The British press, almost without exception, commenting today on the debate concerning aid for European Jews in the House of Lords yesterday demands immediate concrete measures by the Allied Government to rescue these and other victims of the Nazis.
The Daily Express supports the suggestion that one man be appointed to consolidate all rescue efforts, and asks that a person be chosen “who is determined to do his utmost.” The Daily Telegraph writes that “the most elementary sense of humanity urges that no succor within the power of the United Nations be denied to these victims of a persecution which is unique in its coldbloodedness.”
The Yorkshire Post, Foreign Minister Anthony Eden’s paper, referring specifically to Lord Cranborne’s announcement that the British and American Governments have agreed on means of rescuing the oppressed people in occupied countries, points out that more, perhaps, will depend on the spirit with which this machinery is administered than on the machinery itself.
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