That organized labor in the United States will continue the boycott of German-made goods until the Nazi government ceases its policy of persecution of the Jews was reiterated by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement made public yesterday in New York.
The statement was made by Mr. Green in connection with a survey on “Labor Conditions Under Hitler” issued by the research department of the Chest for the Liberation of Workers of Europe.
EXPLAINS BOYCOTT’S AIM
This statement, which will appear as a preface to the survey, declares that the boycott “is in no way a reflection upon the German people as such, but was rather an effort to assist them to regain their rights as free men and women.”
“The feeling which has been aroused in the minds of the working people throughout the world against the treatment accorded the Jewish citizens of Germany and the bona fide trade unionists of all creeds was reflected in the action taken by the British Trades Union Congress, the trade union organizations of Holland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Spain and France, as well as the American Federation of Labor representing the working people of Canada as well as the United States,” the statement says.
“The hope of an oppressed people lies in the development of an aroused, keen, sensitive, international conscience. When public opinion of mankind is aroused in opposition to intolerance and injustice, the victims of misrule become encouraged to fight for the enjoyment of their individual rights, and the recognition of the broad principles of human brotherhood,” M. Green concludes.
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