(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
A resolution urging the New York state legislature to memorialize Congress to enact measures liberalizing the present immigration law by admitting outside of the quota the close relatives of citizens and declarants was defeated in the state legislature yesterday.
The resolution was introduced by Assemblyman Samuel Mandelbaum of the Assembly and Senator Bernard Downing of the Senate.
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