Six Americans were decorated today by President Troncoso of the Dominican Republic for their activities in the founding of the Sosua colony. The ceremony took place at the presidential palace.
Those decorated are James N. Rosenberg, president of the Dominican Republic Settlement Association; Leon Falk Jr., chairman of its executive committee; David J. Schweitzer, who yesterday was named head of DORSA activities in the Dominican Republic; Harold F. Linder of the Coordinating Foundation; George Warren, secretary of the President’s Advisory Committee on Political Refugees, and Stephen H.P. Pell, father of Robert Pell, head of the American delegation.
Pell received a military decoration as a lifelong friend of the Dominican President. Robert Pell and Alfred Wagg, secretary of the Intergovernmental Committee, were obliged to turn down decorations offered them because of United States governmental regulations.
In his new post, Schweitzer will take active charge in the absence of Dr. Joseph Rosen, now in the United States. He will act as director both in Sosua and Ciudad Trujillo.
Yesterday the Intergovernmental Committee delegates inspected the Sosua colony. Pell expressed himself as highly pleased with the progress achieved by the colonists. A sports field was opened at the colony yesterday, dedicated to Paul Baerwald, chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee.
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