The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
1000 War Refugees
 ToBe Brought ToN.Y.
Roosevelt Announces Allied Plans; Group to Be Re-
 turned to HOmeIands After War

Washington, June e(UP)- President Roosevelt, announcing Allied plans for caring for European war refugees, said today that Up to 1000 of them now in Southern Italy will be brought to Fort On- tario, near Oswego, N. Y.
 He said more refugees also were being moved out of Italy to camps in the middle east, with an increase of from 25,000 to 10000 in the quo tas of these camps.
 A camp is being established in Casablanca, North Africa, to care for refugees, most of them French, who had got into Spain.
 MT. Roosevelt explained that ref llgees were pouring out of the Bal kans into Italy in large numbers and were interfering with military operations. To meet this heavy and increasing influx, the capacity of refugee camps in the Mediterranean is being increased and some new camps are being established.
 Meanwhile, survey of additional facilities Is going forward in Tripo- litania, Sicily, Cypress and Cyrenai- ca.
 Following the presidents news conference the White House made public text of cablegram from MT. Roosevelt to Robert Murphy, rank ing American civilian official in AL giers, stressing the real possibilities of saving human lives by bringing more refugees through Yugoslavia to Southern Italy"
 Saying that 1t was important that the United States indicate its read mess ito share the burden of caring for refugees during the war" MT. Roosevelt informed Murphy:
 I have decided that approximate ly 1000 refugees should immediately be brought from Italy to this coun- try, to be placed in an emergency refugee shelter to be established at Fort Ontario near Oswego, N. r., where under appropriate security restrictions they will remain for the duration of the war;
 The President told Murphy to as- sume that the shelter would be ready to receive the refugees when they arrive and asked him to ar- range their departure for the United States "as rapidly as possible"
 The refugees will be brought into the United States outside of the regular immigration procedure" and 1t is contemplated that at the end of the war they will be returned to their homelands."
 The President made it clear in his news conference that the number of refugees brought to this country would definitely be limited to 1000. That is all, he said under question ing.
 In his message to Murphy MT. Roosevelt asked that in the selec- tion of refugees for this country those picked should be from groups flor other havens of refuge are not immediately available
 The President said, however, that he would like this group to include reaSOnaple proporJlOn OI VarlOuS categories of persecuted peoples who have fled to Italy"
 MT. Roosevelt also sent memoran- da to the secretaries of war, Navy and Interior, the Budget Director and Executive Director of the War Refugee Board, explaining the plan and asking that it be activated as "expeditiously as possible" The war relocation authority will handle the actual administration of the camp.
 When he spoke of refugees going to Casablanca from Spain. someone asked whether these included any of the old Spanish Loyalists. The President said no; that they were nearly all French and had gotten out of the Na1 stronghold into Spain,