The French Government has adopted a liberal attitude toward Jewish immigrants states the report of the Comite Central D’Assistance Aux Emigrants Juifs in Paris, covering a period of eight months.
The Committee has been very successful in its relations with the French government and the representatives of other governments in Paris. One-thousand cases had to be brought to the attention of government officials and consulates. Of all the applications made to the government, only nine were rejected. In 260 cases, the Ministry of Labor issued labor permits. It is expected that similar results will be obtained in the other cases as well; 39 cases of expulsion were postponed pending further inquiries.
Fifty-four laborers, two of them with their families, were settled on the land and it is expected that this number will be considerably increased as time goes on. Owing to concessions granted by shipping companies at the instance of the Committee, the immigrants were enabled to save about 50,000 francs in transportation expenses. The Committee also carries on activities in Strassbourg, Lille and Havre through which Jewish immigrants have to pass.
The Zoning Board of Review of Providence, R. I., following a public hearing at which opposition to the erection of the Jewish: Home for the Aged was voiced by owners of adjoining property, held the application for the right to construct the building for further consideration.
Attorneys for the protesting property owners declard they felt that putting such as institution in a purely residential section would depreciate the value of their property and prevent its future-development.
Philip C. Joslin, who appeared for the petitioners, stated that his clients had searched for a long time for a suitable location for the proposed institution and that he could not see that its erection on the site shown would in any way injure the abutting property.
A 100-Year Club, composed of business and industrial groups which have been established in New York City for a century or more, is being formed by Isaac Liberman, President of Arnold, Constable & Co. There are concerns which were founded more than 100 years ago Mr. Liberman stated.
Theodore-E. Straus has been reappointed a member of the Baltimore School Board by Mayor William F. Broening. His nomination for a six-year term was sent to the City Council last Monday and confirmed unanimously. The post is considered one of the most important in the municipal government.
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