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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 18 1950 migration miracle by george murray this is the second of a series of articles written for the canadian weekly newspapers association by the editor of the pictou advo cate aboard usat general j h mc- rae this united states army transport one of id ships charter ed by the international refugee organization is bound for bremer- haven germany to take on another thousand or more displaced per sons to be resettled in the united stales listening to 1ko officials and others 1 have learned more about the migration miracle one interesting source of infor mation is j a swettenham of the british foreign office attached to the maintenance branch land commissioners office hanover this former major of the royal engineers spent four years with the control commission for germany he is returning to his post after having arranged for publication in new york of a book entitled the case for dps mr swettenham described the problem of assisting about 1000- 000 displaced persons who refused to go back behind the iron curtain what was to be done with these people they could not be re turned forcibly against their will and it was soon realized that the only solution to the problem lay in resettlement that is migration to other countries where in the fulness of time they could become naturalized citizens of such coun tries as the united states canada great britain australia western european countries and in the case of the jews israel these coun tries did not wake up to the fact all at once and in the meantime the dps still had to be supported to carry out this task the dis placed persons division of the control commission had taken over from the army in the british zones of germany and austria in 1916 and in july 1917 the prepara tory commission of the interna tional refugee organization pci- ro succeeded unrra the pciro was in turn succeeded by iro after 15 member nations and a firm subscription of 75 per cent of the operational budget had been found it was not until august 1918 that these requirements had been fulfilled and iro was firmly established with its headquarters in geneva and branch offices in germany austria and italy and many other parts of the world where dps are likely to resettle you may ask who pays for iro the answer is you do as a tax payer of one of the member na tions and how is your money be ing spent in the early days mostly in care and maintenance transport the provision of food clothing amenities accommodation stores such as beds chairs tables and blankets in medical supplies and the upkeep of camps and build ings education had to go on schools and even universities were founded and vocational training and agricultural schools were es tablished an unrelenting search found by the dps to annoy the york county council marks 100th anniversary in appropriate costume members of york county council held 100th anniversary meeting last week presiding is warden clive sinclair com plete with beaver hat and side burns around table to his right are reeve oliver crock- ford scarboro deputyreeve norman ingram north york markham reeve win timbers mimico reeve hugh griggs and vaughan reeve jack hos- trawser through the international tracing russian service to find or determine the fate of millions of missing persons was conducted and now when resettlement is in full swing your money helps maintain the worlds largest mass civilian transportation fleet in his tory which carries more than 30- 000 dps monthly to overseas de stination it was in 1947 that resettlement really began to get under way as by that time at least seveneights of the dps who were found in ger many austria and italy after the close of hostilities had returned home and it was clear that no fur ther largescale repatriation move ments could be expected however repatriation remained the top prior ity job of iro and although no dp was forced to return to his home land information about his coun try of origin furnished by the gov ernment of those countries was passed on to him to encourage him to reach an independent decision iro was willing and able to pro vide repatriation services and transport to everyone who wished to return home it still is national repatriation missions were allowed to visit the camps even the russians and in the be ginning they could address massed gatherings the camp inhabitants were so hostile to the soviet re presentatives that later this was stopped but they still had access to any part of the camp under su pervision and any person who ex pressed a wish to see the russian officers was enabled to do so but ivan sat for hour after hour to no purpose all kinds of ways were msxxxwcwsxmexxjwxaossxxsm fssbmpgbff tomato plants cabbage plants spanish onion plants- all 30c box aylmer choice tomatoes 28 oz tin 15 aylmer boston brown beans 20 oz tins 2 for 29 aylmer fancy tomato juice 20 oz tins 2 for 19 aylmer choice peaches 15 oz tin 17 aylmer tomato ketchup 11 oz bottle 16 classic cleanser 07 beekist honey no 1 white 2 lbs 39 royal york corn 20 oz tins 2 for 25 lynn valley peas 20 oz tins 2 for 23 clarks pork and beans 20 oz tins 2 for 25 waverley cream bulk biscuits 1 lb 29 chocolate marshmallow biscuits lb 33 dutch sets lb royal york orange pekoe tea vz lb sweet mixed pickles 48 oz jar matches 3 boxes durham corn starch package shredded wheat 2 packages shinola wax 1 lb tin 23 47 53 23 15 27 39 39 ed workers could go that difficulty has now been overcome and the older persons are following it is very hard for families to agree to split up again when it has possi bly taken years for them to reunite in germany but the pioneers agreed to do so and it is to the credit of the australian government that no time was lost in fulfilling its promise which is one reason why the scheme is so popular every opportunity is given for dps to learn english before depar ture and linguaphone classes are held both in the camps in europe and on the ships a great deal has been done but much remains to be done in the year which iro has to complete its vast and complex program pineapples 24s champion cat or dog food carnation milk tall tins kleenex 2 packages shelf lining paper carload groceteria john mathewson prop stouffville ont 2 for 25 2 for 29 35 25 from showers of rotten eggs to more subtle schemes one little plan was to ask them to send greetings to captain so and so some prominent mvd official in shall we say riga whom they had known in 1910 he had always been so kind