Milton Friedman, the conservative
economist and guru, coined the Minimum Wage Act as the most anti-Negro
legislation of American history. I’ve
known about that for a long time, perhaps a decade.
So what was the most anti-Semitic
legislation in history?
I have to write about history. This happened when the Southern Democrats
were backing anti-Negro policies. The
legislation did have a great effect on Jews who were suffering during the
Holocaust. As you probably know our
nation did not stand up for Jews during those years. We were kept out of the United States, well
not entirely, but I have written that the United States turned its back on
almost everyone except the quota of 12,000 a year. So it was much more than just the Jews on the
St. Louis that were kept out. There was
anti-Semitism in the government at that time and the family of Franklin D.
Roosevelt was part of that episode. And
that anti-Semitism continued and continued even among Republicans like Richard
Nixon who helped create the anti-Negro strategy with his advisors. And today Senator Tony Scott of South
Carolina stands tall to be a Republican.
How tall I do not know. Let’s
take a look at the history.
There were James Francis Byrne and
Coleman Livingston Blease. Both of them
were in politics and Blease helped pass the Immigration Act in 1929 which
included Section 1325 and Herbert Hoover, a Republican, was president at the
time. He objected but he went
along. So these Democrats in the South passed
important legislation that prevented Jewish lives from being saved during the
Holocaust as illegal Jews could have crossed the Mexican border in greater
numbers. My readings years ago taught me
that there were undocumented or illegal Jews in the United States during the
1940s. Now the mere mention of the law
and those people who use that law should be reprehensible to Jews and others;
however, the times have changed since a cross-section of people still support
actions under that law. This is the
double-cross, particularly of Jews around Donald Trump who have not done enough
to stop the law of 1929. Now Julian
Castro wishes to end that law and we should make it known that the law was
probably the most anti-Semitic law of the last one hundred years or more. Our whole nation should know these things.
Byrne defeated Blease in South
Carolina and took his place in Congress.
And it should be no surprise to Jewish people that Byrne supported
Republicans often, including Senator Strom Thurman when he became a Republican
in 1964. Here is some precise measure of
what was going on in 1964. “The Civil
Rights Act was signed on July 2, 1964. In the presidential elections that year,
94 percent of nonwhite voters voted for Johnson boosting him to a win over
Barry Goldwater. But Goldwater, a
Republican, managed to win five Southern states in that election, which was
unheard of for a Republican.” The
Republicans who favored segregation were starting to build a new base that was
anti-Negro. Senator Scott must have his
reasons for being Republican and he might have bought into the theory that
Democrats have held African-Americans back from greater success. The only fact of all of this goes back to
Milton Friedman who knew that the chart on unemployment would have shown US
that everyone could have been employed in America if wages remained low. A raise to the minimum wage did have an
impact on that, but poverty would have remained rampant and that was not good
back then and it continues to threaten the United States even today.
There was a recent video of African
Americans discussing Donald Trump’s help for African Americans where Reverend
Darrell Scott mentioned the greatness of Donald Trump to
African-Americans. He was quickly
repudiated by a pastor from Georgia.
Scott hangs around Donald Trump and people like Rabbi Boteach. With anti-Semitism being higher in
African-American communities in America and all the things going on below the
surface of this titanic moment in our nation that is bad, I strongly believe
that anti-Semitism can only increase with the policies of Donald Trump and his
total disregard for the agent of African-Americans (the N.A.A.C.P. which was
found with the help of Jews). The
comment about probably the most pro-Black president is mostly propaganda.
And getting back to the war over the
wall and immigration leads me to write that the very high anti-Semitism among
Hispanics combined with the same chemicals of Trump rhetoric and polices will
only lead to additional hatred of America and Jews once things settle
down. Even though most Jews are against
Trump’s politics and Jewish organizations are on the frontline helping, those
Jews closest to the leadership in Washington, D.C. will be strongly remembered
as the collaborators that have destroyed lives and hopes and dreams.
This is from a report of the
Anti-Defamation League in 2013.
Minority Groups and Anti-Semitism
The poll also looked at anti-Semitic
views among significantly large minority groups:
Hispanics: Once again, Hispanic
Americans born outside of the U.S. are significantly more likely than Hispanics
born in the U.S. to hold anti-Semitic views.
According to the survey, 36 percent of foreign-born Hispanics hold
anti-Semitic views, as compared to 14 percent of U.S.-born Hispanics. Those findings represent a welcome decline
from 2011, when 42 percent of foreign-born Hispanics, and 20 percent of U.S.
born Hispanics held anti-Semitic views.
African Americans: For many years,
anti-Semitic views among the African American have remained consistently higher
than the general population. In 2013, 20
percent of African Americans expressed strongly anti-Semitic views, an
encouraging decrease of nine percentage points from the previous survey in
2011.
“We are heartened by the significant
drop in the levels within both the Hispanic community and the African-American
community,” said Mr. Foxman. “While the
changes are significant, it is still troubling to see such a high number for
foreign-born Hispanics. It shows that immigrants to the United States bring
with them deeply ingrained anti-Semitic attitudes, and that we must remain
vigilant in working to counter these attitudes among the foreign born.”
How did Goldwater win those states
back then? He won those states by opposing the Civil Rights Act.
According
to U.S. immigration officials, Mexicans made nearly 1 million official border
crossings into the United States during the 1920s. They arrived at a port of
entry, paid an entry fee and submitted to any required tests, such as literacy
and health. Then 1325 was passed in
1929.
