Special action to permit a group of between 200-300 Jewish refugees from Shanghai, now in the United States on transit visas, to remain in this country was asked today by the World Jewish Congress in a communication addressed to Attorney-General Tom Clark.
Pointing out that these persons would be eligible for admission as immigrants under Section 3B (2) of H.R. 4567 passed by the House of Representatives, but which has not yet been enacted into law, the W.J.C. asked that their stay be extended by a general administrative ruling until the bill became law.
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