President Truman today asked chairman Francis E. Walter of the Immigration sub-committee for speedy action on the President’s program to bring in 300,000 immigrants in the next three years.
After a meeting with the President at the White House, Rep. Walter announced that hearings on the program might begin about a week after the Easter recess.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
