U. S. Officials Deny DPs
Constitute Danger to U. S.
UJA Ambassador
Palestine.
Secretary of State Marsha11 4' brighter world in which peoples
sent a message to the closing everywhere will rise above preju-
session pledging the U. S. gov- dice and intolerance to live in
ernment "will continue to urge peace and mutual respect."
all nations to join hands in a
Revision of Laws
common effort to reach a solu 7
The revision of U. S. immigra-
tion" with regard to resettlement
of displaced persons. "I share tion laws "so as to give refuge
to our proper share of displaced
with you a special concern for the
persons, whether they be Chris-
hundreds of thousands of people
tians or Jews" was urged by
who during the war were forced
Gov. Dewey of New York in
to leave their homes by Nazi op-
pressors, or because of threats to greetings to the convention.
Mr. Held's program for the cur-
their life or liberty on account
of race, religion or political be- rent year provides for:
liefs," he said.
• Intensified reconstructive
The convention sent a cable to
aid to JeWs in Europe who wish
to remain in their native lands.
the British Labor Party, appeal-
ing for the abrogation of the
• Acceleration of emigration
White Paper and for admission
of displaced Jews from the
of 100.000 Jews to Palestine.
camps in Europe, as well as
Richard C. Raymond, State De-
helping the emigration of Jews
partment assistant adviser on
wishing to leave their countries
refugees and DPs, declared the
of origin.
majority of survivors in Europe
• Expansion of the activities
could n o t be absorbed into
of the Jewish Labor Committee
the economy of the places
in connection with the rehabili-
where they now reside. He as-
tation in Palestine of new Jew-
serted resettlement elsewhere is
ish settlers.
a solution for the majority and
• Continuation of the Com-
said South American countries
mittee's fight on anti-Semitism
had indicated an interest in re-
in the United States through
ceiving DPs. Large-scale resettle-
organized labor and other chan-
ment. however, is in its initial
nels.
stages. he said.
Congressman's Facts Wrong
In Slur on Refugee Doctors
WASHINGTON (JPS-Palcor)—The opening gun in what
is shaping as a Congressional battle against immigration into
the U. S., was fired in the House last week by Rep. Arthur
Lewis Miller (R) of Nebraska who said he was "told" more
than 1,000,000 aliens entered this country in 1946, and spoke
slurringly of the activities of refugee doctors.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Resettlement of displaced per-
sons in other lands provides the only possibility for a solution
to their problem, State and War Department officials stated
here at the convention of the Jewish Labor Committee.
The Committee adopted a 1947 budget of $1,750,000 of
which $250,000 will be spent to resettle displaced Jews in
Traditional Generosity
Mr. Raymond declared that
"we must not forget our tradi-
tional generosity or the fact we
always have been a haven for
oppressed peoples," and referring
to fears newcomers to this coun-
try would constitute a threat to
security. he said:
"On the contrary, these people
are carefully screened. A recent
report states there would be many
Communists among them and
they would constitute a grave
danger. To anyone who has lived
among these people and knows
them, this is simply not so, for
they are thoroughly unsympathe-
tic to Communism. The number
of criminals among them is small
and has been overstressed."
Desire to Go to Zion
Most of the survivors Mr. Ray-
mond said, desire to go to Pales-
tine. He said the government con-
tinues to adhere to the policy of
recommending the admission of
100.000 and has offered transpor-
tation facilities and economic as-
sistance for this purpose.
Col. Robert L. Fisher, chief of
the War Department DP division,
said every member of the United
Nations, including the U. S.,
should take a 'fair share" of DPs.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
speaking over the long distance
phone from Miami, declared that
past unused quotas should be
made available for DPs, in addi-
tion to allowing a certain number
to enter on a non-quota basis.
Praise from Dubinsky
David Dubinsky, re-elected
treasurer and president of Inter-
national Ladies Garment Work-
ers Union, also speaking from
Miami, praised the Jewish Labor
Committee's achievements.
Edward Corsi, New York State
Industrial Commissioner, told
how productive - work could be
found for DPs if Congress took
action to admit a portion of them.
A proposal made by Ben Gold,
president of American Jewish
Labor Council, for unity with the
Jewish Labor Committee, was re-
jected. Adolph Held, who was re-
elected president of the Commit-
tee, quoted Mr. Green as describ-
ing Mr. Gold's organization as a
communist front
Rehabilitation Program
A program for rehabilitation of
Jews in Europe and the resettle-
ment of refugees in Palestine and
for combatting anti-Semitism in
the U. S. was outlined by Held
before more than 500 delegates
from all parts of the country and
by delegations representing Jew-
ish labor organizations in Poland
and other European countries.
President Truman in a message
to the convention declared: "I
share your earnest hope for a
Page Three
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 7, 1947
MRS. DAVID M. LEVY
Wo-
men's Division of the United Jew-
ish Appeal, is greeted by the shy
smiles of European Jewish child
survivors on her recent visit to a
children's convalescent home in
the Tatra Mountains of Czechoslo-
vakia which is supported by the
Joint Distribution Committee with
funds raised through the $170,-
000,000 United Jewish Appeal.
Chairman of the National
Jewish Refugees Leave
Italy For Latin America
ROME, (JTA)—A transport of
223 Jewish refugees sailed from
Genoa for resettlement in Brazil,
Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and
Chile. The group sailed under
the auspices of the Joint Distri-
bution Commiteee.
He intimated government agen-4
cies were preventing the Ameri- tion Service reported a total of
can public from learning the truth 85,000 illegal entrants were appre-
about the number and types of hended in the six month period,
aliens entering this country.
indicating an average of 170,000
Bert Andrews, New York
Herald._ Tribune correspondent, persons are caught entering the
retorting Rep. Miller's charges, country ilegally each year.
cites Justice Department figures
shoWing Miller's contention that U. S. Will Tighten Screening
1,000,000 aliens entered last year Of Displaced Immigrants
is "greatly exaggerated." Mr.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —
Andrews, however, agrees that
Screening of displaced persons in
immigration statistics are difficult
to obtain, and a Congressional the American zones of Germany
investigation of the situation and Austria applying for admis-
sion to the U. S. will be tightened
would be desirable.
to eliminate fraudulent cases. a
Soliciting Patients
high immigration official dis-
Rep. Miller, a physician and a
closed to a HIAS representative-
former president of the Nebraska
Immigration authorities recog-
State Medical Association, said a
New York medical group in- nize this "weeding out" process
formed him alien doctors and may slow down imr.igration, but
dentists there who have no li- the State Dept. feels the program
censes to practice, are going is "moving along satisfactorily,"
around from house to house so- with 12,000 visas issued to date
liciting patients at 50 cents a call. and with many priests, rabbis and
professors entering as non-quota
The Immigration Service of the
Justice Department reported in immigrants.
The immigration official also
the last six months of 1946 a total
of 27,000 quota and 42,000 non- held out the hope that by the
quota immigrants entered the middle of next month transporta-
country. On that average the total tion will have caught up with the
for 12 months would be about backlog of DPs stranded at Bre-
138,000. In addition. the Immigra- men.
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