Ifc Canadian English-Jewish Weekly
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MONTREAL, JUNE 1, 1951
No. 35
O GROUPS CHARGE BIAS >F MEDICAL SCHOOLS \Y PERSONAL INTERVIEW
^Continued use of the personal to discriminate against ish applicants for admission charged against medical col-in New York State by the rican Jewish Congress and the York State Committee on lity in Education, arurvey conducted by the two itione showed also that Ro-Cathoiic applicants received favorable treatment than ints, according to Shad �, vice president of the Amer-Jewish Congress. Mr. Poller the State Department of ition to investigate alleged L&kros of the Quinn-O life Law ~">iting; racial or religious die-ition in echooiB. The report ioned the Cornell University School as the worst of-r, aocordiog to the New York
survey sought to study the school admission experi-of the seventy-two pre-students who had received scholarships last year and ^applied to one or more of the .medical schools in New York, to questionnaires came sixty-one of the winners � [Jews, twelve Protestants, and Catholics.
answers showed that tie applicants bad as high a
Sot ultimate success in x> one or another med-as had non-Jewish stu-the Jews had to do more around before they were Up to the time replies ' �H but five Jewish winners of p* ^WIMj^ftceepted by college. -v> Jewish students, hojirever, Am
the Catholic stodante^ffltd �:1 the Protestants 8.7.
Mr. Poller said the averages gave a somewhat distorted view because one Catholic student had reported haying filed the unusually large number of twenty applica-
tions. He said H 'Was more appropriate to compare median rather than average mrifcber of applications per acceptance. The medians were 6.5 Applications for the Jewish students and three for non-Jews.
Mr. Poller said in a letter to Chancellor John P. Myers of the State Board of Regents that the survey showed the same sort of discrimination as that in a similar study made by the American Jewish Congress a year ago among the 1949 state scholarship winners.
Virtually all the discrimination rm the medical schools was laid to the personal interview. The report said that educational qualifications of all the scholarship winners were uniformly high. It said, that on the basis of written applications, which do not specify race or reliinon, admissions officers had found 68 per cent of the Jewish a-rid 62.9 per cent of the non-Jewish applications "impressive enough for interviews to be awarded."
Asserting that removal of race and religious questions from written application forms had not eliminated "the quota system," the report said: "It must be concluded that the interview has replaced the application form, in some schools at least, as a method of ascertain-tog religion/ and applying discriminatory quota policies."
The difference between Cornell and New York University Medical Schools in their treatment of Jewish applicants was called "startling" in the report, says the New York Times. Figures showed that of twenty-seven Jewish winners of scholarships who applied for admission at Cornell Medical School, fourteen bad lut^vlewjfc and none
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York Xm&mtf fw�%tf<*rr had interviews aod eighteen were accepted.
The report noted that the difference between the statistical rates of all Jewish and non-Jewish (Continued on Page Sixteen)
Says Persecution Musi Be Viewed
As Crime
Bolstering its argument with a declaration made by U.S. President Benjamin Harrison in' 1891, the World Jewish Congress declared that the persecution of minorities must be considered an international crime even if not undertaken in connection with war or preparation for war. The statement was made in a memorandum sent to U.N. Secretary-General Lie for transmission to the International Law Commission now holding its third session in Geneva, Switzerland. The Commission has been instructed by the General Assembly to prepare a draft code of offenses against the peace and security of mankind "indicating clearly the place to be accorded there to the Nuremberg principles."
"The WJC memorandum, submitted by Dr. Nehemiah Robiraon, Adviser on Legal Affairs, and l>r. Maurice L. Perltfweig, Consultant to the Economic and Social Council, took issue with the conclusion reached at an earlier session of the Commission that the draft code should exclude offenses which had been committed otherwise than i<a connection with hostilities or with specific war crimes. In other words, the Commission 'had considered such acts simply as crimes covered by the ordinary law of the country in which they were committed and not as crimes violating international law.
