U.S. HELP ASKED FOR

Chronicle (Levin), 24 May 1947, Page 5

U.S. HELP ASKED FOR

— > ENTRY OF ILLEGAL JEWS Received Fridav, 7 p.m. WAKIIIXGTOX, May 22. The Ilebrew Coinmittee of Nationa Likeration has asked President Truma* to miderwrite iiiegal immigration t I'alestine bv supplying 20 stiips, 50( lorries and 50,(100,000 dolhus. Tlu chairman of tlie eoniniittee, Mr. Peier Bergson, disclosed that lie also read a letter which 15 United States Uongress men wrote to President Truman sup porling the eoniniil tee 's request, in which the Congressmen asserte.il tliat the use of Anierican inoney, ships and lorries would be "highly advisable" x» emptying dispiaced persous' eanips iu the Pnited Siates zones of Austria and (iennany., Mr. Bergson, tlescribilig the letter as onlv the lirst step, suggested thsit the 15 Congressmen would intro duce legislation to niake the prograniiiie possible. Ile said the State Department htid not contaeted the Arnerican League for a Free Palestine (with which lus eoniniit'tee is affiliated and of which M r. Ben Hecht is chairman), regarding lts ailvertising cumpaign soliciting funcls to support the Je.wish uiiderground and the transport of ille.gal iniinigrants l'rom Europe. "It looks as if ihe State Departmeiit .will simply eontinuo to ignore British protests," Mr! Bergson also as.serted. A nuinber of Kuropean Go v erunients, esjiecially Prance, had extended "tacit political assistance" in the the niatter of illegal iimnigration. "The French Government 's attitude has been most encouraging and heipipi."