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September 10, 1945
Mr. Dillon S. Myer, Director
Wer Relocation Authority
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Barr Building
TRUMAN
Washington, D. 0.
Kimmi
NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
SERVICE
Dear Mr. Ayor:
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COVERNAE
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Severni weeks ago, Mr. Robert St. John, noted
radio comientator, who broadgasts over the NBC notwork
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at 10:00 A.M. each morning, devoted several brosdcasts
to the Fort Ontario Emergeney Refugee Shelter. He urged miscel.
his listeners to express their ideas as to what America
should do with these refugees and received a total of
523 responses.
Mr. St. John has given us the privilege of
examining these letters, and the following anslysis
results: 79, were in favor of giving the refugees frege
dom and opportunity to remain permanently in the
United States if they desire; 17% were opposed; and 4%
were uncertain.
It is interesting to note that few of the
letters were from New York City or adjacent areas. A
considerable number were from New England, while
listeners from the North Central, Mid-liestern and
Southern States provided a considerable dajority of
favorable pesponses. Many of the replies were from
rural areas, and I believe every state, except Ideho
and Oregon were represented. Strangely enough, very
few of the letters were from people with names usually
considered foreign or Jowish. This may have, no signi-
ficance other then indicating the type of audience
which is reached by Mr. St. John's program.
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