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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, April 10, 1942
The S out hern Israelite
Published weekly by Southern Newspaper Enterprises, Inc., Suite 217-218
Palmer Building, Atlanta. Georgia. Walnut 0791-0792 M. Stephen Schlffer,
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It Happened Last Week ...
By MILTON BROWN
Two years ago, this Passover j Once he had been slated to become
season—on April 22, 1940 to be commander of the United States
fleet. After his 1940 indiscreation
Addressee; Father Coughlin
The London JEWISH BULLETIN publishes in its March
edition the following letter by Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop
of Westminister:
“The cruel treatment of the Jews at any time and in any
land calls for the strongest condemnation.
Whoever believes in God, our loving Father, revolts against
the tyranny of governments which oppress His children of
any race. To the Christian and Catholic, Jews and Gentils are
alike sons of the Eternal Father. In every human heart, the
decent sentiments of justice and equity proclaim that a Jew is
a fellow man and entitled to be treated as such: he is an in
nocent brother unless and until he commits a crime that is
brought home to him by clear evidence.
All these motives of religion and natural humanity have
been discarded by the Jew-baiters in past times and in many
lands. But never and nowhere has the savagery of prejudice
been so fiercely let loose as in Nazi Germany and in the Nazi-
dominated countries during these last years of unexampled
brutality. The whole world knows the frantic hatred with
which the Hitler Gang has pursued the Jews, a hatred begot
ten of jealousy and greed. Grave and glaring faults are
charged against Jewry. Yes: there arc faults in every section
of the human family; there are evil-doers in most places. But
with St. Paul we may warn the anti-semites that they be not
chargeable with the offences of which they accuse others: In
any case why rob and murder the innocent? Why pursue the
innocent with guilty and drive them out to starve.
As we hope for goodwill and fair play for themselves, so
must we insist on justice and compassion for all our fellow
men. We Catholics with other Christians have had our share
of persecution and of calumny: we are enjoying martyrdom
now as we did centuries ago before this violent age of sys
tematic lying—and so we can well understand the Jewish
reaction to similar treatment by whomsoever it is inflicted.
The Church abhors and condemns anti-semitism.”
Though Cardinal Hinsley belongs to the Anglican Catholic
Church, we feel that this letter could just as well have been
written by the overwhelming majority of Roman Catholics,
addressing this message to Father Coughlin and his publica
tion “Social Justice.”
Capitol Spotlight
By FRED ADLER
With the war creating an un
precedented dearth of physicians
throughout the nation, both in the
armed forces and among the civi- j
lian population, the question of
the refugee doctor is assuming
more importance in the eyes of
public health officials here.
At present we are faced with
the paradoxical situation of army,
navy and civilian authorities ex
erting all efforts to secure compe
tent practitioners only to come up
against Insurmountable barriers in
the form of state legislation vir-
exact, an Admiral in the Ameri
can navy, who happened to be a
Jew, appeared before the Senate
Naval Affairs Committee and did
some plain talking. He was Ad
miral Joseph K. Kaussig, a man
who had been in the Navy the
whole of his life and. won numer
ous decorations in the Spanish-
American and first World Wars.
Admiral Taussig’s speech before
the Senate committee created
great excitement and there was
even talk of forcing him to leave
the Navy on account of it. What
was it that Taussig had said? The
New York Tribune in a long ar
ticle recently gives the answer to
that. He said, recalls the Tribune,
‘‘that war with Japan was ines
capable. He predicted that the
Japanese militarists, if not halted
in their invasion of China, would
attempt to take over the Philli-
pines. French Indo-China, Malaya
and the Dutch East Indies and to
push back the Russians in Siberia.
The Japanese war makers, he ad
ded hoped to crush the United
States as a necessary step toward
world domination.
“Considering what has already
there was talk of furloughing him,
but he was permitted to continue
as commandant of the Norfolk
naval district until last Septem
ber when he reached the retire
ment age of sixty-four. Since then,
he has not been in the limelight.”
Yes, this Jewish Admiral can
say ‘‘I told you so.”
It is against such men as Taus
sig and Corporal Meyer Levin
that Social Justice, Father Cough
lin’s mouthpiece, is conducting its
filthy campaign. Last week Social
Justice reached a new high in
abuse. On its cover, in box car
letters is blazoned the worlds:
“Jews plot to ban Social Justice.”
And it goes on to say that it could
discontinue publication of its own
volition seizing the opportunity to
blame the Jews for its liquidation.
“Were we to succumb to such a
satanic temptation, the pogroms
which crimsoned the soil of Europe
would rank as a poor second to
what would occur in the streets of
New York." In other words, by
not continuing its publication, it
implies, it i.s saving the Jews from
these pogroms.
Such talk borders on insanity
democrat, not only in his econom
ic view but as a person. He had a
beautiful Cathedral. On the same
street was a poor synagogue, and
he thought it wrong that the Jews
should have to worship in such a
poor place while he presided in
such magnificance. So he actually
offered to contribute a substantial
sum to rebuild the synagogue.
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happened in the Pacific, no one| anc * we begin to understand what
the newspaper PM said the other
day about Father Coughlin. It hint
ed that he was a very ill man
mentally.
