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I think I can speak rather expertly on that subject because I have dealt with it for many. many years. At the beginning about 41 percent that came in were Jews. Why? Because the Jewish organizations were more vigilant than the others. They were ready with their applications. The Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society were there on the ground waiting for the passage of the act and presented their applications immediately and expeditiously. Furthermore the plight of the Jews. who had generally suffered 6.000.000 martyred dead. dramatically cried out for immediate solution. The other religious organizations were not ready at that time.