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His belier that the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis in Germany is deplorable and economic instead or religious, that the Palestine immigration laws should be “liberalized as far as in practicable”and that anti-Semitism will never gain a substantial foothold in America, was voiced in as in tervlew by the United States Ambassador to England, Robert Worth Bingham just prior to his departure for London to resume his duties.
Talking freely and with a revealing frankness, Ambassador Bingham, declining to be quoted on the question of the permanency of the Hitler regime in Germany, stated that, “the Jewish persecution is not, in my belief, religious but economic.” Ambassador Bingham spoke to G.W. Cohen, publisher of the Louisville Spokesman, and to a Jewish Telegraphic Agency representative.
Passing from the persecution a Germany to Palestine, the Ambassador said, “as far as is possible, in my opinion, immigration into Palestine should be liberalized. In addition, on account of the situation particularly in Germany, there is more reason now, than ever be-
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