America Dodges Duty To Displaced Persons
Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. The United States Displaced Persons Commission aecused the United States of not doing its share in resettling Europe 's displaced persons. The commission, in its latest report to President Truman severely criticised the Act of Congress which regulated their entry. It said the United States had talteil only 15 per cent (87,400) of the displaced persons settled by June 30 of this year. Other countries, had taken larger nnmbers. England welcomed almost 100,000 displaced persons and almost 150,000 members of the Polish army, and Tsrael gave refuge to 123,000 displaced persons. The Commission said the present American law affecting displaced persons was complicated, unjust, unfair and discriminatorv. It said other countries had wide latitude under their laws providing for selection and immigration of displaced persons. The commission gave the following figures of displaced persons resettled in various countries by June 30, 1949: — Israel, 123,400; United Kingdom, 99,300; United States, 87,400; Canada, 68,600; Australia, 54,000; France, 39,100; Belgium, 35,200; Argentina, 28,800; Brazil, 22,300; Venezuela, 14,300; others, 32,100.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 November 1949, Page 5
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