Speech #790139326

Mr. Chairman. I insert the text of the resolution: Whereas the Sixtyseventh Congress of the United States on June 30. 1922. unanimously resolved "That the United States of America favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other nonJewish communities in Palestine. and that the holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected". and Whereas the ruthless persecution of the Jewish people in Europe has clearly demonstrated the need for a Jewish homeland as a haven for the large numbers who have become homeless as a result of this persecution. and Whereas these urgent necessities are evidenced by the Presidents request for the immediate right of entry into Palestine of 100.000 additional Jewish refugees. and Whereas the influx of Jewish immigration into Palestine is resulting in its improvement in argricultural. financial. hygienic. and general economic conditions. and Whereas the President and the British Prime Minister have agreed upon the appointment of a Joint AngloAmerican Committee of Enquiry to examine conditions in Palestine as they bear upon the problem of Jewish immigration and the Jewish situation in Europe and have requested a report w.thln 120 days: Therefore be it Resolved by the House of Rcpresentatives (the Senate concurring). That the interest shown by the President in the solution of this problem is hereby commended and that the United States shall use its good offices with the mandatory power to the end that Palestine shall be opened for free entry of Jews into that country to the maximum of its agricultural and economic potentialities. and that there shall be full opportunity for colonization an.d development. so that they may freely proceed with the upbuilding of Palestine as the Jewish national home and. in association with all elements of the population. establish Palestine as a democratic commonwealth iA1 which all men. regardless of race or creed. shall have equal rights. I would like to make it clear that the support that I have received in bringing this matter to the floor has been nonpartisan.