Six major national Jewish organizations in a joint statement today expressed the “warmest commendation” to President Eisenhower for his special message to Congress calling for revision of United States immigration law. They urged him to exert the full influence of his office to obtain Congressional action in this session.
Joining in the statement were the Jewish Labor Committee, Jewish War Veterans, National Council of Jewish Women, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and United Synagogue of America. The last three are respectively the national congregational bodies of Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative Judaism. The statement was released by the National Community Relations. Advisory Council.
The Jewish organizations commended especially the President’s declaration that the national origins quota system, now used as a method of admitting immigrants, should be replaced by a new system based on different standards. They called upon Congress to enact immigration law revisions in this session.
At the same time, the board, of directors of United Hias Service, Jewish migration agency, adopted a resolution hailing President Eisenhower for “his laudable stand regarding immigration and naturalization.” The resolution recommended to the membership and supporters of the agency to suggest to their representatives in Congress to take immediate action in support of the President’s recommendations and to ask them specifically to urge that Congress eliminate the national origins quota system from the immigration and naturalization laws.
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