(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
The representatives of the Hias, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of America, and the Emigdirekt, the United Jewish Emigration Committee in Uruguay have opened an Emigrants’ Protection Office to secure employment for the Jewish immigrants to Uruguay. The office will have its headquarters in the town of Peisandu.
The Emigrants’ Protection Office is the first of its kind in South America. The few emigrant aid societies in the Argentine and Brazil are of a charitable character and are not in a position to give any adequate help to the newly-arrived Jewish immigrants. The Emigrants’ Protection Office of the Hias and the Emigdirekt has already approached local chilled meat factories and it is expected that a large number of Jewish immigrants will find employment at these factories.
Similar emigrant protection offices will be opened in the other South American States.
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