Emphasizing that “the lives of almost a million Jews hang in the balance” in Hungary, the House Foreign Affairs Committee today issued a warning to the Hungarian Government “to stem the tide of inhumanity toward the helpless people within her borders.” It emphasized that “the criminals who are guilty of this inhumane conduct shall be brought to justice.”
The Committee statement says: “We are deeply concerned over the plight of the threatened millions in Nazi-occupied and Nazi-dominated territories. We are not content merely to join with those who have expressed their horror at the barbarism of the governments involved. We are determined that the criminals who are guilty of this inhumane conduct shall be brought to justice.
“Our concern and our determination are now addressed particularly to Hungary, where the lives of almost a million Jews hang in balance. Events show that the tide of military battle has now turned in favor of the United Nations. Let Hungary, at this historic moment, stem the tide of inhumanity toward the helpless people within her borders.”
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