EUROPE’S REPATRIATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 November 1943, Page 6

EUROPE’S REPATRIATION

ENORMOUS TASK AHEAD

LONDON, November 22. More than 30,000,000 people have been transpanted or torn from their homes since the outbreak of the war. says Eugene M. Kulischer, in a book written for the International Labour Office. This huge tofial, says Mr Kulischer, does not include all the people in Europe now living away from their pre-war homes, the millions in the enemy armed forces who are stationed abroad, war prisoners, or the millions of Italian and German refugees who, during the last year, fled or evacuated from heavily bombed cities.

The number of Jews uprooted from their homes may total more than 4,000,000. Foreign labour employed in Germany, according to this writer’s latest knowledge, includes 1,300,000 Poles, 800,000 French ciilians, 1,100,000 French war prisoners, 1,500,000 Russian civilians, 500,000 Russian prisoners of war, and 350.000 Italian civilians. “Before their repatriation after the war these uprooted peoples will have to be fed, clothed, and medically treated. The stoppage of the German war machine will deprive millions of war prisoners and imported workers of employment—a problem the solution of which will be beyond the powers of any single country.” NUTRITION POLICY LONDON, Nov. 22. The “Daily Mail” says that Government experts are working out a comprehensive nutrition policy as part of reconstruction peace plans. The idea is to provide. everybody with the best, most nutritious and healthgiving foods at the cheapest prices.