In the opening lecture of a series sponsored by the Montreal branch of the Federation of Young Judaea of Canada, and the Young Men’s Hebrew Association, S. W. Jacobs, K.C., M.P., representative at Ottawa, for the Cartier Division, made a strong plea for a more generous admission to Canada for the Jewish people, who, he stated, were not found in the “soup line” in large cities.
Mr. Jacobs added that for the past 13 years, he had been attempting to convince other representatives at Ottawa that the Jewish immigrant should be encouraged to come to Canada, but that he had not succeeded in doing so. He pointed out that prospective Jewish immigrants to Canada had obstacles in their path which will in all probability prevent the migration of any great number of Jews to this country. The Jews who want to emigrate live mostly in the “non-preferred class” countries of central and southern Europe, which enables only a small number to enter into the Dominion of Canada.
Mr. Jacobs has been affiliated actively with the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada for a number of years, and has often pleaded on behalf of the Jewish immigrant in the House of Commons, where he is known as the “Mark Twain” of that body, because of his witty and original humor.
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