James T. Nicholson, American Red Cross representative entrusted with the task of distributing relief in Poland, has returned to Berlin from Cracow, Red Cross headquarters announced today.
Nicholson was allowed to enter Poland for an inspection visit only, last Wednesday. While he was in Cracow, he said in a cable to headquarters, he allocated a large shipment of medicine and clothing, which had arrived at the Red Cross warehouse in Cracow. Precisely to whom the allocations were made was not clear in his cable, but the Red Cross here believed it went to Polish and Jewish relief organizations.
The Red Cross announced that a shipment of tons of medicines and drugs and a large quantity of clothing, shipped to Italy aboard the U.S.S. Manhattan for transshipment to Poland, had been delayed and had not yet reached Cracow. The first delay came when the Manhattan was halted by the British blockade control at Gibraltar. Later there was further delay as a result of the halting of rail traffic by severe weather conditions.
When the Manhattan shipment reaches Cracow, Nicholson will be allowed by the Nazis to return for another brief visit to that city, it was said. Nicholson was the first American Red Cross representative allowed to enter Poland since the German occupation.
Meanwhile, Rep. Rudolph G. Tenerowicz (Dem., Mich.) urging adoption of his bill providing a Federal grant for relief in Poland, told the House today that unless adequate assistance is provided, “millions who now cling to life by the scantiest of threads will have died before the Summer sun looks down again on Poland.”
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