Professor Herman A. Gray, of New York University, who is chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the American Jewish Committee, said here after a tour of Germany that “we feel that there is going to be a continuing Jewish community in Germany and we are very much concerned with the future of that community. We want conditions which will be created in Germany which would enable the Jews to live there in peace, security and dignity.” he added.
Prof. Gray stated that the American Jewish Committee is also interested in the German situation from a broader angle. “We do not want any new exportation of anti-Semitism from Germany,” he declared. Citing the promises obtained from high officials during his German visit, Prof. Gray asserted: “We don’t take these promises at more than face value. What we asked for was positive democratic action which would show the fundamental change of heart of Germans as regards their attitude to the Jews.”
Questioned about a statement on the evictions and deportations of Jews in Hungary which he submitted two weeks ago to the U.N. Economic and Social Council in Geneva, Prof, Gray replied that his statement made a “deep impression because of its timing and because of prevailing circumstances.”
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