The arrival of Dr. Chaim Weizmann in New York is expected any day, according to advices received from London by American Zionist leaders.
The American Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs today announced that it has received more than 600 messages from rabbis in the United States approving the formation of a Jewish military force in Palestine. Congressmen Andrew L. Somers, of Brooklyn, in a speech before the House yesterday asked that President Roosevelt appoint an American general to find the best and most expedient way to create a Jewish military unit in the Middle East composed of Palestine Jews.
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