With a
Republican in the White House and Republican majorities in both houses, the
Democrats could not have possibly passed the legislation in 1929 by
itself. A large amount of Republicans
had to be complicit. The colors are
represented by the following: the reds and pink are Republican with 80 percent
majorities in deep red and the blues are Democrats with the 80 percent majority
in deep blue.
House seats by party holding plurality
in state
80+% to 100% Democratic
80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic
60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic
Up to 60% Republican
The senate listings are available and
it is much easier to count the numbers since there were 96 senators at that
time. You will see that Democrats were
the minority and even if New York State Democrats voted along with all other
Democrats that it needed Republican support to pass. I tried to find the actual voting, but I
could not.
Senate[edit]
Senators were elected every two years,
with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the
names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of
their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this
Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term ended with
this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began
in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.
Alabama[edit]
2. James Thomas Heflin (D)
3. Hugo Black (D)
Arizona[edit]
1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
3. Carl Hayden (D)
Arkansas[edit]
2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
California[edit]
1. Hiram Johnson (R)
3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)
Colorado[edit]
2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
3. Charles W. Waterman (R)
Connecticut[edit]
1. Frederic C. Walcott (R)
3. Hiram Bingham III (R)
Delaware[edit]
1. John G. Townsend, Jr. (R)
2. Daniel O. Hastings (R)
Florida[edit]
1. Park Trammell (D)
3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
Georgia[edit]
2. William J. Harris (D)
3. Walter F. George (D)
Idaho[edit]
2. William Borah (R)
3. John W. Thomas (R)
Illinois[edit]
2. Charles S. Deneen (R)
3. Otis F. Glenn (R)
Indiana[edit]
1. Arthur Raymond Robinson (R)
3. James Eli Watson (R)
Iowa[edit]
2. Daniel F. Steck (D)
3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)
Kansas[edit]
2. Arthur Capper (R)
3. Henry Justin Allen (R), April 1,
1929 – November 30, 1930
George McGill (D), from December 1,
1930
Kentucky[edit]
2. Frederic M. Sackett (R), until
January 9, 1930
John M. Robsion (R), January 11, 1930
– November 30, 1930
Ben M. Williamson (D), from December
1, 1930
3. Alben W. Barkley (D)
Louisiana[edit]
2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)
Maine[edit]
1. Frederick Hale (R)
2. Arthur R. Gould (R)
Maryland[edit]
1. Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)
3. Millard Tydings (D)
Massachusetts[edit]
1. David I. Walsh (D)
2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Michigan[edit]
1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
2. James J. Couzens (R)
Minnesota[edit]
1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)
2. Thomas D. Schall (R)
Mississippi[edit]
1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)
2. Pat Harrison (D)
Missouri[edit]
1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R)
3. Harry B. Hawes (D)
Montana[edit]
1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)
Nebraska[edit]
1. Robert B. Howell (R)
2. George W. Norris (R)
Nevada[edit]
1. Key Pittman (D)
3. Tasker Oddie (R)
New Hampshire[edit]
2. Henry W. Keyes (R)
3. George H. Moses (R)
New Jersey[edit]
1. Hamilton Fish Kean (R)
2. Walter Evans Edge (R), until
November 21, 1929
David Baird, Jr. (R), November 30,
1929 – December 2, 1930
Dwight Morrow (R), from December 3,
1930
New Mexico[edit]
1. Bronson M. Cutting (R)
2. Sam G. Bratton (D)
New York[edit]
1. Royal S. Copeland (D)
3. Robert F. Wagner (D)
North Carolina[edit]
2. Furnifold McLendel Simmons (D)
3. Lee Slater Overman (D), until
December 12, 1930
Cameron A. Morrison (D), from December
13, 1930
North Dakota[edit]
1. Lynn Frazier (R)
3. Gerald Nye (R)
Ohio[edit]
1. Simeon D. Fess (R)
3. Theodore E. Burton (R), until
October 28, 1929
Roscoe C. McCulloch (R), November 5,
1929 – November 30, 1930
Robert J. Bulkley (D), from December
1, 1930
Oklahoma[edit]
2. William B. Pine (R)
3. Elmer Thomas (D)
Oregon[edit]
2. Charles L. McNary (R)
3. Frederick Steiwer (R)
Pennsylvania[edit]
1. David A. Reed (R)
3. Vacant,[1] until December 9, 1929
Joseph R. Grundy (R), December 11,
1929 – December 1, 1930
James J. Davis (R), from December 2,
1930
Rhode Island[edit]
1. Felix Hebert (R)
2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)
South Carolina[edit]
2. Coleman Livingston Blease (D)
3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota[edit]
2. William H. McMaster (R)
3. Peter Norbeck (R)
Tennessee[edit]
1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Lawrence Tyson (D), until August 24,
1929
William Emerson Brock (D), from
September 2, 1929
Texas[edit]
1. Tom Connally (D)
2. Morris Sheppard (D)
Utah[edit]
1. William H. King (D)
3. Reed Smoot (R)
Vermont[edit]
1. Frank L. Greene (R), until December
17, 1930
Frank C. Partridge (R), from December
23, 1930
3. Porter H. Dale (R)
Virginia[edit]
1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
2. Carter Glass (D)
Washington[edit]
1. Clarence Dill (D)
3. Wesley Livsey Jones (R)
West Virginia[edit]
1. Henry D. Hatfield (R)
2. Guy D. Goff (R)
Wisconsin[edit]
1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)
3. John J. Blaine (R)
Wyoming[edit]
1. John B. Kendrick (D)
2. Francis E. Warren (R), until
November 24, 1929
Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R), December
5, 1929 – November 20, 1930
Robert D. Carey (R), from December 1,
1930