Despite the mass emigration of some 240,000 Jewish survivors from the D.P. countries and other distressed areas during 1949, an additional 146,000 will require resettlement aid to Israel and other lands from the Joint Distribution Committee during 1950, it was reported today by Moses A. Leavitt, J.D.C. executive vice-chairman, upon his arrival in New York aboard the Ile de France.
To help these thousands of men, women and children find new homes in Israel, the United States and other lands, and to continue its large-scale reconstruction programs and provide essential relief and rehabilitation aid for other thousands in Europe and North Africa who are still largely dependent upon J.D.C., the agency will require some $44,500,000 during 1950, Mr. Leavitt declared.
The J.D.C. vice-chairman, who returned to this country from a two-month survey of J.D.C. activities in Europe and Israel, will present a picture of Jewish needs overseas at the forthcoming national conference of the United Jewish Appeal, to be held in Atlantic City, November 25-27. During his travels in Europe, Mr. Leavitt reported that he had seen at first hand “dozens of reminders that J.D.C. aid will continue to be essential to Jewish recovery overseas during 1950.”
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