Sailing of the Neptunia, originally scheduled for May 24 and postponed to June 1, has been postponed indefinitely, it was announced today.
One hundred and fifty Central European Jews who were to have sailed on the vessel are still without transit visas enabling them to cross Italy. Together with 44 refugees already in Genoa, they were to have proceeded to the Dominican Republic to join 37 settlers who form the vanguard of 500 refugee families selected for settlement in the Caribbean island.
While officials of the Joint Distribution Committee are trying to obtain transit visas for the refugees stranded outside of Italy, Solomon Trone, representative of the Dominican Republic Settlement Association of New York, is making efforts to arrange transportation for the prospective settlers on the liner Saturnia.
Meanwhile, hundreds of refugees who had hoped to sail on the United States liner Manhattan will be unable to reach the ship because of failure to obtain Italian transit visas. Refugees already in Italy who had previously booked passage on the Manhattan, or who hoped to , are in danger of being stranded since preference is being given to American travelers.
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