In 1922. under the. leadership of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. a Republican Congress unanimously gave its approval to Palestine as a Jewish homeland. A Republican President signed the leg islation. Unfortunately considerations of military policy led the British Government to change that policy. and forbid. In effect. the further immigration of Jews into Palestine. when the Jewish population is still only onehalf the Arab population. The resolution now presented is merely a reaffirmation of the historic policy of the Congress. It is a step toward the solution of one of the problems which must be solved if peace is to exist throughout the world.
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