Efforts to evacuate some 4,000 Jewish refugees trapped in Shanghai are being pressed by the Joint Distribution Committee and the International Refugee Organization, it was reported today by J.D.C. officials here. J.D.C.’s director in Shanghai, Adolph C. Glassgold, is standing by in the beleaguered city making every effort to accomplish the removal of the refugee group, the officials said.
In the last four months more than 4,100 Jews have been evacuated from Shanghai, J.D.C. officials pointed out. In addition, permission has been obtained by the J.D.C, to evacuate 500 refugees caught in Communist-held territory in the North, but the breakdown in transportation facilities to Shanghai from Tientsin, Peiping and other cities has prevented their movement thus far.
A most serious problem confronting the J.D.C. in Shanghai, agency spokesmen pointed out, is a group of about 400 seriously ill or extremely aged Jews in Shanghai, who can hardly face the rigors of travel, and many continue to need on-the-spot aid for some years to come.
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