Speech #760064050

Mr. President. I ask consent to have incorporated in the RECORD and appropriately referred a resolution of the Senate of New Jersey requesting the President of the United States and the Secretary of State of the United States to urge the British Government to hold sacred the Balfour declaration and the Palestine mandate by maintaining an opendoor immigration policy in Palestine for Jewish refugees. The resolution of the Senate of New Jersey was referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: Resolution requesting the President of the United States and the Secretary of State of the United States to urge the British Government to hold sacred the Balfour declaration and the Palestine mandate by maintaining an opendoor Immigration policy in Palestine for Jewish refugees Whereas the peoples of civilized nations throughout the four corners of the world have witnessed since the World War a most unprecedented revival of the Holy Land. the cradle of all faiths. by the return of the Jews to Palestine. and Whereas the Government of the United States has by joint resolution of the Congress of the United States unanimously endorsed the action of Great Britain in accepting the Palestine mandate as an obligation to facilitate the establishment of a national home for Jewish people in Palestine. and Whereas this responsibility and authority was accepted by Great Britain as a sacred trust in behalf of the civilized world. and Whereas under the provisions of the AmericanBritish Palestine Mandate Convention. signed December 3. 1924. approved by the United States Senate February 20. 1925. and officially ratified by the President of the United States March- 2. 1925. Great Britain pledged that nothing incorporated in the agreement shall be modified unless such change shall have the acquiescence of the United States of America. and Whereas it is being reported that the British Government is contemplating the abrogation of its pledge to the Jewish people setforth in the Balfour declaration and embodied in the said Palestine mandate. and Whereas people of all color. creed. and faith throughout the civilized world are uniformly and deeply disturbed by these reports. and Whereas the miraculous achievements of the Jewish pioneers in Palestine. both spiritual and material. have garnered the high esteem and approbation of the entire world. and Whereas the unprophetlc and unsettled situations in Europe leave Jewish people no alternative but to look toward Palestine as their principal haven of refuge. and Whereas it is the opinion of the Senate of the State of New Jersey that the abandonment by Great Britain of her pledge and trust would close all paths of escape for Jews driven from many lands. and that such a course would be recognized by all enlightened peoples as a surrender to forces of violence. intolerance. prejudice. and hatred: Therefore be it Resolved. That the President of the United States and Secretary -of State of the United States be memorialized to acquaint the British Government with the fact that the United States looks to Great Britain to adhere to her commitments and hold sacred and inviolate the terms and spirit of the Balfour declaration and Palestine mandate by maintaining an opendoor immigration policy in Palestine for Jewish refugees. and be it further Resolved. That a copy of this resolution be sent to His Excellency. the President of the United States. and to the Secretary of State of the United States.