THE POWER OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS TO BAR 50 JEWISH REFUGEE PHYSICIANS FROM PRACTICE FOR FAILING TO TAKE A STATE EXAMINATION WILL BE TESTED IN AN ACTION STARTED IN THE STATE SUPREME COURT. THE SUIT, ASKING AN ORDER INSTRUCTING THE BOARD TO GRANT LICENSES TO THE GERMAN REFUGEES, HAS BEEN INSTITUTED BY SAMUEL UNTERMYER AND SAMUEL LIEBOWITZ ON BEHALF OF A PROMINENT GYNECOLOGIST AND OBSTETRICIAN.
PAPERS IN THE CASE POINT OUT THAT BEFORE SEPT. 23, 1936, 350 PHYSICIANS WERE ADMITTED TO PRACTICE WITHOUT BEING OBLIGED TO TAKE THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION, BUT THAT AFTER THAT DATE THE BOARD REQUIRED AN EXAMINATION.
ALL 50 DOCTORS HAVE OBTAINED THEIR FIRST CITIZENSHIP PAPERS AND HAVE PASSED EXAMINATIONS IN ENGLISH. THEY INCLUDE SEVERAL OUTSTANDING SPECIALISTS. THE GYNECOLOGIST IS CREDITED WITH IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN HIS FIELD. HE FORMERLY WAS AN INSTRUCTOR IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AT BRESLAU.
THE PAPERS WERE SERVED ON DR. ERNEST E. COLE, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND COUNSELOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. IT WILL BE HEARD IN OCTOBER BY JUSTICE WILLIAM T. COLLINS.
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