Speaker. several months ago I spoke to our Members regarding the outstanding work which the International Institute of Gary. Ind.. Inc.. has been doing in the Calumet region of Indiana during the last 40 years in behalf of new immigrants and future American citizens who come fron other nations to live in our great free Republio. This organization. during and since World War II. has aided thousands of world refugees who have settled in Indiana seeking citizenship under our flag. I am herewith submitting an article from the Gary (Ind.) PostTribune. setting out a new organization called the Lake County Citizens Committee on World Refugee Year. created to generate national interest in the world refugee problem. I wish to commend the committee for taking this much needed and necessary step not only in behalf of the refugees concerned. but in furtherance of our Governments relations with other countries. The abovementioned article follows: [From the Gary (Ind.) PostTribune. July 26. 1959] LAKE GRouP Ares REFUGEE YEAR The Lake County Citizens Committee on World Refugee Year has been organized to whip up interest in the worlds refugee problems. Donald Houskeeper. president of the Gary International Institute. has been elected temporary chairman of the steering committee which will focus countrywide attention on what has been described as a "human year"-utilizing the emphasis of the recently concluded scientific International Geophysical Year to spotlight refugees problems. Houskeeper said the committee was organized in response to President Eisenhowers request for participation of people in local communities in the United Nations World Refugee Year which was inaugurated on July 1. 1959. The Lake County committee is representative of the community built largely by immigrants. Members of the steering committee are: Elizabeth N. Wilson. executive secretary of the Gary International Institute.
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