If we had not been assured that they would be guided by the .I946 report. I am certain that the Committee would not have been appointed. We were told prior to the fulfillment of President Trumans request for the emigration of 100.000 Jewish survivors that the factfinding American Committee would inquire into the essential features of the situation. The Committee did so. It went into every phase of the question. It held hearings in the United States. in England. and in Palestine. and it covered every possible activity within its province. Thus. the Committee had to pass judgment on .the actual position of the surviving Jews in Europe. on the possibilities of their integration into Europes life. on their emigration needs. and on the question of into what lands would they and could they immigrate. The Committee was also entrusted with the task of examining the political. economic. and social conditions in Palestine as they bear upon the problem of Jewish immigration and Jewish settlement. Even when the committee was appointed. Mr.
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