The British Government has rejected all requests except one to set aside immigration restrictions to permit admission of German-Jewish refugees, it was announced today by Dr. Bernard Joseph, legal adviser of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, at a special meeting of the Jewish National Council. The one exception, Dr. Joseph revealed, was a request for admission of 5,000 children from Germany, which was understood to be still under consideration by the Government.
Rejected requests included one for issuance of 7,500 entry certificates for German Jews between the ages of 18 and 25, another for 2,500 certificates for the Youth Aliyah (immigration) and a third for removal of restrictions on dependents so as to admit an additional 20,000 German Jews to enter Palestine.
Council President Isaac Ben Zvi called upon Palestine Jewry to raise $2,500,000 to finance settlement of the 5,000 children if their admission is approved. Miss Henrietta Szold, director of the Youth Aliyah, told the Council that the Government required a guarantee of $20 monthly per child for maintenance. The session approved Miss Szold’s plan for establishment of offices in Palestine and abroad to facilitate movement of the 5,000 children. Hundreds of applications have already been filed by families willing to adopt the children. A delegate on of Jewish leaders is interviewing the Chief Secretary of the Palestine Government on details involved in admission of the children.
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