The number of Jewish emigrants from Poland exceeded the 1934 figure by 75 per cent, it was reported today by Isaac L. Asofsky, general manager of the HIAS at the fifty-first annual meeting of the immigrant aid organization today at the Astor.
Other reports showed that 13,428 German Jews had been forwarded by HIAS and its foreign affiliate, the ICA, to overseas countries including the United States, Canada and Latin American countries.
In addition, it was reported that a number of German Jews were sent to France, Spain and other European countries for vocational training and permanent settlement. Others were repatriated to native lands. The number aided by the society totalled 22,062.
In his annual message, Abraham Herman, president, pointed out the German problem was only one phase of the emigration question, citing particularly the effects of the suffering of Polish Jewry.
Discussing the organization’s work in the United States, Mr. Herman said that the number of Jewish arrivals in this country included Jews coming directly from Germany and German-Jewish refugees from other lands.
Mr. Herman disclosed that HIAS has undertaken larger commitments for the current year and said that the organization would require an increased budget calling for greater contributions by American Jewry.
Discussing the work of HIAS in this country, Mr. Asofsky reported that 7,156 Jewish aliens entered the United States from January 1 to October 1, 1935. He said practically all of this number were aided by HIAS.
Mr. Asofsky reported that the organization’s remittance bureau sent 48,539 remittances totalling $877,562.67 to Jews in Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany and other countries on behalf of American Jews.
A report of Harry Fischel, treasurer, put the society’s income for the year at $269.243.79, with disbursements totalling $273,821,95, leaving a deficit of $4,578.16. The income, Mr. Fischel reported, came from contributors in 1,201 cities in forty-seven States and the District of Columbia.
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