British Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin, has promised that the question of the 1, 771 refugees facing deportation from Palestine to a British colony would be discussed with his colleagues and would be given full consideration, it was announced today. The promise was made in a cable to William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, who had cabled Bevin urging intercession with the Palestine Government for admission of the refugees.
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