The struggle between the Vichy Government and the Catholic Church over the deportation of Jews from France was intensified today when the Vichy radio reiterated laval’s determination to expel all alien Jews while leaders of the French clergy indicated that they intend to publish in book form the recent cardinals and bishops pastoral letters condemning the Jewish expulsions.
The announcement carried by the Vichy radio was made following the statement issued yesterday in Washington by Secretary of State Cordell Hull denouncing Vichy’s delivery of Jews to Hitler as “revolting and fiendish.” The statement by Secretary Hull was not made public in France.
It was learned here today that the book which the leaders of the Catholic Church in France plan to issue is already being set in type in a country outside of France and will soon be ready for distribution in Catholic churches throughout the world.
FRENCH GROUPS HELP JEWS TO ESCAPE TO SWITZERLAND
Several groups in France are now engaged in helping Jews to escape from there to Switzerland, according to information reaching here today. These groups pay as much as $1,000 or even more to fishermen who can prove that they have landed Jews on Swiss shores from their fishing boats. To prevent such illegal landings, the Swiss authorities have increased the number of police boats patrolling the Swiss side of Lake Geneva which borders France.
Reliable information reaching here today from Vichy confirms the report that the Government of the Dominican Republic addressed an offer to the French Government expressing its readiness to admit 3,000 Jewish children from France into the Dominican Republic. Vichy authorities are now studying this offer to which a reply will soon be sent through the usual diplomatic channels, the information revealed.
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