Three thousand Rumanian Jews were repatriated this past week from Russia, to which they were deported by the Germans, Jewish relief groups reported today.
At the same time, it was learned that while Senator Claude Pepper was in Eucharest he received Abraham L. Zissu, head of the Jewish Party, who informed Sen. Pepper that 100,000 impoverished Rumanian Jews had registered for emigration to Palestine. Sen. Pepper is reported to have promised that he would convey this information to President Truman.
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