The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Dr. Auguste R. Lindt, announced here that his office would contribute $100, 000 toward the cost of resettling about 1,000 Egyptian Jews in Latin America through United Hias Service.
Murray I. Gurfein, chairman of the United Hias executive committee, at a reception in honor of Dr. Lindt who is returning to his headquarters in Geneva, lauded the various Latin American governments “which had absorbed a large share of the Egyptian refugees in their countries.” He particularly praised the Brazilian government, represented at the reception by Hon. Augusto Frederico Schmidt, Ambassador Extraordinary to the United Nations.
The reception followed a two-day professional conference at United Hias world headquarters in this city, on Latin America immigration, particularly as it will affect East European, North African, and Egyptian Jewish refugees. The professional conference was chaired by James P. Rice, the agency’s executive director, and addressed by Israel G. Jacobson. United Hias director for Latin America.
The $100, 000 which the High Commissioner will contribute toward the United Hias expenditures for resettling Egyptian Jews will constitute about 25 percent of the estimated total cost. The rest will be financed by the United Jewish Appeal Emergency Rescue Fund, and other funds which contribute to the migration agency’s program.
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