The National Refugee Service reported today that 1,522 refugees–representing 40 per cent of last year’s total–were resettled during the first three months of 1940. The figure for March marked an increase of nearly 100 per cent over the same month last year.
Fifty per cent of the refugees resettled in the three months were directed to 13 regional area committees, where they were redistributed to 250 smaller communities. Two new services were established during the quarter–an Advisory Committee on Housing which assisted 1,315 families to find suitable accommodations and an Agricultural Program, cooperating with the Jewish Agricultural Society, devoted to farm retraining and resettlement.
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