The conclusion, the WJC said, failed to take into account, historic precedents in which intervention to counter inhuman persecution of minorities occurred even though peace was not menaced by such acts. As ions; ago as 1891, it was pointed out,. ieew*<fca^
HoM Fate Of Refugees Rests On Arab-Israeli Peace
Unrest among Arab refugees. from the new state of Israel is increasing1 rapidly fund constitutes a serious threat not only to the peace of the Near East but of the world, United States delegates to the Beirut refugee conference reportep!.
The conference was sponsored by the'j/World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council and was attended by fifty delegates drawav from the Protestant, Anglican, and Orthodox churches of ten nations. Its purpose was to demonstrate the concern of Christians for the refugees and to enlist the aid of the Christian community in alleviating their condition. ,
A statement of policy approved by the conference and made pub-He by the United States delegates urged a prompt settlement of political differences between Israel and the Arab states, continued assistance to the refugees by the United Nations and voluntary agencies and a program to make possible the return of some refugees to their former 'homes and the resettlement of others in existing communities where they could be absorbed into the population.
The conference, which sent delegates to make first-hand inspections of refugee camps, declared it was shocked by the conditions prevailing there. At present there are about 750,000 refugees scattered in camps w five countries bordering on Israel. About 10 peT cent are Christians', the others Moslems.
"They have suffered grievous physical and material losses but their, mental, moral and spiritual, hurt has perhaps been even greater," the conference statement
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ist 'Russia arid amid: "Banishment whether by direct decree or by not less certain indirect methods of so large a number of men and women is not a local question... The suggestion of 'humanity furnishes ample ground for the remonstrances which have been presented to Rug-
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The Law Commission, the WJC memorandum added, also ignored the evolution of international law dealing witih protection of human rights- since the establishment of the United Nations. The memorandum specifically pointed out that the Genocide Convention adopted by the General Assembly "does not make any distinction between acts committed in time of war or in time of peace" and that, under the General Assembly's Resolution 290 (IV) on Essentials of Peace, serious violations of human rights, no matter where they occur or what their purpose, could be regarded as menacing to international peace.
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^situation it. divided an�onr^*n*v nations arid grovps, including
Christians, the coniterence found. Like refugees elsewhere, the displaced Palestinians are victims of a catastrophe for which they themselves are not responsible, it was said.
"We are convinced that there can* be no permanent solution of the problem of the Palestinian refugees until there is a settlement of the outstanding political differences Between the Arab states and/ Israel, the conference said. "Churches are not competent to lay down the lines of a political solution. It is the duty of all governments in cooperation with the (Continued on Page Sixteen)
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New Quarterly To Be Forum For All Jews
Publication of a new quarterly magazine, "Judaism," devoted to the religion, ethical and philosophic ideals of Jewish life, will begin in the fall, it was announced w New York by Dr. Robert Gordis, professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary and chairman of the board* of editors, and Rabbi Irving Miller, president of the American Jewish Congress.
Rabbi Miller and Dr. Gordis both emphasised that the publication will be unique in that, instead of being dedicated to any one group in American Judaism, it will furnish a forum for Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstruction-ista and unaffiliated Jews. While the editors and sponsors expect the magazine to appeal primarily to a Jewish audience, they hope it will be read by a large non-Jewish group as well, since the problems to be discussed wiH include contemporary matters affecting all people*.
"The political, economic and military problems of our desperate age are in a deepest sense of reflection of the spiritual malaise and intellectual confusion of our times," Dr. Gordis said. "This recognition explains the quest in many eireles for a world-view which will preserve baste moral values as the surest foundations of a democratic society dedicated to the digwity and welKbeing of mac In this quest, Judaism, tbs ancestral rail lion of ths Western world, has � imiqos sad vita] esutrftuUow so
Assails Arms Aid To Arabs From U.S., Britain
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel said in Chicago, III., that his nation was the strongest military power in the Middle East, apart from Turkey, that was capable of fightmg "for human liberty and democracy."
