Editing Edith Nourse Rogers (section)

==German refugees==
Rogers was one of the first members of Congress to speak out against [[Adolf Hitler]]'s treatment of [[Jew]]s. The expulsion of Jews from [[Germany]] without proper papers caused a refugee crisis in 1938, and after the [[Evian Conference]] failed to lift immigration quotas in the 38 participating nations, Edith Rogers co-sponsored the [[Wagner-Rogers Bill]] with [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Robert F. Wagner]]. Introduced to the Senate on February 9, 1939, and to the House on February 14, it would have allowed 20,000 German [[Jewish refugees]] under the age of 14 to settle in the United States.

The bill was supported by religious and [[labor movement|labor group]]s, and the [[news media]], but was strongly opposed by [[patriotism|patriotic]] groups who believed "charity begins at home". After rancorous [[U.S. House election, 1938|1938 elections in the House]] and [[U.S. Senate election, 1938|Senate]], Congress had turned [[Conservatism|conservative]], and despite provisions requiring the children to be supported by private individuals and agencies, not public funds, organizations like the American Legion, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and the [[American Coalition of Patriotic Societies]] lined up against it. With rising [[Nativism (politics)|nativism]] and [[antisemitism]], [[recession|economic trouble]]s, and Congress asserting its independence, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was unable to support the bill, and it failed.