The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims sought refuge and religious freedom, has come to the fore again as a champion of religious and political rights.
In a memorial sent to President Roosevelt and to Congress, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Senate of that state, point out the necessity of increasing the existing immigration quotas to enable persecuted Jews in Germany to enter the United States.
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