Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1939 — Page 21

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lowed up by the ever-expanding Reich, reached Indianapolis. Sol explained. They are met at the dock by dock workers of the National Refugee Service, and also by workers for Hias, the Jewish Aid Society, and the Council of Jewish Women. Temporary living quarters are provided for those who need immediate help. Then the Resettlement Committee begins to arrange for redistribution of refugees throughout the country. Indianapolis iong ago organized its Refugee Committee, and last November a state group, the Indiana Co-ordinating Committee, was formed to cooperate with the National Refugee Service. Sol also serves as Resettlement secretary of the state organization. Indianapolis has agreed to receive four refugee units each month. One person or an entire family may make up a unit. According to Secretary Blumenthal, Indianapolis already has taken 70 units, and the rest of the state about 50 more. When the Resettlement Committee in New York decides to send a family to Indianapolis, it notifies the local office ten days in advance

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and sends a biographical sketch of the family together with a statement of the employment qualifications of its members. Spring Into Action Once a refugee family heads this way, a whole battery of committees springs into action. There is an executive committee, a general committee, an employment committee, a housing committee and a works project committee. The work of all these is co-ordinated through the office in the Communal Building. The Jewish Community Center is notified of arrival here of all refugees and extends complimentary membership to them, Sol said. Classes in English, Americanization and citizenship are conducted for the refugees at the Center. Classes else are held at the Rauh Memorial Library, Meridian and 30th streets. A unique project of the Indianapolis Refugee Committee is the Handicraft Exchange, located at 22 East 14th street. There refugees may augment their incomes by selling home-made articles, such as needlework and bakery products. Jews and Gentiles alike patronize the Exchange, Sol pointed out. Because most refugees come here with little or no money, Sol said, the chief problem is finding employment for them. Many were prosperous business men or important executives' in Germany. To make a living here they must w’ork at anything they can find. “It’s amazing the way these people cheerfully accept their new' life in this country,” Sol commented. ‘They are happy to work at any kind of a job, just so they can make a living and be free from the persecution that drove them from their former homes.” Local Jews Must Show Interest Sol is deeply interested in his work and is doing all he can to impress on Jews the importance of caring for refugees. “The refugee problem is so great,” he said, “that it is logical to assume that it may be the major concern of Jews in this country for the next five vears.” Sol said that so far there was no acute refugee unemployment problem, but that he anticipated one because of the refugees who will enter the country under the new immigration quota. “The excellent way in which Indianapolis is meeting the refugees situation is due to the wonderful cooperation of so many local organizations,” Sol stated. The phone rang for the ’teenth time, the reporter gathered up his notes and eased out of the office, and as he walked down the hall he heard Sol asking, "Verstehen Sie?”

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