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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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It $u also reported tint inca Paro Seco, dn Havana, trains fifty
* young Jenkeh dmatgronts to becouse farmera in Latdn dmerlea.
‘ *Itts residents aro dravn from 6,000 10 7,009 refuses stranded
An Guba in the nost demoralized idloners, and bilish, Spenteh and
sochal otudy are given. Yurther, tho Comittee fas joined witn other
refugee groupa to prosote sedentifie mothols dn sparsely settlod
Yosdico whore present farm noethods ore yo Invdequate that much food
is dmported despite the richness ¥ the Hoxtean soil."
It wie also gadd thot the Cosst{tites continued to feed children and refuges
on both aides of the wor in Spain and the Spanish refugecs in France, | Tis
vas Cone, dt was said, Chrowh ‘uaker representatives acting: for tho Intornatfonal
comission for the Ausistance of Spanish Child keLugccae
Infornation wia received in sucust, 1940, thet tho (FSC wos
representing tha New Lorld Lacettlenent Hund, 2 Vest A2nd Slrect, Yaw York
City, in luropa, os its agent with tho Ncuadorlan officisls, concorning
visso, cabarhitlons amd other datadls in bel ay European refuges te the
foerices, the Tuad ia seid to hive asswud esponsibility of bringing
. §,0% Sranish Republican fomilien te this hevisphere undor a contract, antered
dinto with the governagnt of the liepublic of Louador,
The New orld Reacttlament Fund Is seid te hve been forzied
dnaadintely after tha £4 ck of Medrid to reseug and rehebilitate Spanish
Romiltein Luaies interned anu unvanted in Vranca, Tha fund wus said to
have prupared (ie nicassary papers for the dadpretton of Lhe refwecs, to
have puid the presoge and recoltlod the refugees ona cooparstive farm at
Sa Julitay’ a Gertaa Colény dh Veuadors
The jasitigten Star carrlad an urtiele on duno 1, 1942, reflecting
that Janes Ge Vail, rorclen (ervica Secretary of the anerican Friends Sorvice
Couckltice, had becn one of tha speakers at a meeting of tha knti-var Congres,
held at tha Uathounl ress Club auditoriuy snd whieh had been attended by
repreceitatlyes of nora than half a doven peace organizations sponseorod by
the icep Averica Oub of Var Congress.
ferwin Jhouas, foelalist Party leudery Helon Alfred, of the UattonyL
Public fiousing Conference, end Je Re Luthar, President of tha Southern Tenant
Farser'g Unton, were alse reportiad Lo lave been acong Ue upeakorns
Mee Veil ds coid to have told the celeputes that Anortcans could
learn icasons dn phat tha United Statoa rocLly offern ita cltkzens fro the
tusthoony of rofugees flocking here fron wrentricken “urope. Ile 4a roportod
to hava ends .
"One of ths things that etroncers within our calos con holp us achieve —
is a new fevotion, a now Jeyalty, and a now senso of rerpons los Uity
fowerd the conucracy to vhiich we hava so readily glven lip survice without
Ade: WLS Wk dex standing. "
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