In July 1938 representatives of 32 nations met in France to determine what could be done to aid the victims of Hitlers antiSemitic campaign. But not one of these nations offered asylum for the Jews living under control of the Third Reich. Hitler offered to let them emigrate. but everywhere they turned. the doors were closed. The French Foreign Office even went so far as sending a memorandum to the German French Foreign Ministry stating that: None of the states would dispute the absolute right of the German government to dictate with regard to its citizens such measures are within its sovereign powers. Last week our colleague. Representative STm SoLAnz noted that during the course of Hitlers Third Reich. 78 specific speeches were made in the House of Representatives describing the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis. Yet despite the speeches and the resolutions. the killings went on. the cries of the dying went unheeded. and our immigration policies remained unchanged. Is it any wonder that Hitler dismissed foreign outrage with the quip "Who remembers the Armenians?" Yet we must remember. Mr.
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