Mr. Speaker. Governor Meyner. of New Jersey. and a 27member refugee relief committee have formulated a program designed to enlist broad support in New Jersey. The committee is taking a grassroots approach to the problems of refugees and to the equally important problem of stimulating interest in the local communities in work with refugees. Neighborhood churches. local organizations. and welfare agencies are being asked to obtain pledges of employment and support for prospective immigrants. The New York Times of July 16. 1955. says editorially thatGovernor Meyner has described as "dismal" our national record thus far in bringing persons fleeing Red rule to the United States. The New Jersey undertaking will direct attention to this record on a local basis and give the people themselves an opportunity to aid in getting our refugee program moving more swiftly. We think that the plan has real merit and its adoption by other States could hasten the entrance of those who need and deserve our sanctuary. As I have sponsored three important bills dealing with immigration in the present Congress I naturally have a very keen and direct interest in the success of the New Jersey plan. I commend this plan to my colleagues. and include the New York Times editorial. a list of the members of the committee. and the remarks of Governor Meyner at the swearingin of the committee on refugee relief:
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