Readiness to provide opportunities to earn a livelihood for Jewish refugees from Germany was emphasized by Leonard Montefiore, chairman of the Anglo-Jewish Association, at the annual meeting of the organization yesterday. He declared the main problem was the destiny of the half-million Jews remaining in Germany and stressed the urgency of assisting the German Jewish leaders to save all that can be saved. He promised grants from the funds of the Anglo-Jewish Association for the rehabilitation of the exiled German Jews and those dispossessed in Germany. He quoted the speech of Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in Parliament last month, in which Sir John intimated that some measures of facilitating immigration of German Jews into England and Palestine would be taken. Mr. Montefiore also mentioned the declaration of Stanley Baldwin, Conservative Party leader, at the Primrose League meeting Friday, that the Conservative Party always follows the tradition of Prime Minister Disraeli.
As demonstrating Anglo-Jewish feeling, Chief Rabbi Joseph Hertz has associated himself with the American Jewish Committee in its stand that marches, protests and denunciations are of little importance and that the chief need is to act to salvage the half million Jews of Germany.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
