Dewey urges firm Congress
Ominous trend is seen in current fight
Albany, New York (UP) – (Feb. 26)
Governor Thomas E. Dewey warned today that the “very existence” of Congress is at stake.
In a letter to William S. Bennet, New York City Republican who will seek the 21st Congressional seat at a special election next Tuesday, Mr. Dewey said:
Now, if ever, Congress needs all the strength it can obtain. No citizen can fail to reach the conclusion after reading the ominous trend in the news of the fight against Congress, that its very existence, its very function in the plan of American constitutional government, is at stake.
The Governor endorsed Bennet, a former representative, and expressed hope he would be elected.
Mr. Dewey wrote:
This is the time when it is the duty of the citizens to send experienced and capable legislators to the halls of Congress.
I wish you well in the election.
Conference called on Palestine issue
Washington (UP) – (Feb. 26)
Senator Robert F. Wagner (D-NY), chairman of the American Palestine Committee, announced today that a conference will be held here March 9 “to mobilize American Christian sentiment” in favor of resettling Nazi-persecuted Jews in Palestine.
The conference, Mr. Wagner said, will discuss problems “created by 10 years of Nazi persecution and by the virtual closing of the doors of Palestine by the British White Paper of 1939” which calls for cessation of Jewish entry into Palestine after March 31.
Mr. Wagner said this country was pledged to establishment of a national Jewish home in Palestine by a joint resolution adopted by Congress in 1922.
He added:
The policy of unrestricted entry of Jews into Palestine has been endorsed by every administration up to and including the present administration.