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VOLUME 17—No. 15 708-10 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit, Michigan, June 23, 1950
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Special Status Given Deported
DPs; Return to U. S. Facilitated
NEW YORK-The United Service for New Americans on Tuesday was ad.
vised by H. J. Lheureux, chief of the Visa - Division of the State Department,
that the Department has cabled John J. McCloy, U.S. High Commissioner in
Germany, that the 106 Shanghai Jewish refugees, who were to be returned to
Germany, will have the status of temporary residents in order that they may be
eligible for admission to the U.S. under the new D.P. law.
The refugees were scheduled to leave aboard the General Struges at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday.
Accepting an offer by USNA to defray cable costs, the State Department
has cabled a list of the refugees to American Consulates in Hong 'Kong, Tokyo,
Yokaharna, Mani1O, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich, and instructed
the ,U.S. Consuls to search their files for the dossiers of the group.
These documents, which had been prepared by U. S. Consulate officials in Shanghai,
DI" Bill Approved:
As Government offi-
cials look on, at the White House, President HARRY S. TRU-
MAN Signs into lacy fhe bill liberalizing the Displaced Per-
sons Act and admitting 416,000 refugees into the United
States by June 30, 1951. The witnesses, left to right:
JOSEPH FEENEY, legislative assistant to the President- - ; Rep.
EMANUEL CELLER
chairrnan. of the House judi
ciary Committee; Sen. -=HARVEY M. KILGORE (D.-W. Va.) ;
WATSON B. MILLER, 'commissioner of immigration and nat-
uralization; Sen. HERBERT H. LEHMAN (D-N.Y.) ;
WARD M. : O'CONNOR., merribe-r . of DP Commission; HARRY
_ Ai ROSENFIELD, acting chairman of Commission.
where the 106 Jews first applied for entry to the U. S., were among official documents
hurriedly evacuated from American Consul ates in China. Location of the, dossiers
would make it unnecessary for the DPs to undergo the preliminary screening required
before U. S. visas can be issued.
The Consuls have been advised to forward any -dossiers they find in their files to
Washington or to a central point in Germany where the refugees will be screened. The
group will be kept together in a DP camp in Germany until their eligibility for per-
manent settlement in the U.. S. is determined. .
Meanwhile, Walter A. Bieringer, USNA president, announced that r the agency al-
ready has initiated action to secure assurances of jobs and homes in the U. S. for
those of the group declared eligible for entry. He pointed out that this will speed their
eventual return here since these assurances are required under \the DP law.
He also said that the Joint Distribution Committee has been alerted to the situation
of the Jews to aid them on their arrival in Germany.
Leading New York newspapers on
Tuesday severely criticized, in editorials, the
deportation of the 106 refugees to Germany.
The New York Times took issue with the
argument given by the Department .49f Jus-
A victory program and buffet supper
will mark the termination of the 1950
tice that there is no law under which these
Allied Jewish CamPaign, Monday, June
refugees can be admitted to the United
26, 6:30 p.m., at the Woodward Ave.
States. "Until the boat sails with its human
Jewish Community Center.
cargo,
we shall refuse to believe that this
Julian H. Krolik, Harvey H. Goldman
is
the
final
answer," the Times editorial said.
and Louis Berry, campaign cabinet
The New York Herald Tribune comments
chairmen, in a joint statement, an-
similarly. "Common sense, a factor some-.
nounced that in addition to hearing re-
times overlooked in the establishment of
ports on campaign standings "this cam-
regulations, would seem to argue that it is
paign-closing meeting will be an occa-
foolish and unnecessarily expensive to
sion for workers and contributors to
transport people from Shanghai to San
celebrate a job well done."
Francisco to New York to Bremerhaven be-
With the campaign total topping the
fore deciding that most of them can come
$4,200,006 mark, intensive last-minute
to America anyway," the editorial says.
solicitation continues on all levels.
"The obvious and simple procedure would
A nationally prominent speaker is
seem to be to examine the refugees here--
expected here to address Monday's vic-
whatever time it takes— to determine whiCh
tory rally. Tribute will be paid at this
of them would be eligible for entry into this
function to workers in all divisions who
country." The New York Post similarly,
have done outstanding work in the
criticizes the deportation in an article by
campaign.
Max Lerner.
Victory Program to End
Drive Monday Evening
-
Award for Ben-Gurion:
Before his
departure for his new post •as Israel's Ambassador to
Great Britain, ELIAHU ELATH (center), former Israel Am-
bassador to the U.'S., accepted the American Jewish Con-
gress' first Stephen S. Wise Award•on- behalf of. Prime Minis-
ter Ben-Gurion. Rabbi IRVING MILLER (right) president
of- the American Jewish Congress, made . the presentation in
New York. Former Federal Judge SIMON RIFKIND, chair-
'than of the awards 'committee, presents accompanying check
for $1,500. Ben-Gurion was named for the first award in
honor of his work in developing the Jewish State.
Bnai Brith in France:
Flanked by the
Stars and Stripes, the Hon. DAVID K. E. BRUCE, U. S. Am-
bassador to France, is shown here, addressing the first meet-
ing 'of a Bnai Brith lodge, in Paris. The lodge consists of
American residents In Paris and is the first Bnai Brith lodge
in the world to consist of Americans residing in a foreign
country. The new lodge is named Loge Americaine. From
the left: GASTON KAHN, president of the other Bnai Brith
lodge in Paris; LEWIS NEIKRUG, European HIAS Director,
first president of Loge Americaine; Ambassador Bruce;
ZACHARIAH SCHUSTER and LOUIS LOBER, vice presidents,
and AL DESSER, secretary of the new lodge; and DAVID
BLOCH, vice president of Bnai Brith European Committee.
Spur UJA Cash Drive:
The United Jewish Appeal national report
conference, held last week in Chicago, with 500 leaders from cities throughout the land
in attendance, was inspired by MRS. GOLDA MYERSON, Minister of Labor in the Israel
Government. She is shown above at the sess ion at which $1 1,900,000 in cash—including
$500,000 from Detroit—was received to hel p - finance "now or never" immigration to
Israel from Romania, Iraq, Poland and other countries. With Mrs. Myerson are, from the
left: SAMUEL H. DAROFF, president of the Philadelphia Allied Jewish Appeal; JUDGE
MORRIS ROTHENBERG, UJA national chair man; MORITZ GOTTLIEB, president of the
Allentown, Pa., Jewish Federation, and DR. JOSEPH J. SCHWARTZ, JDC director-general.
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