But it will be unless we open our eyes to the indifference. intolerance and fanaticism in the world today. On February 19. 1939. Senator Robert Wagner of New York and Representative Edith Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a bill to allow 10.000 Jewish refugee children under age 14 from Europe into the United States. in 1939 and The Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Legion testified against the bill which failed to get out of committee. Here is what one witness said. "Mr. Chairman. I am the daugther of generations of patriots. My forefathers helped to found this Republic. These refugees have a heritage of hate. they could never become loyal Americans." Four months later on May 27. 1939. the St. Louis. a ship carrying nearly 1.000 European Jews. lingered in Havana harbor until being turned away and told to return to Germany. A few days later. on Sunday.
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Generalization that Jewish refugees have a heritage of hate and could never become loyal Americans.