A plea that the benefits of any future DP immigration bill be barred to members of General Wladislaw Anders Polish army, who are now in Britain, was this week-end sent to Rep. Emanuel Celler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sponsor of a new DP bill, by major Jewish organizations. Allegations of anti-Semitism have been made against elements of the Anders’ force.
The Jewish groups–the American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, B’nai B’rith, Jewish War Veterans, Union of American Hebrew Congregations and 27 Jewish community councils represented by the National Community Relations Advisory Council–asked for three other major changes in the Celler Bill. The plea was sent from a plenary session of the N.C.R.A.C. which concluded here yesterday.
The changes requested include elimination of a provision for mortgaging future quotas, extension of the benefits of the act to displaced persons outside the DP zones of Europe on the same basis as applies inside the areas, and changing of the racist language in the section which allocates 50 percent of the regular German quota to persons of “German ethnic origin” who were expelled from other countries of Europe.
(In Washington, Rep. Emanuel Celler called on President Truman today to discuss DP legislation and later said that the President opposed “any effort” to amend the Celler Bill as approved by the House Judiciary sub-committee.)
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