Friday, December 28, 1945
39,000 European Refugees
Allowed in U.S. Annually
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Three
Weekly Review of the News of the World
(Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)
PALESTINE
pendent upon financial support from overseas
to maintain their foothold is contained in the
Brigadier J. V. McCormack, Deputy Di-
report of Jewish Palestine's Emergency Needs
rector of Public Relations in the Middle East,
and Rescue Fund which, in the three and a
informed local press men and foreign cor-
half years of its existence, has raised $10,-
respondents now in Palestine, that the war-
000,000, a large portion of which aided in the
- time accreditation system ends Jan. 31, 1946,
relief and rescue of European Jews.
WASHINGTON.—The United States will play a leading role
will be replaced by a new system which will
The Palestine Manufacturers Association and
in providing homes for displaced persons and homeless refugees
place all pressmen under the _aegis of the
representatives of the Jewish Agency's central
as -a result of the order issued laSt Saturday by President Truman
Palestine Government's Publk Information
financial institutions and the industrial organ-
directing the entry of 30,000 European war refugees a year, under
Office and new passes will be issued bearing
izations of the Histadruth, Jewish Federation
established immigration quotas.
police and military approval.
of Labor, have completed discussions here of
At the same time, President Truman made special pro-
measures to be taken in relation to the Arab
Charges that the Jews -violated the Govern-
vision to permit the 960 refugees in Fort Ontario, Oswego,
boycott of Jewish goods from Palestine. It is
ment's restrictions on Jewish land purchases
N. Y., to remain in this country and to apply for admission
known that the Jews are reluctant to adopt,
have been found to be baseless by a Govern-
under their respective countries' quotas, without being required
a counter-boycott, and have probably dis-
ment Inquiry Commission, headed by E. X;
to go through the visa routine by returning to their former
- Cussed the diverting of Palestine Jewish goods
Crosbie, it is reported in Jerusalem.
homes.
to other markets.
An eloquent refutation of anti-Zionist con-
Those who are to be admitted under the-new Presidential order
tentions that the Jews of Palestine are de-
(See Also Page 18)
will come in the main from Central and Eastern Europe and from
the Balkans, and they will be drawn from 2,000,000 who are
homeless as a result of the war and Nazi devastation.
Rescue Thousands of Displaced Jews
Regular immigration quotas will be filled, as a result of the
new order, by persons made homeless by the war and those who
will be either unable or will refuse to return to • the countries
of their origin. This is expected to result in the rescue of thou-
sands of displaced Jews.
In his statement,. President Truman said: "This is the op-
portunity for America to set an example for the rest of the
world in co-operation toward alleviating human misery."
Stating that the war has brought "an appalling dislocation of
populations," President Truman pointed out that it is "common
decency" to provide homes for thousands of displaced persons.
Following upon his urgent recent request for the admission
of 100,000 Jews into Palestine, the President's new order is prov-
ing heartening to those who have been pleading for international
efforts to provide homeS for the survivors from Naziism.
Truman's Order of Great • Significance
President Truman's humanitarian order assumes even
greater significance because, in his statement, he speaks out
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Truman Acts to Provide Safe Haven for War Victims Under
Established Immigration Quotas; All Those at
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TRUMAN ACCLAIMED BY JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS
NEW YORK. (JTA).—National Jewish organizations hailed
President Truman's order releasing the Oswego refugees and pro-
viding for the immigration of some displaced persons from Europe.
The National Refugee Service has revealed that before issuing
his order President Truman had received a survey showing that al-
most none of the Jewish refugees who come to the United States in
recent years became public charges.
The National Council of Jewish Women offered the President
the services of its immigration specialists to facilitate the release of
the Oswego refugees, and the services of its representatives abroad
- to help the government prepare the displaced persons for emi-
gration.
Joseph Proskauer, president of the American Jewish Committee,
wired Mr. Truman declaring that his order will set an example for
other nations, for similar action in opening their doors for the unfor-
tunate people of Europe.
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American Jewish Conference Asks More. Freedom for MC
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Greater freedom of action for the Joint
Distribution Committee in camps for displaced Jews in the Am-
erican zone in Germany was asked in a memorandum submitted
by representatives of the American Jewish Conference to Judge .
Simon H. Rifkind, civilian adviser to the Commanding General
of the U. S. Armed Forces in Europe, it was reported by the
Conference.
The memorandum, prepared by three representatives of the
Conference after a six week's survey of camps and communities
in Germany where the displaced Jews are housed, emphasized
that JDC relief in the camps is now being hampered by red tape.
American Jewish Delegation Demands Removal of DPs
PARIS, (JTA)—Displaced Jews must be taken out of Germany
immediately, if a "disastrous breakdown of morale" is to be avoid-
ed, three representatives of the American Jewish Committee
who have just returned from there warned this week.
In a statement to the press, Max Gottschalk, Herman A. Gray
and Lewis Neikrug, who studied the question of rehabilitation and
resettlement of the Jewish DPs, said: "During recent months the
_ situation of the displaced, persons in camps in Germany has re-
peatedly been brought to public attention. There has been sharp
criticism of shortages of housing, food and clothing. Vital as these
things are, they do not go into the heart of the problem."
Judge Rifkind Warns Against False Reports
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Judge Simon H. Rifkind, now in Germany
surveying the conditions of displaced Jews for President Truman,
termed "false" a charge by Chaplain 'Robert Marcus that between
25,000 and 30,000 displaced persons have died in Europe since
V-E Day.
Judge Rifkind also challenged the accuracy of a warning by an
UNRRA welfare director that conditions in the Landsberg camp
for displaced Jews are such that a disastrous epidemic might
strike at any hour.
"Such statements," Judge Rifkind said in a cable received by
leading Jewish organizations here, "to the extent Applicable to
the. U. S. zone, of which I have personal knowledge, are plainly
false and the products of lack of judgment or of hysteria."
Benes Promises Just Treatment of Jews In Czechoslovakia
PRAGUE, (JTA)—The political status of the Jews in Czecho-
slovakia and the question of restoration of confiscated Jewish
property were discussed here this week by President Eduard Benes
and Prime Minister Zdenek Fierlinger, meeting with A. L. Easter-
man, representatives of the World Jewish Congress.
Easterman stressed the need for exempting Nazi victims, ir-
respective of their nationality, from measures taken by the Czecho-
slovak Government against Germans and Austrians. President
Benes and Prine Minister Fierlinger assured him that no injustice
would be inflicted upon victims of racial persecution.
British Court Jails Displaced Jews for Demonstration
LONDON, (JTA)—Various terms of imprisonment were im-
posed this week upon displaced Jews for participating in a dem-
onstration in the city of Hanover against the Bevin statement on
Palestine, according to a report by Reuters.
Marian Lipke, chairman of the committee of displaced Jews
at Finnhorst, a section of Hanover, was sentenced to six months.
Others received milder sentences.
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