Opposition to a bill introduced in both houses of Congress and passed by the Senate without debate, which would make it impossible for a refugee doctor to secure medical licenses in the District of Columbia, is expressed in a New York Times editorial. The bill requires that an applicant for a license to practice medicine in the District would have to be not only of good moral character, as at present, but also an American citizen.
“The bill should be voted down,” the Times urges. “If passed, it will make all the more difficult the relaxation of laws and medical society rules that now prevent us from utilizing the services of foreign physicians. “The editorial points out that “inasmuch as President Roosevelt and the Department of Justice have considered it necessary to urge employers not to discharge alien workers of known loyalty, there is every reason why we should make the most of foreign physicians now sorely needed.”
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