to them they knew full well that this would be chanelled back and that the unfortunate cap tain would have some very awk ward questions to answer soviet literature was distributed in the camps but usually found its way into the garbage pails repatria tion in general was a washout resettlement now provided the outlet and the opportunity which the majority of the dps were wait ing for great britain was one of the first nations to open its doors as early as october 1946 scheme m bait cygnet was announced i which provided for a hundred bal- t name derby originated in tic girls to work as domestic ser- england when the earl of derby vants in british hospitals from offered a prize for an annual horse this modest beginning the scheme race at epsom developed into the operation westward ho which between 1917 and 1919 had absorbed more than 82000 persons the conscience of the united states was also being pricked into activity a good many citizens who hailed from eastern europe were asking what about our kin- folk in the dp camps in germany what are we doing to help and in july 1917 president truman sent a message to congress to the effect that the strength of the us a was vested in various national ties from many lands that there was room for more and that the fate of europes homeless lay very largely in his countrys hands all this led to a target being set for the immigration of 200000 persons before june 30 1950 and by july 1919 almost 09000 had actually been resettled israel was keen to take the lews and by the middle of 1919 almost 122000 were installed in the new jewish homeland france belgium argentina bra zil venezuela new zealand and norway all played their part but it was to the large open spaces of the world towards which every eye was turned canada and australia did not fail their selection missions were soon functioning in germany and reset tlement material in english and german german is the esperanto of the dps soon assumed a pro minent position in the resettlement rooms of the camp it was not long before the iro chartered ships sailing from north german ports were crowded with track workers hydro electric work ers metal miners garment work ers farmers and domestics all bound for canada in addition canada has already accepted more than 25000 persons under schemes which permit close relatives of canadian citizens and dependents of workers already in canada to emigrate by taking these depend ents canada has made a significant contribution to the reestablish ment of dps with limited resettle ment opportunities in october 19 is iro undertook to move 100000 persons to austra lia by june 30 1959 up to june 1919 exactly 11137 people were chosen by australian selection teams and transported to austra lia by june 30 1950 up to june 1919 exactly 11137 people were chosen by australian selection teams and transported to australia to keep the eleven iro vessels allocated to this program filled sels allocated to this program filled six australian selection missions are now operating in germany and austria and together they select and issue visas to an average of 2000 dps each week there has been a good deal of relaxation in australian selection families are interviewed as a unit and are moved together in febru ary 1919 the australian government agreed to accept unaccompanied girls and youths between the ages of is and 20 hostel accommoda tion or placement in foster homes is provided for the young immi grants and legal guardianship is vested in the minister of immigra tion a long as they are minors other difficult categories widows and widowers with young children are also acceptable now opportunities are given for older relatives to follow the younger workers to australia and while shortage of shipping space at first meant that only the urgently need- and iwo monihsof if for free pardon llie smug look hut i just figured what 1 save with my new gar wood automatic heating unit fuel oil cost s17000 last winter with my old burner but the gar wood cuts that to 13500 so i figure i get two months of smooth comfortable beat for free with no furnace to fix no ashes to haul the units right next to the play room and its so quiet you wouldnt know it was there my only beef is that i didnt get a gar wood years ago manufac tured by engineering industries co limited toronto the gar wood line includes oil- fired tempetedairo units boiler burner units and conversion burners famous for oil economy raallc iis sofa and serviced by d j smith phone 96 unionville century 01il shop dkstroykl by fihe a 100yearold landmark the old manning blacksmith shop at newmarket which was recently converted into an antique storage shop was burned to the ground early on friday the homes of mrs emma archi bald and wesley squires which stand on either side of the shop were severely sqarred squires who owns the antique shop esti mated the loss at 10000 and said the fire damage to his own resid ence would reach 4000 mrs forgotten curfew for children under sixteen dusted off in lindsay that forgotten curfew law for i children under sixteen wellknown jin local towns and villages forty years ago has been dusted off in lindsay and ready tor use again chief webster says the matter of children who are out at night in public places lias been drawn to 1 the attention of police authorities land mr l v jordan crown attorney has instructed that the section of the childrens protec tion act which applies be enforc ed complaints received are that children under the age of hi years i are apparently visiting not only restaurants places of amusements which of course includes dance halls within the municipality of lindsay but also outside of town section 10 of the childrens pro tection act deals with children be ing out at night and the interpre tation section of this act states that a child means a boy or girl actually or apparently under the age of 10 years section 16 of the xct provides that no child shall loiter in any public place at 9 pm or be in any place of public resort or entertainment after that hour unless accompanied by parent or a guardian or adult accordingly police officers of the lindsay police force have been instructed to enforce the pro visions of the childrens protec tion act particularly section 16 in this regard all management of restaurants and places of public resort or entertainment is request ed to cooperate with the author ities in order that this particular section of the act is adhered to it being there for a very proper 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