The Jewish Claims Committee on Austria is “awaiting new proposals from the Austrian Government for renewal of negotiations” on the Jewish demands, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, head of the claims committee, re-vealed here today upon his arrival from Europe.
Dr. Goldmann said that “within a fortnight we will know where we stand–whether we continue or break off contact.” He disclosed that according to information reaching the claims committee Austria wants to re-open the question, and that he had conferred in Washington with Austria’s Ambassador to the United States on this question. He also revealed that the United States Government had advised Austria to reach an agreement with the Jewish group.
Replying to questions on the recent meeting of the executive board of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, where some $9,000,000 in German reparations payments were allocated to various Jewish groups for relief, rehabilitation and cultural projects, Dr. Goldmann stated that 90 percent of the resolutions and decisions taken at the meeting were adopted unanimously.
He reported that after his present visit to Israel he will proceed to Bonn to confer with German authorities on various reparations problems as well as on the question of expediting individual claims for restituion and indemnification presented by victims of the Nazi regime.
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