Information obtained yesterday by Congressman Dickstein of New York and Congressman Sabath of Illinois appeared to confirm and earlier dispatch to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from Warsaw that the 14 leaders of the Jewish community of Minsk, including Rabbis Gluskin and Pevsner, who were arrested last Saturday by the Russian secret police on charges of counter-revolutionary activity, were to be shot by the Soviet.
Immediately after obtaining the information Congressman Dickstein arranged a conference regarding the matter between Senator Borah, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee and Senators Copeland and Wagner. Congressman Sabath, although unable to attend kept in touch with the situation and approved of the action taken.
It is learned that the purpose of this conference is to enlist Senator Borah’s intercession and that Senator Borah was greatly aroused by the information conveyed to him and indicated that he would take such action as would prove feasible. It is also known that among the steps considered are the transmission of a cable by Senator Borah directly to the Soviets.
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