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SPONSOR CUBAN REFUGEES Fulfill Their Faith in Freedom FEBRUARY 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 TO HELP YOU HELP CUBAN REFUGEES TO HELP THEMSELVES: Films, to emphasize Program details to groups; Printed matter, to circulate to potential sponsors and job providers; Exhibits, for large meetings. (Quick action can be expected on your written or phoned requests!) WIDE,WONDERFUL U.S. IMPRESSES RESETTLED CUBANS HOPES U.S. WILL SHOW ITSELF EQUAL TO ANY AS COUNTRY OF FIRST ASYLUM "We want to demonstrate in this program that the U.S. stands equal to any country in the world as a country of first asylum, as a humanitarian refuge for those who are exiles for conscience sake. We want to show that the combined efforts of the government and the voluntary agencies provide the same successful method of solving a refugee situation that lies within our borders as it does in the resettlement of refugees from abroad." Making these statements at the annual meeting of the Committee on Resettlement Services, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., New York City, in late January, Cuban Refugee Program Director John F. Thomas added: "We are now at the point in this refugee program where we must give a big push to resettlement in order to complete the job. We in government shall do our utmost...We must make an increased and sustained effort to move as many people as possible to as good opportunities as possible. ..We hope to#accelerate implementation of the agreement between Church World Service and the National Catholic Welfare Conference and, in areas where one agency finds it difficult to locate sponsors, to transfer cases to another agency. Every resettlement proves a valued education to resettled Cubans, and they, in turn, offer education to Americans by describing the oppressions they experienced in the Castro-communist takeover of their homeland. Here are pictured members of the Santiago Espinosa family, ascending the steps of the Kansas state capitol at To- peka, and finding the domed building one of the city's impressive sights. The Espinosas tell not only of their police state experiences but of their dangerous motor boat escape through the Florida Straits to the free shores of Key West. Food and water supplies ran low, and they landed with only the clothes they wore. But they reached the freedom of their dreams and gained the sponsorship and help of the First Baptist Church of Topeka. Mr. Espinosa has a job and the children, busy perfecting their English, are already inspiring an interest in wider language study among fellow pupils in Topeka schools. (Photo Courtesy Topeka CAPITAL.) "We shall continue to explore every means of preparing refugees to take advantage of opportunities. . .Our objective is to complete the bulk of resettlement work by the end of the summer. By then we look forward to a substantial increase in the number of refugees who are self-supporting in communities throughout the nation and toward a substantial reduction in the need for federal assistance in Miami...Opportunities for self-support must be provided quickly if we are to avoid in Miami the development of a chronic state of dependency and serious loss of self-esteem by a great many families, and serious loss of useful skills and potential contributions to the U.S." GOVERNORS ACTIVE; MASSACHUSETTS, NEW MEXICO, PENNSYLVANIA, MINNESOTA REPORT Governors continue active in support of the Cuban Refugee Program. Reports include these: MASSACHUSETTS - At a meeting of Gov. Endicott Peabody1s Commission on Refugees, decision was to continue active interest in Cubans by setting a quota of 500 cases for 1964. Chairman Walter H. Bieringer believes the hospitality of his state to Cubans exceeds that indicated by the Center's resettlement figures, since many have come into Massachusetts from first resettlement in other states, or "on their own" from Miami. Cuban Refugee Program (See Page 2 For Conclusion)
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Full Text | SPONSOR CUBAN REFUGEES Fulfill Their Faith in Freedom FEBRUARY 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 TO HELP YOU HELP CUBAN REFUGEES TO HELP THEMSELVES: Films, to emphasize Program details to groups; Printed matter, to circulate to potential sponsors and job providers; Exhibits, for large meetings. (Quick action can be expected on your written or phoned requests!) WIDE,WONDERFUL U.S. IMPRESSES RESETTLED CUBANS HOPES U.S. WILL SHOW ITSELF EQUAL TO ANY AS COUNTRY OF FIRST ASYLUM "We want to demonstrate in this program that the U.S. stands equal to any country in the world as a country of first asylum, as a humanitarian refuge for those who are exiles for conscience sake. We want to show that the combined efforts of the government and the voluntary agencies provide the same successful method of solving a refugee situation that lies within our borders as it does in the resettlement of refugees from abroad." Making these statements at the annual meeting of the Committee on Resettlement Services, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., New York City, in late January, Cuban Refugee Program Director John F. Thomas added: "We are now at the point in this refugee program where we must give a big push to resettlement in order to complete the job. We in government shall do our utmost...We must make an increased and sustained effort to move as many people as possible to as good opportunities as possible. ..We hope to#accelerate implementation of the agreement between Church World Service and the National Catholic Welfare Conference and, in areas where one agency finds it difficult to locate sponsors, to transfer cases to another agency. Every resettlement proves a valued education to resettled Cubans, and they, in turn, offer education to Americans by describing the oppressions they experienced in the Castro-communist takeover of their homeland. Here are pictured members of the Santiago Espinosa family, ascending the steps of the Kansas state capitol at To- peka, and finding the domed building one of the city's impressive sights. The Espinosas tell not only of their police state experiences but of their dangerous motor boat escape through the Florida Straits to the free shores of Key West. Food and water supplies ran low, and they landed with only the clothes they wore. But they reached the freedom of their dreams and gained the sponsorship and help of the First Baptist Church of Topeka. Mr. Espinosa has a job and the children, busy perfecting their English, are already inspiring an interest in wider language study among fellow pupils in Topeka schools. (Photo Courtesy Topeka CAPITAL.) "We shall continue to explore every means of preparing refugees to take advantage of opportunities. . .Our objective is to complete the bulk of resettlement work by the end of the summer. By then we look forward to a substantial increase in the number of refugees who are self-supporting in communities throughout the nation and toward a substantial reduction in the need for federal assistance in Miami...Opportunities for self-support must be provided quickly if we are to avoid in Miami the development of a chronic state of dependency and serious loss of self-esteem by a great many families, and serious loss of useful skills and potential contributions to the U.S." GOVERNORS ACTIVE; MASSACHUSETTS, NEW MEXICO, PENNSYLVANIA, MINNESOTA REPORT Governors continue active in support of the Cuban Refugee Program. Reports include these: MASSACHUSETTS - At a meeting of Gov. Endicott Peabody1s Commission on Refugees, decision was to continue active interest in Cubans by setting a quota of 500 cases for 1964. Chairman Walter H. Bieringer believes the hospitality of his state to Cubans exceeds that indicated by the Center's resettlement figures, since many have come into Massachusetts from first resettlement in other states, or "on their own" from Miami. Cuban Refugee Program (See Page 2 For Conclusion) |
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