Prospects for the settlement of thousands of European Jewish refugees on Surinam were described as good today in a report issued here by a commission of five agricultural, colonization and industrial experts who completed an intensive two-month survey of the Dutch possession on behalf of toe. Free-?and League.
Pointing out that both the Surinam and the Netherlands Governments have approved the League-sponsored project for settling 30,000 Jews on Surinam, the report emphasized that Jewish refugee settlers could produce most of their own foodstuffs locally, that opportunities for industrial development were satisfactory and that the moderate climate of the area is suitable for Europeans.
The report has been submitted to the Surinam Government, the League said, and after its expected approval, an agreement will be concluded to initiate the immigration of the first group of settlers. Members of the commission who made the survey were: R.C. Roberta, California soil expert; Dr. Atherton Lee, formerly head of the Puerto Rice Tropical Experiment Station; Dr. Giglioli, government malaria-##ogist in British Guiana; A.S. Fisher, civil engineer, and Nathaniel Weyl, former Department of Commerce economic adviser.
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