Evening star., 1939-02-13
RubIee Resigns
After Presentinu
Jewish Aid Plan

HitIer's StipuIotions on
Refugees Studied by
London Committee
BACKGROUND
International Committee to
Aid Refugees ,Das formed last
summer in conference held last
sum n1er at Euidn-leS- -BdiuS,
France, at instance of President
Roosevelt. Permanent committee
a0tth headquarters in London
Das headed by George Rublee of
Washington. Conferences 1Dith
Nazi representatives obtained
only after long delays. Nasis
original plan for emigration Was
to finance resettlement By in
creosing German foreign trade.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 13.-George Rub
lee, American director of the inter-
governmental Refugee Committee,
placed his resignation from that po-
sition and Chancellor Hitler's prom
ise OF a conditional truce with Jews
before tine committee today.
The resignation was accepted and
Sir Herbert Emerson, League of Ma
tons assistant high commissioner
for refugees, was appointed as sue
cessor to Rublee.
Mr.. Rublee informed the commit
tee that he had told President
Roosevelt originally he could work
only temporarily at the refugee Of
ice. His stay in London was ex-
tended because German government
officials had delayed receiving him
about proposals for the emigration
Of German Jews.
Mr.. Rublee expected to sail for the
United States at the end of the
week. He is 10, a native of Madi-
son, Wis, a one-time member of the
1nter-allied Maritime Commission
and international lawyer. He was
elected permanent executive direc-
tor OF the intergovernmental refugee
body In London August 3. following
a meeting-called upon the initia-
tive of Mr. Roosevelt-of repre-
sentatives of 80 nations in EVANS
les-Bains.
Committee Studies Plan.
The committee met this morning
IN the London Museum and studied
the Hitler refugee plan which was
understood to stipulate:
l. Jews would be permitted to re-
turn to their trade and industrial
JOBS from which they were ousted,
until an emigration scheme is ac-
cepted or rejected by the committee.
2. Young, active Jews-estimated
to number 10000 of the nearly
10000 Jews in Germany-would be
given permission to emigrate pro-
vided they would arrange later to
finance the emigration of parents
and other relatives.
8. Older Jews would be guaran-
teed against further Nazi anti
Jewish legislation while the emigra-
ton scheme is in operation.
4. A trust fund would be created
out OF Jewish property in Germany
on which emigrating Jews would be
able to draw for passage and equip
ment and machinery needed in
countries to which they were going.
The greatest barrier to acceptance
OF the plan was said to be the Nazi
governments failure to guarantee
the supply of foreign currency for
enigrating Jews.
Loan May Be FIoated.
The suggestion was heard that
the governments represented on the
committee might float a loan large
enough to pay most of the expenses
OF transporting and resettling ref
ugees.
The British government gave a
luncheon at London hotel for the
committee members, who were
scheduled to continue their confer
ence later today.
AAS SoAiAiAelCc Was expected 10
try to negotiate further on the
amount OF money and personal prop
erty Jews would be permitted to
take with them from Germany.
Mr.. Rublee made preliminary
report of his Berlin negotiations,
which ended February 2, at a dinner
given last night by Myron c. Taylor,
United States member of the
Refugee Committee.
1t was stated here that Hitler set
a specific maximum capital he would
permit Jews to take from Germany.
Germans in Berlin previously in
sisted, however, that secret docu-
ment giving German reactions to
proposals for refugees emigration
was entirely Mr.. Rublee's work. 1t
was initiated by DR.. Helmuth
Wohlthat, Field Marshal Goering's
representative, but Germans en-
,phasized that DR.. Wohlthat acted
privately merely to answer questions
and explain the situation.
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