The Social Justice Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, Conservative rabbis’ organization, in its semi-annual report on social and economic conditions, supports President Roosevelt’s court-reform proposal and other administration reforms.
The committee “favors the general tendency of the recently adopted social legislation and in particular approves the scope of the TVA, the Wagner Labor Relations Bill and emphasizes the importance of the labor union movement for the welfare of the American people,” says a summary of the report.
“It opposes the curtailment of relief expenditures on the score of economy and balancing the budget. It endorses the President’s plan for the re-organization of the Supreme Court concurrently with an amendment to modify the present powers of the court. It favors stringent neutrality legislation that will keep America out of war in word and deed. It condemns the Hill-Sheppard Bill as a menace to American freedom.
“It sends its heartiest best wishes to the Spanish Loyalist Government and urges the support of all agencies that are seeking to relieve the distress of the suffering Spanish people in this hour of crisis. It favors the exploration of the possibility of a disarmament conference to mitigate the horrors of war and postpone, if not eliminate, the outbreak of hostilities.”
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