Although recent measures taken by General Eisenhower have brought about decided improvement in the conditions under which 75,000 Jewish displaced persons are living in former German concentration camps, American Jews must be prepared to supplement military and UNRRA aid for these refugees to the extent of $500,000 monthly, Dr. Joseph C. Hyman, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, said here yesterday.
Speaking at the Hotel Cleveland before a meeting of 800 Jewish community leaders, called to establish the East Central Region of the J.D.C., Dr. Hyman said that the amount is required to establish large-scale educational and vocational retraining programs for the displaced persons, to increase the flow of supplementary supplies to the refugees and to broaden welfare services in their behalf.
Dr. Hyman said American Jews must be prepared to provide at least $50,000,000 in 1946 if the Joint Distribution Committee is to extend effective help in behalf of Jewish survivors in Europe, particularly in Poland, Rumania, Hungary and France where conditions are acute. He expressed the belief that the needs of these sufferers must not be made secondary to any other cause, no matter how worthy.
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