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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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i project was to by called "Man Harket, Clinic" and
dty purpose ds reportedly to help refuzovs mater the technique of "selling
“thowselves in finding Joba." 1
t rin also caid in January, 1943, thab the avec wan affiliated
with threa other organizations intarestod in the refiper prob), nauslyy
the National licfiraa Serviced, Thies, the Calholic Cormittes for telusess and
the Christian Comalttes for haligeods
In 1943 the aFs¢ win reported to have handled refugee matters for
the AntieFanelst efupoe Cs tlee which was said to have been formed das
Apral, 1942 throirch an mation of the United 4
Comittee, the Mxiled | criter's Comalttes ond the #
Refurces. ‘the Coailtteata program conte: spla tod the reacue an
wiancist refuse tt i
eld that the oxpanizations were Coupunkstia and the Commants toE: arty tt the
_ United States 4s reported to have donated 22,000 toward the Comilttee'a work
on January 23, L936
A member of tha fF0S In Philadelphia was reported in 1943 by a
confscential source to have nrood Lo pet an appointment with las. Noscevelt
for tvo rabble who were dealrous of soliciting hor assietance in scouring
the releuse of the formor Lithuanian Vice Chancellor of Jewich extruction,
who was said to have escaped from TAthuaila into Hussia so that he inight eons
to ulther tnglend or the United States. ‘This source stated that this came
moder of tha orpaniaation hid seirht the validation of three or four pass
ports fer some rerugoes through former Governor licrbert Lebmen for passage
from Tisbon to North Afnicae |
= 2) Caro ef the notugees in the Mer hen.
It wae ptatod that Seatterpood Hostel was founded in April, 1939
near Yeast Bragch, lov, at the site of an old Quaker academy, for. purely
hunndtarian purposes, namely:
‘ 4), Because of. the Quaker altruistic inturest in persecuted people
abroad,
2. To uphold to the refusae abtondiny Scattergood, tha Anorican
tradition of avgylwa for perseoulad people.
3. To take the Kuropoin reLuzee from the consestad aron of Now Yorle
where Lhe tronasdous concentration of allenn ond refuees tends
to mko dmato: hostile to then, and lo place them ina rose thinly
settled arca vhore they could core oaslly edopt thnisulvas to Uielr
now moda of Life,
he To tmerivaniza those rafugean as aoon na poanlble.
iS)
.
To roinbilstate them in gene usoful profossion by transplanting
tholr yviclll inte sore Amorican oceupatton.*
cane Pe re ee.
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