To such an extent. if any. as the bill has the Jew particularly in view and aims at his exclusion. the bill is irredeemably bad. I have no hesitation in saying that. I read in the report of the committee a very significant statement. a statement. of sinister significance. found on page 6. which is this: The committee has confirmed the pablished statements of a commissioner of the febrew Sheltering and Aid Society of America made after his personal investigation in Poland. to the effect that " If there were in existence a ship that could hold 3.000.000 human beings. the 3.000.000 Jews of Poland would board it to escape to America." I also read in the appendix. on page 11 of the report. comment on the situation as to applications for passports for emigration from Rumania: Bucharest: Possibly 10 per cent of applicants are Rumanians from Transylvania or the Old Kingdom. The remainder are Jews. mostly from Bessarabia and Bukovma. practically all. except women and children. being petty merchants or salesmen. It should also be noted that the proportion of men emigrating is increasing and that not a few are probably fugitives from Ukrainia who have managed to obtain Rumanian passports. Ninety per cent of applicants are Jews of both sexes and all ages. I wonder. in the light of those statements. why it is that the Jews of Ukrainia and Rumania are seeking to escape. and why the Jewish population to the last individual is seeking to escape from Poland.
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