The creation of two new medical and health centers as part of the state university system of New York, to provide training for doctors, dentists, nurses and dental hygienists, was urged today in testimony at a public hearing of the Committee on Medical Education Centers of the Board of Trustees of the State University System at the city Bar Association by Dr. Irving Graef, member of the executive committee of the American Jewish Committee.
Dr. Graef testified on behalf of the A.J.C., the American Jewish Congress, the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, the Jewish Labor Committee, the Jewish War Veterans and the Brooklyn Jewish Community Council.
The statement submitted on behalf of the six Jewish agencies cited the report prepared last year by Gov. Dewey’s Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University, and indicated the existence of significant barriers against admission of Jews to certain New York medical schools. “It is plain,” he stated, “that the private medical colleges have failed to provide adequate opportunities for medical education for rural youth^ women and the members of certain minority groups. State-supported medical schools providing additional training facilities and pursuing non-discriminatory admissions policies will be important corrective factors in this situation.”
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