Promulgation of an International Bill of Rights and the establishment of national and international machinery to secure its enforcement were urged today by the American Jewish Conference, in a memorandum submitted to Acting Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., in connection with the forthcoming Four Power Conference on Post-War and International Security.
The International Bill of Rights urged by the Conference calls for “full and complete protection of life, liberty, freedom of worship, and civil rights for the inhabitants of all countries without distinction of birth, nationality, language, race or religion.” It also demands unequivocal equality of rights in law and in fact for all the citizens of every country, and the inalienable right of all religious, ethnic and cultural groups to maintain and foster their respective group identities on the basis of equality.
The Committee which met with Mr. Stettinius included Hayim Greenberg of New York, co-chairman of the Post-War Commission of the Conference, Rabbi Joshua Trachtenberg of Easton, Pa., Miss Jane Evans of Cincinnati, Ohio and Dr. A. S. Kohonski, secretary of the Commission.
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