The problem of rescuing the Jews of Europe is not one for Jews alone, but “for Christians everywhere,” Sen. Guy N. Gillette told a meeting last night called by the Rally of Hope Committee to help save European Jews. Gillette, co-author of a bill designed to aid in rescuing the surviving Jews of Europe, attacked those persons in the U.S. who “are lending themselves to incited destructive efforts by aligning themselves with such activities as the so-called Christian Front.”
Rep. Emanuel Celler in criticizing the State Dept. for its “apathetic” attitude toward the European Jews assailed “certain officials like Asst. Secretary of state long” who, he said, “drool words of sympathy” but refuse to act. Urgi President Roosevelt to impress on Prime Minister Churchill the need for abrogation of the British White Paper ending Jewish immigration into Palestine, Celler described it as “a scarlet paper, steeped in the blood of millions.”
Congressman Joseph Clark Baldwin expressed hope that Congress would appoint a special committee to rescue Jewish children as well as adults from Nazi territories. He hoped also, he said, that appropriate action would be taken to prevent starvation of children in Europe.
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