An increase in naturalizations among Jews in 1936 as compared with previous years was reported to the board of directors of HIAS by Isaac L. Asofsky, general manager. The HIAS Naturalization Aid Bureau helped 6,989 persons to draw up citizenship applications and 3,441 applicants to verify their records of arrival in the United States from the HIAS files.
The report shows that 9,024 Jewish immigrants and 6,175 non-immigrants were admitted to this country last year. The Washington representative of HIAS appeared before the Board of Review of the Labor Department in behalf of 316 immigrants temporarily excluded from the country. The society also drew up affidavits for 10,671 persons with relatives abroad, and 178,476 persons received information on immigration question.
HIAS, which maintains a Missing Persons Bureau, was called upon to help re-establish contact between separated members of families in 11,563 cases. The Food and Shelter Department furnished 266,953 meals and 27,380 lodging to immigrants, transients, homeless and unemployed, the report shows.
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