Nine hundred visas permitting the entry into Britain of refugees from France, including 183 children, were granted during the last half of 1942, it was disclosed today by Home Minister Herbert Morrison in the House of Commons as members continued to press the Government for immediate action to save the Jews from Nazi terror. He added that he was unable to state at present how many of these visa-holders actually reached Britain, nor how many of them were Jews.
The Manchester Guardian today expresses the hope that Deputy Prime Minister Attlee’s statement in Parliament that the present plans of the Government to aid the Jews fleeing from Hitler must be shrouded in secrecy is not an attempt to cover up slackening efforts. “All indications from the continent point to daily increase in terrorism, and there is reason to believe that the conditions in some areas are even worse than the descriptions contained in the Polish note and similar documents,” the paper writes. Despite this situation, recent consultations by governmental authorities reveal “a sense of a lack of urgency,” the Guardian continues, adding that “nothing definite has been heard regarding facilities for refugees now in Spain to enter Palestine.”
Samuel Zygelboim, one of the Jewish deputies in the Polish National Council, today suggested that Foreign Secretary Eden officially challenge Germany to allow a special commission of neutral representatives and Red Cross workers to visit Poland to establish the whereabouts of millions of Jews who have been deported and how many Jews in Poland are still alive. Zygelboim’s suggestions were contained in a letter published in the London Times.
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