Intervention by President Alfredo Baldomir today saved from deportation 13 Jewish refugees who had been expelled by Paraguay. At the same time, the Paraguayan Legation here announced that his country would admit refugees who had left their countries of origin before Nov. 18, the date on which Paraguay cancelled the visas of all Jewish immigrants. Five hundred refugees affected by the Paraguay decree are at present stranded here, awaiting a decision as to their fate.
Nationalist deputies yesterday introduced a bill in the Uruguayan Parliament calling for a ban on Jewish immigration.
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