ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO PALESTINE: STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES : TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY ON PALESTINE AS SUBMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Paperback - 1946

Washington: U. S. Govt. Printing Office, 1946. Paperback. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 47 pages, 23 cm. In English. From the refugee period, just following the end of World War II. "Statement by the President: I am very happy that the request I made for the immediate admission of 100,000 Jews into Palestine has been unanimously endorsed by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. The transference of these unfortunate people should now be accomplished with greatest dispatch.... I am also please that the Committee recommends in effect the abrogation of the white paper of 1939, including existing restriction on immigration and land acquition to permit the further development of the Jewish national home.... " Excerpts from the 79th Congress, 2d Session, 1946. "The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry was a joint British and American committee assembled in Washington on 4 January 1946. The committee was tasked to examine political, economic and social conditions in Mandatory Palestine as they bear upon the problem of Jewish immigration and settlement therein and the well-being of the peoples now living therein; to consult representatives of Arabs and Jews, and to make other recommendations 'as may be necessary' to for ad interim handling of these problems as well as for their permanent solution" (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jewish-Arab relations -- History -- 1917-1948. Zionism. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide (OCLC: 974264) . Pen number on front cover, light wear, Very good condition. (YID-41-19) xx.