A warning to the Jews of America to be prepared to meet a rising wave of intolerance in this country “against which all Americans must take strong measures,” was voiced last night by Senator Claude Pepper of Florida, addressing 600 delegates assembled at the Hotel Statler here for a state-wide conference of the United Palestine Appeal.
The Senator called upon the United Nations to implement their declaration of protest against the Nazi slaughter of Jews in Europe. He urged them to foster the establishment of a Palestinian State for the Jewish people “which will take its place in the framework of free nations striving in common to protect their security and freedom.”
The conference adopted a resolution urging President Roosevelt to invite the United Nations to provide for the resettlement and emigration of 2,000,000 Jews from European lands as part of the program for post-war reconstruction. The resolution urged that the United Nations open their doors to 1,000,000 refugees and take joint action to facilitate the immigration and settlement of at least an additional 1,000,000 in Palestine. The President was asked to “enlarge the scope of the program of the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation headed by Mr. Lehman to provide for the emigration and resettlement of Jews uprooted by hatred in European lands, who will find little opportunity to reestablish themselves in those countries following the war.”
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