President Roosevelt yesterday sent Congress a request for a $50,000,000 appropriation to be used by the Red Cross for refugee work in Europe. Refugee work will be centered in France, the J.T.A. learned today, with the Red Cross using the port of Bordeaux as a receiving station.
Chairman Norman H. Davis of the Red Cross announced yesterday that as a result of Italy’s entrance into the war the closing of the usual channels of transportation through the Mediterranean, it will no longer be feasible for the Red Cross to ship to Poland relief supplies which hitherto have been purchased in this country with designated funds received prior to the opening of the present war relief campaign. Assistance to Polish refugees outside occupied Poland will continue to be administered through funds designated for Polish relief, Davis said.
The Red Cross said that it had heard from German sources that 40 wagon loads of supplies landed at Genoa several months ago had just now reached Warsaw. These supplies were originally to have been transported by train but the chaotic condition of the Polish railroads caused many delays and eventually it was necessary to transport them in horse-drawn vehicles.
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