Several hundred Jewish refugees in the Foehrenwald camp here have appealed to president Eisenhower for visas to enable them to enter the United States. The appeal recalled that when Gen. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Allied force, he visited the camp during the Yom Kippur holiday.
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