56 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW
STATEMENT OF DR. HERBERT FRIEDENWALD, WASHINGTON. D. C
The Crarrman. Would you please state, Doctor, to the reporter,
so that he may have it, your name, residence, and occupation. Your
name is Dr. Herbert Friedenwald?
Doctor Friepenwarp. Yes, sir.
~The Crammax., You reside at 1509 Sixteenth Street NW., Wash-
ington ?
Doctor FriepENwaLp. Yes, sir.
The Cuairman. Your occupation, if you please.
Doctor Frizpexwarp. Retired. If you will permit me, I might
say [hat a very dear friend of mine was your friend, Harris Wein-
stock.
The Cratrmaxn. There was no finer man nor better American than
Harris Weinstock.
Doctor Friepexwarp. I agree with you.
The Cuairmaxn. Doctor, we are holding a hearing on a resolution
presented by Senator Nye having for its purpose the postponement
of the national-origins clause of the immigration law, and we would
be very glad if you would proceed in your own way to present your
views.
Senator Nye. Doctor, in a conversation with you a few days ago
you disclosed your origin.
Doctor Frrepexwarp. I did.
Senator Nye. Are you going to cover that? I would be very
glad if you would.
Doctor Friepenwarp. I think it would be interesting information
for the committee.
Senator Nye. I am sure it would.
Doctor Friepexwarp. As we are considering national origins,
though appreciative of the situation, I trust you will indulge me
if I venture to state that I am one of the very large family of my
name, whose forebears settled in Baltimore almost 100 years ago.
My father was born in Baltimore. His father and his father’s
father were immigrants to this country. My father’s youngest
brother, Dr. Aaron Friendenwald, between whom and my father
there was a perfect Cheryble brothers relationship (or if the
classicists among you prefer, a Damon and Pythias relationship)
was the first of the long line of medical Doctors Friedenwald of
Baltimore, unto the third generation, all of whom have attained great
distinction in their profession. Senator and Doctor Copeland is in
position to verify my statement, and if any ome of you is curious
to know any details, I refer you to Who’s Who in America.
In passing I may add that the first of the Doctors Freidenwald
studied medicine in Baltimore. After graduation in the University
of Maryland Medical School, he determined to become an oculist,
and as he fittingly was a man of vision, even so far back as the early
sixties, he sailed for Europe in order to perfect himself in the branch
of his profession where it was best known and taught. Upon his
return to Baltimore he became professor of ophthalmology and dean
at the old College of Physicians and Surgeons, now merged with the
University of Maryland. So much for my father’s side.
On my mother’s side, she came nf a family of the name of Ahlborn.
Her father’s father, my great-grandfather, was a Hanoverian Ger-
