The Wagner-Rogers bill for the admission of 20,000 German refugee children to the United States in two years won approval of the joint Congressional subcommittee late Friday. The action followed recent hearings at which support for the measure was voiced by representatives of the Protestant and Catholic churches, the A.F. of L. and the C.I.O., and by leading political figures and social workers.
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