Unique find in 1939 College Paper

Page  2 of a 1939 Yale Daily News edition: 

An editorial titled "The Refugee Tragedy" the unnamed author expresses overwhelming sympathy for the plight of the Jewish refugees, characterizing the turning away of the 918 Jewish refugees from Cuba as, "a modern horror so repugnant...that it lowers the dignity of the modern world to the level of bestiality." 

Although crediting the United States for "trying to face up to its responsibilities to human values," the offer does not reference how, (interesting, since America did not intervene to help in this particular situation). The author further points out the selfish attitude of the Yale community who "talk about jobs for Americans first, forgetting that in the case of the Jewish refugees, their need is indeed greater than ours."

This commentary offers historians a peek into at least one very pro-refugee sentiment existing in the 1939 Yale campus culture; how it may have changed as the war progressed is yet to be discovered. 

Published to History Unfolded project, June 14, 2017