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Permanently. Some went ut once
v stations to leave for new homes
Is far away as California, Texas and
Wisconsin.
. Mrs. Renate Toming, an Estonian
Ehose husband died defending the
factory in which he worked from
he Russians, and who was spon-
sored by Secretary of the Army Roy
all, put it this way:
There is just so much 1t over
whelms. When first I saw New
York was so glad that at last we
had reached the land of liberty. And
the skyscrapers, why I couldn't be-
lieve them. We had only seen them
in the movies. The Statue of Lib
erty and the fire ship, that was
wonderful"
Hopeless Tangle at Dock.
She referred to q city fireboat
which shot a dazzling display of
water high into the sky as the Gen.
eral Black moved past the Statue
Of Liberty. 1t was so good, in fact,
many of the DPS hardly got look
at the Old Lady.
But everyone knew about her and
what she stands for. Some of them
were UP ut am. today to catch
the hrst glimpse Of land. The first
they saw was a stretch of Long
IsJand shortly before noon.
At Quarantine, off Staten Island
q boatload of dignitaries came
Shpard but the New York press yas
H8used permission to board The
Vessel. The Coast Guard ruled there
we're so many photographers and
feporters they would make the yes
sci unsafe and as a result the press
had to wait until the ship docked.
Once the Black was nudged into
dock, however, the press and other
dignitaries swarmed aboard, caus-
ihg hopeless tangie aboard ship.
Ceremonies took place on the top
deck but the double barrier of con-
fusion and lack of English on the
part of big majority of the DPS
made them rather ineffective.
Those taking part included At
torney General Clark, representing
President Truman, Senator Me-
Grath, Democrat of Rhode Island;
Mayor ODwyer of New York;
Cardinal Francis Spellman, Arch
Wshop of New York, and Edward
Gprsi, head of the New York State
HP Commission, who read a mes
4kge of welcome from Gov. Dewey.
tho Carusi, chairman of the Dis
rlAeed Persons Commission which
hes charge of the movement of the
DPS to the United States, acted as
master of ceremonies.
{ On the dock to help the new
Americans were representatives OF
the religious groups which are play
ing major part in the displaced
persons program - the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and
the Church World Service, the COM
bined Protestant organization. Also
there to help were the Red Cross,
the Travellers Aid and other groups.
Only one family group, mother
anf daughter, is certain Of going
teWashington. Mrs. Hilda Buettner
and her daughter, Ingrid, both
Estonians who were brought into
Germany by Hitler, will be cook
and nurse in tthe family of Stewart
Alsop, Washington Columnist.
Voyage Was Rough.
Miss Buettners reaction to the
arrival was this:
= I'm very happy I was watching
for the Statue of Liberty and it was
just the way I thought it would be.
That was a very nice sign on one
of the boats which came alongside
--tWelcome to America
/ I'm very interested in Washing
ton and look forward to seeing it.
Ny mother and have a real happy
feeling about coming to free coun-
try at last"
The sun shone today and the
waves were calm to provide a fine
finish to an otherwise rather rough
voyage. During a 36-hour gale,
about 80 per cent of the DPS were
seasick, but that was forgotten to-
day. The children, 1913 of them
under 10 years of age, had q field
day.
CTS Wife First Ashore.
I The first passenger to leave the
ship was a Germantown woman
She was Mrs. John J. Miller, the
= war wife of an American CT who
was transferred to the Black at sea
on 1.-The way over, from another
American vessel. An expectant
mother, who had recovered quickl,
from the attack of appendiciti.
which was responsible for the mid.
ocean transfer, but the ships doctor
ordered her to an Army hospita
for observation.
Generally, the DPS are in gooc
health. They were eating diet O
around $500 calories daily on thu
trip over, compared to the approx
mately 1900 they had been receiv
ing in the DIP camps maintained by
the international Refugee Organiza'
tton. the U. N. agency which rum
them.