Displaced persons who do not wish to return to their native lands will continue to receive relief from UNRRA “without discrimination as to race, religion or political beliefs, “Herbert H. Lehman, director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, told a session of the UNRRA Council here.
Mr. Lehman made his statement following the adoption by a plenary UNRRA session yesterday of a motion overriding the dissent of Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia opposing any aid to war refugees who wish to remain stateless rather than to be repatriated to their native lands. The motion was adopted by 28 to 4.
The dissenting four countries declared that they reserved full rights, since they consider that the adopted decision may result in an increase of those who do not wish to return to their homelands. The attitude of these four countries is explained by the fact that many fascists among the Poles, Slovaks and Russians prefer to remain stateless rather than return to their liberated homes. At the same time there are also many Jewish war refugees who refuse to be repatriated to their homes in Poland where anti-Semitism is still acute.
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