President Roosevelt’s new War Refugee Board moved today to enlist the full strength of private agencies for the rescue and relief of Nazi victims.
The Board made it clear that it could not receive proposals limited to rescuing a single individual, but that it was soliciting suggestions for group rescue projects. It acknowledged the value of the work already done by private agencies.
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