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UJA Report to President
Describes Rescue Work
United Jewish Appeal's Memorandum to • Roosevelt's
Advisory Committee on Refugees Points Out 9 Accom-
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plishments of Agencies m 10 Years of Hitlerism
The United Jewish Appeal for refugees, overseas needs
and Palestine this week submitted to the. President's Advi-
sory Committee on Political Refugees a memorandum des-
cribing the activities supported by American Jews to rescue
vast number of victims of 10 years of Hitlerism.
The document, charting the
course of relief and reconstruc-
tion measures taken by Jews in
the United States during "a de-
cade of doom and disaster,"
stressed the achievements of the
Joint Distribution Committee,
United Palestine Appeal and Na-
tional Refugee Service, the three
agencies which raise their funds
jointly- through the United Jew-
ish Appeal.
The memorandum emphasized
that the rescue action of Amer-
ican Jews through the agencies
comprising the United Jewish
- Appeal had to be enlarged as a
result of the disastrous events in
Europe which brought large
areas under the domination of
the Nazis. •
Nine Points Listed
In tracing the organized effort
to save large numbers of victims
of Hitlerism, the memorandum
summarizes in nine points the
principal accomplishments of its
constituent organizations:
1.—Since Hitler became Chan-
cellor of Germany, the
Joint Distribution Commit-
tee has helped millions in
50 countries throughout the
world.
2.—The Joint Distribution Com-
mittee made possible the
emigration of 260,000 refu-
gees from Europe to the
Western Hemisphere and
Palestine since Jan. 30,
1930.
3.—A total of 125,000 emigres
found a -haven in Central
and South American coun-
tries with the aid- of the
-
JDC.
4.--,During the Hitler decade
305,000 refugees from • Eu-
rope immigrated and settled
in Palestine through the
support of the United Pales-
tine Appeal.--
Purchase Land
5.-7-To provide for refugee
colonization in Palestine the
United Palestine Appeal
made possible the purchase
of 331,400 dunams of land
and the establishment of
134 agricultural settl e-
ments.
6.—Some 1,865 new industrial
enterprises were founded
in ,Palestine in the past 10
years with the help of the
United, Palestine Apeal to
Maintain the economic ca-
pacity of the country to re-
ceive new immigration.
7.—A- major portion of the
250,000 refugees of all
creeds who entered the
United States since 1933 re-
ceived adjustment assist-
ance from the National Re-
fugee Service.
19,950 Job Placements
S.—Through the. NRS program
program of economic integ-
ration 19,950 job place-
ments and 5,000 professional
placements were made for
emigres in this country and
other economic assistance
provided many others.
9—Fourteen thousand, t w o
hundred refugees have been
resettled with the aid of the
NRS, which has removed
them from crowded • ports
of entry to inland commun-
ities in the United States.
These programs were main-
tained during the past 10 years
by voluntary contributions from
American Jews who, the mem-
orandum points out, were encour-
aged in their endeavors by the
sympathetic understanding of
American public opinion and es-
pecially by the inter-govern-
mental action initiated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in behalf of re-
fugees.
Reviews Tragic Events
Declaring that the Jews have
experienced 10 bitter years dur-
ing which 2,000,000 have fallen,
"many in unmarked, mass
graves," the memorandum re-
views the tragic events of the
past decade and indicates how
American Jews met mounting
distress calls through expanded
effort for overseas relief and re-
habilitation, for immigration and
settlement in Palestine and for
aid to refugees in the United
States.
The memorandum divides the
past 10 years into three periods:
The first, from 1933 to 1938,
when the Nazi regime was con-
fined to. German territory.
The second, the promulgation
of the Nuremberg laws in Sep-
tember, 1935, was a turning point
in this period since it marked
the beginning of a campaign for
the "physical extermination of the
Jews.
The third, the war period dur-
ing which millions of Jews in
Poland, Belgium, Holland, France
and Russia fell under Nazi dom-
ination.
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REW S
Society to Celebrate
15th Year on Feb. 28
Organized in 1928 by five mem-
bers, Keshenever-Bessarabier So-
ciety of Detroit has reached a
membership of 100- couples.
The 15th anniversary of the
society will be celebrated at spe-
cially arranged ceremonies at the
Beth Tefilo Emanuel Hall, Taylor
and Woodrow Wilson, on Sun-
day evening, Feb. 28.
According to Sol Share, presi-
dent of the society, an interesting
program is being arranged. The
society, -Mr. Share reports, is as-
sisting in all worthy movements,
including Allied Jewish Cam-
paigns, War Chest and Russian
War Relief.
CARLETON SMITH AT CASS
TOWN HALL NEXT FRIDAY
Carleton Smith, economist, au-
thor, musical commentator and
broadcaster, who has covered 50,-
000 miles of the earth's surface
seeking the music of strange
people from South America to
unexplored parts of Batagonia
and the forgotten folk-songs of
many lands, will be the speaker
at the Detroit Town Hall in the
Cass Theater next Friday morn-
ing, Feb. 26, at 11 o'clock.
Tells Needs
Of Refugees
Dr. Schwartz Reports Spain
Sympathetic to JDC's
Care of Exiles
NEW YORK—The fact that the
Joint Distribution Committee
continued its relief operations
overseas after America went to
war contributed a vital and
fundamental asset to the morale
and hopes of the Jews on the
Continent, Dr.' Joseph
Schwartz, the J.D.C.'s European
chief, told a press conference here
this week, shortly after his re-
turn to the United States from
Lisbon, where he has been since
July, 1941.
Dr. Schwartz reported that
authorities in Spain were prov-
ing to be sympathetib in their
handling of the refugee situa-
tion there and that this attitude
was in an important measure
prompted by the efforts of the
J.D.C. to lessen the newcomers'
plight.
Dr. Schwartz plans to remain
here about eight weeks to confer
with the officers of the J.D.C.
concerning the needs among ref-
ugees in ,Spain, Switzerland and
North Africa as well as the prob-
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lem of evacuating children to
havens in the New World and
Palestine.
(He will address the annual
meeting of the Jewish Welfare
Federation of Detroit on March
8)
Accompanying Dr. Schwartz
was Louis H. Sobel of New York,
of the J.D.C.'s overseas staff, who
will leave shortly to represent
the J.D.C. in Central and So_uth
America.
Dr. Schwartz revealed that the
J.D.C. had found it necessary to
increase its monthly grants for
refugees who had fled from
France into Spain and Switzer-
land.
He pointed out that "even
though we are spending $67,000
a month . to provide both im-
prisoned and technically free
refugees in Spain with food,
clothing, medical aid, shelter and
all kinds of technical advice, this
sum will have to be increased as
more and more people come
across the borders from France."
THREE WIN MEDALS
IN PHILOMATHIC CONTEST
Irwin I. Shulman, George Rem-
baum and Myron Rosenthal were
the winners of medals in the 29th
annual Philomathic oratorical
contest. The judges were Judge
Harry B. Keidan, Rabbi Herschel
Lymon and Samuel Rhodes.
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