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We in America have both the legal right and the moral duty to strongly urge that the British Government should do this. There should be no question here of embarrassing an Allied nation. This business of the white paper is not a delicate controversial issue in which we dare not engage. for it is the existence of the white paper which creates controversy and not the effort to combat it. 661 . Immigration into Palestine is vital to the lives of millions of people. and its discussion cannot be postponed indefinitely. As cosigners of the 1924 treaty with Britain. we in the United States must see to it that the mandate of Palestine and the Balfour Declaration are fulfilled.