A budget of $3,000,000 for 1946 was adopted here today by the annual meeting of the HIAS attended by 2,000 delegates. The budget of the largest in the history of the organization.
Reporting to the delegates, Abraham Herman, president of the organization, declared that a lack of shipping space remains the greatest obstacle in the path of immigrants from Europe. He asserted, however, that the situation would probably be used with the completion of the redeployment of American troops. He also reported that the HIAS has agreed to furnish corporate affidavits in cases where the prospective immigrant has met all other requirements for entry into the U.S. but cannot obtain individual affidavits.
Mr. Herman said that the prospects for 500,000 displaced and refugee Jews in Europe had brightened during the past few months, although the world-wide growth of exaggerated nationalism” since the end of the war threatened to aggravate their night. He pointed out that some countries were already willing to open their doors for the refugees, and that further relaxation of immigration restrictions was expected. Isaac L. Asofsky, executive director of the HIAS, reported on the activities of the organization in the United States.
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