Representatives of the various Jewish delegations here have achieved almost full agreement on the texts of the proposals on Jewish rights to be submitted to the 21 nations attending the parley, and a general meeting of all members of the delegations has been called for Sunday night, it was reported today. All proposed amendments to the peace treaties must be submitted to the appropriate Conference committees before Wednesday midnight.
Stressing the need for enforcement measures in the peace treaties to guarantee full equality to all groups without distinction as to race, language or religion, Jacob Blaustein, chairman of the American Jewish Committee executive, and head of its delegation here, said last night that the Peace Conference had the unparalleled opportunity of not only proclaiming equality as the cornerstone of peace, but of providing effective means of realizing it.
In a memorandum submitted to the joint conference of Jewish groups here, the American Jewish Committee specifically urges that safeguards for human rights be included in the constitutions of the former enemy nations and that the United Nations be empowered to establish a commission which will hear and investigate all complaints in this field and make recommendations to correct irregularities which may exist.
The memorandum further calls for the establishment of the right of all citizens to maintain schools and religious institutions and that public funds for such institutions be allotted without discrimination against any group. It also urges that Jewish property seized by the Nazis or their satellites be returned to the original owners and that property of Jews who died hairless or which is otherwise unclaimed be used to finance the rehabilitation and resettlement of the surviving Jews.
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