Notwithstanding a protest by the Canadian Jewish Congress that “the admission of Nazis among any German immigrants who may be allowed into this country will enderger the harmonious pattern of Canadian life and will complicate the security problems of the country,” the authorities are procceding with their plans to open the gates of this country to German nationals.
According to a report from Frankfurt, where a Canada exhibition was recently opened, the head of the Candian mission to Germany, T.C.Davis, welcomed German exhibitors to next summer’s Canadian International Trade Fair in Toronto, and said: “I can assure you that German exhibitors and buyers will be given a good welcome there and an opportunity to buy and sell in this new world market place. People of German Origin now constitute the third largest ethic group in Canada. We welcome German settlers.”
Strong opposition to the “building up of Germany as a military potential and a possible threst to the peace of the world, was voiced in a resolution adopted by delegates to the sixth biennial conference of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, held in Winnipag last week.
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