The question of a government loan for refugee settlement will become a practical proposition after examination of settlement schemes by Jewish bodies and an estimate of the cost of such schemes, lord Plymouth, Foreign Undersecretary, declared in the House of Lords today, winding up a debate on the refugee question.
Meanwhile, the Council of the Liberal Party adopted a resolution calling upon the British Government to initiate negotiations for an international loan for settlement of refugees, formulate an imperial settlement plan and make financial grants for refugees.
The Earl Baldwin Refugee Fund announced receipt of $64,000 (about $320,000) since the campaign was launched last week. The sum includes a $25,000 donation by lord Nuffield, famous philanthropist. At the same time, the Fund’s executive committee formally denied reports that Dr. Schacht would discuss the question of transfer to Germany of the monetary donations received by the Fund. Officials said that these sums have not, and will never be used except to aid refugees after they have left the Reich or to defray their railway expenses in Germany.
Leading Jewish organizations will hold a conference Saturday evening to discuss the question of proclaiming a day of public protest, meditation and self-denial in connection with the Nazi persecutions. Proceeds of the self-denial day would be devoted to bringing to England children stranded on the German-Polish Frontier in the recent expulsions of Polish Jews from Germany.
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