He also co-sponsored with Rep. Edith Rogers (R-Mass.) the Wagner-Rogers Bill to admit 20,000 Jewish refugees under the age of 14 to the United States from Nazi Germany, but the bill was rejected by the United States Congress in February 1939.
Han var medforslagsstiller sammen med Republikaneren fra Massachusetts Edith Rogers på Wagner-Rogers Bill om at give ophold til 20.000 jødiske flygtninge under 14 år i USA fra Nazityskland, men forslaget blev nedstemt af Kongressen i februar 1939.