Speech #730188822

Mr. Speaker. I want to say to the gentleman from New York that on March 18. 1934. in Chicago. in a broadcast before the Jewish Immigration Relief Society over radio station WENR. he is said to have stated that he deplored the fact of the bars against aliens coming into this country. as it was a fundamental of American doctrine to welcome the oppressed peoples of the world and give succor to the needy. He said further that as drastic as the quota law was before Hoover came into office it became much worse under his orders. and he said that every Jew in Germany who wanted to come here would come under the law of exclusion as it is now read. because no matter how wealthy they had been over there Hitler would not let them take out one cent of their money. and that Hitler was confiscating their property. He* stated that Hitler would not grant passports to these refugees nor would he allow them to stay on German soil. He said. "Therefore we Americans must change our law to make it possible for them to come here at once. as there is no other country where they can go." He said further that Hitlers persecution of the Jew was growing rather than diminishing. and soon these brothers. sisters. fathers. and mothers of ours will be murdered unless we immediately make it possible for them to leave. He said. "You Jews know that money for these poor oppressed Jews isnt keeping them out of America.