Resettlement re-cap: a periodic report from the Cuban Refugee Center, July 1969

              SPONSOR CUBAN  REFUGEES
Fullfill Their Faith in Freedom
JULY,  1969
RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE  USE
A   PERIODIC   REPORT   FROM   CUBAN   REFUGEE   PROGRAM
FREEDOM   TOWER,   MIAMI,   FLORIDA   33101
U.S.   DEPARTMENT   OF   HEALTH,   EDUCATION,   AN6   WELFARE
SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICE
HOWARD H.  PALMATIER, Director. Washington, D.C.
ERROL T. BALLANFONTE, Director of Center
U. S.  CUBAN REFUGEE  PROGRAM
PAUL R. B. LANE, Editor
NEW CUBAN-STYLE SHOPPING CENTER
FULFILLS FAITH IN FREEDOM
Cuban business roots have taken a firm grip on a
small section of Miami. El Centro Comercial Cubano
(Cuban Shopping Center) was formally inaugurated
on June 20th in the heart of Little Havana - Miami,
Florida.
Landlords at El /Centro are: Charles G. "Bebe"
Rebozo and C. V. W. Trice, Miami banker and realtor
respectively. Mr. Rebozo was selected to head up the
project by the Small Business Administration during
the administration of President Johnson. His intimate
knowledge of South Florida's economic outlook and
wide acquaintances with Cuban exile businessmen in
the area made him a logical choice to direct this pilot
project of the Federal Government. Assistance from
the Small Business Administration is available if
required.
Located at the corner of Northwest 22nd Avenue
and 12th Street in Miami, Florida, El Centro is a
colorful splash of Spanish colonial architecture and
styling reminiscent of pre-Castro Havana. Even the
names of the smart new shops recall some of Havana's
most prominent commercial establishments and eating
places.
Dr. Edgardo Buttari, internationally known Cuban
statesman, diplomat, and former Minister of Commerce
in Cuba, represents Cuban businessmen in their
negotiations with the American owners of El Centro.
Mr. Howard H. Palmatier, Director, Cuban Refugee
Program attended the opening ceremonies. Talking
to some of the Cuban refugee shop operators, Mr.
Palmatier said, " Cuban exiles have fulfilled their hopes
as well as ours in this fine example of what free men
can accomplish in a free society."
Visitors to Miami will find a trip to El Centro a
delightful experience.
A REFUGEE, AN AMERICAN BANKER AND TWO FEDERAL
OFFICIALS discuss the future of El Centro Comercial Cubano
recently opened in Miami, Florida. From left to right: Dr. Edgardo
Buttari, co-ordinator of El Centro, Mr. Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo,
Florida Banker and real estate developer and co-owner of El
Centro, Mr. Howard H. Palmatier, Director Cuban Refugee
Program and Mr. Tom Butler, Regional Director of the Small
Business   Administration.
SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS AVAILABLE
Detailed Explanations of Program Operations
On the other side of the language coin, the Cuban
Refugee Program publishes - in Spanish - material
concerning the operation and objectives of the program.
This material is of great use to American friends of
Cuban refugees - in helping the latter understand
their Qbligations and benefits under the program; airlift
procedures and requirements, etc.
OPORTUNIDADES — a monthly program publication in Spanish updates program policies, statistics,
and resettled refugee activities, successes and progress;
current information on the receipt of family nucleo
numbers from Cuba, and in general news about Cuban
refugees wherever they are in the United States.
Fact Sheets on: How the Cuban Refugee Program
Operates, Cuban Student Loan Program, the Relative-
to-Relative Phase of the Cuban Refugee Program (how
the airlift operates). This Spanish-language material,
can be put to good use in the hands of social workers
or resettlement sponsors, as well as local, state, and
private agencies dealing with Cuban refugees in
resettlement.
Frequently, special fact sheets are published emphasizing new developments, or how resettled refugees
- following new procedures - can obtain latest information on program activities of concern to them and
their relatives in Cuba.
Send for these and other program-related materials
in Spanish:
Public Information Office
Cuban  Refugee Center
600  Biscayne  Boulevard
Miami,  Florida 33101
%An estimated 92 million youths gained
job skills in State vocational and technical
education programs during fiscal year 1969,
for which the Office of Education allocated
more than $250 million.
CUBAN REFUGEE EMERGENCY CENTER
Department of Health, Education ond Welfare
600 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida        33101
Official    Business
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