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Conference and Sub-Committees
The ConferenceHonorary President: Henry Bérenger (France)
President: Myron C. Taylor (US)
Secretary General: Jean-Louis Paul-Boncour (League of Nations)
Five public meetings
Wednesday, [...]
Efforts on Refugees’ Behalf
International aid organizations have years of experience assisting refugees or specific refugee groups. Because groups such as the Quakers, which had a Vienna Center, are active on the ground, they have [...]Argentina
Argentina’s history has been shaped by migration. Between 1870 and 1930, some six million Europeans have settled here. Its 1876 immigration law is quite open. Some migrants are recruited in order to create a [...]Australia
In January 1938 Australia celebrates the 150th anniversary of the landing of the “first fleet,” which brought British convicts to Australia. Since then, people of British and Irish heritage have constituted the vast [...]Australia
* 26 April 1888 North Melbourne † 13 October 1957 South YarraWhite joins the Australian armed forces in 1911. An aviator, he spends time as a prisoner of war in Ottoman captivity during World War I. His [...]
Australia
* 8 September 1902 Melbourne † 3 July 1981 East MelbourneIn 1927, after attending the prestigious Scotch College and studying at the universities of Melbourne and Oxford, Stirling joins the law firm of the [...]
Brazil
The majority of Brazil’s population in the 19th century is descended from immigrants and people brought there forcibly from Africa, Europe or Asia. After the end of slavery in 1888, the republic promotes immigration [...]United States of America
* 29 November 1886 Coldwater, OH † 25 September 1964 White Plains, NYAfter studying history and political science at Indiana University, James McDonald teaches there and at other universities. Because of [...]