A resolution urging a campaign against racial and religious discrimination in the United States through legal action was adopted here today at the closing session of the annual convention of the Independent Order B’rith Abraham. A message from Governor Dewey to the convention declared that racial discrimination in New York State has decreased considerably as a result of the State F.E.P.C. law.
The convention also adopted resolutions urging increased relief and rehabilitation of Jewish survivors in Europe. It also called for establishment of a discrimination-free state university in New York.
Other resolutions adopted recommend:
1. Support of immigration laws which would relax present immigration quotas for a period of three years and permit the entrance into this country of all stateless persons who possess the qualifications for American citizenship.
2. Cooperation in every manner possible to bring about Jewish unity toward the end that the American Jewish Conference shall be recognized as the sole voice of American Jewry.
3. Continuance of pressure on all government agencies and officials until the 100,000 displaced and homeless Jews are permitted to enter Palestine as recommended by the Anglo-American Palestine Committee of Inquiry.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, addressing the convention last night, expressed “undisguised contempt” for the British and French Governments for “conniving at” or “sanctioning” the flight of the ex-Mufti from France to the Middle East. He said that the ex-Mufti was returning to Syria through the conspiracy of governments that should have tried him for his war crimes.
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