Canada’s consent to admit deportees not withstanding fifty of the Jewish-immigrants will be put on the Olympic tomorrow and deported. One hundred and forty excess quota immigrants were similarly deported last Saturday on the Majestic.
The representative of the Canadian Immigration Department on Ellis Island is understood to have been informed by his government of its decision to admit the deportees. He is said to be in touch with Secretary Davis to secure his permission for the departure of the immigrants.
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