Cabinet ministers being required to resign and recontest their seats in the House of Commons through a by-election. Jacobs advocated free immigration to Canada stating that free immigration is the solution to Canada's economic problems. He further stated that Canada should take advantage of the fact that the United States limited immigration and attract the best type of all classes of immigrants. With the rise of Adolf Hitler in Europe, growing anti-Semitism and a mounting Jewish refugee crisis, the Canadian Jewish Congress was revived in 1934 after several decades of inactivity. Jacobs was elected the reconvened Congress' first president and remained the CJC's leader until his death four years later. During this period Jacobs along with Sam Factor and Abraham Albert Heaps, fought a largely unsuccessful battle to force the Canadian government to lift quotas restricting the entry of Jews, particularly German Jews fleeing the Nazi regime, into Canada. Archives There is a Samuel William Jacob fonds (reference number R4654) at Library and Archives Canada. References External links 1871 births 1938 deaths Canadian Jewish Congress Lawyers in Quebec Jewish Canadian politicians Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Université Laval alumni Canadian King's Counsel McGill University Faculty of Law alumni