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U. S. To Receive1,000 RefugeesWASHINGTON, June 9 lt;APRefugees are streaming out of Europe in surh numbers that shelter renters will ha\e to be douoledin capaetty. President Roosevelt i ra onnnim r i n a that 1 . Of Ml \\ 11!be brought to this country andboused at Fort Ontario, near Oswego, N. V.Mr. Roosevelt told a news conference that 1.800 refugee^ reached Southern I?a!v last week tromYugoslavia alone. He said haven^ already established at Uasablan* a and elsewhere in the Mediterranean area have facilities to care for 20.000 and that these vs r be expanded and new ones established to make room for 40,000.The 1.000 to he brought to FortOntario, Mr. Roosevelt ^aid. are ail that he anticipates will come to this country. It was indicated, in fact, that bringing them here isprimarih intended as a token of the United States’ willingness todo its part in meeting the problem.Mr. Roosevelt made public in-ftructions he has sen? to Robert Murphy, ambassador a’ Algiers, w'hich said, “I feel it is important that the United States indicate tha? it is ready to shaie the burden of caring lor refugee-during the war.”t t • • i
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Phoenix Arizona Republic
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Tue, Jun 06, 1944
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