Voluntary relief agencies will have to increase their aid to refugees and DP’s within the framework of the projected International Refugee Organization, observers at the I.R.O.’s Preparatory Commission meeting here predicted last night on the basis of the discussion and decisions thus far arrived at.
Following a clash yesterday between the American, French and Dutch representatives on one hand and the British, Norwegian and Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees delegates on the other, over the question of whether the refugees shall receive larger food rations than the native populations in the areas where the DP’s are located, the delegates instructed the commission’s executive secretary to study the problem and report on it to the commission’s next meeting.
The World ORT Union has submitted a memorandum to the commission describing its work among Jewish refugees and stressing the importance of stabilizing the Jews by integrating them into the economy of the various countries where they now find themselves through a program of retraining. The ORT endorsed an earlier statement by Sir Herbert Emerson, director of the Intergovernmental Committee, which pointed out that skilled DP labor was needed in many countries outside of Europe.
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