The group of 106 Shanghai refugees who arrived in this country a month ago en route to Europe were deported today after a 24-day stay on Ellis Island while Jewish organizations sought to have them remain here and be processed as immigrants under the DP Act. All but 15 members of the group are Jews.
Although President Truman yesterday issued orders to John J. McCloy, American High Commissioner in Germany, to send the DP’s headed for that country to an International Refugee Organization camp rather than a German-administered center, and aid them in returning to the U.S., government officials here admitted that the screening of the 106 in Europe would take at least six months and possibly a year to complete.
As the refugees were deported, the United Service for New Americans announced that it had spent $8,500 to maintain the group on Ellis Island. Meanwhile, three Jewish members of Congress issued a statement thanking President Truman for his efforts on behalf of the DP’s. Sen. Herbert H. Lehman, and Reps. Jacob K. Javits and Emanuel Celler, all of New York, thanked government agencies for their cooperation and reviewed efforts made to allow the DP’s to remain.
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