December 20, 1943 The Jewish Refugee Deception of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 – 1945)

‘He (e.g. Breckinridge Long) discloses some of the things that happened at the so called Bermuda Conference. He thought he was telling us something heretofore unknown and secret. What happened at the Bermuda Conference could not be kept executive (e.g. under Executive Privilege). All the recommendations and findings of the Bermuda Conference were made known to the Intergovernmental Committee of Refugees in 1938 and which has been functioning all this time in London. How much has that Committee accomplished in the years of its being. It will be remembered that the Intergovernmental Committee functions through an executive committee composed of six countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Brazil, and Argentina. True, no report of the Bermuda Conference was made public. But a strangely ironical fact will be noted in the presence of Argentina on this most trusted of committees, Argentina that provoked the official reprimand of President Roosevelt by its banning of the Jewish Press, and within whose borders Nazi propagandists and falangists now enjoy a Roman holiday. I contend that by the very nature of its composition the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees cannot function successfully as the instrumentality to rescue the Jewish people of Europe. The benefits to be derived from the Bermuda Conference like those of the previous Evian Conference can fit into a tiny capsule.’

One of the best summaries of the whole situation is contained in one sentence of a report submitted on December 20, 1943, by the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, recommending the passage of a Resolution (S.R. 203) favoring the appointment of a commission to formulate plans to save the Jews of Europe from extinction by Nazi Germany. The Committee stated:

‘We have talked; we have sympathized; we have expressed our horror; the time to act is long past due.’

The Senate Resolution had been introduced be Senator Guy M. Gillettte in behalf of himself and eleven colleagues, Senators Taft, Thomas, Radcliffe, Murray, Johnson, Guffey, Ferguson, Clark, Van Nuys, Downey and Ellender.

The House Resolutions (H.R.’s 350 and 352), identical with the Senate Resolution, were introduced by Representatives Baldwin and Rogers.

Source:  Jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/treasrep.html; pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/filmmore/reference/primary/somereport.html