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Refugee Organization Okayed

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LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., September 30--The United Nations Economic and Social Council approved tonight a draft constitution for a proposed international refugee organization to care for Europe's 1,000,000 war refugees, but the document was promptly rejected by Soviet Russia, the Soviet Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

The much-amended constitution was approved paragraph by paragraph after three weeks of sharp debate and will be sent to the U. N. General Assembly for action as soon as the Council takes a formal vote on the draft in its entirety.

Despite the fact that the Council adopted almost a score of compromise amendments in an attempt to remove Soviet objections, Soviet delegate Nikolai Feonov declared that Russia could not accept the plan in its present form. He was supported by Ukrainian Delegate Lev Madved and Yugoslav Delegate Leo Maties

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