Of the 3,452 immigrants who entered this country up to Aug. 7 under President Truman’s directive, 2,477 were Jewish, it was revealed in a report to the President from T.B. Shoemaker, acting Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. The letter was released today at the White House.
The report also mentioned receipt and approval of corporate affidavits from seven relief organizations, including the HIAS, National Refugee Service, and the Vaad Hatzala, which plan to sponsor an additional 12,000 immigrants. The NRS and HIAS have been responsible for facilitating the entrance of the majority of the immigrants who have arrived thus far, it added.
The largest group of immigrants, 1,310, came originally from Poland, while 966 were from Germany, 125 from Austria, 119 from Czechoslovakia, 105 from Hungary, 41 from Yugoslavia, 20 from Rumania, and 255 from 14 different countries. A total of 491 were classified as stateless persons. In all 796 family groups were transported from displaced persons centers in Germany to this country.
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