Pointing out that aid to refugees in America in 1942 represents a positive contribution to national defense and welfare since through such assistance loyal aliens are helped to become loyal Americans the Executive Board of the National Refugee Service adopted a minimum budget of $2,618,725 to meet the basic needs of the agency in 1942, it was announced here today.
Major war services and normal obligations in the 1942 budget of the National Refugee Service include: Financial Assistance and Personal Services, $1,569,640; Employment and Retraining Services, $106,660; Migration Department, $70,680; Special Committees Servicing Professional and Other Groups, $83,460, National Resettlement, Field Service, and Community Relations, $220,105; Central Loan Fund, $84,000; Tuition and Resettlement of Foreign Physicians and Dentists, $84,000, Vocational Retraining, $100,000; General Administration, including statistical, accounting and related services, $179,930; Subventions to Other Organizations Aiding Refugees, $120,250.
The budget reveals that in 1941 the National Refugee Service rendered financial assistance to an average of 6,650 persons monthly, made 6,565 employment placements and 1,583 placements of physicians, musicians, rabbis and other professionals, resettled 3,182 refugees, rendered 101,676 migration services and provided, or directed 29,769 to instruction in English and the principles of Americanism.
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