A resolution calling upon the League of Nations, at its forthcoming session at Geneva, to impose the “economic sanctions,” as provided in its covenant, against Germany, “because of the many flagrant, persistent and long-constituted violations” of that covenant, was enthusiastically received last night at a mass meeting at the Hippodrome. The rally was under the joint sponsorship of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, of which Samuel Untermyer is president, and the American Federation of Labor.
Mr. Untermyer, who was to have presented the resolution, was kept from the meeting by illness. His speech was read by George Gordon Battle, attorney, who acted as chairman of the gathering which brought to the Hippodrome stage outstanding leaders of labor, business, religion, and the professions.
Repeating his frequently – made assertion that the boycott is by no means a Jewish question or policy, Mr. Untermyer’s statement as read by Mr. Battle, pointed out that “a recommendation by the League for the enforcement of economic sanctions by the nations, to the extent of their refusal to accept goods from this outlaw, would in my judgment accomplish the purpose within ninety days after it was put into effect by the parties to the Peace Treaties.”
This purpose the Untermyer statement described as the “economic destruction of the Hitler regime.”
Other speakers scheduled to address last night’s meeting were Dr. Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland; Dr. Harry Lee Franklin, executive secretary of the Chest for Liberation of Workers of Europe; Dr. Rowena Morse Mann, formerly of the University of Jena; Luigi Antonini, president of Local 89 of the I.L.G.W. Union; Dr. Kurt Rosenfeld, former minister of justice of Prussia; Heywood Broun, columnist and president of the American Newspaper Guild; William Collins, New York organizer of the A.F.L. and official representative of that organization at the meeting, and Mrs. Norman Bentwich, wife of Prof. Bentwich, recently arrived member of the League of Nations Commission for the Settlement of Refugees.
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