Two thousand Jews and non-Jews filled Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall to overflowing last night in a spirited meeting called by sixty local organizations to protest against the Arab atrocities against Jews in Palestine. Speakers were: Joseph Cohanan, Rev. James R. Cox, pastor of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Congressman Guy E. Campbell, Dr. Chaim Greenberg of New York, Rev. M. F. Bierbaum, of the Pilgrim Evangelical Church, and Rabbi B. A. Lichter of the Bnai Israel Congregation. The memorial prayer was chanted by Rev. Julius Bloom.
The speakers concurred in asserting that Jews have prior rights in Palestine, and that if Britain is unable to protect the country, its control should be given into the hands of others.
Resolutions similar in tenor to those adopted at the Madison Square Garden meeting in New York were forwarded to Secretary of State Stimson and Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador.
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