The governments of Great Britain and Turkey were asked to permit the granting of permanent and transit visas to all Jewish refugees able to leave Rumania, in a resolution adopted today at the annual convention of the United Rumanian Jews of America.
Charles A. Davila, former Rumanian minister to Washington and leader of the Free Rumanian movement in the United States, told the delegates who came from all parts of the country, that after victory is achieved Rumania would take its place among the democratic countries of the world. He declared: “You can trust me that, to my last breath, I am not going to accept any compromise on truly democratic principles, on human rights and on class and individual freedom.”
A list of 758 names of Rumanian Jews who perished on the torpedoed refugee ship Struma was read to the audience, many of whom were close relatives of the victims. Other speakers included Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Charles Sonnenreich, president of the organization, and J. Rosenthal.
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