The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-23
REMAIN
WITHIN QUOTAS
Most Will Come From Gen.
trail and Eastern Europe
And Balkans

WASHINGTON, Dec. o.
(AP)-President Truman to-
day directed the entry into
the United States-within es-
tablished immigration quotas
of European war refugees
lat the rate of about $4,000 a
year.
Most of them will come
from central and eastern Eu-
rope and the Balkans where ap-
proximately 10000 persons are
said to be homeless.
The effect of the order is to re-
quire that the regular immigration
quotas from those countries be fiji
ed with persons whom the war
drove away from their homes and
who, for one reason or another, are
not returning. There will be little
room left for other nationals of
those countries who may want to
come here.
This . is the opportunity for
America to set an example for the
rest of the world in cooperation to-
wards alleviating human misery"
the president said in a statement.
Directive Revealed
Along with the statement the
White House made public an Off
cial directive to six federal agen-
cies to put the plan into effect.
The president said the war has
brought IAN appalling dislocation
of populations" and added that it
is common decpncy to provide
homes for thousands of these dis
placed persons. Several months ago
he asked Britain to allow 1000
homeless Jews to enter Palestine,
but Britain refused to agree to the
figure and the two countries now
have a joint commission studying
the whole problem.
The president not only directed
normal resumption of quota immi-
grafton to take care of displaced
persons desiring to come to this
country, but spoke out vigorously
against any legislation at this time
which would either prohibit or sew
erely reduce further immigration.
! He called attention to measures
now pending to restrict immigra-
ton and commented:
To Stay Within Limits
'This period of unspeakable hui
man distress is not Che time for us
to close or to narrow our gates. 1
wish to emphasize, however, that
any effort to bring relief to these
displaced persons and refugees
must and will be strictly within the
limits Of the present quotas as inn
posed by law"
Mr.. Truman emphasized that
nothing in his directive will "de.
prive single American soldier or
his wife or children of berth on
vessel homeward bound, or delay
Their return"
He made special provision for
approximately 1000 Yugoslavs,
Poles and Czechs permitted to en-
ter this country several years ago
from refugee camps in Italy and
now in a camp near Oswego, N. Y.
Persons in that group who wish to
apply for admission under their
countries quotas may do so with
out returning home to 60 through
the visa routine.
Upon the basis of a careful sur.
vey by the department of state and
Immigration and naturalization
service" the president said, lit
has. been determined that if these
persons were now applying for adj
mission to the United States, most
of them would be admissible under
the immigration laws
The President asked the Score.
tary of State and the Attorney
General to adjust the immigratea
status of the refugees at Oswego.
| He pointed out that most of the
persons displaced in the recent
war are natives of central and
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