New-York tribune., 1921-09-28
Jews Vanishing
AS a Race, Says
Birth Expert
I..termarriage With Chris
tians Completing Assim-
ilation, DIR. Fishberg Tells
the Eugenics Convention
Humanity Is Benefited
Native Americans Called
Tallest of White Men;
frances Plight Revealed

The development of a typical Ameri-
can stock as a result Of three hundred
years in the Western Hemisphere was
discussed at the engenics convention
yesterday at the Museum of Natural
History. The same session brought
forth the information that the Jewish
race was disappearing. Intermarriage
to wipe out the Jews, it was said, but
the resulting strain was benefit to
white humanity, according to DR..
Maurice Fishberg.
There is scarcely Jewish family
that has no Gentle connections" he
said. when we contemplate that the
Jews constitute much less than one
fourth of one per cent of white human
ity and then observe the enormous
number of great and talented men and
women among them, it is clear that
fusion with them can only prove bene-
fetal to the white humanity of any
country.
Fusion of Races
1'The Jews who have been in the
United States for seventy-tive years
have left practically few descendants
within the fold. 1t appears that they
have been fused into and absorbed BIZ
the Christian population Of this coun-
try through intermarriage. Otherwise
there would have been here over 2Oo,-
600 Jews who can trace their ancestry
for over seventy five years as citizens
of the United States. The Spanish
and Portuguese Jews who have been
here since Colonial days have almost
completely disappeared"
DR.. Fishberg explained the increase
OF intermarrlage among Jews and
Christians by the loosening of the re-
strlctlons among the younger genera
tions of Jews, so that social inter
course with Christians was more prac-
ticable.
In Germany since 1878, he said,
% per cent of Jews have married
Christians, in Prussia and Bavaria, 80
per cent, and in Scandinavian countries
the proportion of Jews marrying out
side the pale is larger than that mar
rylng within the pale.
Developments of Traits
The gradual development Of traits
characteristic of the native American
OF old stock was outlined by Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka, of the United States National
Museum at Washington, D. c. DR..
Hrcllcka has made a study extending
over eight years and involving up
ward of seventeen hundred representa-
tlves of families at least three genera
tions native Americans.
The typical American" as revealed
by this study, is of more than mod
crate height; he is, in fact, the tallest
OF white men. He is of good proper
tion, with an oval face and largely
supdued cheek bones and rounded
lower law. He shows tendanc trvr
ard darkening skin. Strictly blond
adults are rare, as are pure backs anu
reds
"On the whole,' said the scientist.
the old American stock, while still
far from presenting a uniform type,
shows plainly advances toward such a
type in physiognonly and various other
directions, and with some exceptions
among the women, who show sub-de-
velopment of the chest. may be charac-
terlSed as one of the best and strong
est of the existing strains of the white
race"
Tragic Picture of France
tragic picture of conditions in
France, as result of the war. was
pictured by DR.. G. V. De Lapouge. of
the University of Nancy. who declared
that the death of the best young men
of France left the nation without men
OF intellect to cope with the problems
OF the day and no promise of com
ing generation Of higher intellect.
The formal sessions of the conven-
tlon closed yesterday, and to-day will
be spent in a visit to the laboratories 9
of the experimental station and eu-
genics record Office at Cold Springs
Harhor.
A permanent international eugenics
commission was created yesterday,
whose purpose will be to keep the
various national eugenics groups in
formed as to one another's progress
and take charge Of the international
conventions. Major Leonard Darwin
was elected chairman, Henry Fairfield
Osborn, vice-chairman, and DR.. Albert
Govaerts, OF Belgium, secretary. The
next convention will be in Europe,
probably in three years from now.