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a” nn. a == = =e ese . " * ody BRITATE EXPORTS: ‘5,000 BABIES..°)° oe po 7 By Daily Mail Reporter . Five thousand dusky "problem babies," whose mothers cannot fit them into English family and community life, are to be shipped to America in a et ‘specially chartered liner, : . a are a The children from 12 months to five years ‘old were left behind by couloured U. S. ‘troops stationed in Britain during the war. Their mothers are British. To save them from growing up social misfits and from possible stigma, the Negro Welfare Society of London and Liverpool are finding homes for them in the ooloured communities of the United States. he - §,000 LEFT . The Home Secretary, Mx. Ede, has been asked to sanction the mass evacuation. Mr. E. B. Kendali, jun., solicitorto the Negro Welfare Society explained yesterday: “There are 10,000 illegitimate coloured children in this sountry at present. We propose te send half of them to America. on», "Vie have been promised a liner in nine months's time and the d.ildren will sail together under the care of an expert staff of doctors and trained nurses. "TJ have had a letter from Mrs. Roosevelt telling me that she 4s interested in the scheme and is organis- ing funds in America. We are making arrangements in this country for the other 5,000 coloured babies who will be left." CALA DESTROYED pase ee Sonne ite a ae on fo) veh es pea angs ees AS 3 PSF SO ag le *; ~~ Pe ded ee are | x Pe vo so : . ey ard SNe eee: “: aera AL AP met NE Te ER oO wan Py ON, see tee ae Ne