Palestine Statehood Committee: "Concerning the campaigns for a Jewish Army; to save the Jewish people of Europe and the establishment of a Hebrew Republic in Palestine" papers, 1933-1972 (inclusive), 1939-1949 (bulk).

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Rogers, Will, 1911-1993

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William Vann Rogers, generally known as Will Rogers, Jr. (October 20, 1911 – July 9, 1993), was an American politician, writer, and newspaper publisher. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 16th congressional district from 1943 to 1944. Born in New York City, where his father, Will Rogers, was performing, he grew up in Los Angeles, graduating from Beverly Hills High School before attending Stanford University and the Univer...

Bercovici, Konrad, 1882-1961

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Konrad Bercovici (1882-1961) was a Romanian-American author whose works included biography, travel, history (particularly of Eastern Europe) and fiction. He published his memoirs, It's the Gypsy In Me, in 1941. From the guide to the Konrad Bercovici Collection, 1925-1964, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...

Ziff, William B. (William Bernard), 1898-1953

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Van Paassen, Pierre, 1895-1968

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Pierre van Paassen, 1895-1968, born Gorcum, The Netherlands. US journalist, writer, Unitarian minister. Known as a fighter against fascism and a pro-Zionist, a non-Jew working for the rescue of European Jews. Involved as publicist for the Bergson Group (a group of young Jews from Palestine led by Peter Bergson who helped sway America to act on behalf of Jews during World War II),1940-44. Wrote many articles and ads supporting the rescue of European Jews. His books include The Time is Now, 1941, ...

Germain, Louis, 1878-1942

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Rifkin, Maurice.

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Jabotinsky, Eri, 1910-1969

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Committee for an Army of Stateless and Palestinian Jews

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American League for a Free Palestine

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American League for a Free Palestine (ALFP) was created in July 1944, by Peter H Bergson (formerly Hillel Kook), for the purpose of supporting and funding his Hebrew Committee of National Liberation in Palestine. The ALFP attracted Jewish and non-Jewish members from all occupations, but especially those in politics and entertainment. The ALFP’s most notable achievement was the work of award winning playwright and director Ben Hecht, a member of the league. Hecht wrote A Flag is Born...

Hebrew Committee of National Liberation

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Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956

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Louis Bromfield was an American author and conservationist from central Ohio who gained international recognition winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts. From the guide to the Louis Bromfield correspondence to Edna Wolfe, 1942-1949, (Ohio University) American author and conservationist. From 1939-1969 he lived and did sustainable farming at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio. From the description of [Signature, 19--] / Louis Bromf...

Harrison, Earl Grant, 1899-

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1899-1955, commissioner of immigration and naturalization service From the guide to the Earl G. Harrison Collection, 1943, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...

Hadani-Rafaeli, Alexander.

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American Friends of a Jewish Palestine

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Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940

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Wechsler, Gabriel A.

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Pell, Herbert Claiborne, 1884-1961

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Congressman, diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Claiborne Pell : oral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309730680 Diplomat and U.S. Representative from New York. From the description of Papers, 1916-1946. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853079 Pell was a Dutchess County man who served in the 66th United States Congress, 1919-1921; was Chairman of the Democratic P...

Irgun tsevaʼi leʼumi

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The Irgun (Etsel) was a military organization founded in Palestine in 1931. Its ideology was based on the teachings of Vladimir Jabotinsky, which stated that armed Jewish force was the prerequisite for a Jewish state and that every Jew had a right to enter Palestine. Its symbol was a hand holding a rifle over the map of present day Israel and Jordan with the motto "Raḳ kakh" ("Only thus"). This symbol is on most of the items in this collection. Menachem Begin was the commander of the Irgun from...

Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe

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Ben-Eliezer, Arieh, -1970

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Smertenko, Johan J. (Johan Jacob), -1983

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Selden, Harris Louis.

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Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949

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Norwegian novelist, winner of the 1928 Nobel Prize for literature. An outspoken opponent of Nazism, Undset was forced to flee Norway during World War II, and lived in the United States from 1940 to 1945. From the description of Letter : Brooklyn, NY, to Blanche Knopf, New York, NY, 1941 January 15. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122639837 ...

Lourié, Arthur, 1892-1966

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Arthur Lourié was a Russian-American composer. From the guide to the Arthur Lourié papers, ca. 1910-ca. 1974, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Arthur Lourié was a Russian-American composer. From the description of Librettos, synopses, and other papers concerning the vocal works of Arthur Lourié, ca. 1920-ca. 1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364015 From the description of Papers, ca. 1910-ca. 1974. (New York Public L...

Johnson, Edwin Clifford, 1882-

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

Lerner, Max, 1902-1992

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Editorial director and columnist for the daily newspaper PM. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1947. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122583177 Author, lecturer. From the description of Reminiscences of Max Lerner : lecture, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86100443 ...

Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964

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The Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe was a Jewish activist group led by Peter H. Bergson and Ben Hecht, among others; founded in 1943, the group publicized the extermination of the Jewish people ongoing under Nazi reign in Europe and pressured the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt to take measures to save Jewish refugees. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943, 1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldC...

Somers, Andrew L. (Andrew Lawrence), 1895-1949

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Gillette, Guy M. (Guy Mark), 1879-1973

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Guy Mark Gillette was born in Cherokee, Iowa, February 3, 1879. After attending public schools, Gillette served as a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment of the US Army during the Spanish-American War, from May 25 until October 30, 1898. He returned to school and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines in 1900. After being admitted to the bar, he established practice in Cherokee. Gillette was City Attorney of Cherokee in 1906 and 1907, prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County from 190...

Merlin, Samuel

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Gunther, Frances.

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Kook, Hillel, 1915-....

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Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992

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