Tribute was paid to the work of the Jewish Labor Committee in obtaining admission to this country of 400 refugee European labor leaders in a speech placed in the Congressional Record today by Rep. M. Michael Edelstein (Dem., N.Y.).
“Their death at the hands of Fascism would have weakened all labor unions,” Edel-stein said. “Their presence here is not only a contribution to the progress of this country, but constitutes the creation of a group of missionaries who will return and spread the new democracy in their own countries.”
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