Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, world famous pacifist and leader of the American feminists, announced the formation of the Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany.
At the same time Mrs. Catt revealed that in the last month over 9,000 women in all parts of the United States have signed a letter of protest which will be sent to the League of Nations and to newspapers in countries bordering Germany and which have large German circulation.
The letter of protest outlines the history of the Hitlerite persecution of the Jews.
“No event has occurred since the great war more shocking to the people of all nations than the German pogrom against the Jews,” the letter says.
“It carries a Christian banner, but it is a subversion of all things Christian; it claims to stand for peace, yet violates the most fundamental of international ethics.
“If the German majority is unwilling to protect the Jewish minority, it becomes the duty of the world’s nations to assume the obligation.”
Among the well known women on the committee are Dr. Grace Abbott, Miss Jane Addams, Dr. Mary E. Woolley, Judge Florence Allen, Zona Gale and Mrs. Gifford Pinchot.
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