The Joint Distribution Committee today issued the following statement lauding the Cuban Government for admitting the refugees from the S.S. San Thome.
“Once again the Government of the Republic of Cuba has demonstrated its humanitarianism by permitting the landing of the San Thome passengers. In so doing, it has afforded a temporary home to blameless victims of Hitlerism who sought asylum in the free Western Hemisphere. It would indeed have been dreadful if, due to a technicality, these 210 refugees, fleeing from Europe and with no place to which they could return, had been compelled to recross the Atlantic. Grateful thanks are due to the Government of Cuba for its recognition of the human factors involved and its generous hospitality to the refugees.”
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