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The American people would be willing to have #### of displaced persons admitted to the United States Mrs. ###### addressing a meeting here of the Junior Division of the United Jewish ##. She urged that individuals communicate with their representatives in congress ## legislation to authorize the entry of more refugees.

Replying to criti## of the projected International Refugee Organization, ###### that by contributing forty-nine percent of the IRO budget the U.S. #### a dispreportionate allo?ment, Mrs. Roosevelt said that a survey has #### on the basis of its financial position in relation to the other members of the ## the U.S. should be asked to contribute seventy-five percent.

The asked that although certain circles in the Middle East felt that the Jews refugees should be required to return to their countries of origin, it was #### for persons to return to places that have been reduced to rubble and where #### they are unwelcome.

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