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

              SPONSOR CUBAN REFUGEES
Fulfill Their Faith in Freedom
MARCH 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
'THEY ESCAPED FROM COMMUNISM* is the title of an article
in OUR SUN (magazine of Sun Oil Company), illustrated
by the above drawing.  "Rescued at sea by a Sun tanker,
eight Cuban men who fled their homes describe the nightmare which Fidel Castro has made of their island nation,"
states the article, written by the editor, Robert L.
Klaus.  His interview of one of the escapees, on which
the story is based, was held in Miami.  The magazine
states:  "Cuban refugees need jobs...Anyone wishing to
offer sponsorship and jobs for Cuban refugees contact
the U.S. Cuban Refugee Center, Miami.
(Drawing by Al Fiorentino for OUR SUN, Sun Oil Company)
THE SCORE
REFUGEES REGISTERED
Week ending February 21       90
Since January 1961 170,679
REFUGEES RESETTLED
Week ending February 21      213
Since January 1961    74,566
Weekly average, last 8 weeks      249
By Agencies since January 1961:
Registered  Resettled
NCWC   115,376     43,374
IRC   37,339     15,858
CWS    14,537     13,290
HIAS    3,427     2,044
SMALL BOAT ARRIVALS continue each week.  Since
June 1961 more that 6,200 men, women and children
have risked their lives, in over 650 boats.
CUBAN BROTHERS!
Emporia, Kansas, GAZETTE, February 18, 1964
This welcome to Cubans, appearing on the front
page in both Spanish and English, was written by
William L. White, publisher of the Emporia GAZETTE,
a roving editor of the READER'S DIGEST, author, and
son of the late William Allen White, Emporia's
nationally-known community editor.
"You are among friends. We speak different tongues,
but our hearts beat together for Freedom, for which you
have made the supreme sacrifice of leaving the tyranny
which grips your native land, so that the soul of Cuba
may still live on the soil of a sister-Republic,  Almost seven decades ago, young soldiers left these prairies so that Cuba might be free. When again the bugles
blow, again our men will be ready -- not to sit offshore on their ships watching while your out-numbered
children die on the beaches — but to go with them,
side by side, up the sand and into the palms.  Until
that day, our homes are your homes. - W.L.W.,f
PLEASANT SURPRISE
Editorial, Emporia GAZETTE, February 17, 1964
"This old town suddenly has become a center of attention because it has just gained 76 Cuban refugees
who are here to begin a new life...(some of them) have
begun classes at the State Teachers' College...the
town is proud to have them.. .Emporia is new to them.
We should make sure that it is not strange to them too.
These Cuban refugees are not strangers, they are
friends."
A KANSAS COLLEGE ACTS TO HELP CUBAN EXILES
Editorial, Kansas City TIMES, February 15, 1964
"...Kansas State Teachers1 College is setting an excellent example for other U. S. institutions, and for
the country in general.  Collectively, the Cuban refugees represent some outstanding talent. They have
come from the island nation's better-educated classes
and are devoted to democracy.  The Emporia example can
serve to remind of the need to help refugees from the
Castro dictatorship."
(See "Kansas Offers Training," Page 3)
From THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY (January 22, 1964)
"...the problems of resettlement remain, and the churches, which have played
a large role in the resettlement program, should redouble their efforts to integrate Cubans in new communities..."  (The article makes clear that the Cuban Refugee Center continues open and in need of nation-wide cooperation in providing
sponsors and jobs for refugees who can become self-supporting.)