A delegation of the Canadian Jewish Congress, led by Saul Hayes, executive vice-president, called on Paul Martin, Secretary of State for External Affairs, in Ottawa to reiterate the concern of the Jewish community over the spread of hate propaganda, and to ask for effective steps to be taken to curb it.
Mr. Martin, who is also Acting Prime Minister in the absence of Lester B. Pearson, indicated that the Government is studying the entire matter and will soon publicize the report which was submitted to the Government by the Special Committee of seven experts, headed by Dean Maxwell Cohen of McGill University, following which the Government will make its decision.
The delegation also submitted to Mr. Martin, as Secretary of State for External Affairs, a request that Canada ratify the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial intolerance, which was recently adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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