ALBEN W. BARKLEY, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, LAST NIGHT PRAISED THE JEWS AS “THE RACIAL GULF STREAM TO WARM THE SHORES OF ALL HUMANITY FROM MOSES TO OUR PRESENT DAY.” THE KENTUCKY SENATOR, ADDRESSING THE DINNER CLOSING THE TWO-DAY CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF YESHIVA AND YESHIVA COLLEGE, URGED THAT “WE GUARD OUR OWN COUNTRY AGAINST THE GROWTH OF CONDITIONS” THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO LOSS OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL EQUALITY IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE EXISTENCE OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS, HE DECLARED, AND “THE TOLERANT ATTITUDE OF ALL CREEDS AND ALL RACES TOWARD ONE ANOTHER IS INDISPENSABLE TO THE PRESERVATION OF DEMOCRACY. TOLERANCE IS NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY. IT IS A PART OF IT.”
THE ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A $1,000,000 DRIVE FOR THE YESHIVA, THE ONLY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES UNDER JEWISH AUSPICES IN AMERICA. OF THIS QUOTA, $500,000 WILL BE APPLIED TO LIQUIDATE INDEBTEDNESS, $100,000 AS A MAINTENANCE DEFICIT FUND, $250,000 TO ESTABLISH CHAIRS FOR JEWISH SCHOLARS FROM GERMANY AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF PERSECUTION, AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GIFTED AND NEEDY STUDENTS, $100,000 FOR A GRADUATE SCHOOL AND $50,000 FOR AUGMENTING AND ENLARGING THE LIBRARY.
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