The Joint Distribution Committee office here announced last night that it will finance the voyage of the vessel Wooster Victory–due in Naples today–from the Italian port to Israel. The action was taken in response to a telegraphed appeal from some 375 passengers aboard the vessel bringing them from Shanghai which stated that they do not wish to be put in International Refugee Organization displaced persons camps in Italy.
The vessel, chartered by the International Refugee Organization, carries close to 900 refugees. She sailed from Shanghai and was routed around the Caps of Good Hope to avoid possible incidents by sailing through the Suez Canal. The I.R.O. said it could not undertake to finance the voyage of the ship to Israel since only 375 of the passengers wish to proceed to the Jewish state.
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