The Joint Distribution Committee today issued its annual report revealing that 450,000 Jews overseas were aided by the agency during 1950 and that about 400,000 Jews were still dependent on J.D.C. aid during 1951.
The report disclosed that the J.D.C. appropriated $36,516,000 for its programs in 19 countries and that more than 174,000 Jewish refugees were emigrated by the J.D.C. last year, 162,000 of whom were transported to Israel and the remainder to the United States, Canada, Australia, South America and other lands.
Outstanding achievement of the year, according to the report, was the expansion of J.D.C. aid to the aged, ill and handicapped newcomers in Israel, through the agency known as Malben. At present, tens of thousands of Jews monthly receive medical, welfare, rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance from the J.D.C. in France, Hungary, North Africa, Iran and other lands, the report says. The major tasks still facing the J.D.C. during this year are outlined in the report by Moses A. Leavitt, executive vice chairman.
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