United States Minister Owen J.C. Norem at Kaunas has asked the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to organize emergency relief action for some 10,000 Polish war refugees admitted to Lithuania, it was revealed here today. Many of the refugees, Mr. Norem said in his request, which was transmitted through Ambassador William C. Bullitt, were wounded.
Mr. Norem urged that medical and other assistance be sent immediately. He also asked that a J.D.C. representative be dispatched to Kaunas to organize the relief work on the spot. J.D.C. officials here said that Moses Beckelman, a New York member of the organization’s European staff, will leave for Kaunas tomorrow in reply to Mr. Norem’s appeal.
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