This man Coughlin is doing the
Catholic Church no good. Of that
we may be sure and why that
Church tolerates him, it is diffi
cult to understand. To be sure
can say that Admiral Taussig was
very far wrong in his forecast of
things to come. But his reward at
the time was less than nothing.
Tokio and Berlin naturally ob
jected to the Taussig testimony
and timid officials in Washington
hastened to disown it. The Navy
and State departments issued for-
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tually barring emigree physicians
from practicing. Some of the va
ried state restrictions, all of which
cut down the potential supply of j
doctors are:
Full citizenship as a prerequis- I
ite to taking a license examination, i
Barring foreign doctors from I
practice because of lack of infor
mation concerning the school from
which the physician was graduat
ed although it may have been fn-
i mous before Hitler.
Graduation from an American
I medical school as a prerequisite to
obtaining a license.
And there are still other restric-
i tions.
Added to this is the fact that
| many local medical societies deny
j membership to alien physicians,
even those duly licensed, because
of unreasoning fear of“foreigners”
as such, or because they are afraid
the emigree physicians will furnish
i too much competition. It is fre
quently stated that the reason for
I both the state and medical society
barriers is the feeling that these
emigree physicians are not prop
erly qualified, or are unethical.
That this is just a clock for baser
motives is proved by the fact that
of 1,500 refugee doctors placed by
the National Committee for the
Resettlement of Foreign Physicians
about 98 percent have filled their
posts efficiently and without com
plaints.
The army, strangely enough, is
itself guilty of barring the very
physicians for which it is clamor
ing. It declines to give foreign
physicians a commission in the
medical corps if they are not yet
citizens, but drafts them as pri
vates if they fall into the 1A cate
gory.
New York State, which has
i adopted a very laudable, sane pol
icy might well serve as an exam-
mal statements to the effect that | many individual Catholics have
Admiral Taussig had been ex- condemned him, but the Church
pressing only his own views, not! itself has taken no stand. Of
those of any departmnt of the
government.
"Admiral Taussig had the mis
fortune to air his views at a time
course, its argument is that it can
not interfere in the personal views
of its priests in matters other than
religion. However, it is a matter
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when it was Washington’s policy record that when some years
to appease Japan by shipping her
immense quantities of aviation
gasoline and scrap iron and to let
her build up reserve supplies of
munitions which are now being
ago. a priest. Father Edward Mc-
Glinn. began delivering addresses
in favor of Henry George’s theory
of the single tax, the Vatican did
interfere. He was thrown out of
flung at the American fighters in 1 ^' s pulpit, though later in view of
the Philippines and the East In- | ,he P* eat following of Father Mc-
dies. | Glinn he was restored to his
“Regardless of his embarrassing c ^ urc •
timing, the opinions of Admiral] "'hat was the sin of McGlirm?
■ Taussig were entitled to more re- | was advocating an economic
! spect than they received, since he ] re f° rm which its adherents believe
had a distinguished naval record j wou ^ eliminate poverty. Father
and was renowned as a strategist j McGlinn was a thorough going
I and student of Oriental affairs.
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1 pie for the rest of the country. In
i New York and a few other states
any qualified physician may take
his license examinations if he has
| taken out his first papers.
It is estimated that at least 1,500
] refugee physicians remain to be
i placed. A sensible program that
| would enable them to make their
j services available to America
could be set up on the following
J basis: Relaxation of state rules to
j allow them to practice in rural
I communities: reasonable and uni-
] form tests of competence: and first
I papers as a requirement. In ad
dition the Army and Navy should
relax their regulations and accept
many of these sorely-needed doc
tors: and others should be drawn
into public health activities.
This is a problem that is vital
to America’s well-being both on
our battlefields and at home. Fed
eral health officials should use all
their influence so that the com
petent services of these men may
be utilized where they are most
; needed—and at present that means
most every where.
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SUNDAY. APRIL 12
3:00 p. in.—Waldean Joint Meeting for All Intermediate Girls Clubs; Alliance
Auditorium.
3:30 p. m.—Camp Daniel Morgan Boys' Camp Reunion; AlUance.
TUESDAY. APRIL 14
8:00 p. m.—“A Night at the Coparabanna" Dance; Junior Progressive Club.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 15
8:00 p. m.—Ahavath Achim Sisterhood Gama Night; Educational Center.
SUNDAY. APRIL 19
3:30 p. m.—Camp Daniel Morgan Girls' Camp Reunion; Alliance.
5:30 p. m.—Alliance Dramatic Club presentation; Alliance.
7:30 p. m.—Camp Daniel Morgan Adult Camp Reunion; AlUance.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 29
8:00 p. m.—Nu Beta Epsilon Law Fraternity—Annual Meeting.
SUNDAY MAY 3
1:00 p. m.—Ninth Annual Maccahiad Track Sc Field Meet; Henry Grady Field.
TUESDAY, MAY 5
3 00 p. m.—Lenas Hatzedik Meeting; Shearith Israel Synagogue.
SUNDAY. MAY 10
8:00 a. m.—Opening of AlUance Softball Season.
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