It is commonly said that the Jews did not like his report, hence its scarcity. This much appears: The Jewish press has never made much of it; it is not cited in Jewish propaganda; it has not had the endorsement of American Jewry. The reason appears to be this— that it told the calm truth about the situation of the Jews in Poland, and made very fair observations.
But it is indirectly that American Jews show the opinion which they hold of the Morgenthau report, and it comes about in this way: When the American Mis¬ sion left Poland, the British Mission arrived, and remained until December. The chief member of the British Mission was an English Jew, Sir Stuart Samuel, whose brother Herbert is now High Commissioner of Palestine. He was accompanied by a British military officer, Captain P. Wright, who also submitted a sup- plementary report. The two reports were submitted with an introductory report by Sir H. Rumbold, British representative at Warsaw.
Now, of all five reports, the Morgenthau, Samuel, Jadwin, Wright and Rumbold reports, the Jews of the United States have circulated only one—the Samuel report. It has been printed in full in newspapers at advertising rates; it has been circulated broadcast as an American Jewish Congress Bulletin. Any number of Samuel reports may be obtained, but none of the report which a member of the American diplomatic service made and which the President of the United States transmitted as a Message to the Senate.
Why? Because four reports examined the situa¬ tion all round and reported it without bias, and if they were printed in the United States and spread broad¬ cast before the people, it would throw an entirely different light on the Jewish propaganda in favor of Polish immigration in enormous numbers.