Welcoming President Roosevelt’s recent reassurance of his continued support for the establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine, the American Jewish Conference today urged the United Nations to reach without delay a definite decision “so that rehabilitation of the war-ravaged Jewish people in their own national homeland may be speeded.”
Pending the decision, the statement issued by the American Jewish Conference stresses that “under the 1939 white Paper policy, all Jewish immigration into Palestine may come to an end this month,” which would be ” a shocking blow to masses of destitute Jews.”
Anticipating that the United Nations may assume the rights and duties of the League in regard to mandated territories, the American Jewish Conference expressed the hope that the United Nations will speedily implement the pledge that was given to the Jewish people at the conclusion of the last war. The Conference further asked that the Jewish people be enabled to appear through their accredited representatives at the San Francisco Conference and that “in any discussions of the mandate, the Jewish Agency for Palestine will be granted an opportunity to present its views on the subjects so vital to the future of the Jewish people.”
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