White House Press Release

#840 IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 15, 1946. The President has received the following letter from the Acting Comissioner of Immigration and Naturalization: August 7, 1946 The President The White House My dear Mr. President: In response to your request, the following is reported concern- ing the arrival in the United States of displaced persons whose im- migration was facilitated by your directive of December 22, 1945. The Innigration and Naturalization Service has received and approved corporate affidavits from the following named organizations guaranteeing financial support to designated numbers of aliens to be sponsored by the organizations: has The American Christian Committee for Refugees, Inc. 147 West 42nd Street New York 18, New York The Catholic Conmittee for Refugees 265 West 14th Street New York 11, New York Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society 425 Lafayette Street New York 3, New York International Rescue and Relief Committee, Inc. 103 Park Avenue New York 17, New York National Refugee Service, Incorporated 105 Nassau Street New York 7, New York United States Connittce for the Care of European Children, Inc. 215 Fourth Avenue New York 3, New York Vaad Hatzala Emergency Connittee 132 Nassau Street New York, New York The American Christian Comittee for Refugees signed a corporate affidavit for 500 people and indicated that it will increase the number as needed. This agency which will provide for persons who are non-Roman Catholic and non-Jewish has instructed its overseas workers as follows: 11 (a) Priority should be given to families, particularly where there are small children involved. (b) In making up the monthly quotas, it shall be the policy to have as many as possible of the Protestant and Eastern Orthodox groups in Europe represented. (c) In so far as possible, the overseas staff shall make known the strong preference of the Joint Christian Connittee to reserve places on the corporate affidavit of the ACRR for persons for whom adequate individual affidavits are not available, leaving persons with strong affidavits of support to como in outside their corporate affidavit on so called 'individual affidavits. III (OVER)