More Than 100 Expected to "Promote Cultural And Artistic Renaissance" Within Next Year New York, Oct. 20.
Dr, Alvin Johnson, director of the new School of Social Research, today disclosed that more than 100 leading European scholars who are either fleeing or in hiding from the Nazis, will. be brought to the United States within next year.
The Rockefeller Foundation, Car-KB negie Corporation, and'other founda tions and individuals have pledgee a half-million dollar fund to bring and them. the scholarly refugees {o this country 1
A list of 150 European scholars known to be in dire straits has been compiled, Dr, Johnson said. Approximately 40 of them already are en route here by way of. Siberia; Japan and across the Pacific, Others plan to wait in Lisbon. for passage.
Six refugees already in New York will start teaching November 15 at the new school's "University of Exiles" which Dr. Johnson founded in 1933; when Hitler came into power.
Grants of US$5,000 have been assured each refugee. The sum is sufficient to keep each of them for two years. Dr. Johnson said none of the scholars would any
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