I came across this news item in the Palestine Post (the precursor of the Jerusalem Post), August 28, 1936 (front page):
"New York, Thursday. Sen. William King, President of the American Palestine Committee, has issued a firm statement on reports that Jewish immigration into Palestine may be suspended. Speaking to a representative of the Zionist Organization of America, he said: "The report that a suspension of immigration into Palestine has been contemplated is incredible. That has been the prime objective of the Arab terrorists, and surely England will not disclose her weakness by yielding."