David J. Schweitzer, vice managing director of the American Joint Distribution Committee operations in Europe, with headquarters in Paris, arrived here today on the Paris for a three-week visit during which he will confer with J.D.C. leaders on budget problems.
He declared in a written statement that “the continued aggravated economic condition in some Eastern European countries makes the daily struggle for existence of the large masses of the Jewish population even harder, making the demands upon the J.D.C. greater and more frequent.”
He said that the Council for German Jewry, formed in London to coordinate emigration projects, had before it a number of detailed memoranda with reference to expatriating German Jews but that it was “too early to indicate definite details of this plan or the estimated cost.” He added that a number of organizations were being consulted on the plans, including the J.D.C., HICEM, ICA, and the Jewish Agency for Palestine. Discussions had already been held with delegations representing the Central Ausschuss and the Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland, he said.
Mr. Schweitzer spent most of the day in conference with J.D.C. leaders, including Felix M. Warburg, Joseph C. Hyman, Paul Baerwald and James N. Rosenberg.
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