At the same time, the 66-year-old ranking Israeli official declared that the Arab nations were receiving arms from Britain, and "also from this country." He warned that "even a .child in the Middle East knows well that Egypt or Iraq or Syria or Lebanon or Saudi Arabia will never lift a finger either for or against the United States, either for or against Russia, and if they will use their arms it will be only against us."
Mr. Ben-Gurion e raphe sized the imperative necessity for the strengthening of his nation's defense "for our sake, for the sake of those who are there, for the sake of the entire Jewish people and for the sake of human liberty." He said thaVhi* nation, which recently celebrated its third anniversary, was now stronger than two irs ego, reports the New York
Israel's three major problems, he said, were defense, immigration, and colonization. On defense he referred to the war in Palestine three years ago, saying: "We defeated our enemies but we are not yet secure; our neighbors refuse to make peace with us and tnsy are being strengthened."
Tne Prime MiniiUr said that his country adhered strongly to a policy of unlimited immigration �because, otherwise, it would be a betrayal of our entire history." Ht said tnat say limitation upon immigration "would be a denial of the raasoe for tbs sstahlishsnat of the Jewish
American Jewish Committee Reports Iron Country Terrorism Of Jews
Jews in Poland, Hungary, and Rumania have been largely pauperized by the Communist regimes in those countries and are now being subjected to a reign of terror aimed at eradicating Zionist sentiment and discouraging emigration to Israel, the American Jewish Committee reports.
Large numbers of Jews have beer* arrested in these countries and put to forced labor. The few Jewish organizations permitted by the Governments of Pola-nd, Hungary and Rumania have been repeatedly purged iiv efforts to remove officers or members suspected of Zionist sympathies.
Jewish religious life in these countries is under the rule of Communist officials and has deteriorated seriously along with Jewish communal organizations. Jewish schools and other cultural institutions have also declined sharply in number.
The large number of Jews in these countries formerly engaged as small business men, artisans, amd\ professional workers have been expropriated in many eases and reduced to common laborers. Lacking skills, they have difficulty finding new jobs and such employment \as they do find is frequently of the: least remunerative kind. In Hungary only the relief activity of the Joint Distribution Committee saves thousands of Jews from the most desperate economic situation, reports the New York Times.
Agitation against Zionism and against emigration to Israel is the chief task assigned such Jewish organizations as are permitted to exist. The remaining Yiddish newspapers devote much of their space to propagandizing reports about the- difficult conditions of Hfe..jn Israel aod to assailing that
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Some Jews who iiav% returned
tafter 'having been in Israel are ibeing used extensively to promote this sentiment.
Almost a half million' Jews re-maim in these countries, more than ihalf of them in Rumania, about 150,000 in Hungary, and roughly 40,000 in Poland. About 26,000 Jews left Poland in the last year and a half. Hungary has prohibited emigration except for a small number of persons having relatives jm Israel ami some miscellaneous categories. Many Jews have been arrested; for seeking to leave the country illegally while others do succeed. Doctors, engineers, and architects are not allowed to leave Polamd.
The content of propaganda being directed at Jews in these countries ds ktidicatedi toy this statement made by the former head of the Central Committee of Jews in Poland: "We must strive to inspire our children iwith the spirit of the North (Koreans so that they may grow -up to be fearless fighters, ready to sacrifice themselves for Socialism and Peace." Loyalty to � Communism, opposition to Jewish nationalism, and hatred the West are the chief themes in this propaganda.
Expropriated and pauperized Jews kv Hungary have been forced into black marketing and speculative activities because of their inability to integrate themselves into the new Communaet economy after dosing their old positions. As a result they form a large percentage of Hungarians arrested for violating the economic laws existing in that country.
Efforts to "productivize" the Jews in Hungary and Rumania by giving them jobs in nationalized �industry or elsewhere have been only md^^renU/^a^c^^u^^jn^
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