Aspects of Jewish power in the United States $b : volume IV of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a fourth selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn IndependentFord, Henry
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Aspects of Jewish power in the United States $b : volume IV of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a fourth selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent
Ford, Henry
Antisemitic literature; Jews -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
The first case to be considered is that of Rev. William Carter, D. D.,
given in “Who’s Who in America” as pastor of the Throop Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn; author of “The Gate of Janus,” an epic
story of the War; also of “Milton and His Masterpiece” and “Studies in
the Pentateuch.” He is an extensive traveler and a lecturer of
reputation, his specialty being history and literature. At an important
Y. M. C. A. center he has lectured for thirty consecutive weeks a year
on “Current Events,” which course was so successful that he was asked by
the New York Board of Education to start a similar one at the Erasmus
High School. For ten years he has been engaged by the New York Board of
Education as special lecturer in the popular evening extension courses.
The course Dr. Carter undertook was badly run down, but in six weeks the
regular audience had been increased from 35 to 350. The plan of the
lectures was to discuss a major topic selected by the Board, a second
period was devoted to the discussion of current events, and a third
period to questions from the audience.
Now it happened that for the week of November 15, 1920—just a year
ago—the topic selected by the Board of Education was “The Racial Origins
of the American People,” a study of immigration. That is to say, Dr.
Carter was asked to study that matter and discuss it publicly before his
weekly lecture audience at Erasmus School. He did so, taking time to
make a serious investigation of all phases of the subject.
He showed that just before the war—thirty days before the war—the
highest peak of immigration was reached; the year ending June 30, 1914,
having seen 1,403,000 aliens enter this country. Analyzing this great
flood, he showed that whereas six per cent came from Great Britain and
two per cent came from Scandinavian countries, over ten per cent were
Jews. The doctor’s subject was “The _Racial_ Origins of the American
People.”
Again, on the subject, “What Has Immigration Done for America?”—this
subject also scheduled by the Board of Education—Dr. Carter showed that
some parts of Europe had given their worst instead of their best, and
stated that the lowest percentage of immigration came from the best
developed and most desirable countries, while the largest percentage
came from the least desirable. For example, he differentiated between
the desirable Italians and those who form the material for Black Hand
activities. Speaking of Russia and Austro-Hungary, he made a reference
to the Jews.
But Dr. Carter made a mistake—perhaps two. It is always difficult to
tell just where the line falls between fear of giving offense and fear
of being unfair. In any event, Dr. Carter gave every evidence of, let us
say, fear of being unfair. But it is fear, and a Jew scents fear a long
way; the man who fears even though he fear to be unfair is already
marked by the Jew who may happen to be stationed to watch him.
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