Go back to London as quick as you can and get yourself elected chairman." When Pell went to the State Department to bid his formal farewell. he was astonished to hear Stettinius say that the Department had been unable to obtain the appropriation for continuing his work. The only choice was to close his office and have some regular American official represent the United States on the commission. Later. the book also states: What Pell definitely achieved then was to force the administration to make its war crimes policy public. a step that the War Refugee Board greatly desired. Whether his year of effort in the War Refugee Board added pressure and influenced policy itself cannot be determined. But this man. the father of Senator PELL. was among the few who spoke out and tried to have an impact on American policyand was totally unsuccessful. The United States did littleclose to nothing. I pointed out that immigration during that period fell to its lowest point in our history. A mere 10 percent of the quotas were filled. My people were allowed to languish. suffer. and die uncharted deaths.
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