Senator Lodge—“Undoubtedly. What I want to get at is whether the word ‘Jew’ or ‘Hebrew’ is not a correct racial term?”
Mr. Wolf—“If you will pardon me, you will find a letter from Dr. Cyrus Adler right at the close of the pamphlet, which perhaps you might read for the benefit of the committee.”
Senator Lodge—(after reading the letter re¬ ferred to) “I do not think that answers any¬ thing.” * * * Senator Lodge—“It never occurred to me until I heard you were coming here that the classi¬ fication as made by the immigration authorities had anything to do with religion. I supposed it was a race classification. It is important, very important, to get the race classification as nearly as we can.” * * * Mr. Wolf—“You are aware that the Census Bureau some time ago attempted to classify in the same manner and it was prohibited from do¬ ing so.”
Senator Lodge—“The word ‘race’ was stricken out of the census bill. I think it was a great mistake. It makes the returns almost valueless.”
Mr. Wolf—“I can simply repeat what I have said—that I am voicing the opinions of those whom I represent—the Union of American He¬ brew Congregations, and the Order of B’nai B’rith. They are opposed to the classification as made in the last few years and as contemplated, so far as I am informed, in the report of the commission.”
HOW JEWS IN U. S. CONCEAL THEIR STRENGTH 17 The hearings continued, Julian W. Mack later appearing for the Jewish contention.
From the extracts given in this article, four matters become very clear:
First, the Jew is opposed to any restrictive legis¬ lation against his entrance into a country.