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House Immigration Body to Open Hearings on Refugee Bill May 24

May 11, 1939
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The House Immigration Committee today set May 24 for the opening of hearings on the Wagner-Rogers bill for admission of 20,000 German refugee children to the United States in the next two years. The bill was reported favorably last Friday by a joint subcommittee of the House and the Senate.

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