Secretary of State John Foster Dulles hailed today the American Jewish Tercentenary, celebrating the 300th anniversary of Jewish settlement in this country, which reaches its culmination tomorrow evening, with a public assembly at Carnegie Hall. In a telegram to Ralph E. Samuel, national Tercentenary chairman, Secretary Dulles said:
“I believe the devotion of people of the Jewish faith to the rights of the individual and to the concept of freedom is a factor of real consequence in the growth and strength of the American commonwealth. I wish to take the occasion of the Tercentenary to extend sincere congratulations on the achievements of the Jewish community and its vital contribution to United States progress.”
Senator Walter F. George, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wired. “Your assembly is testimony to the inspiration of American concepts of individual human freedom to which those of your faith who established free men’s greatest sanctuary on the North American continent attest. This 300th anniversary celebration indeed marks a milestone in American history.”
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