Resettlement re-cap: a periodic report from the Cuban Refugee Center, August 1964

              SPONSOR CUBAN REFUGEES
Fulfill Their Faith in Freedom
AUGUST 1964
RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE  USE
A  PERIODIC REPORT FROM THE CUBAN REFUGEE CENTER — FREEDOM TOWER, MIAMI 32, FLORIDA
U.   S.   DEPARTMENT  OF   HEALTH,   EDUCATION,   AND WELFARE      —      WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
U. S. CUBAN  REFUGEE PROGRAM
J. ARTHUR LAZELL, Director, Refugee Center
JOHN FREDERICK THOMAS, Director, Washington, D. C.
ERROL T. BALLANFONTE, Chief, Center Operations HARRY B. LYFORD, Editor
STILL THEY COME -- CROWDING BOATS TO LIMIT
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RESETTLEMENTS PASS 80,000 MARK, BUT NEED
FOR SPONSORS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUES
More than 80,000 Cuban refugees have been
resettled in the U.S. Cuban Refugee Program!
Over 1,000 more go out each month from Miami
to sponsors and job opportunities throughout
the nation.
Passing of the 80,000 mark is a gratifying announcement, indicating nationwide cooperation in meeting the principal objective
of the Program -- resettlement.  But the need
for more sponsors and jobs for Cubans refugees must be emphasized.
Each week small boats reach Florida bringing scores of Cubans, risking their lives to
reach a land of freedom. Steadily, these refugees augment the numbers of Cubans in Miami
who still await the welcoming hands of sponsors and the opportunities of job offers.
Some 3,500 women have been interviewed at
the Cuban Refugee Center in the Program1s
current project to be of maximum assistance
in steps leading to self-support.  The women
are in these categories: Single; married women whose husbands are still in Cuba; married women for other reasons not with their husbands.
Many of these women have dependents, the married ones often with one or more children.
In anticipation of fall season vocational training, more than 700 are now enrolled in intensive English courses.  During the interviews
they have eagerly accepted the Program's offer of language training, to prepare them for the vocational courses intended to make their
services saleable anywhere.
Besides these women preparing to help themselves, hundreds of men, with and without families, await chances to prove their abilities in
various kinds of jobs.
The resettlement agencies are still very much in business at the Center.  They are glad to hear from prospective sponsors and of job
opportunities.  They may be addressed directly.  Or, offers of sponsorships and jobs may be addressed to the Cuban Refugee Center, Freedom
Tower, Miami.
Of special usefulness in planning sponsorships are the Center's information issuances, which will be mailed promptly to persons requesting them.  They are:
"A FACT SHEET -- What you as a free American can do to help those who have fled the tyranny of communist Cuba."
"Steps In Resettlement Of Cuban Refugees."
"Governors And Mayors Can Spark Coordinated Organization For Resettlement Of Cuban Refugees."
To stimulate group interest and action, the Program's three films are ready for mailing on request, at no cost.  The "film flyer" describing these sound motion pictures is available to anyone interested.
Space in Cuban escape boats is at a premium -- as strikingly pictured.  Not much sitting space with 17 persons in a 19-foot craft!
Yet, week after week the escapees come.  July set a high mark for
1964 so far -- 230 persons in 27 craft.  The chance photographic
shot above -- rare since cameras are not ofter around at rescues
and landings -- was taken by a U.S. navy man with his own camera
frcxii the deck of a  submarine that surfaced and made contact with
the Cubans.  The sub signaled the Coast Guard, which took the
escapees to safety on free soil.  After Immigration Service processing they registered at the Cuban Refugee Center.
THE SCORE - Week Ending July 31
Activities by Agencies since Jan.!61;
Refugees Registered....    123             Registered Resettled
Since January 1961  173,204     NCWC      117,001 47,289
IRC       37,889 17,214
Refugees Resettled     299     CWS        14,851 14,138
Since January 1961   80,718     HIAS        3,453 2,077
JULY SMALL BOAT ARRIVALS
152 men, 41 women, 37 children.  July total:  230 persons in 27 boats
(Total since June 1961:  7,160 persons, in 756 boats)
A WORTHY PROJECT
FOR YOUR
ORGANIZATION
THIS AUTUMN?
CUBANS WHO HAVE
FLED TO FREEDOM
WILL APPRECIATE
SPONSORS AND JOBS