Pointing out that “a reasonable number of political and religious refugees can be cared for in this country without injury to our economic situation,” the Committee of Ten, headed by Carrie Chapman Catt, chairman, in a pamphlet distributed to members of Congress, urges asylum in the United States for German political and religious refugees.
The pamphlet presents the views of distinguished contemporaries and leaders of public opinion on asylum as applicable to persecuted Jews and Christians in Germany. Views of Alfred E. Smith, Raymond D. Moley, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Sir John Simon and others are presented as upholding the right of asylum.
“It was for asylum that many refugees from the persecutions of Europe have come to this country from the seventeeth century to the present time,” says the fore word of the namephlet. “The United States has been built largely by such refugees and the policy of our government regarding such harbor and asylum for refugees suffering under persecution of other counties is set forth in this pamphlet. A reasonable number of political and religious refugees can be cared for here without injury to our economic situation.Quite the contrary,their citizenship would be an asset and a benefit to our progress and civilization.”
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