is understood to be prepared to declare mar tial law in order to cope with the rising tide of anti-Semitism which threatens to engulf the country. As we see it martial law is not the remedy. Vigorous police action and the application of the existing laws without fear or favor could quickly suppress the anti-Semitic agitators. Martial law, it is feared, would be a prelude to the declar ation of a Fascist dictatorship under which the Jews could hope for even less protection. Publiahed monthly by the Southern Newspaper Enterprise*. Inc. Subscription rates: 12.00 per year considered as sharing the views expressed by the writers except those enunciated in the editorial columns. A. E. Lewis, Advertising Manager. Executive o&ces, JOI Glenn Building. Atlanta ,Ga. 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