What amounts practically to a refusal of the request made by Norway that the League of Nations establish a special refugee organization under its aegis, was today adopted in the form of a resolution by the Political Commission of the League Assembly after it had been submitted by a special subcommittee appointed to study the question.
The decision to abolish the Nansen office at the expiration of its term in 1936, was confirmed.
The question as to whether or not the League of Nation’s High Commission for German and Other Refugees, headed by James G. McDonald, will be placed under direct control of the League, will be decided by the League Council, which will appoint an expert committee of five members to study the question further. It was decided, however, that under no condition may the League’s budget for this purpose be increased by special relief measures.
The final decision of the Council on this matter, it is expected, will not be made until the middle of 1936.
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