Despite the American Embassy’s intervention, the Italian Government today persisted in its refusal to permit transit for 600 refugees with American visas booked to sail on the United States liner Manhattan on June 1.
Transit restrictions were also preventing 150 prospective pioneers in the Dominican Republic from joining the 44 in Italy who are waiting to sail. Intervention by the Dominican Minister with the Foreign Office to obtain transit for these emigres was continuing with the fullest cooperation of American Ambassador William Phillips and Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt’s envoy to the Vatican.
The Dominican settlers were scheduled to embark from Genoa on the Italian steamship Neptunia, whose sailing has been postponed to June 1.
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