Phelps Adams, Washington correspondent of The Sun, said British diplomatic circles in Washington interpreted Secretary Hull’s statement Friday as indicating that American intercession regarding Palestine Jewish immigration was remote. “In the light of the Hull statement,” the correspondent said, “they (the British) do not see how the American Government can protest effectively against any change in the immigration situation unless the new immigration laws should discriminate unjustly against the entrance of American citizens, which, of course, is not the problem.”
This report prompted the Pro-Palestine Federation of America to telegraph President Roosevelt pleading for intercession with Britain.
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