A suggestion that the “three or four million Jews” who will remain in continental Europe, outside of Russia, after the war could be settled in “one community somewhere in Europe, Asia or Africa” instead of being returned to their farmer homes, if “it would be better for their happiness and the peace of the world,” was advanced today by Sir William Beveridge, author of the “Beveridge Plan” for social security, writing in the London “Observer.” Such a project, Sir William declared, “could not be regarded as the most difficult problem of the peace.”
At the same time Sir William urges that the United Nations announce that they accept joint responsibility for a permanent and adequate settlement of the future of Jewry in Europe and throughout the world after victory. He also proposes that immediate steps be taken to aid the Jews of Europe now by providing for the maintenance in neutral countries until after the war of those Jews who succeed in escaping from Nazi-controlled territory.
The Nazi satellite states, Sir William writes, must be warned that if they follow the German example in the treatment of the Jews they will be subject to retaliatory measures.
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