Pledging a firm stand against “growing anti-Semitism as contrary to the teachings of Jesus,” the Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States forwarded to President Truman and Congress a formal request to increase as an emergency measure the number of Jews to be admitted to this country.
The communications carried out the instruction of a resolution adopted at the concluding session of the 17th national convention yesterday.
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