The United States Government has ordered the United Service for New Americans, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Committee for the Care of European Children to break all relations with the leftist Social Service Employees’ Union, Local 19, “as a security matter” it was learned last night. The order was issued through the Federal Displaced Persons Commission.
Acting on this order, the United Service for New Americans, which has helped tens of thousands of displaced Jews to settle in the United States, today announced that it had notified the union and 120 of its employees who are members of the union that relations have been severed. A similar announcement was also made today by HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Seventy-five of the 131 staff members of HIAS are members of the union. The affected employees include clerks, typists, and some social workers.
The U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, through the State Department, accredits voluntary agencies to function in the immigration and resettlement field in this country. Without accreditation, no agency can function in this field. In notifying their staffs of the break in relations with the union, the two Jewish refugee organizations assured the employees that the existing working conditions and salary scale would continue despite the termination of the agreement with the union.
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