Henry Monsky, president of B’nai B’rith, tonight warned American Jewry “not to be lulled into a feeling of unreal and baseless hope” concerning that phase of the Rublee plan for the emigration of Jews from Germany “which seems to imply that Jews remaining in Germany will be permitted a respite from the present economic pogrom.” To accept any such idea “would be extremely unwise” for the Rublee plan “contains no guarantees for the Jews in Germany,” Mr. Monsky told a B’nai B’rith meeting here, While expressing appreciation of the “high-minded purpose and humanitarian intent” underlying the Rublee plan, he urged caution in prejudging it. He said that though it “represents probably the best terms obtainable from the Nazi regime for rescuing the victims of persecution, it does contain some hazardous implications, readily recognized even by its proponents.”
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