Speaking on the floor of the Senate today, Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado called upon England to allow the creation of a Jewish Army to fight in the Middle East.
Calling particular attention to the resolution now before Congress which petitions the British Government to permit the formation of a Jewish Army in Palestine, Senator Johnson declared. “Palestine stands at the very edge of the Suez, a vital focal point of the lifeline of the United Nations. Suez must be held and Palestine can be an important factor in its support. Seventy-five miles East of the Suez Canal there awaits in idleness a potential Jewish Army begging and pleading for the right to fight, to hold Suez.”
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