The Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs today telegraphed the British Embassy in Washington paying tribute to Lord Lothian as “a sincere friend of the Jewish people and of Palestine.” The telegram, signed by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Louis Lipsky and Robert Szold, of the committee’s presidium, follows:
“Behalf of Zionists throughout this country we desire to express to His Majesty’s Government our deep sense of sorrow and distress at the news of the death of Lord Lothian. On many occasions, during and since the last war, lord Lothian, first as Secretary to Mr. Lioyd George and later both in Parliament and outside, had shown himself a sincere friend of the Jewish people and of Palestine. His loss, in this hour of crisis for Britain and for the world, will be felt and mourned by all who hope for a victory of the forces of democracy and freedom.”
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