National Affairs: Jobs & Jews

There is a section of U. S. public opinion which distrusts the more radical measures of the New Deal and blames them on the Jewish advisers of President Roosevelt. Year ago the American Hebrew pointed with pride to the list of Jews serving in the Administration or acting as advisers to the President. By last week the undercurrent of talk about the "Jewish influence" in Washington had become such a steady buzz throughout the land that the same magazine was prompted to publish another article entitled "Exploding the Myth of a 'Jewish Hierarchy'."...

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