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[–] pissfractal 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

1897: SCHIFF THE TROJAN HORSE

Schiff's most history-altering accomplishment would have to be the role of 'Trojan Horse' which he played in the late 1890's. At a time when Jewish influence in America was relatively minor, and Jewish numbers were yet very small, it was Schiff's cajoling of the outgoing U.S. President, and former New York Governor, Grover Cleveland (D) that prevented the massive wave of Jewish immigration to America from being shut down.

The Immigration Bill of 1897 would have required immigrants to pass a literacy test; something that Russian Jews would not have been able to do. After passing both Houses of Congress, Cleveland's veto, induced by Schiff, saved the day for the incoming Communist and Zionist Jews of Russia.

Jewish historian Lawrence J Epstein writes:

"It is staggering to consider the alternative course American Jewish history would have taken had this measure passed."

http://www.tomatobubble.com/id695.html