Coolidge. and Roosevelt. Not only does this represent the official policy of the United States. but it reflects the understanding of all our people. On July 2. 1945. a majority of the Members of both Houses of Congress in a communication to the President said: We earnestly request you to use your influence with the Government of Great Britain. the mandatory for Palestine. to open forthwith the doors of Palestine to unrestricted Jewish immigration and colonization. and we hope that you will urge all interested governmentsto join with the United States toward the end of establishing Palestine as a free and democratic Jewish commonwealth at the earliest possible time. On the same date in a petition to the President. the Governors of 40 of the 48 States joined in the same policy pronouncement as follows: We believe that the time has come when concrete measures must be taken to open the doors of Palestine to Jewish mass immigration and colonization and to bring about the earliest transformation of that country into a free and democratic Jewish commonwealth. and we most earnestly urge you to take such action as will contribu -e to this end. There can be no question about the International covenant undertaken to the Jewish people. The Balfour Declaration of November 2. 1917. said: His Majestys Government views with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object.
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