He was ever prepared for a larger migration than we were able to finance. It is only right and proper that I share with you some of the historical facts which have brought us to this night. When my own President Roosevelt saw with crystal clarity the inevitably large number of refugees certain to emerge from the storm already brewing in 1938. he convoked a conference of nations on the shores of Lake Geneva and announced the need for havens of refuge for thousands. He had expected a lavish response from the great powers there A751 assembled. But there was strange silence save for one still small voicetruly the voice of the conscience of mankind--of the generalissimo who alone of all the powers there assembled said as did one of our own prophets of the ages. "hineni." I am here and ready.
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