Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to day told the House of Commons that it is not anticipated that the Bermuda Conference will recommend the appointment of an Anglo-American commissioner to deal with the refugee problem. He made this statement in a written reply to a question as to whether such a commissioner will be appointed.
Chief Rabbi Hertz, in a Passover message today, emphasized that the Jews “are filled with dismay regarding the little that has been attempted so far for the rescue of Nazi victims from torture and butchery.” The Jews in Europe, he said, this year are reduced to a slavery worse than that of Egypt. He urged that prayers for the Jewish victims be recited in every Jewish home during the Seder ceremonies.
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