Congressional Group Confers with Hias on Admission of Egyptian Jews

The U.S. Congressional Committee which is now in Geneva to attend the Intergovernmental committee for European Migration Conference conferred today with officials of United Hias Service concerning the eligibility of Egyptian Jewish refugees for immigration to the United States under the new law.

A lengthy brief was submitted by James P. Rice, executive director of United Hias, who outlined the Egyptian persecutions, consisting of imprisonments, confiscations, banishments, and other injustices and indignities which, Mr. Rice stated, made the Egyptian Jews eligible as persecutees in line with the provisions of the new immigration law of the United States.

“Most of these Egyptian Jews have special skills and techniques that will make them precious assets to our Western civilization,” stated Mr. Rice, “and it is not to be feared that they may become liabilities to our country and our people. There are relatives and communities eager to sponsor these persecutees, and these sponsorships assure us of the facilities for speedy integration into our citizenry and our economy.”