Evening star., 1938-10-13
JEWS PLEAD HERE
FOR PALESTINE.
Appeal to Hull and British
Embassy to Avoid
Closing of Area.

American Jewry today pleaded with
both the State Department and the
British Embassy to urge that the Brit
ish government avoid closing Palestine
to Jewish immigration.
Secretary of State Hull, who has
received thousands of letters and tele-
grams on the subject, said the United
States was giving full attention to the
question.
A distinguished delegation of Jewish
leaders conferred with Sir Ronald
Lindsay, British Ambassador, this
morning. They carried memorandum
voicing the deep concern Of Jews
throughout the United States over the
impending decision of the British gov
ernment whether to stop Jewish i'm
migration into Palestine.
Make Call at Embassy.
The Emergency Committee on Pales-
tine, which called at the Embassy,
was headed by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
president of the American Jewish Con-
gress 1t included representatives Of
every phase of Jewish communal and
religious life in the United States.
The committee asked the Ambassa-
dor to urge Great Britain in the name
of American Jewry to "avoid radical
revisions of its Palestine policy that
would close the door to homeless and
oppressed Jews, for whom Palestine
represents the only means Of survival"
Meantime, the committee announced
that President William Green Of the
American Federation of Labor had sent
a cablegram to Sir Walter Citrine,
head Of the British trade unions, urg-
ing his support OF the committee stand.
BY radio, an appeal was carried over
the. blue network of the National
Broadcasting Co. last night by DR..
Solomon Goldman of Chicago. presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization Of
America. He spoke from the studios
Of WMAL.
Never before in the history Of
American Jewry," declared a state
ment by the committee, have all
elements in Jewish life been so keenly
disturbed over the developments which
threaten to bring about a stoppage of
Jewish immigration into Palestine
when hundreds Of thousands of refu-
gees are wandering over the face Of
Europe in desperate search for q port
of safety.
See Palestine Sacrifice"
1T has been indicated in recent
discussions between the representa-
tives of the British government and
the representatives of various Arab
states that Palestine may become an
other sacrifice in the Munich four
power agreement, with Germany and
Italy, who recently have made public
their bitter opposition to Jewish de-
velopment of Palestine, exerting great
pressure for liqufdating the Jewish
national home in Palestine"
Should Great Britain close the doors
of Palestine to Jewish refugee i'm
migration at this time while it is a
major center of migration for the
growing army of homeless and op-
pressed Jews in Central and Eastern
Europe, the statement declared, the
act would be considered major
catastrophe for Jews everywhere"
Secretary Hull received . telegram
from the Union of Orthodox Rabbis
of America to add to the thousands
Of communications ON the subject. !,
The secretary said ut his press
conference yesterday he understood
there would be no decision by the
British government on any phase Of
the question until next month. Mean
time British commission which went
to Palestine to study the situation will
have made its repds. Within \ few
days. he added. he might be able to
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