Mr. Speaker. under the permission heretofore granted by unanimous consent of the House I am pleased to include with these remarks the following learned statement commemorating the opening of World Refugee Year made recently by the Right Reverend Monsignor William F. Kelly. S.T.D.. director. Diocesan Resettlement Council. diocese of brooklyn. N.Y.: During the 1957 International Migration Congress held in Assisi. the Right Reverend Monsignor Edward E. Swanstrom. executive director of the Catholic Relief Services (NCWC). suggested there be an international population year to direct worldwide Attention to the acute problems of peoples who were refugee. displaced or surplus. A group of British Parliamentarians made a proposal limiting it to refugees. Subsequently. on June 5. 1958. the General Assembly of the U.N.. with only the Communist nations opposing. adopted the United Kingdom resolution for World Refugee Year. June 1959June 1960. President Eisenhower issued a proclamation from the White House on May 19. 1959. inviting all citizens to support accredited programs developed to assist refugees during World Refugee Year. Congressman FRANcis E. WALTr and Senator Jomr F.
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