The State Department today announced that the joint Anglo-American inquiry committee on Palestine will open hearings in Washington on January 7 and that invitations will be sent by the commission to various Jewish, Arab and Christian organizations, asking them to submit their views. Organizations which do not receive invitations may also submit material to the committee, the announcement said.
Whether the hearings will be public or closed has not been established as yet. The British members of the committee will come here to participate in the hearings, and then the full committee will go to London and proceed from there to Palestine and other places of investigation.
The State Department today reported that “members of the committee are continuing their study of the background of the problems in preparation for the Washington hearings and the examination of conditions in Europe and Palestine.”
A meeting of the American members was held at the State Department yesterday, following which the appointment of Leslie L. Rood as secretary of the committee was announced. Evan M. Wilson and F. Vickery Loud are to be the American research assistants, and William Roundtree its administrative assistant.
“Various Jewish, Arab and Christian groups which have manifested interest in these problems are being invited to submit their views before the Committee,” the State Department announcement reads. “While the Committee has endeavored to issue invitations to all organizations concerned, it will welcome submission of views by other organizations. Advice on the method of presentation may be obtained by communicating with the secretary of the Committee at the State Department.”
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