Confidence that the Constitution would prevent emergence of a Jewish problem in the United States and distrust in British policies on Palestine were voiced by Senator William E. Borah in an interview with Prof. Benjamin Akzin, editor of the American Jewish Chronicle, one week before he died on Jan. 19.
Senator Borah said in the interview, which is published in the Feb. 1 issue of the periodical; that “so far as this country is concerned, I do not recognize the existence of a Jewish problem.” The Constitution, he added, “ought to make impossible any emergence of a Jewish or any other minority question.”
Concerning Palestine, the late Senator said he had “always hoped that the Palestine enterprise would be a success,” pointed out the “great difficulties” to be overcome and added that he “had no reason to trust British policies on any question, and this goes for the Palestine question as well.”
Senator Borah told Prof. Akzin that he favored “strict enforcement of our immigration laws” and voiced opposition to “widening their scope.”
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