Col. Robert Solomon, advisor on Jewish affairs to the British staff in Germany, today told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the British Government has granted 460 Palestinian immigration certificates to orphaned in ?tree children up to the age of 14 who are not classified as DP’s because they arrived in the British zone later than the other refugees. Solomon, who is here on a ? of inspection of the Poppendorf and Am Stau camps, in which the Exodus refugees ? housed, said that the certificates would be deducted from the regular monthly Palestine immigration quota.
Meanwhile, local British authorities have taken cognizance of a protest by the Exodus Jews against the inferior rail accommodations provided an advance party of 100 men who left here Wednesday night for the new quarters at Emden and Wilhelmshaven. The British have promised to have better cars available for the remaining 4,300 Jews and to load the train on Sunday afternoon rather than in the evening as originally ?anned.
The Jewish medical officers are continuing to press for the inclusion of two hospital cars on the train for invalids and pregnant women near delivery. They insist that if the cars are not provided they will forbid the removal of the patients.
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