A report that James G. McDonald, League of Nations High Commissioner for Jewish and other refugees from Germany, is planning to quit his post because the League is not sufficiently supporting his work, was emphatically denied today to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by Mr. Wurfbajn, the High Commissioner’s secretary.
The report appeared in a number of newspapers abroad. Mr. Wurfbajn, in his statement today, declares that Mr. McDonald is still in South America negotiating with the Brazilian and other South American governments for the settlement of refugees from Germany. He will not return to New York before the beginning of July, Mr. Wurfbajn stated.
PUSH FOR PERMANENT BODY
The High Commissariat for German refugees and the various organizations interested in protecting the mare continuing their efforts to create a central organization for the protection of all exiles as a permanent institution under the auspices of the League of Nations.
The opinion prevailing in Geneva is that concerted international action through the League could, at very little cost to he individual nation, mitigate considerably the sufferings of refugees, and of relieving unemployment among them.
Reports which have appeared in a number of newspapers abroad to the effect that a group of fifty German refugees have returned to Belgium from Brazil because they could not find an opening there and have been refused readmission to Belgium, were also denied here today.
“There is no foundation whatever for these reports,” the denial states.
It was recently reported from Buenos Aires that the Argentine government had refused to give Mr. McDonald the cooperation he asked of it in easing its immigration laws to admit refugees from Germany.
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