Telegram from Samuel Dickstein to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Internal Memorandum

TELEGRAM The turnite youse The 127 Mashington OCT 3 9 40 PM 1945 CDU655 180 6 EXTRA CD- New YORK, NY. Oct. 3, 1945 520PM NATIONAL TRUMAN THE PRESIDENT: ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE THE PRESS CONTAINS INFORMATION OF THE STRONG STAND TAKEN BY x76-le YOU WITH REFERENCE TO THE HARRISON REPORT REGARDING DISPLACED x406 PERSONS IN GERMANY. FOR WHICH YOU ARE TO BE HIGHLY COMMENDED. MAY I URGE UPON YOU THE NECESSITY FOR PROMPT ACTION TO SAVE THOSE REFUGEES WHO ARE UNDER OUR OWN JURISDICTION AT FORT ONTARIO, OSWEGO, New York. To RETURN THIS HANDFUL OF DISPLACED PERSONS TO THE SORT OF CONDITIONS FROM WHICH THOSE LEFT IN GERMANY AND CENTRAL EUROPE ARE SEEKING ESCAPE SEEMS UNTHANKABLE. You HAVE URGED THAT GREAT BRITAIN OFFER SUCH AN ESCAPE BY OPENING PALESTINE. x204mics I AM SURE THAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE PERMANENT REFUGE FOR THE FEW HUNDRED ALREADY HERE AND TO HAVE THESE UNHAPPY MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE UNDER OUR EXISTING IMMIGRATION QUOTAS. I APPEAL TO YOU MR. PRESIDENT, IN THE NAME OF COMMON HUMANITY, TO USE YOUR GOOD OFFICES TO BRING ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THESE REFUGEES FROM THEIR PRESENT CONFINEMENT IN OUR OWN LAND. SAMUEL DICKSTEIN, M C CHAIRMAN I MMIGRATION AND X133-A NATURALIZATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.