The Joint Distribution Committee was lauded yesterday by Premier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia for the successful conclusion of its rehabilitation program in that country and for aiding in the emigration of Yugoslav Jews wishing to go to Israel, the New York Times reported today from Belgrade.
Marshal Tito told Frederick C. White, J.D.C. director for Yugoslavia, in his villa on Dedinje Hill that it was only just and proper that special efforts were made to aid Yugoslavia’s Jews. The Premier stated he felt the Jews had a right to emigrate to a country for which they had longed for over 2,000 years. Following his visit with Tito, Mr. White was decorated with the Order of the Yugoslav Banner, third degree.
Mr. White, who will leave Belgrade for Israel this week-end after spending more than four years in this country during which time the J.D.C. expended some $3,500,000 for the relief and rehabilitation of the decimated Jewish community, had high praise for the “generous cooperation and sympathy received from Yugoslav authorities.” Some 500 Jews are expected to leave for Israel March 10, it was revealed, leaving some 5,000 Jews in this country who wish to remain. Two hundred Yugoslav Jewish physicians who wish to leave for the Jewish state have not been allowed to do so until additional graduates of medical schools are available to take over their duties.
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