A recommendation that UNRRA seek an ultimate solution to the problems of displaced Jews by supporting their demands that they be permitted to emigrate to a country of their own choosing has been made to the American representatives to the UNRRA Council, now meeting at Atlantic City by the Jewish Labor Committee delegation, which recently returned from a tour of the American zones of Germany and Austria.
Emphasizing that the greatest portion of displaced and refugee Jews want to migrate to Palestine, the delegation has asked that the doors of Palestine be opened and that migration of those who want to go to other countries be facilitated. The group, which spent two months in Germany and Austria and visited nearly every camp where displaced Jews reside, called for improved living conditions and the resettlement of Jews in homes and communities rather than camps, as temporary relief measures.
Improvement of diet and clothing distribution were also declared to be necessary. A comprehensive rehabilitation program, including the establishment of shops and vocational schools, the encouragement of educational and social activities and the organization of farming communities should be undertaken immediately, the Labor Committee group declared.
They also asked for a greater degree of freedom for the Joint Distribution Committee and other Jewish relief agencies.
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