Speech #810223992

I spoke in the House on the subject on October 11. 1945. calling attention to the long history of this struggle. and to the long and unnecessary delay attending the solution of the problem. I called attention to the resolution of the United States Congress passed in 1922. and to what happened following 1922. and then said in part: What happened? With limited immigration and under considerable handicaps. thousands upon thousands of members of this energetic and able race successfully commenced to build in Palestine an economy which at long last was affording them comfortable. and even prosperous living conditlons. and an opportunity for real achievement. while at the same time the priceless gift of freedom and liberty seemed to be theirs. Those who would suggest that the Jewish people are not constructive builders must be confounded by the results. because by their efforts a flourishing agriculture and trade have been created and cities built. such as Tel Aviv. which in many respects equal any modern community in the world. Such was the situation at the time of the rise of Hitler.