English Translation

The former Czecho-Slovak senator, here as an unofficial emissary of good will, makes this statement in a telegram sent by ChI-Cag® to the closing session of the American Biltmore Jewish Congress at the Hotel Baltimore. Delegates of the three-day meeting, having heard the reports on the development of intensive propaganda and a growing economic suspicion of Jews in the United States, decided to set up a committee to combat a sålchen propaganda and slander. Mr. Beneß asked the American Jews "to adopt a calm and sympathetic attitude and to maintain an understanding of the sufferings of the Czech people and to be sure that most of the developments of the last four weeks have been the result of violence and coercion." He urged the Jews and the Czechs and all democratic peoples who love freedom to remain united by the common bond of friendship and understanding. On 18 November 1938, the Czech-Slovak Consulate General in New York sent a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Prague saying that Vojta Beneß had also sent a request to other Jewish clubs in the USA to support the Czechoslovak 2 refugees. Referring to the statement published in the New York Times, Consul General Brabec reports: "The President of Congress, Dr. Stephen W i s e n t w o r t e t e on Beneš's request that he believe in the news of anti-Jewish tendencies of Czech Slovakia and that he should remain faithful to the ideals of Ma- saryks." -3-