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From St. “Louis ‘Star-Times. The 900, Jewish refugees “on the Hamburg-American liner, St. Louis Will be given temporary sanctuary, by the grace of Belgium, France, Eng land and Holland, to make unneces sary their immediate return to Nazi Germany. But this does not solve the larger problem of what the civilized world will do to prove in practical ways its horror at Hitler's medieval anti-Jew ish persecution. It does not contribute, even temporarily, American assistance in meeting the problem of minorities in central Europe. The most logical proposal by which the country can meet the common obli gation of mankind to the helpless and oppressed is embodied in the Wegner- Rogers bill, now pending in congress. This bill provides that 20,000 children, under fourteen years of age, be admit ted to this country in 1939 and 1940, over and above the immigration quota, ‘on condition that refuged organizations and responsible private individuals give satisfactory guarantees that the children shall not become public charges. The children admitted would be from all creeds and classes. They would come from highly desirable groups in Germany—minorities either automatically persecuted or liberals refusing to yield to the iron yoke of Nazi despotism and anxious to give their children a better chance than they can ever have in Europe. They would enrich the American population, if our past experience with political refugees, such as the Germans of 1848, is a safe guide. The Wagner-Rogers bill should be passed. Until some such measure is adopted, American protests against Nazi savagery will remain in the cate gory of empty rhetoric.
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Brookfield Argus
Brookfield, Missouri, US
Thu, Jun 15, 1939
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