American non-Zionist members in the Jewish Agency will do something to counteract the impression of non-Jewish groups in Palestine that forces against their real interest are at work,” he said.
In a recent statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mr. Wiley made it clear that his views on Palestine “remain unchanged” and that he shared fully the opinion of Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the Times, who has little interest in Jewish political ambitions for Palestine.
“It is to be deplored,” Mr. Wiley said, that in addition to the lands available in Palestine, many other nations do not see the opportunity for their own development by welcoming the unfortunate Jews of Europe who, because of intolerance, find life burdensome. What has been done in America by immigrant Jews can be repeated in all other parts of the world.”
On February 4, Mr. Wiley was the guest of honor at the thirty-sixth annual dinner of the Society of the Genesee, given at the Hotel Commodore, marking at the same time also the anniversary of Mr. Wiley’s fifty years in journalism. The dinner was attended by 700 persons noted in journalistic, industrial and public life.
Born in Hornel, New York, Mr. Wiley was educated in Kentucky and at the university of Rochester. He was a reporter on Rochester newspapers, and later became the business manager of Editor and Publisher. Since 1904 he had been business manager of the New York Times.
Mr. Wiley had been decorated for distinguished public services by the governments of France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Serbia, Rumania, Czechoslovakia and of other countries. He was a member of many civic and international organizations and took a leading part in many important public movements at home and abroad.
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