Only 4,700 displaced persons have emigrated from Germany to the United States since last May, although under present quota regulations more than 25,000 could have been admitted in that period, it was revealed today.
The figures were contained in an announcement by Military Government headquarters at Frankfurt that about 900 DP’s left Bremen today for the U.S. aboard the Marine Flasher, reducing the number still awaiting passage at Bremen to about 1,200.
Officials attribute the delay to the fact that only a few ships have been assigned to the Bremen-New York emigration run. They disclosed that they have appealed to both the War and State Departments for additional shipping.
Ira Hirschmann, special representative of UNRRA Director-General Fiorello LaGuardia, has arrived here to make a study of the problems of displaced Jews in this area, He will report directly to LaGuardia.
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