Jacob Blaustein and Judge Philip Forman, who represented the American Jewish Committee here in connection with the Peace Conference, expressed the hope, prior to their return flight to the United States, that the peace treaties being written at the Conference would include the amendments proposed by leading Jewish organizations in their joint memoranda. In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, they declared:
“The American Jewish Committee is gratified that accord has been reached by the major Jewish bodies in submitting the joint proposals to the peace conference, and that the Committee participated in the formulation of them and in setting up procedures for implementation. This united course of action not only avoids duplication of effort but is making possible the concentration of energy on the common objectives.
“These requests (for treaty amendments) seek to help establish a new order in Europe in which Jews shall be able to live in dignity and security and on a basis of equality with all other citizens. This is the essence of the Jewish requests with regard to human rights, restitution and indemnification, and the right of Jews to perpetuate their traditional communal life.
“The statesmen assembled in Paris should recognize the justice of these requests in view of the suffering which Jews have undergone in the former Axis countries and in order to assure an equitable peace in Europe.
“It was also possible while in Europe to deal with the status of the displaced Jews in Germany, Austria and Italy and of the Jews fleeing from Poland. Along with representatives of other Jewish organizations, discussions were held in Geneva with F.H. LaGuardia, Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and in Frankfurt-am-Main with General Joseph T. McNarney, chief of the United States occupation forces in Europe, to whom suggestions were made with respect to additional places of refuge for Jews infiltrating from the East and methods for improving the situation of the Jewish displaced persons. In this connection, five D.P. camps in Germany were inspected.”
Members of the staff of the American Jewish Committee, as well as of the other Jewish organizations, are remaining in Paris for the purpose of continuing working for the proposed amendments to the peace treaties. While in Paris and London, Mr. Blaustein and Judge Forman had a number of conferences with Zionist leaders and others concerning recent developments in Palestine.
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