The traditional American position on the Palestine question has been reaffirmed and strengthened during the past 2 years by planks included in the platforms of both the Democratic and Republican parties and by President Roosevelts statement of October 15. 1943historic pronouncements- pledging support. for the Jewish peoples aim to reconstitute Palestine as a free and democratic Jewish commonwealth. We of Maryland call upon the leaders of the United Nations no longer to neglect the pressing Jewish need. and we appeal for an immediate -decision on Palestine on the two minimum requisites of any solution of the Jewish problem: First. To abolish without further delay all restrictions on free Jewish immigration into Palestine and all limitations on the right of Jews to purchase and settle the land. Second..To make simultaneously a definitive announcement. in the spirit and purpose of the Balfour Declaration and the mandate. of the determination to reconstitute Palestine as a free and democratic Jewish commonwealth.
Keywords matched
immigration