Advocates for Jewish refugees after meeting with

Advocates for Jewish refugees after meeting with President Franklin Roosevelt. Their attempts to persuade FDR to raise immigration quotas for political refugees from Germany and Austria were unsuccessful, April 13, 1938. L-R: Joseph Chamberlain; George Messersmith, Asst. Sec. of State; Rabbi Stephen Wise, Henry Morgenthau; Rev. Samuel Cavert; Rev. Michael J. Ready; Frances Perkins; Sec. of Labor, and Lewis Kenedy. (BSLOC_2014_4_1)

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