The attention of the House of Representatives was called today by Congressman Abraham J. Multer to an editorial in one of the leading labor papers in this country strongly opposing the proposed amendment to the Constitution that would officially recognize Christianity as the national religion of the United States.
The newspaper, Labor’s Daily, which is published by the Typographical Union and read by members of other trade unions, said: “The fact is that there are millions of citizens in the country who are not Christians, nor even believers, and have exactly the same rights as the devout against being exiled from identification with their country. Jewish groups alone represent more than five million American citizens.”
“It is natural, ” said the editorial, “that organized Jewish groups are rallying to fight the proposed amendment. It is even more heartening that the American Civil Liberties Union is preparing to intervene. A number of groups committed to separation of church and state are taking alarm.”
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