Mr. President. one of the most gratifying aspects of the recently launched World Refugee Year has been the tremendous support the project is receiving from interested groups in the field. One of these. the Catholic Association for International Peace. through its committee on social questions. recently issued a statement urging full backing for the objectives of World Refugee Year. As this outstanding organization points out: "What the refugee wants most is to cease being a refugee." That is the aim of the World Refugee Year. to find homes and security for the worlds homeless. But the CAIP group added that "the refugee year cannot be resolved in 1 year." That. of course. is true. but it must not deter us from pressing forward with aid and encouragement in the great task of settling the worlds uprooted peoples. To that end. the CAIP urged Catholics to support the World Refugee Year by contributing money and clothing to Catholic relief servicesthe National Catholic Welfare Conference. the International Catholic Migration Commission. and other interested groupsas well as by sponsoring refugees. This strong backing for the World Refugee Year will do much to insure the success of this great. humanitarian crusade in this country. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD the complete text of the statement issued on July 24. 1959. by the committee on social questions. of the Catholic Association for International Peace.
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