Speech #790107196

Certainly the only possible place for these miserable and persecuted people is the land of their fathers. and those who are In authority in this country should raise their voices in behalf of these people and their yearning desire to return to the land of Abrahamto the Palestine homeland. I need but mention the fact that this solution to the Jewish problem settles apparently forever many problems arising through the presence of the dispersed Jewish peoples throughout the world. It is said by some that Palestine will not support the increased population that would enter there if the prohibition of immigration to the Jews were abolished. but the answer to this. I think. if the remarkable transformation of that land under the industry and intelligent planning of the Jews who have gone there in the last 20 or 25 years. They have shown that it is entirely possible by the application of modern methods of irrigation and industry for Palestine to support a population several times larger than that .now there. It is. therefore. entirely possible for Palestine to be open to the Jews and at the same time for the Arab population that is now there to remain. and certainly the Jews. with their thrift and industry and their introduction of modern methods of sanitation. building construction. irrigation. and agriculture can. and will. if given an opportunity. raise the entire standard of living for all the people of PalestineArab and Jew alike. The Arabs should welcome them. and in espousing the cause of Jewish immigration to Palestine. we can be sure that we are helping to solve not only the problem of the Jews but also the problems of the Arabs who live in Palestine. I sincerely trust that those who are entitled to speak for the people of the United States shall make it clear that we in America. Jew and Gentile alike. support the legitimate claim of the Jews for a national home in their ancestral homeland.