{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence of Hyman A. Schulson is arranged chronologically into separate files of general correspondence and congressional correspondence. The correspondence taken as a whole documents Schulson's lobbying efforts as the Council's representative in Washington, D.C. for the creation of an independent Jewish state in Palestine.</p> <p>The correspondence, which is with Council members, public officials, members of Congress and others, reflects the evolution of the Council's analysis of the Palestinian problem and its conviction that an independent Jewish state was necessary for the solution of the problem of the resettlement of Jewish refugees left homeless in Europe at the end of World War II. Included are cablegrams (1948) sent by Schulson to his superiors when he represented the Council at the Paris session of the United Nations in 1948. The cablegrams contain his detailed reports on the political and diplomatic maneuverings over the proposal to adopt the Bernadotte Plan for Palestine.</p> <p>Schulson's internal correspondents include Dr. Benjamin Akzin, political secretary; Eliahu Ben-Horin; Leo R. Sack, consultant on Middle Eastern affairs; Abba Hillel Silver, chairman; and Harry L. Shapiro, Abraham Tuvim, and Jerome Unger who were the Council's executive directors. Other correspondents include Owen Brewster, Charles Fahy, Fanny E. Holtzmann, Irving M. Ives, Jacob K. Javits, Maurice Kesner of the New England Zionist Emergency Council, Arthur Lourie of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, George C. McGhee, Sidney Marks of the Zionist Organization of America, and David Petegorsky of the American Jewish Congress. Much of the correspondence is in the form of carbon copies. Included is a copy of a letter (1942) and a cablegram (1944) from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Robert F. Wagner regarding American policy on Palestine. There is also a file of correspondence (1949-50) relating to the termination of Schulson's employment with the Council.</p>"}