Washington, Nov. 19.
President Roosevelt today issued the annual proclamation to the American people naming next Thursday as Thanksgiving Day, but at the same time gave cognizance to troubled developments in other areas of the world.
Emphasizing that in the United States "we have cherished and pr served our democracy," the proclamation issued by the President called on Americans to pray for "unfortunate people in other lands who are in dire distress."
The proclamation (coincided with the revelation that Congress and Officials are divided over a proposed measure to aid refugees. Senator William E. Borah, Republican of Idaho, objected to any changes in the immigration laws, contending that any possible realization from such a change would be inadequate to relieve the German refugee problem.
Senator Borah predicted that any attempt to liberalize the immigration d arouse tremendous: both outside and inside Congress.
Other Congressmen support this view, fearing that an i flux of immigrants would aggravate the already acute American unemployment problem.—United Press.
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