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EUROPE'S OPPRESSEDTrickle Of Immigrants ComingBy BRACK Ci. CURRY' WASHINGTON-. — War-impos-ed restraints on immientioq soor. will be climirarr-rt. In a snort tine a trickle of war reiu-sees and displaced persons, pushed or yanked from ihcir homes by the Nazi*. will star, entering the United Slates from European refugee cemp Orphaned children probably will predominate.Acting under President Truman's December 22 immigrationdirective, a government committee will ;ive or.-the scene assistance to help speed the movement to ids country of European refugee' and displaced persons The refugee' will cDrr.e iti under existing imir.ijrcticn laws.Headed hv Ugu Chiuj;. commissioner ol naturalization and immigration of the Jusi.ce ce-part me.it. the committee »!! settip five or six offices in the American rone of Germany.Staffed hy representatives of the Justice ana State departments and the U. S Public Health Service, these offices will ps« on the quaijt'ic«:or«s cl rci-uEee; and di-nUced persons seeking to enter the United Slates.9 9 mWHV THEY STOPPED Duiing the war very few persons came to the United S'aiev from Lhrooc. The reason.1' tr«ns-portat.'Oit shorta-f'. closing of American corsulsr offices and ob'todcs imposed by enemy na-t.uuv.In 1942. for instance, about 10 per cent of the immigration quotas were usee in lb-13 the figure slumpc: to five per cent. It rose to six per cent in 1944 and to seven per cent in 143, Now President Truman says the United Slates snare.' the re-spor.sibilir 10 relieve '.he suffering result.n: from the ep-pailinp dislocation of populations in Europe.”In his directive Mr. Truman saHHTo the extent that our present immigration laws permit, everything possible should be done at or.ee to facilitate the entrance of soir.c oi these displaced persons and refugees into theTHE ABILENE REPORTER-NEW Srabll»Sf« r»K» n»lf Our* *n 5ynZ»ybj Ifc' Pll'OHI IK PI RUSHING CO.^erth £«ser.d »r.S Cjptn. Abiiene. Te*«itLtrnnvi:- nut. -,;tiSul*crip-.lcn B»i»i—By C»rr;c: M'rr.ir.c and buiutar c: tv'i.u-.g »nd S.iodjy. 20 • »*»*; Etc a ir.o. Morn-.r.J *r.« Evrr.mc «nd Sunday. 3St a SI.J1 » menih.By Mail in «'»! 7fSA». Mnrr.mr ar.fl Sur.d«y nr Evrrii'c IM Sunday, IV ■ rr.c-nlh. CUbrr rain on iCQuntMamhar •( .\i»«rmad Pr»,»Ar.y tr:o:iro\u rcficcucn upcn im «ha:a«tci. lt;t»r.lt;iirc n-rcpUial’.K' rf »• F-'ram, firn e: cn-tuir»ll«n which may occur in ;r.» cnlumnt of THF. REPO(ITEn.NFWS will be llaoly corrected upcr. bclrx brc*;|hi to the mention r.i \tr manasencni.The eohinheri are noi mt©nnblt for cooy omuunn*, isi«fr»chir»i arrwi or any gair.l»ni»ora! •rr«r. shat mi ocoir olhrr than lo correct in rm tuue afirr it n tiro;|nlt; lo Ihetr aliennon. All idveruem* ordon are arrepird on ihti ha»l* cr.ly.E.-lered ai 5-n3 Clan Miller 0:L 4. l»t. a: the tlt;*ic!fCf, Abilene, Teiaa, under the Act of XJarrh J. ir».United States.”The President’s directive principally 8ffeels two groups:1. Natives of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, since most cf the refugees and cu-Dlacc-d persons are from these areas.2. Persons at the Oswego. N. Y., war relocation camp.The total annua! immigration quota for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans is about 39,000, says the Immigration and Xaluraliza-tion Service.Under the law, no more than 1C per cent of the annual quota can be admitted in any month. Tfcis limits the number of persons who can be plucked from camps in Europe and mnved to this country to about 3.fK0 a month.The Immigration and Naturalization Service is uncertain what nationality will be chiefly ai-fected by the President's directive.a • •SOME OF THF. QUOTASA quota of about 23.00 of the 39.000 annual quota for the countries of Ibis area is allotted to Germany. Poland has an annaul quota of 6.324. Austria 1.413, Yugoslavia 845. Czechoslovakia 2.874. Bulgaria 100. Hungry Rfi.9 and ftoumania 377.Visas issued to refugees and displaced persons will he charged to the country ol hirln. For example, a visa issued to .• Pole in Germany will be charged to (ho Polish immigration quota. Immigration quotas do not accumulate in years when countries fail to meet (heir quotas, as during the war.The Immigration and Naturalization Service says all persons accepted must pass the physical anil mental tests set out in (lie immigration laws. This means that oorsor.s guilty of crimes or moral turpitude or those who can't r»»5 physical and mentalSee IMMIGRANTS, Page 12
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