In the light of the numerous complaints of discriminatory and prejudicial practices in the institutions of higher learning and professional schools of this state, the Synagogue Council of America, representing all the religious branches of the Jewish community, today released a communication directed by its executive board to the Governor and leaders in both houses of the Legislature urging the prompt action on the Austin-Mahoney Bill now pending before the Legislature, which is intended to augment the functional powers and duties of the State Commission against Discrimination in the field of education.
The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League today appealed to the leaders of all progressive religious and political groups in the community to follow the example of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in supporting, by legal action, the principle involved in the court proceedings instituted some months ago by the League’s General Counsel, Julius L. Goldstein, to end the tax-exempt status of racially and religiously discriminatory public educational institutions.
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