American Christians were called upon today by Dr. Daniel A. Poling, president of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union, and President Roosevelts emissary to the fighting forces, to give active support to a four-point program to save the Jews of Europe and to combat anti-Semitism. Speaking before more than 1,200 delegates attending the National Conference of Orthodox Jewry for Palestine and Rescue at the Hotel Pennsylvania, Dr. Poling also demanded the creation of a Jewish National Home in Palestine.
Robert Szold, former president of the Zionist Organization of America, who returned recently from a two months’ visit to Palestine and Egypt, told the conference that “out of a Jewish population of 600,000 in Palestine more than 80,000 are engaged directly in the war effort, in addition to 23,000 serving in the armed forces, 800 in the air forces and 8,000 in the regular and auxiliary police.”
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