Digest of Public Opinion on Jewish Matters

[The purpose of the Digest is informative. Preference is given to papers not generally accessible to our readers. Quotation does not indicate approval.–Editor.]

The recommendations of Secretary of Labor Davis to facilitate the uniting of families separated by the quota law are viewed favorably by the N. Y. “Times” of Dec. 11, which writes, in part:

“Most of the abuses so patent in the temporary acts that preceded this permanent law (of 1924) have been corrected. Instances of injustice are now fortunately rare. But even if the proposed changes are put into effect, there are difficulties in the way of families which do not migrate entire at the same time. It is a common practice for the father, sometimes accompanied by his oldest children, to come to this country and establish himself before he brings over his wife and younger children. He sometimes has difficulty in getting his family within the quota when he is ready to have them come. The Secretary of Labor has therefore proposed that some sort of family visa be issued, good for a longer period than the ordinary visas, which would entitle the members not sailing with the father to follow him within a stated period.”

BENNY FRIEDMAN

The opinion that the rise of Benny Friedman, the Michigan athlete who is considered as America’s greatest quarterback today, will serve as an inspiring example for many Jewish boys to enter the field of sports, is expressed in the Detroit “Times” by Frank Mac Donell, sport writer, who says:

“The Middle West has been shy of great football players of Jewish descent. With Benny Friedman as an ideal many Jewish lads will attempt to emulate him on the chalk fields of western gridirons. And with Benny Friedman’s character and manliness as an ideal, many a Jewish lad will be sent to college even though they care not for football. Friedman means much to football and a great deal to education.”