A plea for passage of a bill designed to end racial discrimination in Britain was voiced in Commons today by Sir Leslie Plummer, Labor MP, who introduced the measure several months ago.
Speaking during the second reading of the bill, Sir Leslie detailed the history of persecution suffered by the Jews in the last 2, 000 years and outlined the contributions of Jews to Britain’s economy, science, literature and music. He scored the refusal of some hotels to admit Jewish guests and their exclusion from some social affairs.
R. M. Bell, a Conservative, opposed the bill, declaring that in no country in the world was there “less feeling on account of race” than in Britain. The Jewish community, he continued, “has lived here happily, enjoying full equality in law for many generations.”
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