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ne PH ae, "fhe matter will be made clear by the following quota- tion from a-letter addressed to Dr. BARSKY over the Signature of HUGH JACKSON, It is in the interest of .~ / this Committee that no public notice be given with <7 respect to our part 4n this transaction, \- 4 "ithe Refugee Section of the Office of Forcign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, which is staffed in part by representatives of the American Friends Service Com- mittee, is now assisting in,the organization of com- mittees of welfare of the Spanish Republican group in Casablance, Iran and Algiers, the main centers of refugee concentration. These conmittecs are made up of repre~ sentatives of cach of the four principal political divisions of the Spanish Republican group: the Liberal Movement, the Socialists, the Republicans, and the Communists. Each party division chooses two members as a part of the non-political welfare committees, We understand that these committees are being recognized by the French authorities as orgenizaticns of Tentraide et bienfaisance! and, as such, have the right to spend Taciva y a WD the money granted to them, { Mitt is sugpested that if private agencies in this country agesire to contribute toward the relief of the Spanish Republican grovp that funds be sent to the American Friends Service Committee delegates for distribution to these organizations. The money turned over to the conm- mittees would be spent as follows: "17, Employment of a Spanish secretary-rcpresentative chosen by the Spanish committee in each center, This representative would work closely with the French and Allied euthorities in matters of employment, health care and protection, “to. Miscellancous relief expenses to individual eases, such as medical care, financial assistance in times of unemployment, of full support in certain exceptional cases, N13. Financial support for the centers for mutilated, old and sick, which are now set up in Algiers and Casablanca,