A delegation representing 1,300 Jewish refugees from Poland who were recently deprived of allowances given them by the British Government–with funds charged to the account of the Polish Government-in-Exile–today visited the Assistant Chief Secretary of the Palestine Government to demand that these grants be resumed.
The subsidies were stopped on the basis that these 1,300 entered Palestine with immigration certificates and are, therefore, considered permanent settlers and not refugees. The delegation pointed out that since they did not arrive from Poland directly, but came via Teheran, Russia and other places, it would have been impossible for them to enter without certificates. They asked that special attention be paid to disabled veterans of the Polish Army who were wounded at Tobruk, Cassino and other Allied battlefronts and to the sick and aged who are unemployable.
Replying to their demand, the Assistant Chief Secretary proposed that they return their certificates, and thus becoming eligible for the allowances. It is understood that the delegation rejected this suggestion.
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