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PH etek “(he matter will be made clear by the following quota- tion from a-letter addressed to Dr, BARSKY over the signature of HUGH JACKSON. It is in the interest of y a this Committee that no public notice be given with respect to our part 4n this transaction, \ ‘ . "'Mhe Refugee Section of the Office of Forcign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, which is staffed in part by representatives of the American Friends Service Com- mittee, is now assisting in,the organization of com- mittees of welfare of the Spanish Republican group in Casablanca, Iran and Algiers, the main centers of refugee concentration. These conmittecs are made up of repre~ sentatives of cach of the four principal political divisions of the Spanish Republican group: the Liberal Movement, the Socialists, the Republicans, and the Communists. Each party division chooses two members as a part of the non-political welfare committees, We understand that these committees are being recognized by the French authorities as organizations of 'entraide et bienfaisance! and, as such, have the right to spend the money granted to them, t “iit is suggested that if private agencies in this country desire to contribute toward the relief of the Spanish Republican group that funds -be sent to the American Friends Service Committee delegates for distribution to these organizations. The meney turned over to the con- mittees would be spent as follows: "t], Enployment of a Spanish secretery-representative chosen by the Spanish committee in each center, This representative would w closely with the Trench and Allicd authorities in matters of employment, health eare and protection, “19D. Miscellancous relicf expenses to individual eases, such as medical care, financial assistance in times of unemployment, of full support in certain exceptional cases, "13,0 Financial support for the centers for mutilated, old and sick, which are now set up in Algiers and Casablanca, 42 -