Hungary. Rumania. and the Ukraine. and at the same time recognize and encourage the aspirations and .historical claims of many Jewish people in their desire to establish a national home in Palestine. I am the son of an immigrant who humbly walked through Castle Garden in 1857. and I am proud of my heritage. I would be untrue to my faith and convictions if I did not support this resolution. I voted against the 3 per cent restricted immigration law which shut down the bars to the persecuted of other lands. Many of them are blood relatives of American citizens. It is meet and proper that the United States. which closed the doors of hope to the persecuted of other lands. should now lend its encouragement to the establishment of a haven in which these persecuted people may seek refuge.
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