which will shortly be created to facilitate the emigration of political refugees from Austria and Germany." The leaders of the different organizations all met with the President to be briefed on how the committee's objectives. Problems immediately arose, as the objectives were never clearly defined, and financial support was needed from the agencies that it was supposed to coordinate with. Many of the members were poorly chosen as well. Bernard Baruch, presidential advisor, and Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury, were supposed to represent the Jewish community. They both never became, nor were they ever, active in Jewish organizations. Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, who played an important role in American Jewish life, wasn't invited to the preliminary meeting. Without Wise, the committee ruled in favor of non-Jewish refugee organizations even though the number of Jewish refugees was higher. The newly created position to head up this project, President's Advisory Committee on Pol
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