The Federal and New York State Governments were asked to investigate the Ku Klux Klan in a resolution adopted at the closing session here yesterday of the 16th annual convention of the Jewish War Veterans. Fifteen hundred delegates attended.
The governments were asked to determine the extent to which the Klan and other organizations which “spread racial and religious hate” are violating Federal and state statutes. The convention also urged President Truman and the Congress to press Britain to admit 100,000 Jews to Palestine as recommended by the Anglo-American inquiry committee. Jacob S. Spiro of Jersey City, New Jersey, was elected commander to succeed Isadore Ginsberg.
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